>When siblings grow up…

>…it can be a beautiful thing. La Petite took this last summer while Amigo was reading to me in our backyard swing. His hands are very graceful when he reads, and she saw a picture in it. One of the best parts of this story is this: he had a bit of sauce on his hand from the lasagna we’d had for supper. She had to airbrush it out using Adobe Photoshop. Ah, some things never change.

La Petite entered this photo in a contest at her University and won 1st prize in the category. She called Amigo to tell him first because it was a picture of him.

Happy Love Thursday, everybody.

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>Love Thursday — on Wednesday

>Yesterday I came home from my conference in Mad-town to find Husband with a fresh haircut. I was so jealous! I’ve been way overdue for a cut, not just a trim — so much so that I couldn’t see through my bangs any more. They were hanging down to the tip of my nose.
He greeted me with a big grin and said, “You’re going in at 5:00.” Oh, what a sweetheart! He made an appointment for me. How thoughtful.
Then he followed up with: “You’re getting a cut, color, and massage.” Before I regained the power of speech he added, “And it’s all paid for already. Enjoy.”
Yes, he was grinning wildly.
Yes, it was awesome.
And yes, every stylist in the salon was envious.
And they darn well should be! (Deep, heavy sigh, big smile)

Love Thursday was created by Karen at chookaloonks.

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>Funday Sunday

>You might be a Green Bay Packer fan if:

  • you pronounce the name of the Louvre the “Lurv”*
  • you call your Buick LaSabre a “LaSarb”*
  • you plan Packer Vegetables for Thanksgiving dinner
  • when you cook on the grill, you call it a Tailgate party
  • it’s not a question of whether to wear Packer garb, it’s a question of which piece
  • you still call Mardi Gras beads “Super Bowl Beads”
  • you’ve been overheard referring to the team as “We…”
  • you drown your sorrows after a game like today’s with Skittles in your favorite team colors!


(Okay, for those not in the know, the record-holding quarterback’s name is Favre, pronounced ‘Farv’)

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>Love Thursday

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I’m a little late in the day, but it’s still Thursday.

These are NOT from a giant big box store. The mug on the right belongs to Amigo; the smile is so big that even he can see it if he gets close enough. The cup on the left is one of a pair; La Petite has the other in her dorm room. It is a relic from the seventies, when the smiley face and the “Have a happy day” phrase were all the rage. It’s amazing that I still have it — and can track down its twin, too.

So smile, readers, and have a happy day!

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>NaBloWriMo

>Yes, you read that correctly. As if I didn’t have enough to do, I signed up for one more. This is for fun, though, so I can take it or leave it if I get too stressed out. NaBloWriMo stands for National Blog Writing Month. The idea came from the fabulous Fussy, who looks at this as a lead-in to NaNoWriMo, National Novel Writing Month. When is that? I have no idea. I can’t see my way clear to write a novel in a month, or write a novel at all… unless it’s a book of poetry, which is not a novel. A poem a day? Now that would be both a challenge and great fun. Maybe in June… but I digress.

My challenge will be to blog every single day in November. If this turns out to be too tough, I’ll try it again in February. (teehee) If I run out of topics, I’ll dig into my coffee mug collection for a freshly brewed story or two. I’ll see what the bunnies are up to. November won’t have much garden or compost talk; up here in the North Woods, the gardens are dead already. I could take the camera outside and show what a snow day looks like. And that’s not even mentioning the children… ….

Well, if I could ramble on about nothing and even provide links to six other posts, I think November will go just fine. Now, gentle lurkers, your challenge is to post a comment on a blog (not necessarily mine) every day of November. Try it! You might like it! See you at NaBloWriMo!

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