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Manic Monday

On April 27, 2015 · 2 Comments · In health and wellness, in the news, ketchup day, preschoolers, television, toddlers

Well, huh. I was doing so well at the beginning of the month with getting regular blog posts up, but then shit kind of hit the fan for a little while there. A few busy days led into a busy weekend which led into sickness, medical procedures, and then a trip to Virginia to see […]

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Rocked

On September 9, 2014 · Leave a Comment · In in the news

You know how sometimes, there are things that happen in the news that just really hit you hard?

That happened to me last week with the death of Officer Daryl Pierson. I was up kind of late on Wednesday night, and before I went to bed, I heard on TV and via social media […]

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The Missing Flight

On March 23, 2014 · 7 Comments · In in the news

It’s been a really long time since I’ve commented on current events on my blog, but it used to be something I did quite often in the days before kids. I had a lot more time back then to keep up on it all, I suppose.

It has been 17 days. Malaysia Airlines Flight […]

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I’m Breaking Bad… Five Years Late

On October 3, 2013 · 14 Comments · In in the news, television

We don’t watch a lot of TV shows in our house.

Don’t get me wrong, we watch TV… but we don’t “follow” shows. We are channel flippers by nature, looking every evening for something interesting—or at least acceptable—to watch.

I used to watch several series regularly, but at that time, I felt “at capacity” and […]

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Silent

On December 17, 2012 · 9 Comments · In in the news

I was wrapping up a meeting with my team on Friday when I just happened to go to CNN’s website. I saw the headlines about the Newtown shooting. At the time, they were reporting 20 dead, “mostly children.”

The most sickening feeling of grief immediately washed over me. I looked over and saw that same […]

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