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I guess I have to make this post. I don't want to because I know you are all pretty cool and respectful, but I hear through the grapevine that the twitter/facebook thing effects even people who wish to keep 95% of their LJ private, such as myself. My posts are locked down.

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Josh asked me last night if I wanted to go camping. Between the bugs and the poison oak, no... not really. Actually, I think I would love to. We might this weekend. He also wants to drive somewhere. I said the beach, but The Great Lakes are closer and cooooooooooooler. I don't know if we'll really go, but it would be nice to do something like this ( Read more... )

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On Friday, because the weather has been too good to not enjoy, we took a drive out to Carlyle Reservoir to check it out. The state park itself was pretty boring. We tried to go all around the lake and check out the wildlife reserve at the top, but as we took some access roads from Centralia, it became more and more country. When we finally reached ( Read more... )

Hey! Do you know why I haven't had any weather related complaints lately? Cause the weather hasn't sucked. It's been at most 80° and there is a cool breeze. I hate to brag, but it is outright lovely. I have heard the NW has been brutal. :/ I am betting that with the next storm (Thursday) we are going to be getting more and more humidity.
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Despite the miserable midwest humidity, we have been managing to walk a little more than normal. So. Fecking. Sweaty. We took a short walk to the library tonight. The kids did a lot of bike riding again today. I can't wait to post the images I took of them riding bikes. Jonas was smiling ear to ear.

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