An unboxing of my latest Stitchfix box as well as a Dia & Co box, the new clothing subscription box for women size 12 and up. For a discount, try Stitchfix at http://bit.ly/yaystitchfix and Dia & Co. at http://bit.ly/getdia. . . .

This post was sponsored by Clorox I mentioned in a recent post that we made another move. (You can hear all about that decision in my next newsletter.) The move was one of those things where we knew about it for a while, but couldn't really get moving until we sold our house. And once that happened, we had a quick 30 days to update the house we were moving into (which is the house we lived in when all four of the kids were born, and then rented out for a few years.) In that 30 days, we also had . . .

For folks local to Southern California, here's a few fun things to do over the holidays with your friends and family. 1. Elf the Musical | Segerstrom Center for the Arts, Cosa Mesa 2. Holiday Festivities | Pretend City, Irvine 3. Sleeping Beauty and Her Winter Night | Laguna Playhouse, Laguna Beach 4. Disney On Ice | Honda Center, Anaheim (Also in Long Beach & Ontario) . . .

Here are some of things I read this week that made me think. (These are just snippets – click on the title to read the whole thing). The Line Between a Safe Driver and a Dangerous One Is Just a Single Hour of Sleep from Cari at The Science of Us “According to one study, staying awake for 18 hours straight can cause the same cognitive impairment as a blood alcohol level of 0.05; at 24 hours, it’s closer to a blood alcohol level of 0.1, more than the legal limit for driving.” 9 Signs That You . . .

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I haven’t necessarily been keeping it a secret. It’s just that I haven’t really taken the time to sit down and explain it. But if you follow me on instagram or facebook, I’m sure you’ve noted that we just moved again. And there have been a lot of questions as to why. I’m going to try to answer some of them, but there are other aspects of this decision that I’m not keen to put online. If you would like to hear more, I’d love you to subscribe to my newsletter. I will be writing more candidly there . . .

An illuminating conversation with Bryan Stephenson of Equal Justice Initiative on the inequity of the criminal justice system in America. . . .