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Does your family even know there’s a dishwasher in the house? Meme Friday

[Kelly Kazek] One of the most frustrating things for parents: Coming home to a sink filled with dishes and the sink is located beside the dishwasher. Should we just be grateful the dishes made it from the table/sofa/floor/bed/yard/closet to the sink? Nah. Get with it, family! Maybe this meme will help. #MemeFriday #fromtheblog

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Great Lizard Chase of 2017: Do you agree with Sweetums or me?

[Kelly Kazek] OK, so it wasn’t all that great. And it wasn’t really a chase. But it did involve a lizard. A small one, but still … Sweetums has been laughing at me for two days (periodically, not continuously. That would be creepy.) He’s been laughing over an incident I had with a lizard that got… Continue reading Great Lizard Chase of 2017: Do you agree with Sweetums or me?

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After mean comments, I googled myself and felt better; plus, my 2 cents on Confederate monuments

I got kinda disgruntled last week. Some commenters were mean to me, y’all (pouty face). One comment led me to google myself which I hadn’t done in a while (insert joke here) and I found some mentions of me and my stories online that cheered me up a little. (Warning: Some bragging ahead. Stop reading… Continue reading After mean comments, I googled myself and felt better; plus, my 2 cents on Confederate monuments

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Let’s revisit the fashions of those 1970s family bands, shall we? Brady Bunch, Osmonds, Jackson 5

Seems I’m doing about one retro post a week these days but readers tell me they evoke fond memories so maybe I’ll keep doing them for a while. This week, I am writing about family singing groups and, specifically, their fashions. Do you remember rhinestone-studded, fringed jumpsuits? Who wouldn’t love a boy dressed like that?… Continue reading Let’s revisit the fashions of those 1970s family bands, shall we? Brady Bunch, Osmonds, Jackson 5