Motherwise Cracks

After our dog died, we got another dog who is as wild as they come. My friend told me I should start watching a show on Animal Planet with a “dog whisperer” but I am convinced I really need a megaphone and tazer. She is still a bit crazed and a bit spoiled. My two [...]

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Yes, I am late again. Not one, but two days late in posting my Family Funnies Carnival. So what’s new? But the good news is that the September Family Funnies Carnival is now ready! Woo haa. Please stop by and give a read as these delightful folks have been so kind to share their stories with us so that we too can laugh, snicker and vent [...]

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Well, a couple of years ago, my daugher wrote a paper for kids her age about handling money. She was pretty good at taking care of her finances (even though she owes me money right now) and I thought her book was really well done. So, being into DTP, and having nothing better to do than doat on my budding [...]

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Sometimes you just have to laugh. It scares the neighbors a lot less than screaming. We had arranged for my daughter to purchase my husband’s car at a special price when we got a new one. It has airbags – very important, as she has had a few fender benders. He gave her such a [...]

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Dear Lord and Protector, watch over my son, As he takes his lickins’ since football has begun. Now that it’s the end of the practice season, I confess I am guilty of football mom treason. On this eve of the first game, I am afraid that I dread, Any playtime at all for my son, [...]

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Only in my hometown do we celebrate Labor Day with Goat Chip Bingo and these dancers. I worked the Goat Chip Bingo stand and this was my view of the dancers. The goats looked a bit better (none of them had varicose veins) but they don’t have as much energy. I choose my girlfriend’s husband to be the judge, and he agreed to it. [...]

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Hubs decided to mow the acreage today as it’s nearly the end of summer and he wanted to be sure to be able to say he worked on a tractor this summer. Ex-farm boys have this thing about keeping up appearances. They still want to maintain their membership in the “I can still farm” club, [...]

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This past weekend we went to see Beauty and the Beast (at ArtPark in Lewiston, NY). I had not expected that half of the audience to be under age 10 with many of them decked out in full Belle regalia. They were so cute! The other majority of the audience arrived in busloads from senior centers all across Western New York. They were cute too. We bought the play tickets [...]

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