I’m heading out for one crazy, hectic weekend. In summary… Tonight is the husband’s Holiday party, a state away. Tomorrow I’m traveling from there to my Moms for my nieces 5th birthday party on Sunday. Monday, ya ready for this… I’m taking the train into New York City (only my favorite place on the [...]

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I mentioned in my Turkey Day post that I’ve been feeling a bit unmotivated. I’m not sure what it is but body conscious issues are creeping back into my brain. The good healthy decisions that seem so easy the past few years are getting harder and harder to make and I just feel…. well… blech. [...]

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I swear "journey" must be the word used most on my blog. Sometimes I think it’s cheesy but when you really think about it, everything we do in life is a journey, a process. You don’t just wake up one day with a new skill, a new habit or even a new perspective. Every day [...]

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Plucking another great question from the pool of suggestions this week. This time, it’s one for the maintainers.
A few people had specific questions, so I thought I’d take a stab at them individually and then let other maintainers chime in.

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As I sit here in my hotel room, in Chicago, at 6AM (don’t ask… I’m 700 miles away from the toddler but somehow I "hear" him - I think he has me trained) and reflect on the weekend so far, I decided to do a little search for a weekend quote.
I wanted to [...]

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Ahhh yes the season begins! I’m in a rush today and I’m heading out for a wedding this evening but I wanted to wish everyone a happy day!
Remember….

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I can’t believe recorded last week. That’s how long it has taken me to get it online! Anyway, I’m a little all over the place and I go LONG, 30 minutes to be exact! Sorry about that! :~)
For all you cat people, Irish makes an appearance at the beginning and end of the video. [...]

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What ever it may be, DO IT! :~)

This weekends quote is inspired by my Weight Watchers meeting this week. The meeting was great, another member reached a 70lb loss and the group celebrated her accomplishment. THAT’S why I love going.
Besides the celebration the topic this week started off with a quote by [...]

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Remember the old quite smoking ads? The ones that said the more times you try to quit, the more likely you are to be successful the next time you try.
Let’s think about that for a minute.

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"… but I have to work so hard at it."
Someone said that to me today in a discussion about weight loss. I don’t think she reads my blog so she has no idea of my personal weight history but I have to laugh at the statement 1.) because I used to say it, 2.) because [...]

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