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by gardenmom32210 on December 15, 2004 05:35 PM
With all of the fabulous recipes posted here,I thought it was a good place for this...

'Twas the Month After Christmas

Twas the month after Christmas, and all through the house
Nothing would fit me, not even a blouse.
The cookies I'd nibbled, the eggnog I'd taste
At the holiday parties had gone to my waist.

When I got on the scales there arose such a number!
When I walked to the store (less a walk than a lumber).
I'd remember the marvelous meals I'd prepared;
The gravies and sauces and beef nicely rared,
The wine and the rum balls, the bread and the cheese
And the way I'd never said, "No thank you, please."

As I dressed myself in my husband's old shirt
And prepared once again to do battle with dirt---
I said to myself as I only can,
"You can't spend a winter disguised as a man!"

So--away with the last of the sour cream dip,
Get rid of the fruit cake, every cracker and chip
Every last bit of food that I like must be banished
Till all the additional ounces have vanished.

I won't have a cookie--not even a lick.
I'll want only to chew on a long celery stick.
I won't have hot biscuits, or corn bread, or pie,
I'll munch on a carrot and quietly cry.

I'm hungry, I'm lonesome, and life is a bore---
But isn't that what January is for?
Unable to giggle, no longer a riot.
Happy New Year to all and to all a good diet!

G-Mom [grin]
by afgreyparrot on December 15, 2004 06:04 PM
No truer words were ever spoken!

[Big Grin] [thumb]

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by gardenmom32210 on December 26, 2004 05:00 PM
I am soooo stuffed from all of the fabulous goodies! This poem fits my mood today [Big Grin]

G-Mom [grin]
by afgreyparrot on December 26, 2004 07:58 PM
I didn't have time to even eat yesterday...
...so I need to start making up for it today!

Cindy

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