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Eggcellent back-to-school breakfasts
Last Christmas, The Hubs got me a subscription to MasterClass. If you’re not familiar, it is a series of video short courses, taught by...
Melanie Nicholas
Aug 22, 20222 min read
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Here's to pandemic marriage, the BedJet and sharing a bed
Now, don’t get me wrong, I adore The Hubs. But sharing a bed, actually sharing, a bed, is hard.
Melanie Nicholas
Aug 21, 20203 min read
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Saddle up: I'm riding a Peloton bike!
Until your rear end is used to sitting on the bike’s pizza slice-shaped seat of agony, you need more cushion!
Melanie Nicholas
Feb 28, 20205 min read
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Period. Paragraph. Talking about reproduction at 45 mph
Little Son, Bodacious and I were barreling down the road last week, headed to one of our last soccer practices for the season. It had...
Melanie Nicholas
Sep 23, 20195 min read
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Is camping REALLY a vacation?
We did a little junking yesterday. The Hubs said if I got this, I would wake up next to it... . #Godfather
Melanie Nicholas
Aug 3, 20195 min read
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hands, feet above others, World's Worst Mom
"Well, Mrs. Nicholas, it's as I suspected. The growth plate in is heel is extremely inflamed, due to repetitive trauma."
Melanie Nicholas
Jul 29, 20195 min read
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I think her tractor’s sexy: Re-evaluating the modern beauty pageant
HANDS UP Oklahoma cattle breeder Melanie Pennebaker proves that true beauty is measured by work and determination. She celebrates...
Melanie Nicholas
Oct 24, 20164 min read
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Sticks & stones: Shame on you, body shamer
Melanie Nicholas Sticks and stones. I wept over my computer as I read the cruel words from my treasured fan and faithful reader,...
Melanie Nicholas
Jun 11, 20164 min read
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Goal met: 30 pounds down!
my gastric sleeve surgery and now know what a watermelon feels like when it gets tapped at a frat party. It’s amazing to think that most...
Melanie Nicholas
Jan 17, 20162 min read
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Gastric sleeve: New Year, new me!
I feel like I have been on an endless treadmill lately. My family has experienced so much major change over the last two years that I...
Melanie Nicholas
Jan 7, 20164 min read
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Dance fitness: I don’t have the rhythm!
(See a Cupid Shuffle here) Line dancing photo taken from www.the-campus.org.uk Like so many others, I found myself at the gym in January...
Melanie Nicholas
Feb 16, 20155 min read
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2015: Year of My Evolution
The Hubs and I are celebrating 14 years of marriage this year. And it’s crazy, I didn’t think I could love him more, but somehow, every...
Melanie Nicholas
Jan 4, 20153 min read
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So, I hired a trainer: Or, why I hate Doug
Balls, balls, balls to the wall. The Hubster and I took a short trip last month to Memphis and Arkansas. Did you know the WHOLE place is...
Melanie Nicholas
Jun 19, 20144 min read
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World MS Day & Maya
I think her poem “And Still I Rise” captures the spirit of the thousands and thousands of us suffering with multiple sclerosis. It won’t...
Melanie Nicholas
May 28, 20141 min read
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Is image everything?
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Melanie Nicholas
Feb 3, 20141 min read
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New year, new mom
I resolved to stop making resolutions a decade ago. I mean, really. Who actually changes their life and starts to exercise, gives up...
Melanie Nicholas
Jan 4, 20141 min read
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Happy Saturday! Go to the gym with me!
A few of my favorite gym cards, well, besides my gym membership card. That I never use 🙂 Love the someecards.com site! Share this:...
Melanie Nicholas
Oct 19, 20131 min read
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Now what am I gonna feed my kids?
Chicken nuggets might contain veins and bone and all kinds of nastiness. Now what am I gonna feed my kids? OK. Now I wish I couldn’t...
Melanie Nicholas
Oct 8, 20131 min read
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Pink Pumpkins
Breast Cancer Awareness Pumpkins designed by Alexa Westerfield @ The Swell Life You know I want to be crafty! Alas, I have to count on...
Melanie Nicholas
Oct 5, 20132 min read
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Happy Halloween! Columnist suits up, becomes ‘caped’ crusader
There have been a few things about my birthday this year that I have found particularly distasteful. The number itself for one thing. It...
Melanie Nicholas
Oct 5, 20133 min read
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