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Wait! Put down that gun, everything’s going to be okay. Build A Story With Bryan is back!

What? Oh. You weren’t distraught over Build A Story’s prolonged hiatus? You say you’ve got a groundhog problem? But Groundhog’s Day isn’t until tomorrow.

And today we’ve got to start construction on this story, which means you’ll need both hands and no blood on them.  As usual, I’ve started us off with an opening sentence and now leave it to you to take it from there. Remember, it’s first come first serve, so when you leave your sentence in the comments be sure it’s building off of what preceded it. And I thank you (and the groundhogs thank you) for participating.

Here’s the opener:

Mrs. Blendinson had certainly entertained some foolish thoughts in her day, had even been married to one for twenty-five of them, but never had she been so resolute in her belief that this foolish thought, the one occurring to her now while she rooted through the neighbor’s trash, yes, this foolish thought, if acted upon, would finally put her back on top.

Where we go from here is up to you…