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2011 Lessons Learned Pt. 3

By Jon McPherson on 01/03/12 11:14
Charlotte Observer

 

2011 Lessons Learned continues:
 

July 2011 Lessons Learned

- The best place to watch fireworks from is the beach

- Google+ is really boring

- An electric knife is the ideal watermelon trimming instrument

- ImaginOn is great.  But not on “Musical Petting Zoo” day.

- If a four year old asks you to play Candy Land, do it- but know that she may have stacked the deck

- If you start planning your fabulous Disney World vacation 3 months out you may have to schedule dinners at 9:45 PM because everyone else apparently plans these things years in advance

August 2011 Lessons Learned

- It may be “just Mohs Surgery” but sunblock is a far less painful alternative

- No matter how tempting it is, never ever write “REDRUM” in glossy red paint on a wall you’re painting.  Eight coats later and I can still make it out if I squint.



- I can move like the wind when laying on my back in the dank storage area if a black widow drops out of a bike helmet and onto my lap

- When you have a fig tree with only seven figs a bunch of dirty squirrels will occupy your tree until they’ve eaten every last one

- The best source to know it wasn’t just you imagining it during a rare east coast earthquake is Facebook.


September 2011 Lessons Learned

- My wife = smoking hot Snow White.  That is all I need to remember about September 2011. 



October 2011 Lessons Learned

- Despite my earlier thoughts, Disney World really is a great vacation- at least when you have a five year old in tow.  There.  I said it.

- If you Google “Sniveling Caillou” my blog is the first hit.  And I thought I’d never amount to anything!

- They serve fried Kool-aid at the Dixie Classic Fair

- Fake moustaches are itchy.  At least the $2 one from Target is.

 

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