tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-310341582011-07-08T01:08:30.593-04:00Just another brilliant idea.The NBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17005974096718984219noreply@blogger.comBlogger851100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31034158.post-18392036001488197962009-08-23T01:51:00.003-04:002009-08-23T02:00:04.155-04:00

We're back! For a moment. Just to let you know that Lisa is Twittering. We are 100% anti-Twitter, except in this case, because, well...Someone just recognized me while I was getting my yearly mammogram...AWKWARD!!!!A+! (We're hoping that it was her doctor.)We are going to try our best to post our favorite Twits from our favorite twit. Stay tuned!xoFancyClancy

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Yes, yes, yes, we know Lisa has created the MomTime Book Club in order to hide her journal entries. We registered weeks ago (with a very appropriate screenname) and began a post here to discuss. Fortunately, for your sake, we have been FAR too busy recently to follow through. But should you still seek our special kind of extraordinary punishment, keep checking back. Just like Lisa, we can't

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Well, folks, Lisa’s summer tour comes to an end here, and fortunately, so does the Companion. While the world is certainly a better place without either our or Lisa’s contributions, it was nice to have her back for a bit, n'est-ce pas? After all, we knew she couldn’t keep quiet for too long. Thanks again for tuning in, and we promise threaten to come back as soon as Lisa does. Which should be in

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Yes, there's more. No, it's not done. Yes, you can leave. No, we won't be sad. Yes, we will. No, we're not lying. Yes, we are.Monday, July 23, 2007 Today begins our shorter tour days. Promise?We went to the praise and worship service at 8:30, then the first session was at 9:30 and the second session was at 11:00. We boarded the tour bus at 12:30 and ate our box lunches on the way to the Old

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Wow! You really are godless gluttons for punishment! Without further ado, then, here's installment four. Or is it 528? It's so hard to care keep track.Saturday, July 21, 2007Wow! I can’t believe we were so close to the actual cave where David cut the piece off of King Saul’s robe when he was “doing his business.” Whoa! We’re fairly well-versed on the Bible (not really, obviously), and even we

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We’re not going to lie—this commentary is proving to be a bissel difficult. We spent so much of our childhood in Hebrew school to prepare for our Bar Mitzvah that we have heaps of unresolved anger issues with Israel. The fact that we now have to deal with Lisa rhapsodizing about it as if it were all a giant Chick-fil-A® Chargrilled Chicken Club Sandwich is a little much for us. It’s making us,

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Hang in there, guys. Israel's about to get a little hotter.Anyway, this time in correct chronological order…Tuesday, July 17, 2007Today was a leisurely day. Steve worked all day getting the convention office set up. The kids and I went to the hotel buffet for breakfast and encountered our first encounter with non-kosher. Not only was there not any bacon but there was no meat at all because they

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Well, well.Look who's begun writing again. And, we have to admit, she played this one VERY nicely:I’ve decided to write every night when we return to the hotel after our days of touring. This holy pilgrimage for our family is too much of a blessing to chance forgetting even one moment. (Which I am apt to do if I don’t write it down.) Experiencing something memorable is always more fun when you

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So, apparently Lisa's telling us she's taking a sabbatical from writing for a while wasn't quite clear. Alas, we get this week's Coffee Talk entry:“Dear friends, I am taking a sabbatical from writing for awhile.Ahhhhhhhh. We appreciate that clarification. You know, we were totally wondering why she hasn't written since April.Please read through some of my archived “Coffee Talks” and don’t miss

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Hi, kids. We just wanted to pop in with a bit of an update. No, we have not forsaken you, as much as you wish we had. The main reason we have not updated in a few weeks is because, obviously, Lisa has not. Yes, she is posting old Coffee Talk entries, but, in case you're new here, we do not comment on old news. If someone would like to pay us to comment on Whelchel's regurgitated nonsense, we'll

The NBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17005974096718984219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31034158.post-46146579838878238402007-04-10T16:17:00.000-04:002007-04-10T16:32:13.707-04:00

If you're a glutton for torture, you've probably realized that Lisa has posted a "new" Coffee Talk entry today. "New" is in quotation marks because, of course, the post is not new. It's old. It's from something called a MOPS Convention from September of 2005. It took place at the Gaylord Texan hotel. We think that's plenty right there.The thing is 1.) we're not feeling so well, and 2.) even if we

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Well, we got our answer, folks. It's...GOD!As if it were going to be anything else. Come AWN. But, before you totally do your biggest eyeroll ever, you should read Lisa's entire entry. THEN, you can do the eyeroll.At long last, I finally have a few minutes to talk a little bit about why I’ve been so flaky with my journal entries lately. For you, my faithful friends, who meet me regularly for a

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Thank you for voting in the poll below! Right now we have a whopping 150ish votes, which means this site is nearly as popular as cervical cancer! We totally appreciate it.Unfortunately (but unsurprisingly) La Whelchel has not updated her site yet this week. She continues to be a very disappointing "Coffee Talk"-er. We are going out of town until Sunday, so should Lisa decide to grace us with an

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To make up for this week's lack of a substantial Companion, we thought it would be fun (well, relatively speaking) to have some audience participation. Alas, please enjoy the poll below. It's the first time we've ever posted a poll to this site! And probably the last! So, take the good, take the bad and vote!Why has Lisa been a bad "Coffee Talk"-er?Impending divorceKeeps locking herself in prayer

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The Coffee Talk Companion is an ongoing feature in which we dissect and discuss former Facts of Life star Lisa Whelchel's online journal entries.We are offended. Nay, we are mightily offended. Lisa has the nerve to a.) not write a "Coffee Talk" entry for the butrillionth time this year and b.) instead, link to her favorite blogs without including c.) this one. If we were to list our favorite

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The Coffee Talk Companion is an ongoing feature in which we dissect and discuss former Facts of Life star Lisa Whelchel's online journal entries.So, after two days of this nonsense...This Weeks Journal Entry This weeks Journal Entry will be postd Monday Morning! Please check back. Blessings, Lisa...we (on Tuesday afternoon, mind you) get this nonsense...New Scrapbook

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The Coffee Talk Companion is an ongoing feature in which we dissect and discuss former Facts of Life star Lisa Whelchel's online journal entries.This week, Lisa tells us she's going to write a book called The Busy Teacher's Guide to Prayer. Now, before you get all "What is she doing writing a teacher's book?!", allow her to do it for you. Which is what makes this week's Coffee Talk, even in its

The NBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17005974096718984219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31034158.post-16544581494339650582007-03-01T11:49:00.000-05:002007-03-07T00:44:59.225-05:00

Here's a midweek treat for you! Well, it's a treat if you consider a treat being the opposite of a treat. It's a workout video our Lisa participated in in 1988 with her friend, BN favorite Stormie Omartian. What's she-who-gained-10-pounds-last-year doing in a workout video? you may ask. Well, we could tell you it's because at one time Lisa cared about her appearance, but that would downplay what

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Well, well. Nicely played, Whelchel. Nice-ly play-ed. Using the big guns on us so early in the year. We applaud you. 'Cause, really, cancer's not funny, right?A-wrong.Lisa, not only is cancer, to quote Jerri Blank, "hi-larious," but, whilst your best friend's mom was being diagnosed with cancer, our BEST FRIEND was being diagnosed with cancer. So, not only did you underestimate our comedy

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The Coffee Talk Companion is an ongoing feature in which we dissect and discuss former Facts of Life star Lisa Whelchel's online journal entries.Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. Oh, sorry. We were just napping after reading this week's Coffee Talk entry. Lisa talks about how she surprises Kim Fields on the set of something called Good Morning, Texas. You know, we weren't even going to bother with this one,

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The Coffee Talk Companion will not be seen this week due to our being in San Diego and a storm being in New York. We will return to our normally scheduled programming next week.Thank you for your understanding.

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The Coffee Talk Companion is an ongoing feature in which we dissect and discuss former Facts of Life star Lisa Whelchel's online journal entries.Lisa continues this week with her reflections on 2006. Lady, it's already February. This is like leaving the Christmas tree up past January 1, something we absolutely DO NOT tolerate. We don't know why she insists on continuing this other than to

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OK.We did it.It took three weeks and was utterly excruciating, but we did it.We listened to every track off All Because of You. To be truthful, it was slow going and rough. Really rough. But now, so you don't have to experience what we experienced, here's a brief description of every song on Lisa Whelchel's 1984 opus, All Because of You.1. Love BelieverThe music here is basically just a synth-pop

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The Coffee Talk Companion is an ongoing feature in which we dissect and discuss former Facts of Life star Lisa Whelchel's online journal entries.Lisa's on a cruise this week! Not only did she pick the laziest kind of vacation a human can take—a cruise—but, of course, it's a Christian cruise. AND she's still on the frickin' Daniel fast which totally negates the only reason EVER to take a cruise:

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The Coffee Talk Companion is an ongoing feature in which we dissect and discuss former Facts of Life star Lisa Whelchel's online journal entries.Ladies and gentleman, it's the first proper entry of 2007! Well, kind of. Well, not really.At the beginning of this year, rather than make New Year’s resolutions, I looked backwards at 2006.Sounds about right. Resolutions require more work in that

The NBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17005974096718984219noreply@blogger.com34tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31034158.post-1168805398567445482007-01-15T14:51:00.000-05:002007-03-09T16:40:44.330-05:00

The Coffee Talk Companion is an ongoing feature in which we dissect and discuss former Facts of Life star Lisa Whelchel's online journal entries.Well, you know what they say. Once a derelict, always a derelict. Which is why this week Lisa once again hands us off to her good friend Sarah, as if we're some inconsequential plush toy to be bandied about an orphanage.Listen, lady, we've got a job to

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Thanks to some recent comments, we have some Whelchelian links to share with you.As has been discussed on this site several times, Lisa recorded an album in 1984. It's called All Because of You, and it's occasionally available on eBay. Howevah, you need not spend your hard earned dollar on the LP itself should you want to subject your ears to a torture too severe even for Lynndie England. Sitcoms

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The Coffee Talk Companion is an ongoing feature in which we dissect and discuss former Facts of Life star Lisa Whelchel's online journal entries.Happy new year! We see you've kept yourselves busy whilst we were ringing in 2007. And, apparently, so has Lisa. For her first Coffee Talk entry of the new naught, she fills us in on her Christmas activities. And you thought the holidays were over! Ho ho

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So, as promised, here's Lisa's 2006 Christmas letter. We're going to forego the running commentary and just give you a brief introduction:Basically, poor Clancy, Haven and Tucker. And, most of all, poor Donut. We don't necessarily theoretically disagree with Lisa's sentiment that Christmas is about searching for strength rather than about giving and receiving gifts. But we do feel that the kids

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The Coffee Talk Companion is an ongoing feature in which we dissect and discuss former Facts of Life star Lisa Whelchel's online journal entries.This week we were presented with a real problem. No, it has nothing to do with our commentary—at this point, this shit writes itself. Clearly. You see, in what we assume is yet another method of Lisa toying with us, Lisa's Christmas e-letter arrived in

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The Coffee Talk Companion is an ongoing feature in which we dissect and discuss former Facts of Life star Lisa Whelchel's online journal entries.Lisa has, in fact, posted a new Coffee Talk entry. However, it's part two of whatever the Christ part one was last week. So, in true Christmas spirit, we're going to give you the gift of no Coffee Talk Companion this week. Trust us—it's the best gift

The NBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17005974096718984219noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31034158.post-1165857081460267412006-12-11T10:13:00.000-05:002006-12-11T16:38:35.643-05:00

The Coffee Talk Companion is an ongoing feature in which we dissect and discuss former Facts of Life star Lisa Whelchel's online journal entries.So, Lisa leaves us for an unprecedented two weeks and then reappears on the scene with a turd of a post about how to be a good Bible mom. Or something. Folks, we're gonna give it a go with this one, but we're not promising any miracles. You'll have to

The NBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17005974096718984219noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31034158.post-1164761008804236132006-11-28T19:20:00.000-05:002006-12-19T12:23:20.926-05:00

The Coffee Talk Companion is an ongoing feature in which we dissect and discuss former Facts of Life star Lisa Whelchel's online journal entries.Well, she's back from the LA vacation. Which means so are we. Which means we're gonna need a vacation.The good news is, this week's Thanksgiving recap is short! And the better news is, we got new pics of Tucker and... Justicecasey!So, instead of just

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The Coffee Talk Companion is an ongoing feature in which we dissect and discuss former Facts of Life star Lisa Whelchel's online journal entries.So, Lisa's latest Coffee Talk entry, hinted at in our last post, includes nary an apology for leaving us hanging for two weeks. She doesn't even acknowledge her error. Seriously, people, we were forced to contemplate actually reading a book because we

The NBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17005974096718984219noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31034158.post-1164147665920204122006-11-21T16:56:00.000-05:002006-11-21T17:22:41.210-05:00

OK.We are now convinced that Lisa Whelchel is, in fact, reading this site (her loss). As soon as we posted our Thanksgiving message today, she went and posted a new Coffee Talk entry. AND, get a load of the first paragraph's last sentence:I’m in Los Angeles this week, writing a book by day and speaking by night. I promised I’d fill you in on last week’s DVD for the new Bible Study, “This Is My

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Well, it seems that Steve's Foursquare convention has totally overwhelmed Lisa. She's gone absolutely silent. For which we have two words...HAPPY THANKSGIVING!Take the good, take the bad, put it on your plate and eat like you're Natalie after a famine.We'll see you next week. Hopefully Steve will have let Lisa out of her Godcage by then. Or not.Enjoy!

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No, we haven't been killed by an angry god. But apparently Lisa's desire to inform us about her latest misadventures has. And it seems she has no other "reports" from any of her children's "classes" to distract us with. Which is fine. Our good friend Ian has come to the rescue. How?Here's how:Yes, we now possess our very own copy of Lisa's 1984 GRAMMY-nominated inspirational record, All Because

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The Coffee Talk Companion is an ongoing feature in which we dissect and discuss former Facts of Life star Lisa Whelchel's online journal entries.Lisa's busier than a bee this week! Too busy to apologize for endorsing Pastor Ted Haggard, of course. Alas, let's see what table scrap she gave us to work with...Clancy volunteered to share a report she wrote for her English class for today’s Coffee

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Let's see what Lisa has to say about today's suddenly very newsworthy Pastor Ted Haggard:Pastor Ted Haggard – I had never heard him preach before but he was outstanding and very encouraging. My favorite part was at the end of the service. We were instructed to physically unwrap imaginary graveclothes from our head, hands and feet as Lazarus would have had to do when he was raised from the dead. I

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The Coffee Talk Companion is an ongoing feature in which we dissect and discuss former Facts of Life star Lisa Whelchel's online journal entries.Well, hello.Two things. 1.) Google has apparently spent the $5.95 it was using for Blogger.com upkeep toward the purchase of YouTube. Meaning, it's been nothing but headaches today. Nothing. But. Head. Ach. Es. And b.) Lisa Whelchel is apparently busier

The NBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17005974096718984219noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31034158.post-1161616553500847722006-10-23T10:07:00.000-04:002006-10-26T13:13:12.856-04:00

The Coffee Talk Companion is an ongoing feature in which we dissect and discuss former Facts of Life star Lisa Whelchel's online journal entries.Praise the lord! She's busy this week, which means she kept it short! An early Kwanzaa gift, indeed. Would you mind saying a quick prayer for me if you think of it over the next couple of weeks? I’m just simply overwhelmed with work that needs to be done

The NBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17005974096718984219noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31034158.post-1160761085291642502006-10-16T11:03:00.000-04:002006-10-17T10:33:15.083-04:00

The Coffee Talk Companion is an ongoing feature in which we dissect and discuss former Facts of Life star Lisa Whelchel's online journal entries.Lisa snuck a post up on October 12th. We think she's trying to outnitwit us. Fortunately, our laziness is a constant, so, Lisa, you can post early to try to throw us off. We'll be commenting whenever we feel like it. The thing to know is that we will be

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The Coffee Talk Companion is an ongoing feature in which we dissect and discuss former Facts of Life star Lisa Whelchel's online journal entries.It's part two of the non-bike bike trip, people! And, boy are there some non-surprise surprises in store. What say you grab a cup of maple syrup and some maple syrup and read on?Last time we talked, my mom and I were sitting at an adorable restaurant in

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From your BN editorial team:1.) Thank you, thank you, thank you for all your comments. We lurve comments because comments mean you're reading the site. We also adore your pointing out what we miss. You see, each of Lisa's entries is so chock full of nuttiness that it would be impossible for us, in the limited amount of time we have to post each week, to process it all. Alas, we have established a

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The Coffee Talk Companion is an ongoing feature in which we dissect and discuss former Facts of Life star Lisa Whelchel's online journal entries.This week, Lisa and her mom go for a bike ride. A bike ride that in no way could have ever lasted longer than her post about it. Hope your tires have air in them...So…my mom randomly asks me if I would ever like to go with her on a weekend bike trip in

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OK.Here's the thing.We were going to cover Lisa's September e-newsletter in this space, but something else was brought to our attention. BN reader Kristin sent us a link to an essay Lisa wrote for Crosswalk.com, a site that describes itself as a "for-profit religious corporation dedicated to building up the Church, which is the Body of Christ." Basically it has Whelchel's name written all over it

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The Coffee Talk Companion is an ongoing feature in which we dissect and discuss former Facts of Life star Lisa Whelchel's online journal entries.And "it" continues...As I was reflecting on the season of my life attending Vineyard Christian Fellowship I was surprised at how little I can remember from these days. It looks like this journal entry is going to be much shorter than the rest in this

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According to Merriam-Webster...Main Entry: op·por·tu·ni·tyPronunciation: "ä-p&r-'tü-n&-tE, -'tyü-Function: nounInflected Form(s): plural -ties1 : a favorable juncture of circumstances opportunity for rest and refreshment>2 : a good chance for advancement or progressAs in this Coffee Talk excerpt you may remember from July:I had the opportunity to meet a fellow Texan, Lou Diamond Phillips.As in,

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The Coffee Talk Companion is an ongoing feature in which we dissect and discuss former Facts of Life star Lisa Whelchel's online journal entries.This week Lisa talks more about growing up Christian. Yeah. And it's long. Like, longer than usual. We don't blame you if you give up midway. Or, you can do what we're going to do: drink anytime you don't understand what the fuck she's talking about. (

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The Coffee Talk Companion is an ongoing feature in which we dissect and discuss former Facts of Life star Lisa Whelchel's online journal entries.The Coffee Talk entry this week is entitled "Saga of a Child Star," to which we say...YIPPEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Of course, in true Whelchel fashion, such an enticing morsel is immediately ruined by, you guessed it, God.Proverbs 27:7 says, "He who is full

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For some reason, a parent saw fit to write Lisa to ask her how to handle his/her son's fascination with UFOs:Dear Lisa, My ten-year-old son has a fascination with UFOs and space aliens. I know partly this is a boy thing, but I'm concerned about the occult and I'm not sure the best way to talk to him about this topic to steer him away from his fascination. Any

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The Coffee Talk Companion is an ongoing feature in which we dissect and discuss former Facts of Life star Lisa Whelchel's online journal entries.I’ve wanted to write a series of journal entries talking about all the different churches I’ve attended over the years.NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Take those Klonopins now, people.What prompted me to write this was thinking about how each church

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The Coffee Talk Companion is an ongoing feature in which we dissect and discuss former Facts of Life star Lisa Whelchel's online journal entries.This week, Lisa goes on and on—and on and on—about blogging. Oooh, a blog about a blog—how original, Lisa.I have received multiple emails over the last few months from people who have been inspired by my friend, Sarah’s, blog. Not only, inspired by what

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The Coffee Talk Companion is an ongoing feature in which we dissect and discuss former Facts of Life star Lisa Whelchel's online journal entries.This week, Lisa and the fam go to Austin. Well, Lisa drags the fam to Austin. The fam just wants to enjoy the last bit of summer at home, but mom decides to take the good and make the bad...It was my desire to take a summer trip before summer completely

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The Coffee Talk Companion is an ongoing feature in which we dissect and discuss former Facts of Life star Lisa Whelchel's online journal entries.(Please note: this episode of the Coffee Talk Companion was begun when the corresponding journal entry was, in fact, a mess. It has since been fixed. You'll understand what we're talking about shortly.)This week, Lisa kind of gets back into the Coffee

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Dear ____________.Hello, it's us again. This week, Lisa posts a letter from Clancy about her mission to Peru. Yup. Three weeks in a row of no original prose from Lisa. Is it too sinful for us to think that perhaps Lisa herself has seen this site and is avoiding posting personal journal entries because she's wary of our commentary? Well, we'd like to believe that because we've always heard one

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Just so you know, there is a cassette copy of Lisa Whelchel's Grammy-nominated Christian record from 1984, All Because of You, available on eBay as we speak.The starting bid is 99¢, and there are 0 bids thus far. And don't worry, the cassette "is in very good condition, played very little." We can't imagine why.

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Wethinks the Whelchel is messing with us. Much like last week, this week Lisa elected not to write a proper journal entry. Instead, she posted lyrics to a song written by her friends in honor of their annual California vacation. So lazy!(Question: does God take morning devotions seriously when done on patio furniture and in close proximity to a tube of sunscreen?)The good news? The song is a gem.

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Today's post deals with a topic we're all familiar with because we all have parents. It's "ungratefulness." Let's see what's going on. The letter to Lisa is in boldface, while her answer is in italics. Our completely hilarious and surprisingly well crafted commentary is in regular typeface.Recently I spent an entire day treating my six-year-old son to a trip to the museum, the park, and the

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To compensate for Lisa's transgressions this week (see previous post), we decided to go snooping around her site for something else to discuss. We found it!Please enjoy this series from Lisa's scrapbook from 2000:Needless to say, "When Daddy Fell Off the Roof" had us falling off our chair. And we're guessing the posting of this little scrapbook series is what may have caused daddy to ask mommy

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The Coffee Talk Companion is an ongoing feature in which we dissect and discuss former Facts of Life star Lisa Whelchel's online journal entries.Folks, we have some disturbing news. Well, Lisa has some disturbing news. We're just the messenger...I am, right this minute, sitting outside my hotel room, overlooking the ocean – in a sweatshirt! – and it is 70-something degrees. Yes, feel free to hate

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We received Lisa's exclusive July e-letter yesterday. Here's her main message in one delicious bite:I love summer! I love the opportunities it brings. Camps, long, lazy days, family vacations, and afternoons for cleaning out the garage and closets. Summer is the busiest time and the slowest time of the year for our family. I like that. My children have attended quite a few different church

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In the Parents section of her Web site, Lisa responds to letters submitted by readers seeking her wisdom on certain topics. On this site, The BN, we'll occasionally impart our wisdom on the topics Lisa has chosen to address. For our first such endeavor, we have chosen, obviously, the controversial topic of homosexuality.Here's how Lisa's response begins:This original question was from a mom who

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The Coffee Talk Companion is an ongoing feature in which we dissect and discuss former Facts of Life star Lisa Whelchel's online journal entries.Want to hear the most exciting paragraph of July thus far?It has been awhile since I simply filled you in on the little things happening in the Cauble family. I've also been collecting a lot of pictures that I've been wanting to post but they just didn't

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"Friendships are strengthened by regular communication. So, come on in, friend." –Lisa WhelchelIf you have found this site, you have most likely come from our other site, Nervous Breakdown, or you've made a terrible mistake. Either way, we're glad you're here. A few introductory words, then, in list form, from The NB, your Blair Necessities editor:1.) Because The Coffee Talk

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Originally posted July 11, 2006The Coffee Talk Companion is an ongoing feature in which we dissect and discuss former Facts of Life star Lisa Whelchel's online journal entries.This week's Coffee Talk entry begins more ominously than perhaps any other we've had the unsolicited pleasure of summarizing:In celebration of the Fourth of July holiday, I thought I’d share a personal story of freedom.Oh,

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Originally posted July 6, 2006The Coffee Talk Companion is an ongoing feature in which we dissect and discuss former Facts of Life star Lisa Whelchel's online journal entries.This week, Lisa ambushed us with another Coffee Talk entry a mere four days following the last one. Girl, we can't keep with that! You gots to keep it on the slow if we're going to keep this as a feature (which is never a

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Originally posted June 27, 2006The Coffee Talk Companion is an ongoing feature in which we dissect and discuss former Facts of Life star Lisa Whelchel's online journal entries.In this week's thrilling episode of Coffee Talk, Lisa introduces us to one of her BFFs, Sarah. But not before reminding us for the Christteenth time that she has three teenagers:I have three teenagers, therefore, I'm

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Originally posted June 20, 2006The Coffee Talk Companion is an ongoing feature in which we dissect and discuss former Facts of Life star Lisa Whelchel's online journal entries.This week, Lisa leaves home for a three-day silent retreat, much to what we have to imagine would be the chagrin of Clancy, Haven and Tucker, who'd probably kill for three days of shut-mouth from mom.Anyway, let's let a

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Originally posted June 13, 2006The Coffee Talk Companion is an ongoing feature in which we dissect and discuss former Facts of Life star Lisa Whelchel's online journal entries.Lisa Whelchel pulls a little non-linear storytelling on us this week. Very nice. This week's Coffee Talk post concerns her visit to the Foursquare Convention in Washington D.C., an event that preceded Casey's wedding, the

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Originally posted June 5, 2006The Coffee Talk Companion is an ongoing feature in which we dissect and discuss former Facts of Life star Lisa Whelchel's online journal entries.Poor Lisa Whelchel. As four of you probably know, it was her birthday and...oh, we'll let her explain:Today is actually my birthday and I am in Washington DC for the Foursquare Denominational Convention that my husband,

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Originally posted June 1, 2006The Coffee Talk Companion is an ongoing feature in which we dissect and discuss former Facts of Life star Lisa Whelchel's online journal entries. This week's Coffee Talk journal entry from Lisa Whelchel makes no mention of her 43rd birthday at all. Rather, as she lets us know early on...This week’s journal entry will read more like a travelogue

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Originally posted April 11, 2006The Coffee Talk Companion is an ongoing feature in which we dissect and discuss former Facts of Life star Lisa Whelchel's online journal entries.Let's check in with someone who's totally crazy busy, or at least just crazy: Lisa Whelchel...This week's journal entry starts off with the very promising, "In most of my journal entries I tend to be very wordy and forget

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Jesus, found...The teenage years not included, have you ever wondered why do we do the things we do? Especially at Christmas time! For instance, what in the world does a big pine tree with blinking bulbs and dangling doodads have to do with Baby Jesus? And can someone please tell me why we climb on top of our roofs, risking life and limb, to outline our houses with 40-watt icicles (in 70° weather

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Barf bags...For each child’s 13th birthday we’ve taken them somewhere special. Tucker went with his dad to San Francisco. I took Haven to a Spa & Resort. It doesn’t get much better than a cruise for a milestone birthday celebration. Traditionally, we would bring along Dr. Dobson’s “Preparing for Adolescence” tapes and in between fun times and good food we would listen to the tapes with the

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This one's long but SO worth it...This has just not been a great week all the way around. Tucker is being especially “teenagerish” lately. Haven and Clancy are doing the sibling sister act! Steve’s been out of town and I’ve just felt bloated and fat and my roots are too long and I need a hair cut.I don’t mean to sound like a whiner and a complainer. I know these are all stupid, tiny things

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Taking care of the me...I’ve received a half-dozen emails today alone with ways to help the victims of Katrina. I’m so thankful America is rising up and reaching out. Just last week as I was writing my “Taking Care of the Me in Mommy” book I was culling through some ideas to include for household organization. One of the tips was to go through your linen closet and only keep two sets of sheets

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Have Faith...While I was spending the day at LifeWay, my friend, Faith Whatley, confessed that she had been teasing her friend, Travis Cottrell, about a childhood crush he had on me when I was on “The Facts of Life.” (Travis is a praise and worship artist and he leads worship for Beth Moore's live events.) Apparently, he even wrote a fan letter to me when he was a kid. Well, Faith just couldn't

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The dog days of summer:Then today, I was simply walking into a nursery to buy a bougainvillea plant for Steve for our 17th anniversary. There was a very large dog walking around in the garden. I had met this dog before when I had come in a few weeks ago with Clancy. I still don’t know exactly what happened, but I was simply looking at some plants and this dog came running towards me. The first

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Activities...I broke my fast by having my own private communion service. (Then I went on a date with Steve to “California Pizza Kitchen!”)

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May means Mother's Day. Lisa is a mom...This Mother's Day also cost me financially. A church called me a few weeks ago and offered me an exorbitant amount of money to come speak for their Sunday morning services. It was very difficult to turn down but I got to thinking about the fact that I really only have a few more Mother's Days with all my children living at home and you really can't put a

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We'll highlight the song lyric, thank you. The new "do" you'll have to see for yourself...Not a whole lot going on this week so I dug up an old poem, song lyric, and praise song I wrote a long time ago.I also got a new hair cut so I posted pictures of the new do on the photo page."That's What You Did "Vs. 1My beautiful son, I could just sit and starewhile you’re busily playing, unawarethat I’m

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Did you know Lisa enjoyed the scrapbooking? Of course she does...If you’ve been joining me for “Coffee Talk” for any length of time then you know I’m a scrapbook-addict. It is my only hobby and I love it! Last August I had the luxury of attending CKU (Creating Keepsakes University) in Utah. This is a three-day scrapbooking convention filled with classes, crops, and celebrities. (Of which, I am

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February was an uneventful month for Whelchel-Cauble. Well, at least in our eyes it was. Still...During my quiet time a couple of mornings ago I was reading the passage in Hebrews three and four about entering into God’s rest. I had just awakened from a fretful night of unrest so my interest was especially piqued. Oh nothing serious, just the normal things. Worried about my children and some of

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Today, we're going to post excerpts of our favorite journal entries from one Lisa Whelchel's online diary. Lisa Whelchel (née Blair from "The Facts of Life") now preaches the word of God when she's not taking care of her children, Clancy, Tucker and Haven or her husband, Steve Cauble. These excerpts are taken from entries posted in 2005. We will feature our favorite of each month.So, without

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