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Thursday, January 1, 2009

2009, and so it begins!




Its Official, 2009 has arrived...

We are all in the crowd, giving hugs and smiles
and bringing forth good wishes for all!

Lets all count down with Jim Carrey!




Happy New Year!

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378 comments:

  1. YES - what a way to start the new year!!!

    we JUST walked in the door from the airport!!

    HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  2. MEK!!! YAY!! You did it!! Congrats on FIRST in 2009!!

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  3. Now you just have to hit it at midnight our time!! LOL!!!

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  4. Happy New Year! It took me a minute to find you. :)

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  5. Zona - are we the only ones still up!!

    I don't think I WILL be up at OUR midnight!! LOL......

    Zona - happy new year!!!

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  6. Happy New Year!

    We still have just under 3 hours to go, but no way will I be awake at midnight!

    Congrats on first MEK!!

    Hope everyone has, had, or is having a safe, fun night!

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  7. I'm raising my glass of Sparkling Cider to all the Owls and hope we all have a wonderful, healthy and happy 2009! Wishing us lots of love and laughter and good times.

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  8. Happy New Year to the East Coasters.

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  9. Just Lin - I'll raise my ice cream spoon!! CHEERS...

    EBJ - Happy Almost new Years!!

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  10. MEK, big congratulations for being first on the first day of 2009.

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  11. Ronnie - HOWDY!!! thank you...

    i had to go email the family that mom was home safely!! her plane was late - but all is well!!!

    :-)

    I need to finish my ice cream before it melts!! YUMMY!!
    brb

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  12. MEK will you be watching the new Bachelor when it starts this coming week????????

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  13. Poe is being so naughty tonight, making farting and burping sounds constantly. Then he will say GIMME A KISS, then fart or burp again!

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  14. EBJ LMAO!!! Dare I ask who Poe is mimicking?

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  15. Whoa! Fireworks going off in the neighborhood already. Hope they don't wake me up at midnight! haha

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  16. Raising my glass of iced tea and wishing each and everyone of us the best year ever.

    This is THE year for good health, happiness, love, and prosperity, sprinkled with daily smiles and laughter.

    Good night my Owl Friends, sleep well.

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  17. JL he is probably mimicking MR. EBJ. Certainly not me!!!

    We can't take credit for teaching him that, he came with that skill when we got him!

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  18. Ronnie Sweet dreams!

    scirish Hi!

    EBJ Around here, they'll probably continue with the fireworks for another week or two. It's so annoying!

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  19. Oh, yeah. And the M80's. That's even more annoying.

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  20. Well I'm signing off for the night! Sweet dreams everyone!

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  21. Good night, EBJ!

    scirish Happy New Year!

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  22. JL the ones I'm hearing now are pretty loud but I don't think they are the M80s.

    They are starting a little early!

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  23. HAPPY NEW YEAR to all the East Coast Owls.

    MEK, first in 2009. Gratz to you. Glad your Mom landed safely.

    Zona, raising my diet Pepsi to everyone too.

    Hey to J/l, EBJ, Ronnie (g'night) and Scirish.

    Fireworks has started here already too. At least I hope that's what the noise is.

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  24. Hi SacBarb! I like your new owl! Yes, hopefully the loud noises tonight will only be fireworks.

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  25. I'm back.....
    finished my ice cream - now have a diet pepsi!!

    It's night's like this that I HATE living on this pathway!! WAY too many kids out there doing "not nice stuff"...... oh well....

    AND - fireworks are ILLEGAL here - but that doesn't stop them!!!

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  26. Happy New Year East Coasters!

    Hubby and I kissed for the heck of it for the East Coasters!

    Then we get to do it again in 14 minutes for the real thing.

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  27. SacBarb - HOWDY!!!

    EBJ - NO, i will NOT watch the new bachelor - NO WAY, NO HOW!!! I'm done!!

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  28. No fireworks in cornfield town!

    EBJ does your parrott say excuse me? :)

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  29. Iteach - after you kiss in your own time zone -then you can wait for mine and then for the West Coast!!
    ;-)

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  30. MEK We have so many people lighting off illegal fireworks, especially on July 4, it's ridiculous.

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  31. SacBarb - YES, I love your new owl. I need to get a new look!!

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  32. J/L - the cops are THICK around here on July 4th - they need to be out tonight also!!!

    we thought we'd run into a couple of check points on our way to the airport - but there weren't any..

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  33. EBJ - at least Poe isn't REALLY farting......

    when I took mom's wheelchair back into the airport - I walked into a FART CLOUD - it was the nastiest thing!!!!!!!!!!!! WHOA!!!

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  34. MEK Maybe they'll have check points after midnight.

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  35. Hey MEK, Thanks. I had to put the Christmas Owl away. Now I need to put the Christmas stuff away here too. I will probably start tomorrow.

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  36. OH - just missed...

    congrats, SacBarb..

    i was trying to find something to watch on TV!!!

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  37. SacBarb - I thought it was a BLAST!!!

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  38. Zona is counting backwards!! to midnight!!!

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  39. THREE!

    J/LIN: Thanks for the Diet Pepsi!!

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  40. SacBarb Congrats on the first 50 of 2009!

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  41. Zona - I think SacBarb is trying to tell us something!! LOL

    :-)

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  42. I guess it was fun after all

    Happy Dance ♪♪♪

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  43. Oh - where is Tina -

    Zona - will YOU get the first 69 on the year!!

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  44. TWO!

    TINA: Are you gonna win??? ;)

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  45. ONE!

    MEK: Am I going backwards?? ;D

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  46. MEK Congrats on the first 69! My stupid mouse keeps sticking! LOL

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  47. CRAP I was just FOAD

    So is it midnight in IL yet?

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  48. HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

    JODI: Did you stay awake!!

    ITEACH: Smooch away!

    KGRL: Are you warm yet?? ;)

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  49. Zona - you are doing fine - you are on the countdown to 11p.m.!!
    :-)

    Hey - i'll bet Iteach is kissing Mr. Iteach right now!!!

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  50. just lin - thanks!!

    First and 69 in one night - i better rest up!!!

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  51. MEK Congrats on the first first and the first 60 0f 2009

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  52. MEK: Did I read that right? You just got your first 69??!!!

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  53. Zona was first in the Central Time zone!!!
    :-)

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  54. MEK, oops that was supposed to be the first "69"

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  55. Zona - LOL - mr. mek is sleeping!!
    ;-)

    it was all he could do to stay awake at the airport!! WAY past his bedtime!!

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  56. SACBARB: Love your Happy Blue owl! :)

    See ya'all at midnight...again!! :D

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  57. SacBarb- you are too cute!!
    hey - i didn't purchase anything from QVC - pretty weak "scrapbooking finale'" if you ask me... oh well........

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  58. Happy New Year to everyone that applies to at this point! LOL

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  59. MEK, I didn't get anything from the scrapbook shows either. However I did purchase a brush for my dryer from the Fuller Brush hour.

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  60. everyone deserted the march to 100

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  61. i missed fuller brush hour..

    almost got some lock and lock things

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  62. LMAO -

    SacBarb - congrats on the FIRST 100 of the year!!!!

    you swooped right in there...

    CONGRATULATIONS..

    doing the happy dance for you!!!!

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  63. Happy dance happy dance ♪♪♪♪

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  64. SacBarb Congrats on 100! I missed it because I was saying goodnight to Custard. He's not been feeling well today so decided not to try and stay up til midnight, his time.

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  65. Sac is having a 'mini Times Square' celebration with a ball that is going to drop. This is the first time and there are a ton of people out there already. I wouldn't be in that crowd for any amount of money.

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  66. J/L, Sorry Custard isn't feeling well. Talking to probably made him feel better.

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  67. SacBarb - Tucson is having on of those "Family First" things downtown and making into a "Time Square" celebration...... I, like you, would be NO WHERE NEAR that mess.........

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  68. Zona, Thanks. I like my happy blue Owl too.

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  69. SacBarb I know what you mean. The older I get, the less patient I am about crowds.

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  70. I'm not sure I will be able to stay awake til midnight. I was up a 5am because I couldn't sleep and my eyelids are getting heavy now.

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  71. SacBarb and J/l - I am trying SO hard to stay up also...

    i may not make it to my OWN midnight!!!

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  72. I'm sure once my midnight gets here and the neighborhood goes wild - i will have no choice but to be awake!!

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  73. We are not living up to our Night Owl name. LOL

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  74. J/L - LMAO!! isn't the truth.. but we can go to bed and the late shift can take over!!!

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  75. MEK Have we gotten (gulp) sensible?

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  76. I like "sensible", it sounds SO much better than (gulp) OLD!!

    ;-)

    Crap -

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  77. MEK LMAO!!! I think they're the same thing. Don't yawn! You know they're catching and it will make me yawn! LOL

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  78. That's why I'm drinking Sparkling Cider instead of Bailey's. If I was drinking Bailey's I'd be nodding off already. God, what a party animal I am! Crap, is right!

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  79. heck, I'm not even drinking...
    maybe I should start!!!

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  80. oh man - i am going to try SO hard to stay up for these last 18 minutes!!

    geez........

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  81. hell - I'm probably HALF of these first 125 comments!! LOL

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  82. LMAO @ did she fall down! And she can't get up!

    We embrace our tediousness and celebrate it.

    Damn! Another M80!

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  83. All my Christmas decorations are put away and the wreath is off the door. I am ready to start the new year with a clean slate. Not a particularly clean house, but a clean slate, nonetheless.

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  84. J/L - the TOP thing on my "to do" list is to FINALLY get my scrapbook area all organized so that i can actually USE it !!!

    :-)

    second - I'm going to get healthy - start my daily walks again..

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  85. I'm up! Sorta. LOL @ did I fall down.

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  86. I was watching Ryan Seacrest and Kelly Pickler and they are BORING..........

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  87. MEK I don't make resolutions but I did recently buy pedometer and I am going to make a very serious effort to at least move around more instead of sitting on my butt in front of the computer.

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  88. what channel are they on?

    OMG - i just switched to ABC - poor Dick Clark.......

    OH - there's Kelly Pickler..

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  89. what does she have on her eyelids..

    my goodness!!!!!!!
    (do i sound like someone's mother!!) LOL..

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  90. Nine more minutes - where is Zona to start the countdown!!

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  91. MEK, I want to get my scrapbook stuff organized too. I started it, as you know, but I need to clean out the big closet in the pool room so I can put all the organized stuff in it. Right now it is out where everyone can see it and I don't want it to stay that way.

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  92. j/l - LOL - I don't make "resolutions" either - it's on the "to do" list!! Hell, i keep rewriting that do list over and over again - and several things never seem to NOT be on it!!

    :-)

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  93. Kelly Pickler does look different than when she was on Idol. For one thing, she got a BOOB job and she is wearing a lot of make-up. She doesn't look so innocent anymore.

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  94. yes - pickler is NOT that innocent anymore!!!

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  95. That took so long to post it is now 4 minutes for AZ

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  96. and Taylor Swift is having to stand there with the Jonah's brothers........ didn't that one dump her in a voice mail or email.

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  97. SacBarb There you are! I was just thinking how crappy the New Year's Eve shows are.

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  98. that was 150!!!

    cpgem will be SO proud of us.. LOL

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  99. Hey Ladies...Happy New Year...
    It is almost 2 here.... and I am still up...
    And yes poor Dick Clark...He needs to retire...Really!!!

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  100. Hey

    MEK....

    Sacbarb...


    JustLin...

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  101. Happy NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  102. IBB, Hi! It is already 2009 for you! You are going back in time to talk to us. :)

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  103. HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!

    CHEERS to my friends!!!

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  104. My computer said 2:00 already... but the blog said 1:59...

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  105. Happy New Year MEK and Zona! And who else? Tina!

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  106. and the fireworks are REALLY going off in my neighborhood.....

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  107. I am JustLin.. ... At least this time NO fireworks... They went off for about 20 minutes... seems one would stop and then another would start...

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  108. IBB They did have to squeeze in an extra second this year.

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  109. lol - sorry just had to do that.

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  110. I doubt I make it to New year with Just Lin and SacBarb...
    SO I will say it now!!!!
    Happy New Year!!!

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  111. HAve Fun all... I am off to bed...
    Sweet Dreams...

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  112. Oh, for Pete's sake. Sac has a square 'ball.' What's up with that???????

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  113. I just checked out front - I'm sure the cops will be two doors down VERY soon - the mom is NEVER home and so that is the hangout - for the bad kids and they are out in force on the street!!!

    YIKES.........

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  114. CAROL - Luv the video....I damn near pee'd myself!!! Jim Carrey is freakin' hilarious!!!

    HAPPY NEW YEAR HOoters!!!

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  115. I hope the economy starts turning around in 2009.

    I think iteach and Mr. iteach did more than just kiss at midnight. :)

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  116. did you guys see the moon with Venus and all the other planets VERY prominent tonight!!

    AMAZING!!!!!!!

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  117. IBB - good night -

    Jodi - howdy!!!

    Just Lin - I was thinking the SAME thing about Iteach!! more power to her!!!

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  118. Good night IBB! Thanks for hanging out so late.

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  119. I think we lost SacBarb again!!
    LOL

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  120. Waving to MEK & JUST SLIN - is anyone else still here?

    Good night IBB!!!

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  121. I am getting verrry sleepy. I turned the station to Phantom of the Opera but I am YAWNING..........I think it is J/L's fault. She started it.

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  122. Jodi - SacBarb has fallen and she can't get up!! LOL.. (just kidding)

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  123. No, MEK started the yawning thing.

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  124. SACBARB - I can't believe "The Music of the Night" isn't keeping you awake!!!

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  125. Jodi You're working on New Year's Day?

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  126. Jodi, I know. It is one of my faves and I know all the words to the songs. I just don't have the energy to sing along...and the yawning doesn't help either.

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  127. left, left, left, right, left!!!

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  128. left, left, left, right, left!!!

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