Gina….

As you know, my name is Gina. I recently found a song by the same name. Besides the fact that it reminds me of my pathetically un-romantic life, I love it (Come on, you would too if your name was Gina)! Here’s a link to it:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=GeWMKDlQ5OM
(ignore the dedication stuff in the beginning of the movie, [...]

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Babysitting (part one?)

You are reading a post which was written in a rush… I expect to be picked up to babysit in 15 minutes! I better scoot!Since babysitting is obviously on my mind (and I am at a loss of interesting topics), I will share some techniques I find successful.
Rule number one:Never raise your voice at the [...]

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My Bonnet

I’m working at the peanut stand at a one-day fair in town this weekend–all vendors have to be in victorian garb. Thus, the homemade bonnet in these pictures:
I found a pattern on the internet which was about 3 sizes to small, and dug up my friend’s little sister’s bonnet as a guide. Above is the [...]

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It grows like THAT?

And what would this be? Any guesses? At first glance it may look like a deformed apple with some chunk of wood taped to the bottom. Or, if you happen to be a resident of Brazil, you wouldn’t hesitate to say it’s a cashew fruit. Yup, that little “chunk of wood” is actually the nut [...]

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SNOW!!!!

We had the first real snow of winter last week…. 6 inches! It all melted over the next few days, but it was nice while we had it.

These are some winter berries growing in our swamp. They are so nice! Perfect for arrangements.
This is the view out our back window. The picture is sort [...]

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THANKSGIVING!!!! (Parts 1 and 2)

Part one:
A young man named Jon received a parrot as a gift. The parrot had a bad attitude and an even worse vocabulary. Every word out of the bird’s mouth was rude, obnoxious and laced with profanity. Jon tried and tried to change the bird’s attitude by consistently saying only polite words, playing soft music [...]

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ATTENTION

New rule:
I will not publish any more comments if they are not signed… that means no commenting as anonymous. If I know you I will publish it, but obviously if you are anonymous than I don’t know you. Thank you!

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Grace

I recently read the story of “Les Miserable”—it tells the story of Jean Valjean, an ex-convict, yet when shown mercy by a priest, turns his life around to serve others. Still, however, he is a fugitive criminal and is hunted by the one man, inspector Javert, who can put all the pieces together and convict [...]

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Blue Fingers… blek!

I recently did some tie-dying for some Christmas presents. I can’t say much more (for fear the recipients would read it) except for the fact that gloves work fine when you are squeezing and stirring and rinsing out… but when it comes time to take the rubber bands off the material, you really need your [...]

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G.I.N.A.

One day I looked up the name Gina on Wikipedia, just for the fun of it. This is what I found:
For one thing, it stated “Gina is an Italian first name. It means punching people.” This disturbed me because I always heard and read in the name books that Gina meant Queen… Not to worry, [...]

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