Canned Laughter

I hope everyone had as nice a weekend as I had. My Mothers Day featured coffee, roses and the new Star Trek movie in IMAX. The show sold out four days before, so we made certain to get there 45 minutes ahead of time. When we arrived, we had to laugh at how homogeneous the [...]

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Happy New Year!  It has been such fun peeking around the blogoshere at all of your wonderful resolutions!  In particular, I loved Simplemom’s 20 Questions for a New Year’s Eve Reflection.  Oh, to have an organized mind like hers!
Last year I made one simple resolution to remember the birthdays of my eleven nieces and [...]

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This Christmas all did not go as planned. In order to make next year go a bit smoother, I’m going to jot down a few notes to keep in mind:

You will get roped into organizing and attending not one, but two office parties for Best Boss Ever.  You will also put in long hours and [...]

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Welcome to our home! Spouse is still at work, and as you can see, one child is up and has had a rummage in his stocking while the other is still abed.

The tree is all decked with plenty of shiny packages under it to be opened after Daddy gets home. Our trusty angel on [...]

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Congratulations to Ginger The Bargain Queen of Attention Target Shoppers! and AdLib Corner.  She won the $10 Amazon Gift Card.  I understand she has a nifty new Kindle (What, ME jealous?) that needs loading up.  Go for it Ginger!
Friday night we signed the entire family up for a new gym.  I’m filing the HUGE upfront [...]

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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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