If you’ve been reading this blog for any length of time you already know that I secretly (openly) love Taco Bell. Now that I’m a grown adult I realize the folly in this unrequited love affair. I know it’s not good for me. I know there’s something better out there. In my heart I know that Taco Bell isn’t going…
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GUYS. We are like, THISCLOSE to summer break! Actually, some of you are already on summer break. It’s fine. We Oregonians are not jealous. Not only are we forced to live life a general 2-3 hours behind the rest of the country, but our school system is also a solid 3-4 weeks behind most others. It’s okay. We see you,…
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I wrote this guest post a while back for my funny friend (and fellow GIF-lover) Mary Carver, but since it ended up being one of my favorite blurbs that I’ve ever put on the Internet, I decided to share a snippet of it here with you. You can read the whole piece, “What Mindy Paling Taught Me About Life” over on her website. ///…
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So there’s something I’ve been dying to share with you, and now I finally can! WAIT. Time out. I just now realized that was a very leading headline, what with all the Book Dream talk we’ve had around here this year. So before we go any further, NO, I don’t have a book contract (*Yet*, she whispered hopefully to herself)….
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While our kids played in the next room, my friend and I stood in her kitchen, sipping coffee and talking about our dreams- in hushed tones peppered with nervous laughter, as if the very topic was somehow taboo. Frivolous. Indulgent. Maybe even selfish? “I feel like I’ve lost pieces of myself since having kids…” She spoke quietly, almost to herself, but her…
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