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ecokaren is now mobile friendly

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♥♥♥ Happy Valentine’s Day!! ♥♥♥ What? You didn’t know it was Valentine’s Day today? No worries. Read my guest post on “Last Minute Green Valentine’s Day Gift Ideas” on Green Living Ideas. It’ll save your butt and some money too. To keep up with the 21st century, (and because it’s Valentine’s Day) I give you … mobile friendly ecokaren!! Yay! Now  you can read all the posts on your phone [...]

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I did it my way

We were ready to go to bed after a long day of shopping on Sunday to prepare Andrew for college. Last load of laundry was in the dryer as we were getting ready to go upstairs when the lights went out. Again. It was a little past midnight so I guess, it was, technically Monday morning. The Hubby was cursing something harsh under his breath, and Emily was complaining, “It’s [...]

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What would you do if you had less than five months to live?

That’s how long my elderly neighbor has to live – less than five months. She won’t celebrate Christmas this year. OK, so, I am being very blunt today and a tad bit cynical but if you are my facebook friend, you know what kind of a week I had. I don’t mean to start the weekend with this grim thought but let me tell you a little background on this [...]

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My 7 links challenge for Problogger

Today’s post is a blog related exercise that Darren Rowse of Problogger is challenging me to do. And I happily take on the 7 links challenge because he is a blogging genius who pushes me to continue to blog even if I hit a slump now and then. Anyway, the challenge he proposed this time was to look at my previous blog posts and come up with 7 links to [...]

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I am back!

I know I’ve been MIA sporadically since June but that’s just how it is when you have two teenagers with so many things to accomplish before deadlines (Andrew had to register for Fall courses by yesterday), doctors appointments (took both of them to an allergist yesterday while trying to register for Fall courses, literally, in the waiting room at the Doc’s), and secure summer volunteer work for the younger one [...]

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Refresh button

I need to hit the “Refresh” button today. I made a new year’s plan to reorganize and de-clutter my life. But I’ve only been thinking about so many ideas and ‘to-do’ lists to organize that I have to sit and breath a little to figure out ‘how’ to tackle the plan. So this is a short- I mean, short – list of things that I need to organize. I am [...]

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Call me Florence Nightingale

Where have I been? Being a nurse. My daughter has been sick with a bad cold since before Christmas. That’s twelve frigging days of coughing, fever, and even hives. Needless to say, I don’t have a minute to myself. She didn’t go back to school – two days in a row now – after staying in bed the whole holiday vacation. What a crummy way to be on vacation, heh? [...]

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A letter to 2010

Dear 2010, I have to say your predecessor 2009 was not so good to many of my friends and family. I am so glad he left and you are here to make things better for us. In light of the current situations all around us – the economy and the environment – I made some plans. Be more thrifty Eat simple foods and locally Give up bottled drinks, including juice [...]

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Clearance Sale on EcoKaren

I am having a clearance sale on all items in my Etsy shop to make room for a new line of products in 2010. I am trying to streamline the shop into a more cohesive structure – a business plan that has been on the back burner since the summer – better late than never, right? So take advantage and buy them before they are gone. So buy a green [...]

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