I lay in bed with my phone resting against my ear. I am bitter and speechless.
“I know what it’s like,” my boyfriend voices softly on the line. His words offer little comfort.
I groan again.
“I know what it’s like to have no Internet.”
It was Day Three of a spotty wireless connection at my house. We’re getting [...]

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About a million years ago, I was tagged by CC of Fork in the Road to write a list of weird/quirky things about me, and then later, I was tagged by DomestiGals to do the same, and I was all, um, can’t I just give you the URL of my website? But since I like [...]

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So back to my really hard life.
I feel like I’m in high school again, completely incapable of saying no to any opportunity presented to me, whether big or small. Those days, I remember well. Choir? Sure, I’ll join. Spanish club? Free tacos, why not? Volunteering at church? I have to. It’s for Jesus. An extra, [...]

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Go to iVillage.com. You have to do this today (Monday).
Now scroll down. Keep scrolling. A little more. Almost there. Oops, you went to far. Scroll up a bit.
Good.
Now, look to the very right under “The buzz in the blogs.” See me? If you don’t, turn off your ad blocker.
If you still can’t see it, here.

My [...]

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My friends are flakes.
Maybe not all of them, but probably a good majority of them and definitely the ones I care about most. It’s something I’ve come to accept and expect, similar to how I’ve come to accept and expect all Southwest flights to be delayed at least 45 minutes, but it doesn’t mean [...]

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Life has been crazy chaotic, let me tell you. One thing that makes it a little better: funny hats.
*The following photos have been selected to (poorly) protect the identities of funny hat wearers.
Thursday
Wear A Fancy Hat To Work Day

Friday
Oktoberfest. Beer, bratwursts and funny hats. Why not?

Saturday (Today)
Burrito box hat.

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If you’re a parent, no matter how wonderful you are or how hard hard you try, there will be some ill-fated things you do or don’t do that your children will forever hang over your head. Like the time you headed up the Macarena as a prom chaperone. Or the time you accidentally led them [...]

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‘Twas a very good weekend, so carefree and full of snuggles, the type of weekend that makes your heart deflate a little the moment the sun starts to fade on Sunday evening. No, no, no, weekend, please don’t go, I’m not through with you yet. Stay awhile. I’ll pour you some tea, or how about [...]

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There’s something invigorating about October. Perhaps it’s the fact that we’ve entered the final stretch of the year and if your goals have been lagging behind reality, now is the time to rev up your little engine and bring them up to speed before the carolers start bustin’ out “Oh Holy Night.” Here’s what I’d [...]

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Do you love your city?
Because mine is just eh. I live in a pleasant suburb called Torrance, California, which is like, I dunno, 15-20 miles south of L.A., but where I come from, we don’t talk in miles, we talk in minutes, which is rather misleading because you can get from Torrance to L.A. in [...]

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