Category Archives: health

Jiminy Crock Pot! We’re Eating Hot Food Again!

Posted on July 28, 2011 by This Woman Writes

Lately, though, with dinner more often than not consisting of graham crackers with peanut butter and a glass of milk, I started longing for a hot, savory meal, even a gray one, that would cook while I worked. Continue reading →

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Don’t Say “Can’t”

Posted on July 7, 2011 by This Woman Writes

I dropped in on Eldest Supreme at work just so I could casually mention, “Oh, by the way, I have a washing machine in the back of the car.” Continue reading →

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The Summer of Our Contentment

Posted on June 22, 2011 by This Woman Writes

Colleagues at home, I know you know what I’m talking about, even more so now because it’s summer and there are extra people in the office for the next couple months. Continue reading →

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She Was a Good Doggy

Posted on June 9, 2011 by This Woman Writes

The first day we got her, I left the kids with the Norwegian Artist, dutifully snapped on the leash, and went for the inaugural walk to the park, where somehow, when I blinked for a fraction too long, our newest family member clamped her mouth shut around a dead duck. Continue reading →

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Mouth of the Grand Canyon — Mine

Posted on June 6, 2011 by This Woman Writes

For some reason, I lack the genetic DNA to sit in a circle and listen to one or two members of a group drone on and on about how they feel about what we have all just endured. Continue reading →

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An Exercise in Patience

Posted on May 24, 2011 by This Woman Writes

My latest flailing exercise features the buff Australian — the cover shows a perky brunette sweetheart in a skimpy halter top and bouncey doo, but the DVD itself features a male Adonis of gigantic proportions, barely contained in a ripped and rippled muscle shirt.

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Bruce Willis Knitting

Posted on May 12, 2011 by This Woman Writes

I confess: I engage in reckless behavior. Sometimes I salt my food before I taste it. I set the cruise control for two miles over the speed limit. If the headache’s bad enough, I’ll take two aspirin instead of one. … Continue reading →

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Card Me — Please!

Posted on May 11, 2011 by This Woman Writes

I just bought a bottle of beer so that I can make more shampoo. Yeah, that’s right. I pour beer on my head, mixed with a liquid soap that has pronounceable and recognizable words in the ingredient list (Olive Oil, … Continue reading →

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Material Possessions Don’t Possess Us

Posted on April 28, 2011 by This Woman Writes

Provincial Afternoon, by the Norwegian Artist, Steve Henderson Tired of Being Youngest and I just returned from a mini-vacation at College Girl’s apartment. For four days, the three of us slept late, wandered around in our jammies, watched movies, played … Continue reading →

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The Uncommon Cold

Posted on March 16, 2011 by This Woman Writes

The Norwegian Artist, however, believes that the Enemy Cold Virus needs to be attacked head on: sweated out, molested, assaulted, crushed, mashed, mangled, forced into unrelenting hard labor, deprived of oxygen, marched to the edge of the precipice and hurtled over the side. Continue reading →