Posts Tagged: baggage check

Sugar Detox Day One – Why I’m Here (and Trying to Stay that Way)

posted on 03/24/2014

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My friend Meghan at Merge Into Health recently drugged me and forced me to sign up for convinced me to try her 10-Day sugar detox program. I’ve been trying off and on for years to eat better and lose weight, with only marginal success. Something always gets in the way: I slip and fall headfirst […]

Corned Beef, Consignment Sales and Working from Home

posted on 03/19/2014

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Happy St. Paddy’s – a couple of days late! This year I made corned beef and cabbage for the first time, and it was painfully delicious. Painful because, well, it’s not exactly health food, is it? But soooo good. I don’t know exactly where my ancestors are from (though I suspect many are from the […]

Graduating from Parenting Basic (a.k.a Officially Going Over the Edge)

posted on 03/12/2014

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Before you have kids, people will tell you that parenting will change your life, and push you to your limits. Especially the parents of young children, who will grab your arm in the grocery store or at parties and hiss out warnings, as though they’ve escaped temporarily from an institution and want to make sure […]

Name My Minivan

posted on 03/06/2014

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Does your car have a name? Mine usually do. Cars are important to me – they symbolize freedom and loud music, time to think and time to talk, and so much more. Whether it’s writer’s block or depression or a baby who refuses to nap, for me the answer can often be found in a […]

Vanity Wins in the End?

posted on 02/27/2014

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We have an enormous, steep staircase at our house that goes from the upstairs landing to the front door. It was one of the first things that attracted me to this house when we bought it a year ago, so lovely and open, with hardwood steps and iron rails. It didn’t occur to me then […]

Under the Influence

posted on 02/25/2014

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Have you ever noticed that we often get into our favorite things because of other people? You’re not born a Packers fan or a knitting champion or a soccer freak or a Republican. We develop those parts of our identities over time, as hobbies, interests and opinions are presented to us and we react to […]

And the Oscar Goes to…

posted on 02/20/2014

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The 86th Annual Academy Awards are just over a week away and I am simply vibrating with excitement. Oscar Night has become one of my very favorite nights of the year. It’s not just that I love the speeches and the tributes and the music (I do) or watching people interact on the red carpet […]

Valentine’s Giveaway Extended Through Midnight 2/15!

posted on 02/14/2014

Hi, everyone! Happy Valentine’s Day – hope you are feeling loved today: by friends, family, your favorite furry creature, and especially yourself. This is just a short entry to let you know that I’ve extended the deadline for entering the giveaway for an extra day… A technology glitch kept my reminder email from going out […]

A Little Sunday Wisdom

posted on 02/09/2014

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Okay, I’ll own it – I love CBS Sunday Morning. Our kids pretty much know that unless we have other plans or make a trip to our favorite bagel place, Hubs and I will be sipping coffee in our pajamas watching “our show” for that hour and a half every week. They also know they’ll […]

Dream Recounted, Death Revisited

posted on 02/04/2014

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I had an oddly vivid dream last night. I’m not a life-as-movie dream person: for example, I never showed up naked on book report day in my fourth grade classroom, or had a dream that could be confused with reality except that my husband was Paul Rudd wearing a horse’s head and green tights. Ahem. […]