Lynn C Dot

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Staying Put : For a week, anyway. I go home on Wednesday but it's been nice to be in one place for an entire week. For perspective, this was my schedule the last week of the year: (posted Jan 9, 6:50pm)

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Exchange Rates : The exchange rate for a trip to Belize using coffee as the denomination is six pounds and $15. Santa asked me what I wanted for Christmas and I thought I was very clear: I wanted a trip to Belize or coffee. As you might guess, I got coffee. Approximately six pounds of it, plus a gift card worth $15. (posted Jan 8, 4:27pm)

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It's All About The Ratings : I have an idea that will help you loose weight, save money, and help you to be more efficient. (posted Jan 7, 7:01pm)

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Purse Update : In case you were wondering, I'm keeping it - the big black, expensive, and totally unnecessary, purse. And guess how much it weighs? Just guess. Big black purses are like black holes. Don't ask me how I went from a wallet on a string (my old purse) to luggage on my shoulder. It's ridiculous. (posted Jan 5, 1:28pm)

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Philosophy 101 : What does it mean, philosophically, to begin each year with a hangover and to finish it drunk? Think of a graph where the x axis represents the days of the year (1-365) and the y axis is some sort of "good" factor - say, from one to ten. It would look something like this: (posted Jan 1, 8:35pm)

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Good Morning, 2012 : I'm in a hotel where the coffee cups are so small I pour two at a time so I only have to get up half as often for a refill. Which is to say, we found accommodations over the last weekend of the year after spontaneously, and without any thought for planning or consequences, flew to Palm Springs ... (posted Jan 1, 10:25am)

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Where The Hell Am I? : Got drunk on Thursday. Woke up in Palm Springs on Friday. That's not exactly how it went down but that pretty much sums things up. (posted Dec 31, 9:42am)

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Less Is Not More : Best of Holidailies My ass is getting bigger, not smaller. So why do jeans, nowadays, cover less of it? I suppose the answer is self-evident. Larger butt = less coverage, given the jeans themselves are a constant. I contend that jeans are not constant. As evidence, I give you this from 1983 ... (posted Dec 30, 10:06am)

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Justification : I'm eating pie for breakfast. Ginger pumpkin pie. However, there's a very good reason for that: It's a travel day. Which means, housecleaning. Which means, cleaning out the fridge. Which means, eating leftovers. Ergo, pie. (posted Dec 29, 9:25am)

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Purse Therapy : At the same time, men will also ask, "How many black shoes does a woman really need?" which, in mind, disqualifies the entire gender from entering into the conversation on black purses. (posted Dec 27, 2:22pm)

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Don't Let Them See You Sweat : In not sweating the small stuff, it helps to know what the small stuff is. In the thick of it, none of it seems small and it's easy to feel victimized by circumstances. Time constraints, chore lists, and expectations (real or false) conspire to pressurize to combustion. What if fill-in-the-blank doesn't get done? Are there any real consequences? (posted Dec 26, 5:56pm)

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Mrs. S. : I wonder what Mrs. S. is doing right now. I know that in my house, Mr. S. spent a lot of time watching football and when that was over, he watched golf. How desperate do you have to be to watch golf? But, I digress. I think Mr. S. gets far too much credit. What does he do, exactly? (posted Dec 25, 9:46pm)

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Grandma's House : The term is more convoluted since I became one. We are celebrating Christmas Eve at my sister-in-law's house and she's a grandma, too. And our two mothers are great grandmas. And I have another sister-in-law that will be a grandma in about six months, although she doesn't know it yet. (This year's family drama which will become unavoidable very soon.) (posted Dec 24, 3:02pm)

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Charlie : For me, Christmas begins when I get a card from Charlie. Without fail, I get one and it's almost always before I've gotten around to sending one to him. I just got his card the other day. It's the twenty-seventh card I've received in as many years. And we've never met. Still, it's something I look forward to every year. (posted Dec 23, 7:19pm)

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No Post Today : The post today is there is no post today. Today, I took a day off to play Santa's elf, running from here to there to finish all that's on my list and I nearly did so. Finish, that is. Now, I've got dinner simmering on the stove - which needs stirring - so, really. I just don't have time to ... (posted Dec 22, 7:41pm)

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Awry In A Manger : We let Carter set up the manger this year. He's never seen these figures, much less been able to touch them before. We didn't decorate for the Holidays at all last year and the year before that - well, he was much too young. These figures were hand painted by his Great Great Grandmother and a couple of them are ... (posted Dec 21, 5:31pm)

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Sex In The City : We went to Bank of America in Portland today and had to snake our way around the parking garage looking for a large enough parking spot for the Escalade. (How un-Portlandia is that? We should have biked or walked - sporting Birkenstocks in either case - if we really wanted to fit in. Anyway, the car was borrowed.) (posted Dec 20, 4:41pm)

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Insert Panic Here : Don't get me started on what's left to do.... if I could get half as much done as I avoid, I'd be - well, I'd be Wonder Woman is what I'd be. As in, I Wonder How That Woman Gets All That Done. (posted Dec 19, 8:50pm)

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I'm Exhausted : Went shopping today. What was I thinking? On the last weekend before Christmas? It's far in advance of the Day Before Christmas, as was our habit.I remember, long, long ago, shopping at Toys R Us while Hubby's Ex had the kids. We'd buy all the things a Divorced Dad would buy. Things That Required Assembly. (posted Dec 18, 4:53pm)

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Green : It looks white, I know, but it's really green. I was worried about my over reliance on paper towels in the kitchen so I bought a package of washcloths at Costco and put dozen in the kitchen right next to the paper towel roll. It worked. I use far fewer paper towels than I used to. (posted Dec 17, 8:01pm)

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Serendippity : A grasshopper - the retreat's guru or swami or whatever he was - lived in a separate hut and kept to himself as Philip schlepped his bag to his quarters and plopped it on his straw sleeping mat. The tremor began approximately at that moment as if dropping the bag itself had been the cause. (posted Dec 16, 6:18pm)

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Sneaky : One considers rewashing it, doesn't one, when the floor upon which the sock has landed is that of a community laundry room. Who knows what was there before? Someone's undies? Dust bunnies, without a doubt, lurk there and who needs that? But dust bunnies are harmless enough so one readily shakes the sock into submission, simultaneously relieving it of any ... (posted Dec 16, 9:59am)

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The Ex Mrs. Rogers : "He asked me what I wanted for Christmas and I said 'Belize.' And then, later, I told him I needed him to run to the store for a couple things and his filter kicked in." "My husband has that filter, too." Gloria laughed. "Somehow, no matter what I say, all my husband hears is, 'Blah blah blah sex blah blah.'" (posted Dec 15, 5:30pm)

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Joe : I'm sure that my grandmother invented espresso, or something like it. She didn't invent it in the sense that it's been around for over a hundred years in Europe. She invented more in the sense of what Americans came to know as overcooked office Bunn-o-Matic sludge. God love her, we drank it anyway. Usually, with a knife and fork. (posted Dec 14, 8:50pm)

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Egg Squeeze Me? : The poultry farm had suffered in recent years. In fact, the six geese were the last to go. He missed the hens and ... the doves but the swans were mean and the partridge was sickly anyway. They'd built an incubator and hoped to hatch the goose eggs so they could rebuild their business: Holidays Are For The Birds. (posted Dec 13, 8:41pm)

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I believe! : My favorite holiday stories are the ones we write ourselves. The ones that begin with, "Do you remember the year when...?" One such story takes place when our youngest son still believed in Santa. His older brother had figured things out but was content to let his little brother continue in his belief. That, in itself, was a Christmas Miracle. ... (posted Dec 12, 10:18pm)

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Red And Green : Balls. My favorite holiday tradition.... Now, I have a grandson and it's time to pass on the balls. And fish. Herring, pickled and creamed. Another tradition which sounds disgusting even to me - and I like it. Not together, of course. Herring with balls. Can you imagine? Just the thought is a trifle sickening. No, best to keep the balls ... (posted Dec 12, 11:33am)

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Somewhere Between Naughty And Nice : Best of Holidailies Maybe you're like me and don't get - presents, shall we say? - like we used to. And yet, I find myself preparing myself just in case I do. Got to be prepared, just in case. Such as in the case of an accident, you might say, good to have your nice drawers on and such. (posted Dec 11, 6:16pm)