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  1. I Fought the Gym and the Gym Won

    8/20/08 6:51am by smtwngrl5
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    Which I suppose means that I won, in the end, but we'll get to that. I'm an inherently lazy person. Yes, I've just admitted that to the entire blogosphere and all of mankind. But it's true. I have to fight my natural tendency toward lethargy if I want to get anything done. Even the things that I love doing, like writing and decorating my house. Read more about my struggles to get to the gym.  Read more >

  2. Measuring in Gallons

    6/21/08 6:36pm by smtwngrl5
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    Is it just me, or is everyone else measuring everything in gallons of gas these days? That latte? That'll set you back 1 gallon of gas.The free-range, natural chicken I considered buying for a millisecond? A whopping 2 gallons of gas. Per. Pound.Those shoes? Better start saving, because they're a full tank.And a pound of strawberries? At about a half-gallon, they seem like a steal. Get used to it, I tell myself.  Read more >

  3. What the Price of Gas is Driving Me To

    6/6/08 5:58pm by smtwngrl5
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    A few days ago, I drove by a gas station down the road from me that closed a little over a year ago. At the time, they made the price sign read $3.49 for a gallon of regular gas. I assume this was an attempt to keep people from accidentally driving in for gas, only to find the pumps turned off and the store darkened. But now it has the exact opposite effect. Who would have thought that $3.49 would be considered a steal just a year later? Read more  Read more >

  4. BlogHer Donation Challenge - Please Visit and Comment

    5/9/08 8:01am by smtwngrl5
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    It's the final day of my BlogHers Act Donation Challenge and I'm begging you to please stop by and comment. I still need 70 comments to reach my 100 comment goal and donate $100 to one of the BlogHer-supported maternal health funds. I've been noticing plenty of traffic on my blog over the last few days, but not an increase in comments, so please, if you visit, take a moment to comment. Every comment counts toward my donation total.  Read more >

  5. Last Call for Comments - Support Maternal Health Causes

    5/8/08 5:11am by smtwngrl5
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    We're getting down to the wire for my BlogHer Acts Donation Challenge and I need to get 73 more comments to reach my goal of 100 comments. (Remember, only one comment each day per unique visitor counts toward the total.) Please stop by and leave a comment before midnight EDT on Friday, May 9th. The more comments I get, the more money I'll be donating to one of the maternal health causes supported by Blogher Acts.  Read more >

  6. Updated Donation Challenge: Kicking it Up a Notch

    5/6/08 7:04am by smtwngrl5
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    OK, the comments are trickling in, and I really appreciate the support I'm getting so far. Unfortunately, I think I may have set my sights a bit high expecting 200 commenters a day. So....I'm going to up the ante a bit.  Read more >

  7. Don't Forget to Get Involved

    5/4/08 1:38pm by smtwngrl5
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    Starting tomorrow, May 5th, your comments on my blog count toward a donation to one of the wonderful maternal health causes that BlogHers Act is supporting.  Read more >

  8. Getting Involved, One Comment at a Time

    4/30/08 5:15am by smtwngrl5
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    With a bit of prompting from contributing editors Lisa Stone and Amy Gates, I've decided to start my own fund-raising challenge of sorts. Not only have I decided to get involved and make a donation, but I'm asking my readers to help.  Read more >

  9. Saying I'm Sorry

    4/18/08 4:54am by smtwngrl5
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    Ever since I first read about the Letter to My Body series at Blogher way back on Valentine's Day, I've been meaning to get around to writing a letter of my own. I knew it would be hard, and that it might not turn out to be a love letter so much as a plea for forgiveness. I'm sure that had a lot to do with me not getting around to it, but I know that it's something I need to do. And I'm finally going to tell my body exactly how I feel, for better or worse.  Read more >

  10. The Stalking Philosopher

    3/25/08 12:51pm by smtwngrl5
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    I'm almost embarrassed to write this, but it is a funny story, even if I feel like an idiot now. Let me set the scene. I'm waiting for a meeting to start and decide I'll walk to the bookstore and check out the magazines for a little while. The magazine racks at this particular bookstore are laid out so that they make rows, so I slowly meander through the racks, picking up and glancing at the various magazines that catch my interest. I stop at the writing section, which is at the end of one of the racks, and pick up one magazine to flip through it. At this point, I notice out of the corner of my eye that there's a tall guy (from here on out known as Tall Guy) standing across from me on the other side of the rack and he's looking in my direction. I continue to glance at the table of contents and don't give it much thought, but then he comes around the rack to stand beside but slightly behind me. To read more about my strange encounter, check out the full post at my blog.  Read more >

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