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Poor Dr. P.  I’m sure he’s wondering what in the hell descended upon his practice.
Jack, Maria and Luke all had to have physicals in order to start school.  I took care of Sam right before we left Tennessee, but he came along for the fun anyway.
Silliness reigned.  If Dr. P asked a question, the poor [...]

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I know. A trip to the park with the kids is pretty mundane. No real excitement there, right? Same old stuff - climbing, swinging, playing.
Except that this park had it all.
First of all, it was a perfect day. Perfect. No humidity. None. Clear skies. Breeze. Just [...]

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After not attending mass on Sunday, we decided to do the tourist thing and visit Navy Pier. We wanted to do something fun with the kids, so we headed east toward the city.
We arrived in the vicinity of Navy Pier and discovered that Lallapazooza was going on. This is like a modern-day Woodstock, [...]

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All week we’ve been planning to attend mass at one of the parishes where our children might be attending school. I was looking forward to church there and just seeing what the community was like. We had already been there to meet with the principal, but just in case, I had written down [...]

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I don’t really know how it happened. But, I know it didn’t happen on the playground. Or at the pool. Or while fighting with a sibling.
It happened in our hotel room just after returning from dinner. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Lukie run through the room. [...]

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Well, I don’t have to clean my own towels.  And I get to borrow movies for free.  Then there’s… ummmm… well, nothing else I can think of at the moment.  Oh, I know.  I can wash three loads of laundry all at the same time.  For free, too!  That’s pretty exciting.
On the flip side, there’s [...]

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Okay. So. After a VERY long night of traveling, we all slept in at our “hometel,” as Lukie has come to call our current place of residence.
We needed breakfast. I suggested donuts and Dan said he’d prefer the Cracker Barrel. Fine by me.
After getting the little ones rounded up, dressed, shod, [...]

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We’re in Texas. Finally, I can blog about it.
We’re here in Austin, TX for my Dad’s surprise 70th birthday party, of which I’ll blog about at a later date. Right now, I have to tell you about a little side trip we took to Dallas.
We arrived in Austin LATE Friday night. My [...]

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My dear, wonderful, fun friend Kristina made The Cut today.
For the past year she’s been growing out her long, thick, beautiful black (or nearly black) hair for Locks of Love. It has apparently been somewhat of a struggle, as it takes quite some time to dry and can be difficult to style (although I [...]

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Chicago it is, ladies and gentlemen.
We received the news on Friday, via email, that we will be moving to the Chicago area within 90 days.
Not perfect, but not bad.  Texas was our preference, but beyond that, we’re pretty happy to be going to Chicago.  It’s going to be quite a bit more expensive than here, [...]

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