Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Holidailies -- Day 18

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Today's prompt: Write a 'holiday card' letter - the sort that recaps the year. Say what you want to say instead of what you m...
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Could I interest you in a tie?

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Had drinks last night with my friend, Ed. He is now working retail -- men's shirts and ties, first floor at Macy's. And he seems t...
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Monday, December 17, 2012

I Need a Little Christmas

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This is one of my favorite carols this year -- not only for its rich Jerry Herman melody but for its context. It's from the venerable Br...
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Baby's First Bond

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I just saw my very first James Bond movie: Skyfall . It was gritty and exciting, when I thought Bond movies were silly and campy and sexi...
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Sunday, December 16, 2012

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Sunday Stealing: The Deleted Meme  Who is your favorite artist (Any field.):    Sir Paul McCartney. And if that answer surprises you...
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Me fall down, go boom ... again

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Almost a year ago I took a nasty spill that hurt both my pride and my knee. Last evening the same thing happened. The rain left the neigh...
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A little in love

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I'm watching The Shop Around the Corner (1940) with Margaret Sullivan and … sigh … James Stewart . I grew up believing he was stammer...
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Saturday, December 15, 2012

Holidailies -- Day 15

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Today's prompt: Share your mad crafting skills. That would be nearly impossible, since I don't have any. However, last year fo...
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Friday, December 14, 2012

Saturday 9

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Saturday 9: Christmas Carols 1) What's the first holiday song that comes to mind? "Have a holly, jolly Christmas! It'...
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5 Loads of Wash

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Yesterday I did nothing productive. Today I nearly made up for it. I paid bills, stopped by the dry cleaner, went to the bank (a roll of q...
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Heartbreaking

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"Close to 30 dead, mostly children." "Yes, by all means, let's have more handguns available out there!" That's...
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Holidailies -- Day 14

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Today's prompt: What is the best gift you ever gave someone? The best gift I gave was to my niece. It wasn't for Christmas -- i...
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The wait is over!

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I got my coveted ticket to The Book of Mormon early this year -- at least 10 months ago. And this past Wednesday I finally saw it. It real...
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Thursday, December 13, 2012

Holidailies -- Catching Up

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Day 12's prompt: Pets and the holidays - share your stories. In the 1980s I had a wonderful, skinny little calico named Wilma Dean....
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I guess I needed this

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I have really done nothing to day on my day off but sleep. I had a lazy morning, took myself to brunch and when I got home, I couldn't...
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Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Thursday Thirteen #201

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THE THIRTEEN  MOST POPULAR  CHRISTMAS SONGS Thanks to Wikipedia for this list (and the pretty tree photo, too). PLEASE READ: This ...
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I Want Wednesday

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I want my officmate to stop singing. I hate to sound bitchy, but she is making me nuts ! She is absent-mindedly singing softly as she wor...
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Happy Birthday to Me, Part 6

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The final chapter of 2012! Celebrated my birthday (11/22), Christmas and Kathleen's birthday (12/23) last night. First we toasted wi...
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Holidailies -- Day 11

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Yesterday's prompt: If you could spend the holidays anywhere in the world, where would you go? London. I think it's because of ...
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Monday, December 10, 2012

Aw ...

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Got a letter from my Cousin Rose in Tampa today. In the middle of all the doings of her day-to-day was an invitation to spend Christmas wi...
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Holidailies -- Day 10

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Today's prompt : What will bring out your inner Grinch? People who work so hard to take the "Christ" out of Christmas. N...
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Sunday, December 09, 2012

Holidailies -- Day 9

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Today's Prompt: What is the thing you wanted most as a child that you *didn't* get? For the most part, I did pretty well by Sant...

Sunday Stealing

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Sunday Stealing: The 11/11 Questions meme What is your favorite possession? I'm a packrat. I have alot of "favorite possession...
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Saturday, December 08, 2012

Well, that's done

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Today was hard. It would have been my mother's birthday. And I was back in my hometown for the occasion, getting my hair cut and sayin...
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Holidailies -- Day 8

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Today's prompt: Share your unique tradition. I'm more conventionally religious than much of my family. For the last decade or s...
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