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/ August 17, 2011

Every Wednesday, YA Highway asks their readership a simple question to answer on your blog. Once you answer, you link your blog in the comments for other readers to hop on board. This is Road Trip Wednesday. Today’s topic: What is the most inspiring setting you’ve ever visited IRL? As I get deeper into my writing journey, I pay more

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Takeaways from Real World Cape Cod

/ August 16, 2011

Apologies for the radio silence yesterday, but my brain was still set on vacation mode. This meant a lot of staring at objects trying to figure out how they worked. Like the day job’s phone and the internet*. Last week I was in Cape Cod with my in laws. Not the most glamorous of vacations, but it was free and

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A Present for The Lurkdom

/ August 30, 2010

Work is gently kicking my ass (yes, again) and I got a too full plate of deadlines both at with the 9-5 job and writing. It’s hard to believe I ever was on vacation or that my whole department will be terminated by the end of the week*. I know I’m not the only one suffering this right now. It’s

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Deadliest Catch: Psycopathic Child Edition*

/ August 17, 2010

While staying at the Real World Cottage, we had the redneck neighbors from hell. Their yard housed tetanus and their porch was loaded up with, erm, crap. They were loud. They climbed onto the roof of their cottage more than once – with one of those times in a gorilla suit. The grandmother was nice enough to let us search

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Greetings from the Real World House

/ August 13, 2010

Where the injuries keep stacking up. So far there’s been the badminton incident, a rubber ball to the ribs, and a water balloon to the groin. All injuries have been caused by Hubby and I’m afraid to see what’s going to happen now that he, the youngest SIL, and all the boys on the trip are out deep sea fishing

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