Amber’s Blog
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Jeanne van Etten & Nantucket Mermaid Giveaway
When I initially started thinking about doing a giveaway, the first person I thought to include was Jeanne van Etten of Nantucket Mermaid. I met Jeanne a couple of years ago at a networking event for Petticoat Row, our local women’s business association. I was new to Nantucket and just thinking of starting Papoose when…
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Exciting News!!
First of all…I have a cute kid. But, I guess that’s not really exciting news, because we all knew that, right? 🙂 The other exciting news of the day is that tomorrow starts a new and wonderful tradition on this little blog: I still feel so grateful for the more than 100 people who participated…
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Saturday Surfing
It’s still Saturday somewhere, right? Here are some finds from the last (few) week(s): 3 Feeding Interactions and How They Influence Child Obesity, Fooducate — How (not) to feed our kids The Reality Of Reality May Not Be Reality, NPR — A philosophical look at existance through the lens of the matrix. Bloom for Christmas,…
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Behavior Modification, Santa and the Elf on the Shelf
in MotherhoodIt’s the time of year where I’m due for at least one blog post about how we’re fumbling our way through winter holiday traditions and figuring out what works for our family. I wasn’t originally planning to write about about Santa today, although he’s been much discussed in our house over the past week or…
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Oh, Hello…
Just coming up for air before diving back into a million and one website projects. I am juggling four websites right now and about to start another. I had hoped to stay right on schedule and complete each of my weekly websites on time, but other than the first one, all of my other clients…
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30 Days of Thanks: Patience
Today started out exactly the way it ended, with meltdowns and tears over something seemingly pointless to an adult and yet very, very important in Nora’s three year old world. Like having leftover cranberry sauce cooked into her oatmeal after she said, “Yes, I want cranberry sauce in my oatmeal” or the fact that the blanket on her…
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30 Days of Thanks: Something to Dance About
Just popping in between websites and logo designing to share my gratitude for the day and this photo of Nora from one of our recent dance parties:She is so into putting on “shows” right now and so we have built Pandora dance parties into our bedtime routine. Sometimes I get to dance too, but mostly…
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30 Days of Thanks: Tree Lighting
Nora woke up this morning with a cough, so we stuck close to home with the one exception of going into town for the Christmas tree lighting and carols. Not that we would have participated in Black Friday consumer madness anyway, but today I am thankful for a simple day at home and that the…
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Film Friday: Thanksgiving
in Film FridayI’m sneaking in a post this morning, and it’s a Film Friday post! I haven’t made a video for a long time, mostly because I haven’t been shooting a lot of footage because it’s hard to do since I don’t actually have a video camera. Everything I take is recorded with my DSLR or laptop,…
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30 Days of Thanks: Thanksgiving
I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving and stuffed themselves just full enough with wonderful food. We had a wonderful feast filled with all the usual suspects,minus the turkey, of course, and with a few delicious chef Chris twists. We did our normal holiday division of labor: I bake the pies and rolls the night before, and…
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30 Days of Thanks: Being a Renter
I don’t think I ever thought I would say it…but I am very thankful to be a renter right now. Between Chris’s work situation, the damage to our roof during the nor’easter, and the fact that my washing machine broke last week (you may have seen this photo on Facebook of Nora and me…
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30 Days of Thanks: Fresh Air
I’ve been in a bit of a funk the last couple days, largely because of the uncertainty of what’s going on with our lives right now. I wrote a little over a week ago about Chris’ not good work news, but I didn’t go into great detail because I wasn’t quite ready to accept or…
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Saturday Surfing
Finds of the Week: Building a Breastfeeding Culture, Breastfeeding Medicine — A look at what it takes for mothers to breastfeed successfully. “To change a behavior, an individual needs to answer two questions: “Is it worth it?” and “Can I do it?” Too often, in breastfeeding, we stop with one question, and then wonder why our…
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30 Days of Thanks: Work, Library, Books and Hot Pasties on a Cold Day
I’m going to cheat a little bit and take advantage of that handy-dandy, post-in-the-past feature that WordPress has, so I can pretend that I wrote this post yesterday when I actually intended to. As usual, I sat down to do work last night after tucking Nora in and became so engrossed in turning this website…
