Happy Mother's Day - by Pressure Canner

On Mother's Day, the mother prepared some food to eat. Her family protested as they licked their lips and said, "you shouldn't have gone to all the trouble." She said "No trouble, I just pulled a couple of things from the freezer." Then she looked at them, started eating some pie, and said "what will you be having for dinner?"

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School - by Potato Sack

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Day - by Jacopochi

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