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Lightening the Mood with a Giveaway

I've been in a bit of a funk lately, and it clearly shows by the lack of posts here on this blog. :-|  There are just so many things going on, the girls are driving me crazy (and keeping me plenty busy on top of my other obligations), and I'm so tired all the time that I have fallen asleep while playing with C&A — on more than one occasion, I might add! Last week, when I saw this Someecard, I let out an exasperated "HA!" because it's exactly how I've been feeling, and I couldn't decide if the situation was funny or sad. J even canceled a business trip to Palo Alto because he's been concerned about me...

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A Toast to the Bride and Groom

Wow. What a fun and exhausting weekend! Would you believe it's taken me this long to recover? Yeah, I'm an old, tired fart. :-P As those who live along the East Coast of the U.S. are aware, this past weekend saw the arrival of the first tropical storm of the annual hurricane season. And just as luck would have it, the worst of the storm passed through us directly on my sister's wedding day. I remember saying to numerous people that morning, "It's a good thing it's raining so hard right now — hopefully that means the storm will have lightened up in time for the wedding." I was wrong. My sister had rented a large house for the event, with the intention of holding...

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