It’s all about You
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The best thing about public gatherings like Cornfest is the people watching. Yes, I love live music. And yes, I love fried fest food and (overpriced) beer. But mostly, I love to look at my fellow fest-goers. I’m inspired by the dance moves. I’m captivated by the fashions. I’m intrigued by the tattoos on display.…
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“Time” has been a recurring theme of late. From the STEM event at NIU where guest author, Mike Mullins, said people always ask him when he has time to write, to which he replies- do you have a television? The average American, he says, watches approximately 35 hours of TV a week. Go home, he suggested,…
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I’m a little embarrassed to say that I don’t know what to blog about! I miss the ABC Blog Challenge. This Idea Lady seems to be having trouble thinking up blog ideas without the direction of the alphabet. C is for Conditioning! H is for Habit! (If only exercise was that easy for me! A…
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Well folks, it’s been 26 weeks since I A is for Accepted the In Print ABC Blog Challenge. Half a year has passed! Who believes? And here we are at the End of the Alphabet… the letter Z, which is, according to my phonetic logic, unnecessary but kind of cool. In the 6 months’ time…
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Even though I probably don’t say it often enough, you know I love you, right? I know we’re supposed to say it, out loud, let it be known verbally. Songs tell us, movies tell us, books tell us. They all convey how we should tell the people we love that we love them. But why…
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Memorial Day weekend is traditionally the unofficial kick-off to summer. True summer doesn’t grace us until June 21, but historically it’s plenty warm enough in Northern Illinois for pools to open the last weekend of May! Just last Thursday I grabbed the collection of coats that had accumulated in the backseat of my car over…
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I wouldn’t consider myself superstitious. Maybe a little stitious, but super? Naw. Well, there was that god-awful Blackhawks game Saturday… we did wonder what we had done wrong. We being me and Dave. Because we hold their winning fate in our hands… Jerseys on? Check. Miller Lite? Check. Oh, I did have that McDonald’s Strawberry…
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As in I provide the Random, you provide the Thoughts. I really want you to think about these things… Turkey Bacon What in Chemical Lab A are they doing to turkey to make it taste like bacon? And how can that process conceivably be healthy? Scented Deodorizer How is this possible? Wouldn’t the deodorizer, by…
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Queen Mary. It has a nice ring to it, don’t you think? I shall do my best to be a fair and benevolent ruler. My first decree? Banning “reality” television. That’s right, no more Honey Boo-boo, no more crazy quotin’ Duck Dynasty, no hoarders or Housewives of anywhere. Sorry Bachelors, Bachelorettes and all the other lonely…
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We all want to make a difference, touch someone’s life, be remembered. I’d like to think I’m going to write and publish a best-selling novel that will resonate and help keep my memory alive long after I’m gone. But that’s a big thing. Of course, my children are a legacy I am proud of and…
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