Posts Tagged: humor

Inside My Jazzercise Brain

posted on 04/08/2014

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If you’ve been following any of my attempt-at-health-related blogs, you know that I love Jazzercise. Love, love, love it. A few of my friends, guy friends especially, have teased me about this, and I think maybe it’s the name. It harkens many of us back to an era when “Mousekercising” was a thing you did […]

Sugar Detox Day Three – Pantry of Doom

posted on 03/26/2014

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Passover is coming up in a few weeks, a time where Jewish households everywhere will scour their pantries, refrigerators and even freezers to root out all the chametz (usually defined as anything containing grain or leavening agents of any type, with the notable exception of matzah). It’s sort of a short, religiously-based Atkins diet. Whatever […]

Sugar Detox Day Two – Harder than it Sounds

posted on 03/25/2014

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First off, I want to thank everyone for the support on my Sugar Detox adventure. Since last night’s post, I’ve been amazed at all the kind comments and private messages you guys have sent me. SO many people, women in particular, seem to have had similar and scary chest pain/ER experiences. Some of these turned […]

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 […]

German Translation of The Marriage Pact Coming Soon!

posted on 03/11/2014

I got a note today from the translator of The Marriage Pact into German that the initial translation is finished, which is such a thrill! She said that she laughed a LOT while reading/translating the book, which made me enormously happy. [Incidentally: Best compliments you can give a writer: “I stayed up all night to […]

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 […]

The Hangover: Early 20’s vs. Late 30’s

posted on 07/21/2013

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Last night, Hubs and I went to a concert with some close friends, a rollicking good time. Since my friend was kind enough to serve as the designated driver, I overindulged a bit at the bar. More than a bit, to be honest — though not entirely my fault. Long story. Anyway, there’s something about […]

Cynicism and the Jazzercise Jiggle

posted on 07/09/2013

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I’m going to tell you a couple of things about myself that you may not know. One, I consider myself something of a recovering cynic. I come from a long line of stalwart observers who often found it easier to point out what was wrong with the world (albeit in a clever and humorous way, […]