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Recipe for Merriment

I have a question for you – when is the last time you laughed so hard your face still hurt the next morning?

If it’s been a while, maybe you should have your girlfriends over to play Bunco. 

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That’s what I did last night.  And for just a couple of hours, we suspended the madness that seems to accompany the holidays. 

Everyone brought either an appetizer or dessert (those us addicted to Pinterest brought something we had pinned) and I made my famous Champagne Punch.

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And what followed was an evening of friendship, fellowship, laughter, and a whole lot of merriment.  Smile

Peace, Kelly

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  1. trixfred30 says

    December 15, 2011 at 5:58 pm

    The last time I laughed that hard was when I watched the Monty Python scene with the disembodied black night in the Holy Grail. I was 13 years old. That was a loooong time ago.

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    • Minding My Nest says

      December 16, 2011 at 6:09 pm

      i’ll have to ask my husband about that scene. he’s loves all those movies. 🙂

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