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Annie's Song by John Denver is so spiritually uplifting, until you remember he and Annie divorced :(
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Wow, that's a tough one. Something by John Denver or Andy Williams.
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If you were stranded on a remote island and could only listen to one song - what would it be?
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Clown here!!!!
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Send In the Clowns
Barbra Streisand
Lyrics
Isn't it rich?
Are we a pair?
Me here, at last, on the ground
You in mid-air
Send in the clowns
Isn't it bliss?
Don't you approve?
One who keeps tearing around
One who can't move
Where are the clowns?
Send in the clowns
Just when I'd stopped opening doors
Finally knowing the one that I wanted was yours
Making my entrance again with my usual flair
Sure of my lines
No one is there
Don't you love farce?
My fault, I fear
I thought that you'd want what I want
Sorry, my dear
But where are the clowns?
There ought to be clowns
Quick, send in the clowns
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There's got to be clowns, Gershun!

Wait, SEND? Are you sure that song is not about me? Send me!
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How about "Send in The Clowns" That song is about me I say.
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Both Sides Now. Joni Mitchell
Rows and flows of angel hair
And ice cream castles in the air
And feather canyons everywhere
I've looked at clouds that way
But now they only block the sun
They rain and snow on everyone
So many things I would have done
But clouds got in my way
I've looked at clouds from both sides now
From up and down and still somehow
It's cloud's illusions I recall
I really don't know clouds at all
Moons and Junes and ferris wheels
The dizzy dancing way you feel
As every fairy tale comes real
I've looked at love that way
But now it's just another show
You leave 'em laughing when you go
And if you care, don't let them know
Don't give yourself away
I've looked at love from both sides now
From give and take and still somehow
It's love's illusions I recall
I really don't know love at all
Tears and fears and feeling proud,
To say "I love you" right out loud
Dreams and schemes and circus crowds
I've looked at life that way
But now old friends they're acting strange
They shake their heads, they say I've changed
Well something's lost, but something's gained
In living every day.
I've looked at life from both sides now
From win and lose and still somehow
It's life's illusions I recall
I really don't know life at all
I've looked at life from both sides now
From up and down, and still somehow
It's life's illusions I recall
I really don't know life at all

And now, old friends are really acting strange, I say.
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Sharyn, Thanks for your lovely story about your son.
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Send, we of course reprimanded him and took everything away from him. We also thought it was funny because we both remembered things we did as kids to sneak a peak at gifts. We wrapped the gifts but did not put them out under the tree to see if he would notice these particular gifts were not there. He opened gifts from grandparents but did not notice anything. We brought out the gifts we bought, realizing he was too young to understand. However, we did learn just how precocious our son was....we were one step ahead from that point on, LOL!!!
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Sharyn, Wow, son saved a whole lot of wrapping paper that year!

What did you do, or say after that?
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One of my favorite Christmas memories of my children was when our son was 4-1/2 Years old and our daughter was born one month before Christmas. Hubs and I went Christmas shopping when our daughter was 2 weeks old. We left our son with the my hubs parents. We were gone about 2 hours and everything we bought we left in the trunk of my car until I could wrap it.

The next day I woke up at 6:30 am, it was still dark and rainy. I walk into the kitchen, there is our son....he is dressed in one of the new outfits we bought the day before........I ran to the kitchen window, my trunk is open. I run outside and sure enough, ....everything we bought was gone. The car keys were hanging in the lick on the trunk....to high for our son to close. I went back in the house walked to our sons room. Under his hex were all the things we bought. The toys were removed from the boxes, clothes were stuffed under the bed.
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They're the bits when he switches suddenly to French, Jingle. Quite a time of it he had, young Samuel. The BBC did a radio dramatisation of the diaries which brought them to life entertainingly but without completely ruining the language, you can probably download them if you feel like it.
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kellse: Do you mean Samuel Pepys? I didn't know there were any dirty bits. Must have read it in high school or something ... ;=)
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OOOH ,I just got a late birthday gift. A set Pepys - I think its the edition with all the dirty bits left in lol
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micalost - YUM!
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Favorite thing: this time of year is the one time I treat myself to Panettone Italian christmas bread
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I bought a pair of leggings that I also wear to bed. They are the favored brand bu all the young women...I only bought because dd hosted a party. I do remember the leggings of my youth with stirrups and little black ankle boots with black fays fur.

I am enjoying watching the 4 new movies on Netflics of Gilmore Girls.
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My memory of leggings is great, because I am wearing them to bed tonight!

Except, these don't have stirrup straps on the foot.
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Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Guide us to that perfect light.

A beautiful rendition....
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Sarah and the bare naked ladies do the most amazing version of God Rest ye Merry Gentlemen - it has become my favorite Xmas tune
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Anyone remember wearing leggings to school?

SendMe, interesting... I've been thinking about how much we enjoyed ice skating when we were growing up. Last week I passed by the Rolladium, an indoor rollr skating rink that's been remodeled recently - brought back such memories. I could remember the sound or organ music that played as we skated round and round the rink.
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Send, Sarah McLaughlin does a good version of that song too. It always makes me a little melancholy but strangely happy at the same time.
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River
by Joni Mitchell
It's coming on Christmas
They're cutting down trees
They're putting up reindeer
And singing songs of joy and peace
Oh I wish I had a river
I could skate away on
But it don't snow here
It stays pretty green
I'm going to make a lot of money
Then I'm going to quit this crazy scene
I wish I had a river
I could skate away on
I wish I had a river so long
I would teach my feet to fly
Oh I wish I had a river
I could skate away on
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It's coming on Christmas,
and I wish I had a river to skate away on.
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Despite all my moaning and groaning about Thanksgiving, I love pumpkin pie! LOVE.

Just made the filling in a giant Pyrex measuring cup that was my mother's. One of the few valuable (to me) things I salvaged from her impossible hoard.

RIP, mom. Just like you, I can pass on storebought and (most) bakery sweets.....but get of my way if it's homemade! I'll have a 2nd piece of pumpkin pie for you.
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Suppose to be astronauts ^
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Of my gosh!!! I would wear shorts under my dress! Lol!!! We were allowed to wear pants to school in7th grade. I was such a tomboy and I have never looked backed to wearing a dress unless I absolutely have to such as a family wedding! LOL!! I wad a latch key kid, came home after school to my parents at work. I did my homework, some chores.

We stayed out until 10 pm in the neighborhood block with the other kids during summer. When you heard your parent yell your name, you came home. I remember when astronaunts landed on the moon, it was in June, I think, in our I bicentennial, we laid on the lawn with binoculars looking at the mo
on to see if we could see the astronaunts, lol!! There a day when an earthquake was predicted and California would drop off in the ocean, we all hung out with neighbors who had boats!!!!
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OMG, not being allowed to wear pants, we're going back to the dark ages now! Girls used to wear pants under their skirts/dresses when the weather was freezing and take them off once we got to school. One day a girl pulled off her pants and oops! she had forgotten her skirt so she had to keep her pants on. Clever girl. Seems to me we all started to wear pants shortly after that.
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Sharyn....We played Hide N Seek in the neighborhood all the time growing up and we had ALOT of kids too in our neighborhood THEN but not now and I really Loved the Music room and singing all those silly songs and sometimes we even got to play the triangle.I really loved playing kickball with the boys at recess but back then,we weren't allowed to wear pants to school,so I had to bring pants to put under my dress at recess.Finally,in 6th grade,we could wear pants.Do you remember Kulots?and Gouchos?And making clothes for trolls?
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