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Like a Bad Penny…

( Celebrations and HCFG and POV and Snark and The South and Travel )

… I’m back!!
“So Lisa B, what have you been doing during your rather ahem lengthy blog hiatus?”
“Thanks for asking oh-curious-unnamed-blogger! I suddenly looked up and months had gone by. How in the world did THAT happen???”
Anyway, here are a few of the highlights:
HCFG and I celebrated our one year anniversary. I truly can’t believe it, [...]

Lisa in Wonderland

( Carbs and Celebrations and Mom and The South )

I’ve fallen down a rabbit-hole and landed in Wonderland. I will be meeting all sorts of characters, including a Queen, a Cheshire Cat and a Mad Hatter or two… or fifty.
Translation = I’m in Texas for our 20th annual Tea Party! Mom and I are busily baking assorted lovely treats. We are expecting more than [...]

Conversation With Mom – Redux

( Mom and The South and Travel )

Off to Texas for the weekend to share a few more of these witty chats… this is a favorite from November of 2005.
“Mom, I can’t remember, what is it called when companies do corporate synergy? You know where they plug their other stores and products, and when you buy one thing they make you [...]

Lisa & Ally’s B-Day Adventure – Part 1

( Ally da Pup and Birthday and Friends and POV and The South )

Howdy Y’all!
Oops, I mean Dude!
Got to get my New Yorkese back. Actually that sounds kinda L.A.. Whatever.
Anyway, I had oodles of fun in Texas. I’ll tell you about that soon. First I’m going to share a little mini-adventure that happened before I left town. I was getting ready to pack but first I needed [...]

Conversation With Mom – The Birthday Edition

Mom and I are talking on the phone…
Lisa: “I wish we could spend my birthday together.”
Mom: “I do too, dear. Are there any cheap flights right now?”
Lisa: “Let me look online… Hey there are! So if I come to Texas for my birthday will you take me out to supper?”
Mom: “I’ll even buy you a [...]

Shopping With Mom

( Holidays and Mom and POV and Shopping and The South )

RING! RING!
“What the hell?”
RING! RING!
“It’s 4:00 in the freaking morning, why is my alarm going off? OHHHHH. Black Friday. Crap.”
And so it began…
We arrived at Wal-Mart at 4:45 a.m.. Yes you read that time correctly. Yes we are nuts. Your point? Anyway, the sale began at 5:00 a.m.. It was a 24 hour store [...]

Blessing Overload

( Ally da Pup and Holidays and Mom and POV and The South and Travel )

“God bless us, everyone!” said that nauseating little creep charming boy in fiction, Tiny Tim.
Whoops, wrong holiday. My bad.
Anyway, I’m off to Texas to count my blessings, y’all. I’m going to be spending Thanksgiving week with my lovely Mom. Plus I get to see my extended family and friends, so there will be mucho [...]

Conversation With Mom – The Vitamin Version

( Life and Mom and POV and The South )

Mom is trying to get a vitamin out of the bottle. She turns the bottle upside down and shakes it. One of the vitamins falls on the floor. I pick it up and hand it to her.
Me – “Here you go, do you think you should throw it out?”
Mom – “It’s fine, I believe in [...]

Lisa’s Adventure Part 5 – The Finale

( Ally da Pup and Bloggers and Food and Friends and New York and POV and The South and Travel )

It’s the big finish – Woo Hoo! In case you missed it, here are parts 1, 2, 3, and 4.
Be sure and check out Se7en’s blog cause he has his own version of the trip AND he was the one with the camera!
Where was I? Oh right, I left you in Memphis. Anyway, I [...]

Lisa’s Adventure Part 4 – Elvis, Ribs, and Ducks

( Ally da Pup and Bloggers and Celebrities and Mom and POV and The South and Travel )

What a trip! Over 3000 miles in the car with understatment of the century a less than thrilled pup. I still can’t believe we did it, but what an adventure it was!
Wednesday night Se7en flew back to Texas. He arrived kinda late so we just hung out at Mom’s house. Come Thursday, we were busier [...]