tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36038111413646459802024-03-05T00:37:01.775-05:00No pickles, pleaseStephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15960893976166845202noreply@blogger.comBlogger563125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3603811141364645980.post-1445379196107100832014-03-08T10:26:00.002-05:002014-03-08T10:26:50.498-05:00Not if I see you first.So about 13 years ago, this happened...<br />
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Then in 2005, this happened...<br />
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A few weeks ago, we were so very lucky to witness this happening...<br />
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The words almost elude me on how bursty my heart feels to see Rachel so happy. I wish nothing but the best for her and her prince charming, who've both come so far to get here. Here's to a lifetime of love, laughter, wine, ink, and a few frogs thrown in for good measure. Love you both and so proud of you for finding the joy in the calm and quietness in life as well as the perks of free crap in fancy hotels!<br />
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Along the way, we got to see many familiar faces, some that go back almost 15 years. When I left my first real job, I probably wouldn't have guessed that a decade later I'd be sitting at a wedding table with the boss I was leaving behind. I suppose it proves that the good people in your life remain a happy memory when you call fall right back into your old shoes. So fun to catch up with the old AMG posse and hoping it's not another decade before we get to share stories again.<br />
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And, of course, some of those familiar faces are those I hold dearest in my life still, and it was extra special to spend the weekend with our dear Meg, mine and Brad's date for the weekend festivities. Or should I say Brad's date, as the two of them are peas in a (whiskey-soaked) pod.<br />
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Last but certainly not least, not one but two all-too-brief meetups with our Birgy Birg, set at two of our favorite old haunts. One was filled with the sounds of DJ-Thinks-It's-1991-and-we-love-it (me love you long time!) and the other, the sounds of us stuffing our faces full of Zingerman's food. Miss you already, Birg.<br />
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I must confess, this was the hardest trip back to St. Joe I've made. I miss all my loves, all the time, but being back with you all, with such a special wedding at the center of it all, with Bradford and the pooches in tow... made me a little homesick. I suppose it's good thing we learned by unfortunate-house-of-skankness that the dogs love them a swanky Holiday Inn! See you all again soon??<br />
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I worked up an appetite this afternoon on my first outside run in nearly two weeks. It was somewhat of a heat wave (25 degrees!) and not too windy, so I knew it was today or not for another week (looking forward to -8 tomorrow....). Besides, Brad took the iPad to Florida, so I didn't have anything worth watching - I knew I'd spend my whole run staring at the clock and cursing the basement, so I went for it - and stayed warm! Running in smooshy, packed snow is like running through the sand, though. I was pooped. And ready for some hot soup.<br />
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But first, because I failed to show her in all her beauty last night.... I give you kale and smoked trout.<br />
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Worth noting, also, that smoked trout is an instant favorite. It's like the classy tuna. It's still in a can, but it comes in a fillet, and, you know, it's more expensive - so it just screams class. I also recently discovered canned tiny shrimp - Hillary gets the props for that one! Again, it's shrimp in a can (kind of weird, right?).... but they are the perfect addition to homemade fried rice. Yum. And don't require me to pooper scooper them - always appreciated.<br />
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Also prior to dinner-making.... Cute poochness ensued.<br />
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Okay. Soup! Soup! Soup!<br />
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Of course, I read the recipe wrong and didn't buy enough beans, so I made do with two cans of beans and just 32 oz of broth - which I ended up cutting with a splash of milk and a dab of butter.... I don't love veggie broth - I'm sure it's the salt but it something about it just tastes... tin can-ny.... Anyway, it did the trick, so high five to me.<br />
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Still a little broth-y, but I loved it - and it was actually really filling, far more so than the beercheesepotato soup I make all the time. The pureed beans, I suppose. Anyway, I suspect this is one that will age nicely and I look forward to forcing it on Brad tomorrow (not a true force - he seemed agreeable to trying it. Amazing.).</div>
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I just may make a mushroom man outta Brad after all.......Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15960893976166845202noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3603811141364645980.post-52693015745352087582014-01-25T19:51:00.001-05:002014-01-25T19:52:22.356-05:00Schmolar schmortex.You can't scare us, polar vortex. Lots of fun was to be had in the snow, wind, and subzero temperatures today - and we weren't about to miss Molly's baby shower!<br />
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Unfortunately, the weather did prevent several people from attending, but that just meant more delicious Hillary-made food for us to enjoy - and more Molly time to monopolize. Congrats to Molly and Jimmy!<br />
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Afterward, I took the dogs (separately!) for snowy, blowy walks - they've got a severe case of cabin fever, and they needed to get the heck. out. before the temps dipped even lower. Plus, they always love a chance to model their snazzy jackets.<br />
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And then, because Brad is gone, I made random Brad-wouldn't-have-any-of-it dinner.... :) Sauteed kale (ok, he'd happily eat kale) with caramelized onions (he hates onions!) and holiday fig balsamic (leftover from Christmas, I want to drink a glass of it!), with smoked trout (with a dash of horseradish) on sourdough. On tap for tomorrow, something with oodles and oodles of mushrooms (Hillary's mushroom and spinach quesadillas? Rachel's mushroom tacos?) - Rachel insists!<br />
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Time to go.... avoid eating any more cookies....Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15960893976166845202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3603811141364645980.post-64568140552879329142014-01-22T20:19:00.000-05:002014-01-22T20:19:56.382-05:00A winter's tale.Yeah, yeah... I know.<br />
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All of this occurred during a very much needed and appreciated two-week vacation. The way the holidays fell, and where I was in the work year and plans and projects, it just worked out that I could be off for SIXTEEN DAY IN A ROW! And 18 away from the office (the snowpocalypse kept us snowed in for the first two days back but we were at least trying to work from home). How often does that work out? Two full weeks.... Almost unheard of. And it was amazing. I'm not totally over the fact that I'm back to real life now. Sigh.<br />
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I've kept up my running - lots of snowy runs over break (including my PR for 5k, woo!) - offset, of course, by all the food and drink.... but I'm slowly detoxing myself and at least getting stronger, if not all that much skinnier. Starting using Instagram, which is probably why I haven't been here much (yo, check me out: stephjchurch). And, I never thought I'd say this, but I've transitioned to nearly full-time iPhone photo taking. I will NOT however, give my camera up for actual vacation photos, but for everyday life, it seems to be the way to go.<br />
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I also got to spend some very special time with some very special people this past weekend. What's turning into an annual SHS '96 Girls Reunion came together nicely with some quick drive-by hug and kisses visits with girlfriends and meet and greet with my littlest family member. What a whirlwind.<br />
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Hello, baby!<br />
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Hello, oysters!<br />
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Hello, my lovely ladies!<br />
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So much to be thankful for. So much.Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15960893976166845202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3603811141364645980.post-38825970962519818722013-12-02T20:15:00.000-05:002013-12-02T20:15:03.715-05:00Running full.I am the worst blogger ever! Rest assured, I've been staying true to my life's work (eating and drinking) in the interim. Luckily, I've also been doing a lot of running.<br />
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Hillary and I scored these sweet twin shirts at the outlet mall a few weeks ago for THREE DOLLARS AND SEVENTY ONE CENTS.<br />
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I've finally begun to find my groove with this running thing and it's more of a pleasure and less of a struggle - at least most days. I have decided winter running is the key. You can always warm up, but in the dead of summer.... it's just.... not easy. I even braved the snow and ice Thanksgiving morning for my first true winter run and I have to admit - it was kind of amazing.<br />
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Town was completely deserted, everything was silent except for the lake. (I went headphone-less in my nervousness - I thought it'd keep me better tuned into my feet and less likely to wind up on my butt.) I felt like I could have run forever. With scenery like this, what's not to love?<br />
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I am pleased to also report that all my work has paid off - I ran with Hillary tonight for the first time in months, a smidge over 3 miles, and, while I have a slower pace, it was almost easy.... and I was even able to talk, and made it up the death hill. I felt like a freakin' champ. Sending lots of love Hillary's way for being a constant source of motivation and support. Smooch.<br />
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But the food.... always the food... especially for a holiday like Thanksgiving. Stuffing and tofurkey and mashed potatoes, oh my! (I made <a href="http://therightrecipe.org/2013/11/15/once-a-year-sourdough-cornbread-dressing/">this stuffing</a> this year and it. was. amazing.)<br />
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And the drink..... I don't drink a lot, don't get me wrong, but I like to drink a little, a lot... especially with so much good stuff surrounding us here in sw Michigan.... What started as a lunch date Friday afternoon turned into a booze tour of sorts, and it was awesome.<br />
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AND NOW..... it's almost Christmas! HOOOORAY!<br />
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Coming soon.... Christmas Vacation movie party. Third annual cookie party. Somerville Christmas. Holiday Inn and It's a Wonderful Life. I can barely contain myself.</div>
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My inspiration tonight was a recent Pinterest find, <a href="http://naturallyella.com/2013/01/18/sweet-potato-and-quinoa-salad-with-soft-boiled-eggs/">sweet potato salad with soft-boiled eggs</a>. For the Churches, the salad was modified - fancy lettuces, red pepper, sunflower seeds, oil/vinegar dressing (as described), minus cheese (only because of course two), and minus quinoa (perhaps it is shopper error, but I cannot find plain quinoa in my store). The focus, of course, being my beautiful farm eggs and my first attempt at a soft-boiled egg. Not too shabby, if I don't say so myself.<br />
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Are eggs not the most photogenic of foods? Beautiful.<br />
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We ate the leftovers as a deconstructed shepard's pie, with a bed of spinach, topped with leftover potatoes, topped with loaf crumble. Yum.<br />
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The 2nd best margarita I've ever had and make-your-face-hurt spicy seafood-stuffed </div>
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chile rellenos at <a href="http://www.richardsandoval.com/tamayo/index.php">Tomayo</a> Denver.</div>
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Vail, by the way, is insanely, breathtakingly beautiful. You should go there. (Preferably in October, when the trees are all bright yellow and the snow has started to fall.)</div>
Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15960893976166845202noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3603811141364645980.post-71128386386391273822013-10-14T19:51:00.000-04:002013-10-14T19:51:06.257-04:00Holy soup.Seriously. Holy freakin soup. I've made soups over the years, but they almost never turn out quite like they should - almost always too thin, or two chunky, or just not perfect. I think I've made THE soup. (And thanks for the soupy inspiration, Rachel!)<br />
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I did some googling earlier and found <a href="http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/food-network-kitchens/apple-cheese-soup-recipe/index.html">this soup</a> from Food Network. We picked more apples Saturday than we could reasonably consume as, you know, apples, so I was happy to find a recipe that included apples - grilled cheddar and apple sandwiches are amazing so why wouldn't this be?<br />
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...especially when I swapped out a cup of the broth (veggie!) for JAW JACKER.....<br />
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Other minor changes - I used all sharp cheddar, regular old orange, and I used WAY more nutmeg than 1/8 tablespoon. That was an oops, but it worked out just fine. Oh, and I sauteed the onions in four tablespoons of butter rather than six - I think this was the magic key to how thick and glorious the soup got, which never happens for me (I always way way under butter my recipes). I guess butter IS the magic ingredient.<br />
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And, just for my Bradford, who spits out all the onion chunks when I left them... I got out the immersion blender and blended up the onions and most of the apples (left a few chunks) for a smoother, frothier soup.<br />
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Brief interlude to say.... the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/KitchenAid-KHB2561CU-5-Speed-Hand-Blender/dp/B005QIYKVG">five-speed KitchenAid immersion blender</a> Brad got free from work this past spring. Is. Amazing. I mean, it comes with a dang box! If you haven't heard our crazy immersion blender saga - Brad got me one for Christmas a few years ago. It never worked right (the pieces didn't connect/lock correctly). Then he got a free one at work that was fewer speeds but actually worked. Then he got another. Then he got the fancy pants one in a box and I dumped the broken blender and gifted out the others. So we now are back down to one sweet as hell appliance!<br />
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This was soooo good. Sooooo good. Did I say so good? The mix of the apples, the beer, and the cheddar was just perfect - just the right amount of sharp bite from the cheese, sweet from the apples, and just so flavorful from the addition of the beer.<br />
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The honeycrisp trees were nearly empty, so we scoured the ground below for hidden gems. We got about a half a bag full, which was plenty.<br />
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After a stop in town for a walk out on the pier (it was SO beautiful out - pushing 80 in the sun), it was home to get. stuff. done. Brad tackled the shed, and Heidi helped (that is, she took advantage of all the new space).<br />
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After a quick break to pick up lots of poo (gross!), I headed to the kitchen for the afternoon (and evening) to do something with my bounty. First, some mood music.<br />
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Now to assess the loot...<br />
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And because that wasn't enough time spent in the kitchen, we stayed in and I made dinner and dessert for date night in! I saw <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/pin/128141551871145708/">this pin</a> last week and immediately thought of it when we saw spaghetti squash at Stover's, so I picked up a small one in preparation. After arguing with the hard-as-a-rock squash for a bit, I finally got it cut and in the oven (a five-minute nuke in the microwave did the trick). While it baked, I simmered my homemade sauce (stewed tomatoes, fresh garden tomatoes, basil, lots of dried herbs, red pepper, and onion) and prepped dessert - baked apples with butterscotch schnapps topping from Seasons Harvest in Harbert (picked this up last week with Birgit).</div>
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Finally it was time for dinner.... and it didn't disappoint (well, the squash could have used another five or ten minutes, but otherwise). Even Brad liked it. He says he did like it, too, didn't just tolerate it. Score for spaghetti squash! The recipe calls for ground meat in the sauce, but I added spinach instead. Yum.<br />
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Those apples smelled SO GOOD. Seriously. And they tasted as good as they smelled (and you really do taste the boozy kick of the schnapps). We had leftovers of this tonight and I'm contemplating dropping the last leftover bit into oatmeal for an extra indulgent breakfast one day this week.<br />
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By 8 pm, I was pooped and excited to finally sit down (to kick Brad's butt at Scrabble). I was telling Brad yesterday, while it was hard to be newly moved here and have no friends here and have no job, I do have incredibly strong and happy memories of all the time I spent in the kitchen that first fall in St. Joe. Luckily I'm no longer jobless or friendless, but I find myself spending less and less time in the kitchen - and I miss it. Saturday was just what I needed. Now maybe I can whip up some pumpkin goodies this week... ????Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15960893976166845202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3603811141364645980.post-77541136919017468122013-10-07T20:36:00.000-04:002013-10-07T20:36:00.711-04:00Birthday bow tie.First and foremost, happy happy SIXTH birthday to our favorite dude in the world.<br />
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Birthday CHOMP.</div>
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In some belated around-here news, we have a new yard. Well, a new front yard (the backyard is something we are avoiding thinking about until next year.... you may remember that we re-sodded the backyard two years ago. It is now dead.). We are very very excited about our new grass, our new fancy black grasses, our new holly bushes, and our new TREE!<br />
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For reference, this is how the front looked this spring...<br />
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What a difference!</div>
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...and just in time for Halloween month!!!<br />
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All this loveliness really got me in the mood for a visit from my best gal Birgit, who spent the past weekend in St. Joe with me. Catching up, giggling, eating, drinking, giggling, antiquing, movie watching, and, of course, more giggling.<br />
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<i>Ferris Oyster Bar, Victoria, dinner</i><br />
Tired, very tired, but yummy Lavender sidecar and yummy steamed mussels and clams.... from what I remember.<br />
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<i>Point No Point, Shirley, lunch</i><br />
And don't call me Shirley! (Ok, a two-line review.) Quaint, amazing views, the best shrimp salad sandwich I've ever had, washed down with deliciously fizzy lime Perrier.<br />
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<i>Pescatores, Victoria</i><br />
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<i>2 Chefs Affair, Nanaimo, lunch</i><br />
Unplanned but irresistible super cute cafe, risotto balls (Brad), fish three ways, including the most delicious shrimp cake I've ever had.<br />
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<i>Hawksworth, Vancouver, dinner</i><br />
"Best new restaurant in Vancouver," also in our hotel, did not disappoint with octopus ceviche, crab custard, and some of the most beautiful fish we've ever seen.... including crispy skin (YUM). <i>*sidenote, when places are extra hip or fancy, I try to reign in the nerdy photo taking!</i><br />
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<i>Random pub in Whistler, lunch</i><br />
Kind of like being at Cedar Point, you're there for the entertainment and, in this case, the view, which, for us, was (outside) looking up both Whistler and Blackcomb from the base of the ski hills, where daredevil bikers were biking down the mountain.<br />
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<i>Yaletown Brewery, Yaletown, Vancouver, dinner</i><br />
Our casual night, decent beer...<br />
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<i>Go Fish, Granville Island, Vancouver, lunch</i><br />
On the docks, straight from the fishermen, popular fish shack for fish (Brad) and oyster tacos that were mostly worth the 45-minute wait when they lost our order ticket.<br />
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<i>Blue Water Cafe + Raw Bar, Yaletown, Vancouver, dinner</i><br />
Repeat visit for us, as amazing as we remembered, wishing I could eat a million more sockeye salmon nigiri pieces RIGHT NOW because they might be the most amazing bites of anything, anywhere.<br />
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<i>Fish House, Vancouver, brunch</i><br />
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<i>Steamworks Brewery, Gastown, Vancouver, beer</i></div>
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And finally, a few extra words for our FINAL meal of vacation. We'd popped by a waterfront bar Saturday afternoon (revisiting from our last trip) for a few drinks, where we were chatted up by a middle-aged gentleman with a slightly younger (ok, much younger) girlfriend, and I believe he was showing off a bit for her (her first trip there). We exchanged a few restaurant recommendations, when he "warned" us about our choice for the next night - Rodney's Oyster Bar. He said with somewhat of a sneer, "...well, the oysters are good.... but's it's like <sneer> pub food! Have a plan B." We felt pretty secure in our choice still but were still like, hmm, wonder why he said that.... BUT on our last afternoon, leading up to our dinner, two locals seemed incredibly excited that we planned to go there and had nothing but rave reviews. So glad we listened to them and didn't waver because it was... perfect. Travel tip... don't ever listen to the snooty tourist but always to the locals.</sneer></div>
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<i>Rodney's Oyster Bar, Yaletown, Vancouver, dinner</i><br />
Loud, casual, simple seafood menu of oysters and other shellfish, with salads (which we were mad craving) and soups (Slapjack = my new favorite soup, cream, butter, leeks, oysters), and, of course oysters.... and more oysters for dessert.<br />
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The three food groups of vacation!</div>
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Yeah for vacation! Canada makes us happy.<br />
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Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15960893976166845202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3603811141364645980.post-82172841967847144482013-09-16T15:48:00.000-04:002013-09-16T15:48:54.012-04:00Making a list, checking it twice.In honor of our impending vacation (tomorrow morning!!!!), I decided it was high time to update the packing list I created years ago - which, honestly, I use for every single trip I take. I would love to attach the PDF for your downloading pleasure. Alas, it won't let me, but, be assured, I'm happy to email it directly should you ever want it. (And blame any wonkiness on the Word to blog transfer! The weird white boxes are checkboxes on my end.)<br />
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I feel I should point out a new addition to the ole packing list - running gear! I used to poo-poo the idea of exercise on vacation, but now that it's (finally) part of my regular routine, I can't see completely eliminating running all together on vacation (besides, then I can pig out guilt free!). I also updated the electronics (iPad for plane movie viewing!) and pulled some items from the list into the notes section (i.e., traveling amusement).<br />
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And yes, I said undies. <br />
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When I finalize my packing tonight, I suspect this list will be much more effective than the old.<br />
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What are YOUR packing habits? Do you see any room for improvement with my new list?<br />
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Oh, and see ya next week! Look out Canada, here we come!<br />
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";">license,
credit cards, cash</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="height: 11px; margin-left: 3px; margin-top: 4px; mso-ignore: vglayout; position: absolute; width: 14px; z-index: 251645952;"><img height="11" src="file:///C:\Users\churcsj\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image001.gif" width="14" /></span><span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";"></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";">Passport
(EUR, CAN)</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="height: 11px; margin-left: 3px; margin-top: 4px; mso-ignore: vglayout; position: absolute; width: 14px; z-index: 251646976;"><img height="11" src="file:///C:\Users\churcsj\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image001.gif" width="14" /></span><span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";"></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 3;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";">Boarding pass</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="height: 11px; margin-left: 3px; margin-top: 4px; mso-ignore: vglayout; position: absolute; width: 14px; z-index: 251648000;"><img height="11" src="file:///C:\Users\churcsj\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image001.gif" width="14" /></span><span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";"></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 4;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";">Flight,
hotel, trans., misc info</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="height: 11px; margin-left: 3px; margin-top: 4px; mso-ignore: vglayout; position: absolute; width: 14px; z-index: 251649024;"><img height="11" src="file:///C:\Users\churcsj\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image001.gif" width="14" /></span><span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";"></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 5;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";">Travel books,
maps</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";">trip journal</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="height: 11px; margin-left: 3px; margin-top: 4px; mso-ignore: vglayout; position: absolute; width: 14px; z-index: 251650048;"><img height="11" src="file:///C:\Users\churcsj\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image001.gif" width="14" /></span><span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";"></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 6; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";">Traveling
amusement</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";">magazines,
books, knitting</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="height: 11px; margin-left: 3px; margin-top: 4px; mso-ignore: vglayout; position: absolute; width: 14px; z-index: 251927552;"><img height="11" src="file:///C:\Users\churcsj\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image001.gif" width="14" /></span><span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";"></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
<table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-insideh: .5pt solid windowtext; mso-border-insidev: .5pt solid windowtext; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;">
<tbody>
<tr style="mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;">
<td colspan="3" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 454.2pt;" valign="top" width="606"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Toiletries</span></b></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";">Contacts</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";">spares,
solution, case</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="height: 11px; margin-left: 3px; margin-top: 4px; mso-ignore: vglayout; position: absolute; width: 14px; z-index: 251652096;"><img height="11" src="file:///C:\Users\churcsj\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image001.gif" width="14" /></span><span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";"></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";">Deodorant</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="height: 11px; margin-left: 3px; margin-top: 4px; mso-ignore: vglayout; position: absolute; width: 14px; z-index: 251653120;"><img height="11" src="file:///C:\Users\churcsj\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image001.gif" width="14" /></span><span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";"></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 3;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";">Drugs</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";">scripts (imuran,
bc)</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="height: 11px; margin-left: 3px; margin-top: 4px; mso-ignore: vglayout; position: absolute; width: 14px; z-index: 251790336;"><img height="11" src="file:///C:\Users\churcsj\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image001.gif" width="14" /></span><span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";"></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 4;">
<td rowspan="3" style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";">mira powder </span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="height: 11px; margin-left: 3px; margin-top: 4px; mso-ignore: vglayout; position: absolute; width: 14px; z-index: 251915264;"><img height="11" src="file:///C:\Users\churcsj\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image001.gif" width="14" /></span><span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";"></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 5;">
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";">drammamine</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="height: 11px; margin-left: 3px; margin-top: 4px; mso-ignore: vglayout; position: absolute; width: 14px; z-index: 251916288;"><img height="11" src="file:///C:\Users\churcsj\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image001.gif" width="14" /></span><span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";"></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 6;">
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";">advil, tums,
pepto</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="height: 11px; margin-left: 3px; margin-top: 4px; mso-ignore: vglayout; position: absolute; width: 14px; z-index: 251917312;"><img height="11" src="file:///C:\Users\churcsj\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image001.gif" width="14" /></span><span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";"></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 7;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";">Face cream</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="height: 11px; margin-left: 3px; margin-top: 4px; mso-ignore: vglayout; position: absolute; width: 14px; z-index: 251874304;"><img height="11" src="file:///C:\Users\churcsj\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image001.gif" width="14" /></span><span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";"></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 8;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";">Face wash</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="height: 11px; margin-left: 3px; margin-top: 4px; mso-ignore: vglayout; position: absolute; width: 14px; z-index: 251908096;"><img height="11" src="file:///C:\Users\churcsj\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image001.gif" width="14" /></span><span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";"></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 9;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";">Glasses</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="height: 11px; margin-left: 3px; margin-top: 4px; mso-ignore: vglayout; position: absolute; width: 14px; z-index: 251909120;"><img height="11" src="file:///C:\Users\churcsj\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image001.gif" width="14" /></span><span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";"></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 10;">
<td rowspan="3" style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";">Hair</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";">brush, comb,
iron</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="height: 11px; margin-left: 3px; margin-top: 4px; mso-ignore: vglayout; position: absolute; width: 14px; z-index: 251912192;"><img height="11" src="file:///C:\Users\churcsj\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image001.gif" width="14" /></span><span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";"></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 11;">
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";">ponies,
headband (running), bobbies, hat</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="height: 11px; margin-left: 3px; margin-top: 4px; mso-ignore: vglayout; position: absolute; width: 14px; z-index: 251910144;"><img height="11" src="file:///C:\Users\churcsj\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image001.gif" width="14" /></span><span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";"></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 12;">
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";">Hairspray</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="height: 11px; margin-left: 3px; margin-top: 4px; mso-ignore: vglayout; position: absolute; width: 14px; z-index: 251911168;"><img height="11" src="file:///C:\Users\churcsj\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image001.gif" width="14" /></span><span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";"></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 13;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";">Makeup</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="height: 11px; margin-left: 3px; margin-top: 4px; mso-ignore: vglayout; position: absolute; width: 14px; z-index: 251919360;"><img height="11" src="file:///C:\Users\churcsj\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image001.gif" width="14" /></span><span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";"></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 14;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";">Perfume</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="height: 11px; margin-left: 3px; margin-top: 4px; mso-ignore: vglayout; position: absolute; width: 14px; z-index: 251920384;"><img height="11" src="file:///C:\Users\churcsj\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image001.gif" width="14" /></span><span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";"></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 15;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";">Razor</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="height: 11px; margin-left: 3px; margin-top: 4px; mso-ignore: vglayout; position: absolute; width: 14px; z-index: 251921408;"><img height="11" src="file:///C:\Users\churcsj\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image001.gif" width="14" /></span><span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";"></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 16;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";">Shaving cream</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="height: 11px; margin-left: 3px; margin-top: 4px; mso-ignore: vglayout; position: absolute; width: 14px; z-index: 251922432;"><img height="11" src="file:///C:\Users\churcsj\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image001.gif" width="14" /></span><span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";"></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 17;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";">Toothbrush</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="height: 11px; margin-left: 3px; margin-top: 4px; mso-ignore: vglayout; position: absolute; width: 14px; z-index: 251923456;"><img height="11" src="file:///C:\Users\churcsj\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image001.gif" width="14" /></span><span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";"></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 18;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";">Toothpaste</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="height: 11px; margin-left: 3px; margin-top: 4px; mso-ignore: vglayout; position: absolute; width: 14px; z-index: 251924480;"><img height="11" src="file:///C:\Users\churcsj\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image001.gif" width="14" /></span><span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";"></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 19;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";">Tweezers</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="height: 11px; margin-left: 3px; margin-top: 4px; mso-ignore: vglayout; position: absolute; width: 14px; z-index: 251925504;"><img height="11" src="file:///C:\Users\churcsj\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image001.gif" width="14" /></span><span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";"></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 20;">
<td colspan="3" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 454.2pt;" valign="top" width="606"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Clothes</span></b></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 21;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";">Bathing suit</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="height: 11px; margin-left: 3px; margin-top: 4px; mso-ignore: vglayout; position: absolute; width: 14px; z-index: 251875328;"><img height="11" src="file:///C:\Users\churcsj\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image001.gif" width="14" /></span><span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";"></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 22;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";">Running
clothes</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";">shorts/pants,
sports bra, top, socks, extra undies</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="height: 11px; margin-left: 3px; margin-top: 4px; mso-ignore: vglayout; position: absolute; width: 14px; z-index: 251876352;"><img height="11" src="file:///C:\Users\churcsj\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image001.gif" width="14" /></span><span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";"></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 23;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";">PJs</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="height: 11px; margin-left: 3px; margin-top: 4px; mso-ignore: vglayout; position: absolute; width: 14px; z-index: 251877376;"><img height="11" src="file:///C:\Users\churcsj\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image001.gif" width="14" /></span><span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";"></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 24;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";">Yoga/comfy
pants</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="height: 11px; margin-left: 3px; margin-top: 4px; mso-ignore: vglayout; position: absolute; width: 14px; z-index: 251878400;"><img height="11" src="file:///C:\Users\churcsj\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image001.gif" width="14" /></span><span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";"></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 25;">
<td colspan="3" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 454.2pt;" valign="top" width="606"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br clear="all" style="mso-special-character: line-break; page-break-before: always;" />
</span>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .75in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .75in;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Shoes<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></b></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 26;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";">Running shoes</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="height: 11px; margin-left: 3px; margin-top: 4px; mso-ignore: vglayout; position: absolute; width: 14px; z-index: 251901952;"><img height="11" src="file:///C:\Users\churcsj\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image001.gif" width="14" /></span><span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";"></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 27;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";">Comfy shoes</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="height: 11px; margin-left: 3px; margin-top: 4px; mso-ignore: vglayout; position: absolute; width: 14px; z-index: 251902976;"><img height="11" src="file:///C:\Users\churcsj\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image001.gif" width="14" /></span><span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";"></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 28;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";">Nice shoes</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="height: 11px; margin-left: 3px; margin-top: 4px; mso-ignore: vglayout; position: absolute; width: 14px; z-index: 251904000;"><img height="11" src="file:///C:\Users\churcsj\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image001.gif" width="14" /></span><span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";"></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 29;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: center 70.3pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";">Sandals<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="height: 11px; margin-left: 3px; margin-top: 4px; mso-ignore: vglayout; position: absolute; width: 14px; z-index: 251905024;"><img height="11" src="file:///C:\Users\churcsj\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image001.gif" width="14" /></span><span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";"></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 30;">
<td colspan="3" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 454.2pt;" valign="top" width="606"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Outerwear</span></b></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 31;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: center 70.3pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";">Jacket<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";">fall or rain
coat</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="height: 11px; margin-left: 3px; margin-top: 4px; mso-ignore: vglayout; position: absolute; width: 14px; z-index: 251881472;"><img height="11" src="file:///C:\Users\churcsj\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image001.gif" width="14" /></span><span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";"></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 32;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";">Hoodie/cardigan</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="height: 11px; margin-left: 3px; margin-top: 4px; mso-ignore: vglayout; position: absolute; width: 14px; z-index: 251882496;"><img height="11" src="file:///C:\Users\churcsj\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image001.gif" width="14" /></span><span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";"></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 33;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";">Casual
purse/bag</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="height: 11px; margin-left: 3px; margin-top: 4px; mso-ignore: vglayout; position: absolute; width: 14px; z-index: 251883520;"><img height="11" src="file:///C:\Users\churcsj\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image001.gif" width="14" /></span><span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";"></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 34;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";">Evening purse</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";">small</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="height: 11px; margin-left: 3px; margin-top: 4px; mso-ignore: vglayout; position: absolute; width: 14px; z-index: 251884544;"><img height="11" src="file:///C:\Users\churcsj\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image001.gif" width="14" /></span><span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";"></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 35;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";">Winter attire</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";">hat, gloves,
scarf</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="height: 11px; margin-left: 3px; margin-top: 4px; mso-ignore: vglayout; position: absolute; width: 14px; z-index: 251885568;"><img height="11" src="file:///C:\Users\churcsj\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image001.gif" width="14" /></span><span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";"></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 36;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";">Beach bag</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="height: 11px; margin-left: 3px; margin-top: 4px; mso-ignore: vglayout; position: absolute; width: 14px; z-index: 251886592;"><img height="11" src="file:///C:\Users\churcsj\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image001.gif" width="14" /></span><span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";"></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 37;">
<td colspan="3" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 454.2pt;" valign="top" width="606"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Misc</span></b></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 38;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";">Belt </span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";">brown, black</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="height: 11px; margin-left: 3px; margin-top: 4px; mso-ignore: vglayout; position: absolute; width: 14px; z-index: 251897856;"><img height="11" src="file:///C:\Users\churcsj\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image001.gif" width="14" /></span><span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";"></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 39;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";">Jewelry </span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="height: 11px; margin-left: 3px; margin-top: 4px; mso-ignore: vglayout; position: absolute; width: 14px; z-index: 251929600;"><img height="11" src="file:///C:\Users\churcsj\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image001.gif" width="14" /></span><span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";"></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 40;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";">Sunglasses</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";">case</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="height: 11px; margin-left: 3px; margin-top: 4px; mso-ignore: vglayout; position: absolute; width: 14px; z-index: 251930624;"><img height="11" src="file:///C:\Users\churcsj\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image001.gif" width="14" /></span><span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";"></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 41;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";">Umbrella</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="height: 11px; margin-left: 3px; margin-top: 4px; mso-ignore: vglayout; position: absolute; width: 14px; z-index: 251931648;"><img height="11" src="file:///C:\Users\churcsj\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image001.gif" width="14" /></span><span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";"></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 42;">
<td colspan="3" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 454.2pt;" valign="top" width="606"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Electronics</span></b></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 43;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";">Camera</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";">charger,
cords</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="height: 11px; margin-left: 3px; margin-top: 4px; mso-ignore: vglayout; position: absolute; width: 14px; z-index: 251933696;"><img height="11" src="file:///C:\Users\churcsj\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image001.gif" width="14" /></span><span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";"></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 44;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";">Phone</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";">charger</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="height: 11px; margin-left: 3px; margin-top: 4px; mso-ignore: vglayout; position: absolute; width: 14px; z-index: 251934720;"><img height="11" src="file:///C:\Users\churcsj\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image001.gif" width="14" /></span><span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";"></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 45;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";">iPod </span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";">usb cord,
charger</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="height: 11px; margin-left: 3px; margin-top: 4px; mso-ignore: vglayout; position: absolute; width: 14px; z-index: 251935744;"><img height="11" src="file:///C:\Users\churcsj\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image001.gif" width="14" /></span><span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";"></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 46;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";">iPad</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";">charger</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="height: 11px; margin-left: 3px; margin-top: 4px; mso-ignore: vglayout; position: absolute; width: 14px; z-index: 251936768;"><img height="11" src="file:///C:\Users\churcsj\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image001.gif" width="14" /></span><span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";"></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 47;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";">GPS</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";">cords, dock</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="height: 11px; margin-left: 3px; margin-top: 4px; mso-ignore: vglayout; position: absolute; width: 14px; z-index: 251937792;"><img height="11" src="file:///C:\Users\churcsj\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image001.gif" width="14" /></span><span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";"></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 48; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";">Converter
plugs (EUR)</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 151.4pt;" valign="top" width="202"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="height: 11px; margin-left: 3px; margin-top: 4px; mso-ignore: vglayout; position: absolute; width: 14px; z-index: 251938816;"><img height="11" src="file:///C:\Users\churcsj\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image001.gif" width="14" /></span><span style="font-family: "Albertus MT Lt","sans-serif";"></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
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Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15960893976166845202noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3603811141364645980.post-46535030219836997222013-09-08T19:24:00.000-04:002013-09-08T19:24:03.292-04:00Ain't it been some kind of day.In case inquiring minds want to know, currently I am...<br />
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<b>Reading -</b><br />
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This is seriously hilarious and a super fun read.</div>
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<b>Rocking -</b><br />
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Can't. Stop. Repeating. This. Song. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yEn94IiFnM">You listen now, too.</a></div>
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<b>Eating -</b><br />
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Black beans!</div>
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A week from Tuesday!</div>
Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15960893976166845202noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3603811141364645980.post-61778611524818068432013-09-05T20:31:00.003-04:002013-09-05T20:31:50.140-04:00Something of the avian variety.Once the excitement of the baby birds out front died down (well, I never stopped being excited - they just flew the coop), I focused my birding energy on the backyard. To refresh your memory, I bought my first bird feeder this spring -<br />
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It certainly made me feel like the most popular girl on the block, with sparrows and robins fighting for a spot on one of two small perches. I quickly learned birds are pigs (they deplete the feeder in 3 to 5 days!) and slobs (they throw crumbs ALL OVER the place), in addition to being brutes - they knocked one of the perches right off (and it fell into a mouse hole - eek!)! With a mangled, too-small feeder on my hands, I headed to Home Depot for a replacement. The goal? Get some color in my backyard! Love the sparrows, of course, but I wanted to attract the cardinals I see hanging around but are too big for the perches.<br />
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I've only caught quickly glimpses of cardinals in the feeder, but over the weekend I caught, and managed to photograph, the holy grail of backyard bird feeders.... The male woodpecker!! So.... beautiful.<br />
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Bbqs with friends and family. Bike rides to Benton Harbor. Antiques with my gal Hillary. Brunch and bloody marys with dear old friends. Beach picnics and polka dot innertube floating. And then, whilst grocery shopping, Brad got a call from NYC Lisa - calling to see if we were free for a visit! SURPRISE! (Her and other Brad were in Michigan for vacation but not in our neck of the woods.) I love surprises! Especially when they reunite the four of us - all together for the first time since April of 2010!<br />
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Where did we take them? The Boat House, of course!<br />
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aaaaand.... Now we're halfway through our week back to work. Why do weekends ever have to end? Sigh.Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15960893976166845202noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3603811141364645980.post-33767302653110275782013-08-28T20:33:00.001-04:002013-08-28T20:33:22.472-04:00Don't just stare at it.What once started out as a primarily food blog has morphed a lot over the years. And I've come to terms with that. But every once in a while you need some good food porn, right? Tonight seems like the night. Brad had a fantasy football party at work (lame), so I took advantage and decided to make breakfast for dinner. I haven't been to the store in a bit, so I had to make do with what little produce I had in the fridge - why, huevos rancheros! (Sort of.) And now that is has been made and consumed, I'm not sure why I've never made a meal like this before.<br />
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Bottom - very quickly pan fried tortilla (my favorite jalapeno corn tortillas). Middle - leftover black beans sauteed with a dollop of salsa, a squeeze of lime, garden basil, and some yellow pepper from Saturday's farmers market. Top - two fried eggs.<br />
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Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15960893976166845202noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3603811141364645980.post-49340641133178272812013-08-25T20:37:00.000-04:002013-08-25T20:37:30.644-04:00Sailing.... da da.<i>Nothing makes you feel older, quicker, than watching an award show on MTV. Just saying.</i><br />
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<i>(seriously, this 14-year-old girl is performing in a circa 1987 prom dress. wtf?!)</i><br />
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Also this weekend, our girl Heidi turned seven. SEVEN. How can that be possible? Also making me feel old.... the recognition of how quickly years pass, and how the world changes with each year. (And how many wrinkles and gray hairs accompany each passing year.) Anyway, Heidi could still pass for a puppy, with her energy and spunk and, of course, her puppy wrinkles that she never grew into. Only giving away is her slowly whitening face, which shows her depth and wisdom.<br />
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Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15960893976166845202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3603811141364645980.post-44215366014903693512013-08-22T19:47:00.000-04:002013-08-22T19:47:15.431-04:00Biggest one in four counties.Holy late August, where did August go? Seriously! This is getting to be ridiculous. Luckily, the summer continues to be awesome, so I can't complain too much. Last weekend, St. Joe was overtaken by Churches, when Brad's brother and family visited. Much hilarity ensued.<br />
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If you look closely, you'll see the corn and blueberry salad I made, which is deeelicious. <a href="http://www.bhg.com/blogs/delish-dish/2013/07/03/last-minute-4th-of-july-recipe-corn-and-blueberry-salad/?crlt.pid=camp.7Z1AVc4av1us">Check it out here</a>. I'd put it together the night before for dinner with the fam, but due to a last-minute change (Chinese food!), it didn't really get eaten. Fine by me! This left us with lots for our Sunday picnic, and with the addition of feta, it was a hit. Of course, it goes even better with Italian herb pitas from the farmer's market. Also on the food front, quiche porn!<br />
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Did someone say porn? How about some knitting porn!<br />
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Our very dear friend Patrik, of Munich, has a new addition to his family, so I knitted up a little hat and picked up a cute Michigan onesie, shipping it across the pond earlier this week. Good thing I get a significant FedEx discount if I ship at work! Sheesh. :)<br />
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And then.... (and no and then!) I spent the day with Rachel. For realsies. Swoon.<br />
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If you are asking yourself, "I wonder if he is wearing a hot pink thong underneath his speedo shorts?" The answer would be.... y-e-s.<br />
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Annnnnnnd then.... we drank some beer and shucked some corn! Who could ask for any more?!<br />
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And visiting with friends. Including very exciting visits from home - three cheers for not one visit, but two visits from my dear dear Sara in one week...<br />
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And, of course, we've been working on the house. Something about putting a million dollars into the exterior of your house (okay, it was slightly less than that) makes you want to finish all your outdoor projects so the beautiful paint job (and all new windows!) really shines. For me, this meant finishing our front porch. One of my favorite parts about the summer is sitting out front, drinking my morning coffee or reading in the evening or just plain getting some afternoon sun. New light fixture, check. New mailbox, check. And we've wanted to get real porch furniture for the past few summers, but, like rugs, that stuff is hard to pin down. Finally, finally!! we found something online at Home Depot that was just perfect. We ordered Monday night and by the end of the week, we had a giant box on our porch.<br />
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I didn't think the porch looked <i>bad</i> before, but it kind of looks college apartment-like, now that we have mature, adult furniture!<br />
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The chairs even rock! Literally! Ha! I just... there aren't even words. My heart is full with love for my front porch. It even looks sweet at night, courtesy of our new light (and Edison bulb) -<br />
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To celebrate our cozy new corner, we spent our Saturday night out front, with cocktails and Scrabble.<br />
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Clearly explains how Brad actually beat me. By <b>one</b> point. ONE! All vowels, all boozy.Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15960893976166845202noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3603811141364645980.post-27800682257196452582013-07-30T19:59:00.001-04:002013-07-30T19:59:09.874-04:00Alive and kicking.I'm not going to lie. I wasn't looking forward to 35. It's an age I've dreaded since I turned (and dreaded) 25. And 30. Both those ages turned out to be pretty great, actually, so I shouldn't be surprised the 35 is already shaping up pretty nicely.<br />
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10 months, 16 Michigan beers later.</div>
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<b>And the cupcake.</b><br />
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I've very rarely been seduced by the baked good tables at the Farmer's Market, but this cupcake was in my possession before I even thought about it. I saw it, then I had it. And it was delicious. Fresh raspberry frosting = birthdaytastic.<br />
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<b>And last but so very not least, all the awesome people in my life that wouldn't dare let me sulk and ignore a birthday made this one of the best birthday weekends yet. That helped, too.</b><br />
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Hugs and kisses to our St. Joe contingent.</div>
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Oh yeah, and this crazy dancing lady flower. She helped, too.<br />
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You can't beat me, 35!<br />
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35 and still smiling.</div>
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<i>*especially not when Joey McIntyre randomly showed up on screen. Yes, I yelped like a 13-year-old.</i><br />
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Brad was up north for his big golf trip (sleeping in a tent, in the heat), so my Melissa came for our third annual ding-dong-the-hubby's gone beach weekend -- our first in three years where we had TWO full days of beautiful weather. (Yes, I consider 102 degree heat a successful beach day - that's what the water is for!) As per usual, Melissa came well prepared - new beach chairs with backback straps and built in cooler and cutie towel clips.<br />
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We also tried out a new place, Jimmy's in New Buffalo -<br />
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And after our hottest week of the summer (and perhaps last summer, too), our painters extraordinaire, Daniel and Frankie, FINISHED THE HOUSE. A quick look back, if you will.<br />
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Three weeks in... the "pick the color process" begins. This process was not fun. In fact, it was incredibly stressful. I had the picture in my head but didn't know how to translate that to paper swatches. Very very lucky for us, we had good guys working with us, and even though Daniel <i>knew</i> how to make what I wanted happen, he humored me and at one point we had 10 different samples on our house, including custom mixes.<br />
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And when we still didn't know, they painted our two favorites basically across the whole front of our house. They made it clear that this is not normal (in fact, they pointed out they've never gotten that many samples nor have they painted such large swatches [below]). But it pays to not be assholes (us) because people are more willing to do the crazy things you request they do.</div>
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Eventually we went with Antique Silver, the sample on the far left. Did you know that true gray, I mean, what you picture in your head when you think "gray" is actually mostly brown? Any other gray turns your house purple. Who knew? Other than the painters, who tried to tell me.... ;)<br />
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Before they could start painting, they had to cover the neighbors' house. Thank god we have such awesome neighbors.<br />
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But once they started, they got too excited and just revealed all.... and what a beauty they revealed.<br />
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We are so thrilled. Thrilled with the outcome, thrilled with the guys we worked with. It would be impossible to list everything they did for us. They caulked every seam between every shingle on our siding. They replaced a random broken window square in our garage. They killed some bees for me. They respected me and the bird babies and didn't think of touching my ferns until the finches had flown the coop. They loved our dogs and took care to keep the gates closed. They wore space suits for a week straight and scraped lead off our house. They replaced rotten windowsills. And all their hard work shows. I wish my new job could be "stare at my looks-like-a-new-house house all day" for money. I absolutely adore our house. And I love her even more now.</div>
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First, come up with a plan of attack. Ceile, Hillary, and I have been talking about doing this for years, and Ceile finally said, "LET'S JUST DO IT!" We picked a date (July 13), <a href="http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/trisha-yearwood/low-country-boil-recipe/index.html">picked a recipe</a>, and divvied up responsibilities. Ceile was in charge of all the boil accouterments (veggies, sausages, etc). I was in charge of seafood, liquor, and tunes. Hillary took on beer and dessert as well as hosting (and fire manning duties via Troy) duties.<br />
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Next, create a swinging playlist, with a mix of retro and beach-themed tunes, like "Ukulele Lady" by Arlo Guthrie, anything from the Stand Be Me or Dirty Dancing Soundtracks, the Jaws theme, Jack Johnson, and a personal favorite of mine - <a href="https://www.facebook.com/CigarStoreIndians">the Cigar Store Indians, who I've seen live many times at Ann Arbor's Top of the Park.</a> Oh, and, of course, a little "Summer Girls," just cause.<br />
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Once the party rolls around, you have to have a solid fire pit plan. Lucky for us, we have an engineer in the mix (go Troy!), so we knew the fire had to burn for an hour, then the water would take just around 15 minutes to boil. Then we just followed the recipe (which we have some tweaks to make to the next time around).<br />
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While the potatoes and corn simmered, we enjoyed some delicious punch (Cape Cod Punch, from the book Porch Parties [thanks, Lisa S.!]) and Nude Beach beer.<br />
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Even the kiddoss were in the spirit!<br />
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Gotta say, we killed it. Sure, there are some tweaks for next time (a little more spice, a little less time for the sausage, and, oh yeah, pots with rubber handles? That's gonna melt!), but man, what an awesome night. Seriously. And, obviously, the key ingredient? Some super duper awesome friends. Who wouldn't want to to tackle this adventure with these groovy cats?<br />
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Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15960893976166845202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3603811141364645980.post-56104062164541391202013-07-08T21:01:00.000-04:002013-07-08T21:01:17.377-04:00Stephanie scissorhands.We had a nice long break for the holiday, filled with lots of old friends, beach fun, and summer drinks. And lots of general lazing around.<br />
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After days and days of somewhat gluttonous behavior, I decided to hit the kitchen and try out some new kitchen gadgets and some newly pinned recipes, prepping a few meals, and sides, to force us to stay put and eat healthy for the week (or, at least for a few days!). Out came my newly awarded mandoline (thanks, Whirlpool!) and my new and improved immersion blender, and soon the kitchen was an enormous mess.<br />
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Prepping <a href="http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes-and-cooking/50-slaw-recipes/page-2.html">light coleslaw</a>, <a href="http://www.evakolenko.com/eat-this-taco-pickles/">pickled veggies</a>, and <a href="http://spicedblog.com/cold-carrot-soup-with-jalapeno-coconut-milk.html">chilled carrot soup</a>.</div>
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I was very excited to finally use my new immersion blender, and have it work!! (previous failed attempts = user error)<br />
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And even more excited to try out my new mandoline, which I received as a spot award at work for being generally awesome (ha! well, someone thought so enough to at least formally thank me). I sliced a ton of carrots, then some radishes...<br />
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The little holder works great with the radishes. Less so with the carrots. So..... I decided to forgo the holder. Went "ok" for a while - note the bandaid, from a mini slip (not pictured, where I sliced the tip of my fingernail off as well). But after slicing the radishes, I felt more confident, so I went back to free-form slicing for more carrots so I could finish up the taco pickles.<br />
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I slipped and sliced about half an inch deep into my right index finger, as well as just into my fingernail base (luckily I hit nail, which slowed me down). There is a wound crevasse. Ugh. Just thinking about it again makes my stomach turn. Puppies and kitties, puppies and kitties. Anyway, I was bleedy bleedy for a good hour and am I terrified to remove my band aids today and take a peek today (I've been showering with my bandaged finger wrapped in saran wrap!). Maybe tomorrow. Maybe. I've smacked it a few times today against stuff and it made me very ouch-facey.<br />
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Needless to say, I was in no position to make bean patties, so Brad came and helped me finish up that night's dinner. Love that guy.<br />
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FYI, the coleslaw was delicious. I've never ever liked coleslaw. Hated it, actually. But lately, I can't get enough. Weird.<br />
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On to today, it was finally time to bust out the carrot soup with spicy coconut milk....<br />
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This was actually just ok - I blame my decision to use light coconut milk (I know, I know). And it actually tasted better last night warm. It was super filling but light, though, and a perfect dinner with salad (could have used a good roll, too, though). Makes me want to try making gazpacho soon, though! Come on, tomato season! For now, rest.... hunt and peck style typing is zzzzz!Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15960893976166845202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3603811141364645980.post-18360523116998920642013-06-30T20:47:00.000-04:002013-06-30T20:49:24.134-04:00Surfin bird.If you drove by our house this week and didn't look closely, you may have thought there was a rabid monkey on the loose in our house.... Welcome to our house "renovation."<br />
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Luckily, we only have two more days of this part of the process (two down). Then the paint part of the paint job starts - half a week down, only three and a half left to go! Probably should pick our color here pretty soon....<br />
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In case you are concerned, the guys took great care to protect the babies. They've been chirping away all weekend, growing more every day.<br />
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In other house news, we had visitors this weekend - my family. Their first summer visit since we've lived here, actually, and the highlight by far was swimming in the huge waves with Jordan Saturday. It wasn't very warm out (maybe 70?) but, to our surprise, the water was actually super warm, despite the very cool spring we've had. The three of us spent a good hour out there bopping around, getting our butts kicked by the surf. Loved this time alone with our little man.<br />
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I don't think I've ever seen him smile quite so much. Love it.Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15960893976166845202noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3603811141364645980.post-70915385045137194692013-06-24T20:14:00.000-04:002013-06-24T20:14:34.265-04:00Tequila!This happened...<br />
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We went to Chicago and discovered Mezcal. And the beauty of spicy salt with margaritas.</div>
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And discovered some more drinks (at RM Champagne).</div>
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And some more drinks. (At Girl and the Goat)</div>
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BABIES!</div>
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And MORE babies.</div>
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The official BEFORE pictures.</div>
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House Renovation '13 begins TOMORROW!</div>
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