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    Posted in family food and drink holidays personal experience

    Merry Christmas from The Modern Gal

    Merry Christmas or happy whatever holiday you choose to observe, Modern Friends. I hope it’s colorful and bright! I’m writing this post in the wee hours of Christmas morning after…

    Posted on December 25, 2008 by themoderngal
    Posted in holidays music time waster

    Elvis wishes you a Merry Christmas

    I’m typing this from a coffee shop near my parents’ house. I needed to get out for a few minutes, and it just felt nice to treat myself to a…

    Posted on December 24, 2008 by themoderngal
    Posted in holidays love and relationships science and nature

    Spreading Christmas cheer

    I always love coming to visit my parents for a few days, settling into a routine that mostly consists of sleeping, doing whatever errands or chores the Modern Mom tasks…

    Posted on December 24, 2008 by themoderngal
    Posted in food and drink holidays

    Time to plan that Christmas meal

    Because I know someone actually used my list of Thanksgiving menu ideas to determine her Thanksgiving dinner menu, here’s a list of Christmas meal ideas. Christmas does seem a little…

    Posted on December 22, 2008 by themoderngal
    Posted in football sports weather

    He tripped

    I’m neither a fan of the New England Patriots nor NFL TV commentators, but I am in full support of both in the following moment: Seriously, there should be a…

    Posted on December 22, 2008 by themoderngal
    Posted in holidays home life personal experience

    A Christmas gift from the universe

    Modern Noodles sent me this story from the Chicago Tribune regarding what your Christmas lights say about you. I can’t quite glean from the story exactly what my Christmas lights…

    Posted on December 21, 2008 by themoderngal
    Posted in giving going green

    Merry CO2-free Christmas!

    Modern Jay just sent me a cool Christmas gift: a certificate for 136 pounds of carbon offsets (countering about a day’s worth of CO2) donated in my name by Brighter…

    Posted on December 19, 2008 by themoderngal
    Posted in food and drink personal experience travel writing exercise

    A story about good restaurant service

    As part of my weeklong tour of my home state, my job has me visiting Chattanooga, the city where I first set up my post-college life, for the next few…

    Posted on December 19, 2008 by themoderngal
    Posted in beauty giveaway

    Lisha Lynn giveaway results

    I really enjoyed reading everyone’s makeup horror stories. It sounds like many people had some misguided experimentation coupled with public humiliation. I put everyone’s names into a list on Random.org…

    Posted on December 18, 2008 by themoderngal
    Posted in holidays home personal experience

    The great Christmas lights extravaganza

    I promised pictures of the Christmas lights extravaganza. I think I exaggerated in my own brain just how out-of-control my own display would be. It really isn’t out-of-control, but hopefully…

    Posted on December 18, 2008 by themoderngal
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