Three Things I Wish I Had Known in My 20’s: Maura Horton

Maura Horton 2After her husband was fired from his job as a college football coach because he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, Maura Horton started a fashion business out of her home. Her company, MagnaReady, makes dress shirts for men and women that are held closed with magnets so people with arthritis, Parkinson’s or other mobility-limiting conditions can dress without help.

I really admire Maura because she was able to turn a challenging life

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What I Ate: Crawfish Shack & Oyster Bar

I have been really bad about posting this week. Part of the reason is I have just been so busy with work. The other part of the reason is I am starting to feeling a little confused as to the direction of the blog. I feel like this blog has two separate identities. On one hand, I have posts about all the things I do (What I Wore, What I Ate). Then, on the other hand, I have posts about other people (Career Confidential, 3 Things I Wish I Knew in my 20s). I love all of it, so maybe

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Book Review: Planning Perfect Parties

When I was younger I bought an American Girl book about throwing slumber parties. It was one of my favorite things to flip through and got me super excited for my birthday to come around.

If you remember super fun birthday times when you were younger, they usually involved renting out bowling alleys, skating rinks, movie theaters, pizza places, etc. Well, we didn’t have much money growing up, so I was always doing the at-home cheaper DIY options and having that American Girl book made it way more fun.

I recently received another book about party planning that is perfect

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Three (okay Four) Things I Wish I Had Known in My 20’s: Patti Pao

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Patti Pao had a major “aha” moment when visiting a salmon hatchery in Norway. They do say that you can find inspiration everywhere! While on a sight seeing tour, Patti noticed that the workers’ hands, which were submerged in water all day, looked smooth and ageless. She soon discovered that this was the result of a remarkable enzyme that occurs in nature to help salmon eggs hatch.

Patti, a beauty industry veteran, knew immediately

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Get Yourself an Accountabilibuddy

Getting up to write is difficult these days. Recently, I don’t have a lot of motivation to get myself to a computer and focus on writing words – and, you know, not getting lost on Buzzfeed, Facebook, and other stupid noise.

I have found my ticket out of the funk though. Another fellow Marine wife here also needs to get her writing butt in gear, so we’ve decided to conquer our procrastination together and meet once a week to write and make sure we’re getting work done.

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Career Confidential: Molly Antos

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Full name?: Molly Antos

Position / Job title?: Vice President at a Mid-Sized Public Relations Firm, and blogger at Workouts to Wine 1. When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up? When I was younger, I went through a wide range of dream jobs: everything from professional ballerina to veterinarian. I also went through a phase where I wanted to be a teacher.

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Career Confidential: Cassandra Eldridge

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Full name?: Cassandra Eldridge

Position / Job title?: Owner, Photographer at Cassandra Photo

1. When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?

I always knew I wanted to own my own business. I opened up a grocery store in our workout room, and used the treadmill as the check out aisle when I was about 6. Then, in middle school, I opened

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3 Things I Wish I Had Known In My 20s: Stacy Lyon

Stacy Lyon has always been an entrepreneur. Her first business venture was when she was 9 years old; she sold worms to Shawano Lake (Wisconsin) fishermen. Then, in college, she started an entrepreneurs club at the University of Wyoming. Now, she is the founder of healthy hoohoo, which is a revolutionary line of natural freshness products for women.

There is no question about it: Stacy has created a very successful brand with products that might not be the sexiest to talk about. Her line is now carried at Whole Foods, natural grocers, spas and wellness clinics

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I Learned Some Baking Shortcuts

Somehow, I got to baking a lot the past two weeks which meant massive amounts of dough/batter in a short amount of time.

Very briefly, I’m going to share with you just a couple of quick fixes that really helped speed the process along:

Grated Butter

The worst part about baking is realizing I have to cream together some damn butter and sugar, and forgetting to let the butter out to sit to get to room temperature. Not a problem anymore. I just grate the butter now, which softens it and makes it much easier to cream anyway.

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Are You Mentally Ready to Achieve Your Fitness Goals?

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Don’t have money for a trainer? Train your mind first and then you might not even need one! If have never written your goals down before now is a perfect time to start. With spring just around the corner there is no time like the present to get your mind and body in tip-top shape.

Here are few tips to get you started!

Figure out what you want to accomplish

Like most people there are probably

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