Good morning from Stockton - sunny and clear, but rain is predicted for tomorrow - lst night we got the call we&#39;d been dreaded.  They are pulling out our landscaping on Monday, which means we have this afternoon to try and resuce anything before the rain hits and makes the area too messy to work in.   Plus we have a dinner party and a wine tasting this weekend...and I found out that the auditions for &quot;Art&quot; are this coming weekend and the director has asked me to be present for them (it&#39;s the first show I&#39;m stage managing.  Thankfully, Douggie and I get along extremely well *whew*).  <br />
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Oh and Hooray and Halleluljah, John&#39;s oldest son is home safely from Iraq.  Now we just have to get his daughter and son-in-law home safely.  John called us to ask if we&#39;d please keep the 28th open to celebrate Darrin&#39;s safe return.  They are flying in from Hawai&#39;i for the weekend.  Like I would ever miss a party&#33;<br />
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Bases for John&#39;s displays are finished and I just have to start drilling holes of rthe dry ice.  Let&#39;s hope one of these proto-types work.<br />
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Joey - you&#39;re right, a wonderful spouse is the best gift of all.  So is being with your best friend - i could never understand why anyone would want to be with someone who wasn&#39;t.  Even after 30 years, there&#39;s no one I&#39;d rather hang with.  And you asked about co-pay, for us, it&#39;s &#036;5, although that may change now that I&#39;m on Chris&#39;s policy.  <br />
And congrats on the house&#33;&#33;&#33;  See?  All&#39;s well that ends well&#33;<br />
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Mary Lou, my heart cries for you.  I know what that kind of pain can be like.  I found some relief with lumbar injections, but I don&#39;t know if that would work for you.  Kenichi urged me to do acupuncture, but I wussed out.  <br />
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Need to scoot, so I will wish everyone a grand weekend.  don&#39;t give me <br />
up for lost at sea if you don&#39;t hear from me for a couple of days&#33;<br />
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Charlie