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Kate O'Malley
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Recovering sugar addict, generally hilarious, humble. Makes stuff with sticks and string.
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Different free
There have been a handful of times in my life that I didn’t realize how I was feeling until the feelings stopped. Like not knowing I hated myself because I couldn’t stop eating, until I quit sugar …
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September 20, 2026 at 9:07 PM
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New becomes normal quickly enough.
Bad news: There are so many personal changes coming at me from my move that I have to sit in a lot of really big emotions. Good news: Who I am becoming is kind of fascinating. Bad news: Fascin…
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September 13, 2026 at 4:26 PM
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I’m too old for the bandwagon. But not the soccer mom wagon!
I have a soccer mom wagon for my new condo city life and it’s one of my favorite things in the entire world. Because it makes grocery shopping about 73% easier. And grocery shopping is the single m…
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September 6, 2026 at 4:48 PM
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What else is catching up with me?
Life has felt like it has been speeding by lately. My entire year has been a whirlwind from the beginning. And here, before the official end of Summer, I (yes “we,” but “This isn’t about him”) have…
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August 30, 2026 at 6:12 PM
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Hip to the new style
Over the past few weeks I have been experimenting with time. I have had a pulled hip flexor so I couldn’t do my workout.  And it gave me a chance to play with my schedule. I have had the same …
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August 23, 2026 at 6:52 PM
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Loving all the places I live
By the end of the month, my home buying and selling saga will be done and I am so overjoyed! I love my new home. I am so happy to have our old home sold to a family that loves it. (I designed that …
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August 16, 2026 at 4:21 PM
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7,524 days of getting better at life
My move went incredibly well this week. It took less time and cost less than the original quote. And I definitely did a great job downsizing. There is still plenty of room in my kitchen. And while …
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August 9, 2026 at 2:50 PM
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I have made my bed. I have yet to lie in it.
This weekend I made my first and last IKEA purchase. On Saturday we picked up some pieces of furniture. When we got it home, we started to put one together, a bed, and it was clear that one piece w…
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August 2, 2026 at 9:35 PM
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Even today of all days
Yes, I woke up at 5:30 on a Sunday to prep food for the next day and a half and tidy the kitchen. And now I am in the truck pre moving some weird odds and ends to our condo before the movers come i…
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July 26, 2026 at 2:39 PM
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I’ve been down that path. It sucked…
I heard recently that there is link between telling girls they are fat and them becoming fat. Not girls who were already big or trending toward weight gain. Girls across the body spectrum were 60% …
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July 19, 2026 at 6:35 PM
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No stoop for you
My threshold for settling or pivoting or accommodating is rapidly diminishing.  A couple of weeks ago, I reached out to some painters and only one guy got back to me. And then he proceeded to …
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July 12, 2026 at 5:05 PM
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Gentle parenting my little addict
At the beginning of this year I had no idea I would be moving out of our suburban house and into a city condo. And here it is, July, and before the end of the summer I will be out of a house that I…
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July 5, 2026 at 4:40 PM
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No FO cause I’m not MO
I am alone in my new condo eating a delicious lunch while my husband and his family are eating at a restaurant a few miles away and I am exactly where I want to be. No FOMO here. In fact, it would …
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June 28, 2026 at 8:22 PM
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I can’t have my cake and condo too
As I get close to the end of my home saga, and everything changes, little by little until it’s one giant completed new chapter, I am so grateful that I am not shoving food in my face. Because this …
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June 21, 2026 at 3:21 PM
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“Are we playing Whiny Babies?” -Emily Henry
I was having a hard time coming up with a topic today because the main thing taking up my brain space is embarrassing to admit. Whiny. Cranky. Unenlightened. Bad vibes.  Here’s the thing. I fe…
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June 14, 2026 at 6:02 PM
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Whatever it is, it’s not a moral issue
There is a way of thinking about life that I chose after well over a decade of having my eating under control. And it is that whenever I don’t get what I think I want, I choose that Life or God or …
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June 7, 2026 at 5:32 PM
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Giving Nature a vaccuum
As of Wednesday, my husband and I are the proud and happy owners of a high rise condo in the South Loop of Chicago. Today we went to just be there and enjoy it. There is nothing there. But it’s bea…
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May 31, 2026 at 6:04 PM
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They had me committed
It’s one of those weeks where I know this blog is a commitment because I am on day 3 of move 1 of 2, and boy did I not want to do one more thing. But here I am, multitasking two of my commitments: …
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May 24, 2026 at 12:47 PM
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Peace is better than chocolate
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May 17, 2026 at 5:02 PM
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An excess of homes
The next month is going to be long and difficult. Two moves. From two different places to two other places. At basically the same time. While my husband works most days. So a lot will be  up t…
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May 10, 2026 at 5:39 PM
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It’s not called a super chill system for a reason
I have had an absolutely insane week. Before we went to sleep last Sunday, we heard that our offer on a high rise condo with amazing Chicago city views had been accepted. One thing a lot of people …
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May 3, 2026 at 2:05 PM
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If it’s right it will be
Four months ago I assumed my husband and I would live in our house in the suburbs of Chicago until he retired. And then we would move somewhere warm.And today we put in an offer on a Chicago condo …
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April 26, 2026 at 10:37 PM
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I set myself up
There is a concept/dichotomy that has come up for me in two different contexts lately. Internal vs external.  First it was an Instagram reel about tight hips. I have very tight hips, particula…
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April 19, 2026 at 3:42 PM
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Maybe all my childhood dreams will come true
I grew up fat in the 80s and 90s and there was not a market for clothes for people my age to be fat. So I wore what the plus size stores had to sell. And that was a lot of business casual in crepe.…
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April 12, 2026 at 2:46 PM
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Know what they’re selling so you don’t buy it.
It is now clear to me that we have entered another phase of pro-extreme-thinness in United States’ culture. People are admitting for their social media audiences to doing things like taking meth to…
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April 5, 2026 at 3:42 PM