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SnapChat

I feel like one of the few times that Snapchat is ok for someone my age is when you’ve just had a bunch of dental work done and you want to send a picture of your half frozen face to your sisters. #WinningSmile #DentalWorkToTheLeftToTheLeft

Or…. when it is a pirate filter!

Stay great!

Grandma Hair (is a thing)

Me: Hey, kid, what have you got there?

[On a side note, please take a moment of silence to observe the hint of chocolate on her face. I’m so jealous that someone in our house is eating chocolate right now. I’m on day two of heathy eating after a month of being the Cookie Monster — my poison of choice was the Starbucks PB cookie. I’ll admit that I used to scoff at the idea of buying food from Starbucks but they’ve really upped their game. As for the PB cookie, it is like it somehow got impregnated by/with a Reese PB cup (there is PB and chocolate inside the cookie). I don’t know how they did it, but I had wondered that each time I ate one of the 31-46 cookies I bought from Starbucks this month. I bet the Caramilk guy knows the secret, but you couldn’t waterboard it out of him if you tried. #ShhhhItsASecret #TheCaramilkSecret

Olivia: It is grandma hair.

Me: Really?

Olivia: Yip. It is soft. Look (pronounced yook)… grandma hair!


Me: It might be. It might also be some Thatcher fur mixed with some fluff from Declan’s rattle that Thatcher chewed apart yesterday.

Olivia: Nope. It is grandma hair.

Me: Ok, you seem sure, so you’re probably right. You should go show dad.

See what I did there? I paid it forward, like a good wife does.

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The other morning while I was putting on my face, Olivia came into the bathroom and asked: “mom, where’s Boy?” [That’s her name for Winston our dog that passed away].

Me: He is in heaven.

Olivia: Oh, where’s that?

Me: In the sky.

Olivia: Ok.

She promptly left the bathroom and went to the livingroom to find her dad. From the bathroom I could hear her say to Heath, in a matter of fact way: “Dad, Boy is in the sky with Kevin.” She thought I said Kevin, as in the minion named Kevin.

I tell you, the little lady is punching above her weight these days when it comes to being hilarious.

Stay great!

Kate

I’ve Got a Golden Ticket!

Our work Halloween theme this year was a merger between Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971 version) and Candyland.

Wonka Corporation & Candyland Inc. Merger – Press Release

Wonka Corporation’s new CEO, Wilhelmina Wonka poses with her golden ticket and the weight of key investors on her shoulders as she has been tasked with reinventing the candy conglomerate post-merger.

Itasca, Illinois – The boards of Wonka Corporation and Candyland Inc. approved the merger of the two entities to create one of the largest and most diversified candy consortiums in the world. The vision and approach to the merger reflect the progressive perspectives of the two founding companies and the innovation that will shape the new Wonka Corporation.

After experiencing several years of compressed margins and generally poor financial performance, the two companies chose to merge citing regulatory burden and the war on sugar. They brought in the lesser known sister of Willy Wonka, Wilhelmina, to turn the newly merged corporation around.

Ms. Wonka brings to the role years of experience in progressively senior roles at Whole Foods and Apple, and while not the conventional choice, the board felt that she has the right combination of sugar, spice, experience, smarts and the hustle required to turn the corporation around.

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Ps. We won Halloween for the second year in a row! 👍 Next up, gingerbread house building season.

Stay tuned and stay great!

Facebook Quiz

That sounds about right, Facebook Quiz. Mary has nothing on me, she only had one immaculate conception, Facebook tells me I’ve had two!

On a side note, can you imagine if Maury was around in biblical times?

Maury: “In the matter of the little 8lbs, 6 ounce newborn baby Jesus, Joseph, you are not the father!”

Mary: “Joseph, fear not, I’m 200% positive that God is the father and I’m still 100% virgin. The angel Gabriel came to me in a dream and told me so.”

Maury: “Mary, we tracked down Gabriel and had him take a lie detector test. When asked if he was in fact a messenger of God, he answered ‘yeah, I am’… the lie detector determined that was a lie… when asked if he was a front desk trainee at the Best Western Bethlehem, he said “No way, I’m an angel” the lie detector determined that was a lie… and finally, when asked if you are still a virgin…”

I kid… in the spirit of full disclosure, I used to be Catholic (maybe I still am, I should check), so I can make fun of Mary and the Jesus origin story. #blessed

On a side note I think I am 37% Swedish, but I’m pretty sure I’m not 32 (can’t be certain though). I love Facebook quizzes. #DataMiningForGold

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Throwback – Run-D.M.C Meets the Royal Tennenbaums

 We aren’t engagement shoot people. We don’t need photographic evidence of us pretending to look longingly into each others eyes or in an awkward embrace, all the while trying not to laugh. We only got engagement photos done because they were part of our wedding package (with a really fantastic pair of photographers).

When our photographers showed up on the day of the shoot I’m fairly certain they knew they were in for a fun few hours. We only had one rule: we didn’t want any photos that could serve as the cover art for a discounted romance novel in the bargain bin at Chapters. I think they succeeded.

#christinaplusnathanphotraphy #yyc #Fun #yay #WhySoSerious #ZippingUpIsSeriousBusiness

Stay great!

Kate