Category: Blog
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Makin Lemonade Out Of Lemons
As the age-old saying goes, “when life gives you lemons, make lemonade.” Well, let me tell you what. When you’re an “adult” life throws a shit-ton of lemons plummeting straight for your face daily. Up-to-date on your bills? BAM! Speeding ticket. Credit card debt paid off? BAM! License plate sticker renewal is due. Came into…
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Time Does Not Delay
Time. What a fickle and funny little thing “time” is. Is it just me or is it the older I get the more fleeting time becomes? Am I the only one that thinks this? Seriously. There never seems to be enough time in the day, week, month, or year to get everything accomplished that I…
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Wasted Time, Wasted Mind.
Distractions. We are surrounded by them whether we realize it or not. Right now as I sit here and type this post out—it’s taking a surprising amount of effort within me to not look at my phone. To not get sucked into the Instagram rabbit hole, watching the lives of everyone I follow seemingly…
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Goals, Gains, And Everything In Between
Hey Lovelies, Goals, goals, goals. It seems that everywhere you turn these days, everyone is goal-setting–maybe it’s because of the Rachel Hollis “Start Today Journal” (clearly it worked for her…) Or maybe it has to do with how much time we spend on social media leading us to witness the success of others. But at…
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Living The Unrelenting Nightmare
Hello lovelies, Today I want to talk to you about a topic that is near and dear to my heart. Not only for personal reasons, but because I find that the more open I am to talk about this, the more open those around me are to open up about their experiences. I’m realizing…
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When Two Dozen Cookies Come In Handy
So about a month ago most of the nation decided to celebrated the “holiday extravaganza” that only occurs once a year. So many events lead up to this moment that some are heavily invested in the outcome. The beer is flowing, the chicken wings are plentiful, and the face paint is abundant. That’s right folks–I’m…
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Sick As A-Dult
(^ do you get it?? like sick as a dog, but it’s “adult”? ok totally lame, but I had to try!) I don’t know who the hell “invented” the common cold/flu, but I’m going to kill them. The fact that grown-ups get the flu is total bullshit. Being sick as an adult is total BS,…
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Hello.
Hello Lovelies! I want to keep my introduction post short and sweet. normally I would chat with you taking turns trauma dumping (or trauma bonding) and we’d have a wondrous laugh. But for now, I’ll just keep it simple with saying hello and welcome to Get A Grippel! I want you to know that writing…
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