From the monthly archives:

February 2010

It’s Really Hard

02.28.2010

I was the first member of my group of friends to get pregnant. In fact, my friend Char and I popped out five between the two of us before any of our other friends even entertained the idea of children. She and I would call each other for advice, share stories of mischief, and confide [...]

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Free Tilicum

02.26.2010

Hey I have an idea!! Call it short term brilliance, call it Jesus talking, call it what you will, but last night it happened. My brilliant idea.
How about if we stop allowing human beings to get into giant tanks with creatures that weigh over TWELVE THOUSAND POUNDS!!

Tilikum’s DORSAL fin is taller and weighs more than [...]

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Writer’s Workshop: I Want To Be Fixed

02.24.2010

What images inspire you immediately? Open a magazine and create a piece of writing (poem, story, essay) about the first image that captures your imagination.
Fixed.
I want to be better.
Plump lips, rosy cheeks, tan skin.
I want to be desired.
Tone arms, skinny legs, small waist.
I want to fit in.
Long hair, wide eyes, straight teeth.
I want to [...]

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100 Days Of School…La Dee Freaking Da

02.24.2010

Tomorrow marks Maile’s 100th day of school and to celebrate she needs to count 100 items to bring to class.
She had her heart set on jelly beans and being the over the top parent  I am I scraped together the 100 dollars I was going to need to go into Target for jelly beans.
“How [...]

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The Bachelor: Women Tell All

02.23.2010

The Women Tell All is always the episode before the finale when the jousted women come back together for two hours of merriment.
The highlights:
Crazy girl Michelle was put in the hot seat to talk about how not crazy she is and how she doesn’t need therapy and she managed to insist on these things in [...]

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Your Assignment, Should You Choose To Accept

02.22.2010

(It’s late for me…the bachelor goodness will come while the kiddies are napping later today)
Directions: You can learn more about Writer’s Workshop here….it’s never to late to jump in!! Here is what you must do:

Choose a prompt that inspires you most.
Write.
Come back this Thursday and paste the URL to your actual [...]

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Somebody Write Me Up A Will…Quick

02.22.2010

pat: so what do you want to pick up for dinner?
me: Ummm….I dunno….hey have we written out a will yet?
pat: nope. It’s on the long list of things we should be, but aren’t doing.
me: Listen to this…Adrian wrote a post that says that if we don’t write up a will and you die…I could have [...]

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Weekend Wrap-Up: WP, Puppies, Pictures, And More

02.19.2010

#1 WordPress Frustrations
I love WordPress, but with all the added functionality has come some added setbacks. My site has been slow loading. I know this. One of the things I have read is that you need to be careful with the plugins you add to your site. Things like comment replies that email you when [...]

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A New Puppy??

02.19.2010

I had planned on writing a super deep, thoughtful, and insightful post.
But then Pat gave me PERMISSION to buy this:

And I’ve been trying to talk myself out of it ever since. What is he thinking giving me the green light like that?
So I’ve spent the rest of the night looking at ALLLLLLL the puppies in [...]

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