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  • Life Never Goes As One Plans

    I found that out the hard way in December of 2009 when my mother passed away. I had visions of her seeing me eventually get married one day and maybe holding a grandchild I may have had. My life took another unexpected…

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  • Smart Packing

    I am leaving for Montego Bay on Thursday morning and returning on Sun night. Packing for me is easy and I sometimes over pack, but on my last huge excursion, which was to Australia, I learned how to pack everything I needed…

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  • 10 Things I’m Loving About the Charlotte Checkers

    Normally, I would post this on my hockey blog, but I merged all of my writing personalities into one. It just seemed to make sense to me. Why split my writing personalities up? Why not just be me? So here is me,…

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  • Songs of My Life: October 2012

    Speechless by Morning Parade I was very fortunate to see this band not once but twice in one day. Acoustic & plugged in. Not only are they one of the nicest bands you will ever meet, they are superb live and funny.…

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  • Rebooting My Life in 26 Days

    So I wrote in Beast Mode Updates that I needed to make some life changes, rethink myself going vegetarian/pescatarian, and find a way to work out that makes me want to work versus me having that forced feeling of working out. So today,…

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  • Thrift Store by Maclemore and Ryan Lewis

    I love, love, love this song. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QK8mJJJvaes]

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  • The Reasons We Are Blessed

    Over the weekend, I spent a wonderful day with my oldest niece, Riley. She is one of the brightest stars in my night sky. There is nothing I would not do for her or my youngest niece, Taylor (another bright star in…

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  • Beast Mode Updates

    A little update on Beast Mode…I lost my excitement for it. I got bored doing the work out and being on it. I thought the little changes I was adding in every week would keep me motivated to do it. I was…

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  • Merging All of Me into One

    I some times like to keep my life in various compartments: music life, hockey life, good time activist life, writing life, work life, travel life, etc. Today, I’m done with the departments. In all honesty, it’s too much. I feel that sometimes…

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  • Sign or Sun

    This is an actual conversation that I had with my dear friend Tracy as we stood in line @ Taco Bell for lunch. (Don’t judge us on the food choices…conversation…judge away). Overhead: “I Saw the Sign” by Ace of Base is playing…

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