Good morning from the Land of Fruits, Flakes and Nuts&#33;  We are currently 55 on our way to 72 today.  Just had another beautiful sunrise and now all the birds are singing and making our cat crazy - if only pussycats had wings...<br />
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Got everything moved out of the way for the arrival of the washer and dryer this afternoon. Can&#39;t say I envy them the haul upstairs, but at lest they don&#39;t have to take any old appliances out beforehand.  <br />
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Mary Lou, I know what you mean about a clean kitchen.  There&#39;s only so much I can clean, but those spots are very clean&#33;  I am posting a recipe (Big Island Tri-tip) today that is incredibly easy, won&#39;t mess up your kitchen and works really really well hot or cold.  We love it for picnics in the summer.<br />
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Jackie - glad to hear that Gucci is home and here&#39;s hoping she&#39;s back to her old puppy self before another day dawns.  The only good thing about taxes is having them out of the way for another year.  This was the first time we&#39;ve had to pay state taxes (they weren&#39;t taking enough out of my disability checks, so we got nailed. plus all the interest that the CDs generated.  We&#39;ll have to be more careful this year).  And to think there was a time when we could actually travel and what we got back...sigh...<br />
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I&#39;m hoping to spend the day following up on Silent Auction items for the upcoming Culinary Arts Scholarship Dinner.   There are some advantages to being home...this isn&#39;t one of them.  <br />
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Aside from that and the usual cat agenda, let the cat out, let the cat in, repeat as necessary, it&#39;s going to be quiet around here.  <br />
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Hope everyone is having a grand day out&#33;<br />
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Charlie