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July 18, 2009

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July 17, 2009

Sponsored by Bridezilla

The cards and emails read, “This will be the best time of your life.  Enjoy!” Instead, I’m miserable.  I didn’t feel this way until I started to dig into the numbers.  My friends comment, “You look so unhappy.  Look at…

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July 16, 2009

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July 16, 2009

Modern Day Job (The Biblical Guy)

Job is my favorite book in the Bible. It’s about this devout man who endures horrible circumstances: poverty, famine, the death of his children, lots of physical ailments. I believe he even gets boils all over his body. It’s a…

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July 15, 2009

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July 15, 2009

Wedding Economics

I like to make the comparison between the cost of a wedding versus an MBA. Why? Because I don’t think I’ve ever thrown such gargantuan sums of money on anything except education, a home, my trusty two-door Honda Civic, and…

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July 15, 2009

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July 14, 2009

Taking the Plunge

There are the men who told me they loved me–and everyone in-between. Of course, there are my gay best friends, my non-gay best friend, and my non-gay dad. But they don’t count for this purpose since their love for me…

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July 13, 2009

Paragliding above the Blue Lagoon, Turkey

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July 13, 2009

So Long, Farewell, Goodbye

I am retiring Vixen Vignettes. I am moving on to the next chapter. No more hiding behind a private blog. Except…what happened pre-engagement, stays pre-engagement. That’ll be our little secret! No reason for Dean to know what a cuckoo addict…

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