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Grandmas Gone Wild

As I sat in the waiting room of the doctor with my mother, a conversation developed over a new photograph hanging on the wall. It was the doctor’s two beautiful daughters, who just happen to be part of...

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Welcome Home

Prepping the welcome wagon My daughter is home for a short break, which just happens to be the perfect cure for Batshit Crazy. The weekend started Friday with a big turkey dinner including all the...

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Signs of Living & Love

Daily Prompt: Clean Slate Explore the room you’re in as if you’re seeing it for the first time. Pretend you know nothing. What do you see? Who is the person who lives there? I’m sitting in a living...

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Real Kids Use Matches

Daily Prompt: Childhood Revisited Sure, you turned out pretty good, but is there anything you wish had been different about your childhood? If you have kids, is there anything you wish were different...

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Best Days Of Your Life

Daily Prompt: B+ Write about what you did last weekend as though you’re a music critic reviewing a new album. Woo … I’m A Man! This album features a ROCK STAR that rarely flies solo. He loves to be...

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LWTTD … Take 2

If you’re gonna celebrate…go big! Today marks quite a milestone here at Life With The Top Down. One year ago today I decided to take the plunge into the great big world of blogging. I nervously hit...

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Hallelujah! Hot Dogs Heal The Lame

Hello everyone, it’s me Chester the Beagle and I’ll be guest blogging for Lisa today. She’s been such a good nurse lately I thought I’d cut her some slack. I’ve been sick as a dog!  My troubles all...

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Lies or Leverage

Daily Prompt: Fantasy The Tooth Fairy (or Easter Bunny, or Santa Claus . . .): a fun and harmless fiction, or a pointless justification for lying to children? This is a great question, one I have been...

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It’s A Trap!

Daily Prompt: Show and Tell You’ve been asked to do a five-minute presentation to a group of young schoolchildren on the topic of your choice. Describe your presentation. Me:  Hey kids, how are you all...

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Please, Call Me Gretel

Mom! The helmet is a little over the top. As a parent watching shows such as Law & Order SVU and Criminal Minds take me to another level of worry. My already over active imagination suddenly kicks...

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Mom Mom? Mom!

Muz In honor of Mother’s Day this weekend I am once again sharing a post that I wrote in honor of my own mother Venita Momma You Were Born This Way. I am blessed to be celebrating her once again this...

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Bitch Please! I’m A Rescue

Landon. 2.5 year old Maltese/Yorkie mix. It’s a BOY!  I’m just stopping by to make a HUGE announcement about a new addition to our family. I’m still trying to figure out why we decided to expand our...

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Save The Dust Bunnies

The Daily Post has a great subject line No Time To Waste. Fill in the blank: “Life is too short to _____.” Now, write a post telling us how you’ve come to that conclusion. Over the years I’ve heard...

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Micro Adults

The other day I was walking through Target looking for another hundred things to purchase aside from what I actually needed when I overheard a mother/daughter interaction. The mother was walking ahead...

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Momma, You Were Born This Way

This was originally written 11 years ago when my mother was 85. She left this world on 12/04/2020 at 94, saying, “Be kind to others no matter what.” It’s not always an easy task to fulfill, but if...

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