The Active Family

My stepson is 12, nearly 13, and began 7th grade yesterday. I felt terrible for him as he also started school with his first ever pimple!
I noticed the redness on Monday, and just figured it was a bug bite from his weekend camping trip, but Noooooo. That bad boy grew into a full fledged whitie […]

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Today I sent my daughter to Kindergarten. She, of course, did fine. I however didn’t fare so well!
I mostly held it together while the kids were getting on the bus, but as I started walking up the stairs I started crying so hard I could barely see. I can’t even rationalize why I was crying! […]

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I can’t get over the sheer number of homes for sale and rent around here. We were coming back from a family cookout yesterday and it seemed like every third house had a for sale sign on it.
To me that is a true measure of how bad this economy is getting. If people are trying […]

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I spent today at my parent’s house, and decided to be a good little doobie and work on cleaning up the basement. It has been my father’s pet project for years, and walking downstairs, I figured out why it’s taking him so long!
My parents are serious pack rats. Actually, my entire extended family are all, […]

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But the will to see her children again allowed her to live.
This is one of the best stories I have seen come through the pipeline in a long time. After leaving her job as a waitress last Wednesday, a woman by the name Amber Pennell stopped at a store, and was headed home when her […]

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I know a few of my fellow Chatty Women focus on finances and various ways to save money. I’ve learned some incredible tips from them already! I thought I’d share my most recent form of savings, since I got some great deals.
Those who have read previous posts probably know that I work for Starbucks, which […]

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Oy.
I don’t know how much more I can take! I have my three kids, plus another I’ve been watching for the summer. They are just at each other’s throats all the time. Today alone they were up at 6:30, and started fighting from the get go. By the time 8 am rolled around my two […]

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This weekend my husband and I took the kids to my parents’ house to help my mom with her annual canning. Not many people I know still do their own canning!
My mom really wanted to show me how to make my grandparent’s recipe for bread and butter pickles. I’ve helped before, so I knew the […]

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My email has been flooded daily with new ads for every kind of weight loss “secret” you can imagine. I’ve seen everything from Hoodia to the latest and greatest Acai berry. Along with all the ads come the promise of the greatest and fastest weight loss ever!
My completely not-a-professional-talk-to-your-doctor-before-taking-any-pills advice would be to exercise (pun!) […]

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This is part two for my 3 readers following along. Before I wrote about how I was going to start cleaning the windows and outdoor furniture, and now I have moved on to the clothes.
I have 3 kids, all at different stages of growth. For the past few years my oldest hasn’t grown much, so […]

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