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    • Quick Update from the East

      We've been busy, busy, busy here. I'm getting over a very nasty cold that, thankfully, did not turn into much else. Also, very thankfully, it hasn't spread to Jeff or Kadie. Both Jeff and I are racing against deadlines at work but I got good news yesterday...my company is allowing us to have the 24th off as a paid holiday! Yea! I'm looking forward to a couple of days off (besides the 24th, 25th and 1st, I'm taking the 31st off as well) and a week or so of quieter days in the office (with most...

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    • East Coast Update

      Okay, so Maryland has apparently decided that it's now officially summer time. Ugh! Memorial Day weekend was spent outside cooking - ourselves. Jeff and I are both a delightful shade of pink. Good news is, that KP on my upper arms (mom knows what I'm talking about) gets a lot better when it's exposed to the sun and I made sure to pull my sleeves up onto my shoulders to ensure good exposure. Thankfully, during the morning hours, the sun is on the back side of the house so Kadie would spend...

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    • Big, Bad Wolf
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      There's a mighty wind blowing through the area. It started sometime yesterday afternoon and got progressively stronger through the night. All of us woke up throughout the night because of it (there were times I wondered if the roof would remain intact). Kadie kept running in our room, scared by the noise. This morning she told me she was scared the wind would blow our house down like the big, bad wolf did. I think Jeff slept more soundly than the rest of us, but we're all a little tired this...

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