Throwback Thursday - Would you prefer maggots?

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It was during the era of Mandyland described below that I like to believe Polly was born.  I was in a seriously negative place emotionally and it ended up knocking enough sunshine and sparkles off my eternal optimist to make her tolerable.  Image courtesy of Lynn Kelley Author ...

My Fetus was an Alien

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Today Miss M turns 4 and I can't believe it!  I seems like just yesterday I was pregnant  and having regular ultrasounds to check on her health and progress. Most resulted in the typical perfect baby silhouettes eliciting the requisite baby shower oohs and ahhs, but then...

Throw Back Thursday – Yuck it Up

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Image courtesy of Lynn Kelley Author A little over 2 years ago, I was one of about a million people DESPERATELY trying to rejoin the workforce during the worst economic decline since the depression.  As a distraction and challenge (and because Jessica Made Me Do It) I decided to start...

Thanksgiving 1.0

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Ooof, it’s been a week full of discouragment, excitment and mucus. The arrival of Fall brought pumpkins in the garden, Mr. Man’s fresh baked bread and the first of the winter colds. Yet, despite head splitting pressure and a wheezing old man cough I made it through, and today Mr. Man is...

Goals are Good

Recently, I remembered that goals are good.  Not exactly an earth shattering realization, I know, but it was a major realization for me! It took several hours of internet procrastination research but finally it I was reminded that ambition and drive without specific attainable goals...