tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-292545042024-03-06T22:11:48.807-08:00Kitten At PlayKittyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16164866241731390243noreply@blogger.comBlogger795125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29254504.post-49252198619972408212023-11-26T11:54:00.000-08:002023-11-26T11:54:24.911-08:00<p> Hello, I'm still here!</p>Kittyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16164866241731390243noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29254504.post-52380318889849281642020-05-05T09:56:00.001-07:002020-05-05T09:56:14.253-07:00Zoom....in a bakery!<br />
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I got so excited when I saw this! King Arthur Flour has made digital backgrounds that will work in Zoom, Slack, Teams & GoToMeeting! They are so good! If you have a job that requires you to virtually meet using one of these apps and you want to try a fun background, check these out! I have to Zoom with people I don't know so I would rather not have my personal office/craft room in the background so this would be good for something like that and also an icebreaker! I don't know these people and suddenly being face to face can be awkward but a bakery background is sure to lighten things up and start it off with a smile.<br />
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Do you Zoom or meet virtually and have backgrounds you've downloaded that are cool? Leave me a comment and share them :)<br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Part 1:</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This is the Audible version of the book narrated by Sissy Spacek. So I </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">obviously </span>did not <i>read</i> the book. I can't recall if I have ever listened to a </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">narrated book before. I want to say I have, but I honestly can't remember. Since I don't have any previous memory of another </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">narrated book to compare this one to, I'm going to go out on a limb and say that Sissy did a magnificent job on this. She's from Texas (don't ask me how I know that....I have no idea) but you would think she is from Maycomb, Alabama and maybe she <i>was</i> Scout as a child. Her natural accent is perfect for this </span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">narration</span>. She reads each character with a range of tones to her voice that sets each of them apart so you know when </span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">characters are changing and it's not confusing at all</span></span>. It's not a dramatic change in her voice, just a tone. It still sounds like her, just a slightly higher or slightly lower tone to her voice so the </span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">characters dialog isn't all running together. </span></span></span></span>She's very easy to listen to and isn't flat or annoying. This made listening to </span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">TKAM</span> very enjoyable for me and I believe is 90% of what I did enjoy about the book. Hat's off to </span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Sissy Spacek for an amazing job!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I could not have actually read the book - this I know for sure. I do not like to read books that have a lot of....description. This book is verrrry descriptive. Sissy can talk for a good couple of minutes and it's all description and very little dialog. I've not seen a copy of the book, but I'm guessing that least 50% of the book is description - if not more. Those kind of books cannot hold my interest very long. I don't care if the sky is the color of grandmas blue dress or if the fields of wheat look like golden waves in the wind. That kind of thing makes me crazy. Yes, it sets the scene, but when there is too much of it, I can't. I remember reading a book that was describing wallpaper. No. I put that book down and never picked it back up. There's a lot of detail in this book about the town, the history, the family and I'm not really sure any of it mattered to the story. In the end, I don't think knowing many of the details shared about </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Maycomb were really that important or had any real value to the story. </span></span>It was a lot of filler. But because </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Sissy is so easy to listen to, I could deal with it and it did not bother me or make me want to skip over anything. Read away in descriptive overabundance, Sissy! I actually think this is why I did not like Great Expectations. I have half a mind to get that audio book next and see if I like it better that way. We'll see. The other thing about </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">TKAM</span></span></span> is the age of the story and the content. Of course it deals with some very heavy subject matter. None of which I knew in advance. The reviews I read did not detail the content of the book, but more about the value of it. I think if we all had an Atticus in our lives when we were young <i>(and</i> older) to advise us on moral and social injustices, we would be much better people. Harper Lee was truly a wise woman. I see why this the book received the </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">accolades and why it's an American classic. I'm glad I picked it. And I do agree, everyone should either read or listen to </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">TKAM. I might suggest listening over reading just to be able to enjoy </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">hearing Sissy Spacek read to you.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Have you read </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">TKAM? Leave me a comment and tell me your thoughts.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<br />Kittyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16164866241731390243noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29254504.post-30661311986613085942020-03-23T11:16:00.003-07:002020-03-23T11:16:30.441-07:00Lockdown Meals It sure is weird to go to the grocery store and not be able to find pretty standard items to make a meal. In the past it might be hard to find a particular brand or something, but to find next to nothing you need....very strange times.<br />
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The other night I was standing in the kitchen and had made chicken legs (that were in frozen) and I had some brown rice. No fresh or frozen veggies. I used our favorite Peri Peri sauce on the chicken but the brown rice needed work. I went to my old standby....Everything But The Bagel seasoning. It was so good! So I thought about the other ways I use this stuff. It will be known as EBTBS just to save me from having to type suck a long name. Here are 3 "recipes" using EBTBS.<br />
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<b>EBTBS Brown Rice - Lockdown version</b><br />
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1 cup brown rice<br />
2 cups stock or water with bouillon cube or just water<br />
EBTBS to taste<br />
Tsp butter <br />
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Cook rice according to package. It's better if you can make it with stock or bouillon but of course water is fine if that's all you have. Plate up the rice and add some butter and sprinkle with the EBTBS and mix it in.<br />
Enjoy!<br />
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<b>EBTBS Avocado Toast - Lockdown version</b><br />
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Bread of choice (whatever you can find)<br />
Avocado<br />
Tomato (if you can find...I could not find any)<br />
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Toast the bread. Slice the tomato. Mash the avocado. Spread the <span class="st">avocado on the toast and sprinkle with </span><span class="st">EBTBS. Top with sliced tomato and season the tomato as well. Enjoy!</span><br />
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<b>EBTBS Roasted Veggies - Lockdown version</b><br />
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Veggies - whatever you can find!<br />
Oil or non stick spary<br />
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Heat oven to 350 degrees. Chop up the veggies you can find. I got carrots, potatoes, butternut squash, onion and bell peppers. Google roasting time for whatever you find. I had to roast the carrots, potatoes, butternut squash for 15 minutes and then add the onion and bell peppers for the last 15 minutes of the whole cooking period or they would burn. Add some butter and sprinkle with EBTBS and serve! Enjoy!<br />
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Leave me a comment and tell me what you have made with limited items.Kittyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16164866241731390243noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29254504.post-75535608675708453372020-03-18T11:03:00.002-07:002020-03-18T11:06:00.512-07:00We're ALL Working From HomeIf you work and have a job that can be done from your home....that's probably where you are. During this unprecedented event, many people have been forced to work from home who normally do not work from home. This sounds like a very cool thing....working from home. And it is. I have been full time telecommuting for the past 2.5 years and only been into the office for about 4 meetings during that entire time. In fact, the entire team I work with works from home. We only have to go into the office for meetings or if we *want* to go in. A few people do go to the office once a week. I remember in the weeks before this started I was thinking this full time telecommuting could have some major drawbacks. I was already telecommuting twice a week and I relied on the days I was in the office to work on the tough technical issues with colleagues because that is 100% better. Well, now we would not have in person contact and I had concerns about this. But we have Skype, telephones and email. It turns out that things have rolled along fine. I'd say 99.9% of my concerns were not an issue. The ones that were, we all dealt with those quickly and it's been a good 2.5 years.<br />
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However, the people that are being forced to work from home now have not had time to prepare or make arrangements. This ranges from a work station, how to manage your work in a vastly different location, VPN service and just how to get motivated. I personally do not have a problem with being motivated but a lot of people associate home with downtime and find themselves doing "home" things and not actually working. This is just something people have to work on if they have a problem staying focused. My suggestion is to set an alarm. You have to stay at your work station and work (no phone calls, laundry, cutting the grass) for however long you set the alarm for. When it goes off, get up and take a *short* break and then set another alarm and get back to it. You will find you get into a rhythm and eventually will stop setting the alarm. I would also try not to work in places you associate with doing specific things like watching TV or sleeping....meaning, don't work from your Lazy Boy or in bed. Setup a work station in a location were you can be productive. Also, stick to your normal work hours. If you work 9am - 5pm, then work those hours and don't work 2 hours here and there until you have 8 hours. Doing that is going to be a disaster....trust me. You also have to consider your colleagues. If you are not working, you might be holding someone else up or they may not be able to reach you. And if things are rough at first, just know that things *will* get better. It will just take time. You are not in it alone....even though you are working alone. If that is proving to be a problem and you are feeling lonesome, ask a colleague to Skye with you and work on something you have a question about. The interaction will be good for both of you.<br />
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Are you working from home? Leave me a comment and let me know if it's due to the coronavirus or if you have been doing this for awhile. Also leave any tips for people who might be new to it!<br />
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I'll leave on a humorous note. The list below are the names of home wireless networks.<br />
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<li>Drop It Like It’s Hotspot</li>
<li>Thou Shalt Not Covet Thy Neighbor’s Wifi</li>
<li>Wi-Fight the Inevitable</li>
<li>It Burns When IP</li>
<li>Abraham Linksys</li>
<li>Silence of the LAN</li>
<li>Bandwidth Together</li>
<li>Nacho Wifi</li>
<li>No More Mister Wifi</li>
<li>No LAN for the Wicked</li>
<li>I Believe Wi Can Fi</li>
<li>Where the Wild Pings Are</li>
<li>New England Clam Router</li>
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IP Steady Streams<br />
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The Promised LAN<br />
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Kittyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16164866241731390243noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29254504.post-56224056302273907142020-03-05T12:57:00.002-08:002020-03-05T13:12:10.972-08:00#Survivor40I was late to the game with Survivor. I can't remember what season I started watching the show, but it was pretty far in. So I missed some of the most iconic seasons.<br />
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I do remember seeing segments of shows but I could barely stand it. I would often think <i>"why is this a 1 hour show?!"</i>. I thought this could easily be a 30 minute show. It boggled my mind that people could sit and watch people bicker about the previous person who was 86'ed, do a challenge, panic & clammer, then go 86 someone off the island again. But first, beat around the bush and talk in riddles about <i>who</i> they they are going to 86 off the island. This is followed by half of them smirking and half of them astonished when that someone walks up to Jeff all bewildered and he tells them it's time to go as he snuffs their torch.<br />
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This is Survivor in a nutshell.<br />
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I don't remember why I started to watch it or why I could actually watch the entire 1 hour show. I do know that in my early days I would usually fast forward (I record nearly everything I watch) through the the middle of the challenges. I would watch the beginning and the end but I didn't care what happened in the middle. I can watch the whole show now....even the challenges. But I'll admit, I might check Twitter or something during the challenges and look up if I hear Jeff calling out some interesting development.<br />
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But the show has started to drag for me. It got really repetitive and just was starting to not be very interesting. I didn't care very much for the people who were playing and I would find myself not very invested in seeing the winner. I don't even remember some seasons winners. I could see their name and picture and not know them....because it was just not that interesting. That's not the case with every season, but it has been with a lot of them lately.<br />
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However, this season - I'm really enjoying it. I know who most of the people are. I don't remember a few of them but that could be because they are from seasons I did not see or are from one of those "forgettable" seasons. I remember Tony and Sarah. I despised Tony....a lot. He's amusing, but I didn't like him. This season, I don't know why, but he's not bugging me. And the "cops R Us" thing between him and Sarah....I dig it. We'll see if it continues. So funny. Last night's episode Tyson went to Extinction Island. You can kind of see this all happening but the way they edit the show. I'm bummed by some of the people who have been voted off. Ethan was my favorite. The moment when the girls went with him as support to get his last log was very touching. You have to hope the fire tokens they got will be worth all that. I do also like Tyson because he's funny. When he was talking about Sophie being so far under the radar that he could not even remember her name, I had to laugh. And...who is Sophie? I still don't know! Speaking of radar, stay off Sandra's. If you are, your days are numbered. Somehow these fools keep her around!? I don't get it. She does not even have to do challenges! iCaramba. Ok, the challenge...I watched the whole thing. I really did not think Adam was ever going to get that last key. How tired must be have been? I can't even imagine. And the comeback with the puzzle was astounding. It was like they had put it together before and already knew where the pieces went. Truly amazing they won considering the lead the other team had and completely squandered it. But by far the best moment of the show for me was when when Tyson got to Extinction and says "Wow, you have so much firewood" and all you hear is moaning and groaning. That was classic.<br />
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Are you watching Survivor? Leave me a comment and tell me what you think of this season.<br />
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<br />Kittyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16164866241731390243noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29254504.post-15043888939091572092020-03-02T15:27:00.001-08:002020-03-05T13:02:10.954-08:00Following Up.<span style="font-size: small;">Been gone a while but I see no one is reading so it's not a big deal :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">The Impossible Burger. After I posted my Impossible Burger review we went to a different Burger King and the burger was much better at the 2nd location. So much so better that we have been back 2-3 more times. It's entirely possible (ha!) that the first place I had it at does make them well and I just was there on a bad night. But we just choose to go back to the location we have always had a good experience at. However...I probably will not go back to Burger King unless my options are full up.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Back in February we went to a place called <a href="https://www.cohnrestaurants.com/delshideout" target="_blank">Del's Hideout</a>. It's a restaurant and we have seen the sign for it many times from the 8 freeway. It was finally the day to try it out. And guess what? They have an Impossible Burger! So I tried it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">When I got the burger, I was thinking the patty looked a lot like a beef patty. However, these burgers tend to look very much like beef burgers. I took a bite and....wow. It was amazing. I started to wonder if they really <i>had</i> mistakenly given me a real beef burger. Greg had a bite and agreed it was super yum and did taste like a beef burger. I gave it 5 out of 5 stars and named it was my favorite Impossible Burger. If it <i>really was</i> an Impossible Burger?! I was still kind of wondering if it was a beef burger by mistake. We went back a few weeks later but unfortunately the parking lot was full and there was no street parking. It was raining so parking way down the street and waiting for a table seemed like a drag. We ventured off to another place called <a href="https://www.j-fat.com/" target="_blank">Jimmy's Famous American Tavern</a>. They also had an Impossible Burger which is what I had my heart set on having one for dinner so that's what I got. It was good but nothing like Del's. I gave it a 3.5 out of 5 stars. This is not saying it was terrible or not worth trying. If you go to Jimmy's and want an Impossible Burger, I think you should try it! It's just not on the same level as Del's...which may or may not have been real beef. I still wasn't sure. Then, last weekend, we went back to Del's. It was confirmed. I did <b>not</b> mistakenly get a beef burger the - their Impossible Burger is just so good you think they mistakenly gave you a beef burger! If you are in the San Diego area and want an Impossible Burger, go to Del's. You'll be happy you did. Below is a picture of my Impossible Burger and onion rings (ranch on the side).</span><br />
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Kittyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16164866241731390243noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29254504.post-32275761507670721422019-11-27T11:24:00.001-08:002019-11-27T11:24:58.307-08:00Impossible? 🤔The other night I tried the Impossible Burger at Burger King. I've seen reviews of it and they were positive and I've seen the commercials that are convincing. Before I go any further, I have to reveal that I have not eaten at BK in at last 30 years. Some 30 years ago, I had eaten there and I just did not care for the taste of their burger patty. I never went back. Until now. I also have to give a spoiler here, I'm cutting out red meat from my diet in starting 1/1/2020. I hardly ever eat red meat anyway so it won't be a big deal. This is also why I was interested in the Impossible Burger because if I did want a burger, I could have an Impossible Burger. Alright, so to the review. Well, it wasn't like the commercials. Not even a little. I wasn't expecting a burger as beautiful as the ones on the commercials, but this was nothing like those. It wasn't sizzling or flame broiled or even warm. The patty was dry....not at all juicy like the commercials. The cheese was not melted. It has to be hot to melt cheese...or at least a little warm! So either the location where I had my burger had an Impossible Burger sitting around in the back that they made 2 hours earlier and gave me that one, or they do not prepare it like they do the beef burgers, which is the way their videos show it being prepared (flame broiled). I was disappointed. I might try one at a different location. But that's something else. Is Burger King in trouble? There are only 2 BK's in my area which I thought was strange. So if the 2nd location also serves less than stellar Impossible Burger's, I don't have other options. Unless of course, I go to another chain that has burgers with meatless patties. So is it impossible? Is it worth trying? I have to say no based on my experience. I'll post an update if I try another one and have better results.<br />
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Leave me a comment and let me know if you have tried the Impossible Burger and how it was. If you have not tried it, let me know what your favorite burger joint is!<br />
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: #c27ba0; color: white; font-family: Times; font-size: 14px;">"Evil triumphs when good men do nothing"</span>Kittyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16164866241731390243noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29254504.post-25810155326790547862019-11-06T14:16:00.001-08:002019-11-06T14:52:52.829-08:00100 Things About Me - UPDATE!<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">I was looking back at a <a href="https://kittenatplay.blogspot.com/2010/06/100-things-about-me.html" target="_blank">previous post</a> that was titled "100 Things About Me". It was fun to read what I had said about myself in 2010. Nearly all of it is still on target but a few things have changed. So I'm posting an updated list. My updates are in green.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">1. I'm a natural blonde but my hair is getting a lot darker as I age - </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #6aa84f; font-kerning: none;">I dyed my hair brown last month :(</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">2. I have no idea what I did for fun before I started paper crafting.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">3. I enjoy the show "Below Deck".</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">4. Zero interest in Facebook. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">5. I'm persnickety about things.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-kerning: none;">6. I like to cook - </span><span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">I still like to cook, but I would say baking over cooking.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">7. Unplanned weekends are the best.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">8. I have cats - </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #6aa84f; font-kerning: none;">had 4 down to 1.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">9. Am a cat person. I understand them. They understand me.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">10. Weird stuff happens to me. Seriously. Not just stuff, but weird stuff.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">11. I have 3.....er....2.....humm. I have 1 friend.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">12. I have the ability to see beauty in things that are not commonly considered beautiful.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">13. I wish I enjoyed reading books....but I just don't anymore.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">14. Buffy the Vampire Slayer is the </span><span style="font-kerning: none;">only</span><span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"> vampire series that does it for me.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">15. I don't like eggplant.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">16. I live about 5 minutes from the house I grew up in.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">17. I loathe jury duty.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">18. I wish I could sew.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">19. I have a lot of patience, but if you keep after me, it's out the door.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">20. I don't have kids and have never wanted to have kids.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">21. It's really hard for me to sleep unless it's quiet, soft and I'm laying down.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">22. You will never get me to eat gooey duck. Google it.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">23. I don't really like doing yard work. But I have a virgo husband so it works out.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">24. I don't mind washing dishes. Good thing because the virgo husband ain't good at that.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">25. I've owned 4 cars.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">26. I'm a penny pincher.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">27. Me and lizards....no.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">28. What? I'm only on #28!? Ugh. Asleep yet? Ok, uh....I have a </span><span style="font-kerning: none;">terrible</span><span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"> memory.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">29. I met Greg 2 days after my 21st birthday.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">30. I love weddings. All the pretty things about weddings...gowns, cakes, glittery stuff.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">31. Public speaking terrifies me.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">32. Friendly isn't a word I'd use to describe myself. Standoff'ish would be a good word.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">33. I enjoy people watching. People do a lot of stupid things so it can be entertaining.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">34. Computers are nice....very helpful in life. Could not live without one. But they make me crazy.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">35. Especially PC's! I'm a Mac only girl. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">36. Only on #36 now. Ok.....uh....I love Halloween. Such a fun day!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">37. I let my gas tank get to empty and the light comes on. Makes Virgo husband crazy.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">38. I cannot play musical instrument.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">39. I don't care for snow.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">40. Whipped cream is the most tasty thing on earth. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #6aa84f; font-kerning: none;">So are donuts.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">41. Cheese is good, too. Grilled cheese sandwiches and tomato soup....so good.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">42. I have a bad memory, but I can remember random lines from movies.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">43. I'm hooked on the Real Housewives shows. I watch them all except Atlanta.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">44. Of all the ethnic foods, Asian food is my favorite!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">45. Dylan McDermott is my celebrity crush.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">46. I drink chai every morning.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">47. If I had never met Greg, pretty sure my life would suck.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">48. I like football but baseball is boring.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">49. I enjoy sitting in my dark living room looking at Christmas </span><span style="font-kerning: none;">lights. So pretty and peaceful.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">50. I had a Morton's neuroma that seems to have fixed itself after wearing Kuru sneakers for a year.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">51. I have no problem doing minor "surgery" on myself.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">52. I'm patriotic.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">53. I wish I had joined the Peace Corps when I got out of high school.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">54. I think I was too sheltered. Good or bad thing? Not sure.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">55. Rain makes me happy.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">56. I fall asleep to the sound of rain on my iPod every night.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">57. I'm Californian....no doubt about it. And I like it - so there!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">58. Can't dance - can't sing.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">59. My first job was at McDonalds.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">60. That Free Willy movie is a true story? Who would swim with an orca in the ocean? </span><span style="font-kerning: none;">CRAZY!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">61. I dream things that would be perfect to turn into romance books.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">62. I am addicted to paper. And ribbon. But I don't have as much as some people.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">63. Never seen any of those Lord of the Rings movies - </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #6aa84f; font-kerning: none;">still have not seen them.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">64. I love to save quotes.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">65. My husband is my favorite person. Bet you had not guessed that :)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">66. I like shopping at resale stores - so fun!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">67. I startle every easily....people think it's funny because I jump, but trust me, it ain't funny to me.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">68. The number 19 has been my favorite number since 6th grade.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">69. October is my favorite month.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">70. I think 80's music is either really good or horrible. Mostly horrible. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #6aa84f; font-kerning: none;">Still so true.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">71. I'm dependable.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">72. I'm an old dog ~ don't like change.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">73. I used to eat Kipper snacks with my Dad. I can't anymore. They smell like cat food.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">74. I don't need an alarm clock to get up.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">75. I'm a big sap. Even commercials can make me tear-up.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">76. Scary movies give me nightmares. I never watch them anymore.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-kerning: none;">77. I don't drink coffee - </span><span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">so we know this has changed and Pumpkin Spice is my fav!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">78. I do like the smell of coffee beans.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">79. I have my tonsils and appendix.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">80. I don't have my wisdom teeth.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">81. Almost there! My favorite smell is all the stuff cooking on Thanksgiving.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">82. I can be naive.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">83. I don't care for musicals but I do like the show Glee - </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #6aa84f; font-kerning: none;">I stopped watching Glee around season 3.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">85. I will listen to country music over rap if I had to pick one.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">86. I think A LOT. About all kinds of stuff. Lots of wondering. Which leads to Googling.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">87. A favorite thing to do is lay in bed with Greg </span><span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none; text-decoration: line-through;">and read magazines </span><span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none; text-decoration: line-through;">-</span><span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #6aa84f; font-kerning: none;">now we </span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-kerning: none;">watch YouTube.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">88. My cell phone is usually dead. I hardly ever use it - </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #6aa84f; font-kerning: none;">BIG change. I use my cell phone all the time!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">89. I get distracted </span><span style="font-kerning: none;">reallllly</span><span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"> easily. Working....working....OOOH, butterfly!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">92. I wish I was the heir to a huge fortune. Who wouldn't wish that I guess.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">93. I will read TV show spoilers....I'm just too curious to wait sometimes.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">94. I never watched The Brady Bunch, The Partridge Family or The Walton's.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">96. If I have "a calling" in life, I have no idea what it is.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">97. I have dental floss in my purse, my bathrooms, my craft desk & work desk.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">100. Better at spelling, but not by much! </span></div>
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I'm a relatively new coffee drinker. I used to hate it. I didn't even like the smell of it. Now I have a cup every morning and I love the smell of it. <b>*shrugs*</b> My preference is to have it sweet (not overly) and with milk or cream. I can't drink it black. I also don't really care for unflavored coffee. My most favorite is Green Mountain's Pumpkin Spice. No other brand really compares. Even Starbucks. In general, Green Mountain makes really good coffee and I have liked most of what I have tried from them. I buy their pumpkin spice coffee when it goes on clearance (mostly from Target) and stockpile it so I can drink it all year long. I also buy their Cinnamon Sugar Cookie and stockpile that for the year. My newest find is Green Mountain Maple Pecan. This is delicious! I might start stockpiling this one as well :)<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Leave me a comment and let me know your favorite coffee (or other fall drink) and when you started drinking coffee! Greg and I were on vacation and went to Starbucks early one morning and we saw a boy on a skateboard with a some kind of blended coffee drink. He was around 12 or so! I don't remember what I was drinking when I was 12, but coffee was not involved. A lot has changed. I only got one comment last week so I don't know if anyone is reading this or not</span> <span style="font-family: "helvetica";"><span style="font-size: x-small;">☕️</span></span><br />
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<br />Kittyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16164866241731390243noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29254504.post-5059175930333448042019-10-23T09:54:00.000-07:002019-10-23T11:02:47.702-07:00Remember Me?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Ok, not really but let's just roll with it. I'm not entirely sure how this is going to go. I didn't have much of a following back when I was active and those few people have almost certainly moved on. If I can manage to get a "following" again, I'll try to keep this going. Help me out and tell everyone you know! Read this awesome blog - it's full of wit, wisdom and fun! Remember, white lies are ok.</div>
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December is around the corner (<span style="font-family: "helvetica";"><span style="font-size: large;">🙀</span>)</span> so I'll work on December Daily. You can see my previous <span style="font-family: inherit;">December Daily in the archives. I can't remember what I took pictures of, so I'll go back and look, too. It will be new for all of us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">For today (possibly every Wednesday) is a recipe. Correction - recipes! Correction - Halloween recipes! Are you going to a Halloween party? Just want to have a festive dinner on All Hallows' Eve and ignore all the cries for candy at the door? I got you covered. Ashley (self proclaimed non chef) from </span><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap;">BuzzFeed, tested 3 of the most pinned Halloween </span><span style="color: #0d0d0d;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">recipes from </span></span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Pinterest</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">. They are:</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">She gave the thumbs up to all of these. I watched the video and in my opinion, I would say the skull pizza and deviled eggs look better than the soup for a party. But if </span></span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">you are making dinner and it's a cold night, the soup would be perfect. Of all 3, I think the deviled eggs look the easiest to make and the appearance is going to win a lot of <i>"ewww's"</i> which for Halloween, is the desired reaction! I tried to get the video to post directly here but I wasn't able to so the link to the YouTube video is below.</span></span></div>
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Hopefully these recipes will inspire you to try something fun on Halloween or to take to a party. I know as we get older we can lose some of the spirit that days like Halloween offer us. I've been guilty of it myself and didn't dress up for work a few times. However, all it takes is a walk around the neighborhood or down the seasonal isle in the drugstore and I quickly feel the Halloween inspiration take hold! Try to let that inner child emerge again and have a skull pizza for dinner or chicken boo-dle soup. Smile as you enjoy your <i>boo-utiful</i> creations and talk about when you were a kid and what you did for Halloween. It's sure to be a fun conversation <span style="font-family: "helvetica";">🎃</span></div>
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Kittyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16164866241731390243noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29254504.post-66615918948788183532016-04-21T12:07:00.000-07:002019-10-23T11:01:09.219-07:00DIY Advent Calendar!The calendar is made from a 24 pan plastic mini muffin/cupcake container - the containers your muffins come in when you buy them at the grocery store. I believe they might be called "clam shell containers" because of the way they are hinged. like a clam shell. I cut off the top, clean up the edges, and just use the pan. Below are the instructions in pictures and a supply list of what I used is at the bottom:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You need to make your doors hinged so they open easily. In the photo you see the method I used to scored the doors using my circle cutter and a stylus. The stylus easily fit into the groove for the long oval shape on the template cutter. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Now you need to stamp your numbers on your doors.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On the back side, tape your 2 sheets of pattern paper together now.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Line your doors up over your cut circles for placement. An optional step is to round the corners if you are making square doors at this point. I only round the right side of the doors.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Add a strong glue along the hinged edge of the door. I use Glossy Accents because even though it's primary purpose is to add gloss to projects, it is also one of the strongest adhesives I've ever used. In this particular case, you want a strong adhesive to hold the doors in place. Note that if you are using Glossy Accents, know the placement on the calendar before you put glue on the door since it sets/dries pretty quickly.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Using a T-square ruler, line the doors up along the bottom edge of the ruler so they are perfectly straight. Leave the ruler there while you are gluing them down so you are placing them in a straight line along the top edge of the ruler.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Next you need to glue the door to the cut circle. Be sure to not go <i>outside</i> cut circle or they will not be able to open the door! Once you have them all glued, put something heavy on top of it for about an hour so it will flatten everything and not be bumpy/lumpy. The downside to using any liquid products with paper is that it will cause the paper to warp. To way combat the problem is to lay heavy objects on the project to flatten it while it's drying. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In the meantime, you can cut "door handles". I use velveteen floral ribbon because it's strong and the width of it is the perfect length for the strips I need. Cut off 24 1/2 inch pieces (eyeball it) and then cut off the very end at an angel (see photo for reference). Discard the snipped piece.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After the calendar doors have dried for an hour, add some glue to the end of your door handle without the slant cut.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">CAREFULLY lift the door AND the cut circle and slide the door handle under the cut circle. If you are using Glossy Accents, you need to work quickly because this glue sets in about 1 minute. Reference photo below for placement of handles I used. You'll want to put a piece of wax paper or parchment paper under the calendar while you are doing this because some glue might ooze out and get on the surface below. Once you have all the handles in place, you'll want to put something heavy on top of it for about an hour while it dries and to flatten things out and make it look nice again. Lifting the edges of the doors will make things look a little "wonky" so flattening it out is a good idea.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Placement of the door handles. The second sheet of paper that was attached with tape is folded under in this shot just to keep it out of the way.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Now add muffin liners and add your goodies. You should also scroll down a few pictures where I explain that I should have punched holes in the corners of the muffin container at this point but forgot.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It's time to add copious amounts of Zots (glue dots) to your muffin container. You'll need to use a lot of these since they are they only thing holding the face of the calendar to your muffin container. Zots a stronger than the average glue dot so I advise you to use these over another brand. Liquid glue is not recommended because it can leak into spots that you don't want it to and it can also cause the surface of the calendar to be lumpy/bumpy due to the amount you would need to use. Just use loads of Zots all over the surface of the muffin container.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You'll need to punch a hole in the top 2 corners of muffin container and tie your cord/ribbon. You can actually do this much earlier in the process....I just forgot. So do better than I did.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Crease the bottom of the calendar where it meets the bottom edge of the muffin container and fold it over on top and press it into place. The seam of the 2 sheets of paper that were taped is the bottom/back fold. Press firmly all over so you know the Zots have made contact with the paper.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Now is the time for liquid glue. The one I used is called Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue. I recommend you buy this and use it at this stage. It is very sticky and dries very fast and securely. Zots are not going to do it here. Glossy Accents probably would be fine but it will take longer to dry. I know this works so this is what I use. Fold back your cord/ribbon so it's out of the way temporarily (see picture). Run a line of glue along the top edge. The amount shown in the picture is WAY TOO MUCH. But that's ok. You can take a scrap of paper or something (not your finger....you do not want to get it on your finger because then you will be getting glue on everything you touch!) and spread it along the edge of the paper and thus removing the excess. </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Working somewhat quickly, move the binder clips up to the very edge of
the paper now and press the glued edge down. Make sure the placement of
the cord/ribbon is correct at this point as well. You'll have to hold
the edge of the paper for a minute or so and any spots that don't want
to stay down. This glue is strong enough and sticky enough that it will
hold pretty quickly. Be sure to remove any Tombow glue that oozes out because it dries very tacky and will attract everything little thing and make your project look bad. You can clean off any that oozes out with a napkin while the glue is still wet. It should not leave much residue behind. Once the glue is dry, it's too late! You can try to erase it with an eraser, but it will pick up the color of the eraser and it just ends up being a mess. So remove the ooze while it's wet. Set the calendar aside to dry for a while.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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Supply List:<br />
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X-Acto Basic Shapes Templates (Model# x2017)<br />
X-Acto Swivel Knife (Model# x3253) <br />
Foam cushioning roll for cutting on (Home Depot) <br />
Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue (Michael's, Hobby Lobby)<br />
Zots glue dots (Michael's, Hobby Lobby) <br />
2 sheets (minimum) of matching patterned paper<br />
Solid card stock (doors)<br />
Ink pad (coordinating color to pattern paper) <br />
24 pan muffin container (grocery stores, baking supply stores, online)<br />
Muffin cup liners <br />
Velveteen floral ribbon (door handles)<br />
Cord/ribbon (hanger)<br />
Martha Stewart Advent calendar stamps (Ebay, Amazon)<br />
Glossy Accents liquid adhesive (Michael's, Hobby Lobby)<br />
T-square ruler <br />
Binder clips <br />
Hole punch<br />
Small tip stylus (Michael's, Hobby Lobby, art supply stores) <br />
Tape<br />
Scissors<br />
Paper cutter/trimmer <br />
Corner rounder (optional) </div>
Kittyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16164866241731390243noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29254504.post-23259722809261575262015-12-24T05:00:00.000-08:002016-05-03T12:04:54.121-07:00December Daily - Day 24<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Time to make Christmas cookies! It's probably hard to tell the scale of these cookies from the picture, but they are 8 inches tall but 4 inches wide - huge! I got the cookie cutter on eBay about 2 years ago and I thought it was a "normal" size cookie cutter. I bid on this one because it was so much less than all the others. I won the bid and was so happy! Then the cutter arrived. What the heck!? It was gigantic. I looked back at all the other cutters and they were 4 inches tall. Then read the description of the one I got. No wonder this one was so much cheaper than the others!! Shame on me for not noticing the size in the description. Scale does not photograph unless you have a ruler or something next to it and it didn't say "x-large" so I thought it was just a standard size. Oh well. Finally after 2 years I got over the disappointment of it all and decided to actually make cookies with this cutter. I have to tell you, big cookies are a pain. My mistake of not reading that description was coming back to haunt me again. They are so fragile due to their size. Normal size cookies are much easier to deal with and not as delicate. First, there is no 8 inch spatula in my house so transferring them to the cookie sheet was a challenge. They wanted to break at the scored spots on the dough (see in photo). I had to do some repair work once they were on the cookie sheet. When you take them out of the oven, it's even more challenging because they will break and there's no way to fix them. Again, a massive spatula would have helped. Half of them broke right out of the oven at those score lines. I had to make a second batch. With the second batch, I just lifted the baked cookies off the cookie sheet on the parchment paper and let them cook right on the parchment they were baked on. It was the only way. Then during decorating, I found out you can only hold these puppies (pardon the pun) at the sides of the dog house. If you hold it at the bottom or.....well, any other place, they will break because they just are not strong enough to bear the weight. I think I made 20 of them and 10 survived. Will not be making these again! But, I do like how they turned out. And it was a learning experience. This is what I learned.</span><br />
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<i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">1. Read the description of everything on eBay. 10 times. Then read it again.</span></b></i><br />
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<i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">2. Big freakin' cookies are a nightmare to make. Don't do it.</span></b></i><br />
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<i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">5. Buy a box of cute cookies at the store so if you want to give up after half the batch breaks, you can :)</span></b></i><br />
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Kittyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16164866241731390243noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29254504.post-1264818697126602342015-12-23T11:18:00.000-08:002015-12-23T11:20:07.662-08:00December Daily - Day 23My Christmas nails. This is only the second time I've attempted nail stamping and it shows. They look pretty bad, but I'll get better with more practice. It's a Christmas sweater stamping design....I know it's hard to tell since the first and third design are going sideways! :)<br />
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<br />Kittyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16164866241731390243noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29254504.post-11261629661450387422015-12-21T07:45:00.002-08:002015-12-21T07:46:04.516-08:00December Daily - Day 21If you think it's cold where you live or you don't like the weather....just be glad you don't live in Oymyakon, Russia! It's considered the coldest place on earth.<br />
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My 5 Top Christmas Songs</h2>
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<b>1. Christmas Vacation - Mavis Staples</b><br />
It has to be by Mavis. There are other versions, but<br />
none are as good as hers. This is the theme song to<br />
the movie "Christmas Vacation".<br />
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<b>2. It Came Upon A Midnight Clear - Anne Murray</b><br />
I <b><i>love</i></b> this song and the way she sings it. The lyrics<br />
get me right in the heart.<br />
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<b>3. Christmas Canon</b><br />
One year I played this song on my laptop on repeat for<br />
about 3 hours....<br />
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<b>4. 2000 Miles - The Pretenders</b><br />
If you have never heard it, you are missing out.<br />
There's a live 1995 version on YouTube you have<br />
to check out. Awesome.<br />
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<b>5. Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town - Bruce Springsteen</b><br />
I'm unable to sing this song in the original style. I have to<br />
sing it like Bruce does. Have to.Kittyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16164866241731390243noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29254504.post-79158053060356503702015-12-19T06:45:00.003-08:002015-12-19T06:49:51.422-08:00December Daily - Day 19<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIjlEjlTy5GTUG3l4YhQa1ocjsumf1pvIYqID9n_Y-JwUZNcXTOj_KuO2-2f50OvzR9sI_jNKsGpjTubmVfkdXrtSZNjBxca8LYFUKSJC-JJDCqg_D8wymr6pyOpB3zEObyrnSZw/s1600/jar1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 19px;"><b></b></span>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 19px;"><b>*</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 19px; font-weight: normal;">Camper/trailer ornament</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Before you start, pour some of the snow in a big bowl and
set your ornament in it to see if the snow will support it. If it sinks in, you
will need a styrofoam block to put under the ornament to support the weight of
it. You might have styrofoam from some old packaging that you can just cut a
piece from. I found some at work that I cut a 3 inch tall x 2 inch wide block
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jar and pour in about 3 inches of snow. Put your ornament in and check for
proper placement. Add the trees around being sure to look at it through the
front of the jar to see how it looks. If the hook attachment on top of the camper
ornament is small enough, you can scatter some fake snow on top of it to hide
it. Once you have things arranged the way you want, you can add the micro LED
lights in the snow. Then run them up the inside of the jar behind one of the
trees and out the top. These lights can be unruly but take your time and it
will be worth the effort. Wrap the rest of the strand around the top of the jar
on the outside. Use tape in concealed places to hold the stand of lights in
place. Now add the fake strand of lights at the top inside of the jar affixing
the ends with tape.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b>Christmas Eve or Christmas Day Games!</b></h2>
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stocking: </span></span></b><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">Hang stockings and divide
into teams. Each team has to race to fill their stocking with spoonfuls of
wrapped candy using only one of their hands. The stocking cannot be held and if
it falls on the floor, that team is disqualified from the race. Each team member
should take a turn dumping a spoonful of candy into the stocking. Race time is
3 minutes. Fullest stocking wins.</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">2. Gift wrap relay: </span></b><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">Pick a judge who will not see the race in progress<b>. </b>Set up
assembly lines of boxes, scissors, wrapping paper, ribbon, and tape for each
team. Each team member has a task: one cuts paper, one wraps, one tapes, one
ties ribbon. Neatness counts! Then race to wrap! The judge will come in when
it's over and pick the best wrapped gift. Race time is 5 minutes. Teams have to
have gift judged in the condition the box is in when time is up</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">3. Christmas Carol Charades:</span></b><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;"> Write out well known Christmas Carols and put them in a bowl. Have
each person act out the carol they choose.</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">4. Photo booth:</span></b><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;"> Provide silly props and backdrop to take silly photos in front of.
These pictures will be looked back on for years to come! An idea for a backdrop
to use is a very large disposable table cloth that has a festive print on it.
You can often find silly ones that are child themed. Tape it to a wall. If
there isn't room in your house, consider doing it outside. A garage door would
be perfect. Silly prop ideas would be elf ears, blinking or glittery eyeglasses, santa beard, canes wrapped to look like candy canes, bow ties, mustaches, hats of all kinds, 2 signs with "naughty" and "nice" written on each one.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">5. Two truths and a
lie: </span></b><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">Each person tells three stories
about themselves. Two are true and one is not. Tell them about this a few hours
before you play so they can be thinking about it. They should not share their
stories with others. With family, this is especially difficult for the truth
stories because family knows each other so well. For truths, give them the idea
to think back to school, work or things that happened when they were alone. For
the lie, tell them to think of things that happened to other people that their
family does not know. Also, the stories do not have to be elaborate. Examples:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Kittyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16164866241731390243noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29254504.post-2586729922734767362015-12-17T07:31:00.000-08:002019-10-23T10:19:11.259-07:00December Daily - Day 17<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Hi Santa, it's me...the girl who always imagined you had white glitter sprinkled in your beard. Do you remember me? I'm pretty sure I was on the nice list every year. Well, except maybe that year I flung mud into Mrs. Tompson's kitchen window when I was 10. But in my Defense, it wasn't my idea and we didn't know the window was open. Anyway, I'm hoping my years of good behavior since then have made up for that. I'M writing to ask for a special Christmas wish. this year has been challenging in different ways. I understand that if life was easy, it would not make us into strong capable people. I just know that the new year is going to bring more challenges and possibly conflict. I'm asking that you deliver some of that Christmas magic to my house and those around me so that we can get through it just a bit easier. If that's not possible, THEN maybe a few bottles of that Lambrusco wine I like to help me through the rough patches.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Yours Eternally,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Kittenatplay</span><br />
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Kittyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16164866241731390243noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29254504.post-41384318346611346122015-12-16T08:45:00.000-08:002015-12-18T08:46:10.378-08:00December Daily - Day 16Have not been having the best week so my wonderful husband surprised me with this :) It's full of chai. Nothing better than a chai latte to make things better.<br />
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can build a Snowman, and pretend that he is Parson Brown.” The Parson Brown
referred to is the not someone’s first and last name, but rather someone who is
a Parson with the last name Brown. A parson was a traveling protestant minister
who performed weddings, thus the lyric: “He’ll say are you married?’ We’ll say
‘no man,’ but you can do the job while you’re in town.”<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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in Britain that eating a mince pie on each of the Twelve Days of Christmas will
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