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the weekend

 Jay made it to some basketball games, enjoyed himself thoroughly.  Kid basketball never changes, and for that we’re kind of grateful. Tomorrow is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, and a  bunch of kids are coming here to be babysat, so I stopped at Michael’s for some craft supplies, paints and stickers, sun catchers, markers.  It

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decisions made

 This morning Heather came and stayed with the girls while I drove to St. Paul to get signatures on a real estate offer. Then we went to my office to drop off the check from yesterday’s closing.   My sales manager and his wife are sweet, welcomed the kids. We were only there a minute. After

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mid-january

 Cleaning the basement–downsizing mittens and snow clothes again.   I’ve done this before, sent all the kid sized snow pants to Alicia, sent away mittens and hats. Having so many kids, we had accumulated a shocking amount of snow clothes. Now we’re down to this little tiny mitten box.  Cute hat and scarf sets, but also

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a fine wednesday

 Some friends gave us this dresser they didn’t need anymore, so it has taken up a home in the family room.  Someday we’ll furnish this room properly, but for now, it’s working great. Today we went to my parents for lunch.  Kari and James will be back to college shortly. Winter break is wrapping up,

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