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What do those three things have in common.....Why absolutely nothing..... Unless your spending a day with Joyce.... Yes.....everyone's favorite ex-blogger and Ms. Flour Power..... Last Monday me and Joyce got together for some shopping and lunch..... we started out at the new Anthropologie in Atlanta and who knew the day would turn out to be photo worthy.... Ofcourse it would be.....nothing is ever normal when the two of us get together..... It's like spending the day with Lucy..... Only instead of being an "Ethel" to Joyce's "Lucy"...... I happen to be another Lucy..... Infact I like to call us "The Two Lucys".... Rose.....I think you would be the first to agree with that.. We moved on to a new pizza place that she had heard of called ANTICO .... somewhere near IKEA we had to stop multiple people to ask for directions.... And with each person....Joyce asked if they would like to join us for lunch.... even the Atlanta Cop that we stopped.... ...

We have talked for years about someday moving back to the Motherland... That would be Jersey for some of you who don't know that is where me and the Boss grew up.... It's where daughter and Miss "B" resides.... It's where Nunze and the Peeps live..... Snow never really bothered us.....Well....that's a lie or we wouldn't have moved to Fort Lauderdale all those years ago..... But the Homeland has always beckoned us back.... The Jersey Shore.....Stewart's Root Beer....White Castle....good pizza.... Until now..... Central New Jersey.... December 26th...2010. 2 feet of snow. Marietta....Georgia January 28th.....2011.... 64 degrees and sunny sunny sunny! We may have to re-think this one.......... If you could live anywhere where would it be and why..... Let's make it only in the U.S. Because we all know if given the chance we would all live in Paris or Tuscany!!

I was in the waiting room of Boo's Vet....Dr. B.....back in July when out walked a lady from the back with all her animals in tow.... She handed me her business card before leaving and said if I ever wanted a portrait painted of Boo I should contact her... My first thought was what a wonderful business women she was using this opportunity to "advertise" her talent....I was impressed.... So impressed that unlike the usual Sue who would have misplaced her card.... I actually put it in a safe place..... When Boo passed away 2 months later my first thought......after all the crying and grieving.....Was to get out her card and send her an e-mail..... My thought was to get the Boss a portrait done for Christmas.... After all.....I fed....walked...and tended to Boo on a Daily basis...But Boo was the Boss' Dog.... Shortly after.... I requested that instead of just e-mailing her a picture that we meet and decide together which picture would work best as an oil painting.... An...

January 23rd. is National Pie Day...... Who Knew??? I am joining our good friend Cheryl at JoJos-Joys and lots of other Pie Bloggers to bring you the next craze in desserts.... PIES.... After All it is the year of Comfort Food... Forget the Cupcake and even the French Macaroon.... I'm Talking good stuff between two pieces of crust.... Baked or chilled to perfection and eaten with a side of ice cream... What could be better! When I heard Cheryl was having a pie party I got out my new Bon Appetit Cookbook.... The family knows when it's gift giving time I always appreciate a Good Cookbook.... Blueberries were on sale over at Publix so 2 pints later and a great recipe.... I was ready to bake a pie! The recipe called for me to cook the blueberries first before putting the filling inside the crust..... This took about ten minutes.... Okay....What Betty Crocker out there......(Joyce).....is going to tell me I did not do the lattice correctly... I realize this and will probably never...

OMG...... How do you get back two hours of your Life????? Ron Howard.....Vince Vaughn and Kevin James Should all chip in and send me the $15.00 I threw away on movie tickets.... It was Date Night Friday so me and the Boss decided to take in dinner and a Movie.... Billed as a "Comedy" someone needs to Sue for Misrepresentation of Entertainment I sat for two hours thinking about all the things I could have spent the $15. on..... 15 RED BOX MOVIES..... 15 MCDONALD'S DOUBLE CHEESEBURGERS.... $15. WORTH OF LOTTERY TICKETS... OR $15.00 WORTH OF DISHES AND STUFF AT TJ MAXX..... This movie was HORRIBLE..... We love to laugh and certainly expected that when we heard both Vince Vaughn and Kevin James were starring in it.... WRONG.... It wasn't funny.....At All. Let me give you a glimpse of what Barbara Walters raved about saying it was wonderful that Ron Howard was back making what he does best... Comedies.... What movie did she go see??? These two guys have an idea to take an...

Talk about something being off the Beaten Path....It would be Harpers Ferry West Virginia A historic town sitting on the banks of the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers And a stopping off point for both the North and the South during the Civil War...... We see it off in the distance huddled at the base of the Shenandoah Mountains....while traveling along Highway 340 between Virginia and West Virginia.... Stone....Brick and Mortar homes that beckon you back to the 1800's.... We are fascinated on how you reach this quaint little town because there are no signs..... But on this trip we decided to make it a point to figure out how to cross the river to the other side and go Exploring.... Crossing over the two rivers and zig-zagging between both Virginia and West Virginia We must have been driving 60 mpg when the Boss spied a sign as we approached the end of the bridge.... "Shenandoah Street".... A sign so small with an arrow pointing to the right....If you blinked you would miss ...