As we continue to recover from an economic crisis, the national debt is on the minds of many Americans. The debt currently stands at just over 14 trillion dollars and counting. This means that every taxpayer would have to come up with $126,000 to pay it off. That could pay for 12 years of groceries […]
Archives for 2011
Cinch!: Conquer Cravings, Drop Pounds, and Lose Inches [book review]
My resolution every year, for as long as I can remember, has been to lose weight. Name a diet. I’ve probably tried (and failed at) it. I always start the year off right, but tend to lose steam a few weeks in. I’ve read dozens of books on the topic. Many have gone straight to […]
Kinectimals… so fun!
Shortly before Christmas, our family was blessed with an Xbox 360 console with Kinect. Back in early November, I co-hosted a bilingual Xbox Kinect party with The Online Mom, and this bundle was sent to me as compensation for my time. While I love our Wii, we’re reaching for the Xbox more and more as […]
How did you find me? Interesting keyword searches
Over half of my blog’s traffic comes from search engines. Google, mostly. Once in a while I’ll look and see what keywords bring people to my site. For example, in 2010, “Paper Jamz review” and “what to say to someone who is dying” were the single two most popular queries, but there were lots of […]