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 The very first prompt from Kick in the Blog is… Who Believes In You? (and by ‘you’ they mean me unless you’re blogging it and then they totally mean ‘you you’) While there are some “gimme” answers to this one (husband, kids, friends, etc.) I have very recently come to a crossroads in my . . . → Read More: Who Believes In You? (Kick in the Blog) I received an email from Jessica Rosenberg (the blogger behind It’s My Life) and it started out in a way that usually makes me hit the ‘delete’ button faster than you can move a mouse and click. I’m not usually an email spammer… I’ve received emails from Jessica before, however, so kept going. I . . . → Read More: Kick in the Blog – Just What the (not a) Doctor Ordered Everyone sees bloggers and writers as being enemies. Except most bloggers and writers. To me, the biggest difference is editing. Writers either have an editor or edit their own work multiple times before submitting it for publication. Some bloggers – okay, a metric ton of bloggers – think having a blog means never having . . . → Read More: The Difference Between Bloggers and Writers As I sit on the train I try to picture what it will be like to do this every day. The train used to give me panic attacks. The people and the enclosed space and the sneezing and coughing and – really – just the not-private nature of a whole bunch of people trying . . . → Read More: Picturing the Commute S just asked me and I was stopped short for about a second before I replied: “Honey, it doesn’t.” Her response… “Wooooooooah!” We let my 6yo … is she really 6? I still think of her as 5, probably because she’s still in Kindergarten for a few more days…. But she says to me, “Mom” she says, “you have to watch me play this Chihuahua game on the Wii – it’s amazing and has a trampoline . . . → Read More: The One Where My Daughter Schools Me On GameFly  I ♥ My Pita Bread-baking 101 is not a class I’m getting an A in! I took the “Your First Loaf” recipe from The Fresh Loaf and gave it a whirl. My yeast did not activate which means the dough never got bigger and it never really turned into bread. I didn’t . . . → Read More: More Important to Learn than Get it Right (Baking Bread Edition) We had a big ol’ scheduling conflict this morning. I was supposed to go to a meeting for the Rally to End the War on Drugs this morning but Ran had a board meeting for the Chamber so I needed to bow out until next week’s meeting. I defaulted to work, because that’s how . . . → Read More: Chamber of Commerce vs. Not for Profit  After school ended it never felt like it did. I joined the Illinois Coalition for Drug Policy and will be doing the social media for the organiazation while doing my best to learn more about public policy and grant writing. Because I’m an intern. Also, I’ve worked the last few weekends. . . . → Read More: Taking Some Time  Orignally this morning was supposed to just be a half-hour assessment, but last week the professor convinced the class they really wanted to push the last test to this morning as well. So there were two, back-to-back tests I was not looking forward to. Oh, and then add to that class started . . . → Read More: School This Morning (or Yea for Spanish Class) |
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