Sunday, March 15, 2015

Sunday Stealing

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The One Thing Meme One Thing .....   that makes you smile: My old tomcat, Joey. He's such a happy, loving old soul. that makes you...
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Saturday, March 14, 2015

The smiles returning to the faces

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It was a pleasure to walk around outside today. I wore a t-shirt, jeans and my Cubs jacket. NO BOOTS! The sky was pale blue, the clouds we...
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Saturday 9

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To play along, click here 1) In honor of St. Patrick's Day (this coming Tuesday), we're featuring one of Ireland's most succ...
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Wednesday, March 11, 2015

THURSDAY THIRTEEN #233

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  THIRTEEN THINGS ABOUT JOEY 1) Joey is my very big, very old tomcat. He is the gentlest, m...
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Monday, March 09, 2015

Still thinking about Still Alice

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I saw Still Alice over a week ago and it's still haunting me. The tragedy of a vibrant, intelligent woman descending into Alzheimer...
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Sunday, March 08, 2015

Sunday Stealing

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To play along, click here . 1. Three things that scare me: Clowns, squirrels, air travel 2. Three people who make me laugh: my oldest fr...
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I'm not exactly sorry, but ...

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I earmarked $1000 of my refund for fun. That's less than 30%. I'm putting most of it to savings/bills, some of it to completing my b...
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Saturday, March 07, 2015

Saturday 9

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Here I Go Again (1982) 1) This song originally appeared on Whitesnake's Saints and Sinners album. Are you feeling more saintly or sin...
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Wednesday, March 04, 2015

THURSDAY THIRTEEN #232

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OUR THIRTEEN  MOST INFLUENTIAL  FIRST LADIES Every First Lady fascinates me. She has one of the world's most visible roles an...
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Don't let the door hit you, Oprah

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So Oprah Winfrey is closing her Harpo Studios on the city's west side . That means 200 jobs are leaving Chicago. Jobs we can ill affor...
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The meeting where I went all Norma Rae on her ass

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I don't enjoy my condo association meetings. The wrong people do the talking and there's always too  much whining and it all inevita...
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Monday, March 02, 2015

It hit me hard

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Saw Still Alice over the weekend, starring Julianne Moore in her Oscar winning role as a linguistics professor hit by early onset Alzheim...
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Sunday, March 01, 2015

Sunday Stealing

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17 Meme Are you a jealous person? At times. When is the next time you’re traveling out of state? I don't have any firm plans until...
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Saturday, February 28, 2015

Saturday 9

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Saturday 9: Stop! In the Name of Love (1965) 1) When this song was popular, the Supremes were known for their long gloves and full-lengt...
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Thursday Thirteen #231

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THE THIRTEEN MOST POPULAR TV STARS OF ALL TIME  How to rank something so incredibly subjective? By turning to the TV Bible, aka ...
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Speaking of moving on and letting go ...

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In the post immediately below, I write about a blogger whose unrelenting partisanship can make her posts very ugly (regardless of how many...
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In the age of Google, there's no excuse

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There's a blogger out there that I visit on occasion because she plays Saturday 9, and since I took that meme over from Bud, I try to be...
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While I'm oversharing ...

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... I must remember to take my acid controller (generic Pepcid) before heavy meals AND whenever I have just a touch of alcohol. Tonight wh...
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015

The post where I reveal ...

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... how deeply, incredibly shallow I am. I have a zit on the right side of my lip. On my lip line. I hate it. It looks like a cold sore. ...
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Sunday, February 22, 2015

Sunday Stealing

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The Colorful Meme. To play along, click here . Could you tell me please, what color each of these things are? ~ Your hair: Light brown ~...
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Nightmares

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My sleep is usually dreamless, at least as far as I remember. Which is why it's noteworthy that over the last 10 days I've had thr...
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Saturday, February 21, 2015

Saturday 9

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Saturday 9: Freeway of Love (1985) 1) In this song, Aretha's ideal car is a pink Caddy. What's your dream vehicle? Any car that c...
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