Momma told me about... New Years

Chinese New Year Tree

February 07, 2013   Kristen   11 Comments
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If you haven’t heard, Chinese New Year is fast approaching!  On February 9th the year of the Dragon ends and on February 10th the year of the Water Snake begins!  I would like to wish all of you a Happy Lunar New Year with one of my all-time favorite craft projects: my pink Chinese New

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Year of the Snake Good Fortune Box

February 06, 2013   Kristen   1 Comment
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While in the process of making my pink Chinese New Year tree, I was lucky enough to go on a business trip flying out of SFO.  There is a fantastic mini-grocery store called Napa Farms Market that is pretty much like a Northern-California-specific Whole Foods, miniaturized, and lovingly placed in terminal 2.  Amongst many other

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The Year of the Water Dragon

January 23, 2012   Kristen   6 Comments
The dragon is the only mythical animal in the Chinese zodiac, seperate the myths from facts about this year of the Water Dragon!

Happy Lunar New Year!  As a Momma with a penchant for Chinese astrology (check out this post on the Chinese Gender Calendar) and a baby water dragon on the way, I wanted to set the record straight about this year’s zodiac animal.  So, the question that begs to be answered: Is the year of the

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New Years Resolution Banana “Ice Cream”

January 05, 2012   Kristen   No comments
All you need are frozen sliced bananas and a blender to get the same delicious consistency as banana ice cream!

If you’re like most of the Western world, you’ve probably made a New Year’s resolution to loose some weight this year.  We all know eating ice cream is not the secret to losing weight, but this “ice cream” is an exception because there is no cream.  There is exactly one ingredient: bananas. This is the

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Keep Your New Years Resolutions

January 02, 2012   Kristen   5 Comments
Have a broader long term resolution and fortify it with monthly specific resolutions!

Perhaps the most strategic New Years resolution you can make is: “I resolve to set 12 realistic monthly goals this year!”  Sure, it’s not a very sexy or exciting resolution, but it will certainly get you farther along your track to success than the standard, “I want to lose 40 pounds this year!” resolution with

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