Canned Laughter

May your Holidays be Happy and your Brownies be Festive!

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Did we have fun on Saturday?

Alli and Joie

Daisy brought her adorable little boo.
Ooh, I just wanted to eat those sweet little baby rolls up!

Katie I’m so glad I FINALLY got to meet you in real life!
So, did we have fun?

Why, yes.

Yes we did!

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I’m giving away Eileen Davidson’s Dial Emmy for Murder a Soap Opera Mystery over here.

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I hate summer in the Cotton Bowl. Being landlocked in a crowded city where temperatures hover over one hundred degrees is miserable. I don’t want to go out into my garden. I don’t want to drive with the top down. I don’t want to hit golf balls or walk my pooch. I don’t want to [...]

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Janet of Adventures in the 32-Aker Woods has given me this award. Not being part of the diaper set anymore, I am particularly touched that she thought of me.
Now I ask you, how cute is this picture?
So, here’s what you do:

1. Admit that ONE thing you feel awful about involving being a mom. Get it [...]

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Here’s an interesting tidbit:  The most frequently played song in Britain’s public places over the past 75 years is Whiter Shade of Pale by Procol Harem. More Britain’s have heard about 16 Vestal Virgins leaving for the coast, than the “White Cliffs of Dover” or longing for “Yesterday”. How can this be?
Now, I’m as up [...]

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Death and taxes…well at least you only die once.
This year we paid more in taxes than ever before.  When we were done preparing them, we were so startled by the figure we took them to a friend who is a CPA and had her double check.  Mmm, hmm, yep, our tax bill really was that [...]

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This weekend we went to see Revolutionary Road.  Richard Yates iconic  novel of suburban hopelessness was weighty material to try to turn into an entertaining movie.  Thankfully the actors had the goods to pull it off.  I loved this movie.
I’d just like to ask Production Designer Kristi Zea how much she was paid to design [...]

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Ever have a post that takes on a life of it’s own? I was talking with Spouse about some of my favorite bloggers and how amazingly upfront and risk-taking they are.  It absolutely galls me that I don’t have that kind of chutzpah.  Naturally I blame my parents.
As Spouse pointed out, our combined reticence to [...]

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