• Lost and Found

    I think we’re all pretty familiar with the idea of Lost & Found… it’s usually a box under the counter at some public place, where people turn in things they have found and people retrieve items they’ve lost. I love the honor system of the L&F. Found something? Not yours? Turn it in. Lost something?…

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  • Major e-Vent!

    Monday! Monday! Monday! (echo, echo, echo) Welcome to my Major e-Vent! It’s been a rough couple of months… the weddings, the weather, the wellness, or lack thereof. I’ve been too busy to bitch, the grievances have been accumulating. What better place to let it all out than on a public digital forum? So here goes,…

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  • Hindsight

    They say that hindsight is 20/20, but I’d like to challenge that. I think hindsight is more like 20/15, better than average. The more I think about it, maybe even 20/08. As with every big event I participate in, (or even small programs for that matter), once it’s over, I’m rarin’ and ready to do…

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  • People Watching

    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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  • Stephen King says, “If you don’t have time to read, you don’t have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.” I believe this to be true. I can’t help but notice the voices in my head respond differently depending upon what I’m reading. A well-written book nourishes my mind, stimulates my ideas…

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  • So I cut my finger on Friday doing something I shouldn’t be doing, yard work. I had big plans for Saturday. Plans many years in the waiting. Previous scheduling conflicts seem like a better excuse than my two hours in the ER giving me three stitches, a splint, and explicit do not use, do not…

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  • It’s About Time

    “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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  • DaMMaD

    Twenty-seven years ago August 2, I married the guy that knocked me up. I wasn’t going to. When I told him I was pregnant, while we sat on the picnic benches at Aldeen Park, a place we’d hung out many a time, he immediately dropped to one knee and proposed. I said no. I thought…

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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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  • The Wedding It was a blast. And in the good way– as in da bomb, not ka-boom. My daughter and her husband (insert smiley emoticon here) know how to throw a party! You know I had very little to do with the planning. In a way, I think that made it all the better! Hopefully…

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