If I could tell a new mom one thing, it would be to trust yourself. I carry guilt. For the ten times I am patient, I carry the one time I yell. For the ten times I play superheroes, I carry the one time I brush them off. I carry these for a moment. On [...]
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I’m going to sit on my butt eating food and hanging out with my family for Thanksgiving and Black Friday. I invite you to click a link each time you get grateful. It may help you shake it off. My Other Hangouts (don’t tell my blog): Ten Dos and Donts On How To Survive Thanksgiving: On [...]
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Are you a vegetarian? I get asked a lot. Even when I’m not eating with people. It must be my hippie, liberal, bumper-stickered car being driven by me, a scrawny-armed, greasy-haired lady with strange longing on my face when I see chicken.* (*I don’t like chicken unless it’s wings from BW3s and maybe once a year [...]
Tagged as: Candy, Chicken, College, Eating, Flexitarian, Friends, I am weird, Vegetarian
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I’ve seen a facebook-blog-meme-forum-email floating around called “101 Things To Do With Your Kids This Summer” so I’ve decided to add my 10 cents. Or 10 ideas. Because I’ll need that 10 cents to pull some of them off. 10 Things To Do With Your Kids This Summer and PROBABLY Not Get Arrested 1. Build [...]
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A reader sent me an article about a group of 38 charity and religious leaders fasting to bring God into politics. More specifically to “seek God’s help in fighting proposed budget cuts they believe are ‘immoral.’” (source) Now, I don’t believe in fasting. I think that we should treat our bodies as well as possible [...]
Tagged as: Budget Deficit, Business, Change, Charity, Eating, Giving, I don't fast but I do pray, I was really riled up when I wrote this, Illness, Liberal, Money, Poor, Prayer, Religion, Scott, Spirituality, Success, Thoughtful Thursday
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A few weeks ago, I asked y’all: How can I keep from getting sick? Here’s what my life would look like if I implemented all your ideas: I wake up after sleeping as long and as late as I want. (So far? Sounds spectacular.) I take a shot of vodka. According to my Facebook page, [...]
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When I attend a concert, I don’t think: Wow! With a few guitar lessons and some willpower, I’ll be playing up on stage in no time. But when I flip through a fashion magazine, I think: Wow! With those jeans, eye-shadows, hair gel and willpower, I could look like that.
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