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My story is no longer my own
When there was no internet, my story was short: I was adopted as an infant and I am my parents’ daughter. Period. When information was made available to us, and files made mine, my story grew longer: I have siblings and half-siblings. Having grown up as an only child, this made my heart swell with
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Christmas Popcorn
This year I’ve baked enough to feed everyone on my street, but somehow when I turned around tonight, there’s nary a cookie in sight. Pressed for time, I wanted something fast and easy to make for my daughter’s classmates. All 20-something of them. I had purchased some cute little popcorn boxes at Creative Bag for
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Chocolate and bacon and maple syrup, oh my!
My friend Shelley was inspired to make some beautiful peppermint chocolate snowflakes after seeing this post. She posted about hers on Facebook and I was pretty excited to try them, too! I couldn’t find a snowflake mold, so I improvised with this Wilton silicone mold instead. I also changed the recipe a little, so I’ll
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Everyone hates Braggy McBrags
The other day, I ignored a man at a street corner begging for change with a sign that said, “God loves you. Please give.” I saw a woman standing waiting for me to open a mall door for her, and thought, “Oh please, Lazy. Open it yourself” and I walked in a different door. I
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Wondering what to do with all that Hallowe’en candy?
My kids were lucky enough to trick-or-treat at the Magic Kingdom last week, during Mickey’s Not-so-Scary Hallwe’en party, and we came home with more candy than I think they’ve seen in their lives. But of course, being home just before Hallowe’en at home meant that they were super excited to trick-or-treat here, too. Yikes! This
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That would’ve been a bad porno
Yesterday my husband left. Oh, don’t get all concerned for me; my husband just left for a business trip to England. So yesterday he left for his trip, and had also scheduled a repair call from our internet provider. The internet’s been spotty (at best) for a week now, and we all know I can’t
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The Ultimate School Lunch Ideas List
This phenomenal list was compiled by the members of a web board of which I’m a member and it’s going to be a total lifesaver for me this year, when I’m packing daily lunches for the first time. Please note that I haven’t edited it, and none of these were my ideas. I’m also not saying
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Tell me about you
When I blogged on Xanga, I found that meeting new bloggers was super-easy. The whole way the community was set up made hopping from one person’s site to another simple. Now, I find it totally cumbersome to make my way around the internet to find everyone’s blog, and get to know them. I tweet with
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“Haters gonna hate”
The glorious thing about the internet is that no matter the problem (ingrown hairs? cranky toddler? whatthef*&#isthatlump? best sushi in Toronto? do these jeans my my ass look like a mom’s?), I can ask The Internet and all answers can be found. Dr. Google diagnoses my medical problems (they’re always terminal), Twitter advises me on my
