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320 Blog Posts that Changed My Career

Posted on September 7, 2012 by

This post was inspired by Michelle Rafter and posted over at BlogHer. I started blogging in 2008, mostly to save my sanity. I had just become an unwilling member of the sandwich generation, and it pushed me into a deep … Continue reading →

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Stop SOPA

Posted on January 18, 2012 by

I pirated this from my friend at The Oatmeal. SOPA is bad. Go tell your senators. NOW.

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Grand Nationals recap

Posted on November 16, 2011 by

If you were following me on Twitter this past Saturday night, you may have noticed that I was tweeting about #grandnationals. Nonstop. Yeah. Sorry about that. If you’re not familiar with the event, the Bands of America Grand National Championships … Continue reading →

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Chronic

Posted on October 28, 2011 by

This was originally written as a comment on Erin Kotecki Vest’s blog post about being chronically afflicted with lupus. Go read it. I’ll wait. It’s eye-opening. Oh Erin…my heart aches. I was the primary caregiver to my mom for the … Continue reading →

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Review: Rubbermaid Reveal Mop

Posted on October 26, 2011 by

I’ve always really kinda hated mopping. Which meant that it hardly ever got done. I always seemed to be stuck with a nasty, germ-riddled  sponge mop. If it was the deluxe model, it had a scrubber pad on one side! … Continue reading →

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Things I Love Thursday: Glee on Sesame Street

Posted on September 22, 2011 by

Gee…I couldn’t come up with anything I love more than Sesame Street paying homage to Glee. For more great stuff, stop and see The Diaper Diaries for Things I Love Thursday.

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Kennywood rant

Posted on August 20, 2011 by

I was at Kennywood yesterday. Yesterday was they day that Kennywood closed at 5:45 pm due to the severe thunderstorm that went through (four people were killed in flash flooding). I have to say that I was NOT impressed with … Continue reading →

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The end of the end

Posted on April 21, 2011 by

On Tuesday morning, my sister and I put the girls on the school bus, then packed her suitcase and headed to Mom’s. It was time to say goodbye. She was headed to Florida for a business meeting. Duty calls, you … Continue reading →

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The beginning of the end

Posted on April 21, 2011 by

As I write this, it’s late. Mom would tell me to go to bed. My sister came in for a visit over the weekend. Mom was waiting for her. We had a great weekend. My sister spent all day Saturday … Continue reading →

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Assisted living and hospice

Posted on April 15, 2011 by

What a difference a month makes. So, as of my last post,  Mom was diagnosed with a blood clot (we found out several weeks later that it was actually TWO clots). She stayed in the hospital for another ten days. … Continue reading →

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