tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25631736242872244502024-02-19T20:48:48.156-05:00Writes Phillipia...When life gives you lemons...enjoy!!!Phillipiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09547721599622181504noreply@blogger.comBlogger651125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2563173624287224450.post-55732402206726296732013-10-30T18:23:00.000-04:002013-10-30T18:23:00.126-04:00I am also a whiner...<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hey blogger friends.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I am here to tell you that I am back.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I have started blogging again...with a different profile..</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Visit me at <a href="http://whineischeaper.blogspot.com/">Whine is Cheaper</a> if you'd like.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I am not totally giving up on Phillipia...</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I have decided to keep this blogspace for ranting, and I promise to post here more often (I do have a lot of ranting to do).</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="http://whineischeaper.blogspot.com/">Whine is Cheaper</a> provides an outlet for my milder whining...</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I have been away from blogging for so long that I am having a tough time getting my new blogspace decorated and cozy the way I would like it to be. I have to re-learn a lot. Slowly, but surely, I will get there.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I miss you all and hope you will find the time to come whine with me soon.</span></b><br />
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<br />Phillipiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09547721599622181504noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2563173624287224450.post-2660757284596132462013-02-25T01:02:00.000-05:002013-02-25T13:05:21.141-05:00In my not so humble opinion...<br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So some of you know I like to Internet Cafe "Crawl" - as I like to call it....</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And I just feel the need to say my piece to everyone who is trying to close down the Internet Cafe business in Ohio....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Your reasons amaze me...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">To those of you who want them shut down because they are taking business from your business ....this is America...we thrive on competition...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Even if your business is charitable - find a new way to fund-raise if the cafes are really hurting your funds that bad...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Being charitable should not give you a monopoly on an activity...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And seriously, most folks that visit the cafes will not visit the casinos more often if the cafes close....has anyone done the research?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Admittedly, they may BINGO at your church/school more....but see my opinion above...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">If the activity is illegal, why were they (not 1, but over 800 establishments) given a license to operate in the first place?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">For those complaining that it hurts family when people spend all their money at cafes...well I hope you plan to spend as much energy closing every bar, casino, racino, smoke shop, lottery system, sweepstakes games, etc, that promotes any any activity that is conducive to addiction...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">All things in moderation, folks...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It is not the manufacturer of a product that should be blamed when individuals abuse said product...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Same for gun control...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And legalization of marijuana...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Just because you "can" does not mean you "have to"...or that you should not moderate yourself...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The whole of the population should not have to give up something because some of the population has unbridled tendencies...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Or because some of the population thinks they are above having to compete fairly....</span><br />
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Phillipiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09547721599622181504noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2563173624287224450.post-24891029285694762502012-07-08T16:43:00.000-04:002012-07-08T16:43:47.394-04:00I have had my doubts....<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>About my faith.....</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>I used to be Roman Catholic..</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>But I am done practicing that...</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Quite honestly, I really have issues with many of the Roman Catholic Church's teachings...</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Who the hell do they think they are? </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><span style="background-color: white;">Righteous</span> bastards...</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>And I really do not believe there is only one God...</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Buddha seems like an OK higher being to believe in if you so prefer...</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>So what is my religious preference???</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>I ask myself this a lot lately...</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>I use to consider myself Christian....</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Until recently...</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>I started thinking that if I were truly Christian, I would believe in the deity of Jesus....</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>And I am not sure I do....</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>I mean I think he was probably a really good guy and all...</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>And I think I try to live like he taught that we should...</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Not because I believe he is God's son...</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>But because, for the most part, it just seems the right way to live...</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Love one another...</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Do unto others...</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>I really have a hard time believing that immaculate conception miracle tho...</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>On Father's Day, Joseph gets the card...</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>And not one of those "like a father to me" cards...</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>And his dying to save us.....not so sure...</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>So where does that leave me????</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Not a fun person to be in a conversation with about religion, that is for sure...</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Believe me, I do not initiate such conversations...</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>But when someone draws out of me that I no longer practice Catholicism and that I am not quite sure what I believe but I know that I am not interested in any organized religion right now...</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>And then they gasp at my lack of faith and tell me to read the bible...it's all right there...and they know I will <span style="background-color: white;"> find my way back to the truth...</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>I tend to get a lil snippy and have to change the subject really quick before I haul off and ruin the friendship...</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>So, again, where does that leave me?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>I have decided that I am a Cultural Christian...</b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Just like some of the Founding fathers...</b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><span style="background-color: white;">To be honest, until very recently, I did n</span><span style="background-color: white;">ot realize there was such a thing...</span></b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Thank Google for cluing me in...
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>And helping me understand who I am ...</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Gotta love Google...</b></span><br />
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<br />Phillipiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09547721599622181504noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2563173624287224450.post-21320473856168788472012-07-04T11:21:00.000-04:002012-07-05T11:22:50.692-04:00Need Pocket?<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>In my last post I mentioned LDBoy's latest purchase for his office.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>He was not the only one doing some power shopping last weekend...</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>CareBear and Marge and I went wedding dress shopping...</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>No, I am not getting married, once is more than enough for me....</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>And tho we did try to talk Marge into trying on maternity wedding dresses and sending photos to LDBoy, she did not think he would appreciate the humor in that....</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>My CareBear is getting married to the love of her life this December...</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Hopefully I told you that already, but I have been remiss in my blogger duties over the past few months and maybe I did not....</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Now you know....</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>She is going to be a beautiful bride....</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>I was going to post the pic I took of her in the dress that made the final cut, but that idea got shouted down....</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Apparently, it is suppose to be a surprise....</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Just let me tell you that the dress is sooooo her....</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Why?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Because it has pockets....</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Every wedding dress should have pockets, but as we realized, most do not....</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Just where are you suppose to put those little bottles of confidence???</b></span><br />
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<br />Phillipiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09547721599622181504noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2563173624287224450.post-39813966914198811322012-07-03T11:08:00.000-04:002012-07-05T11:09:12.304-04:00Need energy?<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>LDBoy and his business partner(s) have decided that always working from home is not all it is cracked up to be....</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Tho they do not (yet) have kids wanting constant attention, they do have dogs....</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Puppies and older dogs who need constant attention...</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>And girlfriends....</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Tho, I believe that the girlfriends were the primary reason for setting up the home office in the first place and most likely it is the girlfriends that are most happy they will be working from another office....</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Yeah, it is nice to have an unpaid assistant who makes lunch and runs errands and....</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Anyway, I got sidetracked....</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>The partners decided that they needed a fridge for their office..</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Mostly to hold their energy drinks - since they are probably thinking that their girlfriends will still make and then bring them lunch everyday....</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>But where should they look to find such a fridge? </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Craig's List of course...</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>You can find anything on Craig's List....</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Some things you may not want...like a job as a live-in ranch hand in the middle of Ohio...</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>But some things you may want...</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Like this ...</b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Yep, meet the new office fridge...</span></b><br />
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<br />Phillipiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09547721599622181504noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2563173624287224450.post-9887356879765628412012-06-28T04:00:00.000-04:002012-06-28T04:00:03.529-04:00It's a sign...<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>A sign...</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Of what I am not sure...</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Maybe that I am getting older and losing it....</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Not that I ever had much of it to begin with....</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Or maybe that I did not need half of the things on that list....</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>The list...</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>That I made right before I headed out to run errands at lunchtime....</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>That I got to the store and could not find....</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>...anywhere....</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Checked my pockets....</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Checked my purse....</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Checked again....</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>The list....</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>That I pulled out of my pocket as soon as I got back to my desk...</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Damn...</b></span><br />
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<br />Phillipiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09547721599622181504noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2563173624287224450.post-27382642402584878512012-06-26T17:55:00.000-04:002012-06-26T17:55:00.120-04:00Why I should have chosen the iPhone....<br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>A short time ago, I was given a choice...</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Droid or iPhone....</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>I chose Droid....</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Now I am sorry....</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Because Droid is not compatible with this awesome app....</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Check it out...</b></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Before you go to sleep tonight...</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Especially if you love sleeping to the sights and sounds of thunder storms...</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Yes, I said sights <i>and </i>sounds...</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Hear the thunder and see the lightning flash...</b></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/storm-asleep/id533533911?mt=8" style="font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>StormAsleep</b></span></a><span style="font-size: small; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>This awesome app was developed by none other than LDBoy...</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>With some help from a friend....</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>I am so proud!</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>I wish I could say I taught him everything he knows...</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>But that would be a big, fat lie....
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>And Moms and nuns do not lie...</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>But check out
<a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/storm-asleep/id533533911?mt=8">StormAsleep</a> and let me know what you think...</b></span><br />
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<br />Phillipiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09547721599622181504noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2563173624287224450.post-78612215159210974372012-06-25T07:56:00.000-04:002012-06-25T07:56:00.773-04:00Working for a living....<br />
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</div>Phillipiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09547721599622181504noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2563173624287224450.post-12033557255928409282012-06-19T06:02:00.000-04:002012-06-19T08:06:38.794-04:00Not to be outdone by her mom....<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>My daughter CareBear and son's girlfriend (Marge) have teamed up on an awesome and crafty blog....</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>You can visit them at:</b></span><br />
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<a href="http://craftpond.com/"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>http://craftpond.com/</b></span></a></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Tell them I sent you....</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>I think my CareBear is trying to out-blog me...</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>In addition to the craft pond, she still has her photography blog</b></span><br />
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<a href="http://aphotoforyourthoughts.wordpress.com/"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>http://aphotoforyourthoughts.wordpress.com/</b></span></a></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>And rumor has it that she is blogging somewhere about the joys of being a young American housewife....</b></span><br />
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<br />Phillipiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09547721599622181504noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2563173624287224450.post-69656186259773559712012-06-18T05:19:00.000-04:002012-06-18T12:30:06.270-04:00Hmmmm......<span style="color: #333333; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Fun fact:</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Having an orgasm at least three times a week cuts in half the likelihood of death from coronary heart disease.</b></span></span></blockquote>
<span style="color: #333333; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>I have a lot of catching up to do....</b></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; text-align: left;"><br /></span>Phillipiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09547721599622181504noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2563173624287224450.post-8510632390043266632012-06-15T15:50:00.000-04:002012-06-15T15:50:00.517-04:00I am not as thunk as you drink I am ....<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>I love an off-site boss who sends her direct reports coconut rum cake....</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>And I love it even more when the birthday boy puts the cake in the fridge and forgets about it....</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>....i.e., lets it age for a couple of weeks....</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>We are feeling no pain in the office this afternoon....</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Where is the breathalyzer when we need it????</b></span><br />
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<br />Phillipiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09547721599622181504noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2563173624287224450.post-37000934700964580542012-06-14T15:51:00.000-04:002012-06-14T15:53:48.919-04:00Chi-town....<blockquote class="tr_bq">
Seems I drafted this post In October but never posted....<br />What was I thinking????<br />Well, here you go.....</blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>It's not Asheville, but....</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>CareBear and K thought they had an opportunity to move to North Carolina....</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>But that fell through...</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Long story....</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>That ends with another reason to love corporate America...not....</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>But one door closes....</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>And another opens...</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>So CareBear packed her bags and moved with her love to Chicago....</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>For 4 months anyway...</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>And I am on vacation...</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>In Chicago....</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Where it is raining as much as (or more than) it is back in Cleveland....</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>But we are having fun....</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Saturday night we hit the Rivers Casino and had a fun time losing a (very) few bucks...</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Sunday we found a bar that hosted the Chicago Browns Backers and (Carrie and I) watched the Browns kick some Dolphin Tale....</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>While K watched his Lions kick the crap outta the Vikings...</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Monday was heaven....at Gino's East....</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Tuesday was a stay in and avoid the rain and be lazy day....</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Wednesday was a let's find the nearest mall and do some window shopping day...</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Which brings us to today...</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Today Carrie and I got up early and headed to Milennium Park...</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>To watch the sun come up over the lake....</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>And see ourselves in the cloud sculpture that looks like a bean...</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>And now the clouds and rain are back....</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>So we are relaxing on the couch...</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Watching daytime tv....</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>My kind of vacation...</b></span><br />
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<br />Phillipiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09547721599622181504noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2563173624287224450.post-19999990055378204222012-06-14T13:42:00.001-04:002012-06-14T13:44:16.212-04:00I am still here....<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>I know I have been gone awhile....</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>I quit posting because people were reading my blog and giving me grief about what I wrote about them...</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Guess what????</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>I do not care anymore...</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>This is my outlet....</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>...or at least one of my outlets...</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>For all the shit I deal with as I go through life....</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>And since I have not been dealing so well without blogging....</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>I am back....</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Hear me roar...</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>If you do not like what I say, ignore me....</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>... or whatever....</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>If I talk about you at least I am thinking about you:)</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>And I most likely love that you are in my life in some way....</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Even if it is just to provide some good blogging material....</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>And I intend to catch up with my blogger friends, too...</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>I realllllly miss you guys....</b></span><br />
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<br />Phillipiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09547721599622181504noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2563173624287224450.post-53928296169148907622011-10-29T10:56:00.001-04:002011-10-29T10:56:00.523-04:00Just so you know what I am talking about....<br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>As I get older...</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>My texting may take on a whole new meaning...</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>But rest assured, I am not there yet....</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Really....</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div>
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</div>
<ul>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>ATD: At The Doctor's</b></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>BFF: Best Friend Fainted</b></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">BTW: Bring The
Wheelchair</span></b></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">BYOT: Bring Your Own
Teeth</span></b></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">CBM: Covered By Medicare</span></b></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">CGU: Can't get up</span></b></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">CUATSC: See You At
The SeniorCenter</span></b></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">DWI: Driving While
Incontinent</span></b></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">FWBB: Friend With Beta
Blockers</span></b></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">FWIW: Forgot Where I Was</span></b></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">FYI: Found Your Insulin</span></b></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">GGPBL: Gotta Go
Pacemaker Battery Low!</span></b></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">GHA:Got Heartburn Again</span></b></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">HGBM: Had Good Bowel
Movement</span></b></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">IMHO: Is My Hearing Aid
On?</span></b></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">LMDO: Laughing My
Dentures Out</span></b></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">LOL: Living On Lipitor</span></b></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">LWO: Lawrence Welk's
On</span></b></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">OMMR: On My Massage
Recliner</span></b></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">OMSG: Oh My! Sorry Gas</span></b></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">ROFL... CGU: Rolling On
The Floor Laughing... And Can't Get Up</span></b></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">TTYL: Talk To You Louder</span></b></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">WAITT: Who Am I Talking
To?</span></b></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">WTFA: Wet The Furniture
Again</span></b></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">WTP: Where's The Prunes?</span></b></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>WWNO: Walker Wheels
Need Oil</b></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>GGLKI: Gotta Go Laxative
Kicking In</b></span></span></li>
</ul>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Thanks to my friend Sandy for sharing....</span></div>Phillipiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09547721599622181504noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2563173624287224450.post-47162958422251081232011-10-28T09:11:00.003-04:002011-10-28T09:25:37.990-04:00Creativity at it's finest....<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">So it is Halloween weekend...</span></b><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></b><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Again....</span></b><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></b><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I should put together some sort of costume...</span></b><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></b><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Just in case I decide to go to one of several Halloween parties that I have been invited to...</span></b><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></b><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Or better yet, to get a discount at one of the cafes as I go crawling this weekend....</span></b><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></b><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I have pondered several ideas....</span></b><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></b><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Pepe Le Pew (aka the closer, because a lil whiff of Pepe and everyone would leave the party/cafe)..</span></b><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></b><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">A repeat of last year's Trailer Trash Mother-in-Law (still have most of that gear)...</span></b><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></b><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Black-eyed Pea (great suggestion from a co-worker)</span></b><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></b><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">But I have settled on a twist of my co-worker's suggestion...</span></b><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></b><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Are you ready for it????</span></b><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></b><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Black-eyed Susan....</span></b><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></b><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">What could be easier?</span></b><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></b><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I am going out at lunchtime to get a name tag and some eye makeup....</span></b><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></b><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Assuming my clumsy self does not take a fall in the meantime and create my own black eye....</span></b><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></b><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">And no, I do not need anyone to punch me, thank you very much, for the real effect- I am ok with using makeup....</span></b><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></b><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I may even wear a yellow hoodie for added effect....</span></b><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></b><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">And, the awesome part of this is that if I decide to go out with friends, we can easily all wear name tags and black eye makeup and go as a bouquet (or field) of Black-eyed Susans....</span></b><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></b><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Discounts all around....</span></b><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></b><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Happy Halloween, blogger friends!!!!</span></b><br />
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<br />Phillipiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09547721599622181504noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2563173624287224450.post-44745495913034105982011-09-30T10:40:00.000-04:002011-09-30T10:40:56.283-04:00Hmmm....<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>I admit....</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Sometimes....</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>When things at work seem really awful.....</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>I think about quitting to become a Walmart greeter....</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<blockquote>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.newsnet5.com/dpp/news/local_news/woman-accused-of-choking-elyria-walmart-greeter-gets-jail"><b>Woman accused of choking Elyria Walmart greeter gets jail </b></a></span></blockquote>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Maybe I will rethink that....</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
<br />Phillipiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09547721599622181504noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2563173624287224450.post-92034067472736103632011-09-29T17:57:00.000-04:002011-09-29T17:57:21.708-04:00Happy National Coffee Day...<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Survey says...</span></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Writers are No. 4 on the list of professionals who need coffee to get through their day...:)</span></b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;"><a href="http://www.newsnet5.com/dpp/news/local_news/water_cooler/survey-scientists-marketing-professionals-need-coffee-the-most">Survey: Scientists, marketing professionals need coffee the most</a></span></blockquote>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>I did not need a survey to know that... </b></span>Phillipiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09547721599622181504noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2563173624287224450.post-12082444045346748012011-09-07T18:43:00.012-04:002011-09-07T18:43:00.124-04:00Not sure I will ever learn...<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>I was looking at my blog and realized that a couple of posts did not... post, that is...</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Not sure what happened.</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>But I wrote this post in early July and will post now because it did not post then....</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>And I will try to post again soon about my further cafe crawling/casino hopping adventures...</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><strong>I have a couple of vices....</strong></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><strong>One, as you know, is gambling...</strong></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><strong>A couple of weeks ago, when I was attempting to satisy this particular vice, someone knocked me on my butt in the casino parking lot....</strong></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><strong>Or a glass (or bottle) of wine or two a couple of days a week...</strong></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><strong>Or a shot or two or three or four a couple of times a month or so...</strong></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><strong>As I am pushing my cart in that direction, I see another customer coming at me with her cart...</strong></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><strong>Unfortunately, there was a display shelf of wine between us....</strong></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><strong>And she was not looking where she was going...</strong></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><strong>Several more bottles crashed on the floor in front of me...</strong></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><strong>Considering I was still nursing my foot from the previously mentioned encounter with someone else who was operating a vehicle without looking where they were going...</strong></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><strong>Again, some would have considered that incident as a sign from above that maybe I should give up that vice....</strong></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><strong>But not this someone...</strong></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><strong>After all, vodka and cranberry sure help dull the pain...</strong></span><br /><strong><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"></span></strong></blockquote>
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<strong><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';">And the frustration...</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"></span></strong></blockquote>
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<strong><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';">Because the someone driving the cart conveniently disappeared down the next aisle...</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"></span></strong></blockquote>
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<strong><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';">And I was left trying to convince the two young store employees that, even though I was the one bleeding on their floor, I was not the one who ran into the display...</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"></span></strong></blockquote>
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<strong><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';">I should have asked to see a manager...</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"></span></strong></blockquote>
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<strong><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';">But I just wanted to be on my way...</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"></span></strong></blockquote>
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<strong><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';">Maybe I should just stick to coffee...</span></strong></blockquote>
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<strong></strong>Phillipiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09547721599622181504noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2563173624287224450.post-90012751641204238932011-09-06T19:13:00.000-04:002011-09-06T19:13:00.272-04:00Okay, I admit I am over 50....<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>But what am I supposed to do with the doggie in my purse????</b></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.newsnet5.com/dpp/news/local_news/cleveland_metro/aarp-once-youre-50-goodbye-jell-o-shots-saying-panties-plus-other-dos-and-donts"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>AARP: Once you're 50, goodbye Jell-O shots, saying panties plus other dos and don'ts</b></span></a></blockquote>
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<br />Phillipiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09547721599622181504noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2563173624287224450.post-27383228837861108282011-07-23T08:48:00.000-04:002011-07-23T08:48:28.716-04:00Showing off my baby girl....<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Ok, so that is not my baby girl or grandbaby girl in the pic...</b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>But it is my baby girl behind the camera...</b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>CareBear has started a blog about what she loves to do best...</b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>And she does it beautifully...</b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>A picture is worth a thousand words...</b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Or, as she says....</b></span><br />
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<a href="http://aphotoforyourthoughts.wordpress.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>A photo for your thoughts....</b></span></a><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Check her out...</b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>I think you will like what you see.</b></span><br />
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<br />Phillipiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09547721599622181504noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2563173624287224450.post-17751104526886612402011-06-29T18:59:00.000-04:002011-06-29T18:59:00.866-04:00It's nice to have a Dad who can help....<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>A couple of weeks before my Ford Taurus POS took to the junkyard in the sky....</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>G-Man's car took a turn in the same direction.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>He and I and his dad (mostly his dad) had dropped several hundred dollars into maintaining that POS over the last few months...</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>And G-Man, being a college student has less money than his Mom....</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>But unlike his Mom, he has a Dad who can, and does, help at times...</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>And this was one of those times....</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>Dad decided that he wanted a small truck for his farm...</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>And if G-Man did not mind sharing a little, Dad would purchase a truck and put G-Man on the insurance as long as G-Man paid the insurance premiums....</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>What a deal....</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>Too good to pass up....</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>Of course, the truck is Dad's, so when Carebear or LDBoy need to borrow the truck....</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>G-Man will hand it over and borrow one of their vehicles in the interim....</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>No problem....</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>And when Dad decides he wants to drive the truck for awhile, because, after all, it is his and, according to G-Man, it is a chic magnet....</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>G-Man will drive Dad's Subaru ....</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>Dad informed G-Man last evening that he needed to borrow the truck for a few days over the next couple of weeks....</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>And so G-Man will be driving a Subaru....</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>Needless to say, I will not be borrowing G-Man's wheels....</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>Not that I am all that against legalizing hemp...</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>I just do not proclaim it on my bumper....</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>Any more than I proclaim that I no longer go to church on Sunday....</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>Or that I did not vote in the last election so none of this mess the country is in is my fault...</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>Well, you get my drift....</strong></span><br />Phillipiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09547721599622181504noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2563173624287224450.post-7735192577437950102011-06-28T13:54:00.000-04:002011-06-28T13:54:22.674-04:00I am not surprised....<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>It's kind of like asking for directions....</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>He shared a story with me about a friend of his...</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>His story kind of reminded me of some Peyton PHlaCe Antics....</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>Seriously...</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>Mr. Lion, the CEO of the company where Ms. Ant worked, was surprised to see that Ms. Ant worked without supervision and yet produced so much....</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>He recruited young Mr. Spider to manage the archives amd monitor all phone calls.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>Mr. Lion was delighted with mr. cockroach's reports and asked him to produce graphs to describe production rates and analyze trends so that he could present them at B of D meetings.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>Well, Mr. cockroach needed a newer/better computer and a laser printer to prepare those graphs...</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>And someone to manage the new IT department...</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>Enter Mr. Fly....</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>Ms. Ant started feeling the pressure. She used to be so relaxed and productive. But now she had a plethora of paperwork and meetings to attend which got in the way of her "real" work.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>Meanwhile, Mr. Lion decided it was time to put someone in charge of the growing department. And for that position, he hired Mr. Cicada...</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>Who also needed a compter and carpet and an ergonomic chair for his office...</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>And a personal assistant, who he brought from his previous place of employment, to help him prepare a Work and Budget Control Strategic Optimisation Plan.....</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>Ms. Ant was not liking the idea of coming into work anymore. She was not having a bit of fun.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>Mr. Cicada noticed that department morale was down and convinced Mr. Lion of the absolute necessity of a climatic study of the office environment.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>However, after reviewing the increasing costs for running the department and realizing that production was down, Mr. Lion decided it was time for an audit....</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>So....</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>He hired Mr. Owl, a prestigious and renowned consultant. to perform the audit and make suggestions....</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>Mr. Owl spent the next three months in the department and produced a 6-volume report....</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>Mr. Owl's conclusion: The department is overstaffed.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>And who is the first to go????</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>Ms. Ant of course....</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>Because of her lack of motivation and negative attitude...</strong></span></blockquote>Phillipiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09547721599622181504noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2563173624287224450.post-56678906306093070482011-06-12T09:41:00.000-04:002011-06-12T09:41:18.110-04:00Sometimes it pays to have a little extra padding....<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>A friend and I made a trip to visit Houdini and a few other friends Saturday....</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>At Presque Isle Downs near Erie....</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>We got there about 11:00 AM and were walking from my car to the door....</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Chatting away....</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>About what time and where we should meet for lunch....</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>When all of a sudden, my coffee and I were flying through the air....</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Ok, maybe just my coffee was flying.....</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>But I felt like I was flying....</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Actually I was hitting the ground....</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Apparently another Houdini visitor saw someone leaving an awesome close-up spot....</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>So he backed up a little to make room for the leaver (new word) to back out... </b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>He backed up right into me....</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>I took a pretty good tumble....</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>I am hurting today in places I did not know could hurt....</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>But I lived to tell about it....</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Obviously....</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>It could have been worse....</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Much worse....</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>I could have been so small that he did not feel the hit and I could have been under his truck/van/suv....</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Yeah, I am not sure what kind of vehicle it was he was driving, other</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b> than that it was something that he obviously could not see out of the back of too well...</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Or I could have still been in my car....</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>In my brand new car....</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>And it would have been smashed instead of me....</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Things could have been worse....</b></span><br />
<br />Phillipiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09547721599622181504noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2563173624287224450.post-88717456109129473522011-06-11T13:37:00.003-04:002011-06-11T13:37:00.378-04:00Sibling Rivalry....<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>So....</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>As you know if you are a follower...</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>There has been a bit of sibling rivalry among my siblings...</strong></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>But nothing compared to the sibling rivalry among my grandbabies...</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>Or should I say my grandduckies...</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>LDBoy and MGirl acquired 2 ducklings a couple of months ago...</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>One of them died within a couple of days...</strong></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>So the they got 2 more....</strong></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>Because apparently ducklings do better when there are more than one...</strong></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>And duckling farms only sell them in pairs...</strong></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>Pairs being the key word....</strong></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br /><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>Unfortunately...</strong></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>For one of the ducklings...</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>Once they were big enough to be left alone, unsupervised in the back yard....</strong></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>That is where they made their home...</strong></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>Or LDBoy made a home for them...</strong></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>He would go check on them every morning....</strong></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>Bring them food and fresh water....</strong></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>And they would all be happy to see him....</strong></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>One more than the others....</strong></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>That should have been a clue...</strong></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>Because one morning there were only 2 ducks happy to see him...</strong></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>The previously happiest to see him was not happy about anything....</strong></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>Except that maybe it was know in ducky heaven...</strong></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>From all appearances, it died a violent death....</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>Which surprised LDBoy....</strong></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>He thought he had built them a nice home...</strong></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>Well protected from the outside elements...</strong></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>A safe haven from cats and foxes and raccoons....</strong></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>And whatever else roams the night...</strong></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>He watched for a couple nights and noticed a few predators attempting to get at the surviving ducks....</strong></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>Attempting being the key word...</strong></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>He had built a good home...</strong></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>That is when he realized that ducks are only happy in pairs...</strong></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>Three is not company....</strong></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>Three is a crowd....</strong></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>One of them had to go...</strong></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>So they made it happen...</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>Kind of makes you not care anymore if some night hawk grabs the other two...</strong></span>Phillipiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09547721599622181504noreply@blogger.com0