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Forgot to add - I'm really impressed by your streak AND by the fact that you continue to log in even if you're not really participating. Showing up is HUGE.
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I'm a bit in the same boat as you, lost some and gained a bit back, can't seem to figure it out right now. My excuses all tend to fall into three main categories: 1. I'm exhausted 2. Things suck right now so I deserve a treat 3. Hey - here's an emergency that upends our lives for days/weeks! Suspend all normal activity and…
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I just spent two days at an insurance industry conference that in part dealt with exactly this. The sad reality is that they probably already HAVE most of your data. The actual benefits to the company of you allowing a device to track your driving or fitness is that you are more likely to actually modify your behavior for…
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When my cousins were little they made up a rhyme of words they thought sounded funny. If I remember correctly, it started out: Kankakee, Cranky, Pudding, Milk I don't think I ever knew it was a real place, but they did grow up partly in IL.
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I have boy/girl twins and especially when I had them out at Target I would get asked if they were identical. Never mind that one was mostly in blue and the other in pink, that their mostly non-existent hair was different shades of brown, that one had brown eyes and the other blue, etc etc etc. The best, though, was when I…
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My twins were born in St. Louis Park MN! I was born in Ecuador and now live in Minneapolis, a distance as the crow flies of 3,253 miles.
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put in "lose 1 pound per week" and subtract 500 calories off the number it gives you
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This is just such a weird use of capitalization...
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nothing useful to add - I just wanted to say that I am always impressed when people manage to work "fungible" into everyday conversation
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That's awesome. My children will never know the suffering as we have two black labs that lurk under the table at dinnertime looking for handouts. One will turn up her nose at most vegetables, but the other is game for anything.
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When I was little my mom was going through both a "breakfast for dinner" phase and a "children must remain at the table until their plates are cleared" phase. She served over-easy fried eggs for dinner. I didn't much like the runny yolk. I ate all the white around the quivery yolk but refused to eat the yolk. I sat there…
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"I know you planned it"
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I love running in the rain, but I once got caught in a sleet storm and it was blowing so hard it was sideways. I came home all scratched up and streaked with blood. Man that shower afterwards stung.
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You seem to think you're pretty funny and that you're in on the joke, but I'm fairly sure you just don't get it.
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All it took for me was watching a coworker come out of the bathroom wiping his hands on his pants, then head to the breakroom where he stuck those hands directly in a jar of jellybeans. No more breakroom snacks for me thank you very much. He probably did wash them but still. I was so grossed out I've used that as the…
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My mother will only microwave things for 2 minutes 22 seconds because then she only has to push the 2 button 3 times (and doesn't have to waste movement or thought on other buttons). I think she's nuts.
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Also with the running shoes - sometimes if you bring in your old pair, they can look at the pattern of wear and you can discuss what you liked/didn't like about the shoe and that will help them find a good shoe for you to try.
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Didn't he have to stop and get gas? My dad was pretty similar with the "make good time" mantra, but my mom has a bladder the size of a peanut. We did a lot of stopping. She also would not use some of the grosser gas station bathrooms, so we had even more stops that necessary. My road-trip vice is Super Hot Tamales. I can't…
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Seriously. I wasn't sure if I should even say this, but the quoted says it much nicer than I probably would have.
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The restaurant he had chosen (because he had a gift card for it) was closed due to a sewer leak. We had to go somewhere else, and he hadn't brought enough money so I had to pay (which was fine with me) but he got all butt-hurt that his macho "I will provide for the woman" side was thwarted. Then on the way back to the car,…
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The bolded is exactly why I am weighing each day and have learned I just need to do it always.
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I work downtown. Live in the northern suburbs. Have a dog currently on steroids, which makes her thirsty, so she drinks bucketfulls of water. Last night I came home to an ocean of pee on the wood floors and the rugs. To avoid that today I drove home at lunch, which took twice as long as it should due to a rolled semi…
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I just went through my closet and tried on a bunch of things that I bought that had never fit. I was so excited to be wearing a new pair of capris to work today! However, they are going directly in the "to donate" bin when I get home for this exact reason. I have never had such a LOUD pair of work trousers. I think it must…
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My mother just called to tell me about my sister-in-law's horse that just died. Then she started going into all these details about mementos they took (cut a little mane off, etc). I am super soft-hearted about animals and could feel myself starting to get weepy here at work. I rudely cut my mom off and told her "not to…
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This extremely obnoxious family came to the beach we were at yesterday. We just had towels laid on the sand and my two kids were in the water. They set up camp right in front of me, blocking my view of the beach/kids. They had 6 chairs, 2 tables, 3 umbrellas, an all-terrain wagon, and 4 footstools. I waited until they had…
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Finally, Poutine. When my sister was in college she lived in Trois Rivieres, Quebec. I went up to visit and we went out to eat. She got poutine for us, and when the waitress brought it to the table, she set it down and said something that loosely translated to "eat it before it sets" since once it cools off it pretty much…
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but is the lettuce merely for garnish? You don't actually eat it do you?
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This is what kolaches look like in Minnesota (actually from Montgomery MN, Home of the Kolacky). This is probably what 9 different Czech grandmas made and all are quite different. Incidentally, during Kolacky days which are coming up later in July, I won the women's division of the Bun Run many years ago. Holy kitten was…
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Isn't one person a "ya'll" and more than one "all ya'll"?
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HEY - guess what my son lost yesterday??? Hooray. He also lost his swim goggles which we have yet to find, and his lunchbox which we did find. All of a sudden both water bottles turned up in the lost and found. I told him I was going to start fining him $5 each day he loses something and he was unamused.