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The Bachelor Single Dad: Who Should He Choose?

Ok, I admit, I am a sucker for these types of shows...or at least I used to be. Once I start watching, it becomes a gluttonous habit. So when this season rolled around, I did NOT start watching the Bachelor. For one thing, too much to do, but for another, I didn't want to get hooked. Apparently, the Bachelor is a single dad this time around. Ah haaaa, innnteresttting. For those of you who are watching, what is he doing with his kid, does he get to spend time with his kid? Anyway, the founder o… Continue

Added by Clare on January 16, 2009 at 12:05am — 7 Comments

A Night Out - Don't We Have Fun???

A few of us went for happy hour then to the Thirsty Lion, then to karaoke. McKessidy is a rockstar!

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Added by Clare on September 24, 2008 at 9:12pm — 13 Comments

At Sauvie Island Pumpkin Patch, A Little Piece of Heaven: Photo Blog

I'm kinda a lazy blogger, but hey pictures are worth 1000 words. This was one of the best spots and days ever. And afterwards we had pizza at the Rogue.

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Added by Clare on September 24, 2008 at 9:00pm — 2 Comments

This One Goes Out to You iHeart

For anyone who is struggling with anything in their life, this one is for you, remember that you are doing the best you can just the way you are. I love you. I Love You Just the Way You Are Continue

Added by Clare on August 27, 2008 at 8:18pm — 9 Comments

My Trip to NYC to Be On The Morning Show with Mike & Juliet

It's last Friday, 8/8, and I get an email from one of the producers of the Mike & Juliet show. They are trying to reach Morgan, my partner because they want to get her on the show for a segment about being pregnant and abandoned, doing it alone. The show is scheduled for the next Tuesday, 8/12. Morgan doesn't get back from England until that evening I tell the producer. The producer asks if I would like to be on the show, if I had a similar experience. I told her I was pretty much alone duri… Continue

Added by Clare on August 13, 2008 at 6:00pm — 24 Comments

My Bad Decision

I really believe we do the best we can, but once in awhile we let our temptations get the best of us. I’ve been single now for about 3 months, well officially called it quits as my son’s father and I are just too different. It’s really been a good thing because even though I had wished that it could work out for our family, it wasn’t my ideal relationship and so now I feel like I am getting to know myself better. In fact, towards the end of our relationship, I wrote a list of qualities that my… Continue

Added by Clare on July 2, 2008 at 1:00pm — 13 Comments

My Sister Said Craig's List is a Bad Place to Meet People

So I told her a good friend of mine met her boyfriend of three years on CL, and they are a perfect pair. She said "They're weird"...I said "I'm weird"... I found an ad I liked, the guy has a lot of the same beliefs that I have and a weird sense of humor. Is 47 years old too old for me (I'm 29)? What are your thoughts on dating a much older man or if your a man dating a "cougar… Continue

Added by Clare on May 11, 2008 at 4:00pm — 18 Comments

Faith, Two Wildcats, and Reverse Paranoia

By Rena Tuttle, Lighthouse Life Coaching (republished with permission - there is a blurb about my dad's miracle healing in this post) Join her group on iheart Everyday we hear about traumatic and dramatic events that occur, painting a dismal picture of our world. I think that the newscasters, publications and journalists at large should be more dedicated at broadcasting and publishing good news and all that is right w… Continue

Added by Clare on May 7, 2008 at 4:04pm — 2 Comments

Happiness Is...

I admit, having a baby is not at all easy. For me, it's gotten easier and more fun, now that my son is almost 2 years old. He is so interactive, so funny, he comes up with the funniest stuff. He's also very defiant, flexing his opinion and independence whenever possible. I catch him… Continue

Added by Clare on May 5, 2008 at 5:00pm — 3 Comments

Does it take meeting someone new to get over someone?

My son's father and I decided to officially and mutually go our separate ways (as much as possible when you have a kid together). By officially, I mean we really meant it this time. We had done the on/off again thing before, but this time we went to counseling and really gave it a good effort to see if it could work. It turns out we are just too different, in two different spaces. This is hard for me, because I wanted to "make it work" even knowing in the back of my mind it wasn't right. We can… Continue

Added by Clare on May 3, 2008 at 12:12am — 6 Comments

Miracle of Healing

My dad went in to the hospital a stage four cancer patient with 15% chance of living 5 years and they just got the biopsy results...the lymph nodes were cancer free, and the mass was benign. He's cancer free! It's a total miracle! He's a stage 2 with a 90% chance of living more than 10 years! This is the power of the mind, the spirit, and love. At one point he was ready to die, so he got cancer. Now he has found new hope and a reason to live. I'm flabbergasted. I just had to share this with you. Continue

Added by Clare on May 1, 2008 at 4:14pm — 7 Comments

The Day after Earth Day

It’s Not Easy Being Green We all heard that from Kermit the Frog in the 70’s, but now it has new meaning. Being green = being earth-friendly I am from Oregon. This may automatically define me as a tree-hugger to some Americans, but I have never viewed myself as an environmentalist.… Continue

Added by Clare on April 23, 2008 at 9:30am — No Comments

This is the most beautiful song ever

there's a letter on the desktop that i dug out of a drawer the last truce we ever came to from our adolescent war and i start to feel a fever from the warm air through the screen you come regular like seasons shadowing my dreams and the mississippi's mighty but it starts in Minnesota at a place where you could walk across with five steps down and i guess that's how you started like a pinprick to my heart but at this point you rush right through me and i start to drown and there's not enough room… Continue

Added by Clare on April 22, 2008 at 11:46pm — 2 Comments

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