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2nd chance?

April 24, 2012

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Well, I was thinking about our anniversary… and how much I really enjoyed it… even though it was just the two of us driving around town and never quite deciding what to do. We stopped and looked at puppies, we looked at lighting, we went to Costco and … we talked. All the time I wondered if I should get him a second gift. What second gift would you get the men?

Then I thought what about the wives? What about 2nd Anniversary gifts for her? What should the men give the women? My favorite of course is ‘CHOCOLATE’. Then again… I am one of ‘those’ people who love chocolate. Still I didn’t come up with a good answer for the men… At least nothing I can post on my blog. GRIN. Another year to think about it… I’m sure I’ll have something by the beginning of next April.

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The first chapter from my Youngest

April 24, 2012

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The words in bold are his vocabulary words…

The Dog

One day a dog named Sam had huge potential that he would be bought. But at an annual sale, Melinda bought Carl, the cat. The next year I thought Christy was rummaging for me, but she really bought Ryan, the fish. So the next month I used my puppy eyes but Lisa bought Sara, the hamster in a package deal. Then I figured out why no one would buy me, I was to expensive. But I actually saw Helen walking toward me. Helen politely asked if she could keep me and the shop owner said “yes.” When she opened the door to the vestibule I darted to her room.

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