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There are times I can hardly remember what my life was like before I was married to my sweetheart, Jerry Fuller. Other times, it feels as if it has all happened in a blink of an eye. So, as of January 29, 2012, we have arrived at our 40th anniversary. Older, definitely. Wiser, hopefully. Do [...]

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At least it felt that way on our last visit to a local favorite resturant, Souplantion. Given it was a Saturday night, 6:30pm to be exact. We’d had a long day working in the yard and had decided when we were done that we’d treat ourselves to the luxury of overeating to the point of [...]

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I finally decided to take a break from all the cleaning that has followed the installation of the tile in our house. Nothing like emptying and cleaning not only everything in all of the cupboards, but also the cupboard itself! Don’t we just love cement dust? Of course we do. The tile we chose is [...]

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After 25 plus years of providing us with cushion soft comfort our basic beige carpet is finally getting it’s due rest. Joe DeCillio and company are once again takling this undertaking. Packing up 3 rooms was a great insight into just how much stuff a family can accumliate. Some thinning out happened before items ever [...]

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This is a story about a young man named Patrick. It is also a story about 2 families, the Bennets and the Fullers. This story began over 26 years ago when I walked out the front door of the home we were renting at the time to get the mail. It was August and the [...]

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If only I could have seen them, my 1st and 2nd born. Laughing, chatting and loving My 3 boys, my heart, and more. Jimmy, like so many others, has left my life, not my heart. Now with family and friends forever, all never far apart. Jason ever the quiet one, a special place deep in [...]

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Matthew brought down sweet Ms Yuki on his last visit, which of course pleased both Jerry and I. Before and after her walk she loved playing in the back yard. We usually throw one of her balls, this time though she had been carrying around her toy I call baby. That in fact worked just [...]

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Jason drove down to Orange County the day prior to his 32nd birthday. Even though he wasn’t here for long, we had a wonderful visit. Since it fell in the middle of the week, Jerry took Jason’s birthday off and the 3 of us went for a walk through one of our local wilderness parks. [...]

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To celebrate our 39th anniversary Jerry and I decided to head down to San Diego’s Wild Animal Park. Since we hadn’t been here in years we decided to stay 1 night locally, and 2 days at the park. As a special treat to ourselves we booked a 2 hour excursion on the Segway Off Road [...]

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A couple of weekends ago Jerry and I decided to have a picnic at our local Lake Mission Viejo. We were surprised and delighted to see it was practically deserted. The trees surrounding the walk way were blooming in beautiful clusters of white flowers. We stayed late enough for the perfect hour as our son [...]

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