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This Post Is A Tease
This is Post #199. And it is a tease. I can’t help myself. I mean – look at the types of things I have up my sleeve (ha ha. I don’t even wear pants. Like I have sleeves) for this week and … Continue...
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Summer Is Hot and So Are You – Issue #3
Editor’s Note: Your favorite blogger (ahem) did an ongoing slap bracelet giveaway this year, but the bracelets feature my old blog name, “GoGuiltyPleasures!”. For a full listing of all Slap Bracelet...
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Summer is Hot and So Are You – Issue #4
Cover Story – Kate from Old, new or true Something old: Well, not that old, but never you mind. Kate runs a very fun ‘Scribble Challenge’ on her blog. This weekly writing prompt encourages you to hush...
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So I Work at a Strip Club Now
Yesterday was an interesting day at work. Which is not something I usually get to say. Trust me. I work as a project manager for a pharmaceutical company. Monday traffic and meeting madness aside,...
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What Do You Get For the Australian Labradoodle Who Has Everything?
Dear Uncle Jesse, I’m not sure you’ll recognize that today is special, when we shower you with gourmet, organic treats, long walks and hour-long massages. Or when we coo over and over again, ‘He’s a...
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My Bed is Getting Cold
As many of you Chipmunks know, I have a long-standing polyandrous situation in my house. Sure, First Husband, Peppermeister, is great, but…Scrabble…is more fun with extra players. Cue Second Husband,...
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Meet My Third Husband!
While I hadn’t given it much thought until last week, it seems obvious now: If you fine Chipmunks got to pick between Adam Levine and your beloved blog hero, The Byronic Man, obviously The B Man would...
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Set Your DVRs. TONIGHT.
Oh. Oh-hoh-oh-oh-oh. CHIPMUNKS. Sometimes, friends send you things on Facebook that they think SCREAMS you, and you think, “Meh. Okay.” Or “Yeah, that’s cute.” But sometimes, friends send you things on...
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I Did It.
I hit my goal weight! I FOUND THE WORLD’S BEST BACON. During recent travels, I stumbled across a fun little bar and restaurant in Seattle called The 5 Point Café. (No, they’re not paying me to mention...
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Birthday Bacon Bash Giveaway!
Today I’m celebrating the fact that, despite all signs pointing to an early Death by Pork, I’ve officially lived to see 32 29. I just returned to New Jersey after attending the most beautiful ceremony...
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eHopeful Part 1: The Ascent
Meet Jim Bob Frank. Let’s call him Frank. Because frankly my dear, I don’t give a damn. When I joined eHarmony last year -because it seemed the most upstanding of the popular online dating sites- Frank...
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eHopeful Part 2: We Have Lift-off
Less than two months after I started corresponding with Frank, the Navy pilot I met through eHarmony, I volunteered to fly 3,000 miles, from New Jersey to Washington, so we could meet face-to-face....
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eHopeful Part 3: High Altitude
“I feel like I’m dreaming,” I texted to one of my closest friends back home. I was sitting on a piece of sun-bleached driftwood, my feet in the sand, staring west across the Strait of Juan de Fuca. The...
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eHopeful Part 4: Crash Landing
“I can’t believe that was you in those pictures,” Frank slurred from the passenger seat of my car. We were sitting outside of my parents’ house after a night of playing cards with my family, where...
View ArticleHost a Vegan Dinner Party Even if You’re Not Vegan (and most of your friends...
A few weeks ago, I received a group text from my friend Christine: “Ladies! I have perfected a vegan menu! When are you coming over?!” Christine is not vegan. None of my local friends are vegan. I put...
View ArticlePoking Holes in Fear-Based Living
I stared at the form on my lap, heart racing. Was my handwriting even legible? I hadn’t been planning to fill out such a form so soon, but as had been the case with most things recently, an opportunity...
View ArticleWho Knew Connecticut Had it All
Before I make the big move out west next week, two of my closest friends and I decided to spend Memorial Day weekend in one giant love fest. We picked New Milford, Connecticut because Jenn told us to...
View ArticleIn the Middle of the Woods…NAKED.
***Winner of my latest blog contest announced below!*** “Just past the two topless women circling the labyrinth…” I sat in a large Adirondack chair, my chin tilted skyward. It was only 70 degrees, but...
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