Unsolicited uterus update! My problem is I have a wicked case of PMS. (No, I’m not pregnant but I scared you didn’t I?) Aren’t you glad you didn’t ask? Despite having my monthly, well, monthly since I was 16 – late bloomers holla! – I’m still surprised by its appearance every 30ish days. First my …
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I’ll be honest: fashion is what really got me into exercise. I can’t wait for unitards to make a comeback! It wasn’t the runs in the dark in the middle of winter at 4 a.m and again at 10 p.m. It wasn’t leaving my son’s hospital bed to go do a high-intensity interval class instead …
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Having long professed my love for Experience Life magazine, I was beyond thrilled when they asked me to be in a promo video they were making. A camera crew camped out with me and my rowdy band of children for three hours one afternoon as I rhapsodized about how much I adore this mag. A …
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I suppose this is one alternative. Strangely I don’t think researchers would look kindly on this method either. “Why don’t you kids go watch TV for a bit? Mommy has some work to get done.” “But we’re not allowed to watch TV in the mornings!” (It’s true but since when did they become such rule-abiding …
3…2…1…. and NOW you get it. Something tells me this diet tip involves a lot more than a diet. Zumba! Kettlebells! TurboKick! Circus Class! Stripperobics! Krav maga! In addition to the perennial faves like yoga and boot camp, there are so many fun ways to exercise and with new programs coming out all the time …
I’ve always had a soft spot for Ginnifer Goodwin – we’re both pale with dark hair, we’re both 32, and she plays a polygamous Mormon wife on a show that purports to not be about Mormons but really is, (or at least is really about the weirdly naive-yet-oversexed stereotype of Mormons that Hollywood so loves) …
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This year I resolve to not chase any lions. 3 days down, so far so good! How much do I love this time of year? The lack of daylight, the 4-foot-high snowdrifts, the post-holiday let down illustrated by the pile of already discarded Christmas presents that I keep tripping over (little ingrates!). Oh that’s right, …
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Willow Tree “Guardian“ “Noun: The evacuation of a dead child or organism.” Stillbirth. No warning at all, there it was right between “veterinarian: a person who practices medicine or surgery on animals” and “blunderbuss: a short musket of wide bore used for shooting at close range” as if dead babies are as pedestrian as ailing …
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Two words: Baboon Butt And now I don’t know whether to squeeee because that baboon baby is adorable or be totally grossed out. To find out what this cute/barf pic has to do with pregnancy and read the 3 things I wish someone had told me about having a baby, check out my guest post …
Funny – I think real calamari, tentacles and all, is delish but this hot dog version just gave me a full body shudder. Red-neck seafood, indeed. Portia di Rossi had to ice her arms between takes on Ally Mcbeal because she was so thin that her arm veins were ridiculously prominent. (Can you imagine being …
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