david

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Heidi Chronicles
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Rebuilding investment4 app
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Longstreet‘s *Manassas to Gettysburg*
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Finished *House of Abraham*
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Internalizing *Complete Idiot‘s Guide to Genealogy\"
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\"Paper Moon\"
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Downpayment on new 6-foot fence
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Found census record for 4th great-grandmother, Lydia Swim, born c. 1787
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Started Danica McKellar‘s *Math Doesn‘t Suck*
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Diary on DailyKos (two comments!)
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Monitoring injured dog
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Bought <em>Assassins‘ Gate</em>
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Re-engage on investment Rails app
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Dreamt of falling in an open elevator
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Slow progress on editing investment entries
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\"How <em>Not</em> to Write a Novel\"
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Leaking humidifier
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Cokie acts traumatized when we walk too far...
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Humidifier is leaking
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Began <em>God is Not Great</em> (audio)
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Began <em>Nine Parts of Desire</em>
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Finished <em>Math Doesn‘t Such</em>
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Wonder how to bold-face a title
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Two weeks overdue
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Cokie‘s temporary agoraphobia
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Tweaked print.css for tables
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Bought many Beatles CDs
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Strategizing assault on editing <b>journal</b> entries
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Cokie scared of cars, but completed her walk.
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Poo patrol, leaf removal and mulch spreading
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< b>Word< /b> bolds the <b>Word</b>
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More leaves, no mulch
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May have a lead to long-lost cousin; nope
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Repair to Automator reminder workflow
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There‘s a new Elizabeth George novel. Available Tuesday
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Cokie jumped the fence again
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Found work-around to text-align within tables
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Got Elizabeth George‘s *Careless in Red*
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Sink is leaking. Again.
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Cokie jumped off the second-story deck
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Sink fixed
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Finished *Careless in Red*
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Finished _God is Not Great_ (audio)
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NC for visit with Elliott, Jon and Sarah
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Bath rehab begins
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Received solar laptop charger
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Descended from Mayflower immigrants
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Finished *Speaking Truth to Power*, Anita Hill
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Set up high school reunion website
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Set up SMF (Small Machines Forum\" for reunion
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Paths of Glory (Turner Classic)
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Found medicine cabinet, sconces for Bell House
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Anja arrives and has dinner here
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Note for Tom‘s birthday
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Bought iPhone for David
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Drew nude from stock images book
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Kate‘s mom goes to hospital
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Changed primary domain from rjr63.com to rjr63.org
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Purchased SSL Cert from GoDaddy
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Began effort for static IP and SSL
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Hassles with rjr63.org ISP
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Talk with David via Skype
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Received word of Kim‘s travel blog
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Kate‘s mom comes home
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found Little Debbie Oatmeal Pies for David
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David‘s iPhone returned by FedEx, but I wasn‘t there
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Discussions on contact DB for reunion
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Bought Nikita a Spiderman Web Blaster
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Took Anja shopping and to airport
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Psycho (Turner Classic)
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RJR63.ORG gets static address
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RJR63.org shares IP address with mobile604.com
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Provided comments on Davidson‘s paper for ACSAC
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10 Hours of effort to fix rjr63.org problem
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RJR63.org gets own IP address
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Third try for site SSL fails.
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There is no drawing icon
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I use General Computer for web site tweaking
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Build static version of forum help page
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Molly‘s leg is stiff or hurt
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Add several mailing lists to RJR63.org
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Solicit two volunteers to track people down
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Put help system on our forum
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\"Fanny\" - Leslie Caron, Maurice Chevalier, Charles Boyer
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Molly‘s leg okay
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Began water-treating new fence
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Dryer wouldn‘t start
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More fence waterproofing
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Vent roto-rootered
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Bad play: The Mystery of Irma Vep
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Pilot of \"House\"
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Refresher reading on OpenSSL
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Reported problem generating SSL certificate
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Bread making succeeded. Bread machine needed.
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Built .htaccess files to require SSL on directory
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Failed to require SSL on subdomains
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Installed SSL Certificate on RJR63.org
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Error in cPanel corrected
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Drive to Winston-Saem
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Decided on built-in shelf behind bathroom door
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Laid out bathroom in Bell House
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Measured all rooms at Bell House
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Scraped paint off LR window; washed
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Appleby‘s shrimp and spinach salad
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Met with plumber about floorplan
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Seven Samurai (original Japanese)
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Drove back to Reston
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Lose track of where I am; need a plan
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Feel lethargic; read about West Nile Virus and hope it‘s not that
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Fly to Wisconsin for wedding and 50th Wedding Anniversary
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Nephew Brad interested in solar, geothermal
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Take pictures of Jenny‘s reception and dance
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Jenny becomes Mrs. French
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George‘s truck loses power brakes on road Up North
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Jim gets ironcladfabricators.com
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Donna drives us to Arndt Hunting Lodge
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Recall repairs George‘s brakes
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Buy a deer rifle
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George and I sight in the rifle
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Fly back to Virginia
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MacBook won‘t stay on....
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MacBook recovers
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Posted wedding reception pictures
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Poem about Jenny and Chris
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Bought solar books for nephew Brad, Jen
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Processed wedding reception pictures
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3:10 to Yuma (original)
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Study of Becca‘s graduation picture
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Failed to install XP in VMware Fusion. hmmm
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Reinstalled Fusion and XP and IE6 IE7
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\"The Postman Always Rings Twice\" (original)
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Finish waterproofing fence
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Turned HS graduation program into web images
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Garage door hinge breaks
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Schedule garage door repair
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Contact pet trainer
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Began Bugliosi‘s *The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder*
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Finished waterproofing the fence
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Monk season premiere
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Got symlinked versions working with SWF
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Finished Bugliosi Book
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Heard Stephen King‘s *The Gingerbread Girl*
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Target practice at NRA Range
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Neighbor‘s surprise birthday party
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Monk episode 2
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The Bad and the Beautiful
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Working on revised menu generation
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Biogradeable deck treatment found
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David Sedaris \"When Engulfed in Flames\"
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House MD
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Test cleaning, upper deck
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IE6 and png headaches. And tiff
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Betul at Bubbles
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Talked to contractor about completing W-S by Labor Day
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More House, M. D.: Wilson is dating the cutthroat bitch
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Bought and installed strike plates
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Fixed bathroom door that wouldn‘t stay closed
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Customized bolt head for web footer
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Fixed png problem with unitpngfix.js
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Need a place for the toilet paper holder...
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Plotted transition to iPhone on 24 Aug
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Found web footer css for IE6/7, Safari
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Meeting with pet trainer about private lessons
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Birthday note to Sarah
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Got rocks and other anti-chipmunk equipment
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Bought new leashes, nyla-bones, booda bones
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First rails app goes live, but badly stled
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Saw dog trainer about classes
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Fixed contacts styling
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Signed up pups for boot camp obedience
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Blocked out design for sorting links on contacts
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Skype talk with David
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Mailed David‘s repaired iPhone etc. to Geneva
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Sighted in the rifle.
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Comparison pricing for iPhone vis-a-vis current, other smart phones
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Plugged up chipmunk holes with \"pond rocks\"
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Troubling show about Alzheimer‘s
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Styling Contacts DB
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Cool triangles for field selection and changing sort order
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Cool triangles don‘t show up on live site. Hmmm
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Allergy shots
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Replaced cool triangles with dots and ! / ¬°
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Ready to add search in Contacts DB
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Haircut by Betul at Bubbles
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Allergy shots
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Steady progress on contacts/list
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Allergy shots
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Fair Lakes Apple store has black iPods now
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Monk
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Cruised AT&T for Monday purchase of iPhones. No black till Tuesday
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Search working
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Great progress cleaning deck. Power washer helps.
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\"Star Trek: Nemesis\"
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4.67 miles around Burke Lake with the dogs
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Bought 2 iPhones. Finally!
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Lots of neighborhood walks
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Bought second set of protective sleeves
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Dogs to 10=day boot camp
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Work on bathroom coming nicely
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Drive to Winston-Salem
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Met new neighbors
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Repair of concrete under garage door
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No luck searching for Sophie the Giraffe
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Meredith decides to vote Obama, based on dinner conversation. [Ed. !]
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Talk politics all through dinner
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Salmon dinner with Jane and Meredith
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Jane adamantly criticizes Katrina performance
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Applebee‘s with Karen and Gary
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Kate refinished LR floor
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Roof and gutter work. With safety line.
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Left note for contractor about 3 small items
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Tree at back of lot has dropped a branch onto the neighbor‘s yard
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Arranged to have neighbor‘s tree folks trim our trees
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Found Excel-producing libraries..
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Built TeX template for contacts listing
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Inspector found minor problems with furnace work
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Drive back to Reston
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Two-part House season finale (repeat)
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Built Ruby script to convert forum sql file
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trimmed edges
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mowed lawn
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battened hatches for Hanna
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Long rainy Hanna day
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Removed 1/3 of deck gunk, phase 1
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Carrie Fisher in \"Wishful Drinking\", Lincoln Theatre
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Trained Molly and Cokie
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Trained Molly and Cokie
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Molly to emergency vet; blood in stool
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Molly‘s medication
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Letter to Editor; received no ACK
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House season premiere
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Training session with Ashley
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Kate‘s mother deteriorates
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Kate‘s mother to hospital
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Haste makes waste: killed working app
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Charlie Schaefer‘s funeral
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Kate‘s mother stable, but still in hospital
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No progress on dead Rails app
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Kate called by her Dad about Mom.
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Updated Kate‘s software
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Yet more non-progress on dead app
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Jog-a-Dog treadmill arrives
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Assembled Jog-a-Dog
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Termite treatment for our mulch
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Added email and addresses to Kate‘s iPhone
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Dogs get acquainted with Jog-a-Dog
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Two trots on Jog-a-Dog. Each!
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Continuing non-progress. Poor dead app.
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Planning a mid-October trip to WI
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Fly to Seattle to visit Elliott and parents
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Good marks at semi-annual allergist appointment
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Drive halfway to Wisconsin
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Drive to Fremont WI to Kate‘s Dad‘s house
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Drive up to Arndt Hunting Lodge
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Pictures of lodge for insurance company
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Chicken at T-Bob‘s
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Brother Michael finishes cherry paneling on ceiling
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Drive back from Arndt Hunting Lodge
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Visit Kay at Mendotta Institute
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Good marksmanship at 25 yds
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Wobbly marksmanship at 100 yds
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Researched mutual funds for nephew Brad
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Drive halfway back to Virginia
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Visit Kay at Mendotta Institute again
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Drive home
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Retrieve dogs
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Sent father-in-law FactCheck information about NRA‘s anti-Obama flyer
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Got pre-pay phone for Hunting Lodge
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Crossed fingers, followed by joy.
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Dryer appears to be terminal
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Bumper sticker I want: *Latte-drinking, Prius Driving, LIberal for Obama*
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Election withdrawal symptoms
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Aftermath of *past my bedtime*
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My hairdresser (secular Turk) asked me if I believe Jesus is really God. I have a better answer now. Baraq and the Night Journey.
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Haircut by Betul at Bubbles
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Found and bought new washer & dryer
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William Congreve‘s *The Way of the World*
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Solution for door-scrapes-dryer problem devised
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Washer & dryer installed. Door problem.
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Buy parts to push out bi-fold doors in front of washer & dryer
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Whew! found pre-paid phone. Where I looked first.
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Admin on rjr63.org‘s forum
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Rifle range at 100 yds. Better.
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Bell House bathroom ready for inspection. Probably first week of December.
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Can‘t find pre-pay phone. Eeek.
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bought contractor table saw and transportable work table
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Buy tools to push out bi-fold doors
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Offered crash pad to relatives for inauguration. One nibble so far.
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Taking OmniFocus out for a spin
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Walked dogs separately. Molly didn‘t freak being barked at.
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Starting to panic about Wisconsin trip week before Thanksgiving
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Some words Shakespeare invented: excellent, untie [and countless other un-words], abstemious, antipathy, critical, frugal, dwindle, extract, horrid, vast, hereditary, eventful, bare-faced, assassination, lonely, leapfrog, indistinguishable, well-read, zany, and countless
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Rethinking dryer-door solution
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Got some things off my chest on Vox
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Decided to combine door-dryer solutions. Took off molding. cut new extension pieces. Knock-down work table worked great.
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Light rain. Dogs exercise on Jog-a-Dog.
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We leave for Wisconsin NEXT WEEK!
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Buy new bifold doors
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One step forward, two steps back on dryer door.
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New door hardware doesn‘t fit existing door.
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Frustration with virtual workshop
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Walked dogs in Walker Nature Park. Dogs didn‘t freak when 5 deer gamboled through the woods. Moral victory.
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Switch all hardware to match new door. Mount left door. We have clearance.
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Plumber replaces washer hose.
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Drive to Wisconsin, stopping in Rockford, IL for the night
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Listened to George‘s Sirius: Roadhouse (classic C&W)
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Visit Kate‘s mom at Mendotta; cogent when awake, but dozed off several times
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Drive to Fremont WI to Kate‘s Dad‘s house
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Drive up to Arndt Hunting Lodge
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Dinner and conversation in the shack
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Hunting team expands with MIke‘s son Josh, brother Jim and his daughters Megan and Rebecca. Rebecca to hunt and Megan to learn field dressing
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Anniversary of Kennedy‘s assassination
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At 3:10, bag spike-horned deer, shooting between obstructing trees.
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Kate returns to Fremont with Donna. David is sad.
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Deer gun season begins. Minus 2 degrees, up in my 10-foot stand (courtesy of Mike). Return to lodge when my toe-cicles start to coalesce.
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No one sees anything
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No one sees anything again.
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Nearly finish *You‘re Stepping on My Cloak and Dagger*.
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George kids me that they‘ll start calling me \"One-Shot Jack.\"
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George and I drive back to Fremont
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George and I play trivia with the Sirius Roadhouse selections. Most trouble with Statler Brothers.
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Kate, sister Julie and I visit Kate‘s mom. Bring pumpkin pie and small Pepsi‘s. More alert. Dr. says meds almost stable. In continuing discussions with nursing home close to Fremont.
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Thanksgiving at the Arndt‘s. Cast of thousands.
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Drive towards home, stopping in Somerset, PA. Mediocre food. Sit far away from the loud party, to little avail.
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Pick up dogs. Forget to bring leashes. Have to borrow a pair.
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The Essentials on TCM is a repeat. Watch House, M.D. dvd.
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Finish drive home.
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Kate puts in a couple of hours.
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I nurse threat of getting George‘s cold.
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Receive final bill for Bell House bathroom work. Going down to see it and set temperature for the winter 5-7 Dec.
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Back to usual routine: exercise dogs, errands, chores. Nap unrequited.
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Begin to re-read Bugliosi‘s *Outrage* (about Simpson murder trial).
⭐️
Walked dogs without training collar. Without incident. Go, dogs!
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Aiyee! Too much to do this month.
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Finally write up my frustration with my virtual workshop
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Finally answered Jon‘s Thanksgiving/Christmas note
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Learned to play Texas hold em
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Drive to Winston-Salem with dogs
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Moses offers to rake our leaves, clean our gutters, floss our teeth. Saved.
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Revamped bathroom is great.
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Kate primes new bathroom
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Get materials for more shelves downstairs
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Date night at Applebee‘s. Spinach and shrimp salad still wonderful.
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Moses and nephews make quick work of the leaves. Get his number for later.
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Drive back to Reston
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Christmas shopping wrap up. Almost.
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Jogged the dogs.
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Jogging again
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Laundry bifold doors are skewed. And rub the washing machine‘s door.
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Shots
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Added family to facebook friends list
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Took recyclables
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Bought wide-angle lens for small-space pictures
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Began reading *Lost Christianities*
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Took 96 pictures for printing for Kay‘s Christmas album
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Drinking latte at Greenberry‘s, Prius outside. Wishing I had that bumper sticker.
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Sent check for bathroom remodeling
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Listening to *Roads to Quoz*
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Bought gift for Kate‘s 50th
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Fixed the skew in the laundry‘s bifold doors
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Tidied the blue plaid room
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Groceries for hoi sin chicken
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Dog jogging
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Finished Bugliosi‘s *Outrage*
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Discussed serendipity on the word \"quoz\"
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David, Moritz, and Nikita arrive
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Speed Racer Uno with Nikita and others
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Nikita asks about my Sudoku book
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Nikita solves first sudoku (with David‘s guidance)
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Buy *White Belt Sudoku* book for Nikita
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Nikita solves #1 in white belt sudoku
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Dryer doesn‘t seem to dry things. Hmmm.
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Nikita solves #2 in white belt sudoku
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Nikita asks me to buy green belt, brown belt and black belt sudoku. Compromise on buying green belt when he finishes #200 (out of 300).
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Drive to Winston-Salem with dogs
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Church twice
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Kate‘s 50th birthday. Appleby‘s after 40 minute drive.
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Washing machine doesn‘t drain. Except onto the floor, through it and onto the back yard. Plan B: wash laundry in Reston.
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Want to install DTV converter box. While installing 3-prong outlet, sparks fly. Disconnect outlet, killing all wall outlets on the outside wall. Including the Christmas tree.
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Christmas eve dinner and gifts with Karen, Gary, Jane, Kim, and Meredith.
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Drive back to Winston-Salem, only hours ahead of Karen and Gary
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Christmas gifts sent to Seattle returned for insufficient postage
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Second Christmas: David, Anja, Moritz, and Nikita
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Go to festival of lights at Mormon Temple.
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Go to festival of lights at Mormon Temple.
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Karen and Gary go to Mount Vernon on the way home.
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Cut notch in mop board behind the dryer. Able to put it 2 inches farther in.
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Managed to clean dryer vent with nifty shop vac with 15-foot hose
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Kate‘s mother moved to nursing home near her home; on her birthday
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Bought new pants
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Refilled Rx
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Levenger gift for Sarah (a) wrong item and (b) sent here.
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Fixed Sarah‘s Levenger gift order
😷
Allergy shots
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Grocery shopping for Le Grand NYE Dinner
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Bought handgun safe with George‘s Christmas check
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New Year‘s Eve dinner @ Chez Bell
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Began working on taxes.
⭐️
Volunteered for the Inauguration
⭐️
Scheduled Inauguration Volunteer training for 12 Jan
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\"12th Night\" @ Shakespeare Theater
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Contribution to Church returned with \"Address Unknown\"
😀
Contribution to Church resent
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Allergy shots