Good morning from Stockton, where we are headed up to 70 after a cool evening.  I&#39;m listening to the soundtrack to &quot;Grand Hotel&quot;.  We have a meeting of the Artistic Committee this afternoon and we&#39;re supposed to be deciding on something or othere.  This thing is trying to sound like Sondheim, but isn&#39;t as clever.  plus it doesn&#39;t have the name recoginition we really need.<br />
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Last night, we went over to our friends&#39; house to check out the partiall completed remodel on their kitchen.  They went from pine and pastels to granite and chrome.  It was quite a change&#33;  <br />
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We had a call that a friend of ours, who&#39;s a executive chef and culiarny educator, is now going to be a competitor for Iron Chef.  It takes place on May 8 and we&#39;ve been drafted for Team Britto.  He&#39;s asked us to design his display table for the public, so that&#39;ll be fun.  If nothing else, it&#39;ll be a fun way to spend a Tuesday night and you know the food is going to be interesting.  I&#39;m just hoping the secret ingredient won&#39;t be something I&#39;m allergic to.  <br />
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Cheryl, we have a large Hispanic population here in Stockton and I can say that they are some of the hardest workers we have.  Many are migrants and they work from dawn to dusk.  The whole stereotype of a lazy Mexican certainly didn&#39;t come from this spot.  <br />
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Kareen - I hope you have a safe trip West<br />
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Joey, I hope you have a safe trip East.<br />
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Mary Lou, if you can&#39;t get that curtain/window washing out of your system, you are welcomed to my house with open arms.  I hate washing windows&#33;  Esepcially the ones on the second floor&#33;<br />
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Keith and Rita - it looks like you hve some major weather coming your way.  Please be careful.<br />
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Robert, exercise is a pain, but it will be like money in the bank in the days ahead.  Keep at it and know that you have all our support.<br />
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Maria - I haven&#39;t gotten to know you yet, but my heart goes out to your dog.  Hopefully, she has gotten back on her feet and can fnd her way around now.  Just being with you I&#39;m sure is a comfort.<br />
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Hope everyone has a grand day&#33;<br />
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Charlie