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Beautycounter Lipstick Review*
A little over a week ago, a friend of mine posted a giveaway for some Beautycounter Lipstick she was selling. I have several friends who sell products from home so these posts aren’t unusual, and I often enter them… but I never win anything. Seriously. If you want a surefire way to lose a raffle, just put my name on the ticket. I enter them anyway as I keep hoping that someday my luck will change… and it finally did! My name was drawn last Monday and I won a Beautycounter Colour Intense Lipstick of my choice. It was a Christmas miracle. In April. I’ve been interested in learning little…
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Rubber Boot Running*
Every day I pack up the kids and make the hike down the road to get Ruby to and from school. It’s basically a straight shot up the street from here to her school, so on the way home we can see our house from quite a distance. I thought I’d provide you with a little entertainment today. At 3:20pm yesterday I got the boys dressed and we started off on our walk to go pick up Ruby. I usually check the mail on the way there, but yesterday the box was empty. I figured maybe there just wasn’t any mail that day. We made it to the school and…
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Dear Mother Nature*
Dear Mother Nature, I get it. You’re upset. We’ve been complaining for too long and you’ve had enough. Two years ago when you gave us that unbelievably sunny and hot summer, we complained that it was too hot. And too humid. And when our poor grass turned brown and crispy, we even complained that it was too sunny. (In my defense, I was approximately 700 months pregnant at the time and there was no temperature that existed that wasn’t too hot.) So, last summer you cooled it down a little for us. Less heat, less humidity but also less sun, so we complained… again. Like, just give us what we…
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Off The Wagon*
For the past seven weeks I’ve been eating like crap. I was pretty well off most sugar for 12 weeks leading up to my brother’s wedding, and I felt amazing. I lost some weight, my clothes fit better and my body just felt better. But it was hard. I am an emotional eater, and finding new (healthier) coping mechanisms for my stress was a constant battle. As my coursework started ramping up and Will started sleeping less my armour chipped a little and I gave into one small temptation. Then another, and another, and another. Before I knew it, I was right back where I started. I’m not proud of…
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Humboldt Strong*
There been several large tragedies around the world this past year that have really affected me deeply. The recent shooting in Parkland, Florida was no exception. I am a high school teacher. While I didn’t personally know any of those victims, in another way, I knew those students. I see students just like those kids every day in my classrooms. I had so much I wanted to say about it, but I always feel like others express the way I’m feeling so much more eloquently or succinctly than I ever could. So I pulled those thoughts rolling around my head down and tucked them into my heart. And then, in…
