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Have Bike Will Travel
Have Bike Will Travel … setting goals, dreaming big, and watching it all come together with hard work and dedication. [read more]
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Juggling All of Life’s Demands: Is It Possible?
We, as women, try to juggle all of life’s demands for our families. We wear multiple hats every day, but when is it time to stop juggling and start breathing? [read more]
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GoFundMe Campaigns: Real Needs or Donation Scams? The Backlash From a Social Experiment Gone Horribly Wrong
I have been on social media from what feels like the very beginning of time. I’ve seen websites and browsers and search engines come and go, and I’ve watched as sites such as Facebook and [read more]
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A Birthday Letter to Dad
A birthday letter to dad to commemorate what would have been his 67th birthday today. I love you dad. Party hard today, party hard. [read more]
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Unveiling Our New Design from The Posh Box Web and Blog Design Studio
I am super excited to be able to unveil our beautiful new design courtesy of The Posh Box Web and Blog Design Studio! I have had the pleasure of knowing Pamela, owner of The Posh [read more]
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Vox Populi Season 2 with Sean Astin
I have several causes that I am passionate about, and I’m one of those bloggers who watches what our government does, and shakes my head at the mess they have made of our wonderful country. [read more]
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We Interrupt This Blog to Begin a Journey of Enlightenment
I’m going to be quiet the next few days because I am devoting all of my time and my attention to a campaign that I am extremely passionate about. ~ Me. ~ I am a [read more]
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Spiritual Sunday: Uplifting Others Even When You Don’t Agree With Them
This week on our Spiritual Sunday feature, I’d like to talk to you about uplifting others – even when you don’t agree with them. This topic comes about from the controversy surrounding the new film, [read more]
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The American Blogger Controversy
The American Blogger Controversy. Have you heard about it? Perhaps its because I’ve had a sucky week and haven’t been able to check my social media sites like I normally do, perhaps it was because [read more]
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Finding Myself Again and Realizing I’m Not THAT Blogger. I’m ME.
When I first started blogging almost 10 years ago, I did it for one simple reason – to just “get it out of my system” and let go of whatever was going on that day. [read more]
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Good-Bye, Facebook. Hello, People.
There are those times when you get a wild hair up your arse and decide to cut out all social media. And then don’t. [read more]
Real Life Excerpts
Transformation and Johnny Depp
It has been a very busy weekend here at Life in a House of Testosterone – well for this estrogen carrier anyway! We heralded the beginning of spring by coloring my horribly gray hair on [read more]
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Things Your Momma Never Told You About Uninvited Guests
We’ve all had them before. The friend or neighbor or relative who drops by “for a few minutes” and is still sitting in your living room hours later. My momma always exhibited superb social manners when faced [read more]
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What Mom Never Told You About Blog Focus
I have been blogging since April 2004. What started out as an online journal for me to vent my frustrations each day with being stuck at home with the kids and going stir crazy became [read more]
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My Crazy Morning – I Can’t Make This Stuff Up
I cannot help but sit here and laugh. If somebody wrote a book about my life it would be a best seller because I seriously couldn’t make this stuff up if I tried. Woke up [read more]
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The Unnamed Post
You spend too much time on the computer.Because I’m trying to earn a living to supplement your income doing what *I* know how to do best. As far as I know, it takes MONEY not [read more]