Category Archives: life

Take a Load Off Your Seat #2: Adjustable Stand-Up and DIY-Cycling Computer Desks

Posted on August 1, 2014 by blogqueendiane

A while back, I wrote a blog post about stand-up computer desks and how using one could help improve your health, since many people sit way too much. I’ve used a stand-up computer setup at home for several years. Recently, … Continue reading →

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Weird News in Local Newspaper This Week

Posted on July 31, 2014 by blogqueendiane

I absolutely love reading the newspaper in our metropolitan area. This week a couple articles (and follow-up articles on each two days later) cracked me up. 1) A man bought gas at midnight at a local gas station. Two male … Continue reading →

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Moving to New Blog Location

Posted on July 27, 2014 by blogqueendiane

I’m moved the blog from www.thoughtstipsandtales.wordpress.com to a self-hosted site at www.thoughtstipsandtales.com and bought the Thoughts, Tips and Tales domain name, so in the future my blog posts will be available at: https://www.thoughtstipsandtales.com. Please join me there!  

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Scaling Blogging Back a Little

Posted on July 25, 2014 by blogqueendiane

Creating posts on a personal blog has been great fun so far! However, after blogging 75 straight days in a row… I need to scale back a little. So, I’ll be posting three times a week (maybe more – who … Continue reading →

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Unforgettable for All the Wrong Reasons – #1 in a Series of Embarrassing Mistakes

Posted on July 24, 2014 by blogqueendiane

Everybody “makes mistakes” occasionally. (When my son was small and did something wrong, he’d say “Oopsie…” in his cute little boy voice.) Six of my dumbest moves are listed below. (Some things happened many years ago, but I still shake … Continue reading →

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Rip It/Clip It to Show Love

Posted on July 23, 2014 by blogqueendiane

In my family, we rip or clip newspaper or magazine articles of potential interest and mail them to each other to show we’re thinking of the other person and that we care. My mom and dad have been sending me … Continue reading →

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The Great Adventure: Writing My First Book

Posted on July 22, 2014 by blogqueendiane

A little over 20 years ago when my son was a toddler, I had a brainstorm: write a book about great places to take kids in the area. I was an at-home mom, no product like that existed locally and … Continue reading →

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Bad Boss #1: Mr. Charming

Posted on July 18, 2014 by blogqueendiane

Everyone has had at least one “boss from hell” during their working life, haven’t they? When my son was young and I’d just bought  my first house as a divorced mom, I got laid off and landed a part-time job as … Continue reading →

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Online Dating: Dealbreakers

Posted on July 16, 2014 by blogqueendiane

Everybody’s different, but we all have some situations that are dealbreakers when meeting and evaluating a potential boyfriend or girlfriend in person after we’ve connected with him or her online. While we can — and should — be forgiving about … Continue reading →

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Paper Bag Speed Dating — Would You Do It?

Posted on July 15, 2014 by blogqueendiane

A hot new trend in dating, which began in England, is a variation on speed dating — where an equal number of men and women come to an event and are each paired off with a person of the opposite … Continue reading →

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