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ItReallySucks

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That’s just my juvenile acronym for the IRS…it sucks, really. Though I refer to myself as a SAHM (another acronym = stay-at-home-mom), I juggle 4 jobs (and I’m not counting motherhood as one of them). Most of these jobs are contracted work, so I’m considered self-employed. Which means I don’t pay taxes, or social security, or medicare during the year – so they beat it out of me in April.
To appease some of my misery, I have indulged in the petty act of creating new names for the IRS, keep in mind, The “I” does not refer to me, just some faceless employee of the IRS I am unfairly directing my anger towards.
I Really Smell

Internal Rectum Services

Idiot Retention Services

Inbred Rat Sales

Itchy Rental Suits

Ignorant Rude Smarmsters

Intestinal Revulsion Source

Incapable Redundant Shithead

I Reward Stupidity

Please comment and add your own interpretations of this horrid acronym.

20 minute workouts – will it be the solution?

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Never a very thin person, I have struggled with my weight before my age reached double digits. I have always been athletic and fairly decent with sports, so working out is not a problem – in fact, I enjoy it! I like running, lifting weights, taking step, kickboxing or other classes. I love yoga and pilates. My problem, like just about everyone’s – is lack of time. My most recent fitness mag included a program in which you work out 20 minutes a day, everyday. Since becoming a Mom (4 years ago next month) my fight against fat has been extra hard, so I’m willing to try anything. I’m on day 5 and have been faithful – but I’ll let you know as things progress.  Interested to try this yourself? Have a look.

You may have noticed

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That it was almost a year from my first post on this blog (in May of 2006) to the time I actually began to attend to my blog-life in earnest (March 2007). All I can say is: working on this blog was on my list of things to do, and well, it’s a freakin’ long list.
Since blogging is proving as therapeutic as brownies fresh from the oven or a great workout  – I plan to indulge as often as possible. Oh man, now I want some brownies – thank God I don’t have access to any, I probably gained a couple pounds just thinking about it.

Empire Falls…asleep?

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Well, currently I am reading Empire Falls for my bookclub (and yes, we do more than drink wine, thank you!) Wow, I don’t plan to have insomnia for the next week while I force-feed this down my literary gullet. It’s ok, the characters are mildly interesting, the plot is mildly escalating, and the setting is mildly imaginative…and I’m mildly nodding off. I think I called the big conflicts of this book while reading chapter 1, and am mainly continuing to read it beause A: I refuse to leave a book unfinished (except for Virginia Woolf’s To The Lighthouse, and I plan to go back and read that one day, damn it!) and B: I just want to make sure my predictions on the heavy-handed but trying to be subtle forshadowing are right. I’ll let you know, but now, I’m going to nap read.