• You Hurt My Feelings!

    After a series of miscommunications and misunderstandings, Friday was a real learning experience for me. The topic of the day: Hurt Feelings. As ridiculous as this sounds, I have hurt feelings about having hurt feelings. My failed attempt at communicating my hurt feelings elicited the following response: “But your feelings get hurt all the time!” Wow.…

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  • Insane Insomnia

    I love sleep. I love that feeling that I get just before I fall asleep, and the feeling of waking up after a good sleep or a nap. I have always prided myself on the ability to fall asleep quickly, and anywhere. Moving vehicle? I’m out. Couch? No problem. In fact, I can fall asleep…

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  • How to be a stepmother – 101

    If you had told me 5 years ago that 5 years from then I would have three stepsons I would have thrown my head back and laughed and laughed and laughed. A few reasons for this: 1) I don’t have boys. I have girls. I practically WILLED the girls to be girls. When I was…

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  • Love is kind

    It’s been a crazy month and a half. I couldn’t believe it when I logged in to find out my last post was in January. I would like to humbly admit that my first attempt at my second attempt of the love dare didn’t go well. To be brutally honest, Brent and I have had…

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  • The Love Dare, Round 2

    Last year I very quietly read, and (tried to) implement(ed) the Love Dare and the Respect Dare. At the same time. They aren’t written by the same authors, but their 40-dare systems allow for integration, somewhat. So it worked…ish. I think most people that read these books operate like this is a “one time thing”…

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  • 2014! The year of less….and more 🙂

    Those who know me will not be surprised to hear that I have a list as long of my arm of New Year’s “resolutions”. Sometimes I wonder why each year I continue to go through this exercise in biting off more than I, or anyone else, can chew. On one hand, I like to have…

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  • Handy-dandy Travelling Kitchen Kit

    Travelling as a family of 7 is never easy, but Brent and I agree that it is a good idea to expose the kids to travel as much as possible. There is nothing better than the ear-to-ear grins and the contagious excitement that literally flows out of them as they come spinning down the waterslides…

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  • Camryn – 1, School – 0

    Camryn’s father and stepfather often get frustrated with her, but I get the kid. Primarily because she is the former version of myself. I remember being 7 years old, being completely right about something, and being overruled by my parents “because I said so.” I rarely have any issues with her, and let’s face it,…

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  • All Things Book

    I have no idea what this blog is really about. The other day someone said “oh! I read your blog. So, what is your blog theme anyway?” I returned a blank stare. I guess this blog is about….me….and all parts of me? I have no idea. I have often thought about sticking with one theme…

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  • The Circular Effect of the Lack of Weight Loss

    April 15, 2013 Current Weight: 161lbs Goal: Something, anything! C25K Progress: Week 6(ish)(again)(I suck) So, I’ve hit a bit of a roadblock with running, working out and weight loss. A good swift kick in the butt is what I need. See, I get frustrated with the unfairness of it all. If I took a snapshot…

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