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Here's the thing...iPhones and iPads are expensive. My parents put the expensive stuff out of reach until we were old enough to respect it and treat it accordingly. ALSO my kid would rather google her homework answers than learn to use a map, and technology/ the age of instant gratification is why.

I feel like kids these days expect to have these things - their friends do, why not? My child just got her first (non-smart) el phone for her 12th birthday and she was STOKED. She has a laptop but must ask permission to use it. Handing over expensive things to kids because they have not had to learn to be patient and temper their desires is the wrong answer. That said, letting your kid screw around on angry birds for the last 20 minutes of your friend's visit so you can chat in silence is kind of priceless....

Also? Some of us actually like paper and are smart-phone holdouts and there are no "apps for that". Just saying...

We are struggling with this, as my husband gets home after 7, but I go to work very early so I have to go to sleep early. We shifted the kids bedtime to 9, which works okay for everything but "couple time" wink wink.

I make a homemade vinaigrette potato salad - think a mustardy homemade vinaigrette instead of mayo - the night before, reserving some dressing for the next day. I take it to work & toss with spring greens and a little more of the dressing. Its delicious, sour, fresh and filling.

have you seen this www.cinchhanger.com/ ?

I see this on our toddler's bed. Enough pink to make her happy, enough gray to appease the non-girly big sister she shares a room with :)

the wallpaper in the photo is gorgeous...

all of the new year organizational resolutions I'll make are starting to surface and make this an appealing piece of furniture ; )

I do the typical sage/onion//celery/butter stuffing but I use large cubes of sourdough and pumpernickel. It really adds something to it.

leftover orange chicken and veg. I used Trader Joes orange chicken, a big pot of jasmine rice, and fresh carrots, broccoli and peas a few nights ago. I mixed it together in a glass jar - this keeps the rice moist and the veg from getting soggy - and brought it to work for eating over a few days. Yum!