American Girlz

Posted by mimi on Jul 5, 2008 in dish | 2 comments Today, Frack and I took my mom and a couple of her friends to Kit Kittredge, the first theatrical release of an American Girl movie. If you don’t have a daughter in the tween range, you may not be aware of the marketing juggernaut that is the American Girl company. The American Girls are a series of dolls, each from a specific period of U.S. history. Each doll comes with historically...
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Birthday Girl!

Posted by mimi on Jun 30, 2008 in dish | 0 comments Baby girl, aka “Frack,” is nine today. Nine going on twenty-six, that is. She’s gorgeous, if I do say so myself, with a wonderful sense of fashion (don’t know where that comes from, since I am the least fashionable woman I know this side of frumpy) and a goofy sense of humor. She truly is the kind of sunshine that mamas and daddies sing about making them happy when skies...
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As God Is My Witness, I’ll Never Garage Sale Again

Posted by mimi on Jun 21, 2008 in dish | 5 comments I’m not a complete Philistine. I know that garage sales are a Great American tradition. Some people plan their whole weekends around which garage sales are where and what they hope to find while browsing.My sister decided a month ago that the two of us, our mom, and her MIL would combine for a multi-family, colossal garage sale. So far, so good. I’m in purge mode. Purge resulting in...
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You Ain’t No ‘Lectric Elephant

Posted by mimi on May 3, 2008 in dish | 1 comment My grandmother, Mama’s mother, was a one-woman force of nature. She was up every day at about 5:30. It seemed like half of those days, she had a pound cake baked and cooling on the counter by the time the rest of the house resurrected itself in time for breakfast. She ran the family farm from the business end, negotiating prices, handling cash, balancing the books. She kept my...
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