Canned Laughter

Congratulations to
Dee of Two Of A Kind, Working On A Full House!
She is the winner of this week’s giveaway!
There’ll be a new giveaway on Monday.
Come on back to enter!

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Why do I feel like I’m on a treadmill and every time I take a step forward I move two steps back?

I had planned to post photos of my gorgeous renovated dining room.  My Darling Spouse attempted to get all the wallpaper up for me while I was laid low.  The next day it bubbled [...]

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As seen on Hotfessional TV:
List 5 current addictions and then tag 2 people
Ooo, an easy one!
Let’s see, five senses, five addictions…
To keep this short and sweet, I think I’d better break this into five posts. And because I’d really like to see what you come up with, I’ll tag two people for each of [...]

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What tickles me on E-bay this week:
Old Christmas Tat

Sputnik Era Ornaments for your Aluminum Tree

Scrap Paper Ornaments
I love the gold foil Krampus. The steering bar on the sled moves.

Blown Glass Beads from Czechoslovakia ca. 1923.  Celluloid from Italy ca. 1937.

And this tiny 2″x2-1/2″ reverse painted glass icon from Czechoslovakia.
The mark on the back dates it [...]

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Give Away Tomorrow!
Memo
To Whom it May Concern:
Management has noticed an increase in frivolity unbecoming to this blog. In an effort to quash such ignominious behavior, we are implementing a new policy of a post a day every day for the month of April. It is our hope that such dire proceedings will result in [...]

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In 1939 DuBose Heyward wrote a very special Easter story called The Country Bunny and the little gold shoes. It is the story of “a little country girl bunny with a brown skin and a little cotton ball of a tail” who said, “Some day I shall grow up to be an Easter Bunny:-you [...]

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My herb garden is now cleaned out and amended and mulched and trimmed and ready for Spring. The only survivors of the Great Ant Invasion of 2006 were the fennel, the oregano, a few Lamb’s Ears, the rue, and the comfrey. Bunnie brought a new addition to help fill in the gaps. Last month she [...]

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It’s the end of 2007 and it’s kinda amazing how my little hobby evolved this year. As you can see from my blogaversary countdown icon in the sidebar, I started this little experiment back on January 10, 2006. Since then, I’ve had a title change, started and scrapped a second current events blog, set [...]

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This Christmas I’ve been missing some little things and wondering where they’ve gone. For instance;

Where are the Christmas carolers? Have you had any come to your door this year? Did you go caroling? My kids were supposed to do some sort of Las Posadas procession with caroling tonight but it was cancelled. Well, if [...]

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Why am I not prepared for Christmas? Glad you asked!

Best Boss Ever who gives me next two weeks off with pay thus ensuring that this week I’ll take it upon myself to crank out three weeks worth of work so she won’t regret it.

Good friends who want to “just drop by and bring some [...]

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