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Green Meadows Farm

This past Memorial Day, we decided to visit Green Meadows Farm, a “petting farm” 45 mins from Manhattan.

My daughters seem to be city girls. Aerin wasn’t too impressed with the farm animals, while Claire was scared of most of them. We weren’t able to get too many pictures because we had to keep holding the girls (Aerin to keep her from running into the woods, and Claire to calm her down), but we were able to get a few memorable snapshots.

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We started the tour with chicks and ducklings. I have an irrational fear of birds, but I managed to keep my composure.

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Comfy Jeans Rave: Gap 1969 Sexy Boyfriend Jeans

We interrupt this self-imposed, life-is-damn-busy-and-hard blogging break to bring you an item of frivolity. (You can scroll down to the bottom of the post for a tiny update on my going-abouts.) Once again, I am waaayyyyy late to a fashion trend. I remember borrowing J's jeans a few times when I was pregnant, when none of my regular jeans would fit and I didn't think my still-expanding belly yet warranted maternity jeans. I didn't like the look too much at the time, so I eschewed the boyfriend jeans mania when it started to become popular a couple of years ago. Thinking back, I hated my pregnant body (both times) and I didn't like the way anything looked on me back then, so I probably didn't give boyfriend jeans a proper...

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Learn to Read Korean in 15 Minutes

Life (mainly, my rugrats) has been keeping me busy. Man, are 2-year-olds and 3-year-olds difficult! I'm so drained these days that blogging has been the last thing on my mind. But when I came across this nifty comic the other day, I knew I wanted to share it with you. It won't teach you Korean vocabulary or grammar, but since the Korean alphabet is a phonetic one, you can certainly learn how to read and write in the Korean language. Give it a whirl — and many thanks to Ryan Estrada for creating this wonderful tutorial! ...

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When David Loses

There is a couple who is very dear to me. They are some of the hardest workers I know — having immigrated to the states with two daughters and no money to their name, they worked menial jobs and saved every last cent until they were finally able to afford a business, and then a home. They are honest, upstanding citizens who are looked up to in their community and loved by many. They seemed to have achieved the American dream. Then things began to fall apart. The man became a victim of a serious crime which cost him his life savings and retirement funds. Not only that, his credit (which was in the high 700s to low 800s) also became marred because...

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