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3 No-Cost Ways to Support Small Businesses

May 12, 2020 by Heather

By now you’ve probably experienced the disappointment and sadness of finding out that one of your favorite local haunts didn’t make it through the stay-at-home period, or you’ve heard that other businesses in your neighborhood are struggling. It’s safe to assume that all of our local small businesses are having a really difficult time right … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Shopping Tagged: facebook, google, instagram, local business, opentable, small business, social media, tripadvisor, twitter, yelp

Last Minute Mother’s Day and Teacher Appreciation Week Gifting

May 8, 2020 by Heather

Whatever your usual Mother’s Day plan normally entails, I’m sure this year is different. We talked about a socially-distanced meetup at my parents’ house for this weekend, but the idea of sitting around in masks was a huge bummer so we’ll just wait to get together another time. Ditto for teacher appreciation week at my … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Books, Brunch, Colorado, Gifts, Holidays, Shopping Tagged: Barnes and Noble, Books, D Bar Denver, Denver restaurants, E-gift cards, Gift Cards, Gifts, Home Depot, Magazines, Puzzles, Snooze an AM Eatery, Teacher Appreciation Week, Treasure Island

Free Entertainment: 2 Podcasts, an Audiobook and a TV Series

May 6, 2020 by Heather

A roundup of podcasts, books and a show available to entertain you for free.

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Posted in: Books, Culture, Podcasts Tagged: Anne Lamott, audiobook, axis 360, Bird by Bird, COVID-19, e-book, Edward Carey, hoopla, libby, Little: A Novel, Music is My Life, Myles Tanzer, office ladies, Overcast, Picard, podcasts, Sir Patrick Stewart, the happiness lab

A Thought-Exercise That Might Ease Your Holiday Stress

December 19, 2019 by Heather

A thought exercise from coach Kara Leowentheil’s podcast might be helpful to you for holiday-related stress.

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Posted in: Holidays, Musings on Life, Podcasts Tagged: holiday stress, kara loewentheil

Advent Calendars for All Ages – Christmas 2019

November 20, 2019 by Heather

I have a deep, nostalgic, secular love of advent calendars. Typically my kids each get a chocolate calendar from IKEA and I get a paper one for myself (!) and my nieces. Then we have a fabric countdown calendar with felt ornaments that I sequinned and beaded by hand when I was in high school, … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Holidays, Shopping Tagged: advent calendar, beer, Christmas, countdown calendar, Lego, Playmobil, puffy slime, wine

Creepy Books for Adults and Kids 7 to 12

October 22, 2019 by Heather
A latte with a ghost in the foam and a fall leaf on the table next to it.

This article shares a roundup of creepy books for the Halloween time of year for adults and kids ages 7-12.

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Posted in: Books Tagged: bunnicula, creepy, dark tales, halloween, james howe, john bemelmans marciano, jonathan auxier, kids 10-12, kids 7-9, miss peregrine, neil gaiman, night gardener, pumpkin heads, rainbow rowell, ransom riggs, shirley jackson, spiderwick chronicles, the graveyard book, tony diterlizzi, witches of benevento

A Little Road Trip to Wichita, Kansas

October 18, 2019 by Heather
A bold blue and yellow mural that says "Wichita" on a side street in the city.

Are you a road-tripper? When my dad got a job at Rocky Flats in Colorado in the 1980’s, he and my mom loaded us up in the van and we drove out from Michigan – the road trip that started it all. Back in those days, my parents drove through the night to save hotel … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Travel, Travel Eats Tagged: Arkansas River, bite me bbq, cinnamon roll French toast, doughnts, homegrown, kansas, road trip, the donut whole, wichita

Hooray for Friday!

October 11, 2019 by Heather

What an odd week it’s been where I live in Colorado. All week I knew that the forecast for Thursday was 20-degrees and snow, and yet I waited until after dark on Wednesday night to bring in my basil plant and throw sheets over my flowers. Similarly, my husband had the air compressor running long … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Baking, Podcasts, Shopping Tagged: ebates, happiness lab podcast, pumpkin spice cookie, rakuten, snickerdoodle

The House on Loon Lake and Other Halloween-Adjacent Tales

October 10, 2019 by Heather

That chill in the morning air that says, “Fall is here!” is the reason I will never permanently relocate to Florida or southern California. I NEED four seasons. I crave cool mornings and sweatshirts and warm cinnamon toast and gourds. <pause to let the word “gourds” swirl around in my head for a minute> In … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Movies, Podcasts Tagged: a quiet place, halloween, haunting of hill house, loon lake, this american life

Colorado Fall Color – Caribou Ranch Open Space

October 8, 2019 by Heather

Last weekend my family hiked both trails at Caribou Ranch Open Space to take in the fall color and it was idyllic. It looked like the trees were maybe a few days from peak color, so it’s likely that you can enjoy the views through this weekend at least (depending on how Thursday’s predicted snow … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Colorado, Nature Tagged: aspens, caribou ranch, fall color, leaf-peeping, moose
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  • 3 No-Cost Ways to Support Small Businesses May 12, 2020
  • Last Minute Mother’s Day and Teacher Appreciation Week Gifting May 8, 2020
  • Free Entertainment: 2 Podcasts, an Audiobook and a TV Series May 6, 2020
  • A Thought-Exercise That Might Ease Your Holiday Stress December 19, 2019
  • Advent Calendars for All Ages – Christmas 2019 November 20, 2019

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