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Last night was my parent's first ever Christmas party. It was a lot preparation since their house has been under construction and is now finished. Everyone had a great time and Dad was able to show off a few of his Christmas presents he got early: The lamp that hangs over the pool table that my brother and his wife got him and the Precision Pours and Liq-Trol that my husband and I got him. I just knew if I gave them to him on Christmas he'd tell me "I could have really used this at the party.", so he got them a little early. I sent some to Dan & Kristen (his wife)and he loved them enough to mention them in his blog :-). We can't recommend them highly enough! They make a great stocking stuffer too. Sorry I didn't mention it earlier folks, but I didn't want Dan to read about them here and order some for himself and spoil the surprise ;-).
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I lost all my emails again! Last time I lost them was on the 10th. I'm hoping this doesn't happen every ten days or something :-\. This really bites. In case you're wondering, my email is on Win2k. I recently moved from my 98PC to that one so that I wouldn't have email problems... go figure!
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Like Mother like daughter... I definitely take after mine. As it turns out, when I was Gaetano's age my mom was leaving the gas station and my brother and I were in the back seat fighting. She turned around to discipline us and she crashed into a pole! (See yesterday's entry if you don't understand the humor in this story.) So I am guessing that when my grandchild is Gaetano's age, Gaetano will probably crash his car into a pole too. When that happens, I'll be able to think back to yesterday and laugh, just like my mom did today when I told her what I did and she told me the story of what she did. :-)
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I'm going to cry... I just lost all my email for the past 2 weeks and have not a clue why. There are people I am supposed to respond to who I can't remember and several emails that have file attachments that I have now lost. This royally sucks...
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I can't believe I did this... I'd bought a baloon for Gaetano while we were out shopping. On the way home he was complaining "I'm stuck", as he always does when he wants out of his car seat or if he can't reach something. So I drove along thinking he's fine but I couldn't see him cuz the baloon blocked his face. He was quiet, I was singing Christmas songs, all seemed fine until I turned the corner to my street. I noticed the baloon was still blocking his face and I got startled by it because he wasn't responding to me. I pulled into my driveway and turned back to reach over and move the baloon so I could see him (for a moment I thought maybe he choked himself on the string to the baloon). As I reached back I was braking, but I turned the wheel to the right without realizing it. BOOM right into one of the carport's poles. Gaetano was totally fine just passed out from exhaustion and I was worried for nothing. What a day :-(...
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I was just thinking that Meriam-Webster's site needed a browser toolbar like Google's to let me look up words when I noticed their very subtle text ad for it. I've installed the m-w.com toolbar, and it appears to be very handy.
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I'm in for some long days... My mom won't be babysitting Gaetano as much now because he's become too much for her to handle. Generally he's a really good kid, but he's at that age where kids get stubborn and refuse to let you dress them (especially pajamas) or change their diaper. I can't blame mom, because I know it drives me crazy when he acts like that too.
I'm going to try to take advantage of the time he'll be home with me to break him of these bad fits and get him potty trained. I think that will help quite a bit. Unfortunately this means I won't be getting as much work done :-(. Good thing I am done with the book :-) I sure hope this phase doesn't last too long!
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Whatever will I do...? I just sent in the final chapter of author review on Dreamweaver MX Killer Tips. Even though I'm done, it doesn't feel like it yet. I'm excited, yet strangely bored and unsure what to do next! :-)
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