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Entries from April 29th, 2009

Pedicure Counseling

April 29th, 2009 · 4 Comments · life

About the only thing I love more than a massage is a pedicure.  I always use OPI “I’m Not Really a Waitress” red for professional pedicures. I have tried to use the color myself but it always looks as though I have stubbed each of my toes.  I couldn’t color in the lines as a [...]

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GPS

April 24th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Gripes, Humor

New Jersey Gripe #100:
Is it asking too much to put up road signs? Is it asking too much to put up signs that people can read?
Case in Point:
This evening my husband and I were attempting to get to Sayreville, NJ.  Google maps gave us perfect directions that should have worked, however this is NJ. The [...]

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Choose to Dance

April 22nd, 2009 · 6 Comments · TV/Movies/Music

I am having one of those days where I can choose to cry or I can choose to dance.  ABBA is blaring and I am choosing to dance.  Please join me. Go pick out your favorite song and just dance around because no one is watching!

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You will say WOW everytime!

April 20th, 2009 · 7 Comments · Gripes, Humor, Interesting, TV/Movies/Music

I don’t think this was what Vince Shilomi had in mind during his infomercial for ShamWow! Today was our friend Scott’s birthday and as a gift, our friends bought ShamWows and made them into pants. Just imagine all the creative uses for pants such as these. No matter how many times I requested it, he [...]

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These are a few of my favorite new things

April 17th, 2009 · 9 Comments · Art, Books, Food, Gifts/Products, TV/Movies/Music

Yummy

Pretty

Hypnotic

Lifting

Engrossing

Compelling

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My journey to find new blogs to read…

April 14th, 2009 · 12 Comments · Uncategorized

I have been searching, networking, and following blog rolls in my attempt to find new and interesting blogs/sites to read. These are a few that I have found interesting and I keep checking back for updates. Also if you are stopping by and have a personal blog, leave me a comment and I will check [...]

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Comments

April 13th, 2009 · 7 Comments · Humor

photo by: stevenjude
To comment or not to comment?  I found myself second guessing if I should leave comments on blogs for about 15 seconds this afternoon and then decided to blog about my experience instead.   I got a  nasty email to a response I wrote on a blog.  The blogger basically told me my opinion [...]

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Give Me the Keys…

April 12th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Gripes, Humor

“If a double decker bus crashes into us, to die by your side is such a heavenly way to die and if a 10 ton truck kills the both of us, to die by your side well the pleasure and privilege is mine.”
You might recognize these as the lyrics from The Smith’s song “There is [...]

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Dear Soon To Be Neighbors,

April 10th, 2009 · 11 Comments · Gripes, Humor

I noticed today that you have put a contract on the townhouse two doors down. I can only surmise that you are a poor misguided fool purchasing their first home.   We decided to rent while living in NJ because of the high cost of real estate and the taxes.  I know you are congratulating yourself [...]

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Dum Dums

April 9th, 2009 · 4 Comments · Food

I loved the days when my mother or father had to go to the bank to make a deposit. I knew that on those days I was going to get a Dum Dum. I also loved getting shots because my doctor gave me a Dum Dum afterwards.  Bonkers, Now and Laters, Sugar Daddies and Zebra [...]

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