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Attracted To Shiny Things: 7/1/13 - 8/1/13
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Sometimes when you think you're getting The Bee Gees you actually end up with Bollywood. It happens, roll with it. A lot of the time. That has any value whatsoever. I have that, and I really do count myself blessed. The money I've made selling those treasures has paid for school tuition, winter coats, and one ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. Christmas. Also, for my divorce. I opened it up and checked for scratches, and when I saw it was in pristine condition I popped that sweet little baby into my cart. And then you ...
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Attracted To Shiny Things: 6/1/14 - 7/1/14
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April is the month I will never. Get through unscathed, as long as I live. Let me start by saying that, for me, April had always been a month of happiness. Of love. Of goodness. It was a month of joy. April 15, 1993 - Ira and I decided to commit to only dating each other. April 4, 1995 - Ira asked me to be his wife. I joyfully, tearfully, accepted. April 6, 1996 - We become husband and wife in the eyes of God, and the State of Illinois. But then April turned bad. Never told about it. Let me repeat that.
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Attracted To Shiny Things: 12/1/12 - 1/1/13
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Lit·er·al; /ˈlitərəl/ :Taking words in their usual or most basic sense without metaphor or allegory. Also, if intestines were awesome, he would be full of awesome. Literally. Two nights ago, my 11-year-old son brought me an unopened bag of Idontknowwhat and said,. I glanced over and realized: 1. I'd forgotten the name of the stuff, and 2. I couldn't tell him. He really wanted an answer, but I was really busy. Getting drunk and clicking the "add to cart" button. Mommy's busy sweetie, what does the bag say?
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Attracted To Shiny Things: 9/1/14 - 10/1/14
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Do You Hear Me? I just left the below comment on TPGA's Facebook page. If you know what TPGA is, great. If not, I'm sure as hell not giving them free advertising on my blog post. I wasn't sure how long my comment would stay up, because this group has a habit of deleting posts they disagree with. This particular thread was regarding Kelli Stapleton. Who is a friend of mine. TPGA rolls. This is what I wrote, in it's entirety:. But I'm hearing a lot of disturbing things on this thread. Hearing that it w...
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Attracted To Shiny Things: 10/1/14 - 11/1/14
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My friend Kelli Stapleton is in jail, and will be sentenced tomorrow, for a crime she committed a year ago. She could get anything from Time Served to Life In Prison. I've put off writing her for an entire year, but I've never. Stopped thinking about her. Not one day passes that I don't miss her smile, her cheerleader posts, her passionate conviction that Issy COULD get better, and her generous spirit. I love that shirt. I only know a portion of what you've been through. There's no way. I've felt horribl...
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Attracted To Shiny Things: 12/1/13 - 1/1/14
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Fwd: fwd: fwd: fwd: I hate my autistic daughter. So, I watched the clip, and I tried to figure out how I felt/what I thought. This was hard to watch, because I knew that if she was publicly. To pushing her daughter and "hitting her on the arm", the odds were that she'd done much worse. Also, WHERE THE F*CK IS THE DAD? Or, "Holy crap, autism wrecks yet another family! Would never even consider that as an option. And if we have felt these emotions, we post about it, showing that *we've been there*. We can'...
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Attracted To Shiny Things: 4/1/12 - 5/1/12
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About the time I killed the Easter Bunny*. In honor of Easter, I'm reposting one of my most popular posts. Plus? I should let you know, many traumatic events occurred over the years during my Easter weeks on the farm. Like.LOTS. I got my first period, killed the Easter Bunny, and inadvertently cause the death of several baby chicks, to name a few. THEY WERE SOOOOO CUTE! THEY WERE ALL BROWN AND FURRY AND, LIKE, SO SOFT AND THEIR EYES WEREN'T OPEN YET AND O.M.G! Because if I did, their mother would know wh...
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Attracted To Shiny Things: 9/1/13 - 10/1/13
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A day in the life. Today, I had some free time between clients, so I decided to go get my driver's license renewed. Except I wasn't wearing any makeup. Shit. What's a girl to do? That's right. I drove to the ne. Arest Ulta and totally used all of their makeup to beautify myself for the stupid DMV photo. Except, in the process, I ended up purchasing $110 worth of makeup from Urban Decay. Which was exactly 3 items. And? I still wasn't able to renew my driver's license. Help me, I'm bleeding! Z: *still on t...
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Attracted To Shiny Things: 5/1/13 - 6/1/13
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The saddest thing that never had to happen. Just now, I was perusing the Internet and came across an article about. 12-year-old Gabrielle Molina. Last week, she hung herself in her bedroom, and left a suicide note apologizing to her family for killing herself. She was being bullied, you see. According to her schoolmates, she was being called a slut, and a whore, and she was told she looked like she had a developmental disability. Let me reiterate. She was 12 years old. 4 Bullying victims are 2-9 times mo...
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Attracted To Shiny Things: 7/1/14 - 8/1/14
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Because I don't understand Minecraft. Also, I get carsick. My son Z is OBSESSED with Minecraft. He knows the backstory of Minecraft Steve. And Enderman. And Heberon. According to Z, Heberon was Minecraft Steve's twin brother, but he died in some horrific accident, and LEGEND HAS IT. I can tell you with some certainty that it is NOT going to be a pink-and-blue Pigsheep. And the roller coasters. Oh. My. Damn. Building roller coasters has been his obsession for the past 2 years. I feel h...Who told me that ...
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