December 24

Clean house, open heart

I’m waiting for my husband to get back from picking up my in-laws at the airport. My house is never so clean as right before they arrive. Cleaning the stove itself was a 4.5 hour project involving three different (nontoxic) cleaners, about six different scrubby sponges and a toothbrush for in between the buttons. Obviously, [...]

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March 5

We want your vote!

Hi, we are Global Sistergoods and we are here to recruit you.
We entered StartUp Nation’s “Leading Moms in Business” contest, and we really, really want you to vote for us. We are not sure if we win anything. In fact, we probably don’t. But we are kind of competitive. Maybe really competitive. Just the *idea* [...]

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March 1

We heart Peace Corps Volunteers

The United States Peace Corps was established today, March 1, in 1961 by Executive Order 10924. John F. Kennedy Jr., first proposed the idea during a campaign stop at the University of Michigan, asking students to give two years of their lives to help people in the developing world. Since 1960, more than 195,000 people [...]

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