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I both look forward and loathe this time of year.

The monsters are back to school in two weeks.  I needed to pick up three sets of different school supplies, plus restock clothes, tennis shoes, and underwear.  I can’t shop at one clothing store any more, because Princess ( Read more... )

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I’m over at the Romance Biggest Winner blog today talking about Lies My Scale Told Me:

“Aw, you worked so hard this week.  You even exercised!  Yet you’re up .x pounds.  It’s sad to be sooooo good and not be rewarded.  Maybe you should have some chocolate.”

Wrong! Stop over ( Read more... )

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Since last Friday, I’ve had very little brain power.  The doctors said my O2 levels were decreased but good - otherwise they would have definitely hospitalized me this week.  I don’t know if it was simply the fever burning out my brain cells or if my body instinctively knew ( Read more... )

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Today, I’m talking about the “Terrible Twos” at ParaYourNormal here.  Stop by and tell me how you keep going through the sagging middle blues!

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Romance Biggest Winner

So I came into the second week not feeling the best if you’ve been reading for the last few days.  That helped push me into a little better numbers than usual.  Unfortunately, I’m now seriously behind on all my exercise goals for the month, but there’ ( Read more... )

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Ashia of The Romance Reviews names Lady Doctor Wyre a TRR Top Pick!

The worldbuilding is impressive and just incredible! It was so real it felt I was there, and the author lets the reader into her world and experience it without info dumping. …  I love this book, and I’m ( Read more... )

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Not as fun as Christmas in July, let me tell you.

I’ve been sick since Wed. night/Thursday last week.  I just got a little bit worse day by day, but I didn’t realize exactly how “bad” I was feeling.  It just sort of snuck up on me, or maybe I just didn’t want to think about ( Read more... )

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Over the 4th of July weekend, Middle missed several outings with her friend because she was sick with fever, cough, and aches/pains.  She had a fever about 3 days, but she’s always been hit “hard” by anything like that.  (Which is why she had 3 minor surgergies before ( Read more... )

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This weekend I’ll be updating my template and installing a new header made by Book Graphics!  Just in case things go a bit wonky…  I’ll be changing the navigation, etc. so be patient.  Hopefully it’ll be fairly seamless and painless.

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The Romance Biggest Winner

Well, today was our first weigh in.  I feel sorry for my team because they’re a little handicapped by having a member who’s already been dieting for six months.  No huge loss for me this week but I did lose *some* (whew, I was up a little ( Read more... )