A Happy Wednesday to everyone - and the last day of February to boot - can anyone else remember when February was at lesat two months long - and every day was a Monday?  Now the days just fly by.  Must be something to do with the gravatational pull or relativity - it certainly can&#39;t be me getting older&#33;<br />
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We did get a bunch of rain last night and it&#39;s still petty cloudy, but this is it for awhile.  We are supposed to be in the 70&#39;s by this weekend.  Such wish I could box this and share it with those of you still in the lower temps.  If it&#39;s any consolation - last year we had nearly a month of 100+ temps.<br />
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Well, if anyone noticed my site name - Spikesgirl, it reveals my favorite character on Buffy.  Never had much love for Angel, but Spike, yup, he&#39;s a different case.  Then there&#39;s also the fact that he lives just up the road in Modesto that gives him the home boy appeal.  We tried to get him in to talk to our drama students about their careers, but couldn&#39;t get his schedule and ours to jive - he was available in the summer and our kids were all either in classes (those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it in summer school) or working three jobs to pay for classes during the rst of the year.  The show really helped me understand the students and it gave me a more level playing field at times (except when I had to explain that, no Frank Sinatra isn&#39;t a new singer and Glenn Miller isn&#39;t related to the Steve Miller Band.).<br />
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My MIL was a great RVer, but Chris has always hated it.  She wanted him to take it, but he refused.  He&#39;s very uncomfortable in any sort of trailer.  Much of it has to do with his stature - he&#39;s 6&#39;5&quot; - and everything is just too small for him to get comfortable.  I, however, am 5&#39;2&quot;, so I fit anywhere and would love to have the chance to RV, but that&#39;s life.  We&#39;ll just have to cruise instead.<br />
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Poor Ashleigh and your poor dog - that is just a no win situation.  Does she also have food allergies or is it more organic, i.e. molds, pollen?  We have a friend allergic to onions and garlic - imagine that&#33;  It would make me crazy if we had to get rid of our cat - not that anyone would take him.  he ha the personality of Ghengis Khan, but not quite as nice.  however, he can also be the sweetest, most loving cat I&#39;ve ever seen.    Guess until my book is finished, I&#39;m stuck with him.  At least he lends himself well to watercolors.<br />
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Today is my day to volunteer at the community theater that is part of our apartment complex (yes, we picked it because of the theater - I&#39;ve been involved with theataer since *ahem* 1974).  It&#39;s hard to stay in the front office, when my heart is back in the Scene Shop.  We just finished with &quot;The Secret Affairs of Mildred Wilde&quot; and are starting to mount &quot;Blithe Spirit.&quot;  I&#39;m also on the Artistic Committee there, responsible for choosing the plays/musicals for the next season.  Does anyone have a favorite play and/or musical they would like to suggest? We are sort of running low for next season and I really don&#39;t want to do &quot;Annie&quot; (again) or &quot;Fiddler&quot; (again, again and again).  Any suggestions would be welcomed - please... help...<br />
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Also forgot to mention that we are big foodies (and we have the waistlines to prove it).  I haven&#39;t been over to check out the forum here, but plan to soon.  Does anyone have a favorite cruise dish?  We are planning a cruise dinner prior to leaving and are entertaining ideas at present.  We love to do theme parties and have to confess that our best one to date was the Titanic dinner (we recreated the last meal - this is when having a friend whose a executive chef pays off).  Anyhow, if anyone has suggestions, again I&#39;d love to hear them.  It doesn&#39;t have to be indicative of one line or the other.<br />
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Man, I&#39;m long today - sorry.  I&#39;ll try to be shorter next time.  <br />
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Charlie