Art for Me

My husband made the above postcard with a piece of cardboard and a pen he always keeps on him. You may… [more]

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Chasing Windmills (Sundays In My City)

      San Francisco, CA   I showed you mine, now show me yours. Share… [more]

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I Am Not Opposed to Being Happy (Fragmented Fridays)

This week I realized that when I really want something I can make it happen even when it seems like it’s… [more]

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Amorous Lady Bugs

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Walgreens Flagship Store: It’s Not Your Grandmother’s Pharmacy

Brought to you in collaboration with Walgreens and Collective Bias™ I have been a regular Walgreens… [more]

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Imagination and Creativity Can Change the World: LeapPad2 & Mr. Pencil Review and Giveaway

by Claudya Martinez March 18, 2013
Imagination and creativity can change the world.

Somehow the forces of the internet connected me with the good people at LeapFrog (purveyors of educational fun) and on occasion I am given the opportunity not just to try out their products free of charge, but to delve into the entire creative process that goes into the development of their products. When LeapFrog sent [...]

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Haight Street Scenes (Sundays In My City)

by Claudya Martinez March 16, 2013
Haight Street Market

          A beautiful sunny day on Haight Street with a clock that always reads 4 20. San Francisco, CA. I showed you mine, now show me yours. Share your city/town/suburb/you name it! Think of this as a photography carnival or photography meme (with or without words) that not only lets you [...]

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Funny Pitch and The Assassination of Google Reader (Fragmented Fridays)

by Claudya Martinez March 15, 2013
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I get pitches for the blog a regular basis. Some are great, some are not. Some are a good fit, some don’t fit at all. I received the funnies pitch I’ve ever gotten the other day and it was funny because it wasn’t meant to be funny. I love to share funny, so you know [...]

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Celebrating National Pi Day with Pie #MCPiDay #spon

by Claudya Martinez March 14, 2013

  Thank you to Marie Callender’s for sponsoring this post. Click here get $1.50 off a Marie Callender’s frozen pie at any national retailer, link good through Mar. 21! March 14, 2013 is National Pi day. You know pi, that wonky go on forever number that is used to calculate the circumference of a circle. [...]

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Google Reader Export: How to Export Your Reader Feeds

by Claudya Martinez March 13, 2013
Google Reader Discontinued

Google is at it again. They have announced that come July 1, 2013 Google Reader will be discontinued. Google, why do you giveth and then taketh away so often? I am so over it. I also know that once Google has decided to taketh away, taketh away it will no matter how much I complain. [...]

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Lowe’s #Giveaway Featuring #TheCroods

by Claudya Martinez March 13, 2013
The Croods Movie Banner

You may be aware that the DreamWorks film, The Croods, opens March 22. I’m sure many parents and grandparents will be taking the kids in their family to enjoy this film. Watching films with our kids has become a great source of family fun. Did you know that you can extend the family fun surrounding [...]

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Apologizing

by Claudya Martinez March 12, 2013
Apologizing
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I was Called Green Giant as a Child #AGiantSurprise #spon

by Claudya Martinez March 11, 2013
Jolly Green Giant

Thank you to The Green Giant™ for being a sponsor. Show the Giant your surprise talent here! It’s true, when I was a child other kids used to call me Green Giant. But you know what? It didn’t bother me at all. You see I was never a very athletic kid. I wasn’t into team [...]

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Sisters (Sundays In My City)

by Claudya Martinez March 9, 2013
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      My beautiful girls. I hope they always enjoy being around each other the way they do now. San Francisco, CA.   I showed you mine, now show me yours. Share your city/town/suburb/you name it! Think of this as a photography carnival or photography meme (with or without words) that not only lets [...]

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My Hamper is not Bottomless (Fragmented Fridays)

by Claudya Martinez March 8, 2013
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This week I learned that my laundry hamper really does have a bottom. I may never see the bottom of that hamper again, but it’s nice to know that it exists. Some people search endlessly for El Dorado, I have been searching years for the fabled bottom of my laundry hamper and let me tell [...]

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