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1- favorite beatle: george harrison; favorite brady: bobby; favorite monkee: mickey; favorite friend: phoebe; favorite muppet: kermit.
2- our town had a frisbee golf course installed in the woods near our home. i never see people playing. there must be a need for it because they put it in. wait a second, i just realized our town has two frisbee golf courses! who is playing all of this frisbee golf??
do any of you play frisbee golf?
3- remember when they would move the “bad kid’s” desk into the hallway? i feel like that wasn’t really a punishment.
4- why are blankets at yoga studios always scratchy?
5- i knew my kids were getting sick when their breath smelled like rubbing alcohol.
6- do you remember the mime couple from the 70s, shields and yarnell?
7- when i still went to church, i managed their social media. they liked my work so much that they asked if i could help with their website too. i didn’t know how to do that, but i said i could create a blog for them instead and save money instead of having internet fees. well, the minister let the church website lag, and i failed to mention to him that he needed to pay for the name/domain.
guess who swooped in and bought it?
a porn site.
i didn’t do their social media for much longer after that, i don’t think.
8- i think comedians make up hecklers. like, they are someone they know planted in the audience, part of the bit they do.
9- many years ago, i tagged along with a friend to interview jaimie laurita—if you’re a real housewives of new jersey fan, you know him as caroline’s brother. i was just there to take pictures, and got to see the home he shared with his husband, which also appeared on the show when he and rich got married
he was a really nice guy, and i’m grateful i got to meet him—and to spend the day with my friend jen. it made me think of all the people i’ve met through blogging and the experiences i’ve had, and how grateful i am for them.
he also has a moscato called bello boy. i thought it was discontinued, but it’s still around in some places. it used to be my favorite, and if offered now, i wouldn’t turn it down. definitely worth the headache.
just another little thing i want to remember…💜
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That is quite a story about the church’s social media. Good for you for stepping up to do the job. But now it’s a porn site? 😅
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I don’t know if it’s still a porn site- I haven’t looked in years. Maybe I should go check….🤣
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It’s a great story!
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Oh goodness — I am laugh/cringe-ing at the church website thing.
I think my favorite Muppet is Grover. Probably because my daughter loved him so much when she was small. Plus, he is darling and beloved even though he makes a big mess of things most times, which feels relatable and comforting.
One famous person I met was Nick Arrojo, whom I knew from the reality makeover show What Not to Wear. He gave me a fantastic haircut.
Frisbee golf is still a thing?! I have never done it, but I feel like it was all the rage when I was in college / grad school.
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My friend Rebecca always laughs so much when she remembers when I turned my church site into porn. I can only imagine the little old ladies trying to go to the site for the bulletin…
Grover! I do love Grover—he’s a close second to Kermie.
OMG! You got a haircut from Nick Arrojo?? Suzanne, that is so cool!
It’s popular here for some reason.
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I forgot all about Shields and Yarnell! They exist in a little nook inside my brain though, along with Mummenschanz & The Mad Painter. It’s always fun to end up in there.
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Mummenschanz!! And The Mad Painter! I loved Paul Benedict.
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Oh noooooo about the church website!!! Honestly.
I have never played frisbee golf. I don’t have a favorite Beatle, Brady, Monkee, or Muppet. (I love all the Muppets too much to choose just one.) But my favorite Friend is Phoebe.
I love this list of things you want to remember!
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I knowwwww. I was mortified at the time.
I do love all of the Muppets too—such a happy childhood show. Phoebe is just the best, isn’t she?
I love that you love them. 💜
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You mean disc golf? My son plays with his work buddies. Cheaper than real golf, lol
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Yes! I looked it up—disc golf is the official name, but around here they call it frisbee golf for some reason. Maybe I can convince my husband to start playing (he loves real, expensive golf 🤣).
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Good idea! I played it once. I was terrible.
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Love these posts, Kari. I never liked the Beatles, so no fave there. Fave Brady: Marcia, Fave Friend: Chandler, Fave Muppet: The Swedish Chef. I completely forgot about Shields & Yarnell!!!! It was so cool to see them again.
I knew my son had strep throat because he would suddenly vomit once out of nowhere. Like, he’d be running around and playing and all of a sudden….BLAH! I’d get out a flashlight and look at his throat and sure enough, it would be beet red and I’d have to take him to the doctor. He never once complained that it hurt. Learned that he was considered a ‘carrier,’ whatever the hell that meant. We had about 4 years of all of us getting strep constantly. True headache.
The church story was funny, but did the church have a porno sounding name because WTH? At our previous church, I did the church newsletter, but this was around 1991 and I didn’t have a computer at home, so I had to go into their office in the evening and often, my husband was working late, so I had to take my oldest daughter with me. One time, she was playing with the desktop phone and I wasn’t paying attention. She managed to call 911!!! The police came and fortunately, one of them was a church member. I was so embarrassed. I think I quit that volunteer job not long after.
I only watched RHONJ for the first 6 seasons or so, so I only vaguely remember the brother of Caroline. A blogger who I used to follow (he quit blogging because of hate he received online – sad!) met Theresa once! That always cracked me up because Joe was in his late 60’s at the time and about the least likely person to be a fan of the show! Haha!
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I love these posts too. It’s been a while, so I thought it was time. (I also love Chandler—he’s my second favorite.)
Anna would vomit when she had strep too! I don’t miss the strep days at all.
No! I swear the people who buy these domains just wait for an opening and BOOM. I don’t know how it was resolved. I was pretty embarrassed when it happened, even though it technically wasn’t my fault.
OMG, why was he getting hate? Because of his opinions of the show?
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A PORN SITE!!! Well, now I’m wondering just who would go to a church-sounding site to look for porn. Ew, I think I thought of something.
I love Kermit too, although I feel a kinship with Miss Piggy. I used to have a Miss Piggy doll when I was a kid and I loved her so much I referred to her as my sister. Then we were at church and some older person spoke to me about my brother, at which point I said I had a sister too. This person asked where my sister was and I said we put her in my closet when we came to church. My parents got investigated!
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LMAO- I’m laughing so much right now…..🤣
No way!! That’s awful! Also, I never would’ve learned this if I hadn’t mentioned my favorite Muppet—and accidentally gotten my old church involved in porn.
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