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Last summer my girlfriend Carol got her grandaughter an inflatable pool to play in while she was visiting from the Sacramento area. It reminded me of when our kids were little and all the time they would spend in the back yard in their pool and the sprinklers. They used to also have some awesome [...]

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The first time Jerry and I played the wonderful Wii game was at our friends the Bennets last year when their son Patrick got one. We clearly had fun and ever since then I’ve been thinking about it. Wii Fit is next, but for now wii are having fun! The new Wii has nice covers [...]

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Life has a way of giving that’s always amazed me. Jerry and I often frequent Fuddruckers, the best fresh burger joint in town. We first went here when we were looking to rent a house after Jerry had gotten at job at the now extinct San Bar, in Lake Forest. We had been living up [...]

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There is a difference between the two you know? From the beginning when I sewed and hung the brown toile valance in the kitchen I always intended to some day paint the kitchen a pale turquoise. Finding that exact shade of paint that would go

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How cool is this? Often on our visits to Disneyland or California Adventure we would be greeted by cast members holding an electronic tablet wanting us to answer a few questions. They would usually ask for our email at the end, which I always gave in hopes I would win something. Maybe a Year Of [...]

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For my upcoming 55th birthday this year, which by the way is hard for me to believe I’ve reached, my dear friend Carol, gave me a day at the Corona Glen Ivy Hot Springs Spa. Since I’ve never been but often imagined what it must be like

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Many people know very little about Fibromyalgia, and even fewer probably know that it has a long list of symptoms. I am among the many I am sure who have this horrid disease, to have a lot of those annoying symptoms. One of the most frustrating symptoms is being hypersensitive and startling easily (jumpiness). If [...]

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I found a wonderful little surprise in my garden yesterday! I dutifully planted the perennial sweet peas last year that my girlfriend Carol gave me from her Mission Viejo garden. They’ve been making a slow progress ever since, climbing and winding up the white arbor we have in the corner garden, clinging to the red [...]

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We always have a nice time when our youngest son Matt comes down from his place for a visit. Being the amateur photographer buff that I am (which doesn’t compare at all to the professional photographer that Matt is) I snapped a few pictures of him while we sat on the patio. He is most [...]

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