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August 25, 2007 10:58 PM EDT -- Would you break down like one businessman did, after only two days? Would you suffer withdrawl symptoms? Could you do it? How hard would it be?   P.S. No cellphone. I must be a dinosaur.  more
August 27, 2007 11:09 PM EDT --      I'm reposting this because I have a lot of new contacts who don't understand the "meaning" behind my icon so here it is. It all started with this story, one . . . more
February 02, 2008 05:22 PM EST -- I am writing this for two reasons: 1. I want to see another article appear and take the heat off my last one 2. My nerves are fraying and here's the latest reason: Just one floor below me . . . more
April 26, 2008 03:06 PM EDT -- Hi - I'm asking these questions for a reason. We evaluate all our purchases to try and get the most comfortable clothing that also is practical (and, when possible, try to have clothing that is . . . more
September 08, 2007 11:39 PM EDT -- Has this happened in your state? Well, around my neck of the woods, this is the situation: 1. They got rid of inventory taxes 2. The housing market went to pieces. 3. In a stroke of genius (not) the . . . more
When I'm Down-Write On Challenge
by Jo C.
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August 27, 2007 02:16 PM EDT --        A few months ago, everything hit me at once: My mother was diagnosed with a serious illness, a son left for college, another burst an eardrum unexpectedly and my body . . . more
August 31, 2007 10:58 PM EDT --       The other woman. Who knows when she'll actually arrive? When he is 21? 30? Or later? Whenever the time comes, I know my job is to prepare him to be with her, to do the . . . more
September 16, 2007 03:43 AM EDT --            Did you know that you may want to take your weight into consideration when buying a car? I didn't!            . . . more
December 16, 2007 08:16 PM EST -- We had an ice storm recently. For anyone unfamiliar with this type of event, it can leave the streets, trees and anything (or anyone) left outside coated with a sheet of ice. If you can imagine ice skating . . . more
July 10, 2008 06:55 PM EDT -- The first year of high school was hellish, a complete change from all other grades. I'm considering full or part-time homeschooling and I need to get up to speed quickly. Even if we let our son go . . . more
September 14, 2008 02:47 PM EDT -- There is a wind and rain advisory here in the midwest. It is nothing compared to what those in Texas went through but it is still a bit spooky, with high winds and lots of rain. All my garden pots are . . . more
September 07, 2007 05:15 PM EDT --    In an ironic twist, Lynn Johnston, creator of the family-oriented comic strip, For Better or Worse, suffered a jolt when her husband, Rod Johnston, left her for someone else, leading me to . . . more
September 29, 2007 12:20 PM EDT --      I am writing this piece in the wake of having had to deal with the trauma of putting a beloved family pet, our cat, to sleep or, in more coldly stark terms, "euthanized".  . . . more
December 28, 2007 03:13 PM EST -- Disclaimer: For the purposes of full disclosure, I  am not a billionaire (as far as I know). I do have one lottery ticket, a Christmas gift, but the results aren't in yet. Any advice taken . . . more
January 14, 2008 02:04 AM EST -- I've lived in my town for over fifty years and have seen formerly open fields and forests become smaller with each housing development and plot of land sold to homeowners. As a child, I never saw . . . more
January 20, 2008 09:11 PM EST -- I'll never forget the exact time and place when someone first called me"Ma'am" (a Target store was the place, not giving the exact year here).Maybe "Ma'am" is a common . . . more
March 08, 2008 04:27 PM EST -- Years ago, we had the money to buy one new car with cash. That was a very good thing. We did not have enough save to buy another car with cash outright and we were much younger and this was the situation: . . . more
March 30, 2008 04:01 PM EDT -- Have you heard the latest news about POD or print on demand books and Amazon? If you publish these and intend to sell them on Amazon, well....you probably can't, if all the latest news is correct (see . . . more
June 03, 2008 01:38 PM EDT -- Ever have one of those days? There you are, just getting used to the fact that your son or daughter, in the full throes of puberty, is out of school and home for the entire summer. Things like this . . . more
June 10, 2008 12:50 PM EDT -- You know the weather has take a bad turn. Days and days of rain and finally....my computer connection may hold today. So what is it doing in YOUR part of the world? Calm or are you having earthquakes, . . . more
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