Someone asked me recently who my best friend was. I was thrown for a loop because as an adult, having a single best friend seems oddly out-of-place. I have a “best friend” at every duty station the Navy has put us in. Heck, I have more than one in most places thanks to the revolving…
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Lola and I took a few days off social media this week in order to lay around the house like fat kids and pretend the country wasn’t going election crazy. The fence around our property is being replaced so there was a bunch of machinery here making noise and it traumatized us both into missing our daily…
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For the past week I’ve been working my tail off on designs for my Zazzle store. I knew I couldn’t solve all of America’s election problems so I decided to make what little difference I could- retail therapy. I even started throwing in sales on election day just so people could come home and cry…
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One month down, one month to go. Every year I cringe waiting for October and November to disappear, taking its nasty pumpkin smell with it. Thankfully, December rolls in with enough peppermint to sear my nasal passages and remove all traces of orange gourd smell. Check out my Facebook page @ShankYouHeather and @ShankYouDesigns I also tweet like…
Read MoreWhile looking through Facebook this morning, I’ve come to a realization that shook my very soul. I’m an old woman. Seriously, I’m in mid-life. At 33 years old, I can no longer identify half the costumes that kids are picking out for Halloween this year. Sure, I can spot the big ones, Disney movies like…
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You know that life changing moment as a parent when you step on a Lego and your life flashes before your eyes? You end up hopping on one foot and cursing, before finally collapsing on the floor. As you curl up in the fetal position, holding your bleeding appendage, you decide that you will throw…
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Well, we had our first power outage of the winter. We had so many of them last winter that I was hoping I’d met some quota and could avoid any more this year. I’m blaming this on Hubster. Thanks to his being deployed through the worst of the winter outages, his quota hasn’t been met…
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Hubster and I hit a major milestone this year when we celebrated 10 years of marriage – 14 years of partnership total. In the normal world that’s an accomplishment. In the Navy world it’s a feat of strength. In the Submarine world, it’s a miraculous event that only the strongest can pull off. But here’s the…
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Well, the U.S. is getting closer and closer to election day and everyone in the world is watching the horror unfold in front of their faces. Each day I read the news I am more convinced that something terrible will happen in November. My friends’ social media posts are filled with terror and every post is…
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I would like to preface the story by saying it just seems like I eat Taco Bell a lot – I don’t think I actually eat there more often than the average American. This is based on my deduction that the average American eats Taco Bell at least three times a week… Recently I was…
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Shank You Very Much 