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The Car Gods Laugh

I was walking out of work last Friday when one of my Sonata owning colleagues flagged me down. "Kathy, you need to get the new Sonata. It's got all the bells and whistles and it's great!" "Nope. I literally mailed my last car payment in a week ago and I'm going to drive my bitchen' car into the ground which should be many miles from now." That was my first mistake. Actually saying that out loud where, clearly, the Loki of the car gods heard me and decided to make mischief. My second mistake was that I had earmarked next month's car payment to do my final 60K services like a fiscally responsible person would do. Which I am not. And, the car gods laughed some more. Saturday morning, I was heading to Tucson to spend the night at a party with my Parrot Head friends down there. I sent a text that I was on my way then headed to a fast food drive through to get some lunch to eat in the car. Just as I started pulling out of the drive through,

Personality In Pictures?

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I've been scouring my digital photos trying to find something to match some of the more obscure Photo A Day themes from Fat Mum Slim  and it has been a delightful trip down multiple memory lanes. I've shared some of the "oldies" on Facebook and I think my peeps have enjoyed that. The following three pictures called out to me for a story, not just a picture post, though. Two of my Iowan friends and I spent a short period of time in Milwaukee back in June of 2011. We roamed the city for a night and day before meeting up with more friends to see Jimmy Buffett at Alpine Valley. So. Much. Fun. We visited the Bronze Fonz statue and each posed for a picture with it. I wonder if our poses say anything about our personalities? I'm just a hugger. (I'm actually not a hugger, alcohol was involved.) Pete is too cool for school. Dawnie is, well, Dawnie. When it comes to counting my blessings, having great friends like these two ladies is very, very