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Raise your hand if you have at least three windows open other than this blog, or other than this blog post in your google reader. Raise your hand if you are currently a) listening to music, b) watching TV, c) eating or d) haphazardly doing some other activity. At this moment (while simultaneously writing this [...]

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The fact of the matter is: how we present ourselves, even if we know that it is a white lie here and a carefully lit photograph there – has a remarkable influence on how we begin to see ourselves over time.  There are few realms where this is a more important consideration than when considering [...]

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Alright friends, I admit it – this week I fell hook, line, and sinker into Pinterest.  I finally checked it out. I spent at least ten hours since then looking at pretty things, yipping with glee, tagging with delight, and reposting to my followers. What a second… what IS Pinterest? Typical Marzipan, putting the cart [...]

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Hello hello! So, I’ve been receiving some blog awards on the sly BUT have been so busy with our regularly scheduled programming that I have yet to acknowledge them! And I certainly do not want my fellow blogger to think I am ungrateful so I have decided to compile them into one major award post, [...]

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you need this:

by Marzipan on May 20, 2010 · 5 comments

and so do I. xoxo. what daily affirmations, if any, do you tell yourself?

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This post could also be titled: What if I Was Able to Support Myself With My Blog and Freelance Writing Gigs? But, I decided to take a different approach on this What If Wednesday by introducing a MAJOR step that I took in the direction of making my What If questions a reality. Now, this [...]

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The thing about blogging is that it takes a lot of work. And, most importantly, that a lot of that work looks a lot like effing around on the Internet. Example: I do lots of google reader-ing, “social media networking,” writing, fixing my blog template, adding plug-ins, removing plug-ins when I mess things up, …

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I have avoided Twitter for a long time. I have KNOWN that social media is a crucial aspect of life as a blogger, that it is the way that the bloggy community connects, and that it can be a fantastic way to make friends with similar interests. But even though I’ve known all of that, [...]

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note to self

by Marzipan on February 26, 2010 · 1 comment

Pull it together. You need to start going to bed before midnight. Find some inspiration. Get some work done. Eat less pizza, and more salad. You need to go to bed before midnight. And smile more. And post more frequently. Xoxo. Marzipan

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hello my loves,  I apologize that the blog has been up and down and all around today, I (a very silly little computer novice) have been in the process of changing medicinalmarizpan’s server, which has been a wild ride filled with highs, lows, much caffeine, tears, trembling with glee, and lastly, a crick in my [...]

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