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February 3

Did you know Denver is snowed in? Amylynn and Ava have never been happier to live in the desert. Snow is an anathema to those of us who’d just like to get back to sandals. So, we’re really sorry Denver. Sorry it’s supposed to be in the mid to high 70’s here this weekend. NOT! Of course this means that Punxsatawney Phil was a huge disappointment. It really doesn’t matter how cute he is, the hog’s a nuisance. Shove him back in that hole and make him do it again until he gets it right. While we’re waiting for that, here’s some amusing stuff.

1. Pinterest. Amylynn found this extraordinary time waster because of The Bloggess. If you thought you got lost on Facebook, with

High tech photo of a photo taken by my iPhone. See the real pin on Pinterest

Pinterest you’ll never be heard from again. Amylynn and Ava have never really understood the lure of Facebook and Kelli “gets it” but still seems sane about the whole thing. If you have a tendency to turn off your brain and disappear into such time wasting vortexes, then for the love of all that’s holy, don’t sign up for Pinterest. We don’t know if you’ll ever dig your way out after you fall down that rabbit hole. Still, if you want to see what all the fuss is about, follow the link on the right and tell your family you love them before you go.

2. Wall Street Journal. Boy do we love reading a grown up newspaper. Even while it’s good for a laugh, the Local Picayune is a complete joke. Don’t be mistaken that the WSJ is a stodgy, old man’s newspaper. We used to believe that, too, but we assure you it’s not. Besides getting actual news, there are plenty of amusements to be had as well. Just today for instance, this was an article from the Friday Journal section: The 21 Rules of Surviving a Super Bowl Party. Rule #1 informs you The New England Patriots and the Philadelphia Marlins are playing this weekend. The author also suggests you “impress everyone by walking into the party and loudly predicting the Marlins will win by six baskets.” You want to know what’s really funny about that. Amylynn had to double check who the actual teams are who are playing and that, in fact, the Philadelphia Marlins are not a football team at all. What do we care anyway? We’re just in it for the commercials. And the guacamole.

3. Irises. Spring is coming! Except for Denver. The rest of you probably thought it never would. You know whose fault that is? That stupid groundhog. Whatever. We assure you that it is coming. Just around the corner. Maybe next week. Irises are our favorite springtime flower – just in case you feel so inclined to send us some. Soon they will be poking their purple, blue and yellow heads out of the ground and making our front porch ever so pretty. Grow, irises, grow!

4. American Idol Auditions. This is some of the most horrifically bad television ever to grace the airwaves and yet we can’t turn away. We thought all the whack-a-loons had appeared on television already, greedily collecting their fifteen minutes of fame that Facebook didn’t already satisfy. We were wrong. Oh so very, very wrong. Where do these people hide themselves for the rest of the year? What do they do with themselves when the camera isn’t on? Do they fold themselves up like ventriloquist dummies and lock themselves away in a closet for most of the year? Where are their parents? And their parent’s parents? Who encourages these fools? Is there really such a total lack of self awareness out there or are they just messing with us as part of an elaborate inside joke? If some of these people really are approaching these auditions honestly, then they deserve their very own telethon. Whatever the case may be, we’re too entertained to look away.

5. The remote control. We think someone should write a love song to the remote control. We’re not even men (thank Zeus) but we do love us a handy dandy remote control. One of the great tragedies of life is being comfortably ensconced on the sofa or cuddled up in your cozy bed and realize the remote is across the room or, worse yet, missing altogether. And how fantastic is the button that allows you to flip back and forth between two shows? Super fantastic is what it is. And now that there’s TiVo and DVRs – just think how fat we’ll get. Yea us.

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