When I woke up this morning with my head throbbing, husband grousing around and my children carrying on about one thing or another…I wanted to roll over and go back to sleep. I feel like that a lot lately, as noted in a previous post. I think my exact thought this morning was that...
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I hate whining. I do. Fricken hate it. I don’t, however, hate it enough to NOT do it. Really, the fact is…I just don’t want to hear anyone else whine. Not you. Not my kids. None of ya. But since this is my blog, I’m going to be a wee bit of a hypocrite and whine...
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Do you ever listen to This American Life on the radio? If not, you should. Nerdy host Ira Glass has a voice that makes the loins of many a woman tingle, although my loins remain curiously untingly. In any case, this week’s show is called “Frenemies” and though it’s a word I originally heard on...
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If you know me at all, you know I teeter on the fence between wanting to share and wanting to hide—under a big BIG black cloak of privacy. I do want to blog. I want to voice my opinions. I want to spill my guts. I want to pour my heart out. I just...
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Nine out of ten doctors recommend that if you fall behind while doing NaBloPoMo, post funny pictures… I got a ton of these things via email so I don’t know who to credit for them… To whoever made these, thank you for saving my sorry ass on only the 5th day of NaBloPoMo.
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My 24 hours of special treatment from my family is almost over…another birthday nearly behind me. If I were a pessimist, I’d say “Ohhhh, another birthday, another year closer to death” but I make a point not to think of stuff like that. I cannot, however, lie and say I haven’t spent a few moments...
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