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Back in January I posted a teaser trailer for Earth to Echo on my blog.  Those that commented thought it sounded interesting and someone even mentioned that they wished the trailer would have been longer.  Well ask and you shall receive!

Answer the call.  Watch the new #EarthToEcho trailer here:

We’re busy planning for Amber’s high school graduation the weekend of May 16th, and I’m both sad and glad about it!  Sad that this means that in fall she’ll be going off to college.  Glad, of course, that she’s going off to college.  I have a love hate relationship with the idea.  But for now we’ll celebrate and stress over the festivties at hand.

She has always loved color, and when Oriental Trading offered us some supplies for her party to review, I suggested the Congrats Grad Party Supplies line, and then to add some extra touches to that. She agreed!

They call it March Madness for a reason folks!  And I’ve seen PLENTY of madness going around on Facebook because of it .  One of my good friends is a Cyclone’s alum and I don’t think I’ve seen so many status updates and fan photo selfies from her, ever!  We don’t really root for any one team in these college basketball games…yet… since our daughter will be a freshman at one of the UT schools in fall, I guess that will make the Longhorns our team and burnt orange our color <–that’s not really a flattering look on me, but oh well!

Looking for an ethnic German flavor for your Sunday Dinners without having to board an airplane? Try these 15 traditional German recipes that I found and picked for my Foodie collection.  All of them are similar to recipes I grew up on.  The flavor pallet curated among them is delicious and I feel like I’m kind of an expert on the subject , because when both your parents emigrate from Germany, you eat a whole lot of German food for Sunday dinner!

I spent many a weekend pouring over the comic strips when I was younger, and PEANUTS was always a favorite one to read.  The kids were fun, but my favorites were always the ones that featured Woodstock and Snoopy. 

Likewise every fall we couldn’t wait for the evening that “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown” was on TV.  It was a big deal and without a VCR (oy, I’m dating myself!) to tape it, you had to watch it while it was on or you’d miss it!

And now I’m so excited that Charlie Brown, Snoopy, and the gang are back!

Most frequent travelers have a list of items that they never leave home without. I always have a full charge on my iPad and a number of books to read, but really if I can, I take the chance to sleep on the plane.  So you can bet that a travel pillow is on the top of my list of things to take with me when I leave home.

I actually have quite a few travel pillows already—but I’m not adverse to trying a new one.  Especially if it’s named Airline Retail Conference’s Best Inflight Product.

What were you born to be? Were you born to introduce new fashion to the world? Prepare extraordinary cuisine? This month create an eBay collection using #ImBornTo in the name of the collection for a chance to WIN a $5,000 eBay shopping spree! The sweepstakes ends March 31, 2014.

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I’ve had my iMac for a year now.  There’s nothing like a fresh hard drive when you get a new computer.  If you’re like me though, you tend to save everything.  I’m kind of a file packrat.  I have folder upon folder on my hard drive with pictures and files that I’ve saved in numerous places on my Mac.  While I have plenty of room on my 1 TB drive, it’s somewhat silly to have two or three copies of the SAME file on the SAME drive.  Especially since I use Time Machine to back up hourly changes to a separate hard drive. 

At Japan Week last weekend March 6-8 in New York City, Takumi Japan was on hand sharing some cool products from some of Japan’s small businesses and artisans.

TAKUMI JAPAN is a project aiming to introduce the thriving Japanese small business community to new markets and to share the tradition, design and craftsmanship of Japanese artisans and craftsmen.