Litsy

I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life | Anne Bogel

This had better be
good, Maximilian — I
closed my book for this. 📕

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #funny #retroart #bibliophile

JenlovesJT47 @dabbe @TheBookHippie @DebInHawaii @lil1inblue @Kristy_K @julieclair @BooksandCoffee4Me @bellabella @AnnCrystal @Reggie @jdiehr @vivastory @CBee @Mimi28 @Jari-chan @Itchyfeetreader @Susanna @kelly7990 @ImperfectCJ @The_Book_Ninja 1d

lil1inblue 🤣🤣🤣 🎯🎯🎯 1d

Jari-chan 😁😁👏👏 1d

dabbe #bravo! 🙌🏻🐝🙌🏻 1d

AnnCrystal 👏🏼🐝👌🏼🤣📚😂🐝💝. 19h

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JenlovesJT47

Downton Abbey: The Official Film Companion | Emma Marriott

As far as villains go, Ms. O‘Brien from Downton Abbey is the best. She weaves her web of deception like a master. 🕷️

O‘Brien, you dope —
not her ladyship‘s soap! Is
there a new heir? Nope! 🙂‍↔️

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #DowntonAbbey #tvhaiku

AnnCrystal 👏🏼🐝👍🏼🎬🐝💝. 1w

JenlovesJT47 Just realized there‘s a typo in the picture 🤦🏻‍♀️ 1w

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Eggs Unforgettable ❣️ 1w

BethM Love! I also love that she got a redemption arc. 1w

lil1inblue 👏 👏 👏 1w

dabbe #bravo 👏🏻💙👏🏻 1w

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Ruthiella

Tilt | Emma Pattee

#whereareyoumonday

I‘m in Portland, Oregon at an IKEA store. Only one chapter in so far.

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peaKnit How auspicious! 2w

Ruthiella @peaKnit What will the main character buy? Will she get the meatballs for lunch? 😅 2w

peaKnit I think that you‘re the main character today and vote yes to all good things! :) 2w

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dabbe You can actually read while you're in an IKEA store? #bravo! 👏🏻😂👏🏻 2w

BarbaraBB Very excited to read this one. 2w

ChaoticMissAdventures Welcome to my home town, where my entire life people have been warning about "The Big One" ? 2w

Ruthiella @dabbe No, the character in the book is at an IKEA store in Portland, not me. 😂 2w

Ruthiella @BarbaraBB I have a good feeling about it ! 🤞 2w

Ruthiella @ChaoticMissAdventures I didn‘t realize that earthquakes were an issue outside of Southern California, where I live and they are not uncommon. 🙈 I also grew up with warnings about “The Big One”. 2w

ChaoticMissAdventures @Ruthiella they are not at all common here in PDX. Not really common at all in Oregon. Maybe 1-2 a year that people claim they can feel. I lived in San Diego for 8 years, it is no comparison! But Oregonians have a weird built in fear about it, and PDX freaks out because our city is split in half by the river and our infrastructure is old. 2w

dabbe @Ruthiella OMG!!! 🤦🏼‍♀️😂🤦🏼‍♀️ 2w

sarahbarnes I just spent a week in Oregon so I‘m looking forward to reading this one! 2w

Ruthiella @sarahbarnes How perfect! A literary re-visit! 2w

Meshell1313 Oooh wow! 😮 2w

sarahbarnes Right?! 💕 2w

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dabbe

Summer Movies: 30 Sun-Drenched Classics | Turner Classic Movies, John Malahy

#ThreeListThursday #TLT @dabbe
I couldn't do it anymore. Sorry, 1001 BOOKS YOU MUST READ BEFORE YOU DIE ... be gone and out of our lives! Ahem. If you'd like to see that entire list, here's the link: https://shorturl.at/6nuMm.

Now, more fun! A summer movie list! All the particulars are given at the survey site. Particulars are below. ⬇️
Survey link: https://www.listchallenges.com/biggest-summer-movies-by-gross-1975-2024

dabbe Particulars:
1. Share your score if you'd like.
2. Share your 3 favorites from the list or 3 that you might be interested in reading, or 3 you thought were horrible or a combo of whatever you'd like.
3. Tag if you want.

EVERYONE is tagged; ALL are welcome. 🤗 3w

Bookwormjillk Talk to me Goose. I got 61%. I love Jaws and Apollo 13 and I had no idea there were so many Jurassic Park movies. Maybe that will be my summer project. 3w

dabbe @Bookwormjillk Now THAT's a project I can wrap my head around! Excellent score! 👏🏻👏🏻Thanks for playing and sharing. 🍿♥️🍿 3w

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Librarybelle 45 for me, and I‘m shocked by that! I like so many on the list including Sleepless in Seattle, Barbie, and Mamma Mia (because it‘s just fun to sing along to ABBA). 3w

RaeLovesToRead Noooo we haven't got to the books on 1001 that I HAVE read yet hahaha 😵😵‍💫 3w

RaeLovesToRead I've seen 40 of these, but there are a load on this list that I'm embarrassed to never have seen haha 3w

ImperfectCJ 82/100 for me, although I can't say that I liked most of them. Recently re-watched Poltergeist, and that was pretty fun. 3w

Read4life I‘d say I‘m sorry we didn‘t finish the 1001 list… but I‘m NOT! #sorrynotsorry 3w

dabbe @Librarybelle I hope in a good way! 🤩 Thanks for playing and sharing. ♥️🍿💛 3w

dabbe @RaeLovesToRead I think that ship has sailed for most of us! I did give you the link to the rest of the books! 😍 3w

dabbe @RaeLovesToRead Well, it's summer, so get watchin'! 😂 Thanks for playing and sharing. ♥️🍿💛 3w

dabbe @ImperfectCJ #woohooyou! 👏🏻👏🏻 Thanks for playing and sharing. ♥️🍿💛 3w

dabbe @Read4life #dittomydear! 🩵🎯🩵 3w

Avanders Wow I got 66% - definitely the highest I‘ve ever gotten on one of these! 3w

dabbe @Avanders #yahooyou! Thanks for playing and sharing. ♥️🍿💛 3w

kspenmoll 37% for me. 3w

dabbe @kspenmoll Yay you! Did you have a favorite? Thanks for playing and sharing. ♥️🍿💛 3w

Amor4Libros 54%!!! 🙌🏽 3w

shortsarahrose 52, but more impressive (for me) is the streak I had of always seeing the top movie of the year from 2001-2019 (only missed 2 in that period - the Transformers one and Despicable Me 2) 3w

shortsarahrose I did look at the rest of the 1001 books list. I had read 5 (well, 4.5 - Color Purple is in progress) from the remaining titles and probably have twice that on my TBR. 3w

dabbe @Amor4Libros #yahooyou! 👏🏻👏🏻 Thanks for playing and sharing. ♥️🍿💛 3w

dabbe @shortsarahrose How cool is that? #bravo 👏🏻👏🏻 Thanks for playing and sharing. ♥️🍿💛 3w

dabbe @shortsarahrose That list totally burned my butt! Glad you looked at it; I didn't have the heart. 😂 3w

willaful 52 for me. I love Toy Story 3, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Inside Out. 3w

AnnCrystal 👏🏼🥳🎬💝💝💝. 3w

dabbe @willaful #welldoneyou! Love your choices, too. Thanks for playing and sharing. ♥️🍿♥️ 3w

dabbe @AnnCrystal ♥️🍿💛 3w

CogsOfEncouragement 86 for me. 1-Marvel movies 2-Barbie 3-Transformers 3w

melissajayne 47 3w

dabbe @CogsOfEncouragement I think your score is the highest! #welldone 👏🏻👏🏻 Thanks for playing and sharing. ♥️🍿💛 3w

dabbe @melissajayne Thanks for playing and sharing. ♥️🍿💛 3w

TheLudicReader 73. I saw Grease about 20 times the summer it came out. 3w

dabbe @TheLudicReader I got a 73, too! #surprisesurprise And we've written about GREASE to each other. The summer of 1978 ... I think that was the only movie I saw and kept going to see. I word out my record soundtrack! 3w

Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick I got 73, too! I've never actually watched When Harry Met Sally or The Lion King. 😱 Shocking, I know. There are a few that I may have seen but don't remember. Lots of favorites here: Armageddon, A League of Their Own, Shrek movies, Finding Nemo, and some good Marvel & HP movies. Thanks for the 1001 List. Though my numbers were low, it was neat to see what was listed. Perhaps I'll add a few more to my TBR. I think hitting 10% would be great! 2w

dabbe @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick 10% would be phenomenal with that list! And forgive me for shouting at you: YOU MUST WATCH WHEN HARRY MET SALLY IN THE AUTUMN. Just trust me. 😍 Thanks for playing and sharing. 💚💙💚 2w

Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick OK, noted to watch in autumn. I just never really cared much for Billy Crystal & the idea of him as the romantic lead wasn't appealing. 2w

dabbe @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick Totally get it! They are so cute together, though! 1w

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JenlovesJT47

The Fiery Cross | Diana Gabaldon

Inspired by my current reading. Outlander is one of my all time favorite shows and nobody has better chemistry than Jamie & Claire. 😍

Electricity
Inevitability
Inescapable

(really wanted to do a haiku with just one word for each line — this is the result!)

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #Outlander #tvhaiku

JenlovesJT47 @dabbe @TheSpineView @TheBookHippie @DebInHawaii @lil1inblue @Kristy_K @julieclair @BooksandCoffee4Me @bellabella @AnnCrystal @Eggs @Reggie @jdiehr @vivastory @CBee @Mimi28
1mo

TheBookHippie I do one word lines a lot. It‘s so much fun! 1mo

dabbe #bravo 🙌🏻👏🏻🙌🏻
P.S. I have all of “good“ parts flagged in all of my books. #hubbahubba 🤣 1mo

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lil1inblue Well done! 💛 🐝 💛 1mo

TheSpineView Love it ❤️💛🐝💛 1mo

AnnCrystal Epic! That's out-of-the-box fantastic 👏🏼🐝👍🏼🤩🐝💝. 1mo

Eggs Great way to challenge yourself 👏🏻👏🏻 Quite clever🥰 1mo

julieclair This is SO well done! 👏🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 1mo

Reggie Good on you! 1mo

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Kristy_K

A Pizza Is Good But Pizzas Are Better: Blank Journal Notebook, 6 X 9 (Journals to Write In) | Dartan Creations

I wanted pizza
But got a salad instead
Should have had pizza

Sometimes I regret making the healthier decision.

#haikuaday
#haikuhive

@dabbe
@TheBookHippie
@TheSpineView
@JenlovesJT47
@lil1inblue
@debinhawaii
@bellabella
@julieclair
@anncrystal
@booksandcoffee4me
@reggie
@eggs
@vivastory
@mimi28
@jdiehr
@CBee

JenlovesJT47 Lol so funny, been there! Life is short, eat dessert first! 😆💛🐝🖤 2mo

CBee Pizza. Always pizza 🍕🤤 2mo

lil1inblue 😂 😂 😂 I always regret not getting pizza. 😉 2mo

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DGRachel I have salad planned for dinner tonight. I would much rather have pizza. 😭😭 2mo

julieclair Been there. 🍕vs. 🥗. 🍕for the win. 2mo

dabbe You've captured a duality we all experience! And I'm in agreement with @JenlovesJT47 @CBee @lil1inblue @DGRachel @julieclair ... PIZZZA! Always. Salad for dessert. Maybe. 🤣🍕🐝🍕🤣 2mo

TheSpineView Pizza is my absolute favorite food! Yum! ❤️🍕 2mo

AnnCrystal Love a good pizza, but Good Choice! 🥗👏🏼🐝👍🏼🍕🐝💝.

Have you tried pizza salad? Top salad with a tomato-based salad dressing that you like, at least three different cold (shredded, not melted) cheeses, cooked pepperoni and/or sausage and/or chicken chunks (if you'd like), olives, fresh mushrooms, bell peppers... basically anything you usually like (and can have healthwise) on your pizza 🥗🍕😋💝. 2mo

bellabella Hahaha, so true!! Although tonight I had veggie pizza (thin crust with tomatoes, onions, mushrooms, banana peppers, bell peppers, and feta cheese. Delicious!) Maybe that's counted as healthy? 😂 2mo

Eggs I‘ve switched to cauliflower pizza crusts for a healthy choice. Food haikus are Fun❣️❣️ 2mo

BooksandCoffee4Me Giggled out loud when I read this. 😂💛💛💛💛 2mo

Kristy_K @JenlovesJT47 @CBee @lil1inblue @DGRachel @dabbe I made up for it tonight by getting the pizza. 😂😂 2mo

Kristy_K @AnnCrystal Oh I haven‘t. I‘ll need to try that! 2mo

Kristy_K @bellabella 😂😂 I‘ll count it as healthy! 2mo

Kristy_K @Eggs That‘s a good idea! I should try that. 2mo

dabbe @Kristy_K #bravo!!! 🙌🏻 2mo

Kristy_K @BooksandCoffee4Me 😂💛💛 2mo

AnnCrystal @Kristy_K 😎👍🏼🥗🍕💝. 2mo

Reggie You gotta let go sometimes. Nice haiku. 2mo

DebinHawaii I‘m on Team #alwayschoosepizza but I get it—your haiku is so darn relateable! 😂💛🐝🖤 2mo

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lil1inblue

Haiku: An Anthology of Japanese Poems | Stephen Addiss

Had a long weekend with my niece (and sister and brother-in-law). I'll have to do some catch-up posts!
#haikuaday
#haikuhive
@dabbe
@thebookhippie
@thespineview
@kristy_k
@jenlovesjt47
@debinhawaii
@bellabella
@julieclair
@anncrystal
@booksandcoffee4me
@vivastory
@reggie
@cbee
@jdiehr

jdiehr 💛💛💛💛 2mo

CBee These are wonderful!! 2mo

BooksandCoffee4Me Ohhhhh, “latticed frames over sunset sky”!!! 💛💛💛💛 2mo

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TheSpineView Lovely! 😍💛🐝💛 2mo

JenlovesJT47 These are lovely 💛🐝🖤 2mo

dabbe Love all, especially the last one ... WH🤩AH! 💛🐝🖤 2mo

julieclair These are beautiful! The sunset one… oh my… perfection. 💛🖤💛 2mo

lil1inblue @jdiehr 😍 2mo

lil1inblue @CBee Thanks! 😊 💛 2mo

lil1inblue @BooksandCoffee4Me Thanks! It's one of my favorites that I've done! 💛 2mo

lil1inblue @TheSpineView 🙂 💛 🐝 💛 2mo

lil1inblue @JenlovesJT47 Thank you! 😍 2mo

lil1inblue @julieclair @dabbe Thank you! My inner perfectionist is disappointed because I made mis-typed the last line. It's supposed to be “A stained-glass vision.“ Oopsie! 😉 😍 2mo

dabbe @lil1inblue IMHO, I prefer “sunset.“ You've got lovely alliteration in that line, and it triggers the vision of the sunset with your image as well. #bravo! 🙌🏻 2mo

julieclair @lil1inblue Isn‘t it interesting how things we feel are less than perfect can still feel perfect to others? As a perfectionist myself, there‘s a lesson there… 2mo

AnnCrystal All absolutely beautifully captured. Don't know which one I favorite most... probably the “inspiring soap operas.“

👏🏼🐝👍🏼🤩🐝💝. 2mo

bellabella “Stained glass sunset“ just beautiful 😍 2mo

lil1inblue @dabbe I actually prefer sunset, as well, but I had used it in the second line already, and I love it there, too. Perhaps the repetition is okay, though? #thisiswhatIloveaboutpoetry 2mo

lil1inblue @julieclair It's a lesson I'm constantly trying to learn. 😂 2mo

lil1inblue @AnnCrystal Thanks! I kind of like that one myself, perhaps because I enjoy my bird watching so much. 2mo

lil1inblue @bellabella Thanks! 🤗 2mo

dabbe @lil1inblue YES! Repetition is a literary device and when used well (like yours is) it really packs a punch! 🤩 2mo

AnnCrystal @lil1inblue 😍🎶🐦💝💝💝. 2mo

Reggie Stained glass sunset!!!🖤🖤🖤 2mo

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AnnCrystal

Batman Begins | Dennis O'Neill

😍🦇💝.

#zeal4batman

Thank You @dabbe for #HaikuADay #HaikuHive 🐝🪄📜✍🏼💖.

@dabbe 🐝
@TheBookHippie 🐝
@TheSpineView 🐝
@Kristy_K 🐝
@JenlovesJT47 🐝
@lil1inblue 🐝
@DebinHawaii 🐝
@bellabella 🐝
@julieclair 🐝@BooksandCoffee4Me 🐝
@Reggie 🐝
@Eggs 🐝
@jdiehr 🐝
@vivastory 🐝
@CBee 🐝

#HaikuHivecommunityLittenAnnCrystal 🐝

TheSpineView 💛🐝💛 2mo

Eggs Fantastic 👏🏻🖤🦇 2mo

dabbe #bravo 💛🐝🖤 2mo

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JenlovesJT47 This is great! 😍💛🐝🖤 2mo

julieclair Super! 🦇🐝🦇 2mo

AnnCrystal @TheSpineView 🐝💝🦇. 2mo

AnnCrystal Thanks @Eggs 🐝💝🦇. 2mo

AnnCrystal Thank You @dabbe 🐝💖🦇 2mo

AnnCrystal Thanks @JenlovesJT47 🐝💖🦇. 2mo

AnnCrystal Thank You @julieclair 🐝💕🦇. 2mo

bellabella 👌 ❤ 2mo

AnnCrystal @bellabella 🐝💕🦇. 2mo

lil1inblue 💛 🐝 💛 👏 👏 👏 2mo

AnnCrystal @lil1inblue 🐝❣️🦇. 2mo

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dabbe

Untitled | Untitled

#ThreeListThursday #TLT @dabbe
We're on to list 3, all from the 1900s.
1. Survey link: https://www.listchallenges.com/1001-books-you-must-read-before-you-die-1900s
2. Share your score if you'd like.
3. Share your 3 favorites from the list or 3 that you might be interested in reading, or 3 you thought were horrible or a combo of whatever you'd like.
4. Tag if you want.
I'm tagging no one this time. ALL are welcome.

CogsOfEncouragement Ummmmm. I‘ve read 4 - Gatsby, Mrs. Dalloway, Ackroyd, and Room with a View. 2mo

dabbe @CogsOfEncouragement I've never read DALLOWAY; did you like it? #TFPAS (Thanks for playing and sharing). 😊 2mo

CogsOfEncouragement I read it in 2017, gave it 3⭐️ and wrote this review: This was an incredibly slow read for me. A bit because of an event I helped to put on (kinda funny if you know what the book is about) but also because of the way Woolf wrote it. ⬇️ 2mo

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CogsOfEncouragement I take no offense to the accolades it has earned, and I see why others enjoy it. I compare it to Beloved by Toni Morrison which I read a few months ago. Though I like both stories, I do not much enjoy reading this style. At the same time, I am glad I read both award winning books. 2mo

MonicaLoves2Read I only got 2. The Great Gastby I read it in Hugh School. The Murder of Roger Akyrod I read last year. 2mo

dabbe @CogsOfEncouragement Thanks for that input. I have always been scared to read her for the whole stream-of-consciousness thing, but maybe I'll give her a try. (edited) 2mo

dabbe @MonicaLoves2Read ROGER ACKROYD was one of the biggest surprise reads I have ever had! #TFPAS (Thanks for playing and sharing). 💚🩵💚 2mo

Roary47 I got 5… I‘ve never even heard of most of them. 😅 Ethan Frome was a favorite in high school, Great Gatsby, the jungle, The Sun also rises, and Call of the Wild. (edited) 2mo

willaful 9 for me... I've never even HEARD of half of these book! 2mo

thebacklistbook Wow... I scored 1. 2mo

AnnCrystal I'm not even going to whisper my results, I'm just going to hide 🤐🤭😂. 2mo

Bookwormjillk 5 for me. Gatsby and Ethan Frome are favorites. Many of the others I‘ve never heard of. 2mo

Librarybelle Ouch! I got 6. 2mo

RaeLovesToRead I got 4..... FOUR????!!!!!! 2mo

RaeLovesToRead I've not even heard of most of these. And I have the 1001 books book! 2mo

Daisey 26 this week. I do find it interesting how even as the scores vary, most of us have seemed to follow similar trends in fewer on each of the 3 so far. Surely we‘ll go back up again on the next. 2mo

JenlovesJT47 I got 4! 😭 2mo

dabbe @Roary47 I'm with ya on the what the heck are these? 🤣 #TFPAS (Thanks for playing and sharing) 😊 2mo

dabbe @willaful 🎯🩵🎯! #TFPAS (Thanks for playing and sharing) 😊 2mo

TheLudicReader 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣4🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 2mo

dabbe @thebacklistbook You're in good company! 😍 #TFPAS (Thanks for playing and sharing) 😊 2mo

dabbe @AnnCrystal No hiding allowed! Most of the ones on this list I haven't even heard of, nor would I add them to my TBR! 🤣 #TFPAS (Thanks for playing and sharing) 😊 2mo

dabbe @Bookwormjillk 🎯🩵🎯 Love your choices, too. #TFPAS (Thanks for playing and sharing) 😊 2mo

dabbe @Librarybelle Seriously, I wouldn't even put most of these on my TBR! I'm like 😳! #TFPAS (Thanks for playing and sharing) 😊 2mo

dabbe @RaeLovesToRead You're right in there with the rest of us! 🤣 #TFPAS (Thanks for playing and sharing) 😊 2mo

dabbe @RaeLovesToRead Now that's 🤣! Which edition? The one I'm using is the revised 2018, which (I think) includes a heckuva lot more world lit. 2mo

dabbe @Daisey You da winner so far! #bravo 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 #TFPAS (Thanks for playing and sharing) 😊 2mo

dabbe @JenlovesJT47 We're right there with you! Surely next week has to be better! 🤩 #TFPAS (Thanks for playing and sharing) 😊 2mo

dabbe @TheLudicReader 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣#yourock🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 #TFPAS (Thanks for playing and sharing) 😊 2mo

melissajayne 6 2mo

dabbe @melissajayne #TFPAS (Thanks for playing and sharing) 😊 2mo

BkClubCare I got 14. Thanks muchly to a hardcover of DH Lawrence stories! And Virginia Woolf 💖 2mo

DGRachel Alright. I‘m going in. Wish me luck! 2mo

peaKnit Oh boy, two for me :) 2mo

dabbe @BkClubCare Two authors I have never read (except for some short stories by Lawrence!) On the TBR! #TFPAS (Thanks for playing and sharing). 😊 2mo

dabbe @DGRachel Good luck! 😍 2mo

dabbe @peaKnit You're in great company with most of us! #TFPAS (Thanks for playing and sharing). 😊 2mo

AnnCrystal @dabbe 🤗👌🏼💝. 2mo

Bklover Six! That‘s it! 😳😳😳😳😳 2mo

dabbe @Bklover You're in good company; most of us were under 10! 🤣 Here's hoping next week is better for all of us! #TFPAS (Thanks for playing and sharing). 💚💜💚 2mo

jenniferw88 10! 2mo

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