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Wordless Wednesday Blogroll

No, I won’t forget

nor do I want to. I keep hearing, “forgive and forget”. I can do the first, forgiving is fairly easy with just a few exceptions. It is the forgetting where I fail by some people’s standards. And for the record, before I continue this rant, I don’t just remember everyone [...]

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St. Judes Children’s Research Hospital fund raiser

(Update! 122906 — Over 500 people left comments on Pass The Torch! $500 was donated to St. Judes Children’s Hospital by her corporate sponsor as agreed to. How awesome.)

Wow, surfing the blogs just turns up some great stuff. Pass the Torch has found a corporate sponsor to donate $1 for every comment up [...]

Learn first without alcohol

What if you were to learn to ‘party’ without alcohol (or drugs)? What if you showed the world or your family you could celebrate an occasion without alcohol (or drugs)? What if you actually went to dinner without drinking?

You may just find out that it could ACTUALLY be fun. Then maybe [...]

Holiday card

ourwishfory’all:may yourwinter holidaysbringlaughter and lightandquiet times to watchstarsilluminate your night.L&M

A simple gripe –

Restaurant portions. . . make them smaller please, or at least offer it as an option. Yes, sometimes I take the leftovers home and have a great lunch the next day. . . but there are plenty of times I want to go somewhere after the restaurant. . . Why should I have [...]

Kudos to

. . . the small towns that put stop signs up on major roads where the lights were out after our wind storms.

. . . those of you who had prepared to shelter at home or in your car

. . . those of you who helped your neighbors

. . . those who did not race [...]

I challenge you. . .

. . . to do one thing, however small that is plain silly, out of character, a bit eccentric, out of the ordinary, backward, upside down, even if you just put on your shirt inside out and catch a glimpse of yourself in the mirror.

Now, smile. . . Come on, bigger. Now, do it [...]

Gift giving, for some, is but a money exchange

Gifts make most of us smile, right? Used to, anyway. You listened to hints dropped or just gave it the old college try and bought something you thought the recipient would love. Sometimes, many times, you guessed right. In the ‘old days’ (I’m old enough to say it now!) the gift, [...]