Well, I’m still in a party mood (and probably will do something spectacular when I finish this book…like order out, LOL!) so I thought I’d give away something party related. Then I thought, well, maybe not everyone is as party-minded as me. So I’m giving away a $25 Amazon gift card to this week’s winner…but might I suggest you consider purchasing this?
I love Ina Garten (otherwise known as The Barefoot Contessa, a former caterer who now has a cooking show on Food Network and other channels. LOVE her.)
But you could just buy books from the Plotmonkeys, too. Since Lucky Charm is almost out and Phantom’s Touch is available for pre-order… :giggle:
Just leave a comment!
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Warm wishes for a Happy Birthday go out to Plotmonkey Pals Linda McCarty & PJ Ausdenmore today! We hope you have a fabulous, fun-filled day!
NOTE: If anyone else would like to celebrate your birthday here at Plotmonkeys, all you have to do is CLICK HERE and provide us with your birthday info at Birthday Alarm (if you haven’t already!).
By all reports, Julie Leto was a sweet child once, somewhat shy, preferring to play quietly in her room making up stories. However, being raised with three brothers in a loud, primarily Italian household did have its influences and Julie discovered her inner tough girl. That’s probably why most of her heroines kick serious butt. Writing sassy heroines has worked out, as she’s sold over forty books to four publishers featuring strong, confident women. Julie lives in Florida with her daughter, a spoiled dachshund, a haughty lynx-point Siamese and a wide range of relatives all within driving distance.
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Happy birthday to Linda McCarty & PJ Ausdenmore!
Yes, it’s the weekend, and it’s definitely a good time to party. Hopefully everyone has fun plans for the weekend. I’m getting together with some girlfriends tomorrow and it’s going to be a blast!
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Wow! What a beautiful party !! 50 years!!
Great prize!
I’ve never heard of Ina Garten…guess because I rarely throw a party or maybe I’m just too busy reading romance!!
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Happy Birthday, Linda and PJ!
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Happy Birthday to Linda McCarty & PJ Ausdenmore, and many happy returns!
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Woo it’s the weekend! Been waiting so long! It’s finally here. Woo! Yay, great prize!
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Happy Birthday Linda and PJ!!
Great prize. Have a wonderful weekend, everyone!
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Happy Weekend to All. Oh, yeah a chance to buy more books and Lucky Charm is def on my list.
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Happy birthday to PJ and Linda
. I love Ina Garten’s show so that’s a great idea :grin1:
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Good morning Julie,
Gift cards are always a great present, especially to bookstores. This year for my 7 year old son’s B-day part of his presents were a GC to Barnes & Noble and GC to Wal-mart. He loves having his own money to spend there and he loves to read!!
Thank you,
Susan B.
sbussey AT windstream.net
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Thanks for all the birthday wishes. Can’t wait for the new plotmonkey books to arrive. Have a great weekend everyone.
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Have a great weekend everyone!!
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Add me too, pretty please! :) And I love that purrfect kitty cat!! :) Alas, could never get my cat to stand that way, but that’s why it’s a drawing there! LOL :)
Happy Weekend!
Lois
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Happy birthday linda and pj !!! Great prize this week julie I love Ina and all the food network chefs but I am looking forward the most to Carly’s book on the 30th woohoo!!!!
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Nice prize you have there.
Hope everyone has a great weekend.
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Happy weekend everyone!
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Happy Birthday, Linda!
I’m looking forward to celebrating another terrific year tomorrow.
Thanks for all your good wishes. 
Ina Garten is terrific! I’d love to be a guest at one of her lovely outdoor dinner parties.
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There are so many books on my TBB list right now, an Amazon gift card will come in handy. Hope everyone has an awesome weekend!
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Happy Birthday Linda and PJ
Ina Garten makes some great dishes.
Have a terrific Friday everyone,
Cher
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Happy birthday guys!!!
Anytime is the right time for a party!!
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Happy Birthday Linda and PJ!!!
Hope you both have a great day!
Great giveaway too. Good luck everyone and Happy Friday!
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She always looks so calm on her show while preparing for a party. I’m usually a freaked-out mess! I need to meditate with my inner Martha…
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Whoopee! Happy Birthday Linda and PJ!
Totally sick prize! Love it! :banana:
Have a fantastic Friday everyone!
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Happy Birthday Linda and PJ!!!
I love Ina, too (told you, Janelle we’d get along). Her food looks so YUMMY! Lots of butter (like Paula Deen).
Have a great weekend, everyone!
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Good morning all~
As usual, another wonderful gift being offered by our PlotMonkey Goddess Julie! Have a great weekend.
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(Only count my last post)…..Sorry Julie…I meant, Julie, we’d get along. I need to go back to bed!
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Have a wonderful weekend. Enjoy and great prize!
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Hi,
I too enjoy Ina Garten. She looks thinner on the cover than on TV. Happy b’day to all Sept. 19th people!
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Happy Birthday!
My daughter and I love the Food Network.
Hope everyone has a great weekend
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oooo! I love the food network! I love to cook! Count me in
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Julie- what a great prize! I love Barefoot Contessa! I watch the show religiously. Have you read her Barefoot in Paris cookbook? It is amazing!
But I recently heard that it was going to be cancelled soon!
If thats true I am going to be so upset. :cursing:
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Great prize!
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Happy Birthday guys! The prize is great this week, as always. Hope everyone has a great weekend! :wave:
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Nice prize! Gotta love Amazon! Have a great weekend everyone!
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Happy Birthday Linda and PJ!
I love Ina Garten. The only problem is I miss out on a lot of the recipes because I can’t keep my eyes off of her hair! She has the best hair evah lol
Have a fantabulous weekend, everyone :wave:
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Great prize. Have a great weekend everyone.
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I love GC to bookstores – it is so fun to browse the stacks and pick out a great book!!
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Happy Birthday Linda & PJ
Julie this book would have come in handy for me a few weeks ago…. I received a phone call about a month ago from my brother in law asking for my assistance in throwing a surprise 40th birthday for my sister….What this really meant was he’ll supply the $$$ and I do all the planing
Well the big night is finally here, and I hope my sister is truly surprised and that all my hard work is appreciated, because for my sister I would do anything. :hug2:
Hope everyone has a great weekend!
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Julie,
Looks like you had an awesome party. Barefoot Contessa has this brownie recipe to die for… Yummy. Have a great weekend everyone.
Carly i liked the video of Lucky Charm.
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Happy Weekend to everyone. I so love Ina Garten, never missing her program. She will finally have some new episodes starting this fall..can’t wait.
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I love watching her show. Please enter me.
Kimmyl
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Happy Friday!! It’s a great day for a party!
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Have a terrific weekend, everyone! I haven’t tried Ina Garten’s recipes yet, Julie, but some foodie friends have definitely recommended her!
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Happy Birthday Linda and PJ!
Hope everyone has a great weekend!
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Happy Birthday Linda & PJ!
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And hope everyone has a fantastic weekend!!
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Happy Birthday on your Special Day, Linda McCarty & PJ Ausdenmore!!!
Wishing everyone a happy and safe week-end!
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Donna
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I love watching Ina’s Show. She is such a fabulous cook with all of her wonderful dishes she cooks. I thought is was funny that how she meet and woed her husband who was in college, she cooked special foods, baked delicious brownies for him and delivered it to his dorm. You know what they say a way to a man’s heart is through his stomach. Wishing everyone a wonderful weekend :)
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Happy birthday Linda and PJ
me :pray:
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GC’s are always wonderful prizes :)
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Happy B-day ladies!!!
Wow what a nice prize!!! Have a great weekend all!!! :flower4you:
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I watch the Food Network quite bit but in the evenings so I’m not familiar with her.
Happy Birthday Linda and PJ!
Enjoy the weekend, everyone.
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What a great prize! Have a lovely weekend.
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Happy Birthday, Linda and PJ!
Have a terrific weekend, everyone! :wave:
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What a week! After having remnants of Hurricane Ike come through southern ohio in the form of a wind storm I have been without power since Sunday evening.:hissyfit: Luckily for me my work has power. Lots of tree damage but I have been fortunate to only lose what food was in my deep freeze. Hopefully I will have electric at my home tomorrow. I know my children would love to have power back. Life could have been worse though. I have a lot of sympathy for those in Texas, what I have gone through is not nearly as bad. I hope everyone has a great weekend.
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Julie, a great prize. I can’t wait to get my hands on Phantom Touch as I just finished reading Phantom Pleasures last night. Loved the book! To anyone that might not have read Phantom Pleasures yet, don’t wait!!
Everyone have a wonderful weekend. :wave:
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Happy Birthday Linda & PJ!!
What a great day it is! Happy Friday Everyone!
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That cover looks so elegant. It’s what I aspire to, but my husband prefers to throw his stuff everywhere..sigh, one day!
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I totally need some new books. I’ve not been buying since my birthday is around the corner and my family knows to check out my Amazon wish list when shopping for me.
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We watch Ina’s cooking shows at home all the time. She makes complicated recipes look so easy.
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Happy Birthday PJ and Linda. I am so in a party mood. Kinda. i have been sick for 3 weeks and cannot wait to feel better.
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Who doesn’t like a great party?? We have to de-stress in some way. As always, great prize!!
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Happy birthday Linda and PJ! I hope you all have a great day!
Great prize Julie, you can never go wrong with a GC!!!
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Another great prize! Count me in! Have a great weekend, everyone!
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I have learned alot by watching Ina on the Food show she has.
Happy Birthday, gals.
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:flower4you: Nothing better than an Amazon GC! :flower4you:
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It’s Friday! And I love gift cards!! Happy weekend everyone
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I love the Barefoot Contessa. I find her very soothing, for some reason.
Great prize as usual. Have a lovely fall weekend!
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Wow, Ina looks a whole lot better on that cover than she does on her show!
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I love Amazon gift cards! I also love the Barefoot Contessa show on Food Network. She’s one of my favs along with Rachael Ray and Paula Deen.
TGIF! Hope everyone has a great weekend. I’m going apple picking tomorrow – can’t wait.
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Julie I love to watch Ina Garten and doesn’t she look so good on the cover of that book. It is fun to watch her cook.
PJ & Linda hope you both have a great day and anyone else out there that has a b-day today!!!!!
Happy
Oh my goodness it is finally Friday I can’t wait until 4:30 and then the party really begins. LOL
Carly the video for Lucky Charm was great….
Happy weekend everyone!!!!!!!!!
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TGIF everyone!
One more book to add to my TBR pile.
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Have a fabulous weekend. Wonderful prize.
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Happy Birthday PJ and Linda- hope you both have a stellar weekend!
To Jennifer C- I’m glad you and your family are okay, aside from some wind damage and power outages. Seeing all the damage on Tv is just really heartbreaking.
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Great prize. Happy Friday. Happy Birthday PJ and Linda.
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Hope everybody has a great weekend!!!!1
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Happy Birthday Linda and PJ!!
Fabulous prize! Please enter me!
Everyone have a great weekend!!
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Have a great weekend everyone!
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Great prize! Happy weekend!
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I LOVE AMAZON–ORDER FROM THEM ALL THE TIME. HOPE I WIN.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY GALS.
ALICE IN TEXAS
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Count me in on the jungle prize. :monkey :monkey :monkey
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Happy Birthday to Linda McCarty & PJ Ausdenmore today! Have a great weekend everyone!
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I hope that everyone has a fabulous weekend. Happy Birthday Ladies!!
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Amazon cards are the way to go. U2 have a great BD. Happy, Happy week-end everyone.
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Great prize, I love this kind of party! Oh Boy plot monkey books would be great. I would like to join the party.
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I love Ina’s show on the Food Network. She always makes such yummy dishes.
Hope everyone has a great weekend.
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I watch the Food Network and Ina all the time (well, at least when I am not reading :) ). That would be a great book to have! Ina always makes her dishes look so easy to make!
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Happy Birthday Linda and P.J. Have a great birthday weekend.
Great suggestion Julie for the person who wins the gift card. Either way you have books that will make your life a little better.
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Happy Birthday ladies!
Awesome prize.
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:present1:I also watch the Barefoot Contessa but most of her foods are off limits to me…sigh!!!
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Don’t count me in for the contest, but I am so excited that PT is available for pre-order…I I already got Lucky Charm on order…now I need Janelle’s and Leslie’s…
Good luck everybody…
Peace and love,
Paula R.
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Hey Linda and PJ…sorry I forgot to wish you guys Happy Bday…I hope you had a wonderful time celebrating with your family and friends…
Peace and love,
Paula R.
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Happy Birthday Linda and PJ!! I hope you gals had a great day! Also, please enter me in the contest. I love shopping for books at Amazon :)
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Please enter me! :wub:
Happy Birthday Ladies!
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Happy Birthday!!
I am glad that it is the weekend…as I have had a completely awful week…ok, let’s be honest…I have a couple of really yucky months and I am just really tired!
I hope that everyone has a really great weekend.
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I would love to be entered in your drawing, looks like a awesome book and i need all the help i can get in the kitchen or then again some book money on new releases! photoquest(at)bellsouth(dot)net
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I love cooking shows. One of our favorite channels is the Food Network. :)
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Happy B-Day to Linda McCarty & PJ Ausdenmore!
What a cool prize!
I also watch the Food Network and always hoping I would catch the “Barefoot Contessa” show.
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I LOVE the Contessa! :wave:
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Who doesn’t love the Barefoot Contessa? She’s so . . . homey.
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Happy Birthday, PJ & Linda!
Parties are always fun! Count me in.
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oh nice prize as always
have a great weekend
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Happy birthday to Linda and P.J. Hope you have fun.
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Her name sounds made up but I still like her show. Supposedly, they recreated her real kitchen as a set.
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Happy birthday, Plot Monkey buddies!
Oh I hope I’m not too late – I was “kidnapped” by friends for 16 hours yesterday :X. I LOVE barefoot contessa, and borrowed from her/ was inspired by some of her/food network recipes to make dinner for said friends.
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Great prize. I watch Ina’s show on Food Network a lot.
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Happy birthday ladies
Thanks for all the great giveaways 
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Happy birthday!
Great prize!
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A very happy birthday PJ and Linda!
I love watching the Barefoot Contessa on Food Network. Her dishes are elegant and still fairly easy to make. Her house and garden are fabulous too, but I don’t think I could ever keep it that neat.
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i love that show too. i could use a good party right now!
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Great prize!
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happy birthdays and happy weekends too to all!
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I love Ina’s show too. Her food always looks so yummy! Have a great weekend and I hope you make your deadline. :flower4you: