Wednesday, November 15, 2006

Public humiliation+crappy teachers+math disability=this post

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Note: The image you see with this post is one I created to show you, dear readers, the original Depressionista-created math survival strateg...
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Tuesday, November 14, 2006

Pared-down purse, day 2

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Okay, I'm posting this in the hopes that you all can help me figure out where I'm going wrong with the small purse trial. Today, on ...
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Monday, November 13, 2006

It is nice to carry just a small bag.

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Today I came to work carrying only my "pared-down bag." The contents are as follows: •Wallet •Checkbook •Keys •Umbrella •Small Zip...
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Saturday, November 11, 2006

I really am THAT FAT.

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Good morning. I've aroused from my coma-like slumber on LilCherie's amazingly comfy couch, poured myself a cup of coffee with gratit...
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Friday, November 10, 2006

Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night...

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It's 9:39 a.m. and dark as night outside my office window. Yesterday was a balmy 65 degrees and sunny; today is windy, dark, rainy, slee...
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Let's try for Monday

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My experiment in simplicity--i.e., the "pared-down bag" will have to wait until Monday. I actually just forgot about it and withou...
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Thursday, November 09, 2006

A tiny house of dreams

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Lately, I've been fantasizing about tiny houses . Have you all heard about the tiny house phenomenon? As far as I know, it was founded i...
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An experiment in simplicity

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Wow! Two new readers yesterday! Thanks for stopping by and taking the time to read my stuff! In honor of this recent rush of activity, I...
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Friday, October 27, 2006

Reminders

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There's a two-and-a-half month old baby squalling down the hall from my office right now. Her mother works in an office near mine and is...
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Thursday, October 26, 2006

Overheard on the bus in a midwestern college town

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"So like, we used to live right next to the railroad tracks, right, so one day, my dad was like, looking out the window and saw the hea...
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Wednesday, July 19, 2006

Fired up again, about the breastfeeding issue

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Hello dear readers, Sorry for my absence--I've been doing a lot of writing elsewhere lately. I came across this article today on the BB...
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Tuesday, June 20, 2006

Did you ever wonder why my name is Depressionista?

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Sometimes a fog just drops over me, and tonight is one of those times. It's like I've been hit in the head by a brick of depression....
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Wednesday, June 14, 2006

Honestly sir, it's only a few ounces of formula...I wasn't intending to sell it...

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When I was pregnant with my second child — Bubba, our only living child — I worried from the point of conception onward. Hell, I worried BEF...
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Friday, June 09, 2006

Anniversary

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In honor of the anniversary of our daughter's birth and death, I'm posting a poem I wrote five days after losing her. ***** June 14,...
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The Week: A Summary

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Monday •Bubba comes down with 103 degree temperature. Tuesday •Mama stays home with Bubba because he's sick. •Bubba goes to otolaryngolo...
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Thursday, June 08, 2006

My life in a blog post

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I saw this over on Daily Kvetch and decided to do it here too. It's fun...and, depending on how the last 20 years have gone for you, ca...
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Thursday, June 01, 2006

Don't be offended, but whether or not you will like this entry is in the Fourth Tier

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So during the relatively calm periods of my life, such as right now — when nobody's sick, my marriage doesn't look to be in imminent...
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Wednesday, May 31, 2006

Don't You Just Hate That....

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I have a book called " Don't You Just Hate That? 738 Annoying Things " by Scott Cohen. Firstly, this book is hilarious and oh,...
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Thursday, May 25, 2006

The Oprah Conundrum

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Update: Bubba's feeling better and is back at daycare. Hallelujah! And lucky for me, he never broke out into the seeping pustules I saw ...
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Tuesday, May 23, 2006

Coxsackied when you least expect it

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A sign will be going up at my son's daycare today. Most likely it will read something like this: "One of our children has been diag...
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