When it sounds like a cannon has just been fired off your roof, the sound is often coming from something else. Unless you live in London next to Mary Poppins. Clue two: It is rarely your refrigerator slamming forward to the kitchen floor. So what could it be? Listen to this story podcast and solve the mystery.

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Somethings are better left unsaid. Especially if others are within a 25 foot radius. An empty house is a good bet, but this is hard to come by if you reside with others. Listen and learn from some of my past foot-in-mouth experiences.

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This podcast takes a humorous look at making mistakes. It also ties in with my blog series on mistakes. I don’t know about you, but my life seems full of making mistakes. There are so many to make and so many combinations that life is never dull. In this story podcast I categorize some of these goof ups. Or as my daughter and I like to call these mistakes, ‘pulling a Theresa.’

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Why is it little boys feel that the grass on the other side of the yard always needs watering? And why do they feel it is their responsibility to personally douse it, and douse it good. Even if there is a clean and sanitized bathroom only 50 feet away from where this enticing dry grass is struggling to grow. Young boy to the rescue! Instant front yard spectacle!

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Don’t forget to laugh this week.

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Now I am not usually in the habit of hiding things on purpose in our house, except Christmas gifts and chocolate, but in our house anything in the fridge seems to be available for free range. If I buy a some ingredient for a special dinner, announcing to everyone not to eat it, I have a 50% chance that it will still be there when I need it.

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When our toilet seat breaks, sending someone sliding to the floor, my son and I hatch a new plan. The Traveling Toilet Seat Plan. No laughing, please. This may be one  you want to implement too. Just remember, you first heard about it here.

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Why is it we believe that if we plan things, they will turn out perfectly? Or at least according to our plan? I do this all the time. And then get disappointed when my day doesn’t go as planned, when my best laid plans take a 126 degree detour, when interruptions riddle my day until it looks like everything is sinking to the bottom of the lake. Sometimes it seems Murphy’s law settles in at my house with the sole goal of laughing at my plans.

If you can relate, don’t worry, you are in good company. These speed bumps, the unexpected, the surprises and broken patterns serve a purpose in our lives.

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Sometimes by late afternoon I am tired. My eyelids are having trouble staying pert and unfurled. My attention is wandering. And I feel I could topple over into a deep sleep if I relaxed or sat down for more than 3 seconds.

But sometimes when you need a nap, events conspire against you.

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Thanksgiving is one of my favorite times of year. A large or small gathering centered around great food. Turkey, cranberries, and pies. Especially the pies. A day to laugh, fellowship, watch football, and share gratitude. A day of leftovers and then more quality leftovers. Happy Thanksgiving!

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When my husband finds a hole in the toe of his black dress sock, he just doesn’t seem to appreciate the numerous possibilities I come up with to reuse and recycle his sock. Now granted, not every idea that pops up in my womanly brain is a keeper, But out of a jumble of prolific ideas there most probably will be a few gems that could possibly change the world. Or at least the sock into something more usable.

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