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My Latest Diet Adventure

May 14th, 2012 · 2 Comments

My latest diet that I have tried is the Digest Diet. While I like the diet, I didn’t like the fact that 2 weeks after I for my book in the mail, I get a bill saying I was overdue on payment when I didn’t even get one bill yet. I didn’t even get a [...]

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Tags: Weight

Covering A Multitude of Sins

January 2nd, 2010 · 5 Comments

Tomorrow is my mother-in-laws 90th birthday. Tomorrow my daughter takes a big test that she is dreading. Tomorrow is the last day of eating holiday food and drinking wine without exercising. If not, tomorrow might be the last day I will be able to fit into my jeans. I don’t know if it’s good or [...]

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Tags: Life Observations

Time to Lose the Baby Fat

September 3rd, 2009 · 4 Comments

It only seems appropriate that I finally lose the baby weight I gained when I had my last child. This overwhelming feeling that is was now time crept over me as we drove off from dropping him off at his college dorm room. It also seemed appropriate to try something new, scientific and complicated, so [...]

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Tags: Moms

Too Much Back From Chicago

April 23rd, 2009 · 3 Comments

My daughter and I attended a baby shower in Chicago this weekend. I have heard wonderful things about the city and of course, Oprah is there. My son wanted me to find this restaurant run by Rick Bayliss. He got addicted to watching his cooking show on PBS and then got me to watch it. [...]

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Tags: Kids

I Am Now Wearing My Vacation

July 12th, 2008 · 6 Comments

Well, the party’s over but it’s still wearing on – on me. Yep, the fabulous meals and double desserts are now officially hanging around my middle reminding me of what a great vacation I had. My goal pants that have been hanging on my closet door since May seem to have shrunk another size. True [...]

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Tags: Pet Peeves