Monthly Archives: October 2012

The Best Hurricanes Involve Rum. (Texas Hurricane Recipe)

October 28th, 2012

In Texas, we’re no strangers to Hurricanes. Hell, I had a baby in one of them. We all have our strong opinions about what to do when you have one coming at you, but all in all, when it comes storms and the drinks, we don’t play. Check it. Here’s What You’ll Need: 1 oz [...]

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Go Mighty!

October 26th, 2012

Image from Confetti System Today’s the launch of Go Mighty. It’s pretty exciting. Go check it out. This concept behind this new site is something that has been a dream of Maggie‘s for years now…but then, actually, it didn’t remain a dream for too long. Because doing things begets doing more things, from the Life [...]

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10 Ways to Decorate and Celebrate on the Cheap and Easy.

October 25th, 2012

Harry and I just decorated the house for Halloween for about $20. Well, $28 when it was all said and done, because then he insisted on turning our front yard into a grave yard. Classy. I wrote about our 10 Halloween decorations under $10 over on Hitting Refresh today. Check it.

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Going Batty: Really Easy Halloween Decor

October 25th, 2012

As I wrote over on Hitting Refresh today, I really wanted to fill the house with some twee Pinteresty Halloween decor, and Harry wanted to fill the house with lots of Bats and Graves and Cobwebs. Dilemma. So we compromised. (I wrote about our 10 Halloween decorations under $10 over there.) Here’s what we did [...]

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How To Make Really Easy Caramel Apples. Easily.

October 19th, 2012

So it seems caramel apples are really easy to make. I did not know this until last week. Because they look pretty complicated, right? Here’s a secret: They’re completely not. You only need 4 ingredients really and it only takes 3 minutes in the microwave to “cook” and then decorating time, which doesn’t at all [...]

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The Best Way to See a Concert with a Child

October 16th, 2012

I may or may not have mentioned here that earlier this summer I took my niece, her friend and Harry to a One Direction concert. (Clearly, I think it’s important to take children to see quality live music in their formative years. Harry’s first concert was The Wiggles.) And I should know better…says me, the [...]

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That’s A Wrap: This Week in Review

October 12th, 2012

Hello friends. I just looked up and realized that it’s Friday and holy cow how is this week already over? 5 minutes ago it was August. This does not fare well for Christmas, which I guess will be 15 minutes from now. In the meantime, I’m going to be at ACL this weekend between soccer [...]

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Fall: Day 21. ACL.

October 12th, 2012

We are totally skipping school today. (Sorry, school people, if you’re reading this. We are totally skipping you today.) Because today is the first day of Austin City Limits music festival. And we have a tradition around here: We skip school for the Friday of ACL. It’s a school half day anyway because Austin schools [...]

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Go-To Recipe #10: Real Simple Shrimp and Pineapple Tacos With Black Bean Salad

October 4th, 2012

A lovely editor at Real Simple magazine asked me to try something out. And when Real Simple asks me to do things, I do them. It’s real simple: here’s what I did.  They’re hosting a stress-free month of dinners, and they asked me to make Shrimp and Pineapple Tacos with Black Bean Salad. I said, sure. [...]

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It’s All A Blur…

October 2nd, 2012

I was really pushing for a party at the house in the backyard. It’s a nostalgic thing for me…a birthday party like I remember them, an old-school gathering at home. I had a fun theme in mind, some tricks up my sleeve, and the whole thing was going to be really swell. But Harry had other [...]

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