By Kristin Fast, Lifestyle Editor and In-House Wit-Cracker
It’s January 25, do you know where your resolution is?
Mine is happening right now as my little fingers fly (poke) over the keyboard of my hand-me-down laptop; Resolution 2012, more writing.
Only took 25 days to get crackin’.
Do you know that almost half of all Americans make a New Year’s Resolution and by June, more than half of those folks are still sticking with it?
Astounding and Huzzah!
The magic seems to be to not make goals along the lines of: I will lose 25 pounds by February 1 or I will never drink again, but [...]

Goodbye 2011.
 
Viva 2012. Happy New Year to all!
 

By Audrey van Petegem, Senior Editor
Now with this Social Media revolution there are truly no secrets anymore. Within seconds all your poor taste, poor judgment and poor you will be over the internet. With the help of Viddy, Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and (God help me) LinkedIn, last nights indiscretions will be the talk at the water cooler, PTA meeting, yoga class, Starbucks and everywhere else you go.  There is now a way to help protect yourself from – well – yourself with the Holiday Party Sobriety Test app.
Spin the wheel and find out which three coordination or cognitive test [...]

Since we know you’re always ready to appreciate the new and unusual, we’re sure you will – or your teens will – enjoy this new sound of Christmas! Brought to you by Japanese beatboxer maestro, Hikakin.
Merry Christmas!

The Succulent Wife is celebrating its 5th year as a blog. As some of you know, we started as an online gift shop for women artists to share their stories and their work. Since then we have grown to share the stories and products of people, companies and corporations that we love and wish to support. We often get

By Audrey van Petegem, Senior Editor
Every year at this time, we scour the internet looking for websites that bring out the child in all of us and help us (and our kids) get into the spirit of Christmas. Last year we found several Ho Ho Holiday sites and the year before, some Creative Christmas Magic Sites.
This year, we found another free site, PortableNorthPoleTV which creates a personalized video from Santa. What makes this one different? It’s not just for kids, but also works well for non-believers, aka teens and adults. Santa will tell them if they are on the naughty [...]

By Kristin Fast, In-House Wit-Cracker
Writing about holidays or personal holiday traditions is tricky business because there is a greater than average chance you will offend your reader – either by sounding as though you are giving Martha Stewart a run for her money with your just general awesome soups and crafts and vintage decor, or you will offend your reader with your snarky thought slightly tongue-in-cheek holiday tales as told from the bottom of a wine glass… guess in which category I tend to fall?
That being said, when the Succulents asked me to contribute a piece to be published on [...]

We have our three winners for the 5-pack set of Galeos Miso Dressings. Congratulations to Vita, Sandra and Cristin!
The winners were selected at random using the Random Integer Generator (chronological order). This giveaway CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED but do subscribe via RSS or email to get updates on new giveaways as they get posted. Thank you all for playing!
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Just in time for the start of the festive season of parties, entertaining and overindulgence, Galeos is offering three giveaways of their 5-pack of great tasting, low calorie miso-based dressings. All this because they want you to try all their flavors, but [...]

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Though I love color (and color on top of color), I had never given much thought to how colors are created. I guess it’s something that I always took for granted… That colors just… were.
Turns out that new colors need to be created to match current consumer trends and moods. It’s a real science and the authority is, bien sûr, PANTONE.
I thought that you would enjoy this video that quickly walks us through the PANTONE process of researching, adjusting and testing the development of new colors.
Who knew? Well, I certainly feel smarter now.
And, designers and artistes, you will want to [...]