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Fitness and Choices
You have the perfect plan in place and the house is full of healthy foods. You are READY to rock this new fitness and weight loss. You get after it. Week one is hard, but you do it. Week two? The kids have practice every day this week. There are two basketball...
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It Can Be Hard To Set Smart Goals
Did you set a big goal this New Years? You were going to get it done in 2018. How many times in the past have you set a huge goal such as to lose 50 pounds or exercise 5 days a week, only to fall off the wagon a few weeks (or usually days) later? Why did you fail?...
Read MoreMind Over Matter!
Mind over matter! I find myself clinging to that mantra a lot as a FireWife. Especially with the history my firefighter husband and I endured. The past can never truly be buried deep enough. It always seems to nudge it's way through my thoughts as I go about my...
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Wait, you BOTH work shift work?
A little over 2 years ago, I got this crazy idea to apply for a different type of job than I had previously been working. For years, I worked at the local community hospital as an ED nurse on an "as needed" basis. As our children got a little older, I started...
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Laundry Basket Fortress
It's a never ending cycle. Wash. Dry. Throw it in a basket. Maybe take it upstairs. If you're lucky you have a main floor laundry. Sometimes you have to scramble 2 minutes before needing to leave to find the matching sock for the three year old and oh wait..the...
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Chronic Illness: Taking care of YOU first.
Like many of you, I am a woman who wears many hats; wife, mother, legal assistant, sister, best friend, and so on…. But I also wear the hat of “patient”. Along with millions of other people on the planet, I struggle with chronic illnesses. I have been diagnosed...
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Tough Calls During Tough Times
Some time ago, my husband and I went through a rough patch in our marriage. I was shaken and scared of what waited ahead for us, and he was stubborn and unmovable. This all happened over a very busy weekend. The following Monday, was a scheduled meeting with his...
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Calming the Anxiety Storm
Anxiety, anxiety, anxiety. Something that has been a part of me as long as I can remember. Feeling antsy, pacing, racing thoughts, inability to focus, interrupted sleep if any sleep at all, and *shutters* panic attacks. For those of you who deal with it, you know...
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Why can’t we have it all?
Sometimes I'm angry. There are times it's really tough to head up a website and large group of women. Ok, truth, there are a lot of times it's tough. That's a lot of hormones lol But, the toughest thing for me is listening to wives that think they should be second...
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Heart of the Site
The problem with starting a site before you are ready, is lack of focus. Having no focus can kill a site quick. What will you post? The to do list is a MONSTER. There's no direction and so many ideas. Because I flew into this before a plan could be formed, I've...
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10 Ways to Grow Your Support System
As pack animals relationships are a big part of life. Everyone does it. Everyone needs it. Yes, even if you are an introvert. You're married right or you wouldn't be here. Having said that, some of us are better at doing it than others. If you’ve found yourself...
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Finding Happiness in a Sea Of Sadness or Overwhelm
We all go through hard times. There are periods in our lives where it is hard to find much joy and happiness amid a sea of sadness and overwhelm. We have times when we feel like we’re in way over our head and can’t think straight. That causes a lot of stress...
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