Maximus was sprayed by a skunk for the second day in a row! Thank you Lisa for the Herculean effort to remove the stench (again) so I can go to work. Trap ordered.

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Happy new year all my FB friends and family! (Really, do you all think I sit around with my phone in my hand just waiting to post at the stroke of midnight? Try the web service If This Then That, silly.) Happy New Year!

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SLPOA Snowman Building Contest from Steve McClelland on Vimeo.

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John Poremba added just the right amount of

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Home again, home again, jiggety-jig. We’ve just landed back in Sac on the last leg of our trip to Florida, Virginia, Washington D.C. and New York. We’re exhausted and home-sick after 14 days on the road, but

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We have one more day in the Big Apple, then we’ll see our first Broadway play with Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick (It’s Only a Play,) and fly home tomorrow.

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Emily has been a fan of Matthew Broderick for as long as I can remember. On the drive to NY she tweeted that her type was Matthew Broderick… And then this happened.

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I wouldn’t have missed this. Despite the cold and rain, we took our rental car to our last stop in D.C., Arlington National Cemetery. It was a somber experience visiting the grave of President Kennedy and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. The cracks of

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We braved inclement weather in DC again to do the things that tourists do. Today that meant touring the White House. The first-family was in Hawaii, so that meant rolling back the carpets and creating NSF files for 400 tourists an hour. Emily sprinted through the tour, bored to death, pouting the whole way. Let’s not forget that she was scolded by Secret Service for sitting on an antique chair. Then she posed for nearly 20 selfies on the exit to the east lawn, smiling as if it was the highlight of her trip.

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