Lordy, Lordy! Look Who's Forty ... ONE!

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I don't usually do birthday tributes, unless of course they involve my boo bear, but today I had nothing else to blog about I am making an exception. Bloggers come and bloggers go, but once in a while you come across one who is a keeper - one that you hope never runs out of things to say - Jay is one of those bloggers.

He is probably best known for his viking helmet, although I believe his real talent is his ability to post photos of beautiful, famous women without being arrested for stalking.


In his honor, I sat half-nekkid in a bakery for many hours yesterday, modeling for this cake. And yes Jay, the bustier and the undies are edible *wink*


Here is wishing you a great year Jay, and please, keep on doing what you do because you do it so very, very well! And if you are one of my few readers who hasn't visited Jay in the past, go see him now, and wish him a happy day!

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Friday Wrap-Up

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First things first! Don’t you find that statement a bit annoying? I mean, where else would you put first things? Last? Wouldn’t they then be last things? And speaking of annoying (such a seamless transition) I’ve come to the conclusion that I can be annoying. I know … some of you are shaking your heads right now wondering if this is the first time I’ve realized this, and the answer is … really? I’m that annoying that often?

Here’s the deal, I am making a public apology to two bloggers today for my annoying ways. Both Emmy and Another Suburban Mom published posts over the past few weeks where, in a fit of anal retentiveness, I left a comment that was inappropriate. No, I wasn’t nasty – I was annoying. I had an epiphany while driving home last night and realized that, although my intent was good, my methods were not. Seriously, I didn’t even consider my annoying twit ways might be offensive until that moment in my car – days and weeks later.

So Emmy and ASM, I apologize for being an annoying twit. To any of the rest of you who have suffered through my annoying twit ways, biting your tongue and screaming at the computer monitor shaking your head? I apologize to you too!

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Remember my Positively Going? Or Going Positive? post? How could you forget? I keep bringing it up! Anyway, I predicted that I would lose a few regular readers and commenters. I did – and one of those hurt quite a bit - but you know what? I think I’ve gained about 10x the number I lost! How did that happen? I’ve seen a lot of new faces (and I’m trying to get to all of your blogs) and even a few folks who were MIA for a time. I didn’t do this for readership - I did it for me - but there sure was a warm and fuzzy backlash from it that caught me quite by surprise.

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Oh! I almost forgot! I need to say a great big THANK YOU to Biscuit, Hubman, ASM and M (from Rumblings & Bumblings - I’d link her, but she’s invite only) for playing retro HNT with me yesterday! Maybe it was just my egotistical thinking imagination, but it sure seemed like there was a lot less physical nekkidness out there this week, yet the HNT contributions were every bit as wonderful!

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One more thing … who knows what a perdiddle (or padiddle) is? And how many of you hit the roof of the car when you see one? Having grown up on the west coast, I am very familiar with slug bugs, but had never heard of a perdiddle/padiddle until moving to the Chicago area. I guess it’s just one more of those geographical language differences, like soda and pop, or market and grocery store, or “Duck, Duck, Goose” and “Duck, Duck, Grey Duck” (those Minnesota folks have a language all of their own)!

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HNT - Thin Mint Part Deux (retro)

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If you are a long time reader, you'll remember that last year I was victim to the Thin Mint Debacle. In short, I somehow eluded - completely and unintentionally - every Girl Scout in Northwestern Illinois and was not able to secure a single box of the highly coveted Thin Mints. Fortunately, two fellow bloggers felt so sorry for me liked me so much that they shared their stash, and they were properly rewarded with the Thin Mint HNT and, later, the Thin Mint Blizzard HNT.

This year, I tackled a gaggle of Girl Scouts I made sure to track down two purchasing sources and placed my order ahead of time. Since it's the first HNT of March, I'm sharing a retro Thin Mint HNT this week (i.e. no fleshy nekkidness), but next week might just be a different story!

“A balanced diet is a cookie in each hand”
~Author Unknown




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