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    • A Quick Hello
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      Nothing much going on over here. Just more of the same. I'm halfway finished with painting Kadie's bookshelves. They take so long because you have to wait for each section to dry before you try painting the next and these are stackable cube-type shelves, so there's a lot of little sections. I also have to constantly dig cat hair out of the paint. I should just give in and plaster the cat onto a shelf and paint her down. It'd make for one bumpy shelf, but the cat hair issue would be gone...

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    • New Car
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      We bit the bullet and made the switch. Between the electrical problems the Explorer was having (and the amazing lack of luck the technicians were having trying to find the source - no cynicism there) and the price of fuel with a 140-mile commute every day, we paid, up-front, for what we hope will be a smart move, financially, in the end. I got a 2007 Toyota Camry Hybrid. It's rated at 40 mpg in the city and 38 on the highway (more than twice the fuel mileage of either the Explorer or the FJ...

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    • TGIF
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      It's been a long couple of weeks and I think my body's trying to tell me"enough is enough." Though I don't want to tempt the fates, I will go so far as to say that I woke up this morning with a sore throat. I'm hoping it will fade as the day progresses, but I've been riding myself pretty hard these past few weeks so I wouldn't be surprised if I've run myself down enough to pick up one of the more than plentiful viruses that are going 'round. So far, every one of the east coast Todnems has...

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