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<p><strong>Bad News:</strong>  Saturday's stay in a Haunted Hotel cancelled.</p>

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<p><span style="color: #ff6600;"><strong>Good News:</strong></span>  I was free to attend <strong><a href="http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/?s=surprise" target="_blank">Lori's 40th Staycation</a> </strong>for 7 of us girls after all.  On Saturday night, we stayed overnight in Snobbsdale at the <a href="http://www.thescottsdaleresort.com/" target="_blank">Scottsdale Resort and Conference Center</a> which was perfectly unsnobby.  No bed bugs either!  Hurrah! </p>

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<p><span style="color: #ff6600;"><strong>Good News Part Deux: </strong></span> Haunted Hotel rescheduled for November. </p>

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<p><span style="color: #ff6600;"><strong>News Flash: </strong></span> Everything always works out as it should. </p>

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<p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #ff00ff;"><strong><span style="color: #ff99cc;">10 Reasons Why You Need to an Overnight with the Girls</span></strong></span></span></p>

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<p>10.  All girls need periodic slumber parties, whether they're 16, 25, 30s, 40s, 50s and beyond.  It's good for the soul.</p>

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<p>9.  If you are in your 30s, 40s, 50s and beyond, you will feel 16 again.</p>

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<p>8.  You can play games into the wee hours of the night and laugh like crazy.</p>

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<p>7.  You can eat as much junk food and candy as you want, and no one cares. </p>

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<p>6.  You can listen to music and sing and dance and laugh like crazy. </p>

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<p>5.  You can crank call each other's rooms at 1:30 in the morning. </p>

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<p>4.  Breakfast at the greasy spoon down the street is logical.  Especially after margaritas from the night before. </p>

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<p>3.  Lounging poolside the next day is mandatory.  (Poolside Palm Reading optional.  See tomorrow's post for details.)</p>

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<p>2.  No one thinks you're crazy for suggesting "Light as a Feather, Stiff as a Board" or "Bloody Mary" at midnight. </p>

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<p>1.  You can jump on the beds and...yep...laugh like crazy.   </p>

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