SoCal Mom by Donna Schwartz Mills http://socalmom.net There's No Place Like Home: Especially When Home is HERE Fri, 17 May 2013 21:57:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Armed and Ready to Shoot…Videos http://socalmom.net/2013/05/17/armed-and-ready-to-shoot-videos/ http://socalmom.net/2013/05/17/armed-and-ready-to-shoot-videos/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 21:57:11 +0000 Donna Schwartz Mills http://socalmom.net/?p=1159

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I kicked off the month by attending another conference [...]

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The baby birds nesting just outside my front door are g [...]

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Dancing With the Stars sponsor AT&T invited me to a [...]

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The chicks which hatched last week are growing and they [...]

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1. Yes, I spent Friday night in the hospital. 2. I am fine. But for a while, I wasn't so sure.

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I had no idea what to expect at this year's Lifesavers Conference -- other than some sobering lessons on automotive safety (no pun intended, even though there was a lot of material to ingest on impaired driving). The emotional keynote from former MADD President Karolyn Nunnallee has haunted me ever since.

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No matter how short a trip, things can change rapidly w [...]

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I was one of the unfortunate souls who were supposed to fly yesterday on American Airlines, and I lived to tell you about it.

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… I wish I’d had the foresight to take a ph [...]

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I like to travel. That is, I like getting out of Los An [...]

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