If you….YOU might be a Narcissist…..

     I don’t remember the first time that I saw Jeff Foxworthy perform his comedy routine….”If you…..you might be a red-neck” but on a long drive today I was thinking about it in regards to the Narcissist. 
     I had to entertain myself since the 405 freeway is such a long drive….you know why they call [...]

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Infamous Fudge

     

     It must have been in the mid 1980’s when this famous fudge recipe was published in the local paper.  I remember wanting a new fudge recipe and since this was from my favorite candy store, I was excited to try it for the holidays. 
     This candy store is in the Western United States…as far [...]

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A gift that won’t be returned…..

    
     For those of my fans…..I think there are two of you….who have been following the saga of the heritage albums that were being created as Christmas gifts for my in-laws….our tale continues…
     When we last heard from our heroine, it was the 11th hour and the albums were still not finished.  On the 23rd, [...]

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Bit off more than I could chew….

Okay – It’s the eleventh hour…..
The fabulous gifts for my in-laws are still not finished. They are with-in hours though…..I hope.
I really should have realized that making two albums for lives over 7 + decades long was going to take me more than a month…..no thanks to the photo developer in my area…who will remain [...]

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Christmas Crafts

 
        The dishes are washed, the turkey is digesting, the L-tryptophan is rising in my blood stream….I will be nodding off shortly.  What I really should do is grab my sister-in-laws, and take a brisk walk, before coming back to indulge in Round Two….PIE! 
     We’ve drawn names for Christmas Day’s gift exchange….we’ve taken my ’tongue in [...]

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Six Random Things…..

 My blogging friend, Catherine Sherman linked to me in her post entitled “Six Random Things.”  CatherineSherman@wordpress.com. 
Catherine says it’s time to play the ”six random things” meme.
1. Link to the person who tagged you. (Click on Catherine Sherman above.)
2. Post the rules on your blog.
3. Write six random things about yourself. 
4. Tag six people at the end of your post and [...]

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Christmas Tree Fights

With that title, it does not seem like this post will be about the warm “fuzzies” of Christmas. 
When I was a child we got a huge tree every Christmas…flocked.   A Noble Fir looking like it was right out of a child’s picture book, covered with snow.  My father NEVER went with us to get a tree, [...]

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Yes, that was an earthquake.

 
 
About 8 pm tonight we had an earthquake in CA. The cats didn’t act any stranger than usual…in fact, I thought the shaking/rolling motion was caused by one of them rummaging under the love seat for a stray cat toy.

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