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Kelly had saved her money for months. She wanted to buy a very expensive stroller for her new baby. The mailman dropped it off just a few days before she delivered. Kelly couldn't wait to push her baby around in it! She was even more anxious to give birth.
Missy wanted to change her hair color. She wasn't sure which color she should switch to. Missy looked at lots of pictures of hair in magazines. She decided to try a vibrant purple dye. Missy loved the color and her new look!
Erin loved roller coasters. She went to her favorite amusement park for her birthday. Erin rode 12 different roller coasters in one day! She enjoyed the thrill she got everytime there was a drop. Erin returned many times to ride the roller coasters.
Karen did really well in her math classes. One day her teacher asked her to stay after class. One of her classmates was having trouble in algebra. Karen was asked to help tutor the classmate for an upcoming test. Karen and the classmate started to meet to study.
Zac had an extremely long beard. His friends tried to convince him to trim it. He loved his beard and had no desire to cut it. His friends offered him money to trim it. There is nothing that could make Zac trim his beard.
Roberta was using the bathroom. She was a bit constipated. Finally she went and looked for some tissue. There was none in the stall. And she was all alone in the bathroom.
Elaine decided that she would start a walking routine. Elaine needed to find a time that would be suitable for walking. After giving some thought, Elaine decided that early morning was best. Elaine went for her first morning walk on Saturday. Elaine loved her walk, and was looking forward to tomorrow's walk.
The kids were very picky. The only thing they would eat was their mom's meatloaf. She made it once a week for them. The other nights, they went to bed hungry. They begged for the meatloaf every night.
I made a grilled cheese sandwich. I decided to spice it up with some garlic. The garlic was so strong that it ruined the sandwich. I threw it in the garbage. Luckily, the mice in my kitchen found it delicious.
John was walking around with a big stain on his pants. He didn't notice until someone pointed it out. John realized his pen had leaked in his pocket. It ruined his pants. He had to throw them away and get another pair.
Linda wanted to eat healthy. She knew that meant she needed to cook her meals. Linda had no time to cook because of her job. She decided to try meal prepping on her day off. Linda was able to eat healthy all week with minimal effort.
Brad looked at the clock. The time wasn't right. He looked at his watch. The batteries on the clock were dead. Brad changed the batteries on the clock.
He picked up the discarded toy. Handing it to the child on the way inside, he didn't notice the mess. Sure enough he began to walk pass knocked over furniture. Alarmed, he ran into the back bedroom. There she was, unresponsive as he screamed and screamed.
Bob asked Jane for some money. Jane said that she'd give it to him tomorrow. The next day Bob asked her for the money. She said that tomorrow is always a day away. And Bob punched her in the face.
Samantha was new on the team. She had never cheered before. She was eager to learn the choreography. They only had a few weeks before their first competition. They agreed to practice every day until then.
James got dressed to go to a concert. He looked really handsome in his suit. When he got to the concert, they thought he was a VIP. In the VIP section he got a bunch of free food and drinks. While in the VIP, he got to meet the band.
Sarah got a car for her birthday. But she was upset that it wasn't pink. So she decided to get it painted hot pink. Her car gave her lots of attention. So she was happy about her decision.
Tom was home alone. A storm hit the area. It was really bad and knocked out the power. Tom was really scared. He huddled by candlelight all night.
I was at the mall with Aaron. We were on our way to Nordstrom's. He wasn't looking and fell right into the fountain. Everyone was around and started laughing at him. He was stuck in his wet clothes the rest of the day.
I went to the theme park for the rides. I went to the most popular ride in the entire park. The line was very long. I stood at the end and waited for my turn. The line slowly moved forward and I with it.
Macy was trying to make some extra cash. She painted in her free time and decided to sell some of them. She advertised for her sale online. At first, no one was stopping by to view anything. Finally, several people arrived and soon she was sold out.
The family had finally picked out a Christmas tree. They spent half a day searching at six different tree lots. Don't put the tree in the living room to sit before decorating it. All of a sudden he noticed movement in the branches. There was a squirrel that had been living in the tree!
Tim was trying to buy water. He was debating between city and spring water. He studied about this online. He learned a lot about water. He ultimately decided to buy spring water.
Tom's bike had a flat tire. He tried to fix it at home. He did not know how to . He went to Dicks and asked to get it fixed. They fixed it and it's fine.
She had been waking up every morning sick. She knew this was not normal. She went to the doctor to get things checked out. The results were confirmed. She was pregnant.
Ellis and Ina wanted to buy a dog. Ellis wanted a big dog, but Ina wanted a small one. When they arrived at the dog pound, only small dogs were left. Ellis was sad, but he noticed that Ina had already chosen a dog. Ellis agreed to take a small corgi puppy home.
Amy was anxious after she submitted her graduate school application. The admissions director emailed her with further questions. Amy answered with detailed explanations of parts of her application. A couple of days later Amy got a phone call from the director. She told Amy congratulations because her application had been approved.
Kim took a honeymoon in the South Pacific. She flew to Bora Bora. There, she laid on the beach for a week. The weather was balmy and wonderful. Kim wished she could stay in Bora Bora forever!
Louise worked online on Mturk. She had worked on a huge, well-paying batch one day. The next day she saw that all of the work was rejected. Online, many people reported the same experience. Luckily, it ended up being an error that the requester quickly fixed.
Mia thought she was allergic to bees. Then one day she was stung by one. It hurt, but her arm didn't swell. Mia had no allergic reaction at all! She realized she must have outgrown her allergy.
I went to Jeremy's house. He was pointing a laser at a cup. It burned a hole in the cup. His wife did not want him to use it in the house. She thought it was not safe.
Alice was not feeling confident. She told her friend Jill. Jill decided she was going to give Alice a makeover. She did Alice's makeup to compliment her appearance. Alice looked in the mirror and felt great about herself.
My cousin divorced her husband in 2012. Her in-laws lived in Indiana. It was a painful divorce, with hard feelings on both sides. Last week I heard she went to Indiana to see an in-law. She told me one of the in-laws was nice.
Caleb was listening to loud music. He didn't hear when a burglar snuck into the window upstairs. The burglar saw a wallet and iphone laying on the bed. He grabbed them and tried to creep downstairs. Caleb then noticed him, and kept dancing anyway.
DJ X wanted to play some new music. DJ X was working at a dance club tonight. DJ X started playing some new techno music. The crowd loved the new music. DJ X was glad he tried some new music tonight.
Just as the groom's brother predicted, one of us fell. As we walked up the steps to the altar, my heel gave way. I tripped, and my shoe went bouncing down the steps. I fell behind it. I could hear my friend's mother trying to suppress her laughter.
Tom went to go ride horses. The first time he tried, he fell off. The horse didn't like him. Tom fed the horse grains. After that the horse let him ride for a long time.
Tom decided to walk from his house to the local movie theater. He felt he knew the way as his brother drove him there before. After walking a few blocks, Tom saw places there were unfamiliar. As he continued walking, he began feeling angry and tired. Tom never reached the theater and struggled to find his way back home.
Jenna loved healthy food. She loved to eat fruit, especially grapes. She would eat a bowl of them every morning. Before work, she got her bowl of grapes and the newspaper. She sat and ate them while she read the news.
I was always taller than the other girls. By my 16th birthday I was almost 6 feet tall. I wanted a car that day, and I got one. It was a small green Del Sol. When I got in I felt like I barely fit.
Edward was a professional football player with a decision to make. He had been badly injured in a game and almost died. As much as he liked to play football, it frightened him. He wanted to live on and stay with his family. So, he made the difficult decision to stop playing professionally.
I got a call at work that my grandmother went to the hospital. I met her in the emergency room. She was sick with a UTI and needed to stay overnight at the hospital. The nurses took care of her and gave her medicine. She left the hospital two days later.
Kerri was about to go blonde for the first time. She walked into the salon and was greeted by the staff. Kerri was taken into a chair as the staff washed her hair. After washing, they put bleach on her hair. To her surprise, she liked her hair.
Lacy and Molly were in a store. Lacy saw Molly put a tube of lipstick in her pocket. Lacy didn't want to get in trouble for stealing so she left. Lacy found out later that Molly had been arrested for shoplifting. Lacy stopped hanging out with Molly.
Erica had made a career from her blog. She was the most famous food blogger. She posted five times a week. Her latest recipe got her a lot of attention. She had it published in many magazines that week.
Bea loved the environment and wanted to do something to help. She asked her friends what could be done at her school. She and her friends decided to start a recycling campaign. They set up recycling stations in the school cafeteria. Bea was so happy to help out by starting the recycling efforts.
Josh bought a new power tool. It broke within a week. Josh had lost the receipt. He still tried to return it with his card. They gave him store credit for it.
I had a bag of sawdust. I had walked halfway across our deck. My stepdad asked me not to carry my bag there. He took the bag from me. There was sawdust all over the deck.
Sam decided to work out. He would work out all day. He would keep doing push ups. Soon, his whole body cramped. Sam realized that it wasn't healthy to work like that.
The kids loved to swim. They went to the pool in town. They threw their goggles on and went to jump in. The life guard stopped them. There was a problem with the chemicals and they pool was closed!
Mia wanted to be a famous singer. She sent her tales to many studios, but none replied. She never gave up. After two years, she finally got a call from a small studio. They loved her voice and they wanted to sign her to their label!
Tim was trying to sell his car. He couldn't find the title to it anywhere. He called about getting a new one. It turned out to be a big hassle. Tim had to pay a lot of money.
Tom kept missing magazine subscriptions. He asked the mail system about it. Unfortunately the didn't know what was happening. Tom decided to stay up and keep an eye out. It was a neighbor taking them mags.
My friends and I were exploring my neighborhood. We found an abandoned house. It was very unkempt. We cleaned up the outside as best as we could. The local newspaper wrote a story about our good deed!
Lilly dreamed of owning her own store. In her late 20s, she opened shop selling antiques. The business wasn't very profitable. She had very few sales. Lilly had to close her shop.
Kyle was leaving the grocery store with lots of food. He had just finished his family's monthly grocery shopping trip. Then he saw a homeless man sitting near the store entrance. Kyle decided to give the man half of his groceries. He happily went home with only half his groceries!
Jim had gotten bitten by a dog when he was younger. The bite was kind of severe. Jim was scarred by the bite. He was very self conscious about the scar. He always made sure his clothing covered up the scars.
When Robert was a child, his favorite place to go was the aquarium. He used to beg his parents to take him every weekend. Robert knew everything about fish and other sea animals. As he grew older, he turned his passion into a career. Robert is now a world famous Marine Biologist.
Whitney wanted to go on a vacation. She didn't have enough money though. She saved all of her change for a year. She finally saved enough for her trip. She took her vacation in the summer.
Pete hammered a nail in the wall to hang a picture. He put the picture on the nail and stood back. The picture seemed level be he was not sure. Pete used a bubble level to double check. The bubble level showed the picture to be level.
Nina joined the Army at age 18. Her family did not approve at first. But after a few years they saw the benefits. Nina was happy and made decent money. Soon Nina had all her family's support!
Sharon saw rainy clouds one day on a walk. She thought she better walk fast to get home before it rained. As she was walking, it started to pour. She heard a kitten meowing and picked it up. She was surprised it was out in the rainy alone, so she took it home.
Calvin was a proud vegetarian. He would always tell his friends the virtues of a meatless diet. One day, Sam slipped some meat into Calvin's meal. Sam revealed this information later and laughed. Calvin's face turned red as a cherry.
My cat Trip caught a blue bird and was calling for me to come see it. I took it away and saved it. Later he caught a squirrel. It was alive so I went to save it too. I chased the cat all over the block trying to save it but gave up.
Mike and Tim went to visit their grandma. They haven't seen her in over 15 years. She is the matriarch of the family and is celebrating a birthday. Friends and family from all over the country were visiting as well. Their grandma was turning 80 years old.
Today I was babysitting my six year-old brother. He called me a bad word when I won a game we were playing. Shocked, I asked him where he learned the word. He grinned really big and said he learned it from me driving. Then he ran to tell mom the new word, so now I'm in trouble.
Cal was late and in a rush. He grabbed his bagel and brought it as he headed out the door. A flock of city pigeons descended on Call almost instantly. He dropped his bagel and ran! The birds paid Cal no further interest as they ate his breakfast.
Steven purchased a star for his tree at home. It was very large and bright. He put the star on the top most branch pointing upwards. The star was so large compared to the tree however. The tree couldn't support the ornament, and he had to get a new one.
Helen really wanted to lose weight. She asked her friend Monica to help her with her goal. Every morning Helen and Monica worked out together. Monica constantly reminded Helen of her goal and helped motivate her. Helen lost 35 pounds with the help of Monica.
Laurie was painting her house. She worked every morning and afternoon on the painting. She knew a realtor was coming to view her work in only a week's time. Laurie began to realize that she would not finish in time. Laurie had to hire a professional painter to finish the job.
We needed to put up our new porch today. Looking at the news, we realized it was going to be raining all day. That's ok, we said. We'll just work through it. After a long, soggy day, everything was finished.
Jane admired the music of The Doors. She had a poster of Jim Morrison on her wall in high school. She learned keyboard so that she could make music like them. Her mother told her that music was a lazy career. Jane knew it was hard work, but persevered with her idols in mind.
Charles saw an ad that said a big company was hiring. He e-mailed that company his resume. But a temporary job placement agency called Charles. They said they were handling the recruiting for the big company. Later, the agency said that company wasn't hiring but others were.
Janet was starting college tomorrow. She was afraid nobody would like her! But she was friendly and outspoken in all of her classes. Everyone found her interesting and engaging. By the end of her first day, Janet had made many new friends!
John went to the horse races last weekend. He decided to bet on them. He started winning and bet even more. Eventually he lost everything he had won. He considered it breaking even and went home.
I went to the vets office with my dog Princess. The receptionist had a four month old Boston Terrier on her lap. She told me she was trying to find a home for him. Since Princess was the same breed and age, I could not resist. I left the vets office, with a brother for Princess.
Ed's turtle was hungry. He fed him the last lettuce he had. He was at a loss of what to feed him. Ed gave him some chewing gum. The turtle ate it all up but got sick later in the day.
One day a very unfit man decided to get fit and run a marathon. He trained hard for many months and made slow progress. He hired a trainer to help him and his progress sped up. Months passed and eventually he was fit and ready. He ran the marathon and came in third place!
Gary had a dog. Gary would fill up the dog's water bowl every morning. One day, Gary forgot to fill up the bowl. His dog kept barking at him all morning! Gary realized the water bowl was empty and filled it up.
Mark was a heavy smoker. He rolled his own cigarettes, and used a pipe. When he had a child though he decided to stop. He learned about how people stopped smoking. So he took up vaping instead, and broke his tobacco addiction.
In 1977, my brother and I went to the Wonderland dog track. I had never gone before. I bet on trifectas. I lost about $20. We never went again, and the track closed down.
Tim was at McDonald's. They were close to closing for the night. Tim ordered different items. Unfortunately they had run out of half the things he wanted. Tim had to get something else instead.
Hannah was running for the student council at her school. She asked her friends to help her put up posters. Her friends spent the afternoon helping. The next morning, they found many posters in the trash. Hannah reported what happened to the principal.
Tom bought a new house. He had a good paying job. Unfortunately his company got in legal trouble. They had to lay off several employees. Tom was laid off and unable to keep the house.
Kyle and his brother argued who was the faster runner. Kyle took off down the road as fast as he could. Without missing a beat, his brother took off after him. They both ran for what seemed miles. In the end, they both decided they'd be happy with a draw.
Kenny is doing some light shopping one day. He buys some flip flops and a pair of shades. He is walking to the next store when he see's a puppy in a window. Kenny just falls in love and goes into the shop. Kenny buys the new puppy and the two become the best of friends.
Kay had supplemental coverage on her insurance. She was hit by a car crossing a street. Her mom expressed she should have paid more attention. Kay eventually died from her injuries. The insurance didn't pay because it wasn't within ninety days.
Tim lived in an old house. His bathtub was an old cast iron model. The bottom of the tub was scraping away. Tim bought some re-enameling paint for the tub. He painted the tub to look like new.
Julia was a small child obsessed with lions. She would play pretend all the time as a lioness. She lurked through her backyard looking for prey. The "prey" was actually her defenseless stuffed animals. Julia loved pouncing on her stuffed animals as if she got a catch.
John was working on a project at work. He went to the copier. He started to make copies. The paper ran out. John added more paper.
Tom was eating dinner. The service at the restaurant was terrible. The waiter got their orders wrong and kept forgetting them. Tom was on the edge of complaining. INstead he just gave a bad tip and yelp review.
There was a guy named Carl. He wanted a new phone but didn't know which one to get. He went to a phone store. The clerk helped him decide. He walked out with a brand new phone.
Dana drives a convertible. It was winter and she noticed a tear. She wasn't able to get it fixed before going to work. The entire drive there was cold. When she got out it had rained and the car was soaked.
Steve found a crumpled dollar on the sidewalk. He thought of all the candy he could buy with it. Steve ran to the corner store to shop for sweets. There, a little girl was crying because she couldn't afford candy. Steve looked at his dollar and knew what to do.
Tom owned a tuna farm. Every day he would get in the water with them. One day he was in the water checking on the tuna. Suddenly, a huge tuna swam under his legs and flipped him! Tom fell into the shallow water but got up quickly and laughed.
Victoria didn't like her flat shapeless butt. She would workout in the gym but she wasn't getting results. She hired a professional personal trainer to help her. Her trainer changed up her diet and workout routine. Victoria eventually gained the body she desired.
Scott had helped produce a school play. It was the play's final night. The actors had just finished and were bowing. They invited the crew out on the stage. There, the crew bowed as well.
Bob listed his electric generator for sale on the community list. Someone expressed interest in buying it. Bob hadn't started it since the previous year. He went outside to his shed and tried to run it. Bob was happy when his generator started without any issues.
Ella had heard nothing but bad things about plastic surgery. But all her life, she'd hated her big, wide Jewish nose. So at age 22, she finally decided to get it fixed. After she recovered, she was so pleased with her new reflection! Ella saw that for some people, plastic surgery was a Godsend!
Maggie's 60th Birthday is approaching. She is fearful of growing old. Watching a commercial she sees an anti-aging cream. Maggie reaches into her purse for her credit card. She purchases the cream as a birthday gift to herself.