Greetings for a still dark Stockton - had a very long night last night.  Read through went well though.  got all the bio and contact info from folks - hopefully we&#39;ll never have to use the later.<br />
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Yesterday we went over and signed our lease for another year - thank the gods that&#39;s over with.  Stillnot happy about the rent jump, but this is still the cheapest place with the nicest facilities and the largest floor plan.<br />
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Today I&#39;m going to head into the office to input some more subscriptions - can&#39;t believe how many people renewed over the weekend.  They really need to have someone in that office eight hours a day around renewal time.  then it&#39;s a mad dash home to prep for a dinner party this evening.  We&#39;re doing vegetable bird nests, a crab and fennel salad, then meatloaf(by the guest&#39;s request), scalloped potatoes and roasted beets. Then we&#39;ll have individual mango/raspberry  tarts for dessert.  With any luck, I&#39;ll be able to stay awake for it all&#33;  At least all the cleaning is done.<br />
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Also promised the big guy that I&#39;d go through our insurance policy today and clean out all the old garbage - like our policy for our old apartment in Reno - not so necessary anymore...and any piece of paper I can throw out is a good thing&#33;<br />
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Cheryl - our cruise is in July - we leave the 25th.  I don&#39;t know if we&#39;d be quite as excited if we didn&#39;t have three newbies going with us, but chances are we would be.  This is my favorite part of any vacation - the anticipation.<br />
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Keith and Rita - glad to have you back  - it&#39;s been so quiet here.<br />
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Robert - isn&#39;t it always the way?  it&#39;s like the sprinklers you see running during a rain storm.  Reminds me of that old WWII saying, &quot;Is this trip really necessary?&quot;<br />
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Marie - now you know why people don&#39;t like to go to the movies with me.  Chris says I should have a tee shirt that reads, &quot;But why?&quot;  another reason why I don&#39;t go to more movies.<br />
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Found out a bit of triva about a favorite movie,  &quot;Halloween&quot;.  Didn&#39;t know that Michael&#39;s mask was actually a mask of William Shatner - that had to hurt&#33;  Shatner said that he was happy to have contributed.<br />
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On that note, I&#39;m wishing you all a grand day out&#33;<br />
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Cheers&#33;<br />
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Charlie