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August 2012

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    Up To Speed – Take Two

    August 30, 2012
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    I know. It’s been awhile. I had a really promising streak of ‘a blog a day’ and then life took over yet again and off we went on a wild ride. First, we traveled to Wisconsin for a lovely family wedding. Here are a few photos of us looking spiffy for a day. Of course nobody is looking at the camera and everyone is being a nut, but that’s family for you. I cannot tell you how well these photos…

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    Never Say Never

    Written by Ellen and Joel – a joint effort You know all of those times when you say something that is outside your current realm of possibility and someone warns, “Well, never say never”?…

    August 11, 2012
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    A Few Little Perks

    There’s nothing like a few loose ends getting tied up to spruce up the place and offer a little hope. A couple of those shifts brought us some new experts to add to our…

    August 10, 2012
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    Joel Sucked Up St. Joe

    Yeah. You heard me. There’s no other way to say it. Joel, in his frenzy of drywall-dust vacuuming, sucked up St. Joe with the shop vac. He knew it. Joe put up a good…

    August 6, 2012
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    Up To Speed

    I just spent a wonderfully relaxing week with my daughter, Alexandra, in Boulder, Colorado. It was a wonderful respite from the house renovation and a perfect mother-daughter connecting time. Believe it or not, things…

    August 6, 2012