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After 18 weeks, the final four contestants on this season’s The Biggest Loser, have completely transformed themselves. On last night’s episode, their final challenge was to complete a marathon. For those of you who aren’t sure how long that is: 26.2 miles! These people were 250 to 400 pounds just a few months ago! And every one of the final four, even Ron with his serious knee and other health problems, completed the marathon. Tara completed the 26.2 miles running after about 5 hours. Helen also ran and came in just about an hour after Tara. I was so proud…

My fiance and I have been trying something different for the past couple of weeks, both in an effort to save money and to eat healthier. (And to lose weight for my part) Our “normal” schedule before this was to have something light, if anything, for breakfast. We would have a strawberry milkshake or a bowl of fiber one cereal some days, nothing but orange juice on others. Then, we would eat out almost every day for lunch. Chick-fil-A, McDonald’s, pizza buffets, Japanese, etc. At dinner, we would also eat out usually. If you start adding up the money we…

10 weeks from tomorrow I will leave for Washington D.C. and my first Romance Writers of America National Conference. I am so excited and nervous and crazy and happy all at the same time! I met with my critique group yesterday, and we decided that it’s time to step it into high gear. One out of the three of us is already a successful published author of 13 books (with 2 more contracted to come out this year from Harlequin Blaze), but the other two of us are still aspiring. The two of us are looking to Nationals as a…

Yesterday, I decided to pull out my copy of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. Book 1 of possibly one of the very best stories ever written. After all these years and after reading them all once already, it’s amazing how much the story still draws me in. Rowling sets the entire series up so perfectly with her explanation of the Dursley’s and the delineation between the Muggle world and the Magic world. Her tone in the first book is almost a bit more childlike than I remember, but it fits so perfectly since Harry is just 11 at the…

SJP is possibly my favorite actress of all time. I loved her back in the “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” days, and after “Sex and the City” began, I was hooked for life. It’s hard to believe she’s 44 years old, but time flies… and better her than me. Sarah Jessica has been happily married to Matthew Broderick for twelve years, and they are one of my very favorite Hollywood couples. Their son, James Wilkie, is already six years old, and I heard they had trouble conceiving him back then. Well, the happy couple has just announced that they are…

Day 1 of the Great Job Search did not go too well. In the past when I have applied to a restaurant for a server position, it has gone like this: Walk in, say “Hi, are you hiring servers?” If yes, get and fill out an application. Turn it in, talk to a manager. Get hired. Well, not yesterday. I don’t know if it is just a different city or if it’s that it’s been a while since I tried to get a serving job.. or if the economy is really so bad that even restaurants are not hiring, but…