Pre-Vacation Panic Ensues

Wednesday, March 31, 2010
There are exactly 32 hours until our plane takes off for Punta Cana and we get to enjoy a week of doing SFA. Instead of feeling excited, I'm feeling panicky. Like full-on, Ativan-necessitating,...

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Ten Under Three

Saturday, March 27, 2010
I was inspired by Ellie's post: Ten Things I Can Do In Three Minutes. And by "inspired", I mean, I'm going to recreate the exact same post here because I can't come up...

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Hot Wheels

Wednesday, March 24, 2010
I love my car. Currently I'm driving a 2007 Mazda 3 sedan. She's a girl. You know how cars look like girls or boys? No? That's just me? Anyway, I love my little...

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The 6 O'Clock Challenge: Recap!

Saturday, March 20, 2010
Last week I attempted the 6 O'Clock Challenge, with a goal of leaving the office and getting offline at or before 6 p.m. every day for a week. How did I do? Not...

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It's the freakin' weekend...

Friday, March 19, 2010
Highlights from the past week: -hearing the UV index as part of the daily weather forecast/no snow/no rain/double digit temperatures. It's MARCH in Canadialand, so this is a biggish deal. Today I went...

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Taller, bigger, older, richer...

Wednesday, March 17, 2010
This post is inspired by one of Mama Kat's Writer's Workshop prompts--head over there every Thursday to see her submissions. This week the prompt I chose is write about when you first started...

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The 6 O'Clock Challenge

Sunday, March 14, 2010
Confession: over the past couple of weeks, I've been extra stressed and extra sooky and overall a horrible person. There are a few excuses reasons for it: -hormones-house hunting-sleeping crappily-uber busy work schedule-minimal...

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Fighting Words

Tuesday, March 09, 2010
Allow me to preface this post by I have a multitasking problem. Even at home I'm always doing two or more things at once. Right now I'm watching The Office and blogging. At...

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27 days until DR!

Sunday, March 07, 2010
In 27 days, hubby and I will be going from this: to this: Yesterday, Peter and I booked a weeklong all-inclusive at the Majestic Colonial in Punta Cana, the same resort we spent...

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Leaving your work at work

Wednesday, March 03, 2010
Back when I was just a baby fresh out of school in the working world, one who still believed that journalism was a respectable and well-paid profession, I had a mentor at work....

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Rabbits rabbits rabbits!

Monday, March 01, 2010
The first thing I said this morning after my 6:30AM alarm went off, right after cursing the local radio station for playing "Bed Rock" approximately every 15 minutes (NOT the best wake-up call,...

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