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Happy Seventh Birthday!
Happy Seventh Birthday!

Celebrate the blog’s seventh birthday with a trip down memory lane. My Memory Lane, that is. I doubt if even my sisters remember how magnificently stupid I used to be.

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Mary Welby von ThelenMay 1, 2024 Comment
Happy Easter
Happy Easter

Easter Then and Now: The 2024 version. Warning: These images may be disturbing to members of my family. Or anyone else, for that matter.

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StoriesMary Welby von ThelenMarch 30, 2024easter Comments
The Reply All Debacle
The Reply All Debacle

Somebody needs to address this issue and it might as well be me.

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Mary Welby von ThelenMarch 1, 2024 Comments
THE LIST 2023
THE LIST 2023

The 2023 Gift List is here. Everyone loves surprises and these gift suggestions are nothing if not unusual. Joy to the world — get out your credit card and start shopping!

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Stories, ReviewsMary Welby von ThelenDecember 1, 20232023 List, gift Comments
Happy Sixth Birthday!
Happy Sixth Birthday!

As usual, I was too busy to write a blog post honoring the blog’s sixth birthday. So I turned to my new best friend, ChatGPT, for some help.

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StoriesMary Welby von ThelenMay 1, 2023post, birthday6 Comments
The 2022 Gen Z Gift List
The 2022 Gen Z Gift List

Our little Millennials are growing up and there’s a whole new group of kids in town for us to pick on. Welcome to the Gen Z version of The LIST.

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StoriesMary Welby von ThelenNovember 30, 20222022 List Comments
Tony's Chicken Cacciatore (Hunter's Chicken)
Tony's Chicken Cacciatore (Hunter's Chicken)

Whether you get your rotisserie chicken at Costco or Sam’s, this is something delicious to do with it.

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RecipesMary Welby von ThelenNovember 1, 2022Comment
Sams v Costco
Sams v Costco

What started as a trip to get a flu shot ended in an in depth analysis of the benefits of Sam’s Club and Costco. Which do I prefer? Depends on what I’m buying.

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StoriesMary Welby von ThelenOctober 31, 2022post, sams Comments
To Back In or Not To Back In? That Is the Question
To Back In or Not To Back In? That Is the Question

The subject of whether it’s okay to back into a parking space is as polarizing as politics. Read the results of my ground-breaking study, then decide which side you are on.

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StoriesMary Welby von ThelenJune 15, 2022backin, post, rant Comments
Happy Fifth Birthday!
Happy Fifth Birthday!

Read the annual State of the Blog explanations for why I haven’t been writing blog posts for the past year. Again.

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StoriesMary Welby von ThelenMay 1, 2022post, birthday5 Comments
The 2021 Millennial Gift List
The 2021 Millennial Gift List

The current supply chain shenanigans made me create the Millennial Gift List a little early this year. If any of your gifts get stuck on a slow boat from China, don’t worry. I have lots of DIY ideas for you, as well as gift chits that are even better than the gift itself.

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StoriesMary Welby von ThelenNovember 9, 2021millennial2021 Comments
How to Digitize Tons of Stuff
How to Digitize Tons of Stuff

If you say you don’t have at least one box of photos and newspaper clippings lying around that you don’t know what to do with you are lying. If you want to learn how to turn that box into a tiny collection of digital files, look no further because I’m going to tell you everything you need to know. You’re welcome.

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How tosMary Welby von ThelenJuly 1, 2021scanning, digitize Comments
Happy Fourth Birthday!
Happy Fourth Birthday!

Youngest Sister blog turns 4 today. Happy Birthday to me! Here is my annual “State of the Blog” post. Spoiler Alert: The state of the blog is sound, in spite of how it might have looked for the past year.

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Stories, Stuff I MakeMary Welby von ThelenMay 1, 2021birthday, millennial, diet, sewing, cane, Fire, youtube, Janelle, norah, Taylor, birthday4 Comments
The Champagne and Bacon Diet
The Champagne and Bacon Diet

Is it true that “Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels?” Maybe, but try saying that with a mouthful of macaroni and cheese. Here is the story of my new delicious lifestyle. Bon appetit.

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StoriesMary Welby von ThelenMarch 15, 2021post, diet, lifestyle, wellness, cooking, food, champagne-bacon-diet Comments
The 2020 Millennial Gift List
The 2020 Millennial Gift List

It’s here! And just in the nick of time too.

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StoriesMary Welby von ThelenDecember 18, 2020post, millennial, gift, christmas Comments
Hello again
Hello again

It has been a while since I last posted, but I found out I’m not alone. Here are some of the things I have been doing to keep myself busy.

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StoriesMary Welby von ThelenNovember 15, 2020covid, mask, pandemic, sewing, needlepoint, diet, post Comments
Happy Third Birthday!
Happy Third Birthday!

All you hear about these days is transparency, so this is an annual report of sorts, full of statistics about who in the hell is reading this crap, where they live and which crap they seem to enjoy the most. Happy Birthday to me.

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StoriesMary Welby von ThelenMay 2, 2020post, birthdayComment
Ask Eula
Ask Eula

Eula took over the blog for the holiday to give advice for dogs and their humans.

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StoriesMary Welby von ThelenApril 12, 2020post Comments
How to Make Your Own Face Masks
How to Make Your Own Face Masks

A guide to the best and worst of DIY face masks. Hand made and modeled by the Youngest Sister.

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How tos, Stuff I MakeMary Welby von ThelenApril 4, 2020post, DIY Comments
Fomites and Vectors
Fomites and Vectors

Timely education about the things that really matter to my erudite audience.

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StoriesMary Welby von ThelenMarch 19, 2020post, tennis Comments
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