From the monthly archives:

December 2008

Happy New Year!

by Sherri Browning Erwin
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Wishing safe and happy celebrations to all of our friends, and may 2009 bring us great things. While you’re watching the bubbles rise in your champagne, perhaps you can think about who to choose for our Whine Sisters Person of the Year? The candidates: a) Eliot Spitzer. For presenting himself as a champion against corruption [...]

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The Rose Bowl!

by Kathleen Givens
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My football team is heading into yet anothe Rose Bowl game, this time versus the Penn State Nittany Lions.  Can’t wait!  KC, are you listening?  You know where I’ll be on New Year’s Day!  Now see if you can guess which team I’m rooting for.  I’ll give you one guess. Share this:

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A Guilt-Free 2009!

by Sherri Browning Erwin
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That’s my resolution. Not only to live in a way that prevents guilt in the first place by trying to do all the right things, but also to forgive myself for not being perfect when I do mess up. Everyone makes mistakes. This holiday season, my big mistake was avoidance (and picking on my kid [...]

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Jolly Holidays!

by Sherri Browning Erwin
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From my office window, to you. Only now there’s a lot more snow on the road leading to my house, and it’s starting to get crusted with rain. Yay, winter! Wishing you a merry holiday surrounded by friends, family, love, and good cheer. This is what I’m bringing to my sister’s house to add to [...]

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Shockers of 2008

by Sherri Browning Erwin
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I’m sure the news that Clay Aiken is gay really knocked everyone for a loop. What else happened to shock us in 2008? – The media hit some new lows, with political coverage running amock, the typical shock and awe reports to milk every drop of drama from any given situation, and giving coverage to [...]

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Which One Is It?

by Kathleen Givens
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Well?  What do you think?  Have the Whine Sisters been naughty or nice this year?  Here’s a hint about Julia and me:  we made the youngest one get the elf suit on for this picture.  And naughty?  Moi?  I say no! You need to weigh in on Sherri and Julia.  Oh, and tell us what [...]

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Howdy, Pilgrim!

by Sherri Browning Erwin
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My dear friend and college roommate(Laura) grew up with three big brothers and I always envied her for it. I wanted big brothers! They took such good care of her, too. One even let her borrow his really cool little red sports car for a week, which we tooled around in and almost crashed one [...]

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Cheers to Charity!

by Sherri Browning Erwin
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VB, probably trying to perk my holiday spirits and aid me in my quest to gift from the heart or avoid gifts this year (thanks, VB!), pointed me to a new website: http://hopewine.com. You buy their wine, many varieties, and they donate 50% of the proceeds directly to charity. For instance, if I buy a [...]

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Changing Times, Changing Minds

by Sherri Browning Erwin
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Earlier this year, I’d heard that McDonald’s was toying with the concept of opening McCafe’s and adding cappucinos and lattes to their menus, and I laughed. I thought the same people who liked to go to Starbuck’s would not want to hang at the McCafe. But then the economy tanked and McDonald’s came up with [...]

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Awards Season Begins!

by Sherri Browning Erwin
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Yay! Golden Globe nominations came out this morning and reminded me of a reason to like this time of year– award shows! Which means celebrities dressing up, and sometimes doing it badly, reminding the rest of us that we may not be super thin, super rich, or super famous, but we’re also not likely to [...]

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Great Gift Ideas

by Sherri Browning Erwin
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My fond wish of celebrating a no-gift Christmas is not working out, so I have been looking into alternatives. My husband jokingly suggested that we give everyone donations to The Human Fund. Do you remember that Seinfeld episode in which George “gives” friends and coworkers donations to the Human Fund, a charity he made up [...]

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Oprah, Meet the Whine Sisters

by Sherri Browning Erwin
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Apparently, Oprah’s making headlines again by declaring her weight and preparing to embark on a health and fitness kick to get back into shape. In the process, she’ll no doubt launch the careers of new self-help and fitness gurus and a chef or two. It’s good to be Oprah. Even at 200 pounds. Personally, I [...]

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Friday Special!

by Kathleen Givens
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We know that you’re already stressed out about Christmas shopping and the economy, so I’m happy to pass this on to you.  It seems that our good friends in the FDIC and banking industry have come up with a special offer that we know you just can’t refuse!  Now THAT’s a deal! Happy weekend, everyone.  [...]

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Well?  Have you started yet?

by Julia London

I haven’t.  I can’t even face it.  The good news is, I was actually smart this year and got some stuff done early.  The bad news is, I haven’t done any of the family.  The even worse news is, Hubot is facing a lay off and we probably won’t know if he is one of [...]

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Thanksgiving: The Aftermath

by Sherri Browning Erwin
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Did you have a great time with family and friends? Eat too much? Feel thankful? Then wake up early and go shopping on Black Friday? I did all of the above… except the latter. Shopping on Black Friday, no thank you. I worked retail once upon a time and once I stopped, I vowed to [...]

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