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“So that happened” is one of my favorite lines from one of my favorite movies, “State And Main”. If you’re ever in the mood for a hilarious movie with a good cast, check it out or, google it. As my youngest son Matt likes to say when you ask him a question, “here, let me [...]

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Fifty six years ago on Thursday September the 10th my sister Denise welcomed me into her life. Of course she didn’t really have a choice in the matter mind you, but never the less I arrived, probably screaming and carrying on until I saw her and then I bet I was the happiest girl on [...]

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COMPU-RATATOUILLE UN-DELICIOUS Serves-Plenty Cook Time-Weeks This is the ultimate high-tech I love to have it all recipe. Start with good-natured stock, preferably young people who are committed to a lifetime of companionship. Allow time for all ingredients to mature and grow before adding too many complicated and expensive items as this may make the stock [...]

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I had lunch with 2 of my unmarried friends. One is engaged, one is a mistress, and of course I have been married for 20+ years. We were chatting about our relationships and decided to amaze our men by wearing a black leather bra, stiletto heels and a mask over our eyes. We agreed to [...]

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I’m late posting photos, but as the saying goes, better late than never. I had just gotten home after taking our houseguest Valerie to the airport (she went home to Illinois for the holidays) when I saw Jerry’s car in the driveway. I was so excited to see him home for lunch! I was sure [...]

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Posting this photo of us taken Christmas morning before we headed down to Patty’s cousin’s house for Christmas day dinner! I have a lot of great photos that I will post a bit later on, so keep checking back. For now we want to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a happy and safe [...]

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Monday started out like this…..woke up to my 8:26am alarm, which I set so I could say goodbye to my sweet hubby before he headed off to work. I end up staying in bed until he comes and kisses me goodbye and I fall back asleep, too tired to even think about getting up. Wake [...]

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Before you dive into this blog you might wonder if these topiaries at Disney World and Disneyland Resort are real. I am not sure if the Peter Pan and Snow White topiaries shown here at Disney World in Florida are real, but I do know the others are as I’ve seen them up close. The [...]

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Last summer my girlfriend Carol got her grandaughter an inflatable pool to play in while she was visiting from the Sacramento area. It reminded me of when our kids were little and all the time they would spend in the back yard in their pool and the sprinklers. They used to also have some awesome [...]

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I found a wonderful little surprise in my garden yesterday! I dutifully planted the perennial sweet peas last year that my girlfriend Carol gave me from her Mission Viejo garden. They’ve been making a slow progress ever since, climbing and winding up the white arbor we have in the corner garden, clinging to the red [...]

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