BlogHer Book Club: Why Women Need Fat

January 12, 2012

I’ll admit it, the main reason I signed up to read and review Why Women Need Fat by Dr. William D. Lassek and Dr. Steven J.C. Gaulin, my fifth BlogHer Book Club selection, was because of a line in a summary about it which said something about “why those last five pounds seem impossible to […]

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"Crazy Like a (Perfectly Normal) Bereaved Parent"

January 10, 2012

I have read a lot of commentary about what happened last week when Fox News contributor Alan Colmes attacked Republican Party primary Presidential candidate Rick Santorum and his wife Karen for the “crazy” way they dealt with the death of their son soon after his birth in 1996. Political views and party affiliations aside, I believe what Mr. […]

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Sibling Snippets: Exclamations

January 10, 2012

These are some recent exclamations that our children have said that I found sweet and amusing: “Abby is so imaginative!” ~ Sean After observing his younger sister pretend playing with her toy kitchen. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ “I wasn’t expecting that!” ~ Abby After I picked her up and took her out of the Pack -n- Play she […]

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Time Warp Tuesday: New Years

January 3, 2012

Happy New Year! Let’s do the Time Warp again! Welcome to the thirteenth installment of my blog hop/writing exercise called Time Warp Tuesday here on Four of a Kind! For those not familiar with Time Warp Tuesdays, which I host on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of every month, here is the background of how and why I came up […]

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Rewind 2011

December 30, 2011

Recently I came across and joined a group on Facebook called the Greater Chicagoland Blogger Meetup. Though I haven’t gotten to know many of the members yet, I appreciate the opportunity to connect with other local Chicago area bloggers. One of the women in the group posted a link this week to a meme on her blog with […]

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BlogHer Book Club: The Magic Room

December 29, 2011

The Magic Room by Jeffrey Zaslow is my fourth BlogHer Book Club read and a truly extraordinary book. To say that I loved it, is an understatement. Reading The Magic Room reminded me of watching two of my favorite documentary style television shows: 60 Minutes and Real Sports. I love the way the correspondents and producers on those […]

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