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I have SUCH good news to share. Remember in my previous post when I said that I may have good news to share on Friday? Well, I was so excited and busy celebrating what ended up being great news that I'm just now finding time to post about it!My hubby passed the Georgia Bar Exam. He is OFFICIALLY an attorney now. All of his hard work and our sacrifice as a family officially means something now

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I don't believe anything is happenstance. I know that the word itself has its place, and I even use it from time to time. But, I just don't believe that anything happens randomly without a purpose, no matter how great or small. I believe that God loves us enough to give us the free will to do as we please, but also longs for a relationship with us in return for His unconditional love for us.

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The definition of insanity, according to Albert Einstein, is "doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." I wonder if it's a normal human flaw to stick with what we know or what we've always done, regardless of what the outcome is or has been time and time again. I can speak for myself and say that my ability to procrastinate in doing important things that happen

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I'm challenging myself to give an update from the past several months, but without spending the next hour typing about it. I have about 15 minutes, before I pass out due to exhaustion so here goes:1) My newborn is now a 12-week old. He will be officially 3 months old on Friday. That time FLEW by! He's holding his head up now, and sleeping through the night, as of last night. Life is good!

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I'm at one of those points in my life right now where anything that I do over the next few days, weeks, months, will shape my life in one of a million ways. Things can turn out anyway that I choose! How often do we get a chance to say that after age 25, and after being married with 3 kids? Well I'm FINALLY realizing that I need to look at the state of my life as a blessed opportunity to go on

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Let's just be honest. My hubby and I are simply overwhelmed. If you look at our "to do" list, it just appears impossible to complete before the baby gets here. Here's just a sample of what needs to be done:Finish painting baby's room (almost done), Setup son and daughter's new bunk beds in their room, get son's bed out of his room and into baby's room (for mom to sleep on when she comes over to

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Since lots of changes are happening in my life all at once, this hasn't left much time for me to sit around and wait to be hit with epiphanies about why this is all occurring. I've had to roll with the punches with a smile on my face. Even though I've been quite melancholy on the inside for some time now, this isn't something I'm comfortable showing or expressing. For example, I'm not that

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This has been a crazy week.At the beginning of the week we got the news that American celebrity Ed McMahon had passed away. It wasn't a big shock, as much as it was just sad to know that someone I've watched on television since childhood was now gone. I didn't really linger on it, but I definitely felt very sad when I read the headline and also feel for his family.Then on Thursday morning while

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NOTE: Edited to add the following link to the actual video these screen caps are from. Simon Baker's accent makes me want to become an Australian citizen.Emmy Roundtable with Lawrence Fishburne and Simon Baker================================================Simon Baker and Lawrence Fishburne. Wonderful. Lawrence Fishburne is truly the best actor of our time, next to Hugh Jackman in my opinion.

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Today makes officially 5 weeks since I was laid-off from CNN. I have dealt with it, and I feel a sense of closure. I've been able to stay in touch with the people that I care to continue communicating with. Had a few cool lunch dates, and even went out to dinner a few days ago with my former manager. Mmmmm...Thai! I was extremely sensitive (hormonal) for a while there, and ended up cutting

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I've been going to Orlando, FL every few years since I was 9 years old. We've seen a lot in Orlando over the past 25 years and I feel that I have enough well-rounded insight to aid someone who's never been to Disney World on how to get the most out of their trip to the happiest place on earth!Speaking of being 9 years old, that is really a great age for most children to really enjoy all that

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I've got several previous posts from over the past few years about the trips I've taken to Orlando, FL. They are labeled "Orlando" or "Disney" if you want to back search for them. I've been itching to write a post specifically for parents taking toddlers to Orlando. A friend of mine will be traveling to Orlando soon with her family, and it reminded me that I never posted my tips here in this

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In addition to this wonderful blog, I also have a private one. I opened it about 8 months ago because I started feeling that I no longer had any place to share my most personal, intimate thoughts anymore. Everyone in every aspect of my life pretty much has access to this current blog, so if I needed to get something off of my chest about a co-worker, or a member of my church, I needed a place

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Last Week At A Glance:Last week was eye-opening in a few ways. It definitely had more meetings than I'm used to. Two of them in particular I personally consider awe-inspiring.During one of them I was, again, exposed to the positive repercussions of simply being nice to people and making myself an available source of information to them. I did some "schmoozing" after the meeting was over, and

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Bumping this up...thought it was cute. :-)Originally posted on 1/10/07 at 2:56pm===================================I tend to shake my head and sigh whenever I read about Mary Kate Olsen or Lindsay Lohan and their ever-present issues with weight. This is not because I feel that their inability to consume anything over 0.45 calories is despicable. No, no, my friends, I actually empathize with

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Let's face it...today was just one of those days. Not sure how exactly it turned into one of those days...it definitely started off harmless enough. I had the wisdom, or foresight, or something, to switch my Thursday afternoon appt w/ my gynecologist to this morning at the very last minute. Thank God I did so, because tomorrow is going to be insane! The appt went smoothly enough, but once I

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Once every few weeks or so, if I remember, I like to look at my blog visitor stats to determine what drives most of my readers to my blog. Most of my regular visitors access my blog via their ISP homepages or Google Reader or the like. So I'm more interested in the unique visitor stats. Some interesting blog searches bring people to my blog. Here are the top 10 searches (from least to most

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I've got a little on my mind right now. Not a whole lot, like normal, but just a couple of things. I got a pregnancy massage on Friday, and I feel almost completely STRESS-FREE! For one, I'm seriously trying to determine how I can stay on a steady course in my life. There's got to be a way that someone with my compulsive, extreme live-in-the-moment, obsessive, procrastinating personality can

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Happy Lenten Season! I'll go ahead and catch you up on what's new with me:Pregnancy: My due date keeps being "adjusted" during my exams with my doctor due to the size of my uterus, size of the baby, etc. Currently, I am said to be right at 16 weeks tomorrow. Thankfully, the baby appears to be healthy and normal. My general attitude and well-being is very good also. No more nausea at all,

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The motivation for choosing this title is two-fold. First and more importantly, I'm expecting something new! I'm almost 3 months pregnant with my 3rd child. Wow, writing that really puts it into perspective. I still feel like a child myself, and can't believe that I'm about to bring a 3rd life created by God into this world. The miracle of life never ceases to amaze me!Secondly, I'd like to

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That's what I've been this week. I'm tired of working ALL of the time. I'm tired of neglecting the things that are important; putting them off until I'm done with other stuff, stuff which is not as important long-term. I can see that it's starting to take its toll. A co-worker voiced yesterday that she's been feeling really grumpy lately and needs a REAL vacation. BOY could I relate! This

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Update: 12/9/08 8:10pmDon't have much time these days; work is EXTRA, EXTRA busy. That 2 week vacation is going to be more special and necessary than EVER! Just a posting tonight to note that I made it through the official week 1 of health and fitness swimmingly!! I only cheated 1 day which was Thursday right before my son's Christmas play. I didn't even get home from work until after 6pm and

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Work is somewhat dampening my feelings of rest and relaxation this week. Huge release soon, and I was up ALL night finishing up some stuff because I REFUSE to work during this break with my family. So what WILL I be doing during this glorious five-day weekend?Cooking dinner. I LOVE Thanksgiving dinner. My husband and I anticipate this wonderful meal months in advance! My specialties are

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Remember that classic line from Glenn Close in "Fatal Attraction"? Any woman watching that scene could relate to that line. Even if you aren't a home-wrecking, man-stealing, psychopath, one thing ALL women can relate to is how much we HATE being ignored.A good friend of mine told me something a while back that I'll never forget. She said, "Some people are miserable enough to go out of their

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