During a recent visit to Caribou, I thought of my baby sister, Amy – not because she likes coffee (I actually don’t even know if she drinks the divine morning liquid), but because she has breasts and her name is Amy.

During a conversation with a friend yesterday, the following phrase was spoken (not by me): "The sun shines on every dog's (butt) some day."

What?!

When I asked what that was supposed to mean, I just got laughed at. Well, he is a White Sox fan, so I can't expect coherent speech from him all the time, can I?

But there are many sayings -- adages, if you will -- that don't always make sense.

I have always had vivid dreams -- sometimes silly, sometimes scary, sometimes confusing, but always vivid, and I can remember minute details about things that I've "seen" in my sleep.

My mom says I inherited my crazy dreaming cycles from my dad, who is always telling her about things that happen to him during the night.

Once on vacation, I found a camera hanging by its string handle from the back of a bathroom door. What do you do with it? Step out of the bathroom and say, "Who lost a camera?" and expect that its rightful owner is the person who steps up to claim it?

Doggone crazy weapon

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Shakopee Community Education is teaching this 12-week class for the third consecutive year and I have signed on for this season.

Last night was the first session and, after talking about goals, etc., we had a weigh-in and had our body mass index (BMI) measured. (Not telling; let's just say I need to tone up more than a bit).

Dear Santa,

Today is Christmas Eve and I haven't done any shopping. What should I do?

My neighbor is coming over for dinner and to exchange gifts tonight.

And, according to my husband the bartender, a Manhattan is only a drink -- so when I offered to make Manhattans, he looked at me oddly since I can't even mix a rum and coke properly on my own.

Last fall, the tree outside my back window was not as tall as my second-story deck. This year, the tree is towering over that deck and the changing color took me by surprise this morning.