Category Archives: Blogging

How I Won the Birth Lottery

A special thanks to my blogging friend, Kristin who introduced me to this wonderful project. Twenty-nine years ago I won the lottery—the birth lottery. Some may chalk the birth lottery up to God’s divine will, a cosmic disinterestedness, or biological … Continue reading

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Update #AmazonFail

photo © 2009 goXunuReviews | more info (via: Wylio) I am not a business person. My poor sense of the business world began when I dutifully sold wrapping paper for fundraisers, continued with a short-lived knife selling business, and ends … Continue reading

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For Those Days….

We have all had one of those days! At some point, we need to laugh, cry, think, or just simply stay in our pajamas all day, drinking coffee, and reading a novel… ON this my last day of being 28, … Continue reading

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100th Post :)

The Big 100th POST Wow, 100 posts…all about laughing, faith, books, fears, coffee, and of course blogged about blogging. I have been jealous of other blogs(here and here), promoted other bloggers’ books(lovely books by Rachel Held Evans and Anne Jackson). … Continue reading

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Why I Write…

Why I Write…. I write to give life to the ideas swirling inside my head… I write to free my soul from the death grip my nagging inner monologue of doubt has on it… I write because I have a … Continue reading

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Pitching an Internet Sized Temper Tantrum

Today on Anne Jackson’s blog, she wrote about how she is a person not a brand. As a successful blogger and author, she can’t always respond to everyone’s comment, tweet, or email. I love her blog, her writing, so much … Continue reading

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How Do You Define….

As a writer, I am always curious how people use and define words. We know that words have more than a simple Webster’s definition because connotations add such depth, richness, loveliness to what could be a rather dry, dead language…Hello, … Continue reading

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All About YOU!

Today is about you! Yes, you sitting there with your coffee and Krispy Kreme Donut…oh, wait that’s me, but if you were here, I would so give you coffee and a donut…Just Saying I want to get to know you … Continue reading

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7 Quick Takes : Grad School edition

Here is my 7 Quick Takes: Grad School Edition. Go read some more 7 Quick Takes posts at The Conversion Diary! 1.Grad school severely cut into my quality television consumption. Seriously…I would go to work, come home, begin homework, go … Continue reading

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The Attack of the Zombie Canned Meat

Two days ago, I tweeted or whined or complained that I had more SPAM comments than comments from real people. Now, I really did have about 45 SPAM comments as compared to my 4 lovely, well-thought out, well-written comments from … Continue reading

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