Tag: Be Original
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Your Home is Yours
My family is known to be different. We have been called weird and that does not bother us. They are looking at us through the lens of traditional conventions of the American family. In some ways, we look like everyone else. We are married with children. We live in a middle-class neighborhood. That is about…
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Things to Do at Home: Write on the Walls
We have been told all our lives that we do not write on the walls. Are you thinking about painting the inside of your home? Here is fun and crazy thing to do. Warning this is not for the faint of heart. Get a pack of permanent markers or paint pens. I prefer Sharpies of…
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Hide Nothing
There was a time when I hid things. I thought being secretive was to protect myself or to make things better. Sometimes it was to keep from hurting someone else, or at least I thought so. Usually it was worse when the person found out what I hid. I thought that being more open would…
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Love and Sex
Well Hello. Now that I have your attention, let’s be honest. How many of you are dreading Valentine’s Day? Ah, February, month of love and undue pressure to either a) have a significant other to take on a romantic dinner date or b) buy that significant other some trinket that says just how much you…
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Always Be Honest
It is impossible to always be honest, right? You have to sometimes white lie to save someone’s feelings, right? How many times have you said, “I don’t care what we have for dinner.” When you really wanted something you have been craving all day. Here’s a good one, “No, that dress looks good on you.”…
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Watch Your Mouth
I am not one to over use profanity. It will slip out sometimes. I have always thought it detracts from who I really am when I use a word that is vulgar. On the flip side I am not a prude. I will not wilt if someone says one in front of me. I have…
Brendan & Lori O'Gara 