Archive > November 2008

Gratitude – Powerful mental wonder drug?

This Dr. J post was particularly interesting  for me, I read through all the points and found I am lacking in many of them.  To start, I need more passion, selflessness, humor and to be more hard working to live longer apparently.  I wonder how many people actually rock all these qualities (and does it involve [...]

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Temptations

When trying to eat smart, peer pressure is a challenge for me. When my niece turned 3, my sister made like forty-thousand cupcakes for her preschool party and served the leftovers while I was over for lunch (the cake was not served until the actual party the following weekend). I declined to have [...]

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Staying In Shape

I’ve worked to stay in shape for years now, since high school.  I’ve always been conscious about my diet and getting enough exercise.  I quit reading Cosmo, Vogue and many other fashion mags because I got tired of looking at crack-thin models and feeling that I should be comparing myself … and noticing that I [...]

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Holiday Coffee and Tea

Coffee is a very important part of my morning and a big reason I can’t make it through a 2-hour department meeting without a trip to the ladies room … or two. With the cooling temps and commercial madness starting, I’m getting in the holiday spirit early this year. I’ve already assembled my [...]

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Windows 7 Build 6801 Installation Impressions

Guess what, there’s another version of Windows coming out soon!  Yeah, I was not too thrilled either.  I had a horrible time trying to get beta, RC and final versions of Vista to run on my Toshiba Satellite laptop at the time.  That was what, 2 months ago?  Okay, 2 years, but the trauma of [...]

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Kentucky Fried Nightmare

Saturday it rained all day and I was not feeling motivated enough to do anything except a few chores around the house and park myself in front of the TV most of the day after a busy week. Anyway, I caught a commercial for a new KFC combo box meal full of fried insanity. Just [...]

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Just call me auntie

It’s hard today to be a thirty-something woman and not have kids even though we’re becoming more common. I occasionally have to deal with parents making it their personal mission to convince me it’s the best thing ever. I wonder how they can be so sure I’m meant to be a parent without knowing me. [...]

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