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track pictures

 So, I have been calling on the phone since JUNE, leaving messages and so forth about where Julia’s track pictures are.  I paid. They’re bought. Where are they? (Tim refused photos.) Finally, this week the athletic department staff is back on duty and the photos were coughed up. They did not disappoint. That’s Julia and […]

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surprise!

 These are pictures from the family room.  This is a busy, heavily used room, full of toys.  Well, not today. We added this family room onto the side of the house in 2003.  There was a little room off the dining room before, and we called it the school room, and spent more time in

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julia skiing

 She was dared to do this.  I guess twenty dollars was involved, which kind of makes me laugh.  She has little need for money.  She’s thirteen.  We pay her bills. But John held her up by the life jacket, and the others hung around and gave suggestions while they waited for the boat to idle

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end of june

 It was a beautiful, hot weekend at the lake.  This big, flat cushion was very cool.  It was enjoyed all weekend.  Tubing. Dan said it, late Saturday night: “Tubing is work.” Yes. You have to show up, act enthused, get on the tube, endure, and so on. Over and over and over and over a

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como

These sculptures were about trash in the ocean. These zebras, so pretty strolling around in the shade.  Then the zebra proceeded to empty her bladder. It was like being right in my grandma and grandpa’s barn. Wow.  Then a male zebra came over and minutely sniffed the urine.  This went on and on.  p.j. could

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the paddleboat

 This past weekend it was brought to the shore and tossed into the lake.  The grandkids are at the perfect age for it.  These two took it out for a ride. The usual dispute followed–who is actually pedaling and who is not. It’s a tiny turning radius and quickly muscles start to burn. So much

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