tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24597016983471686032011-08-24T06:41:40.841-05:00Clairenoreply@blogger.comBlogger831100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2459701698347168603.post-75836971931161862002010-09-13T14:02:00.005-05:002010-09-13T14:31:45.403-05:00

I know I have not blogged in a long while, things have been crazy and I will get to that later. First I must tell you about a recent experience with Rooms To Go and why you should think twice before purchasing anything from them.My husband and I were out one day and had some time to kill before an appointment. We decided to stop by Rooms To Go to window shop. We fell in love with a bed room set

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In 2010, the Suave® brand is helping turn bath time into fun time with new hair and skin products that are formulated to be gentle on little ones. In February 2010, the Suave® brand will introduce new hypoallergenic Suave® Kids® Naturals Head to Toe Wash in Soothing Lavender, formulated for a gentle, tear-free head to toe clean that leaves a subtle, fresh fragrance. Additionally making its

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You can listen to a song over and over again for what seems like forever and that song will be just a song then one day that same song will hit you like a ton of bricks. This song did that very thing for me this week. TheMatDaddy popped in my Jason Mraz CD while he did some cleaning. I had been having a very hard time as of late and was praying for a sign, a sign that I should just hold on, that

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So this week has sucked. Not because of the workouts but because I can't do them.I have a cold. A rotten OMG who knew that your head could hold this much snot cold, and it sucks. Little bit had a stomach bug Sunday night/Monday morning and it looks like I got that too.Yeah, this week just sucks but I have lost .8 pounds since Monday and that makes me smile.I have been thinking a lot about the

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I have been trying out all of the workouts on Your Shape. It is not true that you can't change your workout even after you set up your workout schedule. I have been changing mine every day! While I do find a lot of the same moves are in each workout, I do get different workouts!Here is a quick run down of my thoughts on some of them:Bikini Workout: I like this workout. This one is very "get up

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I got yet another email last night stating that me reviewing a product depended on my site stats. This prompted me to want to publicly clear the air about this so maybe I did not have to repeat myself over and over again via email.I do not care about site stats anymore. I spent so much time obsessing over what my Google Rank was and Alexa Rating and how many page visitors I had and OH. MY. GOSH

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So it has been one week since I started the Your Shape Challenge. I lost one pound. One lonely pound but I am pleased.Ya see, I ate a ton this week. Yes, I watched my portions and yes I ate healthy but I ate a lot of those healthy little portions.I did what ya call "Stress Eat" and it was not pretty.I think my entire lunch one day last week consisted of things on a stick and we all know that if

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This was me. I use to be thin. In fact I was thin my entire life. When I was in my late teens early 20's I weighed 80 lbs soaking wet. There was never much to me except for skin and bones.I was thin then I got sick. This photo was taken a few months before I got sick. I was put on bed rest. I could not eat. I could not sleep. I was a mess. I was in and out of the hospital. I was put on some

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Along with the weigh loss this year TheMatDaddy and I are hoping to quit smoking. We are both doing it in our own way. He is wearing the patch and smoking as little as he can. I am cutting down and hopefully can dwindle my way down to none within a week or so. We are both working out as well. We turned the sun room into a work out room. It took us a few days to weed through the toys and junk. It

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I will admit, I am a HUGE Phantom Phan. I have snow globes, figurines, sweatshirts, tee shirts, playbills and a Broadway and London theater poster collection that is worth a pretty penny (including one from opening night with Sarah Britman & Michael Crawford and the highly collectible Twin Towers one but my collection is still not complete). I have seen Phantom every time it has come to New

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I just finished my 2nd Your Shape workout and let me tell you...IT. IS. AWESOME!!!!I was excited to get started and jumped into it yesterday. I started with the evaluation. Scored a 63% which is a B. Not bad for someone who has not exercised in years!I opted to start my workout yesterday and went through and decided what parts of my body I wanted to work on. My "Core" is a major problem for me. I

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Can you believe it!!! I just know we are going to be life long friends!I have been chosen as one of ten who will be trying out the new Your Shape game for Nintendo Wii! Starting on January 12th and running for 12 weeks, me and my fellow "Your Shapers" will be working out with Jenny and trying to get into shape!What is Your Shape??? Check out the following video's staring my new BFF Jenny and see

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Like every weekday morning I got up and got my daughter ready to catch the bus for school. I got online to check my emails while she ate her breakfast and watch some cartoons. We walked out the door, my iPhone stayed inside, my computer still sitting there, just her and I.It was a normal morning but this morning she was extra excited. It was her last day of school before her Christmas break. She

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So, what do you get someone who has everything, for Christmas? You get them some Chic Buds of course!What are Chic Buds?"Retractable, decorative earphones to accessorize your music habit, whether it be with an iPod, portable CD player or your personal computer (for cell phones, see chicBabies). chicBuds are detailed with genuine Swarovski Crystals transforming, what was once simply functional,

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When Little Bit came to me and told me she wanted a Strawberry Shortcake doll for Christmas I was in heaven. It brought back wonderful memories of when I was a little girl and I got my first Strawberry Shortcake doll. She smelled so sweet! I had hours and hours of fun playing in make believe land, just me and Strawberry Shortcake!Little Bit had a specific Strawberry Shortcake in mind. She wanted

Clairenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2459701698347168603.post-69290383254892471932009-12-14T10:13:00.004-06:002009-12-16T10:19:18.169-06:00

Do you get as excited as I do when Disney comes out with another awesome movie?!?!? I have been all geared up for The Princess and the Frog since we first saw a trailer for it one rainy afternoon in the theater. What made it even more exciting for me was that it takes place in New Orleans and you gotta admit, New Orleans is a BLAST! (so what if I am partial!)We had plans to go see it this weekend

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Enjoy this good ol New Orleans Favorite! Merry Christmas!!!

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I am a self help book junkie. I have every book on every topic you could possibly imagine, from conception to teenage years. If I have an issue I turn to a book because in that huge pile of books, the answer has to be somewhere, right??? The general consensus in all of those self help books is that you must be doing something wrong as a mother and your child is nuts. You have to read through

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I ran into an old friend from Junior High/High School today. Why do I always run into people when I look like crap? I had thrown on a black tee shirt and some dark red pants and ran out of the door to go get some errands done. I figured that I was out early enough to NOT run into anyone I knew but I was wrong....TheMatDaddy has been having fun re-living old High School memories now that he is on

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What am I reading:I just finished reading "Mommywood" by Tori Spelling. I enjoyed it. I read it in just a few short hours one lazy afternoon. Actually, I was able to read it because Little Bit fell asleep mid day! Oh do I miss nap time! Anyway, I really have respect for Tori Spelling. Yes, she cheated on her husband and yes he cheated on his wife. Yes I do think the fight with her mother is crazy

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So I get emails about a one certain "blogger" at least 3 times a week. They are pretty much all the same and want to know the same things. Instead of having to talk about someone who is so not worth it over and over again, I figured I would just lay it all out here in a post and be done with it. So, here we go! Yes, I knew her in real life. Yes, we lived in the same town. Yes, I knew she was

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I remember like it was yesterday. December 12, 2007 I was laying in my bed. It was almost three weeks since my diagnosis and the medication was not working. I was getting worse and the Dr's were baffled. I laid there alone not sure what to do and not sure who to turn to. All I knew was I was in pain, I was miserable then it happened....I started to sweat. I heard a loud thumping noise and I felt

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Dear Jon and Kate Gosselin,How did we go from this:to this:Now Kate, I am going to address you first. Jon just keep your pants on, don't screw the girl next to you while waiting... you may just want to listen to this too. Kate, do you realize that there are millions of women in your situation? Do you realize that these women can not go on the Today show and bitch and moan about their soon to be

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I CAN NOT believe how big she is getting!

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You should be at the Prune Belly Fundraiser that I am hosting, buying raffle tickets and bidding on auctions to try and win some of the AWESOME prizes AND helping out the sweet little children that suffer with Prune Belly!New prizes listed daily!!!Click here to be taken right to the site!!I will be back blogging full time over here real soon!

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Meryck, age 5 years oldPrune Belly syndrome, also known as Eagle-Barrett or triad syndrome, is a distinctive set of physical problems that a child is born with.What are the symptoms of prune belly syndrome?The syndrome may occur in varying degrees from mild to severe. The following are the most common symptoms of prune belly syndrome. However, each child may experience symptoms differently.

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The Mat Daddy was cutting back the Palm trees in the garden when he finally settled on this lovely new "do" for this palm.. the more I looked at it the more I realized that it was shaped like Kate Gosselin's hair... business in the back... party (and spikey) in the front... CRAP, now I am the house known as the Kate Gosselin Palm house! At least I only have 1 child!

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This is what TheMatDaddy looks like...and this is me...and our beautiful Little Bit...

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I was looking through old emails in an attempt to clean up the massive trash pile that is my email in box. There are years worth of emails and I have no clue why I never hit delete after reading them.Anyway, I stumbled upon some old emails from when I use to write for a slew of Social Networking sites. Some were awesome... some not so much. I use to write the weekly food column. For some reason

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So my cable box just blew. My internet was down as well for a bit but back up and running. I was in the middle of watching Grey's Anatomy on the DVR, reminding myself what happened during the cliff hanger last season so that I am all ready for the season premiere on Thursday and I was at the half way point and BOOM... cable box goes out! Of course when you call Charter they think and assume that

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... is so gonna be my week! All of the new shows start and I am giddy with excitement!These are some of my fav shows. Take a look and maybe add them to your fall lineup!The Big Bang Theory on CBS Monday Nights:How I Met Your Mother also on CBS Monday nights:The Mentalist also on CBS but on Thursday NightsShark Tank on ABC Tuesday Nights (make sure you watch the next all new episode to see Leslie

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By this time of year I have completed my Christmas shopping. I have made lists of the perfect gifts to get everyone, I have shopped the sales, scoured the stores and the internet and have perfectly placed each present in its hiding place. This year I have done nothing, not because I did not want to but because we don't have the money. I did go on Toys R Us and make a wish list for Little Bit for

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So I went to High School with Ian and it is cool to watch TV and say... "I knew you when..." even if he probably does not remember me at all... it was 15 years ago that we were last in school together... he left MHS to pursue modeling and acting. There was one girl I went to school with who was OBSESSED with him and another guy, Carter Bird, when they both left school for the same thing. She use

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and it really KICKS ASS!!!

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I had a phone convo with a wonderful blogger yesterday. A blogger that I thought was one of the "untouchables". She may be one of the "untouchables" in my mind but she is one of the most honest down to earth bloggers and she had been screwed over, just like I had been a long time ago. After talking to her I realized that blogging is what I wanted it to be and hoped for it to be all along. You

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I had a visit from 4 Charter Techs today. They really worked their booties off and I am impressed. I think they got down to the bottom of the issues. Only time will tell!So far so good and can I tell you I was very, very thankful for them all being here, working together to get this issues solved.The lines have been rerun and surprise, they found Charter cables in the wall between the living room

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TheMatDaddy and I are planning a trip to Disney some time next year. We have been talking about it for sometime but honestly never thought we could make our dream of taking Little Bit to Disney, a reality. We had a family meeting a few weeks ago, talked about it and decided that we would save our changed and pinch pennies any way we could so that we could take our first official family trip that

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to this comment..."I find it hard to believe a tech didn't show up. I think you took too many hits off the cannibis.People who HOST "blogs" and spend day after day on them HAVE NO LIVES.Get a job! "First off, if you had any balls at all you would stop leaving anon commentsSecond the Tech did not show up and if you would stop leaving anon comments and contact me with your contact information I

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Ok, so Charter is back to sucking again. I have sent 4 emails and spoke to a tech to say that he was coming that afternoon and never showed up. I am done calling their crazy help line where no one can seem to help you. I wish they would just fix the issues. They have a good idea as to what the problem is now so why dont they fix it!!!

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So the JP threw it out of court. Our claim was heard and thrown out do to a mediation clause in the contract in question as well as the fact that the woman misrepresented herself and the fact we have to sue her father.Their claim was just throw out without even being heard.I called Mr Big Shot atty, one I use to work for a long time ago that would sue his mother if the price was right. He laughed

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Today is court day. I am not sure if I should consider 9/9/09 a luck day or not. Some say it is lucky and some say unlucky. I was nervous last night but it was also due to my medication. I am weaning off of some heavy duty shit and I went from having brain sparks to eye and mouth sparks as well. It is not fun and quite painful. TheMatDaddy gave me something to calm my nerves (yes I have a

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It was a long weekend! With Little Bit out sick Friday we were all home for 4 days! I wish we had more time!!! We had a great time together! Saturday was the Park, Sunday was McDonald's, a play date with Little Bit's BFF and purple pancakes for dinner. Monday was swimming, a play date and some shopping. To top it all off we slept in late and stayed up late. Last night was too late! TheMatDaddy

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Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha! Fuck YouDo you really think it bothers me... at all?? Your comments or lack there of are amusing to me. I think it is funny that people like you have so much time on their hands to leave crap comments like that on peoples blogs. Why don't you... I don't know... take care of your child or ummm... get a fucking life?I have legitimate problems with Charter and I

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Little Bit and I watched The Wizard of Oz last night. It was her first time... I LOVE her firsts! So we settled down on the couch together and sang along to Somewhere Over the Rainbow and then the tornado hit and the house landed on the Wicked Witch of the East and all hell broke loose in my house. Now Dorthy was a murderer... she had killed someone and that was not cool with Little Bit. Then she

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Have you read any of my posts? I would love to switch and congrats to your for having no issues with Charter. If I switch it would mean re wiring this house anyway for Direct TV or Dish and it would mean a new modem as well as a new phone number again.You sound like the Drama Queen and seriously if I were an attention junkie wouldn't I be begging for comments on this blog? Your comment would have

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Little Bit threw up all night last night. It was gross! I think that is something she ate because she only ran fever for about an hour around 2 am. I am cleaning today, disinfecting the house. She threw up in at least 4 rooms of the house and on all of the towels, buckets, sheets etc etc. Her bedroom is the worst. I have cleaned it at least 4 times already and it still stinks! My dad is running

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So I get a call from the attorney who is handling my disability claim... OUT OF THE BLUE. They want all kinds of addresses and phone numbers and names that I can not pull out of my ass. Then they tell me that it is going to take a YEAR to go to trial to get my disability and my payments stop in Feb. WHAT THE FUCK! Also, there is a 2 year 5 month long waiting list for Medicare/Medicaid. I just

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So my phone finally came back on but it keeps dropping calls. I think I may have to send Charter my cell phone bill because I PAY FOR PHONE SERVICE THAT I CAN NOT USE!I called Charter and they "sent a signal" to my home phone and it came back on and they had no clue why it was not working. Of course they have no clue!My cable has gone out 4 times in the last 2 hours. There are no storms in sight,

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So I guess after seeing my blog post this morning they decided to do something about it and sent two Charter Techs to my home unannounced.After a while they figured out the majority of the problems and fixed what they could fix. About 15 minutes after they left my phones went out.... I am back on the line to Charter but this time via my cell phone.I guess the internet is next??

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While I appreciate the comment you left on my last post I don't think that you can help me in any way shape or form. One person can not correct all the wrong that Charter has done and continues to do. We had a tech come out yesterday. They replaced our DVR box again and guess what... we are still having problems. The issues with Charter are never ending. I am really starting to realize that we

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Last night TheMatDaddy and I manage to get Little Bit to bed on time. There was nothing on TV, we had worked on the house all day and we were tired.... Perfect time to watch a movie! We settled on the couch and clicked on "On Demand". The picture was scrambled, the sound came in and out. We went through the list of New Releases and settled on one to watch but before we paid to watch a movie I

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I am going to share one of my favorite green bean recipes. I call it 2 Night Green Beans because you make it one way and then as a left over the second night you add 2 simple ingredients to make it a different side dish! There are no exact measurements for this side dish. The great part is that you make it to your taste!Butterminced garlicFrozen Green beansSalt and PepperIn a pan, melt the butter

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I know what today is... how could I forget... I lived through it. 4 years ago today Katrina came through and destroyed New Orleans and the Mississippi Gulf Coast. We were lucky. Little Bit was 3 months old. We evacuated to Tennessee with my mother. My father stayed. My little sister was traveling and got stuck in Houston.We were gone for 3 weeks. Little Bit out grew her clothes while we were

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I have officially HAD IT! From the second my eyes open in the morning Little Bit is up my butt. She is up my butt all damn day. I turn around and there she is. I can not tell you how many time I have almost stepped on her because she is under foot. She talks non stop, NON STOP! She wines and cries and follows me everywhere... and I do mean EVERYWHERE! For some reason there are no locks on the

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A long time ago, this was me. I use to play, actually compete, professionally. I loved to play. I could never read music. I use to trick my teachers into thinking that I could but I cant. I always played by ear. I then tough myself how to play guitar. Even played in a band but my love was always and forever will be the piano. I remember how easily my hands would glide across the keys, so

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I am at a loss for days. I keep having to check to see what day it is. I have assured myself more times today that it is Thursday but I don't believe it. Time is just flying. I am not sleeping well at all. Thrashing in my bed due to dreams that are too real. I know it is the medication playing tricks on me. I am close to being done weaning off of the medication. I have lost 10 pounds, at least. I

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So we were one day late for the first time ever with our cable bill and they threatened to disconnect our service. ONE FREAKIN DAY LATE! I tried to file a complaint and of course there is no where to do so. I spent 20 minutes yelling at an automated machine trying to get a human on the phone and when I did they were in a different country, spoke very little English and tried to sell me something!

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Looks like the swines have come a callin! Little Bit has all of the symptoms of Swine Flu (H1N1). I am not sure if I should take her to the Dr or to the hospital to get checked out. I don't want to put those poor kids at the Dr's office at risk but then again I don't want to put those poor people at the hospital at risk. Do you think I am overreacting??? There are quite a few schools here where

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We all went to my dad's house today. He had gone to the Farmer's Market that morning and had some Praline Pecan Pie's. Two of my favorite southern deserts rolled into one! YUMMY! I brought one home with me and I was sitting on the couch enjoying every last morsel when TheMatDaddy decided he wanted a taste and a taste to him was 2 HUGE bites. Then Little Bit wanted to taste it too... do I get any?

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So, I have become a Twilight fan. I know... I am late, but in this case better late than never! I read Twilight and I am waiting for New Moon but the Library is taking too damn long. I got on Ebay and I am trying to win the box set so that I can read them all at my own pace, which is around a book a day. I love to read. I had not read since Little Bit was born and since she is in school and all I

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Where will you be December 21, 2012? I heard about this not too long ago. I was scared and promised myself that I would not read about it for fear of a panic attack that I could never recover from. Of course something as big as the end of the World will be in your face. I went to see Harry Potter and they had a preview for the new movie 2012 coming out in November. Then TheMatDaddy starts reading

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So TheMatDaddy and I started unpacking some of the left over boxes today. Of course the first box I come to has all of the old photo albums in them when Little Bit was a baby. I started taking that walk down memory lane. Then another box housed her cute little Ladybug shoes from Monkey-Toes and I lost it. Today was her first day riding the bus to school. She is in public school and riding a bus

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I am gong back to work. (YUCK!) My disability has been canceled and I have 6 months to find a job before my checks stop coming in. I have to admit that I have been feeling better. I am in remission and have more energy than I have had the past couple of years but I am still scared. Will I be able to do it? My mind and vision are still slightly impaired and my brain does not work anywhere like it

Clairenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2459701698347168603.post-24823306654534091552009-08-14T09:40:00.000-05:002009-08-14T09:40:00.312-05:00

So I am a celebrity news junkie. I frequent quite a few Celebrity blogs and websites. I would love a subscription to People and Us Weekly but our budget will not allow it. I love reading what they are up to for some strange reason. I am addicted!Anyway, I do not get the whole Tori and Candy fight. I have read both of their books. Tori's book was awesome. A perfect heartfelt glimpse into her life.

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It never fails. I get Little Bit ready for her bath. I make sure that she uses the bathroom before she gets into the tub. She gets in and plays and then starts screaming "Mommy! Mommy! I need to go pee". She just went! Seriously! So I get her out, dry her off, sit her on the potty and wait. She has this horrible "pee reflex". If I have to use the restroom then she will have to... it is a give in.

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I am being domestic today. I cleaned... well I loaded the dishwasher and washed so many loads of clothes I lost count. I am even washing feather beds and such. TheMatDaddy decided that he was too tired to put sheets on his bed when we moved in OVER A WEEK AGO and has been sleeping on pillows and a feather bed on his mattress without sheets. GROSS!! I am sure you are now wondering... "Claire, how

Clairenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2459701698347168603.post-44380163205914261802009-08-11T10:40:00.000-05:002009-08-11T10:40:00.744-05:00

I think the School Board in this town gets a kick out of making the parents sweat. I had no clue getting your child into pre school was so freakin hard. I arrived an hour before registration, like they stated. I was the 3rd person in line (would have been the first but I forgot her shot records). I waited for over an hour for things to get started because honestly they could not start on time.

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This blog is pink.Yes I said P-I-N-KGet over it!

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I just read the best book... Bitter is the New Black. It was kick ass!!! I read it... wait... I absorbed in, inhaled it, in a matter of one lazy afternoon. I can not wait to read the rest of her books. I emailed the publisher and they are sending me the next two in the series and I have the remaining books on hold at the library.It was an awesome story about a girl who had it all, great job, kick

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I am sitting here for the first time since we moved, in a quiet house. No one is here except for me, the TV, my computer and bacon. Yummy bacon. I know I should not be eating bacon for lunch but no one is here to tell me otherwise so I am cooking bacon to eat... in a sandwich. I feel like a sneaky little kid. TheMatDaddy called a little bit ago with more work drama. When he asked what I was

Clairenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2459701698347168603.post-59885148507188361592009-08-01T18:32:00.002-05:002010-01-21T16:50:38.685-06:00

So you want to Contact me! Little 'ol me! I am touched! Please no spam or hate mail and of you feel the need to preach please do it somewhere else!You can email me at cle3479 at yahoo dot comI do accept PR pitches but I am picky about who I work with. If you want to see my site stats then please click HEREThanks!

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Hi,I am The Mom Claire and this is my blog. I am a mom to "Little Bit". Little Bit is my darling daughter, the apple of my eye and the grey in my hair! I am divorced from "TheMatDaddy" but we are back together and living together so it is just easier to refer to him as DH, hubby or TheMatDaddy instead of my x-husband/boyfriend/roommate/baby-daddy.I use to blog over at Single Mom Meltdown but

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