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Change Makes My Heart Happy

2/14/12 1:14pm by lorieblogs
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I love Valentine's Day. We don't do the traditional romantic dates and gifts in our house. It is a family celebration that consists of a pink and red dinner and gifts, cards, and treats that magically appear at the door.  By magically I mean someone sneaks out through the garage, rings the doorbell, and then runs back into the house.  It is one of my absolute favorite holidays, so in honor of the day of love I thought I would share with you what I love about running.  Read more >

Trusting One Another

2/14/12 1:00pm by janetmorrisgrimes
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As they laid our beautiful baby girl on my chest, I ran my fingers over her fuzzy eyebrows. She struggled to open her eyes, pulling her head like a magnet toward the overhead hospital light; it was a good sign. She was serious, quiet, tiny, sensitive, and a deep thinker. All of this was evident within the first minute of meeting her face to face. Her dark hair was already an inch long, making her appear as if she was wearing a wig.  Read more >

What are You Supposed to Do with the C-Panel?

2/14/12 12:02pm by Virginia DeBolt
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If you sign up for a web hosting account, you get this nice letter back from the hosting company that tells you all about how to connect to your server and where to find your C-panel. If you're a little new at the whole web hosting thing, you may wonder what in the name of cyberspace you are supposed to do with a C-panel. Control by Chicago Art Department via Flickr  Read more >

A Red Velvet Cake for Valentine's Day

2/14/12 12:00pm by Genie Gratto
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Red Velvet Cake

[Editor's Note: Today's the final day of our 14-day celebration of chocolate, and our party's going to culminate with this amazing, heart-shaped, cocoa-riffic red velvet cake from Sprinkle Bakes. It's a perfect dessert to show how much you love all the people in your life. Happy Valentine's Day! --Genie]  Read more

Making Exercise a Habit

2/14/12 11:29am by Bigmama8303
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Welcome to this week's Inspiration to Fitness post. I'm proud of myself and all of you for following along with Ashley and I for the last 6 weeks!  Read more >

Sports' Hottest Love Stories Valentine's Edition 2012

2/14/12 11:12am by @jschonb
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Caroline Wozniacki with boyfriend, golfer Rory Mcllory via zumapress.com

Have you ever noticed how singers and actors always seem to hook up with each other? There's Gwen and Gavin, Brad and Angelina… the list goes on and on. Well in sports, it's no different. In honor of Valentine's Day, here's a look at some of the sports world's hottest love stories.Love Match Former world No.1 Steffi Graf and her husband, former No.1 ATP player Andre Agassi are married and have two children, Jaden and Jaz. Imagine the serve and volley game those kids have.  Read more >

Exploring Race & Friendships In America

2/14/12 11:11am by foxyc
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BFF necklace, by Texasbubba via Flickr

Before deciding to pen this story, I did a bit of investigative "snooping" with several sources close to the two women involved. Normally, this stuff I wouldn't take seriously, but due to the nature of the situation, I decided to question and perhaps gain insights from both races on the ongoing subject of Race & Friendships,or what we perceive as friendship,opposed to just being "friendly." In the field where I work, there's often a mixture of folks from all religions, races & cultures of life.  Read more >

Toxic Roses, Dirty Chocolate and Blood Diamonds

2/14/12 10:51am by Heather Clisby
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Rose Heart

When you care about things like fair trade, labor rights and the environment, you may find that these principles generally don't take the day off just because Hallmark, Hershey's and De Beers would prefer it. This thoughtful post digs into the reality behind some of the more traditional Valentine's Day gifts and finds that we can do better:  Read more

How to Get Two Hours of Quiet Time in Your House

2/14/12 10:00am by Save the Phillips Family
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My house is never quiet. This is partially genetic; I am not a quiet person and my sons have inherited my volume. I got jealous reading Lynley's recent post at Save the Phillips Family about the quiet time that occurs every day in their home. She explains what her kids do during quiet time as well as some tips to creating the blissful, peaceful time in your home. Let me know if it works...  Read more

Let's Mix it up!

2/14/12 9:30am by healthyashley
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Congratulations on sweating through speeding it up last week in the Inspiration to Fitness Track to 5k. Our 5k run is two weeks away. Are you feeling prepared? Excited? Nervous? A little of all three? Perfect. :)  Read more >