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Dr Who Day with my Daughter

My dd loves Dr. Who!  Last year for Christmas she wanted all Dr. Who merchandise so she got a My Other Car is a TARDIS license plate and a TARDIS cookie jar and a bunch of other TARDIS blue stuff.  She’s a seminary student and has written several blog posts about Dr. Who episodes and […]

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World Hello Day

    Today is World Hello Day. I thought I’d get a jump on things… HELLO!

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Making music without any instruments

Who says you need instruments to make music?  Here’s Julian Smith with Techno Jeep:

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Did you have one of these?

Yesterday was Push Button Phone Day.  Do you even know what these were?  Anyone had one? I’ll bet it wasn’t purple.  Mine was red.  I used to pretend it was the Bat Phone.  lol This antique makes me feel old.  It’s old technology.  It had a…CORD!  When you used it too much, the buttons would […]

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Did you unfriend anyone yesterday?

Yesterday was National Unfriend Day.  Got me thinking.  What do you unfriend people for? Making a negative comment?  Posting something of the opposite political persuasion?  Posting what they are having for dinner…27 times a day? I dunno about you, but I have about 3000 “friends” on Facebook, some of which have NEVER talked to me–even […]

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It’s National Button Day???

Today is National Button Day! How does one celebrate this day?  Do we wear clothes with buttons?  Do we wear campaign buttons?  Do we button our lips? What would you suggest? JoJoism#477 “Belly: The only BUTTON that DOESN’T!” JoJoisms: Revealing Life’s Truths…as I think of ‘em!

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It’s Everybody’s Ami

Here’s another one of our family stories. When I was a little girl, my grandfather retired.  He was Vice President of a large N.Y. Union.  They gave him a big party down in Florida.  We were all excited to make the trip.  It’s all we could talk about….how we were going to Miami. My brother, […]

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Two Tens for a Five

One of my favorite giggles growing up was to watch Abbot and Costello movies. They always had the most clever scenes and dialogue. They were clean and fun and very creative. Here is one of the most hilarious bits they did: Abbot and Costello in Two Tens for a Five. Watch this fast talker closely, […]

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I was a teenage telephone (book) operator

Many years ago, when I was just a teenage elf, I had an old Datson 710 with bucket seats.  In those days, cars didn’t have power seats, let alone, any way to make the seats go up far enough for a person of limited stature to be able to see over the steering wheel. Family […]

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The Everything Free Cookbook

I’m a little jealous.  There are some great cookbooks out for those on low carb diets, some wonderful sugar free recipe books and now there are even some great gluten free recipes. Unfortunately, I have Hashimoto’s Thyroid Disease so there are a few more dietary restrictions on my Don’t Eat List.  I’ve been unable to […]

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