I got this comment last night in response to  “My 100th Blog Post - How MsSparky.com Evolved”. I get these responses all the time in emails and I normal just disregard them…but not today!
This is a comment from “DC”.
the testifying, I get. But the public speaking and anything remotely related to work or even specifically [...]

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A little over four months ago, I published my first blog post and this one is my 100th. Who would’ve figured? When I started I knew nothing about blogging, websites or HTML! This could very well be one of the hardest things I’ve ever learned to do.
Ms Sparky’s Mishaps & Misadventures started out with a [...]

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For those of you new to my blog….I am not just some “crazy old woman” trying to improve working conditions for US workers working overseas and poking KBR with a stick every chance I get. This “crazy old woman” is also a wife, a mom and a full-time grandma.
Today was the first day of kindergarten [...]

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For those of who have been reading, you know I have been having some problems with my back. I’ve never had any chronic back problems. Just occasional crap from working construction. Nothing major.
I woke up last week with some lower back tightness and have been going to my chiropractor and under going physical therapy. I [...]

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For my regular readers and close friends and family you all know that my lower back has been really giving me some grief. I have learned that the whole “misery loves company” thing really isn’t true. If you persist in trying to make your friends and family miserable, you aren’t going to get any company!!
I [...]

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It has been two months and I am still struggling with not smoking!!! My back is killing me and I would trade a kidney for some relief or a cigarette. I am self medicating. THANK GOD FOR CANADA AND CROWN ROYAL AND 7-UP. I just love Canada. I’m telling you right now…..if the mini-mart weren’t [...]

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