Table of Contents

Introduction

Pre-Cookie Week

        (Get ready ... Get set ... No wait, I'm not ready!)

Pre-Cookie Week 2

    (I'm not crying, I just have something in my eye.)

Pre-Cookie Week 3

        (Passing the time with Whiskey ... the dog, not the bottle!)

Pre-Cookie Week 4

        (When life gives you lemons ... )

Pre-Cookie Week 5

        (Because sometimes you just want to throw something!)

Cookie Week 1

        (Me First!)

Cookie Week 2

        (Tis folly to be wise... or even to want to know)

Cookie Week 3

        (The elephant in the room)

Cookie Week 4

        (Ouch!!)

Cookie Week 5

        (While we are on the subject...)

Cookie Week 6

        (Happy New-valen-saint-easter-hollow-give-mas Day)

Cookie Week 7

        (A moment to stir the pot ...)

Cookie Week 8

        (I'll get you my little pretty ... You and your little dog Toto, too)

Cookie Week 9

        (... but have you saved any orphans?!)

Cookie Week 10

        (Here comes Peter Cottontail ...)

Cookie Week 11

        (Let the games begin!)

Cookie Week 12

        (To be a soldier's mom ...)

Cookie Week 13

        (The heel bone's connected to the toe bone, Oh hear the word of the Lord!)

Cookie Week 14

        (There are no words ...)

Cookie Week 15

        (My dad always said, “If you cant say any thing nice ... “ Why didn't I listen?)

Cookie Week 16

        (When is a mother not a mother?)

Cookie Week 17

        (Curiosity was bad for the cat ... and it hasn't been much better for me!)

Cookie Week 18

        (Happy birthday to you ... Happy birthday to you ...)

Cookie Week 19

        (Real men use Duct Tape ... as do the mothers of soldiers!)

Cookie Week 20

        (You'll be in my heart ... Always!!)

Cookie Week 21

        (The more the merrier ...Right?)

Cookie Week 22

        (Thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand; Between their loved home and the war's desolation!)

        (The Star Spangled Banner, forth stanza)

Cookie Week 23

        (Limp Latex and Cold Spit!)

Cookie Week 24

        (But if you really believe it, does it make it true?)

Cookie Week 25

        (Sometimes you just need to speak your mind!)

Cookie Week 26

        (Do wa diddy diddy dum diddy do!!!)

Cookie Week 27

        (Fingers crossed ... Knock on wood ... Live long and prosper?)

Cookie Week 28

        (The more we get together, the happier we'll be!)

Cookie Week 29

        (Heaven only knows!!)

Cookie Week 30

        (The waiting really is the hardest part)

Homecoming

        (The eagle is landing ... if only for 18 days)

Intermission Week 1

        (So ... What is your favorite drinking song??)

Intermission Week 2

        (So, a man walks into a bar ... OUCH!)

The Party

        (Let the celebrations begin! Well ... maybe just continue?!)

Intermission Week 3

        (Hey! It's my birthday, too!!)

Good-byes

        (All good things must come to an end ... And it's a cursed shame!)

Cookie Week 31

        (Sometimes ya just need a change of scenery)

Cookie Week 32

        (I know how to spell Mommy How do you spell support?)

Cookie Week 33

        (Bubble, bubble, toil and trouble!!)

Cookie Week 34

        (Put on you boots, boots, boots and parachute, 'chute 'chute ...)

Cookie Week 35

        (How much is that doggie in the window? ... The one with the waggily tail?!)

Cookie Week 36

        ( Something's lost and something's gained in living ever day ... Joni Mitchell, 1969)

Cookie Week 37

        (One man's trash ... ummm, STD ... is another man's treasure?! ... Or, something like that!)

Cookie Week 38

        (Sometimes, a day is just a day.)

Cookie Week 39

        (The unnecessary necessity ...)

Cookie Week 40

        (We gather together to ask the Lord's blessing ... and His protection, and His grace, and His forgiveness ...)

Cookie Week 41

        (When good superstitions go bad ...)

Cookie Week 42

        (Say it with flowers ... BEARS!)

Cookie Week 43

        (Yes Virginia ... umm, Maggie ... There is a Santa Claus!)

Cookie Week 44

        (I have good news, and bad news ... which do you want first?)

Cookie Week 45

        (And as little Tiny Tim ... and the Christmas idiot ... said, God bless us, everyone!

Cookie Week 46

         (Reflections!)

Cookie Week 47

        (Aren't we there yet?!)

Cookie Week 48

        (So ... It's kinda hard to explain ...)

Cookie Week 49

        (The Good, the bad ... and the ridiculous!)

Cookie Week 50

        (The light at the end of the tunnel ... )

Cookie Week 51

        (Let it snow, let it snow, oh please let it snow ... I think!)

Cookie Week 52

        (Coming full circle)

Post-Cookie Week 1

        (My kids ... My heart ... My heroes!)

Post-Cookie Week 2

        (No, seriously!! ... Aren't we there, yet?!)

Post-Cookie Week 3

        (The beginning of the end)

Post-Cookie Week 4

        (Finally! The fat lady sang!!)

Post-Cookie Week 5 ... and then some

        (I hate good byes!)

Epilogue

        (It's not over 'til it's over!)