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Family, Jane
Are we there yet?
08.09.07 | Permalink | 11 CommentsNo, not yet. About 9 more days before we even leave; seems like a lifetime, seems like 5 minutes. The packing is going, the cleaning is going, the wringing of hands (chapped, ripped, torn hands, I might add. Grampa says it’s worth it to learn to clean with gloves on; he might be right, but [...]
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Jane
Happy Birthday, Shannon!
06.15.07 | Permalink | 9 CommentsFrom TOM: Jane, Congratulations on reaching thirty years of age and joining the wisdom of the rest of us! I love sitting at the dinner table with you, reading your blog, raising kids together, sharing your bed, going to Busch Gardens together, watching movies together, going to the park together, and everything else we do. [...]
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fun, Jane
How to be a good gift-giver, or, My second Ode to Tara
06.14.07 | Permalink | 3 CommentsSince I am an appalling gift-giver (forgetful, stingy, un-crafty, not-punctual, and lazy), and since I have just received the best gift(s) ever, I have some tips for how to be a good gift-giver. (Sorry, Tara, I had to open them all before my birthday because, a) I was too impatient, and b) I needed to [...]
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health, Jane
Confessions of a “diet”er, or, What I know about losing weight
06.12.07 | Permalink | 7 CommentsOk, here’s my big confession in regards to diets and lifestyle change (the food kind). I’m pretty sure there hasn’t been a day in my life that I’ve eaten less than 2000+ calories — except for on Survival. (Ode to ash cakes and TVP on rice, right, Melinda?). Even when I have fasted* for church [...]
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commentary, health, Jane
It’s not a lifestyle change, it’s a diet
06.06.07 | Permalink | 18 CommentsYou hear a lot about how diets are bad, and that what we need to do to lose weight (or fix some other problem) permanently is to make a “lifestyle change.” We recently held our first (and probably last) Johnson Weight Loss Challenge. After the contest, Grampa expressed frustration that he had not met his [...]
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Jane
In which I confront the demon Mountain Dew (and Coke Zero and all other caffeinated beverages)
06.05.07 | Permalink | 14 Comments(“semi-serious post,” but all about me; I make no judgement about anyone else’s caffeine habit. Dick, for example, can take it or leave it. Oh, and hot chocolate doesn’t count, as you’ll see below). Marcy pointed out to me (quite unforgivably, I might add, since I could not argue* with what she said) that water [...]
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Jane, LDS Church, motherhood
I just wanted you to know that you’re doing something right
I got an interesting compliment at church today. Often when I get pep talks from people who aren’t chasing kids, I roll my eyes and escape. But this lady is also my favorite Sunday School teacher, and someone I admire. She was right; my kids were being pretty quiet: Spot was nursing/sleeping, Susan was snarfing [...]
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