3.23.08

3.23.08

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Easter dinner with the Fulton/Van Duzer family. With both Annies. Annie the dog and Annie, Hanna’s friend from Arkansas. Hanna’s in the black, as is canine Annie (the fuzzy one on the floor). Human Annie is in pink. The guy with the Guinness Extra Stout is the father of my amazing children and the lovely lady to my left is my mom. We had corned beef and cabbage for Easter. It’s a long story.

She’s completely lost her marbles

She’s completely lost her marbles

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To those of you that know Hanna, this will come as no surprise. To those of you who don’t, she makes things. Someday she will invent something that changes the world. Until then, she makes things like this marble slide into her shoe. And yes Bailey, she cleaned everything up when she was done.

Weezy Please!

Eloise??

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Fair warning

Enter the ICHC online Poker Cats Contest!

3.2.08

3.2.08

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OK, I really want to do the right thing here

Just heard…

Saturday morning, my downstairs neighbors are watching TV. The husband is out on the lanai, the slider is open, the wife is inside puttering. He’s commenting on the news he’s watching and commercials. And I hear this-

Bob: “Hey Deena, dry mouth constipation. What’s that?”

2.28.08

2.28.08

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OK, I want to make it very clear that I really don’t like sports, OK? But, for some reason going to baseball games or playing or watching golf is OK. Why? Because, I think, they’re not mean games. The players, for the most part, aren’t trying to kill anyone. There’s no kicking, tackling, punching, just smacking the cr*p out of a ball. Tonight, I was thinking how cool it probably felt for the Huskies to be out there playing the World Champion Red Sox. What a rush. I would imagine. Like me playing golf with Tiger. I’d be so nervous, trying to just hit one awesome drive. I like the exhibition games because it really doesn’t matter who wins and who loses. The Huskies don’t expect to win. The Red Sox aren’t going to let them win just because they’re college kids and it would be nice. Cause it really wouldn’t be that nice, the Huskies would feel stupid if the Red Sox just let them win. So, it’s just for the fun of it. Which is what I like about sports. After all, it’s a game. And games are supposed to be fun. Except Candyland with Jesus, which is just weird. Ask Hanna.

2.25.08

2.25.08

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My dad had this ancient Sunpak flash that could light up Wisconsin and my mom brought it over last night, so we hooked it up to my Nikon D50 and it took a while, but we figured out we could get a decent image by bouncing it off the ceiling. 10 foot ceilings. It’s an amazingly bright flash.

2.26.08

2.26.08

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One of my favorite blogs, Dooce.com, posted a picture of a cool retro clock she picked up and not to be Out-Dooced, I had to post this picture of my favorite mid century modern clock I picked up at Goodwill. It’s so hard to see something like this at Goodwill, next to the Mr Coffee machines and Tupperware and see it’s hidden potential, but I thought it would work and took a chance. It’s awesome. And yes, it works. For some reason I haven’t changed the time since the time change though. It comforts me knowing it’s an hour ahead.

Tada!

Tada!

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Holy cow, I really LOVE my living room! There are names for decor, like modern, high tech and industrial, traditional comes to mind. I used to assume I was eclectic, but I’ve come to realize my decor can best be described as Undecided. I like it.