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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...
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Melanie Nicholas
- Aug 21, 2020
- 3 min
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.
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Melanie Nicholas
- Feb 28, 2020
- 5 min
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!
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Melanie Nicholas
- Sep 23, 2019
- 5 min
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...
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Melanie Nicholas
- Aug 3, 2019
- 5 min
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
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Melanie Nicholas
- Jul 29, 2019
- 5 min
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."
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Melanie Nicholas
- Oct 24, 2016
- 4 min
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...
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Melanie Nicholas
- Jun 11, 2016
- 4 min
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,...
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Melanie Nicholas
- Jan 17, 2016
- 2 min
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...
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Melanie Nicholas
- Jan 7, 2016
- 4 min
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...
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Melanie Nicholas
- Feb 16, 2015
- 5 min
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...
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Melanie Nicholas
- Jan 4, 2015
- 3 min
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...
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Melanie Nicholas
- Jun 19, 2014
- 4 min
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...
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Melanie Nicholas
- May 28, 2014
- 1 min
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...
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Melanie Nicholas
- Feb 3, 2014
- 1 min
Is image everything?
Share this: Email Facebook Twitter Print Pinterest Google #bodyimage #selfesteem
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Melanie Nicholas
- Jan 4, 2014
- 1 min
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...
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Melanie Nicholas
- Oct 19, 2013
- 1 min
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:...
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Melanie Nicholas
- Oct 8, 2013
- 1 min
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...
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Melanie Nicholas
- Oct 5, 2013
- 2 min
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...
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Melanie Nicholas
- Oct 5, 2013
- 3 min
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...
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