Posts by: Kelly Kinkaid

The Joan Jett Denied

On November 17, 2011 By

Joan Jett, well-known for songs like “I Love Rock and Roll” and the band Joan Jett and the Blackhearts has a special place in my heart.  I was fascinated by her and all that she stood for when I as a young Oklahoma teen in the 80′s discovered the Runaways, an American all-girl rock band. [...]

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Oklahoma Schools and the Loophole

On November 10, 2011 By

Until this year my daughter was a straight A’d student, and her experience with Oklahoma schools was great.  I always attributed her success in school to her smarts and her self-discipline.  She’s one of those kids that comes home, does her homework, and asks you to check it all without any prompting what so ever [...]

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Minimize Saggy, Wrinkly Knees

On November 9, 2011 By

So when I hit forty I was all, “I am woman.  Hear me roar” with my bad self. I felt super great about where I was in my female life, a place where I stopped caring so much about what the rest of the world thought. I enjoyed the knowledge about life that came with [...]

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The Blogger’s Husband

On November 8, 2011 By

I’ve been a blogger for many years now, and I often joke with my husband about his lack of interest in my craft. But quite honestly I understand why he does it. It’s the same reason why I really don’t care to listen to his stories about being an auditor, fraud investigations, working with clients, [...]

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Balancing Family and Work

Balancing Family and Work

On November 7, 2011 By

The prompt today on BlogHer for NaBloPoMo is the following:

Making family time is important to me. How do you balance your children, relationship, and work life? (Guest Post by Ricki Lake, who can be found onFacebook or Twitter @RickiLakeShow)

And for me the answer as touched on by a commenter on [...]

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Crazy Saturdays

Good Nutrition and the Average American Family

On November 6, 2011 By

The other night I was following a Twitter party falling under the hash tag of #McdChanging. Apparently McDonald’s was sponsoring the party, and they were asking those at the party for suggestions that McDonald’s could implement for its consumers to make their consumer experience better.   There were many ideas,  but probably most prominent of [...]

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Blogging and Self-Censorship

On November 4, 2011 By

Yesterday I read a piece from Joanne Bamberger, also known as Pundit Mom, on BlogHer. It was the first of a series called “Why I’m Political.” In this series she is interviewing women who “don’t usually write about the political [...]

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Runner Girl – Becoming

On November 3, 2011 By


photo credit: uuzinger

Back in March  I made the decision that I wanted to join a Couch to 5K type of program and knock running a 5K off of my bucket list. [...]

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Pumpkin Pie Dip

Thanksgiving Snack: Pumpkin Pie Dip

On November 2, 2011 By

Thanksgiving Day it seems as if I spend all day cooking.  By the time everything is cooked I haven’t had lunch or breakfast or any snacks of any kind, and I am crazy hungry. I found this recipe on my new favorite search engine for finding stuff, Continue Reading →

What is your favorite part about writing?

On November 1, 2011 By

In 2007 when I was only a year into blogging, a mere blogging baby, I joined NaBloPoMo, a writing challenge in which bloggers through out blog land commit to writing one post a day for an entire month.  I didn’t  really understand what it meant to sign up for such a challenge.  I was more [...]

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