Patience is both very difficult AND very easy for me.
What do I mean? Well, I find BEING patient as much of a struggle as anyone else would, I guess. But ACTING patient? Piece of cake.
(And just to be clear: I’m NOT bragging.)
The skills learned in childhood are often used well into adulthood. And one thing [...]

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In my real life, I have a lot of friends who just don’t “get” Twitter. They say they don’t have time for it  (WHAT? Do they think I do?) And they always ask, “WHY would I want to know what a total stranger had for breakfast?”
(I always answer, “It’s at least as interesting as knowing [...]

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Sitting here on the couch, I’m surrounded by dogs and laundry. The dogs only cause problems when I trip over them. But the laundry….
The laundry is my nemesis. Hangers litter one sofa cushion. Baskets compete for the socks that I’m folding.
After three weeks of feeling BLEH, I am unbelievably behind on washing clothes.
This morning, like [...]

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Okay, so today I was gonna participate in a “serious” blog carnival hosted by a really cool British expat pastor guy named Peter Pollock. I like what he writes; it always makes you think. Anyway, his carnival today has a topic that everyone is supposed to write about:
Obedience.
Watch your step. The irony is pretty thick [...]

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So what have I learned this week?
Besides that I’m a twoet and didn’t know it?
(BWAHAHAH! Get it?!!!)
No, seriously.
What I learned this week is…
That I have a dysfunctional relationship with guilt.
How did I learn this?
By spending an entire peaceful day in an empty house yesterday, while our wonderful teenage sitter took the kids to the pool. [...]

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Yes, it’s about time for me to participate in this blog carnival again. I can always benefit from a little introspection.
Here’s what I’ve learned this week:
If you’re gonna bake two frozen pizzas, don’t put them directly on two racks, with one above the other.
Cuz if you do, the top pizza will self-destruct and cover [...]

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Inadequate.
Not enough.
That’s how I’ve been feeling lately. I don’t have enough…
time                            brainpower
self-discipline        selflessness
courage                              confidence
I’m not organized enough. I’m not loving enough.
I’m not content enough.

Just. Not. Enough.
I’ve heard it said that if [...]

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Birthday cake for breakfast = Deliciousness.
Who am I kidding? I already knew THAT. But this week I did conduct more research to confirm my hypothesis. Conclusion: more scrumptious than a donut and ten times as frostingy.
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Hormones are a b*tch.
Place one 41yo woman in north Georgia, then rocket the outdoor temps from below freezing to the [...]

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We have two winners for Red Clay Giveaway #1, from Great Cakes Soapworks!
To choose two numbers, I tried out this nifty site:
Random Integer Generator
It gave me these two numbers: 34 and 15. I matched those to the comment numbers.
This means that the winners of the Asian Spice Gift Set are…
34:  Joan Tognoni and
15: Amy
I’ve sent [...]

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