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Unplugging 1,000 Pieces at a Time

The past week or so has been crazy so I proclaimed Sunday to be my “do nothing, go nowhere” day and it was just short of heavenly. It was a cold, crappy day which made it all that much easier. Since we’re in the throes of NHL playoffs, the Rooster pretty much takes over the living room and if the Flyers are playing, no one wants to be near him. So, on Friday night I pulled out a brand new, shiny puzzle to put together. I developed a passion for puzzles when the bestie and I moved to Vail and we would sit for hours putting them together.. no trip to the mall (this was pre-Amazon..) was complete without searching for a bigger, better one to do. Hallmark used to make GREAT puzzles and one of our favorites at that time was a mammoth, 2,000 piece Wizard of Oz one. … read more

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Extreme Family Time

Busy schedules and varying interests curtail a lot of crazy family outings in our house. That and the fact that 9 times out of 10 they end up worthy of a Griswald labeling. I always have these grandiose images of happy, family memories and usually within 20 minutes, the Rooster and I are looking at each other wondering what in God’s name we were thinking and hope we make it thru to the end without killing someone or making some big public display of dysfunction. So when I signed us up for the final running of Scene in Winston-Salem, it was met with a few eye rolls, why do we hafta’s and luckily even a few thru the roof excited. Mackenzie commiserated that she would be miserable because of her allergies being outside all day (valid) and Sydney had high hopes that it would be just like The Amazing Race … read more

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