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I love Detroit sports, and I take pictures of my food. What happens to people all over the World matters. #Vote I’m on Threads and Bluesky as Mim5453.

Farmington, MI
Joined May 2009
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9 months
I’ve finally figured out what “woke” means. It means people being empathetic, kind, understanding to other people. Got it. Thanks, GOP.
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4 years
My husband and I have been married 46 years today, and I made a Lobster Pasta that @TheKitchenista posted on FB stories last month after watching 3 times and taking copious notes. It is insane! #KitchenistaSundays
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5 years
I miss decency.
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4 years
@markmobility “The blacks...” 🤦🏼‍♀️
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2 years
@keithedwards @jdawsey1 I literally barely slept for four years.
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7 years
Be kind to each other. I know I’m tweeting this into the abyss, but whatever. Be kind. It’s easy. It costs nothing.
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4 years
I usually listen to audiobooks on my daily walks, and I decided to download @DanRather 's What Unites Us this morning. It was an excellent choice. Listening to Mr. Rather's ideas as he speaks is calming and inspiring.
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5 years
My annual birthday dinner at Mama Mia in Redford. 40+ years, and the baked spaghetti still rocks my world.
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3 years
Michigan in July. Unless you live or vacation here, you understand it’s so underrated.
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5 years
@AnnaKrukCorbin A cell phone and the number. An email address to an account. These are roadblocks.
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6 years
@thomas___mcfall I read this thread aloud to my thirty-six-year old son visiting home from Texas tonight. It saved us after another week of crazy news. Thanks so much for posting all of it. You and your classmate give us hope.
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4 years
@MollyJongFast Seriously!? My daughter and I had our daily phone check in, and she said, "What I've learned is there are far more dumb people among us than we realized."
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4 years
@saintIournt @jenuhh124 I could say I to a whole lot, but it pales in comparison to the stress and loss people have already experienced and all that we are about to feel.
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3 years
When I think my head will explode from a failed insurrection, crappy transition of power, fear of more violence, and a lack of sleep, I make chocolate chip cookies.
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3 years
It’s soup weather, people! Zuppa Toscana to kick off the season. And pumpkin bread with maple glaze for dessert. I’m feeling a little pumpkin spicy.
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3 years
I took my walk this morning and fall appeared after hiding for weeks.
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5 years
@HoarseWisperer A grown man so outraged he’s called out as orchestrating a racist move today, he’s on the verge of tears. Fitting.
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4 years
@yashar Well, shit, I’ve never done a jigsaw puzzle alone in my entire life, and here we are.
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4 years
@realStanVG I walk by a house every day with two John James signs (a Trumper Senate candidate), and a Trump Pence sign with a handwritten sign under it that says, “Smile for the camera.” I practice self control when I walk by his house every day.
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5 years
I ran into a local grocery store this afternoon for a few items for dinner. I discovered they had WhiteLily flour, and I almost fainted. Ran back for blueberries, buttermilk, cream, to make @TheKitchenista ’s Blueberry Cardamom Biscuits.
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5 years
@BeauMattLaFave @paulegan4 He should stay off the island, then.
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4 years
A really informative thread here. 👇🏻
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4 years
@TomJChicago Why is he wearing shoes with kitten heels?
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4 months
Hosting a very small Super Bowl gathering tonight, and I’m representing because my @Lions gave me the best season of my life!
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6 years
Bring it, please. Need a dose of you both asap.
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. @BarackObama and @MichelleObama in negotiations to ink deal to produce original series at #Netflix
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7 years
@jaketapper @BrookeBCNN is my hero today. The reaction, her face, the closure. Boom.
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6 years
I can’t say enough about @TheRickWilson ’s new book #ETTD . I’m about to finish the audio version and will be bereft when I no longer have Rick’s acerbic, astute voice in my ear.
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1 year
I’m a grandma again. It was not without challenges. So grateful.
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1 year
You can hate on Miguel Cabrera and his contract all you want, Tiger fans, but I am a lifelong Tiger baseball fan, and he has given me so many moments of joy over his years with the team, I cannot begin to count. Today was no exception.
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4 years
I gotta say, these, “men of faith,” say some real shitty, racist, xenophobic, misogynistic things these days.
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3 years
#KitchenistaSundays I made a favorite oven roasted chicken shawarma for tonight’s dinner, but this was the first time making my own pita bread.
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4 years
@Wraithkelso @DanRather Based on what I've seen from 45's cognitive abilities, I'll take my chances with Joe.
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3 years
Celebratory Inauguration Day dinner here. A delicious Cava and @TheKitchenista ’s pimento Mac and cheese with an added pound of lobster and dry sherry added. The day deserves this
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4 years
@iamwandasykes Well, I’m a downright puddle and no dust or onions in sight.
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7 years
JV owes nothing to no one. Dude has been stellar for a decade. You do you, Justin.
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1 year
@TheRickWilson I am aghast. What dad gets involved in this? Mine put the fear of God into us about flushing stuff down the toilet, and that was the end of it.
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7 years
@Adriiinev @always_vote @meetmissjoness @BrandiKHOU Even more than that - a compassionate heart. She kept doing her job while her humanity directed her efforts. Just incredible.
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3 years
People are asking for the recipe. This is the best chocolate chip cookie I have ever eaten or made. Today was the first time making. Here you go:
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3 years
I love @TheKitchenista ’s Skillet Cornbread for more reasons than I can count. This one is dill, jalapeño, cheddar - requested by my son’s girlfriend.
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5 years
I’m on a biscuit roll. Just made @TheKitchenista ’s Better Buttermilk Biscuits for tonight’s strawberry shortcake. My, my, my, mile high.
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3 years
@TheRealHoarse I can’t. My son lives in Texas. No water. I cannot let this go. I’m so mad.
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9 months
A huge thank you to our Michigan Secretary of State, @JocelynBenson . She has revolutionized the process here. I had a 10:00 appointment this morning and was back in my car at 10:04. An amazing experience.
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6 years
@WorldofIsaac @stareagle I loved Sports Night. There were three of us that I know of, and we weren’t enough to save it.
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3 years
@RexChapman @chrislhayes Also, it was scary as hell. Most afraid I’ve ever been as an American. And, I’m old.
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3 years
@Lesdoggg I watch @DeadlineWH every day, and I have rarely laughed over the past four+ years, but you are a gift. Laughing so hard while I watch the news I have to wipe my eyes is new for me. Thanks!
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4 years
Surgery was successful. Let the healing begin. Thanks for your good wishes and positive energy. 😘
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2 years
@WorldofIsaac No one, and I mean no one, ever made me laugh harder. He was the quintessential Irish story teller - 1975.
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9 years
Happy Father's Day to all the dads doing their best every day. Thank you.
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2 months
I haven’t shared this here until now. This is no longer my favorite place to express myself, but my husband passed away suddenly in early March, so big changes in my life. I’m good. It’s not easy, but I’m good.
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1 year
@Super70sSports I loved that Pistons team so much.
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3 years
I had my first microchip injected yesterday and so far, no serious side effects. Only one more to go until they can follow me everywhere.
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2 years
Eating the first grilled dinner of summer and listening to @tigers baseball. It gets no better.
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3 years
The game was cancelled today, so we picked up lunch @YumVillage . I highly recommend.
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5 years
I say this in all honesty. I do not understand what Republicans have become.
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6 years
That Victor Martinez tribute by the @tigers was wonderful. Congratulations, V-Mart. We fans thank you and wish you the best.
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5 years
@cozypowell @mkraju You are not weird . She is all that and more. We are blessed.
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5 years
How about @TheKitchenista lighting the food influencer world on fire? Meanwhile, I’m becoming a braver woman griller. #KitchenistaSundays Grilled flank steak with all Farmers market sides.
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4 years
@mariskreizman @MollyJongFast Sadly, I started feeling scared enough in February 2016 when the Nazi rallies started. It’s been a brutal 4.7 years for all of us.
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1 year
Just arrived at the neighborhood Super Bowl party. Dessert preview.
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3 years
@TheRickWilson I'm a retired teacher. Believe me when I tell you I know stupid. She sets the bar.
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5 years
These birthday seats will do just fine.
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3 years
I wear this like a Twitter badge of honor. 😂
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3 years
@jesus_jimz Hey, I've got an idea ... how about encouraging masking and vaccines?
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5 years
@TheKitchenista I miss her, I do. My kids and I loved her videos.
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5 years
The most incredible sky after sunset over Lake Michigan tonight. What a stunning place we call home. No filter. Ridiculously beautiful.
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3 years
Oh WOW! MIGGY!! I’m wiping my eyes. The Dan Dickerson call gave me chills! @tigers
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4 years
Sharing my joy. I graduated from PT/OT today after five weeks. Love my well earned T-shirt. I still have lots of work ahead of me at home. That is my formerly two dislocated fractured bones wrist I’m holding up. I’m also aware the pandemic hair is becoming an issue.
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7 years
@AdamParkhomenko It's like if Shakespeare rolled out Hamlet on a page a day calendar starting November 8, 2016.
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2 years
@RichEisenShow @richeisen Thank you for this. As a retired public school teacher, I’m the last person you’d want packing heat in a classroom. Can’t see, uncoordinated, duh. I didn’t go into teaching to learn how to use a gun.
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4 years
Had a frank conversation with my husband tonight. I'm almost 67. We've taken every precaution so far and have been isolated for 12 days. I told him if I get it, and it gets bad, no hospital. I'll die at home and not in a hallway alone in an overwhelmed hospital.
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3 years
Not sorry I stayed up for this no-no.
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2 years
@wormrunn1r @docrocktex26 @PamelaA76944572 @leahbogie @equaloppdork I read Hillbilly Elegy after 2016, and I threw it against the wall when I finished it. I’m an English teacher so first of all, poorly written; next, pure bullshit.
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8 years
@onetoughnerd Way, way, way too little, too late, and you still don't have a clue.
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6 years
Yes, I’m still watching @tigers every day. No tweeting when there’s nothing to tweet about, but they’re still my team, always and forever.
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4 years
@TVietor08 Rich, white guys circling the wagons. 🤢
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5 years
45th wedding anniversary coming up this weekend? Are you kidding me? How do you keep that marriage going? Hubs is doing a colonoscopy prep tonight, and I’m on my second helping of Zuppa Toscana and bread. Don’t lose that edge. 🤣
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5 years
@krassenstein We love you, Canada! Always have and always will. Don’t give up on us. The majority of us despise what is going on here.
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@JoyceWhiteVance You are always the consummate professional, and I’m so sorry, but I am dying laughing. Whew! I needed a Good Friday night laugh.
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6 years
This team cemented my love of baseball. My parents let me stay home from freshman year of high school to watch a game. Incredible thrill.
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The 1968 World Series Champions are back home celebrating 50 years.
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4 years
I always think I’m ready, but I really never am.
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5 years
Giving some credit to my new @tigers hat. Good win, boys!
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6 years
@johnpavlovitz Michelle Obama because she’s my hero for more reasons than Twitter allows characters.
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3 years
Ever have one of those weeks where your heart is so full it cancels out all of the world’s awfulness? I’m having one of those. So simple and so fabulous.
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4 years
Birthday Pandemic Present from hubs! ❤️
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6 years
We need a little perfection before we sleep in these crazy times. Peonies aren’t just beautiful, but their scent smells like bliss.
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6 years
Jim Price just complimented the @tigers fans for applauding JV. He said, “Tiger fans are classy. They know the game.” Thanks, Jim. You’re always right.
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4 years
My favorite thing to do is wait until my husband goes to sleep and then drop the AC down another 5°. This is how you keep a 45 year marriage alive.
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2 years
Zingerman’s for dinner, anybody? Don’t hate me cause you ain’t me.
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4 years
If you live in Michigan, and you’re bitching about your cottage, golf, or your boat, you’re a freaking mess. You may not know it, but you are.
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5 years
@krassenstein Nope. No Bernie.
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3 years
At Lake Michigan. That’s the tweet.
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5 years
I'm a lifelong baseball fan. The fact that I can't watch the Twins/Yankees playoff game without paying for it is proof that MLB doesn't get it. You foist the Yankees and Red Sox on us all season long, but you demand we pay to watch a playoff? Ha. Nope. I'll pass.
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4 years
If I lived to be a thousand years old, I would never understand how this election could be this close in our United States of America. What have we become? #Vote2020
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@HoarseWisperer First Ruby Throated Hummingbird arrived at my feeder during wine time yesterday after the longest winter in memory.
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@eugenegu @realDonaldTrump .I never thought I would see anything like this, and I don’t mean the pandemic.
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5 years
Husband borrowed a power washer four days ago from our neighbor, and there's nothing left to power wash but me and the cat. Send prayers.
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5 years
Good win, @tigers ! How bout Shane Greene? 🔥🔥🔥
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5 years
So soon for me to bring out my tacky sweep pic? It’s OK. We’ll take it @tigers .
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