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By Christina - August 21, 2016

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9/11
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a new year and a new you
a side of me people rarely see
a slice of heaven
a**holes
Aaron's epic goal
accessories are neccessities
accountable for your own life
aching muscles
advice
after all this time --- a real 17-sided regular polygon
aim-for-the-bucket
alarm clocks
algebra
All As
allergies
alone at last!
am I crazy?
am I crazy? #amwriting
anatomy
Andrew Sean Greer
Annie Bomke Literary Agency
Antioch Writers' Workshop
apologies
applying makeup takes talent I don't have
are grades important
are we crazy?
are we?
are-you-really-going-to-eat-all-that?
art gone wrong
art imitates life
art is life
artist in the family
astronomical wonders
attachment
Augustus Waters
Avoid the talking heads
awake-way-after-bedtime
awesome templates
babies
baby steps
baby's-named-a-bad-bad-thing
back in the saddle again
back to our regularly scheduled program
bacon
bad decisions
bad manners
bad poetry
bad technology
bad writing
banana cookies
bananas
band-aids for bras
banisters can be dangerous
Barbie saved me
barely enough time to think
baseball
bathroom updates
be a leader not a follower
be confident in your abilities
be kind
Be kind rewind
be-kind-rewind
beach babes
being specific is great
believe in yourself
benign growths
best gifts from the kids
Best mom ever
Better go back and read On Writing again
bicycles
big-mess-on-a-little-face
biology
birthday lessons
bits and pieces
Blog posts
blog posts pop in my head at random
blog templates
blogging-is-the-new-jazzercise
blood pressure
Bob-the-Builder
body parts
boob jobs
Books by David Nicholls
books that make you cry
boys can be a handful
breakfast food
Breaking up with Facebook
Brian Klems
bring on the caffeine
burp
Buzzfeed got it wrong
cadaver cheeks unite
cake
calendars
Can I retire here? #SummerLiving
can I take a break?
candy
capitalize on movies
capturing memories
Carl Friedrich Gauss
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celebrity non-news
cell phone plans
certain vegetables should not be sold
chances
chaos theory
charming husbands
cheerleaders
Cherries in the Snow
chicken breasts
childhood memories
christmas
Christmas memories
Christmas time is here
circles
clarity vs style
clean teeth
click and clack
clothes shopping is not for me
clowning around
coffee mugs
Common Core Math oddities
computers
condoms are a good thing
confidence
confidence is a good thing
constipation is no fun
cool jewelry
cool T-shirts
Coppertone Ultra Guard goes down in flames
coverage
Craigslist
crawling
crazy hair lady
crazy is as crazy does
crowded house
crying
CSA
cute kids
daily reprimands
dead meat; carry on luggage
decide what you want
deep thoughts
dementia is no joke
dentists
describe yourself
desserts made with vanilla ice cream
diamond rings
Diane Ackerman quotes
did he really just say that? words I never taught my son
Did I really just trip and fall?
didn't use the big oven it still doesn't work
digestive issues in cats
dilemmas
diner eating
dinner-with-kids
Dinosaur Train
dishes are my life
do we speak the same language?
do what you say you're going to do
Doctor Who quotes
Doctor Who Rocks
does anybody read this stuff?
does anyone listen to themselves
does blogging reall count as therapy?
doesn't win any awards
dog
dog days
dog manners
doing good for others
don't forget to be awesome
don't say it unless you mean it.
don't spoil it for everyone
don't take your ability to see for granted
don't-bring-this-to-show-and-tell
don't-touch-the-fresco
dragons that play dirty
dream big
dreams
dystopian novels
Easter
easy jobs for kids
easy recipes for desserts
eat more pork
eat-your-heart-out-vincent-van-gogh
ECB Peer Tutors
eclair cake
educate don't alienate
education is important
effective communication
Election Stress Disorder
electrical tape
embrace the crazy
embrace what makes you happy
end of the year woes
enriching kids
epic fails
Erin Flanagan
Erma was quite the lady
even I have my limits
even with differing views--I think we can close some gaps
every person has a gift
exciting and new
exercise is important
expanding-the-palate
expelled-from-the-uterus
express yourself with pictures
Facebook is your friend
fact or fiction?
falsies
families make for good writing
family
family days are fun
family is everything
family is funny
favorite seasons
favorite things
feeding my brain
fevers
fiction at it's best
fiction is a wonderful thing
fiesta casserole
file-under-Bruce-humor
fill-in-the-blank
find a new word
find your gift within yourself
find your purpose in life
finding peace
first exams are sometimes the hardest
first graders
focus on the important
follow through
food
food for a crowd
For my kids
forgive me
forgiving one another
fractions are fun
Frances
Franklin the turtle
free press
freedom-should-be-free
friends
friends and siblings are the best
friends aren't always friends
fruit fly trap
full life
fun with writing prompts
funny
funny kids
funny things kids say
funny videos
furniture
furry friends forever
gaming
geometry
get these thoughts out of my head
get writing
get your girls checked
getting my mojo back
getting older is sometimes hard to deal with
give of your time and make someone happy including yourself
giving life
glasses
Glitter beards
Go Blue
goals for the new year
good books
good brows are hard to come by
good characterization
good cookbooks
good day for a nap
good description is important
good grammar is never a bad thing
good logic puzzles
good poetry
Good reminders
good songs to write to
good support is hard to come by
good things to remember
good times were had by all
Good writing
grammar rules rule
grandparents
granparents
grease
great art projects
great book good movie?
great books
Great Dane Rescue
great love
great lyrics
great photos
grocery store follies
growing up
grown up kids' treats
haircuts
halloween
happy to have writer friends
Happy Tuesday!
hard choices
have I gone crazy?
have the strength to change
have your moles checked
he thinks I'm going to hell
he's made it to YouTube
heal our country
health and safety
heaven is a place on earth
Hello
hello world
help needed before I go nuts
high school kids are shits
Hilary Duff
hockey
Hold On Forever
holidays
Holy Crap where did the time go
Homemade Cinnamon Rolls
homemade waffles
honesty
hope in a bottle
hopefully my body is healed
Horace Mann
hotdog
house cleaning
how can I help you?
how can I help you? #twitterwoes
how can she have so much to say? does blogging really count as therapy? #amwriting
how cracy am I to keep on writing?
how much longer until Thanksgiving?
how much more can she complain?
How much time do you spend on the toilet? Hurry up--someone else needs the bathroom!
how not to clean a bathroom
How to get through to a person when they aren't making any sense
how to give items away
how to let go of a loved one
how to use leftover bananas
how'd I get to be so old?
hypergeometric distribution
I can dream
I can't even
I don't always understand my children
I don't know much
I don't really understand what I'm doing most of the time
I had an epiphany
I hate long goodbyes
I have a dream
I have a filter and I use it everyday
I hope I like this one longer
I know more today than I did yesterday
I love my cats
I love my friends
I love my kids
I love my parents
I love my sisters
I love my students
I love round numbers
I love these kids
I might be insane
I need a cleaning lady
I need a little help here!
I need a summer redo
I need a vacation
I need inspiration on Mondays
I need more alcohol
I need sit my bum back in the chair soon and do some serious writing
I need some valium
I need to quit teaching while I still like it
I need to stay away from my sister sometimes
I need to write and stop blogging drivel
I now have two teenagers
I really do need space
I really like red too but you wouldn't know it
I said I wouldn't get more cats
I said I wouldn't write
I think I can
I think I'm out of words
I try not to be callous but sometimes it comes out that way
I want an agent
I will
I wouldn't call this writing
i-find-your-lack-of-faith-disturbing
I'll ask you to use my preferred name please
I'll emerge when I feel like it
I'll just have coffee
I'm done
I'm done with poetry for a while
I'm done with summer
I'm done with winter
I'm dreaming of spring
I'm not a fan of landscaping
I'm not sure I love my students anymore
I'm tired but happy
I'm-loving-my-kitchen
if you don't try you'll never know
if-you-can't-fix-it-duct-it
images to help inspire
improve your vocabulary one day at a time
Inauguration 2017
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Inner peace
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International Women's Day
interviews
introspective musings
invaders
irreverent root bear floats
is this semester over yet?
is this semester over yet? #DearStudentLetter
is-our-children-learning?
islands
it never hurts to try
it's a beautiful life
it's all about fashion
it's been a while since I listed these
it's hard to feel all the time
it's hard to love some people
it's only hair
it's-just-a-flesh-wound
it's-run-by-little-ones-and-zeroes
it's-turtles-all-the-way-down
Jack Handey is my hero
Jack Handey would have loved this
James Valentine
jelly
job dilemmas
John Green quotes
John-Roger quotes
jumping
jumping-Joseph-Fourier
Just breathe
Just do it
Katrina Kittle
keep your fingers crossed
keeping it real
keeping warm
kids
kids are crazy
kids grow so quickly
kids make things better
kids rock
kink?--no thank you
kitchen
know your STIs
Korean Air Flight Goes Nuts
laid back dogs
lamps
language skills
late in life children
lattes
laughing at myself
Laughter is the best medicine
lazy afternoons are good for the soul
learn something every day
learning to accept compliments
left-handers
legumes
lemon cookies
lemony green beans
lessons from Kenny Rogers
lessons from Mom
lessons from Share Bear
lessons in parenting
lessons learned
let your light shine
let's agree to disagree
Let's all try to get along
let's be thankful
let's fill our bellies with warm food
let's go back to wood and fire
let's keep talking
let's make America great again
let's move on to summer okay?
let's start the week off right
let's try to prevent diabetes
let's-get-ready-to-rumble
letters
life gives me so much to write about
life goals
life in pictures
life inspires writing
life is an education
life is art
life is difficult
life is good
life is hard
life is one big stress ball
life lessons
life with a those who love math
life with a writer
life with identical twins
life's lessons
Lionel Richie
listen to your gut
listen well my friend
listening skills
literary rejections
little emilio lizardo
little things make lives happy
live free
living life with joy
living with kids can be oh so fun
long winter
long-runs-that-make-you-happy
look it up
looking at things differently
looking forward to summer
loss of friendships
lots to love
love
love me some peace and quiet
love my jobs (mostly)
love notes for the lunchbox
love your animals
love your kids
love yourself
love-for-writing
loving life
luca brazzi
lyrics that I love
make Sunday great
make your life amazing
making memories
mammograms save lives
man's best friend
Marie Curie
Maroon 5
mathematics
medicine
meleagris gallopavo
Melina being funny
Melina the Queen
Melina wisdom
memory loss
menstruation
Merriam-Webster
Microsoft is not your friend
middle age senility
middle of the night not sleeping
Mike Comrie
misinformation goes both ways
mistakes can be fixed
MLK
molars
Monday quotes
Mondays used to be good days for writing
monkey see monkey do
monkeys
moo
Mother's Day
motivational speeches NaNoWriMo
moving
moving on and forward
mugs that mean something
multi what?
My 5 tips
my blog needs a new life
my cats are crazy
my dog is bigger than I am
my heart already hurts
my life is an open book
my life is both a zoo and a circus
my loved one has Alzheimer's
my week
my worthless opinion
name calling's not my thing
NaNoWriMo
NaNoWriMo has made me crazy
nerdiness
networking works
neuron necklaces
new arrivals
new digs
new dog
new names
new territory
next year will be better
nibbles
Nike
nitrates
no deep thoughts today
no judgment from me.
no kitties today
no respect for the elderly
no time to think
non-traditional Easters
not enough computer time
not even close to as good as Misery
not so gifted now
not-so-much-birthday-happiness
not-so-true-stories
nothing more to say
nurses are great when they are trained well
OCD behavior
odd holidays
odd pictures
oddities are okay
old Christmas tree photos
old friends
old movies
old person names
old photos make me laugh
on writing
One Direction
one line
online all the way!
onto a different WIP
optics
Orange Leaf Frozen Yogurt
Oreo
other fish in the sea
our children deserve better
overheard
overthrow
overwhelmed and underpaid
ovulation symptoms
pancakes
pants
parental malfeasance
parties give me hives
pastel heaven
peanut butter
peep toes are the rage
people are funny
people need to be nicer
pep talks
pepperoni
pet peeves
photography
pictures that make me happy
pigpens
pitches
pizza woes
planning is good for the soul
plant pictures
poetry by kids
poetry inspired by life
politics
politics is driving me crazy
potty
potty jokes
power outages
practice makes perfect
pretty pictures
Princess Leia hairstyle
protagonists vs. antagonists
prying little nine-year-olds
pukes
punctuation matters on many levels
query letters
questions
quotes by Anne Lamott
r-equals-k-theta
race relations
Rachel Platten
radio
rain-rain-go-away
rainbows
raspberry-lemon recipes
ready-to-throw-in-the-towel
real life
reasons to be happy
recipes
rejection stinks
religion mucks it all up
remember me
remembering
reminders are wonderful
respect your elders
respect your peers
restaurant lights
rethink your life
revel in who you are
robots
role models
roofs
roy-hobbs-and-wonderboy
Rumi quotes
running shoes
running-on-clouds
salt and pepper
salted caramel pretzel bark
Sandy Hook
Santa
sarcasm is what's getting me through this
school's back in session
schooled by a computer
Scooby-Doo cake
secrets
seeing Jesus
SeeYouInHell
self-improvement
self-published works
senseless killings
setting the table
sex ed
sex education
sex sells
Shades of Grey?
share the love
shaving cream fun
She used to be mine
shingles
short but proud
short stories
short-short stories
should have posted on National Bean Day
simple kitchen recipes
sisters rock
six-year-olds are funny
smart-alecky-little-redhead
smiles are good for you
smiles hide a lot
snacks for the kids
so maybe Buddha didn't say it
social media hiatus is in the making
socks
some assembly required
some changes are good
some stories need to be told
someone else's wise words
sometimes I wonder about myself
sometimes motherhood is boring
songs can help people
songs from the 80s
songs that drive you nuts
soon-they'll-be-graduate-students
soup-er recipes
spaces for things
sparkle like a diamond
sperm bank
sports
Squirrel! Another background change
St. Patrick's Day
stables
standing tall
stay healthy
Stephen King rocks
Steven Burns Fan
stomach
stories inspired by life
stories to tell
stray hairs
striped fleece fish
stripper boobs
student letters
stuffed animals with real lives
sugar cookies
sugar for breakfast
Summer fun
Summer is over
summer of fun
Sunday thoughts
sunshine-and-rainbows-and-lollipops
superhuman powers
survival of the fittest
Susan Fox quotes
suscreen battles
sweet summer desserts
sweet treats in the morning
swingsets
take a risk
Take care of yourself
take me like I am
taking care of yourself
taking life
talking
tantrums
teacher's pain
tell the people you love that you love them--better yet show them
tell your story
telling stories
Thank God that's over
thank goodness the semester is over
thank goodness the year is over
thank goodness we have a dishwasher
thank you tampon makers
thank-yous
thanks for reading
thanks for sharing your knowledge
thanksgiving
That's a might fine scar you have there
The BFG
The Highwayman
The Incredibles
The life and times of Shadow
the life of an introvert
the Lint Trapper rocks!
the little one rocks
The Love Boat
the month is almost over
the number e
The Only Boy review
the reprieve is over
the scoville scale
the seven levels of hell
the story has been told already
The Talk
the things we do for our children
The truth hurts
The truth is out there
the universe works in mysterious ways
the viruses that won't die
the world is still a (mostly) good place
the writing life
there are worse habits to have
there's nothing wrong with a little dirt
these are the days of our lives
these lessons will provide new writing fodder
things
things I did this week
things I think about these days
things I try to do
things that bother me
things you left unsaid
think positive
thinking about homeschooling
thinking for yourself
thinking of Mom
this could go under the title of lyric lover
This country needs to shape up
this is what I get when a Facebook post gives me an idea
those 80s classics
thoughts for a friend
thoughts to prod your mind
Three year olds
time is ticking
time off from running works wonders
tired of waiting
To-do list
toasted oats
too messy for my tastes
too much computer time
too much cursing
too much drama
too much information?
too-many-viruses
too-obscure?
Top 10 lists
toys
trends I never follow
trips
true facts
truth or fiction
truth-or-fiction?
trying to write real characters is difficult
trying-to-get-my-bum-out-of-bed
Tuesday Quotes
turning on a dime
twelve year olds
Twilight could have been a good story
twin teenagers
Twitter favorites
underappreciated
underwear
unexpected lessons
unfriended
units of life
unreliable narrators
untold stories
up on pedestals
Valentine's Day Love
Veterans Day
viruses stink
waiting place
We love Kristen Bell
We teach them well around here
We wear short shorts
we're raising idiots
wearing-pants-too-low
welcome to the weekend
weren't we cute then? who stuck the kid in the bikini?
what a life
what are you eating? yummy baked goods
what can't you buy at Walmart?
what color are you?
what did you do this week?
what do you do with your time
what do you like about yourself?
what don't you have time for
what Glennon said
what I do for my kids
what kind of story can I make from this?
what makes you uncomfortable?
what not to do
what sort of parent are you? I love my sisters!
What to call it?
what to do when you're home sick for the day
what would you do?
what's for dinner
what's it going to take to make people wake up?
what's your story?
when will it end
where should this story go?
where to start
who are these people in my head?
Who are you calling short? Short people rock! I'm thankful for what I have
who cares about that anyway?
Who is she talking about? #FamilyDysfunction
who isn't busy?
who reads these posts anyway?
who wrote this anyway?
why can't we all get along?
why did I say yes to all those requests?
why do people tell me things?
why I write
wi-fi
wipeout
wisdom leads to realizations
wise words
wise words from movies
wish I could write more
wives
Word of the Day
word porn
words are hard to write these days
Words by Ayn Rand
words make me happy
words not always needed
words that make you think
words that tell a story
words to cut out of your story
words to inspire
world's smallest violin
worst holiday greetings
wrestling moves
Writer's Digest
writing for posterity's sake
writing for the New Year
writing goals
writing in code
writing is my life
writing life one day at a time
writing prompts
yes I took a day off yesterday
Yikes
you can learn a lot from being quiet
you can make this stuff up
you can't save everyone
you deserve all the best
you need to make the effort
you've only got one family
young love
young parents
your authentic self
your fate is in your hands

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