Good morning from Stockton&#33;   The birds have just starting singing, so the day must be starting.  <br />
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After some soul-searching and a lot of on-lne checking, we decided to stay with our lease here instead of moving.  It&#39;s eye0opening to see just how much other places are renting for and for half the space.  Still not happy about the increase, but guess them&#39;s the breaks.<br />
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Heard from Kenichi yesterday and he&#39;s been taken on as an assistant designer and his VISA has been extended for the next year and a half.  It would just be easier if he would applied for citizenship.  For the first time in a long time, he sounded happy and positive about his life.  had a bad breakup with his boyfriend and a couple of less-than-pleasant jobs, but he seems to be coming out of it now.  He sort of hummed and hawed and finally admitted that he wasn&#39;t coming home in June.  Oh well, there goes that party.<br />
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Started a new quilting project.  This is a Halloween hanging, with a skeleton reclining on the ground with a mess of black cats.  in the background is a haunted house, trick or treaters and a grave yard.  should be fun and hopefully it&#39;ll be done by October&#33;<br />
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Today looks to be a quiet day of grocery shopping and the like.  Tomorrow we have the last timed practice before the competition on Tuesday - can&#39;t believe how quickly those two months have gone by&#33;<br />
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Joey - how is David feeling today?  <br />
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Maria - my sister is on Celebrex and swears by it.  She is also diabetic, so Celebrex may be something that works well with those types of drugs.  Hopefullythey will give you relief.<br />
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Jennifer - hope you have recovered from all your gardening.  Is it s general tidying up or are you planting?  <br />
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To everyone, have a Grand day&#33;<br />
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Charlie