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  A Giveaway, A Giveaway! My Kingdom for a Giveaway!

  04.03.08 | Permalink | 4 Comments

  Or, as the Freakonomists would say, some schwag. Monday, April 7th marks the second edition of the Makes-Me-Smile Monday Carnival this time around. While I was very happy with the quality of the participants last time, the quantity left something to be desired, and, as I said to my higher-minded friend Melinda, sometimes I admit [...]

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  Makes-Me-Smile Monday: The best of times, the worst of times

  03.30.08 | Permalink | 24 Comments

  I’ve been meaning to write this post since Christmas, when my mom asked Mary and me to write or say something to our 18-year-old sister Karen to reassure her that we do actually enjoy being mothers. I have been a mother for two-thirds of my adult life, so it’s hard for me to even remember [...]

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  I’m Jane, and I’m neither a size 2 nor 18-years old

  03.29.08 | Permalink | 8 Comments

  First, I want to tell you that I have, after seven long years and much tedious clicking of links and inputting of my personal data, visited all those wonderful bloggers who commented on my Ultimate Blog Party post. At times I got discouraged had to take a potty break, but I tarried forth, because I [...]

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  Makes-Me-Smile Monday: the Thinkin’ Bloggers Carnival

  03.26.08 | Permalink | 4 Comments

  I started hosting the MMSM carnival about a year ago, and then stopped six months ago when we moved across the country. I miss the interaction and the focused/directed writing of the carnival, though not the mindless terror of fearing that, this Monday, no one might participate. I enjoy the Rocks in My Dryer WFMW [...]

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