Forestry Division

This weeks awards are brought to you by trees everywhere. Winners of the "Timber!" Awards are Madeleine, who complains that a tree fell on her internet, and Elizabeth, who reports that a branch fell on her car.

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Old Skool Award to Emily, whose new washer is bigger and she has lost her laundry rhythm. "And laundry used to be the one thing I could count on," she laments. Runner up to Liz, whose pants hem came undone.

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Elevated Risk of Mullet to Sue, for her complaint about a breakfast meeting: "There is no hell, by the way, anywhere else. It's right here on earth, and it serves up eggs." And also to Esperanza, for her brilliant suggestion that neither sick people nor others should have to clean puke: "Puke should henceforth be self-cleaning."

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What Twice Was Lost is Now Found, Again Award to Amy, who located the tickets this time in a Trivial Pursuit box. Whining works!

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Hell's Kitchen Award to Neighbor Lady, who tried again to make pad thai, once again without edible results, and then the garbage disposal died while clearing the mess. Such that emergency plumbing was required. Ack!

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There is much competition in the bodily fluids category, snot division, this week! Esperanza celebrates her Sweet Baboo's mastery of a favorite developmental milestone, blowing her own nose! Emily complains that she has a runny nose and it is sore.

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The Cluestick Posse is saddling up for Liz, who righteously whines that an insurance lobbyist was appointed to a health council; and KLee, whose school is in desperate need of repairs but was apparently removed from the list of schools to benefit from a tax measure passed two years ago. Unacceptable! After that, they'll swing by the post office to nab that person who parked blocking the drive-up mailbox when Emily wanted to use it.

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Many thanks to Jenevieve for the cheesecake, and the cuteness report on Hosea.

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Tell Us More Award to KLee, who joined the whines about pedestrians darting out from between cars with the intriguing observation that she nearly killed a celebrity that way.

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Swift recoveries to all who are suffering from illnesses. Hope Elizabeth's mom and dad are OK.

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Thanks for playing! See you next week!