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| Off to IndyI was talking to my landlord (at the office) this week and he mentioned that he was going to Indianapolis this weekend for a little car race. We were both surprised to find out that we were spending the holiday in the same town!
Sophie is coming home from the doggie hospital today (she had surgery on both of her front shoulders) and John and Rufus are going to be here to help her recover. Yep...they get to try to keep Sophie quiet. 
And....
My son Mike has started a new family blog, and he has already uploaded some great photos!
www.marsefamily.wordpress.com
Have a great day!
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| SpringI like Spring....and I've noticed that every day I repeat the same things....
Spring has sprung
the grass has riz
I wonder where the flowers is?
and another favorite
April Showers bring May Flowers,
What do MayFlowers bring?
Pilgrims.
I know...kinda silly....but it makes me laugh!
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| A different kind of file drawerSome of you remember how we used to keep important information on some sort of paper record. Addresses were in the address book that (I'm told) was used to send out Christmas Cards (I guess I never really got that memo). Phone numbers were in a little book that was kept by the phone (that was also much easier because we only had one phone in the house). And things we wanted to remember were either put in our diary or in a manilla folder in the file cabinet.
Now, I keep my addresses in my Outlook or Yahoo contact tab.
I keep phone numbers in my cell phoneS. and when we meet someone, we hand him/her our phone and they enter their number themselves.
I used to keep paper copies of my taxes and used that info to do my taxes the next year (using lots of paper and pencils). Now, I use Turbo tax so things are automatically copied over every year and when I use the calculator to compute things, I just hit the button and the computed value is automatically input in the box.
and I use my Xanga blog to keep track of things. For example, I now have the names of all of my grandchildren and great-grandchildren here...(I just need to remember that it's here )
and I have also used Xanga recently to compare the size of our new puppy (Sophie) to our older puppy (yep...he's still a puppy even at 2) Rufus. Sophie was 37.5 pounds at about the same age that Rufus was weighing in at 14 pounds.
And now...Rufus is 52 pounds at age 2 years and 2 months....and Sophie is 47.5 pounds at age 5 months.,,,which I thought was big....and then I saw a labradoodle last weekend that made Sophie look tiny.... guess I'd better keep an eye out for that Great Dane!
Oh....and I was just thinking about what I do with all of the free time I have now that everything is so automated.....I think my mind jumps around a lot!
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| An Even DozenJohn's daughter, Denise, had a little boy this past weekend, and Anthony Ray See is our 12th grandchild.
He joins, Crystal, Breannah, Becca, Matthew, Ryan, Danielle, JJ, Sarah, Allie, Zippy and Phinehas.
and for those of you who might not be up to date on our blended family, Denise is also the mother of Breannah. Yep...she has a 17 year old daughter and a baby son. At least they probably won't be fighting over the same toys for awhile!
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| Middle of MarchWow...time sure flies by these days!
John and Rufus are back in Virginia and Sophie and I are really glad to see them! Sophie is especially glad that she doesn't need to spend all of her days alone in the back yard anymore. And luckily for us, Sophie is picking up some of Rufus' good habits!
John is still kinda worn out from the drive across country. He and his son Danny left California last Wednesday afternoon and arrived in Virginia on Sunday afternoon. And unfortunately, the bus is getting older and had a few problems. I guess the biggest problem was that the windshield wipers died in Texas and they drove the last couple of days through the rain without windshield wipers. (He ordered a replacement wiper motor when he got home....tried a few times on the trip to get it repaired but nobody had the right part).
So now I have lots of 'stuff' from the California home sitting around the house and garage (and some still in the motorhome) looking for a place in our Virginia home. This place seemed so big when we first moved in, and now it is starting to seem smaller all the time!
I see that airfares have come down, so I hope people decide to come visit me!
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