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Love Harder
Our Plea Brandy is a brilliant writer, a wonderful teacher, and a generous friend. And she is in love with a man who has just been diagnosed with multiple myeloma.…
Skunks: 2, Gracie: 0
An open letter to our neighbors: Some of you might be wondering why the entire block smells like rancid skunk. Yeah, ummm, sorry about that. Apparently, our dog has a…
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Trim and Tone Tuesday
The loverly Lisa has decided to post on Tuesdays about her quest to lose some weight. She's calling it Trim and Tone Tuesday. I think that Lisa is fabulous. And…
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Book Report Friday- Satchel: The Life and Times of an American Legend
Even if this book had been utter crap, I would have felt duty bound to recommend it, just so that more people would read about the remarkable Satchel Paige. Lucky…
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Happy Delurking Day!
I'm taking a break from coughing on the couch to let y'all know that today is National Delurking Day. While there are no delurking carols, desserts or decorations... you can…
Damn It Feels Good to be a Cat Sitter (The Neighborhood Watch is Insane!)
A friend of ours asked us to feed his cat over the weekend. Kristian, ever the sucker kind soul, agreed to stop by on Sunday Night. "By the way," our…
Best Weekend Ever
On the face of it, my weekend was nothing to write home about. I mean, I fell asleep at like nine o'clock on Friday night. If that's not exciting to…
Reason Number a Gazillion Why Being an Auntie Rocks
Because she wore the adorable shirt that I wore her... ...and I didn't have to change one diaper. Because he still wears the cape that I made him... ... and…
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New Year’s Resolutions? More Like Shmoo Shmears Shmesashumutions
I'm not so big on the concept of New Year's Resolutions. While I like the idea of spending a moment acknowledging the passage of time, taking stock of where you…
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New Year, New Name
No... I didn't secretly married and change my last name to Sanchez. I just decided that Randomness was a little too... well... random. It was time for a change. So,…