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 Think Out Loud is a weekly meme created by   Thinks Books   to break out of the blogging bubble.  Consider your Think Out Loud posts a time to do WHATEVER YOU WANT! You can find more information and how to participate on your blog HERE!   ------------------------------- So, here is my Think Out Loud for this week! I saw this article posted to Facebook titled " Colbie Caillat Is Tired of Being Photoshopped: Here's What She Did About It ."  I admit, I don't usually watch videos or click on links like this through Facebook, but this one caught my attention.   To summarize the article, Colbie Caillat made a music video to make a statement on unfair beauty ideals and the power of Photoshop on models/celebrities.  I didn't want to post the whole story here (I wasn't sure about Copyright stuff), but here is the link so you can read it yourself.  It's very powerful.  http://www.elle.com/news/beauty-makeup/colbie...

 Think Out Loud is a weekly meme created by   Thinks Books   to break out of the blogging bubble.  Consider your Think Out Loud posts a time to do WHATEVER YOU WANT! You can find more information and how to participate on your blog HERE!   ------------------------------- So, here is my Think Out Loud for this week!   Confessions of a Work at Home Mom I am a medical transcriptionist who has been working from home for the past nine years.  Over those years I've learned that although working from home is a blessing, it also has brought many challenges.  I have decided to put some of these challenges, as well as the blessings, into a weekly post.    Some of the topics I will write about are learning to balance work, family, and home without burning out; learning to say no to friends; and when to turn work off.  My goal of these posts is to share some helpful hints with other work at home moms that will hop...

 Think Out Loud is a weekly meme created by   Thinks Books   to break out of the blogging bubble.  Consider your Think Out Loud posts a time to do WHATEVER YOU WANT! You can find more information and how to participate on your blog HERE!   ------------------------------- So, here is my Think Out Loud for this week!   Confessions of a Work at Home Mom I am a medical transcriptionist who has been working from home for the past nine years.  Over those years I've learned that although working from home is a blessing, it also has brought many challenges.  I have decided to put some of these challenges, as well as the blessings, into a weekly post.    Some of the topics I will write about are learning to balance work, family, and home without burning out; learning to say no to friends; and when to turn work off.  My goal of these posts is to share some helpful hints with other work at home moms that will h...

 Think Out Loud is a weekly meme created by   Thinks Books   to break out of the blogging bubble.  Consider your Think Out Loud posts a time to do WHATEVER YOU WANT!   You can find more information and how to participate on your blog HERE!   ------------------------------- So, here is my Think Out Loud for this week! My 19-year-old daughter has been searching for the perfect design for her "first" tattoo.  My guess is that after she sees how much it hurts, it will also be her last tattoo :) In the process of looking at different designs, we have come across some tattoos that can only be called bad ideas.  I have a feeling the story behind most of them start out with... Well, I had been drinking ....Have you ever seen the show Bad Ink?  Love it!    So in tribute to what hopefully will turn out to be a wonderful memory rather than a later regret in life for my daughter, I've found some ba...

 Think Out Loud is a weekly meme created by Thinks Books to break out of the blogging bubble.  Consider your Think Out Loud posts a time to do WHATEVER YOU WANT! You can find more information and how to participate on your blog HERE!   ------------------------------- So, here is my Think Out Loud for this week! This week's post is a tribute to my favorite TV show.  Now, I don't watch a lot of TV.  I  much prefer books :)  However, there are some shows I just can't miss.  Thank God for Video on Demand from Mediacom for those rare occasions when I have to miss a show!     My top five shows: 1. The Walking Dead 2. The Voice 3.  Believe 4.  Chopped 5.  Ok, so I don't actually have five shows that I watch regularly.   So, this post is a tribute to The Walking Dead.  I admit, when I first saw TWD I was pretty grossed out.  I can do bloody and gory in books, but I don...

  What is Think Out Loud?  Think Out Loud is a weekly meme created by Thinks Books to break out of the blogging bubble.  Consider your Think Out Loud posts a time to do WHATEVER YOU WANT! You can find more information and how to participate on your blog HERE!   ------------------------------- So, here is my Think Out Loud for this week! This is a video made by the Children's Hospital at Dartmouth.  I found this video when doing some research on the Dartmouth Hospital website for work.  I don't work for Dartmouth, nor do I know any of the people in the video, but I still thought it was awesome!

  What is Think Out Loud?  Think Out Loud is a weekly meme created by Thinks Books to break out of the blogging bubble. Consider your Think Out Loud posts a time to do WHATEVER YOU WANT! You can find more information and how to participate on your blog HERE! So, here is my Think Out Loud for this week! This is my 13-year-old son's current favorite song.  He made me watch the video one day, and I have to admit, though it is crazy stupid, it's kind of fun.  So...thought I would share :)          

What is Think Out Loud? Think Out Loud is a weekly meme created by Thinks Books to break out of the blogging bubble. Consider your Think Out Loud posts a time to do WHATEVER YOU WANT! You can find more information and how to participate on your blog HERE! So, here is my Think Out Loud for this week!     My very good Goodreads friend and author Marina Latcko , who happens to be Russian, decided to make some videos called Free Russian Talks.  Her desire is to provide free Russian lessons to anyone anywhere.  Because I thought this was so cool and to help get her word out, I decided to post her first two Russian Talk videos...           About Marina Latcko I live in St.Petersburg, Russia, and am proud of having seen my great country through so many epochs and changes it has been struggling with.  I am an English teacher, who wants to shapeshift into an author, and I...

    What is Think Out Loud?  Think Out Loud is a weekly meme created by Thinks Books to break out of the blogging bubble. Consider your Think Out Loud posts a time to do WHATEVER YOU WANT! You can find more information and how to participate on your blog HERE! So, here is my Think Out Loud for this week!   I know this meme does not have to be about books, but this week I have decided to make a top 10 list – The Top 10 Reasons I Love Books!   I have had a love for reading since before I can even remember, and if you are reading this blog, chances are you are a book lover, too.  Here are my reasons for loving books...     1. They expand my imagination. Sometimes when I am reading I think I know how the story is going to end, and then the author throws in an amazing twist that I would have never thought of myself. I love being surprised! 2. They allow me to travel without leaving home. I had not read much f...

What is Think Out Loud? Think Out Loud is a weekly meme created by Thinks Books to break out of the blogging bubble. Consider your Think Out Loud posts a time to do WHATEVER YOU WANT! You can find more information and how to participate on your blog HERE! So, here is my Think Out Loud for this week!     Shut Up & Read was nominated by the amazing Think over at Thinks Books for the Liebser Blog Award. Basically what this means is someone thinks our blog is awesome!  To accept the award, I answer three questions about myself asked by the person who nominated my blog and in turn I nominate three more blogs and ask them to answer three questions.    Think has an amazing post about the history of the Liebster Blog Award HERE .  Check it out! Here are the questions Think asked me to answer: 1. What is your favorite part of blogging? I love doing author interviews.  I have had the chance to get to know some really ...