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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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Resolutions, circa 2012
Well, another year has rolled around and it’s that time when we all reflect on what changes we’d like to make in our lives. I’ve been thinking about it, and have decided that mine are all internal – things I want to change about how I think about me and my place in the world.…
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I should read our blog more often:
I completely missed an entry from Eileen a few weeks back, then today I received an email from a friend, Richard Castro, congratulating me on our 9th anniversary. Â Was really very nice of him to say and to send a copy of Eileen’s post, “Another anniversary”. Â If you haven’t read it you should, she is…
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