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    Dear Carnival Cruise Line,

    I recently returned from my second cruise on one of your ships (The Carnival Victory)–a five-day voyage around Cuba with stops in Jamaica and Grand Cayman. The experience, in combination with my childhood fantasy of being a Cruise Director (like the majority of females my age and thanks to Julie McCoy on ABC’s “The Love Boat”), made me more determined than ever to work on a cruise ship. But what would I do? I put lots of thought into that very question and will elaborate on it once I explain how perfect my qualifications are for your company. My skills are as follows: 1. I am friendly. I smile all…

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    My Hips Don’t Lie (The Other Parts Don’t, Either.)

    There are some life lessons that are easy to learn when you’re young. Some, however, take years and years of marination before they finally sink in. I remember sitting at a meeting of the preschool board I was on about sixteen or seventeen years ago (in my late twenties, if you’re trying to do the math) and one of the other members told the rest of us that she would be leaving the board even though the year was only half over. “Why?” we asked her. With her most serious, business-like tone, she responded, “Because I have decided that life is too short for me to be doing things that…

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    Fresh Breath Is Only One Of The Benefits.

    I just finished the Listerine 21-Day Challenge, which is an opportunity I was excited about because I have a storied dental history and am always happy to find ways to improve the state of my oral health. Read about my adventures here. Okay, maybe “adventures” isn’t a good word choice. It was sort of fun, though. Go read. And then rinse.

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    Roadtrip, Anyone?

    J and I made a pretty cool video that spotlights our favorite features on the 2012 Chevrolet Suburban that we drove to Tennessee last week, and it’s posted in my “Reviews and Stuff” section. Click here to check it out (and get ready to dance).

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    Ugh.

    You know how you go to your parents’ house for Thanksgiving and you are happy to be able to use their WiFi like you’ve always done in the past but when you arrive you discover that while everyone else can get online with their laptops, YOU can’t get online–with your laptop OR your iPad–and you have work to do and a blog post to write but you end up having to do it on your phone, and then your phone freezes up because it’s a big jerk and then you have to borrow your husband’s laptop to get a crappy post published?? Yeah. UGH.