part one if you haven’t read it.
My reason for boring you with that long dissertation is to say, I’ve got some ’street cred’. I’ve been on both sides of the coin. I know what its like to be on the pudgy side of the spectrum and I know exactly how hard it is/seems to be [...]

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*I always think of my friend Viv who, when interviewing a potential nanny, asked the person to, “tell me a little about yourself” and her response was “where should I start….like when I was born?”
I won’t start quite that far back. Also, if you’re particularly sensitive (no, I don’t hate fat people) or don’t [...]

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Im not a big fan of the New Years resolutions. Like because you have a new calendar hanging on the wall its a good reason to lay down some new rules for your life. I mean– what percentage of Americans do you think have some form of “lose weight” as their resolution? Last year I [...]

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I just read on Facebook that one of my friends from high school’s daughter is sick. As in throwing up 6 times in 90 minutes and hasn’t stopped yet. Sweet Lord- that pretty much sounds like my personal hell right there. Im so sure you all needed to know that. Ah….Im actually looking forward to [...]

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…three trips to the ER in the 24 hours before takeoff. Yup, that’s right, THREE. Lov’n that socialized medicine now!!! More to follow soon.

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1) Got my flu shot. Arm huuuuurts.
2) The directress of Nathan’s school, who insists on parking her car in front of the school, (the school that we’ve gotten several emails from regarding the pickup and drop-off situation because parking is so limited and all the neighbors complain) stopped me today. I had to park several [...]

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If you are just joining us, you’ll want to read part one first (obv).
PC and I have spent the last….2 hours? (ugh) discussing this. He likes to play the devils advocate too much and it kind of makes me want to punch something. He’s being as unreasonable as the “christians”.
I think there is a part [...]

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So, the health care bill. Everyone is all up in arms on the internets and FB and Im sure on twitter (though, Im not a twitterererer). Lets take a step back and first I’ll ’splain my situation.
When I worked for The Bank, they had what I considered an outstanding benefits package. You will never get [...]

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**Update: I called Nordstroms this morning and they were extremely helpful and apologetic. They told me to go ahead and wear the dress and they would either replace it or give me a full refund. I really like the dress, its one I’d probably wear again (and the picture doesn’t really do it justice– its [...]

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I was reading a blog today that had a link to this article. I took an anthropology class in college about the Mayans. It was a really interesting class, and you may or may not know that the Mayans predict(ed?) the world will end Dec 12, 2012. On the one hand, pffft. On the other [...]

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