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10 Nov

The Great Board Game Ban of 2007

I am not allowed to play certain board games.  Due to some… events… I have been put on “permanent hiatus” from these activities for a span of… forever… …because some other people…
November 10, 2015 at 11:59 pm Leave a comment
05 Nov

Quasi-Homeless, Post #4

Welcome back my lovelies!  It’s been a while since our last post.  I am still alive, but also a little unnerved by how few people were concerned by the long…
November 5, 2015 at 1:00 am 1 Comment
20 Oct

Quasi-Homeless, Post #3

[Post #3: The Outside Edition] I’ve taken to the outdoors this week.  No, I’m still sleeping at a friend’s house and not on park benches, but it’s been wonderfully cold…
October 20, 2015 at 10:49 pm 1 Comment
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13 Oct

Quasi-Homeless, Post #2

[Post #2] Welcome back!  So I’m not dead yet and I also haven’t been reported missing… did a few of you just lose a bet? When we last were here…
October 13, 2015 at 12:26 am 1 Comment
quasi homeless Tracy Lynn Combs
07 Oct

Quasi-Homeless, Post #1

[Post #1] I’ve moved.  My new address is: 427 East Wherever-I-decide-to-park-my-car-for-the-night As some of you know, I decided to try to buy my first house this year… …because adulting…   I…
October 7, 2015 at 2:03 pm 3 Comments
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21 Sep

Dear Yesterday Tracy (part 4)

She’s baaaacccckkkkk.  That jerk. Dear Yesterday Tracy- Congratulations on your retirement! Wait, what’s that?  You HAVEN’T retired yet? Then explain your napping. Sincerely, Today Tracy Dear Yesterday Tracy- My knee…
September 21, 2015 at 11:24 pm 1 Comment
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16 Sep

Happy Anniversary, the Internet

Today is the blog’s 2nd Birthday!!!!! Woohoo!!! We have officially been doing this nonsense together for 2 years as of today! So to you lovable weirdos who still find this…
September 16, 2015 at 12:03 am Leave a comment
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31 Aug

The Slow Con of Real Estate

I have been looking for a house since early January, and let me tell you what, it has been truly not fun.  I always imagined shopping for your first home…
August 31, 2015 at 11:59 pm Leave a comment
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26 Aug

Trust Is The Worst

Deep down in the core of my person I have what some people might refer to as “crippling trust issues”.  It’s this fun little quirk that I’ve been cultivating since…
August 26, 2015 at 12:30 am Leave a comment
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20 Aug

Things We All Love

I’ve had a super long, busy and stressful two weeks.  Like REALLY long.  Like… whatever you’re imagining, go ahead and double– NO– triple that.  That’s why there have been no…
August 20, 2015 at 12:11 am Leave a comment
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28 Jul

Love At First Sight

Friends, something magical happened this weekend!   You know those moments in life where you see something and you just KNOW with every fiber of your being that your life…
July 28, 2015 at 12:25 am Leave a comment
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21 Jul

11 Things Broke People Haven’t Experienced In A Long Time

I am a steadily employed, semi-adult… but I have come to the realization that I am living vastly different lives from most of my friends.  Why?  Because somewhere during these…
July 21, 2015 at 12:13 am 1 Comment
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14 Jul

When I Grow Up

As children we all have a dream job-esque goal for our lives when we grow up.  Some people want to be cowboys or astronauts, maybe even ballerinas.  Some of you…
July 14, 2015 at 10:27 pm Leave a comment
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23 Jun

Bag Lady Couture

Well I have finally done it.  I have finally sweat-pantsed and t-shirted my way into lowered expectations.  The job has been done and it has been done thoroughly. Something happened…
June 23, 2015 at 11:49 pm Leave a comment
16 Jun

I Put A Spell On You

I tend to have dreams that are of the bat-sh*t crazy variety. Show of hands of any people who are surprised by that? Nobody? Bueller? But this one was extra…
June 16, 2015 at 10:04 pm Leave a comment
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10 Jun

Sometimes Electrocutions Happen & That’s Not My Fault

My family has been scattered to the far reaches of the globe for years. My sister has been living in Oklahoma and then Mississippi and my brother Sean has been…
June 10, 2015 at 12:30 am Leave a comment
04 Jun

Put Some Windex On It

I do not like the doctor and so I don’t go.  And no, I’m not afraid of going because I don’t like shots or because I’m worried I’ll be diagnosed…
June 4, 2015 at 11:45 pm Leave a comment
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28 May

The Explaining Things to Tracy Collection: Volume 4, TWC

I have Time Warner Cable as my internet provider… either because I’m a masochist or because they were the only option. Seriously, how has the government not shut down that…
May 28, 2015 at 10:30 pm 2 Comments
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18 May

Womanhood… You’re Doing It Wrong

May 18, 2015 at 10:38 pm Leave a comment
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12 May

Corporate Eavesdropping

What?  Two eavesdropping posts in a row?  What magical gift from heaven is this?  Well friends, the best I can explain it is the warm weather has brought people out…
May 12, 2015 at 10:13 pm 1 Comment
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29 Apr

Early Bird Eavesdropping

I came to Panera super early because I had a lot of articles and blogs to write. I can’t focus at my house because there are too many soft blankets…
April 29, 2015 at 11:21 pm 2 Comments
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24 Apr

All The Feels

Everybody who know me knows that my emotions don’t function properly.  I’m what is known in the medical community as “all dead inside”.  I used to average about one cry…
April 24, 2015 at 7:52 pm 1 Comment
21 Apr

Goats Scream When You Murder Them

Did you know that goats scream when you murder them? Because I can tell you that they most certainly do. So I was in Kenya. That’s probably how this story…
April 21, 2015 at 10:08 pm Leave a comment
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20 Apr

I Was Wrong

I was watching Footloose the other day and I thought “people really have no idea what life in the south is like because in these movies it’s all people in…
April 20, 2015 at 9:04 pm Leave a comment
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14 Apr

Bleeding From The Face…Like An American

You know how none of my childhood stories are relatable? Well, here’s another one… Once upon a time…no, I’m just kidding. This story is neither magical nor adorable. It is,…
April 14, 2015 at 11:01 pm Leave a comment
06 Apr

Case Study

     
April 6, 2015 at 10:10 pm 1 Comment
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30 Mar

Dear Vacation Tracy

I went on vacation last week to visit my sister and her family in Mississippi.  It was wonderful…and I made beautifully bad decisions… So it became necessary to have a…
March 30, 2015 at 11:04 pm 1 Comment
25 Mar

Barbie Dream House Eviction Notice

My sister and I are 18 months apart. We were Irish twins, doing everything together. I rushed to keep up with her in everything she did, and I also like…
March 25, 2015 at 9:13 pm 1 Comment
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19 Mar

You Know Those Days…

You know how sometimes you have those days and weeks that are crazy busy and you have so much to do but you can’t manage to get anything done, and…
March 19, 2015 at 11:17 pm Leave a comment
16 Mar

This Might Be Worse Than Drowning

You know how sometimes the oldest sibling in a family will get pregnant at 13 and then for the rest of the other children’s lives they are locked away in…
March 16, 2015 at 11:11 pm 1 Comment