Yoga to Relieve My Stress? Not for THIS Wimp.

April 19, 2008

Hi. My name is Shelly, and I’m a stress addict. In unison, everyone, “Hi, Shelly.” Yes, folks. I don’t know how it happened. I just had a couple of projects going, and added a couple more. I have deluded myself into thinking that having several things going at a time keeps me interested and focused. [...]

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Deflated

March 19, 2008

I got punctured to donate my platelets, and I’m deflated about it at the moment. It didn’t go quite as I had planned. I might not be a very good donor, and I feel like a failure. I was pretty scatterbrained as I headed out the door, and barely remembered to grab a book from [...]

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No More, No Less

February 29, 2008

It started innocently enough; it was just a motivational tool. I don’t like to exercise, so I bargained with myself. “Self,” I said (That’s what I call myself. I call myself, “Self.”), “just step on that Nordic Track and walk for 2,000 steps. No more, no less. That should be about a mile, and when [...]

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Back Issues

February 20, 2008

No, I’m not talking about past posts. I’m talking about your back (not really, I’m talking about mine!). You have to be careful about lifting heavy objects. I know that! I know how to lift properly. Yes, I do. I had to learn that more than thirty years ago when I worked in a nursing [...]

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Lemon Twist

February 13, 2008

As I ordered a diet coke at a restaurant, my friend turned up her nose in disgust. She sanctimoniously ordered water, with a twist of lemon. When our drinks arrived, she gave me a very pointed look as she squeezed her lemon into her drink and began to sip. She then proceeded to lecture me [...]

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“Miracle” Headache Cure

February 2, 2008

My head was pounding. My whole body pulsed with it. I felt as if a drummer were playing that fabulous drumbeat from the instrumental “Sing, Sing, Sing.” In fact, the whole band was in my head! Do you know the song? If not, play the video to get an idea of what was going on [...]

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Wipe!

November 14, 2007

I got careless as I slung my computer bag around in the car yesterday. It caught on my fingernail and ripped it. Ouch! I’m not talking about a “simple” broken fingernail. I’m talking “ripped-across-the-nail-plate-about-a-quarter-of-an inch-into-the-pink,torn-halfway-across-my-nail, bleeding-like-a-stuck-pig” broken fingernail. Well, maybe I exaggerate a little about the blood, but there was blood, and there was pain, [...]

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Disappearing Act

September 20, 2007

Y’all, I went to my hairdresser the other day, where I always find out interesting tidbits of information that I would otherwise not know. All of the world’s knowledge passes through the doors of the beauty shop. Lucky for you, I share it with you, and you don’t have to go to the hairdresser. Paula [...]

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‘S Not My Usual Blog

February 7, 2007

The crowd went wild. More than 150 tiny kindergarteners, who had not had the opportunity to go outside for recess due to drizzly weather, were crowded at my feet. They giggled and clapped at my antics as I told them stories. Because I like the sound of children laughing I was sillier still. I was [...]

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