When I was around 10 years old, I accompanied some family members to a psychic reading. Though I wasn’t the subject of the reading, before we left, the psychic looked at me and said, “You will be a writer when you grow up, as long as you don’t let a…
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When we bought our new car earlier this year, I sobbed. They weren’t tears of joy. I cried because I felt terrible about spending so much money on something that was more than what we needed. The car we replaced, a 1998 Dodge Stratus, was in need of a repair…
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I did some cleaning. And by “cleaning” I mean I deleted some old pins from Pinterest. Same thing, no? In the process, I realized there are several recipe pins I’ve tried lately that were big hits in my house so I made a new board called, “Pinterest Wins.” A few…
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Recently I was in the pharmacy section of my local Walgreen’s shopping for baby aspirin. I browsed the aisle with the normal aspirin. I looked through the section specifically for babies.
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It’s been so long since I last blogged, I forgot the password to log on to my own website. Tsk tsk. I’d like to excuse myself from this blogging hiatus by saying I’ve been super busy, but I’m always up to my ears in busy so that excuse is lame.…
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I don’t really care for April Fool’s Day jokes.
Among the few funny jokes, there are countless more that are insensitive, mean, and just plain cruel.
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— 1 — This week’s 7QT features my husband’s 30th birthday party. It was a poker theme. We fit nearly 50 people in our house! Most of the guys were in the basement for the poker tournament and the ladies were upstairs chatting. The only time it ever felt really…
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Today is Paczki Day in these parts. I first learned about this tradition when my college roomie brought some of the girls in our dorm paczkis, delicious jelly and custard filled pastries, on Fat Tuesday my freshman year of college. Since then, after moving to Chicago and marrying into…
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Jumping on The Big Purse Dump bandwagon, hosted by Catholic All Year. Because I know you’re all dying to know what’s inside my purse today. No? I’ll continue anyway… My husband refers to my purse as “the black hole.” It doesn’t matter if I’m using a wristlet or a huge…
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