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It's been a LOOOOONNNGGGG while since I've been here.  Apparently, it's been *whispers* five years.  What's been going on with you in that time?  Well, I'm still reading...and writing reviews.  I'm still on GoodReads, but I run a romance book blog with my bestie Amanda.  Check us out... Two Girls with Books.  We have a good time with that.  I haven't been in the classroom in a couple of years, but I did apply for a couple of teaching jobs just over the weekend.  And I still have my lovely family :)

My girls have all but grown up.  If you remember, I have 5 girls.  My oldest is living in Louisiana with her two children (yep, I'm a Mimi now).  The second one just re-enrolled in college, she's 24.   I have her junior class picture on here somewhere LOL  She'd DIE if she knew I had that posted.  The middle one lives in Huntsville and works at The Walking Company.  They have great shoes and she gets an amazing discount.  The fourth one is officially a Senior in high school!  She is in New England as we speak on a week long field trip that will count as a half credit.  And the baby...the one the blog is named after.  Mallory is 15, a sophomore in high school, plays the clarinet, and is visiting her best friend in Louisiana this week.  

Yes, we still have pets.  Dixie the Wonder Dog is still around.  We now affectionately call her Crocodile.  You can't help but see it since she's a Bassett Hound.  We still have kitties.  Pepper will drive me to an early grave with his shenanigans.  

Pepper is stalking everyone on the ground
I'm guessing you're wondering why I'm here rambling about my life, aren't you?  Well, you see, I've...kind of...put on some weight.  Yes, I cringed as I typed that.  In fact, the lovely gadget on my phone says I weigh 20 pounds more now than I did two years ago (and I wasn't a skinny minnie then either).  So, to make a long story short, or shorter, I've decided to come back to the blog here to make myself more accountable in my dieting journey.  And honestly, I guess I shouldn't call it a "dieting journey", since the word diet has such a bad connotation.  Maybe I should say my new way of eating.  Or my new healthier lifestyle.  

Whatever I call it, you get the picture, right?  I'll try to post daily about the foods I'm eating, what I did, or didn't do, for exercise, the successes and failures.  Who knows, I may post more than once a day depending on the day.  Will I still talk about my kids and hubs?  Of course!  Will I still post those fantastic book reviews?  There's no doubt about that.  Do I want to hear from you, dear reader?  YES!  Let me know how your diet is going, or not.  Let me know if you've read that book.  Let me know if your family is driving you batty.  I want to know these things :)

So, until next time....



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