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Celebration station!

I have a crazy obsession with parties/birthdays/celebrationsโ€ฆpretty much anything that includes loads of sugar and free reign to be loud and crazy. So you can only imagine how much I freak when they are surprise partiesโ€ฆ.and thatโ€™s exactly what we […]

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Public health thank you!

Today is Public Health Thank You Day. If you’ve never thought about what public health officials do for you, consider the fact that they are the people who make sure our drinking water is safe, the air we breath is

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Do some good today!

This is heart-warming, use it for inspiration today: see what this lil 4-year-old Iowa boy wants for Christmas. So now I know you’re wondering how you can do good too… here’s some options: Go to LetsSayThanks.com to send a free

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Intramurals

I may be 5โ€™3″ (on a good day) but I like volleyball and DMU has an intramural leagueโ€”PERFECT! Why anyone ever thought to have a bunch of type-A personalities play sports against each other competitively, I am not sureโ€ฆbut at

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It’s my job to brag!

Seriously, when you have such adorable nephews/nieces as I do, you have to show them off. So let me brag for one hot second. I know you may be rolling your eyes and thinking, โ€œoh, these kids arenโ€™t even gonna

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Winter is comin’

Do you like to skate? I know I do. I use to pretend I was a professional ice skater in my rollerblades circling my garage until it made me hurl. And yet, I still have not figured out how to

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Rent

So, I donโ€™t have a life most of the time but when I doโ€ฆboy do I have a good time! Last Friday I got to see the musical RENT at the Des Moines Civic Center and it was AWESOME. I

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Holiday fun begins…

It’s rare in Iowa to be this far into the winter season without seeing the white stuff or being completely bundled up. Still, you wouldn’t expect to be able to enjoy a farmers’ market in November! But you can! Friday

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