http://chasinghappy.com One girl's efforts to pull herself up by her bootstraps, even though her boots are too cute to have straps. Thu, 13 May 2010 03:08:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I can't think of any good way to move from the sad stuff of the last post so let's try bullets (points, not the killy things). I am totally down with Bruce Springsteen having his own XM station, but is the call in Springsteen discussion show with the super-invested-superfans really ... http://chasinghappy.com/?p=198 A million years ago, when I started this blog that I never update, I was living in my parents' house with a newly minted master's degree in my hand. I was unemployed, out of shape, and more than a little unhappy...hence the title. Fast forward six years and I live ... http://chasinghappy.com/?p=194 What was I saying? Oh right, I was fat, barren, and addicted to Lego Star Wars. Well... this sort of took care of all of that. [caption id="attachment_192" align="aligncenter" width="408" caption="Hi!"][/caption] It turns out that little bucket of cute was already on her way when last we spoke, unbeknownst to me. I ... http://chasinghappy.com/?p=191 So, I haven't been honest with you. There is something going on with me. Something, really, going on in my marriage. The real reason I haven't been working out, or thinking about healthy meals, or cleaning my house, or shaving my legs, or spending time here with you all is something I haven't ... http://chasinghappy.com/?p=188 About that last one. I really feel terrible that I managed to bring down my friend who has conquered morning sickness only to be brought to dry heaves by my website. And then I was going to update but the only thing that happened was that D'oh declared he was no ... http://chasinghappy.com/?p=183 About how gross this is going to be. A few months ago, I attended the very fun 40th Bday Surprise Weekend of my oldest sister, you can find her over here. It was in St. Louis. I guess you could say I Met Her in St. Louis (HA HA HA HAAAAA) ... http://chasinghappy.com/?p=178 Until this past Christmas, there was not a full length mirror in this house. Since my wedding, I have gone out of my way to duck, flee, avoid, or just plain get the heck out of the way of, every camera that's been aimed my way.* Let's rip off the band aid ... http://chasinghappy.com/?p=173 Well, Internet, I have totally whiffed on this. I am seriously annoyed with myself about it, but I lay most of the blame at the feet of the sleeping sickness I appear to have come down with that makes me decree that it is Time. For. Bed!!! at earlier and ... http://chasinghappy.com/?p=171 But I need to tell you all this. Read this. I read the first one and yes, I thought it was good and yes, I recommended and I think even bought it for some of my short people, but I could not for the life of me give you a more ... http://chasinghappy.com/?p=169 Yes, too much family frolicking and imbibing yesterday ruined my perfect blogging streak. Oh well. To make myself feel better about my lapse, today I commandeered the Wii that my nieces and nephews got for Christmas and gave my husband the beating of his life in Wii boxing. And internet? Even ... http://chasinghappy.com/?p=167