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The Oldest of Friends

Friendship was a hard learned lesson.  Standing in a huge oak floored room with a wall of mirrors I glanced across the room to settle my eyes on a girl my own age, resplendent in a pink leotard, black leg warmers, white tights and pink coke-bottle glasses.  We were attending our first day of beginner [...]

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A Few Good Men

I’ve been knee deep in the politics of this country for the last two months.  So much so that I plug my earbuds in to listen to the Strategy Room while at work, turn the television on as I walk in the door at night, pray for the country while I walk in the [...]

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The Good Old Days

A few weeks ago (my goodness, I’m behind in my writing!) I went to a fruit farm with one of my friends here in Kansas.  It was raining sheetsthat night and I could barely see to drive my itty bitty sports car through the downpour.  Nothing, I mean nothing was going to stop [...]

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Kiddin Around

The Husband and I are often plagued with the question, “So… when are you guys going to have kids?”  The question used to really bother me because I felt as if we were too young… and really, it is not anyone else’s business.  When The Husband and I married, we agreed that we didn’t necessarily feel the urge [...]

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Smiles from You

**not gluten free**

Have you ever known someone in your life that is the worst at accepting gifts or accolades from others?  I am so one of those people.  I get some kind of crazy thrill out of doing for others, giving and seeing the reaction… but for some reason I find it hard to accept gifts.

On [...]

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Harvesting Friends

**not gluten free**

The Kansas bounty is here!  Most of my friends know my life goal is to become a professionally trained chef one day.  Of course, knowing this, my friends will randomly drop home grown vegetables by my house.  I will never turn down a vegetable (unless it’s a mushroom.  Thankfully, the only [...]

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A little bit… Part I

This is long.  Pull up a chair… and if you drink wine- pour a glass (or two). 

If I’m going to be honest here, because this is, after all, my space to be me.  (Hence the 1freshstart… it’s me- finding me again).  I’ll let everyone who reads this in on a secret.  Shhh… don’t tell anyone.  [...]

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Stand In

The first time one of The Husband’s friends called to say, “Whiskey… I met a girl.  I think I want to marry her.  You’d love her… she’s just like you” I chuckled to myself and said, “oh, aren’t you sweet.”  He was in the UAE at the time and asked that [...]

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I've been hit!

“I’ve been hit…” not so funny if you’re reading this and one of the many military wives out there that read me daily.  But then again, I have a sick sense of humor and I have been hit!  By Prudy, no less!  I’ve been attacked by a six random thoughts meme and a music meme!  [...]

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Sharing with Others

Yesterday was The Lovely Co-Worker’s birthday. The Lovely Co-Worker has been on a very strict healthy lifestyle eating program since February (and I swear she looked great before, even more stunning now) and hasn’t had a drop… not a single sweet nibble of sugar since she started this healthy lifestyle way of eating.  So I had [...]

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