tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40819656481200704132012-02-17T14:00:21.687-08:00Documenting all the crazy in my life... I may need a bigger blog.Cupcake Blondehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10588999664483664504noreply@blogger.comBlogger801100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081965648120070413.post-65184970715442716532011-09-30T20:28:00.000-07:002011-09-30T20:51:19.817-07:00

I have been doing a lot of wondering lately.I wonder why it's so easy for some people.I wonder why we are having such a difficult time.I wonder if I am being punished.I wonder if our dream will ever come true.I wonder if we should bother any more.We have been trying for almost two years to get pregnant with no avail. Granted, these past two years have been filled with the kind of emotional and

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Ten years.How has it been ten years already?I can still remember every tiny detail of that day. They are crystal clear, like watching a movie in my mind. A horror movie I can't look away from.I remember being awakened by my best friend M a little after 9 AM. I remember working the night shift only a few hours before and was not happy about being pulled from my bed. But being in the news business

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10 Signs I Know I Am Depressed 1. Fall TV is a mere two weeks away and I can barely gather the energy to plan out my Tivo schedule. 2. I have yet to watch the final episode of The Glee Project. 3. When faced with the option of either mindlessly watching TV or losing myself in a good book I chose to…sleep. 4. I had a kitty wanting to snuggle with me and instead I pushed her to the ground

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I have had a bunch of things bouncing around in my head for awhile. Time to do a bullet list!~We are currently battling with our insurance company and the hospital Charming went to when we was ill due to the $4000 bills we have received. We are hoping for a reduction from the hospital or an increase in what the insurance will cover. We don't want to pay nothing, he did have the services after all

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I know I have been horrible. There has just been so much going on. So much to attend to.Getting the house ready. Entertaining some guests. Struggling to figure out how in world to pay for $4000 in medical bills.Yes, Charming's bills for his hospital excursion came. And because the hospital we went to is not covered by his insurance we have to pay half. We are working with Charming's brother to

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Getting this house in order has been a struggle. I promise a detailed post about everything regarding the move and our new home is coming. We have just been so busy trying to get everything together for yesterday and our housewarming party. We worked really hard to have our home ready to show off to people and are pretty proud of the results.Too bad no one showed up to see it.Yes, we threw a

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Oy. Vey.Well, we are moved.And amongst the mountain of cardboard and newspaper a new home lay...somewhere.But before we got there we had to first finish up at the old place. Cleaning, polishing, and sprucing to ensure we got our deposit back. And in between all of that we decided to hold a garage/moving sale.Because we didn't have enough to do.And I love getting up at 6:30 AM...three days in a

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Moved.Boxes everywhere.Hurt everywhere.Will write more when full sentences don't tax my brain.Ow.And oh my.Still have a lot of work to do.

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I'm exhausted.Between working and packing and hauling crap to the new place I am not sure what day it is or what my name is. I do however know that tomorrow is the BIG move. We are well prepared I think. The only things left in the old house are the large furniture. Our bedroom set, a couch, two love seats, two chairs, two entertainment centers, two desks, the cat condo, a bench, the bar, a

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And the hits just keep on coming...~CenturyLink never called me back. So I called them AGAIN yesterday. Told the whole story to another person, who was a bit of a prick at first, until he pulled up the account and saw everything that had transpired. And this time they didn't include all of the service. So once again, everything had to be redone. This time, the sales person told me he would call

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Day one of moving and we have already hit some snags...~Got a call from our new property manager. She was confirming our meet up today to get the keys. And to let us know the work needing to be done on the home was almost done but the contractors needed to finish up tomorrow. She said not to worry, they have a key and can come in and finish up without bothering us. Uh....what? We were told she

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In between all the packing craziness, Charming and I have been participating in a treasure hunt for the last two weeks. Because we certainly didn't have enough to do.A local coin shop holds a yearly treasure hunt for a $10,000 gold medallion. Over two weeks you travel around to different points all over the valley to get clues from different merchants. The clues all lead to the exact location of

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Well...no call from the property manager.*frowny face*I am not surprised because that is our luck. We were resigned to the fact we would be in the other house and the Dream House is not for us right now. And we'll make it work because we always do. It'll be fine.So now we are packing up a storm. And I am finding more and more stuff to get rid of. I guess that is the one good things about moving.

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Well, we didn't get the Dream House.At least, we probably didn't get it.That lady came back and said she wanted it and the property manager gave it to her. However, several things are in play. The lady's son really didn't want to move there and she had already put a deposit down on another place. She has until this weekend to sign the lease and if she doesn't we swoop in and take it.However, in

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Today was supposed to be a better day.I mean, yes, my brother was leaving to move to Virginia and it was hard to say goodbye to him. But I know I will see him again in January when he hopefully moves back.But today was going to be great to two huge reasons.Number one, the Royal Wedding is tonight. As I am a huge lover of anything and everything British, this is an event I am so happy to be able

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Hoppy Easter everyone!!Charming's mother made us Easter baskets which was a welcome surprise. We aren't ones to really celebrate Easter much, so the baskets full of goodies and chocolate were a great treat. However I did manage to go to church and create an Easter egg hunt for Charming when he got home from work last night. I used springly colored wrapped Reese Cups and hid them around our house.

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One year.365 days.It feels so long ago and like yesterday simultaneously.I guess pain knows no time limit. No boundaries.I waited all day to write this post. Because I didn't want to write it. Writing it made it seem more real. Even after 365 days of praying for a different reality.One year ago today we lost an amazing young man in the most unimaginable way possible. In the days, weeks, months

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Oh man.There is so much going on. So much to talk about.I am coming here to lay it all out for everyone. I promise.But I just don't have any time right now. Hopefully soon.Just wanted to let you all know I didn't forget about you. I will come here and explain everything. Trust me. You are going to want to wait for this one.

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I was flipping through the channels on the TV at work, trying to find something to have on in the background while I prepared my shows for the night. The strains of a familiar melody caught my attention and I found myself landing on our local PBS affiliate. It's pledge time so their programming is designed to draw you in and give money to receive what fabulous show they are airing. In this

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My Dad called me this morning.He informed me that my grandmother had made the decision to take my grandfather off all of his medications.Since his fall and then subsequent hip surgery in November, my grandfather has had several ups and downs. There were tiny whispers of improvement, things that sparked hope that maybe, just maybe he would come out of everything all right. He left the hospital for

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We interrupt my non-blogging to bring you this important message.Today is Charming's birthday!!He turns 36, but I am sure he did not want me to post that. Oh well.I really wanted this year's birthday celebrations to be extra special considering I messed up big time last year with my leg deciding to give out during the infamous Dinner Turn and Snap and then days spent in doctor's offices, MRIs and

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Two weeks since I last posted?Wait...I can explain.Not only have I been sick STILL, after three long weeks, but I have been encompassed by weeks of torment and indecision.And then intense rage.But allow me to back up a bit...My boss is leaving his position and moving out of state. The person ahead of me is taking over his position. That leaves the weekday supervisor position open for me to go for

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I had big plans for this week.Plans to blog about some pretty important things that had come up in my life recently.Plans to hold true to my "blogging three times a week" promise.But then IT happened.The Big Sick 2011.I have been incapacitated since Sunday night, unable to breathe due to the amount of crud clogging up my pipes. It was impossible for me to sleep due to the fact any prone position

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I had planned on writing a big long post about the Super Bowl and all the incredible commercials.But I am still struck dumb by the awesomeness of Glee's Super Episode.Oh. My. Goodness.First of all, everything was perfect. The storyline was superb. A lot of movement with character plot lines and issues. There were a ton of tiny moments that I loved. Like Coach Beiste singing along with Rachel and

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I know I said I would review my Blog Challenge on Tuesday.I'm sorry.I just needed a small break from the blogging every day. I had no idea it would be so tiring!But I am so glad I did the Challenge. Not only did it make me blog every day, which honestly I had missed. But it made me look inside myself for answers to things I had never thought of before. And best of all it gave me insights to a ton

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Wow. It's the last day. This month flew by! How is tomorrow February already? And I am proud that I managed to write my post every day with only two little missteps while my parents were visiting. That is pretty impressive. Tomorrow I'll do a little wrap up of this experience but for now, on to the last post.A dream for the future.This really could be anything. I dream about being financially

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This post is kind of a throw away question for me because there really is only one hope, dream and plan I want in the next 365 days.A baby.Ironic this question would come today when earlier I received a call from my mother, all excited to talk to me. She had just visited a psychic she went to on a whim with some work friends and the psychic wanted to talk mainly about me. My mom only told this

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I have one of those purses that holds everything. Charming jokes that I am going to be one of those moms that has an answer to everything hidden in the depths of my bag. Over the years, my bags have gotten bigger and bigger, rising to the occasion to hold all of my stuff. Luckily for me, big purses are in. I had supreme difficulty when those tiny bags were all the rage.Charming may tease me about

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I'm telling you right off the bat I am not going to share my worst habit.It is so bad I don't like to admit I do it. I'm embarrassed and ashamed and I try not to let anyone know. I work really hard not to do it but I think I need that hypnosis therapy or something to help me stop.It's really, really bad. Way too bad to share.However, I do have several other bad habits that I don't mind sharing.

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Again, not going over my week. It's too boring and tedious and frankly, I don't want to do it.So I'm deviating again today. Yes, I am a rebel.I am going to talk about my favorite cartoon character. (I know others are doing Something That Once Was Fun And Is Not Anymore, or something like that. But Fraulein N covered almost exactly what I was going to say about roller coasters not being so much

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As previously stated yesterday, I am not going over my day in detail. There's not much to write about there. I get up, take a walk, sit in front of the TV, get dressed, go to work, sit in front of more TVs and then come home...to sit in front of the TV. Not very exciting.So I am taking a suggestion made yesterday to talk about my first kiss. It sounded like a good topic.Actually, I am going to

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I think I am going to plead a bye day and opt out of this one. For two reasons.Number one: I am in a very bad place today with a certain thing that came and is making me feel miserable and disgusting.Number two: I am so sick of this godforsaken city I couldn't say anything positive about it right now other than the fact I am happy I don't have to deal with snow on top of all the crap I put up

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Long before he took the stage to celebrate a win with his new TV family at the Golden Globes.Eons before he graced the cover of Entertainment Weekly this week.Light years ahead of when he became a break-out star on one of my favorite shows ever and had the most downloaded song in a remake that I think is better than Katy Perry's original. Plus he stole a few hearts in the process.And even before

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I read a lot of websites.Not including the personal friend sites I visit almost every day and the entertainment sites to keep up on my favorite TV shows, movies and actors, I probably read about 50 websites. I don't read all of them every day but I can tell you, Google Reader is a lifesaver when it comes to weeding out the things I just don't have time for in that huge list.I read the regular

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Woo hoo, an easy one!There is one thing I can cook. It is my most favorite recipe ever. The one I always have my Mom make for me when I come home. It's also one of Charming's favorite meals and was the demise of my left knee last March when I was making this for his birthday and did my famous turn and shred my meniscus move.Spaghetti Pie!!!(I was at work when I wrote this so I search on the

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This one was a bit of a stumper.I have always wondered about what exactly having a hobby means. So I went to Wikipedia, the all-knowing website, to find an answer.A hobby is an activity or interest that is undertaken for pleasure or relaxation, typically done during one's leisure time.An activity or interest. One done for pleasure or relaxation. Well, I guess reading or blogging would count under

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This one is boring because I think the only talent I have is being able to carry a tune.Well, there is that trick I can do with a cherry stem and my tongue. But I'm not in college anymore so that talent in a 30+ year-old woman is just plain sad.I love to sing. I have been singing pretty much my whole life. I used to be a whole lot better than I am now. I kinda let my voice go, so to speak, since

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Our wedding.One of the most amazing days of my life.I planned it all myself so it was a lot of work, a lot of stress, some tears and screams leading up to it.But it was totally worth it for the end result was perfect.Sure there were a couple things that went wrong on the Big Day. The Best Man's tux was wrong and didn't have tails, one of Brian's brothers didn't have any black socks, the flowers

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I love art.I love the way people can express themselves in so many different ways through art. Painting, charcoal, photography, sculpture. It is all an insight into an artist's soul. For me, art is very personal because we are seeing an intimate part of someone. A part they had to get out onto the canvas or through clay. A part that just had to shared with the world, even if they are the only

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This one was easy.Hands down there is only one song that makes me sob. So much so I can't even listen to it any more. In fact, I am getting teary just thinking about it now. Thank goodness it comes around only once a year.Christmas Shoes"Want her to look beautiful, if Mama meets Jesus tonight." And then when the kids sing *sob*! Gets me right there *heart*

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These posts over the next week are going to be a bit of a challenge for me. My parents are in town, and forgive me, I can think of a lot better things to do while they are here than be on the computer. But I am going to try and keep my word and do a post everyday, I just may not go into as much detail as usual. Also I won't be by to read all of your lovely posts but I'll catch up once they

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A non-fictional book that I would recommend to anyone?Why The Daily Coyote: A Story of Love, Survival and Trust in the Wilds of Wyoming of course.I had been reading the Daily Coyote blog for quite some time when the author's book came out and immediately snatched up a copy for myself. The blog showed quick glimpses, mostly in the style of breathtaking pictures snapped by the author, into the life

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This is another almost impossible challenge. I love reading, as I said many times before. I read everything. I love so many different genres and authors and series. One book out of the hundreds I have read?How could I choose?Ironically it was my brother who helped me decide. While he was staying with us for the past month and a half he surprisingly asked me for some books to read. He had come

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How fitting that this challenge would come up today when I am currently in a tiff with Charming over something I am OCD about.You see, I have a thing about food. I am very particular about what I eat, how something is prepared, what brands I am comfortable with. I love almost every type of food, as long as it is made the way I like it. This proves to be difficult when items I love how one person

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This one is harder than yesterday. As I have gotten older, and fatter, I have wanted to appear in pictures less and less. So finding pictures of me, let alone picture of me that doesn't show me smiling at the camera (plus when I can pose myself in such a way so I don't look so hideous and huge) is very difficult. However, there are a few times when I allow Charming to take the camera and snap

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These next two days are going to be a bit of a challenge since this is an anonymous blog and I don't show pictures of myself on here. However, I didn't want to take a picture and put a big smiley face over it or something because that would defeat the point.So I combed through my volumes of photo books until I could find a picture of me, but one where you couldn't make out my face very well. It

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I take a lot of pictures. A lot! I love capturing the moment and having memories to look at over the years. I have been filling photo books since I was in middle school (which should make the 10 years ago photo interesting) that are stuffed with pictures of everything. People, animals, landscapes, monuments, candids, family photos, blurry images and times when I tried to be "artsy." I just love

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The topic of today's challenge immediately brought a slew of images to my mind.As yesterday's post indicates I am a huge animal lover. I especially love cats and dogs and horses, so shows like Animal Cops are especially hard on me. Also, those ASPCA commercials melt my heart. I immediately want to take home every animal in a cage. I can't even go into a PetSmart without needing to adopt every

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I thought this would be a difficult day. I love taking pictures and have several hundred to choose from for this challenge. Which one of the many images I have taken of my family, friends, pets and landscapes could be classified as making me the most happy? Surprisingly it turned out not to be a picture I took that makes me happy, although several of them probably qualify. The one that popped

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I feel like Julie Andrews...these are a few of my favorite things!I have not thought of these beforehand because I figured it would be interesting to see what just pops into my head at random. The real challenge is either going to be limiting it to 20 things or struggling to come up with all 20. I have a feeling it may be the former.So here it goes...in no particular order, just how they come to

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I am sure most of you would imagine my favorite quote would have been the one that brandished my blog for years on end (In fact, I can't believe I don't have it on this new one): Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, martini in the other, body thoroughly

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The question today was surprisingly easy because the answer shot right into my brain and I told myself, why yes, yes that would be my favorite book. While I read A LOT and have several different favorites and some that come pretty close as being my all time fav (Twilight and Eclipse were very very close but not quite), there is only one book I would call my favorite.Actually it's a series more

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Once again I am forced to make a very difficult decision.I have many different shows I like for different reasons. I loyally watched Friends for its entire run and still will catch an episode in reruns from time to time. There are several shows I have watched from the beginning and stuck with through good times and bad, like Grey's Anatomy and Lost. I love comedies like How I Met Your Mother,

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Oh man.Day 2 and another hard one.This challenge is proving to test my brain in ways I never thought possible. And making me look deep inside in regards to some of my favorite things in the world. I live for entertainment. I love music and movies and TV. I even work in one of the mediums, although not in an entertainment capacity. So these questions are challenging because I love most forms of

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Wow.Day 1 and already I am stumped.My favorite song?I could no easier pick my favorite kiss from my husband or purr from my kitties. Music is so ingrained in my soul, such an integral part of me how could I decide what one song speaks to me more than any other?My tastes vary quickly, sometimes as fast as week to week. I hear a song during a pivotal scene in a TV show or while walking in a store

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Hello 2011.I can't say I am sorry to see 2010 go. It was the first year without my father-in-law. We moved, twice. We struggled to keep my mother-in-law out of her misery. A dear friend of mine lost her beloved son in the most horrific way imaginable. We tried to sell our house, failed twice and finally after over a year got it out of our hands. We tried and failed to get pregnant. My job became

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These are all wrapped...And are under this...These have been eaten until we got sick...The girls are excited for the big day...And we want to wish all of our family and friends a very, very...

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Why don't I want to write here any more?Why is it so hard for me to make myself write anything?It's not like I don't have things to talk about. There is a lot going on in my life.But I just can't seem to make myself sit down and flesh things out into a post.I think about doing it a lot. I have the best intentions. But I can never follow through.Something else comes along and I do that instead. Or

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One year.Wednesday will be one year since my father-in-law passed.How can it be one year already?I still have flashbacks to those five days in the hospital. Especially after spending four days in a hospital in Ohio. I still wake up shaking with his slack face stuck in my mind staring at me from that hospital bed.So much has changed in what feels like a short amount of time.Charming still hasn't

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Oh my good Lord.I don't even know where to begin, there is just so much stuff to tell you.I ended up going to Ohio for my grandfather's hip surgery. He survived and is doing okay. Still in the hospital but expected to pull through. He is in a lot of pain and is very uncomfortable since they could do nothing for his broken shoulder. It is all swollen and black and blue and the fluids they pump

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5:45 AM.I open my eyes, listening to the Backstreet Boys song that has infiltrated my dreams. This is why I have a specific ring tone for everyone in my phone, so I know who is calling without even having to look. It helps in situations like this when you are foggy from sleep and can't focus to read the display clearly.I click accept and say, "Hi Dad," knowing a phone call from him this early can

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Starting Weight: 257.5Weight Today: 253I am trying not to get too excited by those numbers since I am sure I only lost about two pounds. The first number came from when I was weighed on a different scale with all my clothes on after eating a huge lunch four days before my period started. The second number was taken in the middle of my period, naked and first thing in the morning. So this week is

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It's Day Five in what Charming has been calling Whip (Princess)'s Butt Into Shape, which makes the really cool acronym WABIS that he shouts at me when I say I want to lie down and coma for awhile."Come on, remember how good you feel after you WABIS!""Don't quit now, this WABIS will get you to your goal!""If you don't WABIS, no zipline for you."So then I scream a little more and do the exercises

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Some people are motivated very easily. They know they have to do something and they do it.Others, like myself, know they have to do something but can't seem to get around to it. Something better, more reasonable, or something easier comes along and they do that instead. These people need a kick in the pants hard enough to jump start their motivation. An event that shows them exactly how dire a

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Today is the day for tricks and treats and fun and scary costumes. I came up with a pretty good costume if I do say so myself but I'm sorry I won't be able to show it off to all the neighborhood children that come to our door looking for candy. I, of course, have to work. But Charming is manning the candy bowl and I hope he doles out the treats in a reasonable manner, not just dumping the whole

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So yesterday was my 33rd birthday.Wait, let me back up. I know it has been awhile since I wrote here but I have been supremely busy trying not to lose my sanity amidst the craziness that has become our lives in trying to short-sell our house. We have made a bit of progress but I'll save that for another post. Also work has been increasingly stupid. And I mean that in the most real way possible.

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WARNING: This post may be offensive to some who do not find humor in our bodies' natural functions. I for one have never been one to shy away from discussing what happens to me as a woman but I do know some do not feel the same and for those people I apologize if I offend you with my brashness...and I suggest you stop reading now. I'm looking at you Mom. Don't call me and tell me you are

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For those of you who may not know the nightmare situation we have been involved in since December, mainly because I don't like to talk about it due to the fact the stress of the situation gives me hives, we are in the middle of attempting to short sale our house.I say attempting since the act of actually completing this task is proving to be impossible due to a certain asshole bank that rhymes

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I just found out a guy I dated in college died on September 10th.He had leukemia. Had been in remission for awhile but then it came back and he had a stroke and died.We may have only gone out twice and then never saw each other again but I still remember him.In fact, I haven't seen him in over ten years but it still shocked me. I am sad it took me so long to find out. And the fact I found out

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The property management company that controls the rental house we are currently residing in does quarterly inspections throughout the year. That means, every four months we will be getting a call requesting a time convenient to us for them to come and inspect the house.We make sure and schedule it with enough time to find a place to hide the meth lab.So tomorrow is our first "shakedown" as

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Yet another month has come and gone.Another cycle and it's all the same.I'm not pregnant.Again.It has now been over a year and a half since we started trying. More than nine months of me religiously tracking ovulation and fertile times. And in the past six months we have started doing everything I could read about how to get pregnant. Granted we had a few months in there where we couldn't do

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It was early morning in Cleveland, Ohio. I was still in bed having gotten home late the night before from work. Working nights until at least midnight, I was never up in the morning before ten. My best friend and roommate worked the day shift at our station and liked to get up early to exercise and eat breakfast before heading in for her shift at 10 AM. She was always conscious of me sleeping

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*ffttttt* *fffftttt*Is this blog on?I know, I know. Since I moved here I have not been blogging regularly. Part of it is because I seem to have lost a lot of people and I wonder what is the point. I'm vain, I admit it. I like it when people read my shit. But a larger part is that I just don't feel much like blogging. Which saddens me because I LOVED to blog. I would look for things to post

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We have a lot of things going on right now. We are still getting settled into our new house. Still trying to short sale the old one. We are adjusting to Charming's lovely new work schedule when he doesn't get home until right before the sun peeks over the horizon. We are trying to find a way to pay for all the bills that keep popping up here and there (who knew knee surgeries were so expensive?

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What's the difference between envy and jealousy?Because I am sitting here trying to figure out the better one so I can feel that way.I need to feel righteous in my lack of self-worth. If I am going to covet what other people are/have, damn it I am going to do it in the best way possible. Got to harness those Deadly Sins in any way I can. Need to make sure my Life Book is not encyclopedia thick

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That's it. I'm sticking with Crazy.Glad that's settled now.

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When will I learn to not make any decisions until I am sure I like them?I started to think I don't want to be thought of as crazy. And if I make that my blogger name I will think that every single time I sign in. I don't mind having the word "Crazy" in my blog title. But I am not sure I want to be leaving comments on other people's blogs as being crazy.So I went with zany instead. Sounds more

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Today is my baby brother's 30th birthday.Which makes me...I don't want to talk about it.My little brother is 30! This is so hard for me to wrap my head around because when I think of my brother I think of him being...well, young. And not that 30 is old, just now that he is 30 it is difficult to see him as my "little brother." Because I'm in my 30s and I'm not little, or a baby. I guess this

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I hit my head at work on Monday. I actually gave myself a mild concussion while trying to retrieve a pen from under the large, heavy, metal bar supported piece of equipment I work on.*Pause*I can see you are all not surprised.Why? Just because I throw out my knee while turning in my kitchen and knock myself out while trying to pick a pen up off the floor does not mean I need to live in a bubble.*

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Well, here I go again.I have missed blogging. A lot. But life lately didn't seem to make any time for it. I thought perhaps I needed a new start. A new identity. A new beginning. A new blog.This is the result of my reinvention.Gone are the ties to that certain city I live in. I don't want that to become my legacy. I want to move on. So this is me, moving on.I can't promise I will post

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