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Aren’t women supposed to stick together?

September 3, 2009

Have you guys seen this post over at Glamour.com? When I was drafting this blog post last week it had 682 comments. It probably has even more by now.
By the way, all this debate and controversy is over this photo:

This is 20-year-old, Lizzi Miller. She’s a plus-size model and this photo appeared in Glamour’s September issue. It’s [...]

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Let’s talk about the D-word

August 21, 2009

Divorce.
It’s everywhere. You hear people talk about their first, second, even third marriage all the time.
Please raise your hand if when you were a small child you fantasized about growing up, falling in love, getting married, maybe having kids, and then getting a divorce and repeating the cycle one or two times.
No-one? Didn’t think so.
So; [...]

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Full Disclosure

July 17, 2009

This post is hard for me to write - BUT in the sense of full disclosure and using my blog and writing as a way to help me better myself in all ways, not just health, I think I need to put it out there. 
You know those girls who are always nagging at their husbands, boyfriends, fiancees, whatever. Ya, [...]

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Canada Day!!

July 1, 2009

It’s July 1! Canada Day!!!
I love Canada Day, it’s so fun. It’s great seeing so many people get out and express their national pride. Also, this Canada day I am in Victoria, BC’s capital. I’ve lived in BC my whole life but I’ve NEVER visited the capital city until now, I can’t wait to go [...]

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Social Media: Here to stay?

June 26, 2009

I’m still reeling over the sudden death of Michael Jackson yesterday, what I’m reeling over more than anything is the fact that I found out on Twitter. I refreshed my twitter page for, oh, about the 500th time, yesterday afternoon only to find several tweets about the death of MJ. I thought…what?? No. So I [...]

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I’m in love….with my job!

June 25, 2009

Those of you who have me on Facebook probably saw my ecstatic status yesterday:
Amber is over-the-top excited that she’ll be staying on at her internship part-time in the fall.
Yup, that’s right, I got offered a part-time job when I go back to school in the fall, which I am so freaking excited about because I [...]

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Norway is battling obesity and we should too!

June 23, 2009

Ahh! First, sorry for the absence! Life has been busy and blogging has been pushed to the wayside. I didn’t even turn on my computer all weekend. Updates might be a little more sporadic over these busy summer months, but I hope you’ll stick with me!!! Here’s a post I’ve been SLOWLY writing for about [...]

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My love life is “mediocre” and that’s OK

June 18, 2009

I’ve seen this quote floating around lately, and I want to share my thoughts on it:
Unless it’s mad, passionate, extraordinary love, it’s a waste of your time. There are too many mediocre things in life; love shouldn’t be one of them.
I don’t agree with this quote, and I’m speaking from personal experience.
Does everyone remember that [...]

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Abortion, murder and controversy

June 11, 2009

Abortion is one of the most controversial subjects out there, so I don’t want to get in a huge debate over here about whether abortion is right or wrong. We all have our beliefs and I respect yours like I’m sure you respect mine.
I don’t want to talk about whether abortion is right or wrong, [...]

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Your thoughts: Drinking when pregnant

May 12, 2009

Right now I’m reading Rattled! by Christine Coppa. Christine, or Chrissy as her Storked! readers know her, is a single-mom, she writes a blog over on glamour.com called Storked! (for those of you who don’t know, I read the glamour.com blogs religiously and it’s how I first got into blogging. I found several of you [...]

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