I didn’t really realize it until this week. I just thought it had become really difficult because of time constraints and lack of focus. But it turns out that I’d lost my mojo. No, not like Austin Powers lost his. Of course, I’m talking about blogging mojo. For quite a few months, I’ve struggled with [...]

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Nose tracks. My front windows are covered with nose tracks – dog-height smudges and smears made up of dried slobber and snot. At this moment, two of our dogs are busy creating more. They’re seated in front of my office window, gazing out at the street. The dogs are waiting for something – anything – [...]

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So over the weekend, I made another recipe for pumpkin bread, and it was also delicious and cake-like. Unfortunately, it also totally fell in the oven. I haven’t baked something that could fall in, like, EVER. So it was a surprise. Let’s just say that it was a little DENSER than it was probably supposed [...]

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It’s Sunday afternoon, and I’m enjoying my usual spot on the couch, next to my football-watching husband. With the noise of the game in the background, I read the paper, visit Pinterest, Tweet, and write. It’s relaxing, in a strange, noisy way. Today, for most of the 1:00 game, I wrote in fits and starts. [...]

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I sit at the kitchen table with my laptop, listening to the incessant drumming of the dryer, paired with the sloshing of the washer. LC told me that Tess the Puppy scared herself on his drum kit this morning. Her wagging tail apparently hit the bass drum, making her jump and whirl around. I’ve got [...]

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So. Tired. Just got home from Florida. Two four-day conferences. Ten evening receptions (2 per night, for 5 nights). Nice to meet fellow conference staff and attenders. Fun to give advice on social media (based on my work for John Maxwell). One dinner out. One movie afternoon (Cowboys & Aliens, meh). A visit to a [...]

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Writing is a discipline. Which is why I suck at it. (This is where you’re supposed to comment, “Oh no, Stephanie, I love making a game out of guessing when you’ll FINALLY do a new post!”) No, I’m aware that I’m certainly not the most consistent blogger. A big problem is that even when I [...]

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I have a bloggy friend named Joyce who writes at From This Side of the Pond.  I think we connected initially because of our shared love of the United Kingdom. Plus, she makes me laugh. For awhile now, Joyce has been hosting a blog carnival called Wednesday Hodgepodge. It’s kind of a celebration of randomness, [...]

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I sit up straight at my little round table at Starbucks, listening to the latest alt-folk songstress as she emotes about love, or angst, or maybe love and angst. At the next table, a pastor meets with a couple to discuss their wedding ceremony. Another couple across the aisle is chatting quietly in either Portuguese… [...]

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You know how you feel when your house is really a mess but you don’t have the time or motivation to clean it? And your kids are on their final two weeks of school and are already acting squirrelly? And your spouse is out of town – nay,  out of the country – for almost [...]

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