Drinking My Way to Happiness

August 8, 2012

If you’ve been following along with my sporadic ramblings you might have caught that mention of losing weight and trying to up the old energy level. I’m starting to believe this is an urban myth that only Olympians who’ve not been told their Gran-Grans died two years ago because they were in sequestered training by […]

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Ladybugs

July 25, 2012

I suddenly noticed an aphid problem with my roses. Not wanting to get chemicals, I did the good green thing and bought a little tub of ladybugs. Yup, you can buy a hundred or so at the local hardware store. The instructions said water the garden then let them go into the base of the […]

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A Punch in the Face

July 22, 2012

I’m at a complete loss. In fact, I can’t even think of a snarky diatribe to accurately illustrate what I’m feeling. I’ve never encountered this before. I have heard a few somewhat similar stories from friends, but I figured I was rather selective in my closest friends so this would never happen to me. Welcome […]

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Passion

July 18, 2012

Without passion, something that really sets me on fire, I’m a lost soul floating aimlessly in this vast sea of life. Colors are muted and sounds dull. Energy is low, patience is even lower and my overall outlook can be a little on the negative side. Ok. More than a little. To be honest, I […]

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Distraction, Redirection and Enabling

July 2, 2012

Anyone with experience with toddlers knows the day is filled with these little beings grabbing, touching and doing anything their little hearts desire. The toddler years are filled with exploration, spontaneity, and often a complete lack of self-preservation. The challenge on parents’ and caregivers’ end is trying to protect toddlers from themselves or from hurting […]

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The Weight Loss/Energy Gain Battle

June 27, 2012

I’ve been thin my whole life, priding myself in the fact that I could still wear my college clothes all the way up until I was pregnant. Heck, I could even wear high school shirts and skirts (pants not so much because I grew just a smidge in the hips in college). I could never […]

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Friday Funny

June 22, 2012

So we bought these little tropical fish to keep Sweetness’s water frog company. We bought 3. Yesterday, one died. She was playing on her new best friend so I wasn’t going to bother her. I fed the fish, unceremoniously picked up “Floater” and tossed him in the trash. That evening at dinner I figured I’d […]

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The Best Sitter Ev-er

June 20, 2012

I have wonderful memories of this swing set my brother and I had when we were kids. You remember the kind, those metal frame jobs that you’d try to swing on as hard as possible to see if you could get the legs to pop up. The chains on the swing were pinchy, the seat […]

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