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True Inspiration: My Favorite Divorce Bloggers

True Inspiration: My Favorite Divorce Bloggers

2017-06-25
By: Live by Surprise
On: June 25, 2017
In: Divorced Moms, Featured Posts
With: 3 Comments

I’ve found over the past several years of blogging that there are a number of women online who speak about their divorces without hesitation. Some of them had a real bad time, and writing about it is their therapy. Some share their experiences in the hopes that they can helpContinue Reading

A Movie Addict’s Guide to New York City

2015-06-17
By: Live by Surprise
On: June 17, 2015
In: New York, Travel
With: 8 Comments

Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. While in New York, I realized that in addition to my favorite Doctor Who episodes, just how many of my favorite movies had been filmed there. The first movie I can ever remember seeing about NYC was The Muppets Take Manhattan. Hubs and IContinue Reading

Top Eight Things for a Whovian to See in New York City!

2015-06-02
By: Live by Surprise
On: June 2, 2015
In: New York, Travel
With: 2 Comments

Y’all know by now that I am a total Nerd Girl…and one of the biggest fans of Doctor Who there is. And as we’re heading to NYC next week, I thought maybe I’d provide you a list of the top ten things that a Whovian (that’s a big ass DoctorContinue Reading

When the Elf on the Shelf Goes Wrong

When the Elf on the Shelf Goes Wrong

2014-12-22
By: Live by Surprise
On: December 22, 2014
In: Holiday
With: 0 Comments

If you’ve been on the Internet at all over the past few weeks, you know that the Elf on the Shelf has been going wrong all over the place – as adults have gotten into the fun of the game.  There’s even a Facebook Page devoted to the little guy’sContinue Reading

Christmas Confessions: I am an Axe Murderer

2014-12-08
By: Live by Surprise
On: December 8, 2014
In: Holiday
With: 1 Comment

I have a confession. I am an accessory to a brutal axe murder.  On more than one occasion.  And I’ve involved my whole family – including the children and the dog – in my transgressions.  That’s right.  Just yesterday, the family and I went out into a wooded area withContinue Reading

Ask Away Friday With Jenessa

2014-07-17
By: Live by Surprise
On: July 17, 2014
In: Ask Away Friday, Other
With: 1 Comment

So last week was my very first #AAF Ask Away Friday.  I swapped questions with April from the 100 lb Countdown.  And truthfully…I was going to take a break for a month or so.  But while I was hopping through the #AAF blogs, I came across the lovely Jenessa MullenContinue Reading

Lola's books

Doctor Who: The Forgotten
Star Trek: The Next Generation / Doctor Who: Assimilation2, Volume 2
Doctor Who Classics, Vol. 1
Doctor Who: The Eyeless
Chronic Profit: Building Your Small Business While Managing Persistent Pain
Doctor Who: The Slitheen Excursion
The Other Emily
Tracing Your Ancestors in Lunatic Asylums: A Guide for Family Historians
Memories of Tomorrow
The Mercy of Snakes
Red Rain
The Praying Mantis Bride
Photographing the Dead
In the Heart of the Fire
The Painted Girls
The Other Typist
The Woman Who Stole My Life
Great Shape Hunt, The
Zoe's First Book of Seasons
Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas: Zero's Journey Issue #0


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