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Hard to think back (writing this in December) and do this entry...I scaled way back on my 'digital life' during September and October; slacking on my LJ, barely checking FB and nuking my private FB groups, etc. I really felt that I needed a change and needed to direct my energy in different directions for a while.

End of Summer

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September beach trip; only neighbors were the seagulls

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Sparta Renfaire

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ScanFest

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Kirk's Birthday

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Kirk got braces!

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Start of School

Strong and engaging start to school (5th and 7th Grade). For LAL we read SE Hinton's "The Outsiders." Online school includes math and science and lots of clubs this year (Model UN, STEM, Chinese Convo, DnD, Cooking, Lego, etc).

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Soccer, Soccer, and more Soccer

really, that's where most of the fall energy went...we participated in a travel league as well as a local rec league, and I was an assistant coach for the rec league team, so M-W-F was practices, with games on Sat and Sun. Kirk's playing really turned a corner though and he did great. Liberty started with some tennis clinics and really enjoyed them; so between soccer, tennis, karate, and music lessons, our fall season was really active and full.

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Kids

Kingfox's Feastables chocolate taste testing

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JonnyPop loot after a summer of popsicles

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Liberty's room redo, finished look

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Fit in the painting touchups and did the front porch and back stoop, and then decided to try water-sealing them...(Bummer was that I didn't realize that the water seal had a "sedona red' tint to it, so it really messed things up...I thought it just went on pink and then would dry clear, and painted both surfaces, whoops. sometimes you gotta mess up big to stay humble i guess).

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Dogs

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Gully went back to Schaefer's Farm to get re-homed after developing into a roo