Smug Marrieds: The Undead

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Sometimes small slices of life can say volumes about a marriage...

Blair and I went grocery shopping early this morning and as we got into the car I said, "Brrrr." 

"Really?" said Blair. "I think it's nice out."

For a response, I held one of my hands against his cheek. He jerked away. "Woman! You're cold." He started the car and muttered, "Damn undead..." 

Cheers,

Dena

Smug Marrieds: Worst Cat Mommy EVER

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I'm not sure how I'm going to live with the guilt.

Yesterday was beautiful weather, so I opened the back door to let in some fresh air. Blair screened in our back porch a couple of years ago and sometimes the cats like to sit out there. 

About 7:30 last night, as it was getting dark, I looked on the porch to make sure there were no cats out there and then closed the door for the night. I went to the front of the house to do some work and then settled in front of the TV at 9 pm to watch Modern Family. Blair got home about 9:15 and we watched TV together until 10. 

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And so the hypochondria begins...

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It's 5 weeks until my marathon which means the hypochondria has officially set in. I can't have all this training go to waste by picking up a flu bug, so be forewarned that if you so much as sniffle or cough around me during the next 5 weeks, I will have no choice but to douse the both of us with Lysol while I freebase Vitamin C. 
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Your Top 5 Energy Leaks

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Your top 5 energy leaks... what are they? 

My friend Melody wrote a recent blog post about energy leaks which, as she describes them, are "...those things we face over and over, continuing to just deal with them, rather than take what would sometimes be mere minutes to just handle them once and for all."  An example of an energy leak (from the original author of energy leaks, Danielle LaPorte) is the lock that always sticks. 

That post got me to thinking about my energy leaks and I was amazed how quickly a mental list of these tiny, little annoyances in life formed. On the bright side, just recognizing and now labelling these items as "energy leaks" has motivated me to already deal with some and cross them off the list. 

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