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I firmly believe chocolate chip cookies cure all ailments... Except maybe the stomach flu.
- Kara

If Friday were a guy he would be tall, between 6’3” and 6’5”, handsome with kind eyes, a nice smile and nicely built but not too chiseled (cuddle-able). He would come around like clock-work and I would smile every time he did.
- Kara

Sometimes, we need a few people in our lives who will calmly call our bluff.
- Dr. SunWolf

Isolation is the foyer to destruction!
- Pastor Dino Rizzo

When I find myself fading, I close my eyes and realize my friends are my energy.
- Anon.

You won’t realize the distance you’ve walked until you take a look around and realize how far you’ve been.
? Unknown

Deadlines are like labor... in the last few minutes you have to push like crazy to birth the thing!
- Kara

Do not surrender your grief so quickly
Let it cut more deeply
Let it ferment and season you
As few human or divine ingredients can
-Hafiz

Life is a lot like Bejeweled. You spend a lot of time making small moves that don't seem to amount to much, but eventually one small move will cause a cascade of events resulting in the ultimate score!
-Kara

Insecurities are like cobwebs.  You don't see them until you walk into them and then it takes some effort to get them off.
-Kara

Never underestimate the power of doing a crazy dance in your chair to improve the quality of your day!
-Kara

Be planted where you are, or go where you want to be planted. Either way, stop calling the grass greener elsewhere!
-Kara

Love comes when manipulation stops; when you think more about the other person than about his or her reactions to you. When you dare to reveal yourself fully. When you dare to be vulnerable.
- Joyce Brothers

Women wish to be loved not because they are pretty, or good, or well bred, or graceful, or intelligent, but because they are themselves. 
- Henri Fredric Ameil

The hardest of all is learning to be a well of affection, and not a fountain; to show them we love them not when we feel like it, but when they do. 
- Nan Fairbrother

Show me your friends and I'll show you your future!
-Noone seems to know who said it, but everyone seems to know it!

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Could've Been .... So very very different

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Saturday, 10 March 2012 00:14 Last Updated on Saturday, 10 March 2012 10:10 Written by Kara Gene

As a kid I was intrigued by the books that let you choose how the story would play out.  When you reached a point where the characters had to make a decision, you got to make a decision.  I felt a certain power at being able to determine the fate of the characters.  At the same time I was so curious that I would often end up reading all of the possible twists and endings.  Knowing there was more that I didn’t know fully bothered me.
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It's just a baking soda kind of day.

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Tuesday, 07 February 2012 16:57 Written by Kara Gene

Maybe it’s just today, but after I typed the title to this blog (I don’t always title a blog before I actually write the it, but sometimes it keeps me on track) I had a wow moment when I looked up what the actual purpose of baking soda is.  I titled the blog with the intention of following suit from a previous blog.  (God’s Math)  I’ll get to that in a minute though.

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My Car Wish List

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Wednesday, 01 February 2012 15:58 Written by Kara Gene

Well as you know I'm car shopping.  It's funny how everyone and their brother knows someone that can help you find a car.  It's awesome, and overwhelming all at the same time.

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Roadside Rescuers Strike Again and... Chivalry is almost dead...

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Tuesday, 17 January 2012 00:00 Written by Kara Gene

Today was going like any other Tuesday.  I was a little later than usual to work because I woke up feeling rather crappy.  Bronchitis seems to have turned into a sinus infection and the combination has the potential to make me feel very miserable.  Not to mention I don’t talk, I croak.  My plan was to wait until tomorrow, when we get paid, to go back down to the walk in clinic and say, “Help!  Your antibiotics didn’t work and I have to lead worship this Sunday!”  I had an appointment at 2pm to get my bangs trimmed and afterwards decided since I was halfway to the clinic I would head out there today.

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My Love/Hate Relationship with Planning

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Tuesday, 17 January 2012 00:00 Written by Kara Gene

I love to plan and be organized and have goals, but sometimes the process of putting all of that in place gets me down.  I spent most of an entire work day making a to-do list for our media team and planning deadlines for some major upcoming projects.  As much as I LOVE planning I was frustrated by the process.  I had to keep in mind that in the long run the time, that was seemingly unproductive, spent marking things on a calendar, sending emails to assign task deadlines, and making our to-do list would make me happy in the long run.

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I will not succomb to comfort foods!

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Friday, 06 January 2012 00:00 Written by Kara Gene

There's something about being sick, even if you don't feel that bad, that can be a challenge ready to derail you from any eating plan whether it's a diet or a fast.  I've been coughing since about New Year's Day, but just kept thinking, "Oh it will get better!"  Yesterday my sister called and told me that everyone in the family has either acute bronchitis or pneumonia.  Well... I decided I should probably go get checked out.  I don't want to mess with possibly messing up my lungs!  Sure enough I have bronchitis.  I was prescribed a ZPak and cough syrup with condone and sent on my way.

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Confession: I have Thursday hair!

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Thursday, 12 January 2012 00:00 Written by Kara Gene

You read that right.  I have Thursday hair.  Most people would be very familiar with the idea of Monday hair - It’s the first day back to work after a relaxing weekend and the last thing you want to do is put any effort into fixing your hair.  You do what is necessary to make you look presentable for work, but everyone knows that the state of your hair is a silent protest to the end of the weekend and the beginning of another week.

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The wonder of a smoothie and a spinach salad!

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Wednesday, 04 January 2012 00:00 Written by Kara Gene

I bought stuff last night to make smoothies in the mornings.  However, I have to actually get up in time to make said smoothie before leaving for work.  Despite my Sleepy Time Extra tea and my favorite night time cough syrup I didn't sleep too well and then overslept.  And as it would happen I HAD to wash my hair this morning.  So... I forewent the smoothie and grabbed a banana on the way out the door, my coffee with vanilla almond milk in the other hand.

Since I was late to work I hit the ground "running" and didn't break open my banana until the end of a meeting with my Media team.  Guess what happened as I was peeling my banana just about ready to take a bite?

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