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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">but I can tell you that me and Yahtzee must have been very good this year to have been blessed with this little gift from heaven</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Christmas time is magical for sure, even the days after as I wonder around my mothers house in my new slippers or look out at the snow covered lawn, I am still carrying the Christmas spirit.</span></div>
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Axel's first encounter with Santa Claus is a bit unconventional. </div>
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On Saturday, we saw thousands of Santa's as they embark on the yearly pilgrimage across Manhattan to spread holiday cheer- along with elves, reindeer, Ms. Claus...polar bears! you name it.</div>
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If you are not familiar, just have a look <a href="http://nycsantacon.com/">here</a> or see Axel in action <a href="https://vimeo.com/55760042" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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Last weekend my sister, brother in law and kids visited. To give them a taste of NYC over the holiday, we ventured to mid-town despite the crowds. We managed to get a glimpse of the tree and watch the ice skaters at Rockefeller Center. It was a lot of effort to be an observer, especially for short legs.</div>
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We got together with friends for some ice skating of our own. It is a little harder than i remembered it.</div>
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DASHAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01386256459518003954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1751127643723886422.post-90471296423785694032012-12-12T22:10:00.000-05:002012-12-12T22:10:10.168-05:00Being thankful<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Axel is already a month old and a lot has happened in this little boy's life over this span of time. Let's see, there was the extended hospital stay that had us all on edge for the first few days, a visit from Honey and Pa who are already spoiling him, baby showers and in house visits from wonderful friends, a week long power outage - care of Hurricane Sandy, where feedings were all by candlelight and a little habit of sleeping with mama and papa developed, and a dotting and crazy mama trying to figure out what every little coo and cry means to satisfy the every whim. Not to mention the first Halloween, a new mothers group, meeting the nanny and countless skype sessions. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I already know that I am really going to miss these days where we are getting to know one another and am not ready for them to end - but this handsome little boy is growing in leaps and bounds - already 1" longer and 2lbs heavier than at birth, and changing with every day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">For those who have given our Axel cards and notes and gifts, who have visited with us over the past month bringing love and food!, who have checked in with us to see how it is going and offered your help, gave advice (including decorating the baby room) - it is so much appreciated and as soon as I can put Axel down for more than two minutes, I promise to send pictures and respond properly. I have found that being a mama is 24/7 and much harder work than i anticipated, though it is worth every cuddle.</span><br />
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</a>DASHAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01386256459518003954noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1751127643723886422.post-21677831471715852282012-10-24T16:03:00.000-04:002012-10-24T16:03:38.986-04:00Handsome.<br />
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little rockstar is here, all 6 lbs and 11 oz of him.</div>
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in between snuggles and squeezes and feedings over the past week, i am finally able to share the arrival of our handsome Axel Ivan Urbane into this world. Axel already has a feisty little spirit and I can just watch him for hours no matter how exhausted I am. Every little hiccup and coo and sneeze is a blessing. I was a little sad to today to think that the first week is passed, but boy do i look forward to more of these magical moments in the weeks and months and years to come. </div>
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DASHAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01386256459518003954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1751127643723886422.post-17439719531223432202012-10-13T11:04:00.000-04:002012-10-13T11:08:47.278-04:00Fashionably late.<br />
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Well October 11th has come and gone</div>
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and we are still waiting on bambino</div>
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given mama's track record i doubt anyone is very surprised</div>
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but i like the fact that he is already taking after me</div>
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anyway these extra days are giving me some time to dream a little</div>
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and i am now sitting here in the baby room looking at some of our own baby clothes</div>
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… wondering if its a little Yahtzee or little Dasha who will don these clothes</div>
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no matter when baby arrives, </div>
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I'm so looking forward to that moment where Yahtzee says "its a boy" or "its a girl"</div>
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either way, it will will melt my heart to meet this little one in person</div>
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DASHAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01386256459518003954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1751127643723886422.post-48289398796166483522012-10-01T18:23:00.000-04:002012-10-01T18:23:37.296-04:00 Just another day in the park.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYFyrGMhjnyzGukzDNPmVeu07QJ19QDZqKCc3aJUUs_KqTIESpPlNHr7pijt5ntMZDke97VZgz6GNRoRbQZF8u_d3LFz4ZB6cF5-aEHSeJioEtjXrE1dR_LUpZSB0j_d9sBuMrh2eOkk4/s1600/IMG_8074.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYFyrGMhjnyzGukzDNPmVeu07QJ19QDZqKCc3aJUUs_KqTIESpPlNHr7pijt5ntMZDke97VZgz6GNRoRbQZF8u_d3LFz4ZB6cF5-aEHSeJioEtjXrE1dR_LUpZSB0j_d9sBuMrh2eOkk4/s320/IMG_8074.jpg" width="320" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-size: large;">I wouldn't be very truthful if I said that <i>every </i>day has been like a day in the park since the pregnancy began….if i said amusement park…well, that might be closer to the truth</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-size: large;">But Sunday WAS actually a day in the park, from at least 3PM onward. At 38 weeks pregnant, I decided to finally take a day off from work and my never-ending "things -to-do" list-- and forget about life for awhile.</span><br />
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By brother got married a week ago and it was a beautiful day all around - from the ceremony to the party to the lovely couple themselves</div>
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Family traveled in from Missouri and Minnesota for the occasion and it was sure nice to spend time together at the kitchen table and on the dance floor.</div>
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And as a sister of the Groom,<br />
i have to say i was quite impressed by my brother's own attention to the little things to make the day a special one.<br />
He planned a few surprises over the course of the day including a little note and gift for the bride in the bridal suite ahead of bridal march and a song for the bride on the dance floor.<br />
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Made me realize my brother is all grown up and I couldn't be more proud of him.</div>
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Congratulations you two -- and welcome to the club.</div>
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You are gonna love it!</div>
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DASHAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01386256459518003954noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1751127643723886422.post-79282346556938431402012-09-08T11:24:00.003-04:002012-09-08T12:22:44.820-04:00What!!!! We're going to be parents???<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I woke up with this overwhelming feeling today and its carried on all morning. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">To sink in, it's taken </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">8 months, a baby room in the making, a husband who is traveling this weekend which is making me nervous!, a friend helping me clean out the kitchen to make room for BOTTLES and baby stuff, a few baby items in the closet, "how you feeling?" calls from family and friends, a list of names that we keep adding to and never talking through (can a kiddo have 5 names??), filling out maternity paperwork, a shrinking stomach despite my ever-growing belly and slowing-down body, a "hospital" bag by the door, a little booklet of sonograms and doctor appointment after doctor appointment, and emotions so out of control </span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">that some days I barely recognize the woman I was just months ago</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I am going to be a momma, or is that spelled mamma??? gosh, i don't even know - </span></div>
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DASHAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01386256459518003954noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1751127643723886422.post-70557370965059603232012-09-02T00:42:00.002-04:002012-09-02T00:46:10.878-04:00Life's a beach<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Much as i love seeing Yahtzee's excitement getting ready for 'baby' (it's very endearing)…</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">a little sunshine goes a long way, beach day part 2 in store for tomorrow</span><br />
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DASHAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01386256459518003954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1751127643723886422.post-83782770947418741202012-08-30T23:53:00.000-04:002012-08-31T00:07:05.485-04:00i believe in love<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">It's certainly a turning point</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">after 7 years living here in NYC on a work visa</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">Yahtzee's green card status is official.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">"You can't even run and hide from me in your own country now"</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The smallest things and the biggest things affected me all the same for whatever the reason…lets just say its been a more emotional day than i have had in recent memory.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I don't know if you have ever seen the movie <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6xIF92OUos">Once </a>but it is a beautiful film and its now a wonderful <a href="http://www.oncemusical.com/index.html?gclid=CNXMzIqq4bECFQhN4AodPHoA2Q#googsearch">broadway show</a>. Such a great love story, so raw and unassuming and and the music is so pure…JT treated me tonight and I cried all the rest of my tears somewhere between the songs "Falling Slowly" and "When Your Mind is Made Up."</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">floating like a butterfly and stinging like a bee!</span></div>
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<b>and NO saying that the people-watching goes both ways now…. :-)</b></div>
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Saturday we had a nice BBQ with our Canadian mates, who are living down the hall from where the now famed JZ lived growing up on State Street in <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">BK</span></b> (JZ references his old address in Empire State of Mind).<br />
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well today we celebrated her first birthday in Astoria, <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Queens</span></b><br />
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i liked the Romanian tradition where all sorts of objects are put in front of the baby and whatever the baby grabs or chooses will determine the future occupation.</div>
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I think we are going to have a wise (owl) fun loving (monkey) writer (pencil) on our hands.</div>
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And of course we had a little something to celebrate right here in <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Manhattan </span></b>with this guy!</div>
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Today marked <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">10 years at his job </span>and i am very proud of him</div>
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<img border="0" src="http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c10/shinyprettybaskets/Client%20files/dasha.jpg" style="border: 0px none; padding-right: 100px;" width="80" /> </div>DASHAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01386256459518003954noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1751127643723886422.post-27935034971061924072012-07-13T00:30:00.000-04:002012-07-14T01:01:13.777-04:00when parents come in for a visit<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Me and Yahtzee have been in the thick of cleaning out our flat to do a bit of redecorating, and at same time trying to sneak in the "regular" errands and manage a heavier than normal workload for both of us. Making decisions like fabric and color for a loveseat have become trivial.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Two weekends ago we got a rather spontaneous visit from my parents. It was only a few days but so helpful, what a difference it makes to have a helping hand from family to keep calm and scoot on!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">I spent my morning off work relaxing, afternoon shopping (several hours!) and evening having a delicious dinner at Extra Virgin with Yahtzee and a hip west-villager, followed by a gorgeous display of fireworks on the Hudson River. Man, I miss this neighborhood.</span><br />
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When we moved here (<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">already 7 years ago yesterday</span>) the fireworks were launched from East River, Hudson River and the harbor downtown. Now its just one barge on Hudson..and on a 95 degree night like tonight standing with a large crowd, no wind…one just might begin to entertain themselves in the name of fun. And this came in many forms - from smoking reefer, hollering out for the fireworks to start, singing out loud, or, after the fireworks have started- very passionately cheering on the works with a "come on baby bring it higher", and "spit it out" and "oh yeah, there you go, thats fine baby fine" as one woman did. At one point I had to glance over at this woman to see what was really going on! There stood a very patriotic 50 some-odd-year-old woman just staring at the sky in delight.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">My personal favorite was the occasional breakout where one would shout, "Happy Birthday America" and everyone would clap and hoot and holler. It might seem corny, but it is a reminder of what the holiday is all about, those that gave their lives for all the freedoms we enjoy in this country, and the pride that comes with being an American.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I fell in love with Raskog, this beautiful turquoise 3-tiered cart, when doing some online window shopping this Spring. It became available at Ikea a month ago nearby our home and we left promptly at 7am on a Saturday morning to be sure to get her. After returning home and a rather tough time getting her up the stairs, we opened up our flat box to put her together and found Raskog was in fact Stenstorp, and we were not impressed. The next day, all the 'real' Raskogs were sold and I was left once again to scour the nearby locations on the Ikea website, hopefully checking each store's "stock prognosis". </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">At one point, Yahtzee even rode over an hour away at the promising show of six trolleys in stock in Connecticut, returning empty-handed to a very disappointed Dasha. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Well this week based on another lead, Yahtzee took a ride out to NJ to pick her up "again, of course calling ahead of time to be sure she was really on the shelf. Tonight he put our little Raskog together and here she stands in all her amazing blue glory, ready to be stuffed to the brim with <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;">make-up and perfume and nail polish and scarves and pretty hair clips!</span></b></span><br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">He's a true blue little darling too.</span></b><br />
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Our little flat has become <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">one big closet</span>.<br />
For several days i have been washing folding hanging and CURSING! Clothes moths have made a meal out of one of my favorite sweaters, and a pairing with a dress and one of Yahtzee's shirts..though i doubt that was near as appetizing :-)<br />
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Well we are just one day back from vacation and already paying the price. Both me and Yahtzee worked tonight till 9ish in the name of "catching up". On the bright side, Yahtzee works just a 10 min walk away from me so i got a personal escort home from husband. As a treat we made a stop at Rocco for a baked good of my choice and a coffee with frothed cream. I chose a "double chocolate" cookie but i can tell you, its not an easy choice. No sooner did we pay did i wish i got the cannoli, no, the pignolis, no wait…the cake, the CAKE!!!<br />
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Of course, we played things a little differently this time. First stop was the golf course where Yahtzee and my brother played a few holes with friends. Yahtz wore his lederhosen for good fun though i am sure that a few of those guys are under the impression all germans are running around like this 24/7. Then I was off to the beauty salon - thanks to dad for the gift certificate at christmas. I met my little sister there and together we got our locks done. I love it when they straighten my hair, but how come i have such a hard tie getting it so straight and smooth and shiny myself??? I have all the same tools and potions and lotions at home but no joy. My sister got a new look going on too with some highlights which i think look great. She is still getting used to them 2 days on but i have a hunch she will go lighter still next time - and be a natural "dark blond" like me.<br />
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Mostly, we took special time today to remember those who fought for our freedoms and have sacrificed their lives in the process. There have been countless brave men and women who should be commemorated, and my Uncle Donny is among them. We paid a silent tribute to our heroes.<br />
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Oh and that awful retainer that literally hurt your whole jaw as you lie on your back in bed dreaming of a white toothed smile. That day did finally come for me in 9th grade, and lasted quite a few years too. In my 30's, however, those darned bullyish teeth decided to go again this way and another - landing me right back to those dreaded days of seeing an orthodontist.<br />
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I got my new Invisalign retainers 2 weeks ago and today was my first checkup. This is a pretty cool system, firstly the retainers are clear AND come out. <br />
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I will have to swap out the retainer about 10 times over 20 weeks as my teeth shift. The orthodontist was pleased with my progress after first checkup and I am on track for a new smile due September 15. There is little drawback to these guys if you can escape the 2-week lisp that occurs when learning to talk with the retainers (i overcame this in about 10 minutes, some say i talk too much..).<br />
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Best of all they prevent you from snacking outside your dedicated meals since you have to remove them to eat. <br />
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Not to mention I am in good company with my modern day braces of which are also sported by a few other lovely ladies around the office. Yeah, we are trend-setters alright.<br />
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Anyway, be on the lookout for my new winning smile this fall.<br />
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