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I Got The Power
So January has come and gone and to be honest, I don’t really have a specific resolution. I don’t want to lose this much weight, or save this much money or achieve this particular goal. I want to...
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A Modern Scrapbook
There is not a day that goes by that I am not involved with Pinterest in some fashion. I tend to browse for at least 30 minutes a day and even on days off, my friends send me pins they think I’ll...
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If You Give a Girl a Paintbrush
About a week ago, I emptied out my front hall closet with the full intention of making it beautiful and functional. Then I let it sit for a week. I told Alex that I was going to finish it over the...
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Removing 30 Year Old Carpet
Yesterday afternoon, as my workday was winding down, I was browsing Pinterest. Sometimes while I browse, a spark of inspiration hits and I search around for similar ideas. So, as it often does,...
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Staining Plywood Subfloors
You might recall that my sister and I recently ripped up the carpet on our first floor. When my friends left that Thursday night (May 1st), we had torn up all the nails and crap. We had very dirty...
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Over the River…
I spent this past Saturday at my Grandma Joyce’s house painting over what some would consider the most egregious abomination in home decor in human history. “Katie,” you say, “aren’t you being a bit...
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The Tortoise Life
About a month ago, I started a new job. I went from being a receptionist for a small division (approx 600 people) of a large company (10s of thousands of people) to being a receptionist for a small...
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Sistren Slimdown Challenge
I’ve mentioned before that I am generously sized. My sister is also not quite thrilled with her fitness level at this time. Although we usually have good intentions and generally try to be healthier,...
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SSC: Katie’s Attempts at Self-Control
My sister and I might pop in with a few updates here and there, but today I want to talk about self-control and how terrible I am at it. When you are my size (20) there are lots of things that toss you...
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SSC: Selfies and Body Image
It probably doesn’t surprise anyone when they hear that weight gain or obesity are often accompanied by self image and confidence issues. For me it has always been a cycle of one causing the other...
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It’s Happened
I turned 25. I have to stop saying I’m in my early 20’s. I’m exactly mid-20’s. 10 years ago I would have said that being 25 means you are an adult. I can drive, vote, drink, and rent a car – all the...
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I Got The Power
So January has come and gone and to be honest, I don’t really have a specific resolution. I don’t want to lose this much weight, or save this much money or achieve this particular goal. I want to...
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Please, Help Me with This Horsecrap
Hi, my name is Katie and I have a problem. It’s an eating and laziness problem. Here’s the thing: I love to eat a lot of food and have little to no perseverance. I also have a condition called PCOS....
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I Made it a Whole Day
Good news, guys. I mostly did ok yesterday. I did not hit my steps goal, but I did stay within my calories AND got in all my water. It seems lame to get excited about stuff like this, but I’m going...
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Week 1: How I Did and Goals
Mondays are going to be my weigh in days and that naturally lends itself to the day I reflect on how I did over the last week. Weighing in everyday would very likely turn me into an insane person....
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It’s Real Real
It’s been a long time since I’ve posted and there are a million reasons why (most of them out of my hands), but as this blog is mostly for me I wanted to write a little update. I considered a slew of...
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5 Ways to Tell if You’ve Become the Bride You Said You’d Never Be
Bad news, guys. I’ve been engaged all of 2 months and already I’m starting to see that wedding planning changes a person. I once thought that I could never earn the title of Bridezilla and that I...
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Plus Size Favorites for Fall 2017
Life has been hectic since I last posted. I got quit my job, got married, started my BDes program, went back to my job part time. It’s been insane and things don’t seem to be slowing down. With all...
View ArticleWe are Going to Save Almost $900 on Bills This Year by Doing Two Things
I kind of breezed over the many major milestones and changes we’ve gone through in the last year in my last post. Just to pluck one out of the list, I went back to school. I never completed college...
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