The first time I laid eyes on Spirit, his striking black and silver marbled coat instantly wooed me. He was beautiful, friendly, and he loved attention. Everyone who met Spirit fell for him, from house guests to friends. I was lucky to be his human for the last ten years and this is his story.

( Memories of Spirit )

According to class models, I am in the top 15% of the US population based on income ( Read more... )

I took this 3.75 years ago.  It's kinda funny how things change when you've been single and figuring yourself out.

Your Love Language Personal Profile

Your Scores
7Words of Affirmation10Quality Time1Receiving Gifts4Acts of Service8Physical Touch

Now that you know your love language, here’s some more information you might not have realized about it, ( Read more... )

Well, I only gained .2 lbs during ACL (which puts me at a pound lost over the last month...).  I could've made better food choices (I didn't *have* to eat the bacon wrapped jalapenos stuffed with cheddar cheese) but with all the walking around and festival feelings, I wanted to have the whole experiance.  So, before the updates, I want to clarify ( Read more... )

www.loseapalooza.com

Weight Watchers has given me the structure to lose 30 lbs so far. They are partnering with Share our Strenght and Action Against Hunger to help those in need.  It's easy to repost this to twitter/facebook/blogs, and each mention gets another $1 towards thier goal.

I'll update this post later with my total loss so far, as I weigh ( Read more... )

The Dating Persona Test

By Chris Coyne & Christian Rudder

Your results are in! You are...

The Peach Random Gentle Love Master (RGLM)


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The coffee shop at work does a daily Triva question for a free cup of coffee.  Mostly it's a chance to mock the manager of the shop, but it's cute.  I've never entered.  Until today ( Read more... )

I now have a new addiction:  The Anita Blake vampier hunter series.  I've read books 1-8 in about 10 days.  The first took about 50 pages to get into, but after that, I was hooked.  There were 2 days that I forced myself to do other things (like eat), so I am averaging a book a night ( Read more... )

I know I have at least two women on my friends list that are in HR.  I'd like to hear from them and others with an opnion on the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay bill expected to be signed tomorrow.

My initial thoughts are this is AWESOME!  I've never understood why companies keep saleries secret from other employees.  Something about it's illegal to ( Read more... )

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