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Ah - a long weekend!!!

So today I worked my normal shift at the store, and now I'm off, and the kids are off, and Asia's off until TUESDAY!!! Love long weekends. And the weather is supposed to be PHENOMENAL!!!

Maybe we'll go buy a new pool for the kids - the last one endured three summers and is extremely saggy... it just won't hold air anymore.

I found a grill for Asia this morning at a garage sale - he's had his eye on the nice stainless steel ones at Costco - they run anywhere from about $400 to $800... Found a great one just like the ones he's been looking at for $135... brought it home and cleaned it up a bit and we're having steaks this weekend!

Ryan is coming tonight to stay the weekend with us. Our little brother/son/friend/ex-roomie - it's always great to have him here. I'm hoping we can be an encouragement to him and just show him lots of love... he's so fun to have as part of our extended family. The kids don't know he's coming, so they'll be surprised when they wake up and he's here.

And hey - Carrie won American Idol Wednesday night - good for her. I had to cry a little bit - she was just so darn cute when she won and I'm a sucker for a happy ending...

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