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Hello you sassy beast!  Ready for another flip flappin' fantastic weekend?  Yes indeedy, Ally Sheedy. It's been a week of working ahead for me as I try to work on ideas for holiday posts.  I know, no one is ready for Christmas but spit balling stuff is actually getting me excited for the season.  I like to try to give myself the month of December off from writing new posts (except updating weekly happenings) so all I have to do is respond if needed.  It lets me take a little mental break during the holidays to try to enjoy what I can then hop back into the new year hopefully rested and ready to roll.   We did book our 30th anniversary trip, which is the same one we had to cancel this year and of course got travel insurance.  It's just nice to have something to hopefully look forward to and it makes you go "where the heck did 4 1/2 years go?" because it seems like just yesterday we were celebrating our 25th.  Do people even celebrate their 30t...
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Hump Day Poll: Pearly Whites


This week's random question from the interwebs...do you smile for pictures?

I would say 95% of the time unless I'm in a pic/situation with people I don't like.  LOL  Plus I have an excellent smile.  I have perfectly straight teeth and never had braces.  I remember when I met Lorenzo Lamas (remember him from Grease and Falcon Crest?) he looked up at me and did a double-take and said: "wow, you have the most beautiful smile!"  Try to chisel the smile off of my face that day!  LOL

You might say "of course people smile for pictures" but my grandma didn't.  For some reason, she did not like her smile and would give this pressed lip grin in pictures.  (She had a bridge which you couldn't see.)  Any time you could get her to smile in a pic, you took it.  When we'd do "silly" pictures, her idea of silly was to smile and show her teeth.  Goofball.  So I was quite pleased with a picture we got of her, two of her daughters and me in a pic after a birthday dinner where she's got a big smile on her face.  I use that pic for the flag on her grave and everyone always comments how much it comforts them to see her smiling face.

If you're not a smiler, throw a bone in a few pics, please.  When you're gone, people will cherish it all the more.

Do you smile for pictures?


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  1. The Mr.February 12, 2020 at 7:11 AM

    I always smile for pics even if I don't have perfect teeth like you. I am actually quite jealous of your teeth. You never get cavities either. Cherish the fact that you don't have any fillings. Not that they hurt (once they're in) but they sure don't look good.

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  2. DawnFebruary 12, 2020 at 7:21 AM

    I'm a smiler in all pics. My teeth are okay, ever since I started flossing about 6 years ago. I can actually tell who flosses or doesn't lol! Props to you no fillings!

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  3. another layerFebruary 12, 2020 at 8:46 AM

    I look kind of like this this guy in all my pictures. I seriously can't think of one picture that I look good in, most of them look like a mug shot. I try to smile, but I can't pull of the "natural smile" thing, and it always looks like a fake, strained smile.

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  4. WoodsyFebruary 12, 2020 at 8:59 AM

    I'm half and half. Sometimes I smile with my mouth closed and other times my teeth show. I absolutely abhor having my picture taken and I think I've had two pictures that I actually like of me in my entire life. Goes back to some permanent damage done to my eye that always shows up in pictures, so it's an ugly reminder for me. I agree with Another Layer -- mine never look natural or easy-going either.

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  5. EMLFebruary 12, 2020 at 10:35 AM

    I rarely like how I look in pics, smiling or not, so I tend to make whatever face suits my mood and accept it's going to be goofy. My brother spent most of his life not smiling in pics. Now that his wife and son have got him smiling more, he wonders why he went through such a long no-smiling phase since he looked goofy in EVERY ONE of those pics.

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