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Balance is the Key to Ferris Wheels
My very first
"official" job (not counting the weekly Suburbia newspaper delivery I hated) was
working at a gift shop at Wyandot
Lake, a
local water amusement park. I was 14 and it was a summer job and I probably
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01/01/1989 | |
Honeymoon Jitters
Three years ago, I met Nick and he's an awesome person. After a few years of dating, we decided to
get married. I was situated in my life,
mature (sorta!) and I was ready to marry him.
I love him. We balance and enhance
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| 07/07/2007
07/07/2007 | |
Green Lifesavers
Just yesterday, my husband
reminded me that when we were dating (for about a year and a half), I told him
I never wanted to be one of those couples that got engaged in the middle of a
restaurant. I wanted something private,
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| 07/05/2007
07/07/2007 | |
“I love the Cure, I love the Cure”
When I was a young teenager, I started to get into alternative / progressive rock music. I owe my sister (5 years older than me) a lot of credit for turning me on to exceptional alternative ‘80s bands like the Smiths and ...
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| 01/01/1974
01/01/1989 | |
Ugly People (The Story of Miss Ditchy Pants)
Do you ever find yourself in a situation where a stranger has done something to anger you (cuts you off in traffic, ditches in line, etc) only to calm down later and forgive them (oh…they're probably a good person, just ...
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2010 | |
The Things I Loved about Germany
My husband and I just got back from a trip to Germany, our first. I know, I know, not an ideal time to go with the strong euro (although weakening) and weak dollar, but we used points for hotels and airfare and weren’t ...
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| 08/14/2008
08/23/2008 | |
Not My Worst Date, but A Funny One…
About 14 years ago, I was home from college (ha, I first wrote 10 years then had to redo the math – it goes so quickly!). I was going to school in DC and loved coming home for the summers in Columbus, OH as a lot of my ...
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| 07/01/1994
07/01/1994 | |
The Magic of Taiwan
I write this story today with a dull headache caused by jet lag...the result of 24 hours of travel home....but also with a big smile, as I remember our trip to Taiwan . Christmas morning we rose early for our flight, with ...
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| 12/25/2008
01/03/2009 | |
Hiding in Cars
The other morning I was driving to work. I pulled up to a large intersection, but traffic was backed up because a fire truck was pulling into its station, so I didn’t pull forward – or else I would have blocked the cross traffic ...
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| 07/01/1994
12/31/2010 | |
Kudos to Cubs Fans!
My husband and I recently went on vacation to Chicago. Like a good wife, I agreed to go to the famous Wrigley stadium to see the Cubs play (I had zero interest in this, but my husband reaaallly wanted to go).
When he bought ...
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| 07/01/1994
12/31/2010 | |
Family Traditions - Why Ours is the Best
This is the second year of my life that I have ever been away from my hometown of Columbus Ohio for Christmas.
Every year since I was born I trekked to Columbus (from DC for the last 17 years) to spend the holidays with my ...
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| 12/31/2009
12/31/2010 | |