Best running costume evah!! (Although it looks like a nightmare to run in) I’m often asked if I get bored of doing Experiments, if I ever tire of looking for new ones or if blogging them ever gets tedious. My answer: Nope, not ever and I looooovvveee it! Truth to be told, I’d be doing …
A mother’s love – they say that nothing is more powerful. (At least if you believe Harry Potter, which of course I do. I’m a sucker for green eyes.) So if this is true then I know the second most powerful force on the planet: A mother’s guilt. Whether they hand it to you as …
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Tiger Lady. That’s what my oldest son christened me as soon as he could talk, thanks to my knees-to-navel stretch marks. (Note: that proud day was also the day I decided he was too old to shower with mommy anymore.) So I will be the last person to tell you that you can have a …
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Today Charlotte’s roulette of unfortunate personal experiences is brought to you by the number one most feared word of fit folk everywhere. Nope, it’s not “thong”. Nor is it “Richard Simmons”. (Because that’s two words and, also, I happen to love him and his dance-tight clad legs.) It’s also not “Whirlpool closed for cleaning” although …
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Salma Hayek has an amazing rack – and I’m not talking about her ability to fill a sweater, er, movie role. They’re amazing because of their ability to feed a baby. It’s the real secret in Victoria’s Secret – breasts are not just fun bags. They also squirt milk. Which I suppose could also be …
The little Haitian boy who greeted rescuers [after being trapped for 8 days] with a beaming grin as they freed him from a huge pile of rubble said yesterday, “I smiled because I was free — I smiled because I was alive.” Source. There was an earthquake in Minnesota this morning. It was pretty small …
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Reader Joshua was so amused by this pic, he had to add on his own ideas: “”Burger King – Have it Your Way” It just lends itself to the product. And then, sad as it is, my mind starts racing to other brand names that could be used in this manner. “Doral – Taste Me, …
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I’ll admit I wasn’t feeling the gratitude today. (Which is okay, right? I mean I still have a few hours left to procrastinate my character improvement.) This morning found me walking the track at the gym, my baby in a front carrier and nothing to entertain me except my mp3 player… which was dead. So …
These days, thanks to my transformation from walking womb to 24/7 milk bar, I am a girl with a hefty appetite. They say that nursing requires even more calories than pregnancy and I believe it. I’m not counting calories (yay!) but just guessing from the huge amounts of food I consume every few hours I’d …
Have you ever been afraid that by loving someone so much you will lose them, simply because the universe hates a happy ending? It’s a disturbing, paranoid and not really rational thought but there’s a reason that the axiom, “It is better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all” exists. …
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