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I had decided we were not pet people. Jim and I had the most amazing dog ever when we first got married, and she passed away peacefully when she was nine. Then we hit a rough patch. I made it my mission to only find pets that would destroy my house, terrorize my children, and…
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In the year 1621, the Pilgrims held their first Thanksgiving feast. They invited the great Indian chief Massasoit, who brought ninety of his brave Indians…. 90? Come enjoy Thanksgiving at a less hectic pace! It’s the Skamarakas Family Fakesgiving! All of the turkey, none…
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One of the best quotes ever is credited to Dr. Seuss. There was wisdom in all he wrote, but this is my favorite. “Don’t cry because it’s over; smile because it happened.” Most of the time, when I think of that quote, I think of the end to a vacation, or the last page of…
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Three days. In three days, you might spend $15 on coffee at Starbucks. In three days, you might spend $6 in a vending machine at work on snacks. In three days, you might spend $60 on take away dinners to save time cooking at home. In the next three days, think of all the places…
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Back in the day, Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall came to America from some far off African land. Eddie was a prince, if I recall, and he wanted to live life as a pauper here in America. He found a job at the MacDougall’s, met a common girl, fell in love, and then had James…
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I was watching an old episode of Seinfeld while doing homework this evening, and in this particular episode, George, who is unhappily engaged to Susan. When he learns that he happens to be Marisa Tomei’s “type”, he begs Elaine to have her friend, who knows the Oscar winning actress, introduce him. Elaine refuses, because, after…
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I have been told by my oldest child that I cannot use my absolutely all time favorite photo of her today. She thinks she was an ugly baby. She was. When I look at the first photo ever taken of Brighid, I thought I had given birth to a small spider monkey. She had spindly…
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I was the oldest sister of two back in the early 70s, when I heard on the local news that they were air lifting babies out of Vietnam and sending them to the United States. They were going to need homes, and I always wanted a big brother, so I encouraged my mother to call…
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Disney PIXAR’s Brave is nothing like any other Disney Princess film. It’s better. Following along with Tangled and Princess and the Frog, Brave exhibits a princess with a head on her shoulders and her own dreams outside of getting married to a prince and living happily ever after. This is without a doubt the…
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