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    Annie, 12 years ago 1 min read

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    • Y’all announce things to me faster than I get to announce them to you! 😂 We uploaded some fun new gifs last night and before I could even tell y’all, the brilliant gals at @gocleanco used one and apparently y’all ALL follow them and were like WAIT IS THAT MY ANNIE and the answer is yes. 🙋🏼‍♀️ That’s me applauding the cleaning of a fence on their story. (HUGE fence fan, but you’ve known that for years. 😉😂) ..... So now when you need a gif of someone laughing, applauding, or shooting of a confetti popper (of COURSE we did), I GOTCHU BOO. When you’re working on your instastories, just swipe up, pick the “gifs” button, then search Annie F Downs. We have a few more (I don’t know where they are tbh but we’ll sort that out today AM I LOST IN GIFLAND?), but for now, confetti popper at your service. Sometimes the only way to say things is to gif, ya know? 😂 ..... PS- y’all seeing me on other stories like @gocleanco and @runwiththehouse and telling me is the sweetest friend thing ever. Thank you! I loved it! Keep on showing me when strangers/new friends use any of them! And tag me when y’all find a reason to use any of the gifs! ..... (PPS- three cheers for my team pulling all this together! LITERALLY all I did was clap and shoot off confetti poppers... they planned it out, set up the green screen, videoed, edited, and uploaded. I’m the luckiest and very very grateful that we get to keep making fun things because of the team around me. Thanks, y’all! ♥️)
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    • Tonight as I read to thousands of little eyes and ears for the #miniBFFBookClub, my mind was spinning. The main good guy character in the book? A policeman named Michael. ..... #miniBFFs of many different skin tones gather together to hear me read. How do I lead in this moment on this exact night? How do I talk about policemen four minutes after reading posts from @stewartdantec and @josaxton and @bethmoorelpm and many others about another black man, George Floyd, murdered by policemen? ..... I take every leadership role in my life very seriously, but those #miniBFFs? What I say to them matters. So I’ll say the same thing to you that I said to those children: good policemen are some of the best people. Honoring the police who are honorable matters. And black lives matter. Calling the truth the truth matters. Standing up for justice matters. ..... I thank God for the policemen and women, some I know and love here in Nashville, who protect, honor, and serve our nation. And I will not be quiet about the racial injustice that my black neighbors and friends, some I know and love here in Nashville, have to face daily. DAILY. ..... I feel sad all the way in my bones. I can’t even imagine what my black brothers and sisters feel. Or what policemen feel. Or what you are feeling. But these are days for grieving. The murder of George Floyd is grievous and wrong. ..... Tonight my prayers are with his family, with my black friends who are exhausted and scared, and with all my friends parenting the next generation. I’m right here with you, reading to my #miniBFFs once a week, hoping it does a little to make your parenting load a bit lighter. As we raise them, let’s make them different than us- let’s raise them to be better than this.
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    • My #miniBFF Ollie brought this book to me yesterday, put it in my hands, and placed his little 6 year old pointer finger right on that Caldecott Metal. “See? You should read THIS one.” And so it is. ..... An awesome Tuesday night #miniBFFBookClub with a favorite book of multiple generations of readers. Make Way For Ducklings is special to so many of us. You may even have it on your bookshelf? If so, pull it off and follow along as we read it together tonight here on instagram live at 6pmCT! ..... If you don’t own the book, NO WORRIES. I’ll read it to you and I promise to show you all the pictures. Join us, #miniBFFs and #BFFs of all ages, for our first #miniBFFBookClub of the summer! 🦆📖♥️
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    • Spending a little bit of my #MemorialDay in the world of Jane Austen and it’s soooo dreamy. Do any of y’all feel the same regret I feel for not paying *quite* enough attention in English/British lit classes? I drooled when these two beauts arrived at the office last week- classic literature just in time for summer with tons of added content from @karenswallowprior, who also happens to be our guest on today’s #thatsoundsfunpodcast episode! We talk a LOT of Jane Austen and classic literature, but also faith and friendship and racial justice and that one time she got hit by a BUS. (No joke.) ..... You can join our convo anywhere you love to listen to podcast- including @spotify!- and Karen is Episode 225! ..... (We also continue our Jane Austen lovefest on YouTube, so check that out at youtube.com/anniefdownstsf!)
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    • “Now I’ve got beauty for ashes, I’ve got joy for mourning, and I’ve got praise for heaviness. Love is a miracle.” - @maverickcitymusic ..... #MemorialDay weekend kicks off summer, gives us all the hopes and joys that long days and warm nights bring, but it’s truly a day to honor the men and women who died while serving in the US military. And there is so much else, so many deaths, to grieve these days as well. ..... Here we are again, holding both joy and sadness. The sunset reminded me that even the sky can handle day and night at the same time. So someday I hope it will get easier for me (for us?) too. May tomorrow hold all you need it to hold- tears, laughter, rest. ♥️ ..... (PS- #miniBFFBookClub will be TUESDAY this week- not Monday night.)
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    • I just NEED you to swipe and see my face tell you everything you need to know about my five hour experience baking @dollywood’s famous cinnamon bread. I took all of @ivyodom’s advice, but still almost lost my #foodblogger card in the middle there. ..... You can watch the whole video over on YouTube today, if you’ve got the time. 😂 By the way, we have a new Annie’s Fun List video for you every Friday, and extra interviews with #thatsoundsfunpodcast guests- so make sure you’ve subscribed so you don’t miss any of the tomfoolery. ..... { youtube.com/anniefdownstsf } ..... Also here’s my spoiler alert thoughts: I’m glad I tried it once, but to live your best life, go to @dollywood for the cinnamon bread, make Monkey Bread at home. Amen.
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