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We moved in Friday and haven't had Internet access since-aside from chris' iphone. Hope to catch up with everyone soon. Will be registering the kids for school today.

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One of the last things we did before leaving town on Monday was take one last load of donations to the Waterfront Rescue Mission. This is how they thank you--by having this creepy guy who scares the crap out of you when you open the door!

We arrived in Richmond very early this morning--2 a.m. It was a heck of a drive, but we made it! It's a bit odd to have traveled so far yet still be in the South. I hadn't really thought of Richmond as a Southern city before we started looking to move here. The campus itself reminds me of the Univ of Arizona, while the surrounding downtown area has ( Read more... )

This past winter when we had record cold temperatures here in Florida, it was pretty common to hear people say something along the lines of, "So much for global warming!" In other words, the cold weather proved the theory of global warming to be totally false ( Read more... )

Some of you may have seen the most recent Old Navy commercial with the fortune telling manniquin: "Ohh, you have a beautiful Old Navy booty" The ad repeats the phrase "Old Navy booty" several times, to get the point across that jeans are on sale for only $15 right now. I like Old Navy jeans and when I saw the ad for the first time, I said aloud to ( Read more... )

This week, the cirque has instituted a local's discount. They are only here for about two more weeks, so I suppose they figure it is time to give the same local discount that all other touristy-type business give. Yesterday, a woman came in to buy her family's tickets and demanded the local discount. At first, she said that she didn't have her ID ( Read more... )

As Bonnie and I were leaving the circus a couple weeks ago, we heard one of the audience members behind us say to his companion, "When you get home, Google "Bo Radley". Then you'll see what I'm talking about."

The yard sale yesterday was a success in the sense that it served the purpose of decluttering the house. We only made about $40. Not much in the grand scheme of things, but still $40 more than we had the day before. Afterwards I took everything left over directly to the thrift store. It feels wonderful to have all that done with. Now onto the ( Read more... )