Chasing Happy

One girl’s efforts to pull herself up by her bootstraps, even though her boots are too cute to have straps.

The First Six Months

At my wedding shower, someone (I think Kate) gave me an “Our First Christmas” ornament. Upon opening it, I cracked, “I hope we make it!” to which all the little old ladies in the room responded with nervous glances and titters and whispered, “What did she say?”
But, as of today, we have. Six months down, [...]

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In Which Karma Says, “Go to Work!!”

If you scroll down a little, you’ll see that Shannon very smartly advised me to take heed of karma earlier this week. However, as always, since I am the littlest sister in the family of a million children, once someone tells me what to do, I automatically feel the need to do the opposite. I [...]

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A New Homeowner’s Holiday Concerns

Sometimes, I have to work on Saturday, which blows, but the upshot is that I get a day off during the week during which I can stay home and get done all the things I would if I were home on Saturday. Except I never do that. Ever. Part of the problem is that there [...]

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Feeling Update-y

Welcome, welcome everybody. I think we’ll all like it better here.
We’re just getting started with this one though, so I’m sure more changes will be forthcoming. I decided to abandon the other blog because for reasons unclear to me, it was filling me with rage. I’m done with the dots and the tiny print.Now that [...]

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