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The View and Nurse Storytellers…

September 18, 2015 by Elaine

I don’t want to be one of those people who makes “mountains out of molehills” or anything like that but the other night I was laying in bed thinking about this whole “The View” thing and what they said about Miss Colorado and her monologue about being a nurse.  First and foremost, yes, they insulted…

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Filed Under: celebrities, LTYM, Misc., thoughts, venting Tagged With: Nurses, Storytelling, The View

What ARE We (AM I) Doing??

October 26, 2014 by Elaine

I recently read this article by Allison Slater Tate – Parenting as a Gex-Xer: We’re the first generation of parents in the age of iEverything.  If you are about the same age as me and you read this you will be nodding your head the entire time, I promise.  I can relate to everything she…

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Filed Under: blogging, Elaine, Emotional, Family, Life, thoughts, venting

Harder than it has to be…

August 6, 2014 by Elaine

I wrote this post a few months ago, you’ll notice my reference to Spring Break.  Since then things have improved quite a bit.  They are not perfect, but they are better.  It may be because I’ve asked for help with this, in both prayer and to friends and in things I have read.  But this…

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Filed Under: Emotional, Little G, Motherhood, Parenting, thoughts, venting

I Gotta Get This Off My Chest

September 17, 2009 by Elaine

I’m not even going to say their names but just know, that I want them off my t.v. and the cover of all the magazines at the grocery store. My husband expressed a similar sentiment the other day and used some very ‘choice’ words while doing so. Yes, their show was cute at first and…

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Filed Under: Misc., venting

Look At Me! Up Here on My Soapbox!

August 31, 2009 by Elaine

On Saturday I chilled out on the couch for a bit watching TLC. I watched one episode of What Not to Wear in which Stacy & Clinton pulled off one of the better make-overs that I have seen them do in a while. I mean they took this woman from Ms. Super Duper Frumpy Queen…

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Filed Under: health, Shopping, venting

Grammar Shrammer

January 16, 2009 by Elaine

So I want to ask a short, but I am sure, loaded question. What’s up with our grammar on the world wide webby lately? I mean for the most part it’s pretty good but I guess I just get turned off by some of the “slang” that goes on around here in the blog world…

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Filed Under: Misc., venting

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Hi! I'm Elaine, a transplanted Texan who has spent almost 16 years living in Cajun country. I am re-married to Brandon and we have five "kids" together, ages 21, 18, 17, 16 and 15 and crazy but cute dog, Charlie. I am also an office manager, occasional writer, prayer, and lover of life! Find me on Instagram (misselaine0375) and contact me at misselaineous0375 (at) gmail (dot) com.

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