A Handful of Dreams

Happy 75% Off Candy Day!

So, Halloween happened. I knew that every other girl was going to dress like Snooki this year, but I also didn't really care. I wanted an excuse to paint my…

Hope November 1, 2010

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Ruby + iPad = Love

Last weekend, I visited my Sister and her family in NYC. I discovered that, not only is my niece now running around (she could walk last month, but not like…

Hope October 29, 2010

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Where I’m At

It's been an odd week and I think I'm in a weird place right now. I'm at a point where my Grandfather's death hasn't reduced me to lying on the…

Hope October 20, 2010

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Goodbye, Grandpa.

My grandfather, Albert F. Wild, passed away Friday at the not-so-tender age of 95. He lived a long and amazing life, was happily married to my grandmother for 66 years…

Hope October 18, 2010

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Book Report Friday: The Hunger Games Trilogy

Suggesting that people read the Hunger GamesTrilogy feels a little bit like suggesting that they go out and read Harry Potter. And not just because they're both, technically, books written…

Hope October 15, 2010

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The Human Spirit Has Some Endurance

Note: Thank you all so so so so so so so much for all of the donations, tweets, facebookings and offers to help me bake cookies in support of PAWS…

Hope October 13, 2010

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Gracie: A Primer. A Plea. A Giveaway.

This is Gracie. Gracie is our (adorable!) Siberian Husky that we adopted last year from PAWS New England. Gracie was rescued from a shelter in Tennessee that has an astounding…

Hope October 12, 2010

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Book Report Friday: Never Let Me Go (Spoilers!)

Ok, let me preface this by saying that if you are somehow unaware of the big "secret" in Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go and you have no wish to…

Hope October 8, 2010

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Allison and Dustin’s Wedding

A month later, Allison and Dustin's wedding is starting to feel like a bit of a blur. (Obvious metaphor is obvious). The photos definitely help in jogging my memory, but…

Hope October 7, 2010

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The Post I Wanted to Write

A couple of weeks ago, my physical therapist pronounced me to be, if not healed, at least something approaching healed. She said to try to run a little and that…

Hope October 5, 2010

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