The Carnival of the Mundane has been very, very good this year.  In light of that, we have a fairly long list of things we’d like to find under the tree – and many of us already have presents wrapped, tinseled, and waiting for the opening:
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And I made the same “kawaisou” mistake ^^;;

You didn’t happen to have a dog in the backseat with a neck cone on as well did you?

I’m impressed – 30 countries!

See, it’s comments about baseball cards and college education that make news and everyone thinks they can do it… way to go!

You’ve had an interesting life. It’s always refreshing to meet people who took the paths less taken.

24. I never go for the closest spot in the parking lot. This drives my wife crazy.

I do the same thing and it drives my wife insane! But really, what reason is there to try to get a close spot? You end up spending all of your time sitting in a jam of cars waiting to get a close spot when you could have easily parked about 50 feet away and walked into the store already.

Then when you want to leave, you are out of the way of most of the people who are all trying to get spots, so exiting is a breeze.

Not to mention, we can all use a little extra exercise!

It was an incredibly difficult one and I don’t think I slept for a week while I tried to decide. The coach later told me that in 25 years he coached, I was the only person to ever quit – great coach. Still don’t regret it though. It’s where I learned my love of travel.