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Name or Pseudonym:: Jen Zug

About Me:: One Woman | Many Piles | Much Grace

Blog:: www.thispile.com

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thief in the night

Deeply rooted anger and control issues have been surfacing lately. On the one hand it’s terrifying and embarrassing to see my ugly heart exposed like this - even if only Bryan and the kids see it - but on the other hand it’s liberating to bring into the light all the hidden rage I’ve been [...]

lavender at sunset

works for me wednesday: the five ingredients or less edition

Remember the snack drawer idea I wrote about? It was a total bust. The kids would eat half of what was in their drawer, then whine and moan and complain that they didn’t want what was left, that they wanted something else. When I realized the snack drawer was causing more drama than it was worth, [...]

The accidental overcomer.

This is my fifth summer living in this house, and every year I fought with this beautiful magenta clematis vine with blooms as big as my hands. I wanted to be in control, and for my world to be compartmentalized and put in order, with trees over here and vines over there. At least [...]

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Anyone have a good remedy for a cold?

Added a post Nov 7 2007

At the first sign of a cold I start making myself the following cocktail 3-4 times a day: 1 packet of Emergen-C powder one dropper of Nettles/Eyebright (for runny nose and itchy eyes) one dropper ... Read More »

Tagged: sick, congestion, remedy, cold

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(cartoon by Hugh at gapingvoid.com.)

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NoMo NaBloPoMo

Yes, people, I burned out and took a computer sabbatical over a long weekend. I am officially out of the running for any sort of prize, but I feel no failure. The structure of posting every day for 30 days inspired my idea for writing about the Thirty Things I Love, and now I will continue developing that idea into a larger writing project. I was a much better, much happier mom this weekend without the pressure of my ambitious goal, so I have no regrets.

I continue to blog as usual at…

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Posted by Jen Zug on November 19th, 2007 at 7:37am — No Comments (Add)

Thirty Things I Love: Letting go of the competition if means I can go to bed at a decent hour.

Wednesdays are hard. I think I was home for a total of twenty minutes today. I know I love something, I just can't think of what at the moment. My bed? Maybe? So this will be my sluff post of the week, and now I will go to sleep.

Posted by Jen Zug on November 14th, 2007 at 11:43pm — 1 Comment (Add)

Thirty Things I Love: Ruthie

Today is a good day to write about loving my four year old, because today I hated her so much I nearly killed her. Ruthie and I have clashed since the tiniest hint of her personality began to manifest. She is a smart, strong-willed, whisp of a girl with anger that could challenge any teenage boy.

I have not always appreciated the sunny side of her dispos…

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Posted by Jen Zug on November 13th, 2007 at 10:47pm — 1 Comment (Add)

Thirty Things I Love: Writing

Strangely, I've been staring at this blog editor for about 15 minutes, now, trying to decide what to write, because when you write about writing it'd better be good. I'm actually in a writing slump these days, seeing as how I'm not as depressed or angry or quite the control fr…

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Posted by Jen Zug on November 12th, 2007 at 10:27pm — 1 Comment (Add)

Thirty Things I Love: Pajamas

Appropriately, as I write this post I am wearing my favorite pajamas - the light blue cotton jammie pants and long sleeve shirt.

When I was about to explode With Child four and a half years ago, I sent my good friend on a mission to find me some pajamas I could live in for the next several months, as I knew my life as I knew it was soon to end and I would be spending a lot…

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Posted by Jen Zug on November 11th, 2007 at 10:43pm — 1 Comment (Add)

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