{"id":11232,"date":"2007-10-17T11:16:26","date_gmt":"2007-10-17T18:16:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2007\/10\/17\/she-loves-lucy.html"},"modified":"2007-10-17T11:16:26","modified_gmt":"2007-10-17T18:16:26","slug":"she_loves_lucy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2007\/10\/17\/she_loves_lucy.html","title":{"rendered":"She Loves Lucy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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So before we headed off for karate last night, I Love Lucy<\/a> <\/em>happened to be on TV Land, and I flipped it on.<\/p>\n

Okay, I grew up on this show.  I’ve probably seen every episode a dozen times.  It was standard dinner fare for my brother and I for many years.  Watching it is like slipping on a pair of worn, comfortable loafers, the lines falling from my mouth almost unconsciously.  It’s like an old friend, and even if I know I would never enjoy it if I were watching it for the first time, it always brings a smile to my lips even now.<\/p>\n

So I was tickled pink that Katherine was not only fascinated by the show, but thought it was uproariously funny, and was quoting lines from it this morning.<\/p>\n

That’s my girl!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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