Jillian posted an article on Blueshelled - Dec 4, 2009, 4:18 pm
I was on my friend Mary’s blog and she had a contest! And I won! Yay! I win I win I win I win! And it is freaking cool stuff, too. Sorry, I’m not trying to rub it in, but I NEVER WIN...
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Jillian posted an article on Blueshelled - Nov 25, 2009, 9:48 pm
I have a post in my head that says thank you. However, it is impossible to express what is in my heart adequately to those that have supported me all these years or for those who have supported me fo...
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Jillian posted an article on Blueshelled - Nov 24, 2009, 3:33 pm
My aunt passed in October of 2007. I wrote this in June of 2008. I’m still coping with her unexpected death and writing about it here is probably going to upset some people, but my hope is tha...
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Jillian posted an article on Blueshelled - Nov 23, 2009, 3:17 pm
Sometimes our friends want to know how Leon and I argue. We generally are both pretty good humored and seem like our relationship is even-flowing. We’re like any other couple in that we have l...
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Jillian posted an article on Blueshelled - Nov 22, 2009, 3:28 pm
You want the cute? You. can’t. handle. the. cute!
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Jillian posted an article on Blueshelled - Nov 21, 2009, 3:23 pm
I was going through my old journal entries and I found some that I decided Blueshelled.com would be remiss without. That, and I’m pretty lazy and I haven’t been writing enough lately. Th...
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Jillian posted an article on Blueshelled - Nov 20, 2009, 2:22 pm
You may have come here expecting a video of someone running crotch first into a cactus. We live in a society conditioned by America’s funniest videos to expect the worst, don’t we? This ...
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Jillian posted an article on Blueshelled - Nov 18, 2009, 7:21 pm
Last week, I talked to you about my new zest for exercise. And now I have to confess something to you about my motivation: I do weird things to keep it going. Do any of you remember Ally McBeal? A...
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Jillian posted an article on Blueshelled - Nov 17, 2009, 7:38 pm
I’m a sensitive person. I’m sensitive to light, sensitive to moods and emotions, and I’m particularly sensitive to temperatures. And I hate being cold. I will go to extremes t...
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Jillian posted an article on Blueshelled - Nov 16, 2009, 9:40 am
This is the post you don’t want to read if you are guilty. This is the post you don’t want to read if you don’t want to hear it. This is the post you don’t want to read if yo...
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Jillian posted an article on Blueshelled - Nov 15, 2009, 2:42 pm
We have welcomed a new family member this weekend. We got her on Friday and I don’t know enough about her to write her up on the Hooligans page yet, but here she is. Introducing Prudence, also...
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Jillian posted an article on Blueshelled - Nov 13, 2009, 3:22 pm

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Jillian posted an article on Blueshelled - Nov 12, 2009, 12:59 pm
I’m sick. Therefore, I have no brain power. I am seriously craving chicken wings now, though.
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Jillian posted an article on Blueshelled - Nov 11, 2009, 9:49 am
When AJ was little, he had mad empathy. When other babies would cry, he would wail like crazy. This has never left him and I’m inclined to believe it’s part of his temperament. He’...
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Jillian posted an article on Blueshelled - Nov 10, 2009, 4:13 pm
My sponsor, SkincareRx.com, just sent me an offer for you guys. If you click on the icon below, it will take you to a page where you can get a $40 gift certificate for their site if you spend $100. ...
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Jillian posted an article on Blueshelled - Nov 10, 2009, 9:38 am
For the last several months, I’ve been “off my program.” My program had been eating good for me foods and losing weight. Unfortunately, I’d hit a plateau, and after a month o...
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Jillian posted an article on Blueshelled - Nov 9, 2009, 11:35 pm
Ok, since my last contest only had 4 entries (hello!), here is what I decided to do. I have 2 planners and was going to do separate giveaways, but since only 3 people wanted them, I’m going to ...
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Jillian posted an article on Blueshelled - Nov 9, 2009, 9:34 am
Yesterday was a no good, very bad day. It didn’t start that way. It started just fine, well, as fine as a day can start when I’m on a 4 day caffeine induced headache can start. However,...
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Jillian posted an article on Blueshelled - Nov 6, 2009, 9:57 am
Other events that were important to my life coincided with the break-up with green eyes. One of the miracles of my life happened right before my junior prom in the form of a teeny, tiny preemie. Liv...
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Jillian posted an article on Blueshelled - Nov 5, 2009, 9:11 am
Please welcome my guest blogger, LEON! ____________________________________________________________ Until recently, I have never really been a Beatles fan. I always associated The Beatles with the b...
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Jillian posted an article on Blueshelled - Nov 4, 2009, 9:26 am
I’m a dork. Full-fledged geek extraordinaire. I’m ok with it and I’m not sure why others aren’t, especially when I’ve embraced this aspect of myself. Is it no longer c...
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Jillian posted an article on Blueshelled - Nov 3, 2009, 9:45 am
Note: This is not a post from me, but from my guest blogger, Brandon Kiser! Please make him feel very welcome ___________________________________________ Halloween has come and passed and chances a...
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Jillian posted an article on Blueshelled - Nov 2, 2009, 6:30 pm
Tomorrow I will be having a guest blogger speaking about a taboo topic! Hurrah! Keep your eyes here, friends!
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Jillian posted an article on Blueshelled - Nov 2, 2009, 9:20 am
It’s that time again! I realized, as I walked through Target’s hallowed aisle’s, that they had decided for me that I needed to be thinking about the future. This came to me as I sa...
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Jillian posted an article on Blueshelled - Nov 1, 2009, 7:50 pm
I rarely ask for things on here (though if you are on twitter, I ask for presents all the darn time). Last night, in the middle of hormonal mood swings, wailing, gnashing of teeth, throwing things, h...
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Jillian posted an article on Blueshelled - Oct 31, 2009, 3:11 am
I’d forgotten what I look like with red hair and my old glasses. What I love about this picture is the look of peace on Leon’s face. We were at my mom’s house celebrating my little...
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Jillian posted an article on Blueshelled - Oct 30, 2009, 3:00 pm
This dog looks like my dachshund pom mix, Reagan. Don’t believe me? Click that link on the left that says “Hooligans.” This made me laugh so hard I cried. Dogs are hysterical. Fi...
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Jillian posted an article on Blueshelled - Oct 30, 2009, 1:42 pm
This is a mini-confessional, but it’s a whopper and one I fully expect to hear about for years, so it gets its own post. When I have to drink a lot water, and we all should, quite frequently, I...
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Jillian posted an article on Blueshelled - Oct 29, 2009, 11:35 pm
Oh no. Oh dear. Mama would have to put the smack down on this.
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Jillian posted an article on Blueshelled - Oct 29, 2009, 11:47 am
I made you a video blog at early o’clock this morning. Sorry I look like a ghost and sound like I smoke 4 packs a day. I hate getting up early and I hadn’t been up for 30 minutes yet. W...
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Jillian posted an article on Blueshelled - Oct 27, 2009, 9:54 pm
I’m in the middle of mid-term week. Last week wasn’t great either. This may mean that I need to go ahead and do another giveaway because my focus is just shot. I’ll think abou...
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Jillian posted an article on Blueshelled - Oct 27, 2009, 12:33 pm
Anyone that knows me well knows that I adore elephants. They are among the most sensitive, sweet and creative creatures there are. They are also the most empathetic. If you haven’t read the b...
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Jillian posted an article on Blueshelled - Oct 26, 2009, 10:40 am
Green eyes was a computer programmer in his spare time. For someone so young, this was a pretty big accomplishment. The brown-eyed girl didn’t understand the fascination, but she was into gree...
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Jillian posted an article on Blueshelled - Oct 22, 2009, 11:41 am
Once upon a time, there was a young woman with dark brown hair and eyes. She’d been best friends with a boy with bright green eyes and dark hair for many months. They’d met through her f...
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Jillian posted an article on Blueshelled - Oct 21, 2009, 11:05 am
Some days are just fantastic. It’d been a long time since I’d had one that put me at one with the all good and I was in need of something stellar to change the funky mood I’d been i...
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Jillian posted an article on Blueshelled - Oct 20, 2009, 11:29 am
If I haven’t outright said it, though I think I have, I know that I’ve hinted to my upbringing on a farm in a rural small town. Until the month before my 10th birthday, I lived at my gran...
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Jillian posted an article on Blueshelled - Oct 19, 2009, 10:33 am
For most places in the South, I think this summer and fall have been the rainiest we’ve seen in a long time. Besides my ire at nobody knowing how to drive in the rain, it has necessitated some ...
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Jillian posted an article on Blueshelled - Oct 16, 2009, 11:20 am
Alright, I have many neurosis, but I hate public restrooms. Most of you do, too, but not to the extent that I do. It’s not that I “can’t go” or anything like that. I’...
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Jillian posted an article on Blueshelled - Oct 15, 2009, 11:56 am
Women aren’t stupid. But I figured that title would get the men here with a chuckle and the women here ready to b*@%$slap me like the bad woman I am. It worked. Hi. Good to see you again. Wo...
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Jillian posted an article on Blueshelled - Oct 14, 2009, 10:50 am
Yesterday, I spoke about the differences in how people respond when a woman wears make-up vs. when she doesn’t wear make-up. In my life, I’ve been a woman of smaller size and now, a woman...
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Jillian posted an article on Blueshelled - Oct 13, 2009, 7:30 pm
A.J. has done something that may come across as mildly eccentric to people outside of our family, since he was around 3 years old. Like many mothers, I often lost my temper with him at that age and u...
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Jillian posted an article on Blueshelled - Oct 13, 2009, 6:44 pm
Congratulations, we have a winner! Here are your random numbers: 17 Timestamp: 2009-10-13 23:38:44 UTC Congratulations, Neil! Shoot me an email with your mailing address and I’ll send your...
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Jillian posted an article on Blueshelled - Oct 13, 2009, 2:27 pm
The most beautiful makeup of a woman is passion. But cosmetics are easier to buy.” — Yves Saint Laurent Women wear makeup for other women. It’s true and it’s not a secret. ...
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Jillian posted an article on Blueshelled - Oct 13, 2009, 11:18 am
I promise I said “dermatologist,” not “termatologist.” I had a stuffy nose. And I only have 4 chins, not 5.
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Jillian posted an article on Blueshelled - Oct 12, 2009, 9:30 am
Once upon a time, in a small town in Illinois, a girl went on a canoe trip. She went with her very first boyfriend and their large group of friends on an incredibly fun camping trip. By camping, the...
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Jillian posted an article on Blueshelled - Oct 11, 2009, 12:02 am

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Jillian posted an article on Blueshelled - Oct 9, 2009, 12:11 pm
You never saw that one coming, did you? I’m 30 and I’m becoming my grandmother. Some back story is required here for a proper confessional. Since I was little, my grandmother would be s...
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Jillian posted an article on Blueshelled - Oct 8, 2009, 1:27 pm
As A.J. grows up there are a lot of things from his childhood that are lost to us forever that we love in the minute. One of those things is the speech of our child. Our life will be much more empty...
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Jillian posted an article on Blueshelled - Oct 8, 2009, 12:30 pm
Just remember, the camera adds 65 pounds…
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Jillian posted an article on Blueshelled - Oct 7, 2009, 12:46 pm
You guys know that the migraines have been kicking me to the curb lately. My doctor just flat out told me that, should I continue to stress out the way that I do, I will continue to have these and th...
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