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When I had the idea to do the What I Want You To Know series, I figured it would involve a couple guest posts for a few weeks.  I had a couple topics in mind that I thought people would write about, but my vision was pretty small in terms of the breadth and depth of topics that would be covered.  I have been so blown away by the response to this series, both by the readers and the writers.  To those of you who read here every week, thank you for the support you have given to women . . .

Guess what?  I’m going to be contributing to one of my favorite websites: Curvy Girl Guide.    It’s a life-affirming site for women of all shapes and sizes.  I’ve been a fan of this site since they launched and I’m thrilled to be joining the team. I wrote my first post this week, and found myself slightly intoxicated by the combination of pseudo-anonymity and an environment of acceptance.  I went where I have not dared to go on my own blog.  I talked about . . .

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Sometimes I am just completely baffled by how ridiculous my children sound as they whine about their privileged little lives.  For example, we have Disneyland passes.  The cheap ones with the summer and weekends blocked out, but still, Disneyland passes.  Some families will scrimp and save for years to finally take a hallowed pilgrimage to Disneyland.  For my kids, it’s something we do on random weeknights.  And yet, now they’ve come to expect it EVERY . . .