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Goddess Garden Sunscreen Review & Giveaway

On July 17, 2014 · 49 Comments · In giveaways, health and wellness, product reviews

When I was growing up, we NEVER used sunscreen. NEVER.

{Me, circa 1990, when summers were made for non-stop sun and swimming}

Every summer, my brothers and I spent eight weeks with my dad in Virginia. My dad, grandparents, and cousins all lived on the same street (small town!) and my […]

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Tuesday Tidbits

On June 17, 2014 · 3 Comments · In essential oils, exercise, health and wellness, ketchup day

I feel like it’s been a long time since I’ve written a real blog post. And this doesn’t exactly qualify as a “real” one, but we’ve been busy and I feel like I need to somehow catch up. The result is this collection of random thoughts and things that have been going on.

– Vivienne […]

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An Unexpected Hiccup… One Year Later

On April 4, 2014 · Leave a Comment · In appendicitis, health and wellness, vivienne

Exactly a year ago, I woke up with a little bit of an upset stomach.

It quickly escalated from there into what I originally thought—as did my doctors—was the worst.stomach.bug.ever. The most violent vomiting you can imagine. The pain and discomfort associated with a stomach virus, but multiplied times ten.

I spent the day […]

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Things That Happened Last Week

On February 16, 2014 · 5 Comments · In birthdays, health and wellness, holidays, infant reflux, nora, vivienne

I know it’s not completely unusual these days for me to go several days without posting. But this past week? Wow, it was a doozy.

Last weekend was Michael’s birthday weekend. He didn’t feel well on Friday and had stayed home from work, and was kind of still “off” on Saturday. So we didn’t do […]

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Super Bug

On January 29, 2014 · 4 Comments · In health and wellness, nora, winter season

It seems as though everyone is getting the stomach bug this year. For weeks now, my Facebook feed has been filled with people complaining about the bug.

Because it methodically hit everyone in their families.

Or because they were begging for someone to put them out of their misery.

So I’ve been bracing myself for […]

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