Woo Hoo - I&#39;m back, but still in Stockton.  it&#39;s cloudy and they are promising rain, but I feel that we will be just the fifth wheel and ignored. <br />
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Jackie, send us your rain&#33;  No, wait, you&#39;re in a severe drought, so maybe that&#39;s not a good idea.  You need it more than we do.<br />
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yesterday was the start of prep for the Scholarship dinner.  i lvoe the kids, but they have no sense of direction at times.  They haven&#39;t quite gotten a handle on channeling their energy and time into productive outcomes.  That being said, yesterday was quite the *ahem* adventure.  We did finished preparing all the silent austion items.  They are auctioning off an aphrodisiac cooking seminar (the mind boggles) and the high point is one of the Top Chef contestant&#39;s (Mia) will be doing a dinner for two for some lucky couple.  We ended up with five live auction items and 42 silent items.  Hopefully, we will do better than last year.<br />
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Today we head over the the country club at 10 and should be back by midnight...one of the few times Monday is going to look good to me...<br />
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JimmyKahoots - okay, you mentioned Bugsy Malone - the movie or something else?  We need to talk.  I&#39;m in the theater and currently have a son designing on Broadway.  I&#39;m an (small) award winning playwright and set designer (mostly specializing in muscials). You made me chuckle about feeling old.  I&#39;ve been doing this since 1974 and will <br />
continue as long as the back holds up.  I should be old like you.<br />
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Tonia - how are you feeling, love?  Is the wrist/arm any better?  Did the stir fry turn out? I&#39;m hoping to get back to posting more recipes this coming week, but things were just getting a little wild around here.<br />
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Joey - just remember that good things come to those who truly deserve them, like you two.  And I belive that we are never given any more than we can truly handle - how we choose to carry that burden is what makes us whom we are and what we will become.  Be strong.<br />
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Same goes to you, Robert.  I&#39;m not sure of your medical condition, but it is extremely important that you take care of yourself to the exclusion of everything else.  True friends will wait and will be there in the end.  <br />
Know that you&#39;re being tested for some higher reason and draw strength from that.<br />
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Cheryl, I took Ambien for several months after my surgery and never had a peck of trouble with it.  It would have been great to have been sleeping cleaning or cooking, but alas, it was not to be.  I still keep a few on hand for long plane trips, but that&#39;s it.  I&#39;m thinking that if you have been taking them this long without incident, you are okay.  If not, well, my house could use a good cleaning...<br />
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MaryLou - hope you&#39;re doing well and having a great weekend&#33;<br />
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Okay, I&#39;m going in&#33;  Cover me&#33;<br />
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Charlie