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I can’t…Stand country music. Draw anything other than flowers and stick figures. Stop obsessing about losing someone close to me. Sit inside on sunny days. Carry a tune to save my life. Be in a sexless relationship. Leave the house without matching earrings, shoes and bag. Throw a Frisbee. I can…Play the piano. Say I’m sorry. Read a 500-page book in three days. Obsess daily about what... Read more

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Oh garage sales. What a seriously interesting sociology experiment into the human mind. Someone should write a book on garage sales and what people will sell and buy – I took a sociology class in college called “Deviant Behavior” where we analyzed the social workings behind gangs, gambling and sexual deviance (David Carradine, what?!), I think that a little section there about garage... Read more

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GOOD MORning! It’s that time of the week again – Bacon for Saturday morning breakfast! Remember that post a couple weeks ago where I ridiculed my bacon-obsessed boyfriend for his bacon tuna confession?! Well, I had enough of you crazy bacon loving readers tell me that it’s actually good, and I should try it. So what did I do – no challenge goes undone! I searched for a bacon tuna... Read more

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I just received this poem in one of those always lovely chain e-mails; apparently it was written by a terminally ill teenager who has six months to live. I thought I’d share it here because I think it has a really great message. I’m a busy, busy person, and feel like I’m living life at 80 mph. I need to take the time to slow down sometimes… SLOW DANCE Have you ever watched kidsOn a... Read more

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I found these genius Reduce® WaterWeek water bottles at Metropolitan Market a year or so ago and bought them for a coworker’s birthday (they’re only $20 for the set). I finally purchased a set for myself last week, and I love, love, LOVE them! They are cute little reusable bottles that have their own tray for the fridge. It’s awesome because I now always have a water bottle on hand... Read more

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I ditched The Year of Living Biblically (I tend to be fickle with both religion and books that don’t keep my interest, so it’s somewhat fitting) and started reading Firefly Lane. Too many people told me how good it is, and well, it’s like $500 was burning a hole in my pocket. I needed to start it straight away. For me, a good book I can’t put down is like a drug I need and think... Read more

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Last week, I spent a considerable amount of time with one of my guy friends, partying away his recent sorrows over the break-up with his live-in girlfriend of three years. I needed someone to entertain me; he needed a shoulder to cry on. We were a perfect match. Sometimes, it seems really hard to be a guy. They bottle everything up, and rarely have the outlet that girls have – a constant shoulder to... Read more

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Yesterday I had the pleasure of visiting my Dolphin Sister’s 3rd grade class. Not gonna lie, when I received the invite, I wasn’t too thrilled. “Ew. A classroom full of other people’s bratty kids?! No thanks!” I thought to myself. This is probably really terrible to admit out loud, but I really don’t think third graders are that cute. Five year olds, yes. How can you... Read more

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Good morning lovely blog readers! Happy bacon Saturdays! I’m sure the majority of you fabulous Internet-savvy peeps have heard of This is why you’re fat blog. But, JUST IN CASE you haven’t, I thought I’d have to share it here for my bacon series. This is why you’re fat is a site that posts pics people send in of the fattiest, grossest foods and meals. Basically – why... Read more

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Do you remember, as a kid, those summer reading programs at your local library? There’d be some sort of contest and a cool, colorful list where you could pencil in all the books you read – well, I LOVED those. I lived for them. I wanted to do nothing more than fill that list up and then some. That’s just how nerdy I am on the inside. (Cause clearly I’m fabulously unnerdy on the... Read more