The exciting part about turning 50 is that I get to experience the joy of getting older called menopause, or more accurately, perimenopause. And by joy I mean, rage, and by exciting I mean rage-inducing. Top 15 Symptoms of Menopause or Perimenopause There are numbered top lists for everything, and this includes the symptoms......
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This week’s prompt… My Earliest Memory. You have 15 minutes–go! Pocket Deep It was itchy and no amount of washing would change that, but it was perfect in every other way. My favourite sweater, knitted by my nana, was white, for the most part, with buttons down the front and two small useless pockets......
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It was a sad day when they announced the TLC show Toddlers In Tiara would be cancelled. Many wannabees were crushed to miss their opportunity to show their hard work on TV. They can still work the pageant circuit, but will they ever be famous now? We have seen the ads, heck, maybe we’ve......
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When our youngest, Shaggy, was seven I was volunteering in his classroom often. I came in to read with the kids three mornings a week. Once a month I would read a book to the whole class because I was apparently really good at it and I was requested. Don’t all the reading mum’s......
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Mindfulness is a thing. You see the benefits of it touted absolutely everywhere. In fact, our family has been trying to meditate together every night. I’d say we are about 60% successful. Of that 60%, 90% of the time I am meditating, I am thinking instead. I know I am supposed to meditate away......
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