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Rerun: A conversation

Here’s a rerun from August 2008: A conversation with Zoe this afternoon while we were at the YMCA Zoe: Mom there’s a girl here who looks just like you. Me: Really? Zoe: Let me go take another look at her to see if it’s you, or if she just looks like you. And then she …

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The valet moved his car

This afternoon my dad was out of the office, in the big red truck, which meant that his car was still in the lot. My mom suggested that I move his car from the coveted parking space — and move my car into it. So I did. Everyone should have a blast at work like …

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Parking space wars

Parking space wars

  Maybe it’s time that we get assigned parking spots at work, the kind that has big signs with our names on them. That’s my car in the space that my dad wants — FYI: I GOT THERE FIRST. And then, just for kicks, my brother decided he wanted the space too.

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Small tangent

  Do you remember The Bus Saga? It was better, and then it got worse. My kid is the VERY first stop on the route, and there is quite a bit of time between the driver’s previous route and our route, which means that she usually parks her bus around the corner from our house and then …

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Thursday Thirteen: Irrelevent stuff

I’ve been using the Lose It! app for almost two weeks now and it’s really helped me stay in check with the food that I’m eating. And I’ve lost four pounds. I can’t believe I’m writing this, but I feel like I’ve lost my taste for sweets. Everyone once in a while I crave some …

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Day 3

Day 3

It’s day 3 of my diet change. Sure, I was forced to eat pizza a birthday cake on Monday night, however I still was VERY good the rest of the time and I FREAKING GAINED A HALF OF A POUND! How does this happen?? When I trained for the Milwaukee Lakefront Marathon I didn’t lose …

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Full tilt ahead

Okay, so maybe that’s not what the scale really said, but those numbers flashing back at me were not what I was hoping for. Thank goodness training officially begins next week for the Green Bay Marathon (it’s in May)! Also, I’m on a diet. A great big diet. I put the Lose It! app back onto …

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