Occasionally in life, there comes a time when your heart is filled with extreme sadness. It’s not the kind of experience that I would wish on anyone, and certainly not one that I relish having to go through myself. But, it does happen, and sometimes there is nothing you can do except hang in there and hope that, eventually, laughter will once again return to your life.

Thankfully, that day, for me, seems to have come (hence, my return to this small-yet-fabulous corner of the Interweb!), with a little help from the good people at Sam’s Club…

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Fact #9482156 about me: I am a huge John Mayer fan.

Now, I mean “fan” in the sense that I really enjoy his music and own every CD he’s released to date. I’m not lurking in the bushes outside his house, or hoping that he’ll let me have his baby. That falls under the category of “stalker of biblical proportions.” Plus, it’s just plain creepy. So take note, the Mayer Love is rooted firmly in music. The fact that I find him to be an attractive man is really just a bonus…

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Just a reminder to all ice cream lovers across North America…

TODAY IS MIRACLE TREAT DAY!

If you stop by any participating Dairy Queen today and pick yourself up a delicious DQ Blizzard, the proceeds will be donated to your local Children’s Miracle Network hospital.

Not an ice cream fan? No worries! You can also make a donation directly to the Children’s Miracle Network, and make a huge difference in the lives of children in your community.

Ice cream for a good cause… What could be better than that?!

A few things that I learned during the recent long weekend (from which I am still recovering):

- Just because you don’t burn the first two days of a long weekend doesn’t mean it’s safe to skip the SPF 50 on Day Three. I laugh in the face of many things… But melanoma isn’t one of them…

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