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Throwback Thursday: The No-Neck Edition

August 7, 2014 There are four and a half years between both my older sister and myself and my younger sister and myself.  My older sister, Amy, took full advantage of that age difference (and I'm sure my younger sister will say the same of me)....

Today’s the Big Day!

July 30, 2014 Today's a big day in our family.  First my parents are celebrating their 49th Wedding Anniversary!  People are lucky if they have a quality relationship in their lifetime and to have both quality and quantity, well-that's the Holy Grail.  I've said before that...

Choppin Broccoli-I Like to Make Green Not Eat It

Filed under: Going against a female stereotype.   My disdain for green food, unless there was sugar involved, started with Brussels Sprouts and grew from there. Above  is a picture a friend sent me representing what my food pyramid would look like-when we were protesting the government change...

The Mouth in the Middle

Updated:  July 4, 2014 Happy 4th of July Please feel free to share stories of your family road trips! January 30, 2014 Quiet…for Cash Two times a year, our family would make the trip from, Pittsburgh to North Myrtle Beach, in South Carolina, for vacation. My mother, father, and three...

Life’s Curveballs

Fourth of July weekend, 2005* I was going through my divorce when a few girlfriends convinced me to come out with them and a group of guys in town from out of town.  My ex had called earlier that week (I hadn’t been taking his...

Apples and Oranges

It’s been my extreme good fortune to attend, learn and provide product support for the skilled surgeons and their patients who have allowed me the honor and privilege of working with them throughout my career as a medical device rep.   It is one of the...

Breaking Bad…Behavior

If making the right decisions were easy, people would make them all the time.  And the lies we tell ourselves, during tough decision making processes, are far worse than any, that anyone else could ever tell us.  We all are masters at justification and it’s...