Listen, no offense to those of you who LOOOOVE your online dating scene. I get it… more and more of you are meeting your True Love on Match or Harmony or the FARMERS one, for the love (snort…. have you seen those commercials???), and that’s fine. Great. Nothing wrong with that. Whatever. God bless you and may you live happily ever after with the farmer of your dreams. But let…
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How I Got from There to Here
Hi friends! Gosh, how I’ve missed you all! Some of you have been with me since the humble beginnings of this little ‘ole blog back in 2006 when I had bought a certain Blue House, all the way through the heyday of a shocking 115,000+ visitors a month, and I have loved having you along for the crazy ride. I made SO MANY real friends through this blog that I…
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Identity Crisis, Interrupted, and a Giveaway.
I’m having a blog identity crisis. I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but I haven’t had much to talk about in months and months. Which is not like me, historically, because this blog has always been free, fun therapy for me, and when I can write a post that makes people laugh, that’s always been the BEST. Oh, I churn out a post now and then just to…
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Crushed.
So lately I’ve been feeling the weight of some stressful stuff. I won’t bore you with the details, but I’ve been worrying way too much lately about something over which I have no control… Not a life-or-death thing, you know (it never is) and I KNOW ‘this too shall pass’ and all that, but I’m not sleeping well… Making myself sick by letting something gnaw at me from the inside….
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The Big Blank Living Room Gets a New Paint Color.
So you know by now that we’re neck-deep in another home project. And if you DIDN’T know, you should probably read about all the Lifetime Network-level drama and intrigue here before you go any further, because it’s just plain entertaining. This one has been painfully slow-going. With my last house (and the one before that) I KNEW the look I wanted (1930s cottage charm). It was easy. This one is…
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Does Plexus Slim Work With Trim Healthy Mama?
I get emails from my blog readers at least weekly asking this question, and the short answer is ABSOLUTELY, IT DOES.And the other question I get from Trim Healthy Mamas is, “I see you’re doing Plexus now. Are you still doing Trim Healthy Mama?” And the answer to that one is a little more complicated. Yes, mostly, I am doing THM, and I’m still a die-hard member of the THM fan…
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Two-Year-Old in the House.
I can’t believe it, but our baby is TWO. Seriously. How is that possible? So I began her birthday week like I begin ALL my kids’ birthday weeks, by sobbing over all their baby pictures and their birth stories (go ahead and read it and lament with me, please; solidarity and all that), over and over again because it’s GONE BY TOO STINKING FAST AND I NEED TO HOLD ON TO…
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A Brain Tumor Update.
I’m having one of those days, y’all… one of those days when I’m fine one minute, and then I’m collapsing in a puddle of tears because ALL the emotions are going on over here today. WHY I even put on makeup today is beyond me. For my friends who have been following my blog for a while, you know about the tumor, and for those who don’t, my middle daughter,…
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Yesterday in Florida…
Yesterday was the most incredibly wonderful day of this whole road trip. The biggest reason why was because it was the most spontaneous non-agenda day of the past week. We’ve pretty much not had an agenda this whole trip, other than during the Plexus Leaders Retreat where we had several activities mapped out for us, and it’s been fun just striking out each day without so much as a hotel…
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Honeymoon Road Trip, Day One.
We had the most wonderful day ever yesterday. Everything was perfect, from the weather to the food to finding front row parking places every single place we went, as if we were God’s favorite children and He made all the paths straight just for us. You know, I’ve always heard that you should always take a vacation with your spouse every year whether you can afford it or not, and…
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A Letter to My Daughter: What I Want You to Know About Friends.
Dear Daughter, I know that middle school can be a total beating. I remember ever so clearly, and I still have very vivid scars from my OWN middle school experience. I wish we could skip right over these years and get to the fun part (aka college), but the hard years are the ones that make you into a better person, I know for a fact, so we have to…
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Remodeling Progress, Parenting, and Considering the Ant.
Yep. I haven’t talked about it in months, because we’re at THAT stage in the remodeling process. If you’ve ever bought a project house, you know what I’m talking about… the point where the heart-pumping thrill of starting something new is long gone, but you’re still SO much blood, sweat, and tears away from where you want to be. It just so happens that it’s also that point immediately after you’ve…
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