Marie Osmond Is a Grandma, and It's Time to Buy Stocking Stuffers
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Dec. 20, 2013— -- quicklist:1title: Marie Osmond a New Grandmatext: Time to start planning a new family band. The queen of family sing-alongs, Marie Osmond, just became a grandma.
Osmond tweeted Thursday night that her family just got a tiny bit bigger, according to E! No details yet on the tot's name -- or singing ability.
"Hey everyone ... I just became a GRANDMA!!!!!!!!" she tweeted. "It's a boy!"media:21286873
quicklist:2title: Stocking Stufferstext: Christmas stockings. They're a nice tradition, sweet to look at but a bit perplexing to fill. Candy, small toys or games, ornaments and the ol' toothbrush are the typical fare, but maybe there's a way to spruce up what's inside the stocking this year.
For instance, the Social Climber's favorite stuffer combines the best of Internet sharing with the best of real-life stuffed animals: Grumpy Cat plush doll! Check out Mashable's other Internet-themed gifts for the Social Climber reader in your life.media:21287118
quicklist:3title: Kristen Johnson Diagnosed With Lupustext: Actress Kristen Johnson announced this week that she has been diagnosed with a rare form of lupus, which has madeher extremely weak.
The actress said on her Facebook page that she'll be fine but will miss a few episodes of her show, "The Exes."
"I've been really, really sick since early September. Full-body muscle weakness to the extent that just walking is difficult, stairs impossible, and I even need a neck brace to hold my head up," she wrote Tuesday on her Facebook page. "Through the fall, I shot as much of 'The Exes' as I possibly could, but eventually I did have to (BEGRUDGINGLY) miss two episodes."media:21276946
quicklist:4title: Man Builds Life-Size Lego Cartext: This should be on every kid's Christmas list this year: a life-size Lego car that actually drives.
The car was created by an Australian businessman and a Romanian technology expert who met on the Internet, crowd-sourced the funds they needed to build the car and then had the car built. It runs on air. And magic.
Read more at Yahoo!media:21287857
quicklist:5title: Pastor Defrocked for Officiating Gay Wedding text: A Pennsylvania Methodist minister who officiated at the wedding of his gay son was officially defrocked Thursday by the United Methodist Church of Pennsylvania.
The Rev. Frank Schaefer is appealing the decision. He argues he should not be punished so severely for an "act of love."media:21287167
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