Author: meghan
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December 2013 Photo-A-Day: Week Two
Another week has come and gone in the Fat Mum Slim December 2013 Photo-A-Day Challenge and I think I’ve gotten the hang of it and am really enjoying subverting these prompts! Heh heh heh Day 8. I SHOP HERE – Boy do I ever. I spent a small fortune (all my tips from the night…
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Nuts in the Fruit Department
This is the reason why I’ll never again shop at the Key Foods on 146th Street. I just went in for some apples, oranges, tuna and cottage cheese. I picked up a basket and headed to the apple section when I noticed something…off. There was an elderly couple, a man and a woman, standing in…
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Mug Shots!!!
It occurred to me while sick that I do not currently own nearly enough mugs. You use the most mugs while sick because most sick foods are consumed from mugs. Come to think, all the best foods are consumed in mugs: coffee & tea, soup, ice cream, I’ve even put fruit slices into mugs! There…
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Sick Thoughts
Everyone tells me, “You push yourself too hard,” as if that’s supposed to be negative! In my opinion, I should push harder. I’m proud of pushing hard! Pushing hard is a badge of honor! Until it catches up to you. So this week I have caught what I am assuming is either yellow fever or…
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Let Me Take You Down
Every year, on December 8th, mourners gather at the Imagine Memorial in Strawberry Fields to sing and remember John Lennon. This year, I trudged through thick, wet snow after work to make it there. I sang “Hello, Goodbye” and “You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away.” I tried to take a video but it was…
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Re-Stringing the Pearls
So for Thanksgiving I went with my boyfriend and his entire extended family to a fancy fancy restaurant. Can you say nervous? And you know me, I would LIVE in sweatpants if I could. Getting fancy happens once in a very, very, very rare occurrence. But I donned an all-black ensemble and topped it off…
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Almond Joy
So I’m on a total almond kick lately, apparently. Remember this trail mix? Well, I have to say, Salted Roasted Almonds from Trader Joe’s are THA BOMB. I can’t stop eating these suckers! They will be the death of me. Well, it would surprise nobody to learn that I’m not having a great time lately. …
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December 2013 Photo-A-Day: Week One
I missed doing photo challenges! I know they’re not popular anymore (perhaps that’s the sudden instant appeal for me?), but having more to do helps keep me on task. ADD child, can you tell? So I decided to keep myself on task with two things this month: posting blogs every day, and following the …
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I’m A Little Teapot, Apparently
I’ve sworn up and down that I’m a coffee person. Don’t worry! I still am! But I have a confession: I’ve been cheating on coffee…with tea. I know! I want to kick my own ass. Trust. But I’ve been trying different teas and not just because I’ve had the sniffles! Tea can be good! Sometimes! …
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Charlie
Our beloved family pet of fifteen, no, twenty, no, maybe forty? years, Charlie a.k.a. Snooty Nose nee Master Charlemagne McTavish is in very poor health. So we’re all very upset because we all love Charlie. Everyone loves Charlie! You love Charlie! You just didn’t know it yet. Charlie is, without a doubt, the smartest dog. …
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Happy Krampus, Or Not
Typically celebrated on December 5th, Krampus is like the anti-Christmas. See, while jolly old St Nick brings presents for good little girls and boys, dear old Krampus comes along to punish the naughty ones – dragging them to his underworldly lair by their pigtails and suspenders and making them his slaves for all eternity. And…
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Atheist Christmas…?
It’s a subject that’s been on my mind a lot lately. How does an Atheist celebrate Christmas? I’m not just talking about an “opt out” option, where you ignore the holiday altogether. I know people who do this: treat the day as if it were no different than any other bank holiday (Arbor Day!) and…
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Thanksgiving is the new Black Friday
Black Friday – like Thanksgiving – has come and gone, but I’m still not quite over it. I’m sure some of you out there spent your T-gives fighting others consumers for The Hawtest Dealz in town. You probably thought, “What’s the harm? I’m not spending thanksgiving with my family, I might as well go shopping.”…
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Currently… in December 2013
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#fmsphotoaday prompt was “red.” Observe my red sicky face. FEELING: a little sour on Christmas, actually. My store has been playing Christmas music since before Thanksgiving,which I am not okay with. If I hear ANY version of “All I Want For Christmas is You,” I may be physically I’ll or commit some kind of violence.…
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I Am 29 Going On 80
So apparently I am an old fogey now. I was exhausted all day at work after a late night. What was I doing? I drank too much tea, got all hopped up on caffeine, and was embroidering listening to Glenn Miller and his orchestra. I’m totally fine with this. I’ll be thirty in half a…
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Be Weird
Source Lately I have been thinking a lot about a girl I went to school with. Let’s call her Sarah Wilson. She was very pretty. Not just in the objective way: she looked exactly the way every heroine ever would have been described. Long, blonde hair with natural highlights cut blunt between her shoulders and…
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1 Year Old!
I completely forgot! November 17th was my one-year anniversary of my two left-hand tattoos (in my head I called them “the twins” because they happened in the same sitting) Happy Birthday, babies!!!
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Day of the Doctor
So, did all my Whovians watch “Day I the Doctor” yet? Because I literally devoted an entire day to the viewing of the 50th Anniversary special and sundry other associated programs. First, the pilot, of course: which originally aired fifty years ago on November 23rd, 1963: “An Unearthly Child.” Followed by the docudrama “An Adventure…
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Assemble!!!
I know it’s very trendy these days to throw around the phrase “I don’t cook,” but trust me when I say, I don’t cook. Oh, I could tell you horror stories about past attempts at such domesticity. Over-sautéed vegetables that taste like mush. Under-grilled fish that may have resulted in food poisoning. Burning the…
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Chain Mail
I love questionnaires! I found this one courtesy, once again, of Angie from Lariats and Lavender, which is a blog I’ve been a fan of for a long time!, who found it from Kyla at Kyla is Inspired, which is a blog I just discovered and is really lovely!!! 1. Song you can’t get out…