May 2013
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How to work from home
I worked in an office for 2 years before my husband was accepted to a dental school located on the other side of the state. Because the job market sucked and because I loved working for my company I requested to be allowed to work from home for the 4 years it would take Mark to graduate. Luckily my request was accepted and I’ve been working from home for about 3 years (holy crap, so long)...
Products I'm in love with
Neutrogena’s Rapid Clear Fight and Fade Toner
Are you an oily faced lady like myself? If so you need to own this. It’s new and I actually had to order it off of Amazon because I couldn’t find it anywhere but I was dying to try it. I’m in love - it keeps oil in check and it really does fade existing marks and discoloration, I’ve been using it morning and night...
Tumblr - tell me what to read
I finish up my MBA next week which means I will have oodles more time to read FOR FUN and I’m also going on vacation so I need some good reading while sitting on the beach.
So please, tell me what to read (and I have no qualms with reading YA novels either).
Learning to accept yourself (an in-depth look at...
I’ve always wanted to be that girl who is always happy, smiling, lights up a room, oozes grace and class, and is the top of the charts in style and poise. There are quite a few tumblr gals that I feel fit this description and newsflash: I wish I was you.
However, I am
The person in the group that always takes a joke one step too far. I cross the line of appropriateness and while most of the...
April 2013
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Why are we saying 'lean in'?
I Googled it and there are a couple lengthy articles, which - pshhh, reading, so please explain it to me.
I bet if you had a concise definition on your blog you would soar in the search results rankings because it doesn’t currently exist.
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Oh, it's Monday
Friday Five
Does anyone else think social media is ruining the news? The constant barrage of updates/tweets/posts/facebook links is just too much too fast…and half of it (probably more than half) isn’t accurate. I must be getting crochetedy in my late 20s because it is getting to the point that I’d rather wait and read about it the next day once all the facts have come to light.
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I had this moment of complete clarity yesterday...
…where I suddenly thought: holy shit. I am really happy.
Let me set the scene:
I had this epiphany in the middle of a marketing meeting at work. I had just unceremoniously spit out a muffin into my hand in the middle of someone saying something important. I have a serious nut allergy (they give me a bad case of the anaphylaxic shocks followed by the deaths) and the cranberry/orange muffin...
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Public Service Announcement
Feedly > Google Reader
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Did today really have to be a Monday AND April...
March 2013
happenings
Callie had what I can only assume was a doggie nightmare last night. I woke around 1:30am to hear an orchestra of whimpers, growls, and thrashing paws. I looked over at her bed and saw Callie deep asleep (paws twitching wildly). About 5 minutes later I heard a growl and she was suddenly awake and standing at attention. She came to my side of the bed and whimpered and begged until I gave her...
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If I could drop everything and money was no object
I’d go off and be a wildlife photographer. I would sit in a field somewhere for HOURS just to get the perfect picture of a butterfly. I’d follow herds of animals hundreds of miles and capture the perfect moment between mother and newborn. I’d sit in a tree for 5 minutes and take 3489 pictures of a sloth.
I would put those photos on a blog and they’d all be animated gifs.
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We are incapable of minding our own freaking...
This past weekend was St. Patrick’s day, a Catholic holiday and everyone else’s excuse to get shitfaced and wear green.
In my neighborhood (aka the bars) there were atheists protesting. At first I was concerned, was there some horrible injustice laid upon these people? but when I discovered that it was because the atheist coalition was denied a float in the St. Patrick’s Day...
To my limp haired ladies
I have very fine, limp hair and I also have a lot of it. This means that most of the time it lays as flat as possible, holds no curl and is, in general, kind of terrible. It also has a tendency to get oily which only exacerbates the problem of heavy, limp hair.
HOWEVER - I have recently found the holy grail of volume products and I had to share.
Pantene Pro-V Fine Hair Solutions Flat to...
My two breakfasts - a story of tragedy and...
Woke up this morning WAY too late. The clock in my room had not been adjusted to daylight savings time and while I did know this my morning fogged brain did not realize it until 7 am (aka 8 am). A hot crushing panic set in.
I had a 9 am interview this morning (interviewing candidates for a job, not vice versa) so after speed rushing through my morning routine and driving in I had about 10...
The day when nothing fits
I’m having on of those days where I’m exactly the same size, shape, and weight I was yesterday but everything I try on makes me feel like I’m 20 lbs heavier than I really am.
Self doubt and a little voice inside your head tell you you aren’t good enough and keep you from being happy. The simple task of putting clothes on your body turns you into an absolute crazy person....
Risking my marriage for cheap dental work
This past year I decided to drop my dental insurance and just go to my dental student husband for all my dental needs. To this day he’s fixed two fillings (also, who knew that fillings didn’t last forever?). I feel like I deserve a pat on the back for trusting my husband enough to let him give me a shot in the gums.
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Thanks for the hickey
Last week I left the frozen tundra of Kansas City and flew out to Florida for a work trip. After a long week of work I arrived back in Kansas City late Saturday evening.
Mark was out with his friends and I was too tired to join him so I drove home and cuddled up with Callie on the bed and watched Discovery channel documentaries on Netflix. When Mark got back, a little drunk, he playfully picked...
February 2013
I made it!
Thank you for all of your airport advice. I made it out of Kansas City without a hitch (well, had to park in a pile of snow but oh well).
On a related note - why do ADULT women travel with stuffed animals? I saw not one but two women in their mid-twenties traveling with some sort of teddy bear. It baffles me.
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A question for the airline savvy
I’m in Kansas City, we just had a significant amount of snow dumped on us after a significant amount about a week ago.
The worst of the snow is over but we’re expecting about 1-3 inches overnight until 9am on Wednesday morning.
If I have a flight at 9am Wednesday morning do I still drive to the airport and assume I’ll be flying (expecting some sort of delay) or should I assume...
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I died a little Saturday night
It was girl’s night out this weekend. It was very much needed. Mark and I have a group of dental school friends we like to go out with. Every once in awhile the girls of the group (none of whom are in dental school) need to escape the dental talk and the inside jokes of a bunch guys who spend too much time together.
This weekend was supposed to be a nice, casual evening of drinking with the...
