Hard to believe it is almost the end of November already! As you might recall, I declared November to be a no shopping kind of month and……success! I only bought one thing non related to food or taking care of the house, well, maybe technically two. The first was a calendar being sold by […]
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Start Living Your Best Life
I’m in sort of a reflective mood this weekend. My mom’ s birthday is coming up on Tuesday the 19th and that always makes me take stock of where I am in life. She would have been 73 this year but she passed away in April 2009 after battling colon cancer for a couple […]
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One of the reasons I started writing about the whole being single thing was being tired of dealing with all the people who have the audacity to question why I’m still single. It’s not just one question, it’s when the person starts an interrogation. I personally think people who get all judgmental about it are […]
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I’m not sure the title really fits what I’m going to try to say here, but it will have to do. When I was “researching” topics for this blog I noticed something that I hadn’t paid attention to before. The “research” included looking for motivational type quotes like the one above on the black […]
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So I’ve decided to implement my own sort of austerity measures for the month of November. It is mostly a financial necessity but I’m kind of interested to see if I can make it through the entire month without buying anything other than what is needed to run the house (such a pool chemicals) or […]
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I think I mentioned before that I truly motivation comes from within. No one else can motivate a person to do much of anything. Inspire someone else, yes but motivate? No. What happens when you feel too exhausted and kicked around emotionally to be motivated? Well, you take a break. Last week was not […]
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