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Outdoor Fun

The Orclette, displaying the tiny bug (which you can't see) on her dinosaur. Gladiolas. Wisteria. Something? I had the markers in the pots but two little someones took them out. Miniorc wanted his picture taken. The water toy, which has been permanently banished to the front porch. The

Too many things to decide on a title.

We launched into Spring Break about two weeks ago. I got on my laptop maybe once or twice but otherwise had a laptop-holiday. It was very freeing. It's also the reason I managed to go three weeks without posting anything (I thought it had only been two). We were glued to the t.v., however, and the kids saw new shows such as "Godzilla" and movies such as "The Fly". I was in the mood for campy SF. We ate way too much. My sister-in-law and mother both like to cook and they flow seamlessly from one meal to the next. I can make pasta, pancakes and eggs (and I love to make bread-that I'm good at) but anything else requires thought and planning and it certainly doesn't feel effortless. You should have seen the change that occurred in our refrigerator: one day it was packed with food and the next it wasn't because my mom had flown back home. We made it through the Bataan Memorial Death March. I managed to get myself dehydrated and ended up in the medic