Monthly Archives: October 2010

The Last NaBlo

Yay!  I made it and only missed a few days!  Whew. I was going to write this awesome closing blog about how motivated I have become over the last month and how blogging every day is just super awesome and … Continue reading

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Things I Hate Meme

Almost there… one more day of NaBloWriMo. I’m feeling unmotivated, so I’ll do the meme that I’ve seen on a few other NaBlos. Things I hate that everyone else seems to love: Beer.  Blarg. Nascar.  Just never understood it. Televised … Continue reading

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Low Tech

As the child of a technophile,  one might  assume I would be enthralled by the latest and greatest gadget to come down the pike.   A lot of my science projects had to do with wires, batteries and switches.    Our family … Continue reading

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Halloweenies

I really do like Halloween.   I like all holidays that involve family celebrations, no gift exchanges and chocolate.  I suppose that technically we “exchange” small gifts with the neighborhood, but I’ll let that slide.  But in the costume department… eh, … Continue reading

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Always Look on the Bright Side

When I was a kid, my father had a cassette tape of Monty Python bits and songs.  I always loved Always Look on the Bright Side of Life.   I am humming it right now. The bright side of… having my … Continue reading

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Do It Vanilla Style

I was on Facebook, doing Facebooky things (among them most certainly not setting virtual restaurant workers to work yet another night shift.  Nope.  Because that would be totally weird.  I was only playing my scrabble move.)  when I noticed a … Continue reading

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Saturday Update

Saturday is now almost officially over.  Honestly I am a little surprised I am still up, since usually I am falling asleep right about now… but I confess to taking a cat nap before dinner and also to drinking a … Continue reading

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TGIF Again

The days just fly by.  I swear I just blogged about TGIF like 7 days ago. I am feeling super bitchy, so my list for this weekend includes the following, in a particular order… oatmeal and coffee while reading fellow … Continue reading

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High School = the Apex of Life

Um… not in my universe.  I hated high school and could not wait to get out of there.  Like I may have mentioned once or ten thousand times, I went to four high schools, so I had ample opportunity to … Continue reading

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Soccer Mom Update

Because I know everyone wants to hear about my super awesome sports star Sarah, and also because I really do blog as a diary and save some of my stuff on a little thumb drive (not that I would misplace … Continue reading

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