DIANA REPUBLIC

It looks as if I will be delaying my return to college. Luckily, I did not run out and buy school supplies or this fall’s coolest jeans. The local university of my choice (a school that my taxes pay for) will not accept my transcripts as prerequisites to their business courses because they are TOO [...]

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I attended college a while ago; a long while ago. But I never got my bachelor’s degree. Shocking, I know. But it is the age old story: I ran out of money. OK, I sort of misspent some of my money. My grandmother, who had been paying for my education, passed away and the little [...]

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I learn something new about my husband from time to time, even after almost 12 years. Not often mind you – I graduated years ago in my immersion course on everything Bob. But this I did not know. Bob is one of those guys who can’t break up with someone. Recently Bob entered into a [...]

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Not everyone was meant to be a parent. Or at least not everyone was meant to parent humans. Clearly Bob and I are qualified to raise and nurture canines, as evidenced by the five canines that we have raised and nurtured. But after spending a week with my niece and nephew, I think we can [...]

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I am a Cubs fan. Bob used the marquis at Clark and Addison to propose, making me a solid Cubs fan for life. Unlike most Cubs fans I am not anti-White Sox. Most of the time I am just White Sox indifferent. That is unless they are playing the Cubs as they were last night. [...]

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Bob, his mom and I just returned from a vacation to the happiest place on earth, Disney World. I might beg to differ – my happiest place on earth being the fur-covered sectional in front of the flat screen with my boyz all around – but you know, po-tae-toes – po-tah-toes. Bob’s mom, Virginia, was [...]

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I have a confession to make: if you bring your children into the store where I work, I may judge you as a parent. I know that I don’t have actual children of my own, which makes my position here a little shaky, but I can’t help it. I may judge. I work part time [...]

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Sights like this and this make me feel like this Happy = Spring

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I thought I knew what our financial situation was. I mean, I am the accounting department, you’d think I would have a firm grasp of this stuff. Yeah, well, more like my hand was in the general vicinity and maybe touching this concept. We recently had a slight reduction to the incoming cash flow and [...]

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After much procrastination, Bob and I finally saw Avatar this weekend. We unintentionally waited long enough to avoid the crowds and in doing so limited the selection of theaters that were still showing it. There were only three theaters in the city that still had it in 3D and we had been told that we [...]

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