Canned Laughter

Who went in to get her adorable Julie Christie shag trimmed?
And who came out looking like Keith Partridge?
That would be me.

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Now that my wee poppets are teenagers, uncanny incidents hardly ever happen. When they were younger though, they both had a knack for making the hairs stand up on the back of my neck. In particular, Bear had a very old soul that was often startling.
He had a significant speech delay, so when he [...]

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Today I’m thinking about regrets. No not big life changing mistakes, I’m pondering little niggling regrets that occasionally inform our decisions later in life. For instance:

Allowing my mother to convince me that I was too old for my beloved pink rosebud wallpaper and ruffled gingham curtains and letting her re-do my room with brown [...]

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Yeeouch! My finger still hurts. Of course there are certain advantages to having an injury. No dishes for at least a week is a nice perk. Also, it’s my turn to bake cookies for the homeless shelter. Thanks to my temporary disability, I get to toss store bought cookies [...]

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I ran out this morning and got a great deal on a cutting board set with rotary scissors for quilting. I was so excited with my new goodies I sat down right away to work on my little quilt for church. Unfortunately, I was so excited I cot off part of my [...]

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Please forgive my bloggy lapses of late. Best Boss Ever was in Switzerland for the past couple of weeks, so I’ve been super busy and frazzled from work. What an appalling state of affairs when I have to spend my time working rather than posting! Now, just because I haven’t been writing that doesn’t [...]

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My 120 page stapler is jammed. No, I don’t own it. No, it doesn’t belong to me personally. It’s for the entire staff, but it’s kept in my office and I feel rather proprietary towards it. Somebody in my office jammed it with bits of torn paper and mangled staples.

I reached for my toolbox, [...]

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Random Smile Generators

Finding a wheat penny in my change

The Courtesy Wave

Violets and Irises in unexpected places

Stumbling across a forgotten photograph of a once dear friend

Kind words across the internet

What are your Random Smile Generators?

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I joined the quilting circle at church. That is to say, I will be joining on Thursday when they have their next session. When I said I’d love to help, I assumed that it was just going to be like my last quilting circle a hundred years ago, where we gathered to hand stitch [...]

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How cute are these?

from the oh, so sweet IamSunshine on Etsy

When I told her I was looking for a matched (but not identical) set of toys for my twin nephews’ first birthday on St. Valentine’s Day, my only request was that the toys not look Valentines-ish, and look what she did. She hand made this [...]

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