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Good Afternoon, Flowers! We've had some sunshine, some rain drops, a little breeze, and now it is just cloudy and cool. I've been getting caught up on laundry and my church birthday cards for next week. I'm thinking about going to church tonight rather than tomorrow; Bob is planning to take the boat to the lake if the weather cooperates. If it's nice I may go along, if not I'll stay home. Jason is coming over to help unload it, put the hoist cover on, and power wash the cabin.
We did go to Ian's game Thursday night. He usually plays catcher but in the last inning was the pitcher. They have the 5 run rule and it was the last batter up. The last pitch hit him on the helmet and Ian felt so bad, he cried. The coach went running out and Jason went out too. After they did the high 5, good game routine Ian went over to their dugout to find out how the kid was and to apologize. I felt so bad for Ian. It was midnight when we got home -- too late for this old gal! "Gma" -- I'm glad you were able to fix the spliced yard but how frustrating for you! :( I was 27 when I had Jason and 32 when I had Beth . . . old! I'm sorry you missed T's concert and especially when Kelly couldn't go either. Kind of dumb to have it in the morning anyway! Maggie -- What does a poor boy hat look like? You can tell I don't wear hats! :lol: You have such good luck at finding good yard sale items. I just read where Ivory soap is the worst soap to use because it is so harsh on one's skin. I always thought it was supposed to be gentle. The dermatologist told me to use unscented Dove and to stay away from Bath & Body products. I love some of their flavors. Susan -- You be careful cleaning a skylight. I have a mental picture of you hanging out a window -- not good! :no: Casper will be right there helping I'm sure. Enjoy your quiet weekend. Not much else newsy; I've spent most of the last 2 days in the car so haven't gotten much done around here. Enjoy the rest of your day! :wave: |
Simply Sunny Saturday
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Got my new bar of soap from the Farmers Market. It is Orchid Tea with Chamomile Tea and beautiful with lavender swirls on the top of the bar. You can see a bar similar on her website which is www.scentualsoap.com. The one on the far left looks similar but mine has more lavender in it. She has lots of other types of soaps also. I also got a handmade book with blank pages and a cute bracelet from another gal. They were all wowed when Will told them about my glass houses and want to see some of them. Perhaps next week I will take some for show and tell and give them one of my cards. I think I will get some more of Simone’s soaps next Saturday for they would sure look pretty in a nice dish in the bathroom. Since it was the first market there weren’t many veggie growers there. Next week there will be more folks selling their wares. We have been out and about and saw that the buffalo herd has increased by 4 newly born calfs which are so cute. Out at the fort the guy in charge of the visitors place asked Will if he would put on his presentation in the Fall, that he did for the museum awhile back, for their yearly program and he said of course he would be glad to. He needs to get hold of an old Calvary shirt in the meantime. Tonight for dinner we are having grilled pork chops and a baked potato and green beans. We had brunch out and I only ate half of it for I got full quickly. :cp: I just heard a crash and all three animals came running in here. Wonder what it is that one of them knocked off a table. I will go investigate when I get off here. DONNA FAYE Sounds like your knitting is progressing along and you will be finished with your projects in plenty of time before your cruise. That is strange that they would have that school program on a week day like that. It cut a lot of parents out of going for lots of them probably work. JEAN You have been one busy gal these past few days. Hope the weather is nice and you can enjoy the day at the lake. Poor Ian ~ he didn't ever in a chance mean to hit that kid with the ball and he felt so bad. What a true sport to go check on the kid that got hit. It happens in the majors also by accident and sadly sometimes on purpose. Hope all is well with you Magnolias ~ type at y’all later ~ :wave: |
Good Morning, Flowers,! It's a bright sunny morning in my neighborhood. The weatherman says it will be hot and windy today. :p It was peaceful and quiet (except for chirpy birds) until a neighbor put her son's dog out on a rope and left her other two dogs inside. He's been barking the whole time and I hope my cat hating neighbor complains! Bob left for the lake and I need to do some serious cleaning today. I think my grandma will be looking down and shaking her head at me since she always said Sunday was a day of rest. :rolleyes: We went to church last night -- short and sweet, 45 minutes in and out.
Maggie -- You will be a busy gal if you end up getting a lot of glass orders. :yes: I always think word of mouth is the best advertising. Bob has a client who has buffalo, and they got out of their pasture through a broken fence. He told Bob they will eventually come home for water and there was no point in trying to round them up because they don't "herd" very well. :lol: I need to get dressed and get moving. Have a great day, and be thankful! :wave: |
Simply Sunny Sunday
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It is in the high 90’s as I type this day and tomorrow is expected to be in the low100’s. After all summer does start on Humpday the 20th this month. While Will is doing his remodeling of the yard plants he will have to do it early in the mornings. We went out to :hun: at one of our favorite places, Whiskey Creek, and I had my usual grilled shrimp and half a sweet potato which was delicious without any of the butter or brown sugar and cinnamon the serve with it. I always ask that to be served on the side and today I tasted the potato first and didn’t touch the accruements. I brought half the potato home and it will be yummy later. The owner greeted us and told me I was welcome there but send that man standing behind me out to the Jeep to wait. She absolutely loves to try to aggravate Will and they go on and on. She will come sit at our table and it is a hoot to eat there plus the food is good. The man who works for Fed Ex stopped by our table and chatted for awhile. He lives several doors down on the opposite of the street from us. It never fails but we run into folks we know when we are in there. Or in any restaurant in this town it seems. Since the prices per meals has gone up $3 to $5 we will not be eating out as much :stir: as before which will no doubt help my weight loss efforts. :goodscale: I got an e-mail from Simone telling me that she will hold back that bar of soap I want for it is her only one left of that batch with roses on the top. I’ll pick it up at the upcoming Saturday’s farmer market. She will make some more but that may be awhile. She has a show room in her house that I plan on visiting one day. JEAN I certanily hope that those bufflo do find their way back home before being buffalo burgers somewhere. I love buffalo burgers ~ so much leaner than beef. Nope buffalo don't have that herd mentality like cows do. More independent thinkers I guess. It is too bad that those fur hunters killed off thousands and thousands of buffalo and left the dead carcases to rot and waisted all that good meat. It is good to see that a lot of them have thrived through the Yellowstone area. It has been a battle with the local ranchers though because those bufffalo leave the park and can give their cattle diseases that harm the herd. They try real hard to keep them in the park. The wolves keep the weak ones culled out of the deer and buffalo population. DONNA FAYE & SUSAN Hope all is well with you two this beautiful day I hope all is well with all of you Magnolias ~ type at y’all later ~ :wave: |
Good morning to you girls. I need to get upstairs and clean today, but I am going into my 4th day of female stuff, again. This time, I cramp really badly for most of the day and my whole body quivers making it hard to walk around even. I am also passing bloody tissue more than I did the whole time I took the meds, so I don't know what is going on. I am going to have to talk to her about it if it contines. I seriously don't want surgery again, but I am not about to live this way for the rest of my life, that's for sure. I can't function and get anything done. It is ridiculous.
Jack texted me and said his morning started "crappy." I guess 2 huge motors konked out this morning and though he doesn't work on them, he does have to troubleshoot the electrical and electronics so it may be a long day for him, poor guy. Kelly texted me and canceled lunch yesterday so it was quiet all day. I knitted pretty much the whole day and am finishing up the toe today on Alicia's second sock so should have that done today and can wash and block them. I bought her a bath and body works gift card to go with the socks for her birthday next month. I can then make Jack's other green sock and start the brown ones and get them done then maybe, just maybe actually finish my green sweater and hope it fits. I didn't tell you I got an "extra" piece of jewelry. I bought a cuff bracelet in aqua and silver made of beads. It looks like three thin bracelets entwined together. Well, whomever pulled it, didn't notice there was a second bracelet inside the first so I have two bracelets exactly alike. Sorry, but I am not paying to ship this bracelet back to China! :lol: One of the bracelets totally don't fit and I think was made for a girl not a woman. It didn't say so, but it is very tiny and little stretch in it so I will probably mail it to my sister to give her to dgd as I have no girls in my life for sure. Jean: Sounds like another busy weekend for you. I am surprised that the pit bull next door doesn't bark all the time, but he is surprisingly quiet. Our little doggy comes to visit a week from Thursday for almost 3 weeks so it should be interesting as I have said he is mostly blind and deaf now. That would be weird seeing buffalo just roaming around on the roads and such! :lol: We have buffalo here and they even breed them at Shelby Farms. We have a pretty good sized herd right in the city too. Maggie: I have no problem with hunting, but I have to say, it disgusts me when hunters only hunt to have trophys and such. If you are going to hunt, then eat the meat, if not, leave the animals alone. I know it isn't very popular, but I just think killing any animal just to stick it's head on your wall is revolting. Sounds like you had a nice meal. I really need to buy and eat more sweet potatoes. I like them, Jack hates them so I guess that's why I don't because any more than one would be wasted. Well girls, this is not getting anything done and like I said I have cleaning, am doing laundry and sheets today and need to do my regular morning chores. Have a great start to the week. Faye |
Moody Monday
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It is said it is going to get up to 101ºs today and be hot the rest of the week. I don’t as of yet have any plans to be outside in that heat. I can find lots to keep me occupied here in the air conditioned house. I have a house to solder together for one thing and some things to tend to in the kitchen area. The dogs are at the groomer and Cecil is asleep on the bed and I am waking up to the world sipping my coffee out of my wonderful container. Will is in his office being very quiet. DONNA FAYE Cramping ~ I was under the impression those meds you were taking were to take care of your problems in that area. Is it that you will be in for an operation after all? Poor you ~ and planning for a cruise, how fun can that be. :hug: I hope all is well with you Magnolias ~ type at y’all later ~ :wave: |
Good Evening, Flowers! It's been a HOT 93 degrees in my neighborhood this afternoon. Bob helped me coral Ernie for a trip to the vet -- $75 less in the bank for 2 shots, clipping his claws, and cleaning the wax out of his ears. I went to church this morning and there wasn't much money from yesterday :( so that didn't take long. Stopped to pick up the gift shop money and there wasn't much there either. :(
We have a possibility of 3 funerals this week. Our "nice" neighbor died this afternoon but arrangements will be made tomorrow for his funeral. The 60+ year old husband of a former agent who worked with Bob died this morning. We took country dance lessons together and traveled to CO together for a company meeting and vacation several years ago. He had a type of bone cancer they found when a mental patient attacked him and broke his collar bone a few years ago. The other is a 74 year old from Bob's home town. He has a sepsis infection in his colon but just had a heart attack a few weeks ago so not strong enough for surgery. Maggie -- Whiskey Creek sounds like a fun place to eat. I had to :lol: at leaving Will in the car. We are supposed to have cooler weather midweek. Hope that happens. :yes: "Gma" -- I hope you felt better this afternoon. :yes: I, too, thought the meds would solve your cramping and resulting problems. I'm sure you will enjoy wearing all of your new jewelry. You are a good dog grandma to take care of Marty. I'm sure he is much happier staying with you. :twirly: I need to fold a load of towels and head to bed. Have a terrific Tuesday tomorrow! :wave: |
Good morning everyone. It starts out hot and stays hot it seems. I could stand it if it weren't for the darn humidity. I mean you take a shower and get out and get dressed and you are hot again even with the AC on. That doesn't even count going outside in it. Ahh well, the joys of living in the south. :lol:
I did most of the upstairs yesterday, but it was so miserable I quit before doing the upstairs bathroom so will tackle that today. It won't take long to do and hopefully if I get up there soon it won't be too miserable to work up there. It can get mighty hot upstairs. I don't know anymore what is going on with me. I took the meds to irradicate the spotting and bleeding, which it did do that. She told me to expect cramping on and off while the uterus was "sloughing off" the tissue and gave me a stronger NSAID to take for pain, but even when I eat and take it, it sometimes makes me nauseous so I avoid taking it if I can. I have been off the meds nearly 2 weeks now and was hoping my system would balance out, but like I said before I am passing more tissue than I did on the meds and cramping quite a bit. It is crazy. I go back and see her the 28th so we shall see what she says. I am doing NO surgery if it comes to that until after vacation. I just hope it will eventually just stop. My whole thing about surgery is I have nothing wrong with the uterus. It is healthy so I can't see ripping it out, but I am not going to live with discomfort either so we will just have to wait and see what happens I guess. I started Jack's other green sock and almost have the cuff done, which is the part I hate to do most. I am not a fan of ribbing. :lol: Then it will be on to the brown socks and maybe sooner or later finish my sweater. Kelly texted me and we rescheduled Father's Day lunch to this Saturday. She had to make 32 kilts for the boy scouts and she had stayed up all night Friday night and had all but 8 of them done by 6 AM Saturday morning. She also was making some kind of vests and stuff for their trip and I don't know if she ever got those done for the three of them. They leave for Amsterdam in 11 days. She said she didn't have any packing done or anything else. Big surprise. She and Tom can wait until the last minute to do things like that sometimes. A woman who lived across the street from me in high school and who I babysat her 4 children all the time has passed away. We were pretty good friends as she wasn't a whole lot older than I and she was a really nice lady. I guess she died in her sleep on Sunday night and her daughter found her on Monday morning. Really sad. Jean: You can't be poor and have a pet that's for sure. I hate to think how much I spend on Fortune each year between shots, grooming, kidney meds, flea and tick, heart worm shots, flu shots, food, treats, etc, etc. I would think cats would be difficult to take to the vets. Butterscotch was a pistol. Maggie: Sounds like all is quiet at your house. Well girls, I need to go and get things done this morning. Have a good Tuesday! Faye |
Good afternoon, ladies! Heading for the 90s and humid. Well, summer is here!
I went to Sandy's Sunday for some freshly caught flounder, coleslaw and corn on the cob. Yum! She showed me a new way to do corn in the microwave. Don't shuck the corn, put it in the microwave as is for 4 minutes for 1, 8 for 2, 12 for 3, etc. As soon as the timer goes off, take it out and cut the big end (opposite where the silk shows) completely off. Pick it up by the opposite end and hold it over a plate and shake it. The corn will fall out and there won't be a silk left on it. I had a really hard fall Friday while cleaning the carpet. I forgot to be careful when I walked into the kitchen where I have ceramic tile and my wet shoes went right out from under me and I went down on my butt (good thing it's well padded) and then my head hit the tile with a thud. I can tell you I saw stars. After a minute I thought that nothing was hurting as far as my arms and legs, so I better fell my head and see if it was bleeding. It wasn't but I have a lump the size of a walnut. Then I thought about my brain slamming into my skull (I do watch too many medical shows on tv) so I could have a blood clot forming or a concussion. Another minute went by and I realized I didn't even have a headache so I better get up. Did that and went on and finished my carpet. My butt still hurts bad today. Advil helps. Learned my lesson. Faye, I'm sorry your problems haven't quit by now. I hope they get this cleared up for you before your cruise. Poor old Marty...he's so lucky he has a human grandma to care for him while mom is gone. Casper does well going in the car. Jean, I just got a call that my friend's mother died last night. This will be 4 funerals for June already...2 brothers and 2 mothers. At least it isn't my friends who are going. Maggie, I like buffalo burgers, too. You should offer your glass houses for sale on www.etsy.com. They sure a lovely. Here's a link to a very interesting article just published in England. It applies to us as well. http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2...-making-us-fat Have a wonderful day. |
Good Afternoon, Flowers! I was here earlier and then got interrupted by the Schwans guy. It's 89 degrees but feels like 93 according to the computer. The wind continues to blow and dry out the soil. We need rain badly. I made a WM run this morning to stock up on paper goods for my neighbor. The funeral is Saturday so she will have a houseful for a few days. The other funeral is Thursday. We are heading to SF for a baseball game in a little while. It's supposed to rain so maybe we'll get rained out.
"Gma" -- Kelly is brave to be making kilts for the boy scouts on top of getting ready for vacation! That's too bad about your friend's death. Susan -- I've made corn on the comb in the microwave but pealed it first. I'll have to try your method. I'm glad you aren't any worse for wear after your fall, but watch your goose egg! Thanks for sharing the article; I will check it out when I finish here. I need to put a load of undies in the dryer so had better keep moving. Bob should be home soon. Enjoy the rest of your terrific Tuesday! :wave: |
Good Afternoon, Flowers! It's raining, it's raining, it's raining -- a nice gentle rain! I have my fingers crossed that this keeps up all evening. Last night at the ball game the wind was so strong it blew dirt off the field in huge gusts. There was no place to sit in order to avoid getting hit with the grit. We took showers at midnight when we got home! This morning I baked a jelly roll pan size cake for the neighbor. This afternoon I had a board meeting at the hospital. I'm thinking about WW tonight since we have a funeral in the morning. I learned of another death in our church family today, which is #4 this week.
I need to clean up my kitchen as I have baking dishes soaking in the sink. I just get one area picked up and another one is waiting for attention. Hope all is well with all of you! :yes: Enjoy the rest of your day and evening. :wave: |
Late In The Evening
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I really thought I was here earlier ~ It was is a windy 101º day here in the ♥-Land and I am stayed inside doing what needed to be done in here. After I finished my house work I finished my building doing some soldering and waxing and it now sits on a shelf in the front room with the other part of the village. Tomorrow I will decide what building I will do next and cut out the pattern. For a snack today I had some dried apricots and almonds which just hit the spot. Got a box of shelled almonds sealed up in individual packets and sure hope they do that with outer nuts. Would sure make it easier for a quick snack not to have to weigh out some ~ but I could always bag them up in small baggies ahead ~ now couldn’t I. I have all sorts of dried fruit in a large plastic container. Anyway Will and I are both trying to stick to “good for you” snacks. Of all things a friend of mine loves Fried Pickle so I sent her a recipe that I just happen to have. They are rather high in points for one spear is 4 P+ and the recipe states that 3 is a serving. So that would make them 12 P+ ~ and not worth the whole serving to me. But it is a very good recipe for it uses Panko for the breading. Good to make for a crowd so there aren’t any left over to much on. When I make them I will certainly bake them instead of frying them to cut down on the points+ value some and see how they taste that way. There is a restaurant here in town that serves them and that is where she first ran into them and now she can make them for herself. If anyone wants that recipe I would be glad to e-mail it your way. JEAN That is a large number of deaths in your area. But I guess they were all old folks weren’t they. I bet it sure felt good to get in your shower even if it was late at night to get all that grit off of you. I don’t like it when the wind brings me dirt. I hope all is well with you Magnolias ~ type at y’all later ~ :wave: |
Titilating Warm Thursday
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It is said to get up to 87ºs here in the ♥-Land this day and just a breeze. AH the wind has stopped finally. I think I will build a school house for my village for I do have another small bell to use in the tower. I need now to sort through my glass and decide what color it is to be. I have a red barn and a red firehouse so I don’t want to make this building red. I was going to make a court house but don’t have a watch to put in the tower but that will be put on my list of things to buy later. The one that I made that got sold had a way to take the watch out if it ever stopped working and replace it. I will have to remember how I did that. But I don’t want to think about that right now. :nono: Cecil hopped up on my table when I was using my grinder and sat there and watched me intently. Didn’t bother me or try to get on the grinder but sat there so cute. I am so glad he didn’t decide to scatter my glass pieces like Turn used to do. I have two trays that hold the pieces ready to grind. I have a nice table sitting in the middle of this room that holds the grinder and still leaves space for my glass trays. Under the table there is a 3 drawer plastic tower that holds lots of my supplies. On one side of the room is a couple boards set on bricks that hold 4 glass holders. Each holder has room for 12 of the foot squares of glass to stand up on edge. Makes it easy to see what colors I have to work with. I have them all arranged in colors like a rainbow. I have a couple boxes of scraps on the floor that sure come in handy when I need a little of this or that of a certain color. On the opposite wall is my work station which is a table with my tools and where I cut glass. The other end of the room where I am typing holds my desk and typing table and a bookcase with mostly cookbooks in it. Next to my desk is my set of upright scales that I step on once a week. It is called “Health-o-Meter Professional.” So now you have a tour around my room that I call my Office/Glass Room. We watched a program last night was about a guy that goes to restaurants and is doing a thing on who has the very best sandwich. OH my goodness there was one place that made a BLT in St. Louis using a whole pound of cooked bacon in each sandwich along with the traditional lettuce and tomato. There was one made in Nashville that looked so good ~ shredded beef concoction. Makes me want to look though my Sandwich book of recipes I have gleaned through the years from WW and Cooking Light for I have some yummy on program ones in there. When I save a recipe I also try to save the picture and that is helpful to get the mouth watering. :lol: That pound of bacon BLT looked to me like a heart attack waiting to happen. I could deal with that slow cooked shredded beef one. I’ll shop in my freezers and see what I can come up with for a yummy sandwich for dinner this day. I hope all is well with you Magnolias ~ type at y’all later ~ :wave: |
Good morning, ladies! A hot and humid day of 96 degrees today.
Didn't do anything but a little quilting yesterday. Tonight is applique bee with dinner before hand. Tomorrow is English Paper Piecing and then Saturday Sandy, Shelly and I are going to a quilt show. That should keep be busy for awhile. Jean, I wish you could have a little of our rain. We are way ahead of normal for this month. My butt is still sore but the bump on my head is gone. Maggie, Thanks for the tour! I can just see the sparkling colors of the glass. I found some lower fat bacon that is 3 slices for 2 points and I use that to make BLTs. I'd love to have a ton, but know it isn't good for me. Vinny's Pizza has a BLT pizza that must have a pound of bacon on it. It sure is good but spread over an extra large size not too bad for one slice. The bake the pizza with sauce and cheese, then add fresh tomato, lettuce shreds and bacon when it comes out. Faye, I hope all is well with you. Enjoy your day! |
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Good morning gals. Sorry I didn't get in here yesterday, but I am so down in the dumps I just didn't feel like posting and explaining everything. As you know, I told you that I seem to be having the bad cramping and passing of tissue, well the spotting/bleeding has come back now too. I can handle the cramping and stuff, but this quivering really impacts my life. My thigh muscles and knees shake so much it can be hard to do anything. Walking up stairs is tough I can tell you. I have always had this problem, since I was a teen having periods. When I cramp, I have the quivering. I cannot continue to take hormones to keep it at bay and I figure she is going to recommend taking it out, at least a partial hysterectomy. Facing a 4th surgery just fills me with dread on top of the fact this cannot be done before vacation at this point with only 3 months until we leave. On the other side of the coin, this will mean being miserable the whole trip, which makes me so very sad for Jack. He has looked so forward to this trip and I hate to be feeling rotten because it makes him worry and feel bad. Nothing much I can do except talk to her next week.
On a positive note, I got Alicia's socks finished and they are now drying. They wash up so very soft so I know they will be so comfortable for her this fall. She wear Birkenstocks with socks sometimes in the winter before the snow falls so these would be so cute with them. She wanted colorful so I gave her colorful that's for sure. I am almost halfway on the leg on Jack's green sock and hope to get it finished maybe by Monday then can start the brown ones. It is hard to knit when my hands shake though. Susan: Wow, I hope you get to feeling better soon. I have done that more than once and it is certainly no fun. For me, it always involves dislocating my bad knee. Once I walked from the carpet to the linoleum with a whole head full of red hair color and slipped and fell in the laundry room and popped out the knee. I had red dye on the washer, the floor, the wall, what a mess and believe me, on the wall, it doesn't come out. I had to crawl to the computer chair to heave myself into it. Luckily, I keep my walker from the first time I messed up my knee in the house and used it. Thanks for the great tip about the corn. We like to soak them in water, then peel down the husks, rub garlic on the corn then roast it on the grill. Yum and you use a lot less butter that way too. Maggie: Have you ever used hamburger dill slices to make fried pickles? That's what they use here in Memphis. First time I ever had them was in a now defunct restaurant named for Elvis Presley. My favorite is the jalapeno slices deep fried, but wayyyyyy too fattening especially with the wonderful sauce Chili's serves with them. We have them as a treat, infrequently for sure. Jean: How awful to have so many people you know pass all at the same time. It makes me feel old when people I grew up with or knew start dying. Hope your day went well yesterday. You always seem so busy all the time. I can't imagine sitting all gritty for a ballgame. The things we do for our grandkids, huh? I better go. I need to finish morning chores, fold laundry, etc. We are having garlic/parmesaan roasted asparagus, tenderloin and b potato tonight so jack will be doing most of the cooking. Have a nice day today and a nice weekend. Faye |
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