Tuesday, December 08, 2015

Riding the rails

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Spent much of today on trains. The el to Amtrak this morning, Amtrak back home tonight. I enjoy the train, especially now that the wifi is...

Day 8: A little blurry

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December 8: Post a picture of Christmas decor These are three of the four cardboard cutouts we gaze at in my office. (The fourth is San...
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Monday, December 07, 2015

Day 7: You had to go there

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I always wanted to spend Christmas with Andy Williams December 7: Your Most Memorable Christmas Unfortunately, my most memorable Chri...
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Sunday, December 06, 2015

What rude looks like

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I don't want to hear that you take up two seats because you are claustrophobic. You take up two seats because you are rude. By takin...
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Sunday Stealing

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WHY DO YOU WANT TO KNOW THAT? 1. List 5 things you want to do before the year ends.  First, see some of the big year-end movies. Second, t...
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A little in love

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Last night my classic movie group had a special Saturday night meetup to celebrate Christmas. And we celebrated it with Cary Grant. As an...

Day 6: Isn't He Lovely?

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December 6: Your Favorite Ornament I'm not putting a tree up this year, so it doesn't matter that my favorite ornament won...
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Saturday, December 05, 2015

Ho, ho and ho

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Feeling rather Christmas-y right now. I accomplished three rather delightful things on my to-do list. 1) Made Andrew's Christmas a lit...

Day 5: Nothing has ever been able to touch him

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December 5: Best gift you've ever received We're setting the Wayback to the autumn when I just turned four. Mattel was the on...
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Saturday 9

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Saturday 9: Boulevard of Broken Dreams (2004) 1) The "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" video begins with the gentlemen of Green Day...
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Friday, December 04, 2015

Sad and Confused

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My oldest friend and I both love our cats. We have since we were little girls (back then, hers was named Smitty, mine was Tommy). It's...
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Day 4: It's Gotta Be Andy

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December 4: Favorite Christmas Song It changes. This year it's "Christmas Holiday." There's an urgency, an eager a...
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Day 3: The Truth Is Out There

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December 3: How/when did you find out Santa isn't real Throughout the Christmas break from Kindergarten, I started questioning. ...
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December 2: My 2012 Wish List What I wanted then, I still want now: Homemade gingerbread! Men would be optimal, but I'll happily acce...
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Thursday, December 03, 2015

It's time to post about IT

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As I write this, there's a mass shooting unfolding in San Bernardino. Just days ago, there was a mass shooting in Colorado Springs. Both...
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Wednesday, December 02, 2015

Day 2: What I wanted then

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December 2: My 2012 Wish List What I wanted then, I still want now: Homemade gingerbread! Men would be optimal, but I'll happily accep...
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Day 1: Must-See Movie

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December 1: Favorite Christmas movie. Oh, Magoo, you've done it again! Yes, it's Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol (1962). Lo...
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I'm up for the challenge

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If it's good enough for Kwizgiver and Endomental , it's plenty good enough for this ol' gal.
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Tuesday, December 01, 2015

Preoccupied by time passages

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Now that I'm back at work, and The Big Project is almost wrapped up, I am able to search the internet at lightening speed for the arcane...
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Well, that was a first ... and second

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I wrote up my holiday cards last night* and found myself inscribing two of them the way I never, ever thought I would: Enjoy your first Ch...
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Monday, November 30, 2015

It was a crappy thing to say, I suppose

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... but I'm not sorry. "Well, then, it's hard to feel sorry for you." My oldest friend was telling me about her prob...
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Sunday, November 29, 2015

It's a gray cat thing

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Here's Joey, snoozing away in his favorite spot. There's Connie, squeezing in as close to him as she can get. This makes me so h...
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Sunday Stealing

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Consider Yourself Meme 1) Of the various cultures, ethnicities or nationalities you belong to, which most strongly do you consider yoursel...
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Saturday, November 28, 2015

Oh, what a day we had!

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Joey and I had to be at the vet by 8:40 this morning, which means I woke up to an alarm clock for the first time in more than a week. I di...
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Friday, November 27, 2015

Saturday 9

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Saturday 9: Black is Black   1) Black is this week's signature color because Friday, November 27, was "Black Friday," ...
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