Saturday, September 20, 2008

This is the year!

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The Cubs beat the Cards by one run, but it still counts and my Boys in Blue are the NL Central Champions for the second year in a row! I am ...

Saturday 9 -- Would you take them back

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1. Think of all your exes. Would you take any of them back? My 90s guy -- I'd take him back. I think. I don't know. Maybe. He's...
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Friday, September 19, 2008

A bit of baseball history could be made

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The regular season is just about over, so my beloved future Hall of Famer Greg Maddux won't have many more starts after tonight. If the ...

Day 19 -- September Fitness Challenge

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An apple/blue cheese/blueberry salad, two hard-boiled eggs and yogurt with blueberries on the bottom. That's protein, calcium, fiber, a...

Kwizgiver doesn't mind when I swipe these

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Honest, she doesn't. Ever fight in a church? Only with the pastor When was the last time someone said you were hot? It's been ages....
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Thursday, September 18, 2008

DAY 18 -- September Fitness Challenge

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I couldn't work out today. But, instead of candy, I had first fruit salad and now yogurt. In the past ten days, I have had official ...
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Oh, me of little faith!

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How could I not believe that the Cubs would get 4 runs in the 9 th to tie … that Kerry Wood would kick Brewer ass in extra innings … and th...
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Xanax, carnations and Paul

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I am in a mood as I write this. That would be a BAD mood. Let's see now -- my DVD player is broken and replacing it is not an expenditur...
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Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Thursday Thirteen #86 -- Funny Is as Funny Does

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13 of TV's Funniest Ladies Growing up, the TV characters who made me laugh most often were women, and women on sitcoms. (Carol Burnett h...
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DAY 17 -- September Fitness Challenge

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32 minutes of cardio (20 treadmill, 12 bike). 12 reps on that tricep machine and 16 on the one for my glutes. I am fierce and powerful and w...
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Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Magic Number: 4

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Kerry Wood gets the save against the Brewers. Is there anyone more exciting to watch in a clutch situation than Kerry Wood? I thought not. G...

DAY 16 -- September Fitness Challenge

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So I didn't work out today. And maybe I did have a sliver of brownie (with chocolate chips) at the focus group I attended after work. BU...
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No sister of mine

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I admit that I, too, am fascinated by Sarah Palin. I'm fascinated by Paris Hilton, too, in that both women have become phenomena and yet...
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A nice, round, MAGIC number

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Any combination of 6 Cub wins and Brewer losses, and first place in the NL East belongs to the Chicago Cubs exclusively. How cool is it that...

I discovered her a little late, but I'm glad I found her all the same

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Dusty Springfield, that is. I grew up thinking of her as the blonde who sang "Son of a Preacher Man." Oh, and I loved her ultimat...
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Sights seen

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My commutes to and from work Monday were ... memorable. The el has become more and more crowded as the gas prices go up and people choose to...
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Monday, September 15, 2008

Can't stop thinking about it

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I have a neighbor that I really dislike. She's one of those people who always has a chip on her shoulder. She should squeeze ahead of yo...
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DAY 15 -- SEPTEMBER FITNESS CHALLENGE

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I'm eating yogurt with berries and no granola as I write this. I worked out -- 30 minutes of cardio, 12 leg lifts on each leg, and 20 re...

Manic Monday #18

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What's worse, physical or mental cheating? Why? It depends on the man who is doing the cheating. I know it sounds like a cop-out answer...
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Sunday, September 14, 2008

No Hitter!

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The first Cub game in DAYS, and it was worth waiting for! Instead of playing in Houston (Ike), the Cubs and Astros took the field in a ...
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DAY 14 -- September Fitness Challenge

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Leg lifts on the floor in front of the TV (with my cat, Charlotte, keeping me company by doing the feline version -- trying to kick the stuf...

Sunday Stealing #3

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Sunday Stealing: The Meme About Blogging 1. How long have you been blogging? Since May 2006 2. Any advice to beginners? Nope 3. What are the...
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Party like it's 1929

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There goes Lehman Brothers … right after Freddie and Fannie and Bear Stearns. Are AIG, Merrill Lynch and Washington Mutual (the good people ...

Yes, they're ugly, but I love them

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It's been raining -- and raining hard -- since Friday night. I am not in any way minimizing the horrors those on the Gulf Coast are suf...
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Saturday, September 13, 2008

I, on the other hand, like it

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The Women has gotten some really brutal reviews. Yet I enjoyed it. Especially touching to me were Ryan's relationships with her best fri...
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Saturday 9 -- Whistle While You Work

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We are talking about jobs today. Pick any job of your career. Tell us when and where it was. Then answer today's Saturday: 9. 1. Tell us...
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No More News for Me

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The wall-to-wall coverage of Hurricane Ike is making me anxious. No one knows anything yet -- the ferocious storm is still battering Galvest...
Friday, September 12, 2008

Please think of Ike's most vulnerable potential victims

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The Houston SPCA is ready to help strays and pets who find themselves lost, soaked, or injured as a result of Ike with a lost/found hotline...
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DAY 12 -- September Fitness Challenge

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Not working out today because I simply don't feel like it. It's gray, it's rainy, and I have become quite attached to the contra...
Thursday, September 11, 2008

The Magic Number is 11

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A 1-run victory is still a victory, which means that the Boys in Blue will go off on their unscheduled two days off as winners. Kerry Wood w...
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We don't like Ike

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Hurricane Ike is responsible for the postponement of Friday's and Saturday's Cubs/Astros games. I can't recall such a thing eve...

DAY 11 -- September Fitness Challenge

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No time for a workout, so I am left to burnish my healthy living halo by reporting my nutritious lunch choices. I really wanted the juicy bb...
Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Thursday Thirteen #85 -- Meet two mystery-solving sisters

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THIRTEEN THINGS ABOUT THE SOUTHERN SISTERS In the past I have done TT’s about fictional "good guys" Kay Scarpetta and Kinsey Mil...
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Elizabeth Edwards on dieting

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From the September issue of O: "The easiest diet I ever went on was when I was pregnant and had gestational diabetes. I was so rigorous...

DAY 10 -- September Fitness Challenge

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Spent lunchtime at a recording studio, which is neither as glamorous nor as interesting as it sounds. HOWEVER since my agency does the hirin...
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