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Working Mom - Mortified!

By Tammy Danielson

Fri, Apr 5th, 2013
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Mortified!

Mortified (v. mor·ti·fied), 1. To cause to experience shame, humiliation, or wounded pride; humiliate. I love this word. It is so much more fun to say than embarrassed and, to me, means the ultimate embarrassment.

This word came to my mind tonight at 10:15 p.m. as I realized I had not sent my article to be published for next week. I got distracted with my mom being in the hospital but, nonetheless, was mortified to realize I forgot. And just to be clear, I don’t need anyone else to participate in setting the scene, I can do it quite nicely all by myself. You know how you always feel better when you see someone or something on Funniest Home Videos and think to yourself, “thank God that was not me!” It is hilarious to be in a moment and realize that if a video camera was available you might be winning big bucks on that show but you would still be mortified. As I was thinking about it, I thought it would be fun to share some prize winning moments.

If you have ever been a mortified mom, continue reading to immediately feel a sense of relief---that I just might have you beat. Have you ever had all of your husband’s relatives over for a big meal and open your oven door to add their dishes to keep warm and see a fire hazard of food laying in the bottom of the oven along with grease stains that, added together, could grease a small Hyundai? Mortified! Or, has your husband ever decided to switch the ceiling fan rotation in the middle of Thanksgiving dinner with all of those same relatives (just a different year…spread the wealth) and dust balls not only fly all over the table and furniture, but also land in everyone’s hair? Mortified! But hold on, I am just getting started. Mom…have you ever come home from work and are just totally wiped out so you strip your makeup, put your hair up in a less than attractive style (1980’s banana clip per chance?), put on your raggedy mom jammies, and top it off by taking off your bra? Well sure you have, but did you also try to hide when the doorbell rings only to have your husband say, “oh yes, she’s right here…just a minute” ---Mortified! And, lastly, how about meeting your kid at church for Lenten service only to see that he decided to dress “comfortably” for church---sandals, no socks---but hey, Jesus wore sandals too and, I should just be happy that he is in church…right? Oh well, still a bit mortified!

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Tech Bytes - Twitter, Tweets, and Hashtags

By Mitchell Walbridge

Fri, Apr 5th, 2013
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Twitter, Tweets, and Hashtags Why would humans tweet? That’s a very good question, however when I use tweet here, the only bird reference associated would be Twitter’s logo. Note that a tweet is a short, 140-character message shared with your f ..... 
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Recycling 101

By LaVerne C. Paulson

Fri, Mar 8th, 2013
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By LaVerne C. Paulson, Recycling Education Coordinator How many times have you stood on the bank of the Root River amazed at the clarity of the water and the occasional flash of a fish as it feeds on larvae and other tasty morsels in the water? Ea ..... 
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Sue Muse's: Cars

By Sue Ommen

Fri, Mar 8th, 2013
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Two restored Mustangs, 60s era style, cruised past my window last summer, one red, one yellow, both music to my eyes. Mustangs can’t help but bring back thoughts of first cars and first loves. I met my older brother’s first car after he offere ..... 
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Burger ‘n Fries Pot Pie

By Vicki Christianson

Fri, Mar 1st, 2013
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I received a bottle of wine for Christmas from the Four Daughters winery. I was able to choose between white or red. Selecting the wine choice brought back an old memory from years gone by. Many years ago when my husband and I lived in Silver City, ..... 
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Food For Life

By Jade Sexton

Fri, Feb 15th, 2013
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Spring is coming It’s February, and I feel like I am slowly coming out of the winter hole I have been in. Spring arriving feels like waking up slowly, and I never realize how asleep I was until it’s here. In winter we do the basic things; we go ..... 
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Mom’s got game

By Tammy Danielson

Fri, Feb 8th, 2013
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Do you ever feel like you need a new game plan? I feel that my mom game has slipped into the “C” grade recently and I am striving to be back in the “A” game. The slip came on gradually and quietly until one day when my husband asked so nicel ..... 
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Sue's Muse: Positive Images

By Sue Ommen

Fri, Jan 25th, 2013
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The morning show featured a young man who decided to counteract some of the negative messages in cyberspace by giving compliments on twitter. It started by saying something positive to classmates in his high school and soon the idea took off on ..... 
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Paper

By LaVerne C. Paulson

Fri, Jan 25th, 2013
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Of all the materials recycled here in Fillmore County, paper is, by far, the largest component, making up somewhere between forty and fifty percent by weight and volume. Newspaper was the first thing I remember bringing to the recycling center and b ..... 
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