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Plant Killer

Posted in Swept Under the Rug, tagged , , , , , on March 21, 2008 | 3 Comments »

I admit it.  I am a plant killer.  I did not inherit my mom or dad’s green thumb.  I guess it is not in the DNA.  The only plants that manage to stay alive in my house are the philodendron in the kitchen and a few cacti.  Otherwise in a month or so in the house, [...]

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The other woman

Posted in Swept Under the Rug, Who's Spawn ARE you?, tagged , , , , , , , , on March 18, 2008 | 4 Comments »

It was a really bad day for my marriage when our three year old stopped taking naps, since the hub and I always enjoyed our own afternoon playdate (sly boots wink) while he slept.  Or at least we had the OPTION to enjoy it.  Now our only options are early, early and I repeat, early in the [...]

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Showing Strength while facing Death

Posted in Swept Under the Rug, tagged , , , , , on March 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »

I just watched this 12 minute video that was broadcast on OPRAH about Randy Pausch, a Carnegie Mellon computer science professor with a wife and 3  young children who only has a few months to live.  His story is inspiring – moving – humbling and heartbreaking.   This is one of those video’s we can all watch and learn [...]

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Addendum to my post “I’ll take Is She Crazy for $1,000″

Posted in Swept Under the Rug, tagged , , , on March 12, 2008 | 11 Comments »

Okay….so I know that I ranted and raved about the morality, or lack there of, of the people that were once in the biz, but it occurred to me in my incensed state of being that I had also blocked out a more horrible incident during my time of the last refi boom and one more [...]

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Who are you and what have you done with my mother?

Posted in No clue where this fits, Swept Under the Rug, tagged , , on March 6, 2008 | 5 Comments »

One of the biggest challenges I have going on right now is figuring out how to deal with my mother who is 1700 miles away, 85 and failing fast.  She lives in an assisted living home near my older sister in Rockford, Illinois.   I go back a couple of times a year to visit [...]

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Spa Boutique for a Cure – 2008?

Posted in Swept Under the Rug, tagged , , , , , , on February 29, 2008 | 3 Comments »

Wheres My Damn Answer’s Weblog

Author: Kristy Nuttall
Swept Under the Rug is a topic that covers things we don’t want to deal with, but know that we need to.
My thing that I need to deal with is my annual charity event, Spa Boutique for a Cure. It was originally set for March 2, 2008, but because [...]

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