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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 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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Runner Girl – Becoming

On November 3, 2011 By


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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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Beer Margaritas

On August 18, 2011 By

This next post comes from a neighbor who is currently creating her own cooking blog, Janice Sellers.  I’m looking forward to many great recipes from her!

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One of our new family traditions is to gather on July 4 and set-off fireworks.  My [...]

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Running on a Budget

On August 14, 2011 By

Last March I decided to check  “Run a 5K” off of my bucket list.  Being a person, however, who is always searching for ways to keep fit on the cheap and within my budget I decided to search for all of the ways I could cut costs with my new hobby.  Having now completed five [...]

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Last 4th of July I was lucky enough to be able to spend the day with my entire family, my parents, my brother and his family, and my husband and kids.  We don’t all live in the same town, so it is always a special occasion when we’re together.

Before I knew everyone was coming, [...]

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Running Partner

On May 3, 2011 By

On Type-A Parent last month I discussed in Not an Athlete how I have recently began to take up running.  It’s been a learning experience for me, learning all of the ins and outs concerning proper form, proper nutrition, proper attire, and how my body [...]

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Wheat Grass Drinks

On April 20, 2011 By

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Being the Best

On April 16, 2011 By

This week at the end of one of my training runs my trainer said to our running group,

Don’t think about what you’ve not yet accomplished.
Think about what you’ve already accomplished. 

He was of course referring our final sprint that we do at every training, that part of the run that because it’s [...]

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So before starting this post I decided to glance over what I had written the last time I was here.  You see I’m not one for long term memory, and well, I’m all busy writing financial posts and such over at the new blog, Partially Motivated, and I’ve plum forgotten what I [...]

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