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• fight the frump, health, money

  Like trying a swimsuit on, only in front of your realtor and your mortgage broker

  06.05.08 | Permalink | 7 Comments

  You’ve probably heard that there’s a housing slump. But I’m not buying it. Unless by “slump” you mean that paying 229,000 for a screwy multi-level, 1600-square-foot house in an okay neighborhood is a steal. (Just nod, you New Yorkers; I know, life isn’t fair). Most of the time I feel really grateful for the money Dick [...]

• fight the frump, health, motherhood

  Going under the knife

  04.18.08 | Permalink | 20 Comments

  I read an article in the New York Times six months ago that changed the way I view cosmetic surgery. I don’t say “plastic” surgery, because it was a plastic surgeon who sewed up my 4-year-old brother’s eyelids after a car accident left him full of broken glass. Plastic surgeons fix cleft palates and enable [...]

• breastfeeding, fashion, fight the frump

  Hide the Hunchback

  04.04.08 | Permalink | 15 Comments

  First, another confession, and then, an honest-to-appearance tip. I ran (in the minivan) to Walmart right after walking with Shalece today. While I didn’t shower or anything, I did change out of my exercise clothes. But if the same kind of people shop at your Walmart as do at mine (people like me), then you [...]

• exercise, fashion, health, tickle me tuesday

  Tickle-Me Tuesday: Random bits of absurdity

  02.19.08 | Permalink | 3 Comments

  Thanks for reducing the pressure, Marie: ‘absurd’ seems more easily attainable than ‘humorous.’ And I love the new logo. So, what strikes me as absurd today is the warning on the exercise bike at our apartment complex. It says to stop immediately if you feel pain, dizziness, shortness of breath, faint or ANY DISCOMFORT. Well, [...]