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Let me preface this with: I am in no way a professional barber.  I am just cheap.

I cut my family’s hair.  I even trim my own bangs, though I haven’t lately.  The woman who cuts my hair (3-4 times a year, whether it needs it or not) gets a little frownie line between her eyes when she sees I have taken the scissors to my hair.  I figure it is safe to say I am not exceptionally good at it.

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Things were a little crazy (and a little lazy) the past week.  My mom and sister came to visit from Texas!  It’s fun to catch up, though in the electronic age there isn’t really much to catch up on I suppose.  Thanks to Facebook and emails and unlimited long distance, it isn’t like we don’t get to share the important stuff.  However, nothing beats actual live interaction, especially when kids are involved.

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I hate wearing shoes in the summer.  My feet seem to be my whole body’s thermometer.  Most of the year, I have to wear slippers.  If my feet are cold then I feel cold.  If my feet are hot and sweaty, be prepared for me to be grumpy.

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I was talking with my sister recently, and she commented “we sure do know how to make some work for ourselves, don’t we?”  I laughed at the time, but that phrase haunted me for a few weeks.

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HRH is an aspiring movie director, these days.  My dad (aka Bapa the Sucker) bought her a Hello Kitty video camera.  She’s been shooting movies for weeks, now.  Mostly of Moose the Dog… or of herself.  Today, she killed a few hours with a couple of her friends.  The first part of her day was spent at their house and entailed shooting a few scenes from her latest blockbuster, “My Dog is a Vampire”.  I haven’t seen the final cut, but I understand there was lots of screaming.

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