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Some real estate agents have reported that it is somewhat more difficult to sell a home here lately, due to the few with landscaping that have been allowed to deteriorate. That sets everyone's teeth on edge, of course, as no one likes to hear that his or her property may be devalued due to someone else's neglect.

I think one must be careful in going to an attorney about it. Bringing legal action is a rather severe way to go about achieving a solution, especially when tempers may run hot and the result may be more problems than existed originally. No house in our area has reached the point of no return, I think, and antagonizing the residents who are lackadaisical already is not the best way to get them to do what is right. Shouldn't the board consider that some may not be able to afford regular maintenance (due to divorce, widowhood, aging and/or fixed incomes, illness, etc.)?

My suggestion is for using restraint, in this and all neighborhood problems. This is one place where it is better to err on the side of conservatism. How would you handle it?

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"I'M GOING FISHING" Means: "I'm going to drink myself dangerously stupid, and stand by a stream with a stick in my hand, while the fish swim by in complete safety."


"IT'S A GUY THING" Means: "There is no rational thought pattern connected with it, and you have no chance at all of making it logical."


"CAN I HELP WITH DINNER?" Means: "Why isn't dinner already on the table?" This I KNOW to be true.


"UH HUH," "SURE, HONEY," OR "YES, DEAR..." Means: Absolutely nothing. It's a conditioned response.


"IT WOULD TAKE TOO LONG TO EXPLAIN" Means: "I have no idea how it works." and I'm not about to read the directions!"


"I WAS LISTENING TO YOU. IT'S JUST THAT I HAVE THINGS ON MY MIND." Means: "I was wondering if that redhead (or blonde or brunette) over there is wearing a bra."


"TAKE A BREAK HONEY, YOU ARE WORKING TOO HARD." Means: "I can't hear the game over the vacuum cleaner."


"THAT'S INTERESTING, DEAR." Means: "Are you still talking?"


"YOU KNOW HOW BAD MY MEMORY IS." Means: "I remember the theme song to'F Troop', the address of the first girl I ever kissed, and the vehicle identification numbers of every car I've ever owned, every basket, hit or tackle I ever made, but I forgot your birthday."


"I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT YOU, AND GOT YOU THESE ROSES." Means: "The girl selling them on the corner was a real babe."


"OH, DON'T FUSS, I JUST CUT MYSELF, IT'S NO BIG DEAL." Means: "I have actually severed a limb, but will bleed to death before I admit that I am hurt."


"HEY, I'VE GOT MY REASONS FOR WHAT I'M DOING." Means: "And I sure hope I think of some pretty good reasons soon."


"I CAN'T FIND IT." Means: "It didn't fall into my outstretched hands, so I'm completely clueless." This is especially true in the grocery store!


"WHAT DID I DO THIS TIME?" Means: "What did you catch me at?"


"I HEARD YOU." Means: "I haven't the foggiest clue what you just said, and am hoping desperately that I can fake it well enough so that you don't spend the next 3 days yelling at me."


"YOU KNOW I COULD NEVER LOVE ANYONE ELSE" Means: "I am used to the way you yell at me, and realize it could be worse."


"YOU LOOK TERRIFIC." Means: "Please don't try on one more outfit, I'm starving."


"I'M NOT LOST. I KNOW EXACTLY WHERE WE ARE." Means: "No one will ever see us alive again."

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As if we don't have enough to worry about, check out this news about women's purses:

http://www.snopes.com/medical/disease/purse.asp
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gumshoe (GUM-shoo) noun
1. A detective.
2. A rubber overshoe.
[The word is an allusion to the quiet snooping that a detective is supposed
to do.]
The word is an example of the figure of speech called synecdoche in
which a part is used for the whole or vice versa. Another example is
the use of the word crown to refer to a king.

I have never heard of *synecdoche* before, which I find odd for an English major. Did they invent it after I graduated?

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Need a good laugh? Read this:

http://www.thewvsr.com/062806.htm

I admit it is rather juvenile, but this guy makes me laugh nearly every day.

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Can anyone explain why Jaguar would mail a DVD to ME advertising their new XK? God knows I couldn't afford to buy the rear-view mirror! It is a beautiful car, but as the old saying goes, "If you buy a Jag, get 2 so you'll have something to drive while the other one is in the repair shop."

If you feel inclined to buy one for me, I'll have the convertible, please, preferably in British racing green......LOL

It's hard to be religious when certain people are never incinerated by bolts of lightning.

Bill Watterson, comic strip artist (1958- ), in his comic strip Calvin & Hobbes.

Do you miss Calvin & Hobbes as much as I do?
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I went to the drive through, bought lunch, drove behind the restaurant into a grocery store lot, where I park to eat and read. Sometimes that is the only way I can sit (and justify it) during the day. I lowered the car windows and was assaulted with "eau de dumpster". I always park in the same place, and that has never happened before. Perhaps the dumpster company is late picking up the trash? I know I will definitely find a new place to park in the future!

Peeeeeuuuuuw!

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Some of you post from time to time what keywords have brought people to your sites. I always find something to laugh about with yours, but seldom find anything amusing about the keywords used to find me. Until now.

"what's in a mcdonalds iced coffee?" Unnnnhhh, wouldn't you know this already? I mean not too much can be in it except coffee and ice, and whatever else you add....LOL

My friend Naomi,

http://sitteninthehills64.blogspot.com/

is having a significant birthday today. Please go and wish her the Happiest Birthday ever, and tell her kenju sent you!

This woman brings us so much pleasure; reading her posts is always a treat, whether they be about her life and family, her show business experiences and friends or her cactus garden, the likes of which you've never seen before. If you don't have her on your blogroll - or in a favorites list - visit her now and you'll want to correct that!

You asked for flowers, Naomi, and this is the best I can do, given the distance from you (and the fact that I don't know your address). I included a froggie, Hoppy Birthday cake, in case you are craving green frosting........LOL

It is devoutly wished that this is your best birthday ever, filled with friends and family, good food, flowers and the libations of your choice. May the year ahead hold everything you've ever wanted, plus freedom from illness and infirmity. Have a great one, my dear, and many, many more. May you continue to entertain us for a long time to come.

Happy Birthday, Naomi!

Addenda below.

"This is the first lesson ye should learn:

There is so much good in the worst of us, and so much bad in the best of us, it doesn't behoove any of us to speak evil of the rest of us. This is a universal law........."

Edgar Cayce Reading 3063-1


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Do you know anyone who epitomizes this saying?

It is not bigotry to be certain we are right; but it is bigotry to be unable to imagine how we might possibly have gone wrong. -G.K. Chesterton, essayist and novelist (1874-1936)


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Here's another good word for you. Use it; impress your friends......LOL


Nostomania (nos-tuh-MAY-nee-uh, -mayn-yuh) noun: An overwhelming desire to return home or to go back to familiar places.

From Greek nostos (a return home) + mania (excessive enthusiasm or madness).

Nostomania is an extreme form of nostalgia.

This spoke to me this week, since I just went back "home" for a school reunion.
This word, and another one everyday, comes from the website Wordsmith, and you can subscribe here:
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Any linguaphiles among you? You will get a new word in your email inbox every morning, with definitions, examples and derivations. It is free, too.

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A word is not the same with one writer as with another. One tears it from his guts. The other pulls it out of his overcoat pocket. -Charles Peguy, poet and essayist (1873-1914)

 

 

 

This concrete frog, with a piggybacking friend, sits in my kitchen window sill. It must have been a factory "second", since the small frog on top resembles a blob with feet, rather than another frog. I took some real frogs out of the pool skimmer last week that were piggybacked like this, but they had a larger purpose.......LOL  

 

As the years passed, we all became even better friends. When I needed something special to wear for a hot date or a dance - she opened her closet for me to choose whatever I wanted. Luckily, we wore the same size clothes, even shoes, and our tastes in jewelry ran in similar veins. As I got older, I stopped babysitting much, but we remained good friends and helpful neighbors.

After college, I left town to pursue life elsewhere, but I always looked forward to returning home to see my parents and the neighbors. Several years later, I got word that they were moving to a larger home in a different section of the city; the area to which they had moved their newly enlarged grocery. I was happy for them, of course, but a bit sad to see them leave since they had been my family's neighbors for so many years. For a few years, we visited them in their new home every time I came back to town, but eventually we drifted apart somewhat, as our lives took different turns. She got pregnant again and had a baby girl just a year before I had my first child. As my parents aged, they didn't initiate much visiting, and so the lines of communication faded, around 1968.

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Fast forward to June, 1982: we had just moved into a new home, and I was busy with all the little chores that women have to do to make a house a home, such as hanging pictures, unpacking boxes, etc. My younger daughter wanted me to take her to a local mall, to meet with her friends and their mom, but I didn't want to take the time to go since I was so busy. Finally she wore me down, and I agreed to take her there and wait until the other family arrived.

We parked in the agreed upon location, and as we were sitting in the car, I happened to look up and see those former neighbors walking on the sidewalk in front of my car! You need to know that where they lived and where I now live are 330 miles apart, and we had not seen each other in 14 years! I would never have expected to see them in that location, and you might imagine my great surprise that I did. I was speechless (which happens very seldom), but I opened the car door and yelled out to them. Now it was their turn to be speechless - and they were. Remember the line in yesterday's post about always meeting people when you look your worst? This was a perfect example. I had on very old clothes and my hair was a fright. Nonetheless, we greeted each other in glee and wonderment at the synchronicity of it all. They were in my town to deliver their daughter to her first year of college, which she was starting in the summer semester, instead of waiting until the fall.

We renewed our deep friendship, and got to know their daughter as they got to know my children. They returned to my city to visit their daughter several times a year and we always saw them at those times, as well as when we went back to my home town. There is no one alive now (except my husband) who knows me better than she, and spending time with her is such a deep comfort to me.

My daughter never fails to remind me that if I had not acceded to her begging for the trip to the mall, I might never have known that they and their daughter would be spending time in my city and a wonderful opportunity would have been lost forever. She is right, of course. Who knows what prompted me to give in to her whims. I prefer to think that it was fate - or some very good karma - that caused it to happen.

My friend was here last weekend to visit; even though her daughter no longer lives here. As we age, our shopping trips are fewer and shorter, our lunches and dinners get smaller and healthier. But we never tire of talking and being together, whether it is to savor the "old" days or discuss the newest changes in our lives. Our abiding friendship and love never fades. She is wonderfully generous of spirit and love and I will be forever grateful that she was brought into my life.

Happy Birthday, C______!

1. Print name tags large enough that older people can read them. Do not put women's maiden names in quotes, as if they were nicknames. The proper format is First Name - Maiden name -- Married name.

2. Do not hire a band, no matter how good they are, for the first night of the reunion. People cannot talk and get reacquainted over loud music. This is especially true when the reception is held in a cavernous room with very high ceilings, where the acoustics are horrendous.

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WHAT REUNION ATTENDEES SHOULD KNOW:

1. Take your camera! (Sadly, I forgot mine in a friend's car, but I got it back.)

2. Wear comfortable shoes, unless, of course, you are trying to impress your classmates. There is no call to wear strapless dresses and strappy high-heel slides, especially if you are 60+ years old and have skin that is wrinkled like parchment with age spots and varicose veins everywhere. Have some compassion and cover up. If your arms resemble the Pillsbury Dough Boy, wear long sleeves. If you haven't treated your feet to a recent pedicure - don't show them to us, please!

3. How many times does it have to be said? Men should not wear hats indoors! If you are bald......deal with it. You are not fooling anyone. Granted, there were only three hats in a room of a thousand people, but they stood out like a sore thumb! Two of them were baseball caps and one was a suede gaucho's hat, complete with leather chin strap. What the heck? Did this 1943 grad just ride in from the pampas in Argentina? I rather doubt it.

I don't want to be too snarky. I know how much work and dedication it takes to mount an event of this magnitude, especially when you are trying to do it on a shoestring. My advice is to ask questions of everyone who has ever attended a reunion before you begin planning and to provide event critique sheets for mailing in later or dropping into a box at the site.

Despite how it sounds, I had a nice time. I did enjoy seeing the few people I knew and watching the ones I didn't.

What has your experience been at reunions? Do you attend? If so, what have you noticed that should have been done differently?

I am leaving town for a few days and will be unable to post or read.


Promise you'll miss me?


I'll be back Monday, I think.

Please scroll down to the the second frog post below. I

look forward to reading your comments when I return.

This is my kitchen window. Part of my frog collection resides here, where I see them off and on all day. As you can see, I love the juxtaposition of cobalt blues and greens! In addition to the frogs, there is a panda bear pot-sitter given to me by my son and a small ring holder.

The other photos show close-ups of the frogs and bottles. In the third down, there is a translucent green frog that is actually a dental floss dispenser. My daughter bought that one for me, as well as the fat-bellied one in the second photo.I will have to post another photo to show the complete window. It will be below this one. The tall blue bottle is an old Avon bottle, but I don't know what it held. I found it in my mother's basement. The short green one to its right is an old ink bottle. The blue swan is an antique salt holder. I have a small collection of those too.
 

This was originally a French song, written by Marguerite Monnot, words by Edith Piaf, a famous French songstress.

Judy Davis plays an art gallery owner who is over-the-top, to say the least. She is Jennifer's boss. Judy could get an Oscar nomination for this role, and I would have preferred to see more of her on screen. Justin Long, who played Warren Cheswick on Ed, plays Christopher, the assistant at the gallery. His long hair and under-lip whiskers in this movie take him a long way from the nerd he played on TV, and while his role is small, it is notable.

If you go see this movie with no expectations of where the story leads, you will probably enjoy it.

I used to eat a lot of natural foods until I learned that most people die of natural causes.

· Gardening Rule: When weeding, the best way to make sure you are removing a weed and not a valuable plant is to pull on it. If it comes out of the ground easily, it is a valuable plant.

· The easiest way to find something lost around the house is to buy a replacement.

· Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway.

· There are two kinds of pedestrians: the quick and the dead.

· Life is sexually transmitted.

· Health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die.

· The only difference between a rut and a grave is the depth.

· Some people are like Slinkies. Not really good for anything, but you still can't help but smile when you see one tumble down the stairs.

· Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in hospitals dying of nothing.

· Have you noticed since everyone has a camcorder these days no one talks about seeing UFOs like they used to?

· Whenever I feel blue, I start breathing again.

· All of us could take a lesson from the weather. It pays no attention to criticism.

· In the 60's, people took acid to make the world weird. Now the world is weird and people take Prozac to make it normal.

· Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.

· How is it one careless match can start a forest fire, but it takes a whole box to start a campfire?

· Who was the first person to look at a cow and say, "I think I'll squeeze these dangly things here, and drink whatever comes out?"

· Who was the first person to say, "See that chicken there? I'm gonna eat the next thing that comes outta its butt."

· Why is there a light in the fridge and not in the freezer?

· If Jimmy cracks corn and no one cares, why is there a song about him?

· Why do people point to their wrist when asking for the time, but don't point to their crotch when they ask where the bathroom is?

· Why does your OB-GYN leave the room when you get undressed if they are going to look up there anyway?

· Why does Goofy stand erect while Pluto remains on all fours? They're both dogs!

· If Wile E. Coyote had enough money to buy all that Acme crap, why didn't he just buy dinner?

· If quizzes are quizzical, what are tests?

· If corn oil is made from corn, and vegetable oil is made from vegetables, then what is baby oil made from?

· If electricity comes from electrons, does morality come from morons?

· Why do the Alphabet song and Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star have the same tune?

· Do illiterate people get the full effect of Alphabet Soup?

· Did you ever notice that when you blow in a dog's face, he gets mad at you, but when you take him on a car ride, he sticks his head out the window?

· Does pushing the elevator button more than once make it arrive faster?

· Why doesn't glue stick to the inside of the bottle?

 

Can you think of a good reason to add this word to your vocabulary:

honorificabilitudinity (ON-uh-rif-i-kay-bi-li-too-DIN-i-tee) a noun meaning Honorableness. Another form of that word was used by Shakespeare. It comes from Costard, the clown, in Love's Labour's Lost:

"I marvel thy master hath not eaten thee for a word; for thou art not so long by the head as honorificabilitudinitatibus: thou art easier swallowed than a flap-dragon."

I guess you have to read it in context before it makes sense.....LOL.....but I prefer to use a shorter word, one less likely to trip up my tongue and send it crashing around my eye teeth!

And by the way: What the heck is a flap-dragon?

Jazz: the music form to which I automatically listen when given a choice. To me, jazz is like modern or impressionistic art. When I am listening to jazz, I ofter see colors and patterns, sort of the way that the Disney movie "Fantasia" illustrates the music in the film. If you haven't seen Fantasia, watch it and see how they show the rhythms inherent in the music. It is fascinating to me.

Jade: this tough, compact green gemstone has always drawn me with its subtle colors, both dark and light. Jade has been used for centuries for jewelry and statuary. Before mr. kenju gave me a diamond ring (on our 17th anniversary) I work a circlet of jade on my left hand along side my wedding ring.

James: the name of someone very close to my heart. He was born in January and went to school under Jesuit priests, and we are both dedicated to Jesus. I also have a grandson named James.

Jigsaw: I have loved jigsaw puzzles since I was a child, and I once completed one that had 2500 pieces and covered almost my whole dining room table. Trouble was, it took so long to solve it that my table was covered with the pieces over both Thanksgiving and Christmas. In the future, I need a place to do puzzles that will not lay long-term claim to the table where we eat during family gatherings! I have one waiting in the wings, so to speak, an aerial photograph of the government buildings and monuments in Washington, DC. I look forward to starting that one, and if I am lucky enough to finish it, I will post a pic here.

Jet: something I absolutely love to board and fly off into the wild blue yonder. My first flight was at age 18 (I think), when I "ran away from home". I went to NYC, and gawked at the skyscrapers, stood on the top of the Empire State building and cried for my momma, spent so much money on taxi fare that I was afraid to buy anything to eat for 2 days. I was rescued on the 3rd day and sent home in ignominious fashion. Since that time, I have been fortunate to have flown to many different places. If money were no object, you could always find me on a plane to somewhere new and exciting.

Jacobean: a style of decoration prevailing in England in the early 17th century. I used to do a lot of crewel embroidery, in patterns called the Jacobean style. I had to quit when eye strain demanded it, but I have always been drawn to the patterns of stylized flowers and foliages known as Jacobean.

Jack O' Lantern: My birthday falls on October 30th, which in my home town, was always "trick or treat" night. Hence, jack o' lanterns and other Halloween decor always figured heavily in my birthday celebrations. Quite often, a large papier mache one would be the place I gathered my treats and stored them for the short time they lasted.

I won't tap anyone else to do the meme, but if you do one, please let me know!

Can you imagine how hard the adults laughed at all this? I was rolling in the floor...well, almost.....and their parents/aunts/uncles were very amused. If you don't have grandchildren yet - see what you have to look forward to? We are all pretty sure that at least two of the drama queens have great careers ahead of them in the entertainment field.

P.S. Their parents do not want their photos on the blog; otherwise you'd see them!

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Tonight I will be watching "The Family Stone". I will review it later.

Addition below!

21st Century Zen


1. Do not walk behind me, for I may not lead. Do not walk ahead of me,for I may not follow. Do not walk beside me either, just pretty much leave me the hell alone.

2. The journey of a thousand miles begins with a broken car and no cell phone.

3. It's always darkest before dawn. So if you're going to steal your neighbor's newspaper, that's the time to do it.

4. Don't be irreplaceable. If you can't be replaced, you can't be promoted.

5. Always remember that you're unique. Just like everyone else.

6. Never test the depth of the water with both feet.

7.. If you think nobody cares if you're alive, try missing a couple of car payments.

8. Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes.That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes.

9. If at first you don't succeed, skydiving is not for you.

10. Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach him how to fish, and he will sit in a boat and drink beer all day.

11. If you lend someone $20 and never see that person again, it was probably worth it.

12. If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.

13. Some days you're the bug and some days you're the windshield.

14. Everyone seems normal until you get to know them.

15. The quickest way to double your money is to fold it in half and put it back in your pocket.

16. A closed mouth gathers no foot.

17. Duct tape is like 'The Force.' It has a light side and a dark side,and it holds the universe together.

18. There are two theories to arguing with women. Neither one works.

19. Generally speaking, you aren't learning much when your lips are moving.

20. Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it.

21. Never miss a good chance to shut up.

22. Never, under any circumstances, take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night.

 

These Words?


Assess
Banana
Dresser
Grammar
Potato
Revive
Uneven
Voodoo


See If You Can Figure Out What These Words Have In Common...... The answer will be in the comments. Don't cheat!

Etiquette In General...

1. Never take a beer to an interview.

2. Always identify people in your yard before shooting them.

3. It's considered tacky to take a cooler to church.

4. If you have to vacuum the bed, it's time to change the sheets.

5. Even if you're certain that you're included in the will, it's rude todrive a U-haul to the funeral.


Dining Out ...

1. When decanting the wine from the box, make sure you tilt the papercup and pour slowly so as not to 'bruise' the fruit of the vine.

2. If drinking directly from the bottle, always hold it with your hands.


Entertaining in your home....


1. A centerpiece for the table should never be anything prepared by a taxidermist.

2. Do not allow the dog to eat at the table, no matter how good his manners are.


Personal Hygiene...

1. While ears need to be cleaned regularly, this job should be done inprivate using one's own truck keys.

2. Even if you live alone, deodorant is not a waste of money.

3. Use of proper toiletries can only delay bathing for a few days.

4. Dirt and grease under the fingernails is a social no-no, as they tend to distract from a woman's jewelry, and alter the taste of finger foods.


Dating (outside the family)...

1. Always offer to bait your date's hook, especially on the first date.

2. Be assertive, Let her know you're interested: "I've been wanting to go out with you ever since I read that stuff on the bathroom walls two years ago."

3. Establish with her parents what time she is expected back. Some will say10:00 PM. Others might say "Monday," If the latter is the answer, it is the man's responsibility to get her to school on time.

Theater Etiquette....

1.Crying babies should be taken to the lobby and picked up immediately after the movie has ended.

2. Refrain from talking to the characters on the screen.. Tests have proven that they can't hear you.


Weddings...

1. Livestock is usually a poor choice for a wedding gift.

2 . Kissing the bride for more than 5 seconds might get you shot.

3. For the groom, at least, rent a tux. A leisure suit with a cummerbund and a clean bowling shirt can create a tacky appearance.

4. Though uncomfortable, say 'yes' to socks and shoes for this special occasion.


Driving Etiquette...

1. Dim your headlights for approaching vehicles, even if the gun is loaded and the deer is in sight.

2. When approaching a four way stop, the vehicle with the largest tires does not always have the right of way.

3. Never tow another car using panty hose and duct tape.

4. When sending your wife down the road with a gas can, it is impolite to ask her to bring back beer too.

5. Do not lay rubber while traveling in a funeral procession.

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Seen on a car bumper recently:


"Bring Back Monica Lewinsky"

Apparently for some, that fiasco is preferable to the one in which we find ourselves today.


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A simple dessert of chocolate fudge squares makes even a mundane meal of leftovers seem like manna from Heaven!


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"For mind is the builder and that which we think upon may become crimes or miracles. For thoughts are things and as their currents run through an entity's experience these become either barriers or steppingstones"

From the Edgar Cayce Readings