Canned Laughter

There has been much discussion lately about “in-real-life” (IRL) reputations and on-line reps. No, I can’t remember who was discussing this or why, just go with me here. Anyway I thought this topic would make good blog fodder so I began musing it over. Then I started fretting about it. Then I started my nine [...]

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I have so many half-baked ideas swirling around in my little pea brain this morning I don’t know where to begin. Luckily Janet over at Adventures in the 32-Acre Wood had a fun movie meme this morning so I promptly decided to steal her idea and bring you
Dialog From My DVDs
Here are the meme rules:
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Spouse: Honey, why are you so blue today?Me (after much hemming and hawing): I just worry that I’m not good enough for you, and someday you’ll leave.Spouse: That’s funny, just this morning I was thinking about how pretty you are and all the weight you’re losing and I was thinking that you might find [...]

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My best friend K flew up from Houston to watch her brother’s kids while they are away in Bali for the week. Lucky brother and SIL, lucky kids getting spoiled by Aunt K, and lucky me since I got to see her for the first time in months. Of course, things have changed a bit [...]

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By SANDY COHEN, AP Entertainment Writer Renee Zellweger had slung her silver Christian Louboutins over her shoulder when Johnny Depp ran into her.“I like your shoes,” Depp said.“Thanks man,” Zellweger replied. “I used to like the shoes.”

Christian Louboutins and Johnny Depp? That’s even better than a chocolate covered Viggo in a kilt.

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Usually when I get a new a book I have to stop myself from devouring it all in one sitting. People, I read War an Peace in two days. But my current read is just going so slow. When I bought Andrea di Robilant’s Lucia: A Venetian Life in the Age of Napoleon, I [...]

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I am a shoe nut. If I won the lottery tomorrow, I’d blow it all in the shoe department at Neiman-Marcus. Well, there and the handbag department because we Southern girls don’t care what those fashion rags in New Yawk say, we gotta have matching bags for our shoes.
Now some of y’all were appalled [...]

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The past three days have been a blur of constant finger pricking to check the ol’ blood sugar, running to the loo courtesy of my new diabetes meds and label reading to check the carbs in everything.

Rather than go away for the long weekend or potter around the house taking care of all [...]

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After my poop-tacular day yesterday, I came home to find my dining room table missing. When I found it, I was amazed. Spouse had taken it out to the garden and set up a romantic candlelit dinner al fresco. The evening was warm, the birds were singing, the food was delicious, the hot tub [...]

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10:00 a.m. Speed Doctor’s nurse calls to let me know that she has results from my Blood Glucose test. It’s Diabetes positive. I need to come pick up a monitor and some test strips and make an appointment with Speed Dr. for Monday. Also what pharmacy should she call my new prescription in to?

11:00 a.m. [...]

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