Tag Archives: play

Let’s play.

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You know the drill.

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I’m going with 4 and 6.

4. When we visited France… me with very rudimentary French language skills and my husband with a non existent grasp… we felt like fish out of water, which resulted in many strange hand signals that probably insulted the natives. (It was pre cell phone days, no on demand translator for us) So yes, being able to converse without looking like brain dead baboons would be helpful.

6. First class is ridiculously more expensive than business so I rarely if ever book it. But it would be nice to have a little more elbow room and a full can of Coke.

As for the rest, we’re retired and don’t need vacation days.

Perfect weather is nice, but it’s on those gloomy rainy days that we discover the great museums and art galleries.

I’m a type A researcher. If there’s a secret spot? I’ll find it.

Make lifelong friends? My husband will talk to a rock. We never meet strangers.

Now you.

Pick two!

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Let’s play.

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Time to warm up your memory banks and answer a question.

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My husband and I were married in 1984. We lived in a cheap, fully furnished rental house off base and basically had nothing to our names but the clothes on our back.

So naturally the first thing we did was buy a sexy new sports car.

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A Nissan 280ZX.

Brother, we were styling.

It had removable T Tops which were flashy, but honestly a pain in the *ss as they took up all the room in the tiny hatch space in back. Open roof and grocery shopping at the same time? Not happening.

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But we looked good, so who cared?

I tried searching old photo albums for a picture of us in or beside the car but this is the only one I could find.

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Car butt to the right.

A skinny, big haired ‘80’s me and the hubs on our way to a wedding on the left.

I do love me a man in uniform.

❤️

Your turn.

What were you driving in 1984?

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Let’s play.

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If you’re flying solo? Seat mates can make or break the trip.

I’ve had people who won’t shut up and people who don’t say a word.

A woman who wouldn’t stop drinking.

An ADHD child (who drove me to drink)

A man so creepy the flight attendant asked me if I wanted to change seats. (I did, and was upgraded to first class.)

Yes, seat mates are important.

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While I do have a few unanswered questions for Marilyn… and Batman might come in handy if there was an emergency, I’m going with Betty White.

Ten hours of laughing sounds like a good plan to me.

How about you?

Pick a seat mate.

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Let’s play.

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Happy Friday!

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Since I don’t drink coffee, I’m going to take blogging liberty and switch mine to tea.

I doubt it will come at as any surprise that I hate the heat. I detest sweaty, humid summers and long for cool, crisp autumn temperatures.

I drink iced tea all year long. Fresh brewed, unsweetened with a slice of lemon.

So yes, I pick cold in winter.

How about you?

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Let’s play.

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One question.

One minute, tops.

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This is a tough one. If we still had a mortgage, I probably would have said that because it was a doozy … but that’s not a life long bill. It just felt that way.

And with the uncertainty in the Middle East, filling our tanks with heating oil this winter is going to make my cry, no doubt about that.

But I think I’ll have to choose groceries.

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We may not live in a mansion, may not drive Ferraris, but we like to eat … and we eat well. Which results in some eye popping receipts at the grocery store. Have you priced a decent pot roast these days? It’s criminal.

So yes. I’ll pick free groceries for life.

With all the money I’ll save, I’ll be picking out that Ferrari before you can say 5 pound boneless chuck.

How about you?

What bill do you want paid for life.

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Let’s play.

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Because it’s Friday and that’s what we do here.

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I can’t say any of the Maine adjectives surprised me.

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But I do think my home state of New Jersey is getting an awfully bad rap.

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I have wonderful memories of growing up there and yes, Jersey might be expensive, Italian (though that’s not a bad thing, the food is fantastic) and densely populated…. but I assure you, it’s never boring.

Now you.

Why is your state so….

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Let’s play.

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Because it beats work and will only take a minute of your time.

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Our neighbors have the most adorable Corgis and though I’m a cat person at heart, I do enjoy watching their sweet little guys run around and frolic on the lawn.

They always seem to have a smile on their face, and who doesn’t love that?

#4 for me.

Now you.

Pick a seat mate.

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Let’s play.

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I’ll ask you to put your thinking cap on, but the weekend is almost here.

You can take it off soon.

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Here are mine…

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I had to go back and watch this a second time right after I saw it because I didn’t believe the premise.

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Same situation as the first. My original thought? No way!

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Great movie. I never saw it (him) coming.

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Not quite as good as the others, but a decent legal drama twist.

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Now you.

Give me a movie with an insane plot twist.

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