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in Lifestyle, Uncategorized &middot October 31, 2014

Five Halloween Things

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in Lifestyle, Uncategorized &middot October 31, 2014

Five Halloween Things

Happy Friday - and happy Halloween! I've been feeling the post-infusion crash the past few days and am a little under the weather today because of it. It is what it ... Read the Post...

in Lifestyle &middot October 30, 2014

October Favorites

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in Lifestyle &middot October 30, 2014

October Favorites

This has been a month of taking it extremely easy. Let's take a look back at what I've been enjoying! Listening Taylor Swift - I've been a Tay Swift fan for years, so I ... Read the Post...

Text reads: Buy my ebook for chronic health bloggers, worth $140, but buy for $10! There is also an image of the ebook cover. The ebook is named "Take Your Blog (And Income!) To The Next Level: Resources for Chronic Health Bloggers".
in Lifestyle &middot October 29, 2014

7 Ways To Make It Through Tough Times

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in Lifestyle &middot October 29, 2014

7 Ways To Make It Through Tough Times

Hi there! Steph and Sophie of Howlin’ Lamb here. Both of us work as analysts at a consulting firm downtown, and while that takes up most of our time during the week, we try to ... Read the Post...

in Lifestyle &middot October 28, 2014

Doctor Who Companion Halloween Costumes

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in Lifestyle &middot October 28, 2014

Doctor Who Companion Halloween Costumes

I was getting caught up on Doctor Who episodes yesterday and had the brilliant idea that I could be Clara Oswald for Halloween (if, you know, I wasn't going to be recovering ... Read the Post...

in Lifestyle &middot October 27, 2014

Coffee & Tests

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in Lifestyle &middot October 27, 2014

Coffee & Tests

WOW look who showed up today! I went to Amherst over the weekend for the GRE literature in English subject test and it looked like I wasn't going to make it over to this end ... Read the Post...

in Lifestyle &middot October 21, 2014

A Little Update

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in Lifestyle &middot October 21, 2014

A Little Update

Good morning! (Afternoon? Evening? Day? Whatever) I had planned to write this blog post ahead of time, like I always do, but my pain has been incredibly high the past couple ... Read the Post...

in Lifestyle &middot October 20, 2014

Harry Potter From Another Character’s Perspective

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in Lifestyle &middot October 20, 2014

Harry Potter From Another Character’s Perspective

Unless you've been off of social media/the Internet recently, you probably know that ABC Family played all of the Harry Potter movies this past week. As a long-standing Harry ... Read the Post...

in Writing & Blogging &middot October 16, 2014

Blogging & Social Media Confessions

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in Writing & Blogging &middot October 16, 2014

Blogging & Social Media Confessions

Bringing some blogging confessions to you today! I confess ... ... to feeling a bit of blogger's block lately (especially from all of the writing, proofreading, images, ... Read the Post...

in Lifestyle &middot October 14, 2014

10 Reasons Why My Dad is Awesome

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in Lifestyle &middot October 14, 2014

10 Reasons Why My Dad is Awesome

Today is a very, very special day. It's my dad's birthday! (Don't forget to go enter to win $20 to Sephora!) 10 Reasons Why My Dad is Awesome (in no particular ... Read the Post...

in Lifestyle &middot October 13, 2014

Favorite Fall Recipe and Giveaway

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in Lifestyle &middot October 13, 2014

Favorite Fall Recipe and Giveaway

It's fall, which means pumpkin everything, amiright? I really love to use pumpkin in gluten-free recipes in order to keep them from being too dry. But obviously the taste ... Read the Post...

in Health &middot October 10, 2014

World Arthritis Day: What You Can Do

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in Health &middot October 10, 2014

World Arthritis Day: What You Can Do

All week I have been talking about arthritis: the facts of it, my story of 13+ years of pain, a giveaway and a video with a quick overview of arthritis and what you can ... Read the Post...

in Health &middot October 9, 2014

Fibromyalgia & Arthritis

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in Health &middot October 9, 2014

Fibromyalgia & Arthritis

Arthritis is the worst. I have a story about fibromyalgia today - brought to you by my dear friend Emmie, whose story I told in one of my most popular posts - and I'm also ... Read the Post...

in Health &middot October 8, 2014

Arthritis Week Video & Giveaway

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in Health &middot October 8, 2014

Arthritis Week Video & Giveaway

I have a couple of things today. First of all, a YouTube video for World Arthritis Day. In today's video, I talk about facts of arthritis, how I got diagnosed, what I deal ... Read the Post...

in Health &middot October 7, 2014

Year 14 of Pain

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in Health &middot October 7, 2014

Year 14 of Pain

Welcome back to Day 2 of Arthritis Week! Today, I'm telling my story. It's a doozy, but I need to tell it. It isn't enough to say, "I have arthritis and my life is difficult." ... Read the Post...

in Health &middot October 6, 2014

Welcome to Arthritis Week

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in Health &middot October 6, 2014

Welcome to Arthritis Week

Welcome to a very special week here on Kate the (Almost) Great! Next Sunday, October 12, is World Arthritis Day. It is a day devoted to raising awareness and demonstrating ... Read the Post...

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