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Nous sommes arrivee! And our luggage is here, too!
After our whirlwind weekend in Pittsburgh, then one busy day working it was on the road again – well, really in the skies again. We flew to Paris yesterday (was it really only yesterday?) and hit the ground running (in a sleepy completely jet-lagged sort of way), trying to stay awake as long as possible
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I love it when a surprise works!
Our good time overload continued this past weekend when we made a semi-secret trip to Pittsburgh, PA to attend a surprise party for my brother-in-law Tony, who is turning 70. My brother and sister-in-law came, both of my nephews (my sister & brother-in-law’s kids, that is) and their families, Tony’s two older brothers, as well
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Good time overload
Kidding. There is no such thing as a good time overload, unless you’re Shane MacGowan, maybe. Our good times relate to the fact that for most of the next month we are taking one great trip after another. First up, this past week we went to Catalina Island to a bit belatedly celebrate Chuck’s 65th
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Happy birthday to my beautiful man
You’re 65 years young today, and I continue to be grateful for every minute of every day I get to spend with you. Happy, happy birthday! This song’s for you:
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On hold
Ah the perils of home improvement! When last we visited the money pit, the front house remodel was bopping along quite nicely. The contractor’s work was going well and looking fabulous and we were on track to be done by March 1. Then – da-da-DUM – we went to Lowe’s for kitchen cabinets, largely out
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Finally, the kitchen remodel begins…
But it’s the rental house’s kitchen, not ours. Our tenants, who had lived in the rental for 7 years, recently moved out which left the house empty. It was too excellent an opportunity to pass up, so we put off our kitchen remodel. *sigh* Still, it’s pretty fun demolishing a room and then watching it
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