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Some days are very much non blogworthy....today was one of them.....AND it was a monday......tomorrow will be better!

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY JERIMIAH!!!!

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What a day!!!

Music class this morning with an awesome teacher and fun(ny) classmates. Then off to gville to pick up some furniture. Two trips later its all in the unit awaiting our leisure.

Now it's off to dreamland to prepare for another busy day tomorrow, starting off with the Grace Notes at 8:30am

Nite nite ya'll

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Thank you Lord for giving us the opportunities to bring You glory. Amen.

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hhmm..would somebody please tell me where the HECK did January go?????  Wasn't it just Christmas?  New Year's?  Man, this is crazy!  Gives credence to something I head a few years ago....it's a Forest Gump type thing....you know, the 'Life is like a......' adages he was want to profess.....ok, nuff teasin... here it is....



Life is like a roll of Toilet Paper....the closer you get to the end, the faster it goes

<ducking and weaving to avoid all the rotten veggies being lobed at her, Lori runs for the bedroom to hide under the covers til the storm blows over....apologizing profusely all the way>

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do you have dogs?   do you love dogs?  do you know what this is a picture of?

That is the door between the kitchen and the rest of the house....installed because the new pup is not housebroken yet and she LOVES the kitchen tiles.  We do NOT love her using them that way, so we build a door.  About 2.5 feet tall, with nice hinges and a latch.  There is a gap at the bottom just big enough for Rosie (the skinny cat) to go under, but small enough that Sage (the NOT so skinny cat) has to struggle a bit.  When we first put the door up, Annie would stand up on it and you could see her from the neck up.  Now it's like from her underarms!    She is growing fast!  

but back to this picture...

we are in the bedroom watching TV and I come out to get dessert and this is what I see.  

That is Annie on your right, with her nose right up to the tiles...and on your left?  one of her myriad of stuffed toys, keeping her company on her lonely vigil.

If you don't love dogs, this forlorn look should change that at a glance, if you DO love dogs I might have to hide so you don't get me for making her look like that!!!

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Another day of messed up phones and lots of talking. But, we had some really great laughs towards the end of the day reading our "Strength finder" results - bet you didn't know that I am first and foremost, a Relator! I know it's cheating, but I'm just gonna paste this result in here and you can let me know how accurate it is.



Relator

Shared Theme Description

People who are especially talented in the Relator theme enjoy close relationships with others. They find deep satisfaction in working hard with friends to achieve a goal.


Your Personalized Strengths Insights
What makes you stand out?

Instinctively, you are comfortable being open and honest about who you are. Often you intentionally avoid people who are less than truthful. You prefer to spend time with individuals who speak as candidly as you do about their strengths, shortcomings, hopes, disappointments, failures, or successes. By nature, you might make certain types of difficult-to-understand ideas a little bit easier for people to comprehend. Driven by your talents, you might help people grasp elaborate or complicated ideas, processes, theories, or rules. Maybe you intentionally use easy-to-understand words and phrases. Chances are good that you thoughtfully select your friends. You avoid rushing into relationships. Once you trust and care about someone, the individual probably seeks your counsel. Because of your strengths, you are a well-read individual. People whom you have befriended turn to you for guidance. Often you help them see a situation or problem from a different perspective because of something you discovered while surveying a book, article, letter, or Internet site. For you, reading is the key that opens the door to a world of fresh ideas. You collect them, never knowing when something you read will benefit someone else.

Happy Birthday Mom

Did you know..(and this is my opinion, so take it for what it is worth)...that when someone we love dies, they take a part of our soul with them as they leave?  I really believe that is true...and did you know...(again, my opinion)...that each little part we lose leaves a place to be filled with loving memories and moments of joy. 

Interesting way of thinking about it, isn't it?  Yes there is the pain and there is the missing them and there is the desire to keep things the way they were and there is the (and this is the hardest for me for some reason) the inability to hug.....

All this just to say "Happy Birthday Mom, I still miss you and love you and fill my heart with your songs when I think of you....thank you for teaching me just how important love is"

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Another great day in paradise.....meaning my awesome job!   non stop talkers    phones going wacko   reset to factory defaults     people relocating and emptying offices and cabinets into the 'quiet' room   no lunch    .........   it's Monday isn't it....I can tell.....sigh

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Today was a good day...Had Grace Notes practice this morning and all went well....love those ladies!!!!

Annie's first play date

Ava invited Annie over for a puppy play date. We were concerned, Annie is a 'scary' dog. Most everything scares her. And she hasn't done great with other people either. But it was time to start getting her past all that and Ava needed the company of a younger more energetic dog, so we accepted. Boy are we glad we did.


Started off a little rocky, Annie was scared and defensive...there were actually three dogs, two older dogs there as well. All quite friendly - and slightly overwhelming for her.

But, with patience and persistence they worked it out and had an awesome time. Us humans did too. It was an extremely pleasant afternoon and the kids had fun.

Thank you Pam and Wayne for the great time. We will do this again.

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Annie had her first "play date" today and it was a success!!!!

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Well, I am sure not keeping up very well...the days go by so fast I seem to miss them every now and then. Sorry

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We had such a good time tonight. Dinner at Genghis Grill with three of our favorite peeps! We got those bowls SO full!!! And then sat around laughing for another hour or so. CP, you gonna hafta step up, girl! Else TL and me gonna choose for you. Lol