Happy Birthday to K

Posted by mimi on Oct 30, 2005 in dish | 0 comments Today is my oldest friend’s birthday. Not oldest as in age, oldest as in most experienced. We met on a frigid Saturday morning, the very first ever Orlando Scottish Highland Games. She was dancing, my mom had conned me into running scores from the judges to the scorers. Our moms hooked up. I got hooked on dancing. I met Kathryn, and the rest is history.In the (good Lord, has it been that...
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Full House!

Posted by mimi on Oct 29, 2005 in dish | 0 comments Wish I were talking about poker, but I’m not. I have six kids running amok (is there any other way to run, when you’re talking about kids?) through my house. Four girls, two boys. Believe it or not, it’s the girls performing the shock and awe acts of destruction. The boys are playing video games and building stuff with K’Nex. I’ll have millions of tiny pieces all...
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Brain Dead

Posted by mimi on Oct 23, 2005 in dish | 0 comments I think I’ve just about decided I hate accountants.Not accountants, actually. I know some accountants who are lovely people. I think what I hate, though, is the box-checking mentality that accountants have. You know, the one that’s much more interested in checking off the boxes (and creating new boxes to check) than in anything else.Case in point–I get taken to task by a couple...
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HGTV and Me

Posted by mimi on Oct 22, 2005 in dish | 0 comments I love HGTV, I really do, but I realized something tonight while watching Design Remix. Nearly every show they do features modern design, unless you’re talking This Old House. Now I love the clean, modern look as much as the next person (basically because it represents everything that isn’t in my own house), but what I want to know is where are all the cool shows telling you how to...
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