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Second week off (end of July)

August 9th, 2026 at 09:20 PM by Dido

Now that the blogs are back, I can catch up a bit.  I actually had written a timely post about my second week off, but SA "ate" the post even though I tried to save the draft.  So here it is, reconstructed and added on to. Anyways, my second week off:  This started with a night away at an Inn along the Delaware River, about 20 miles away from home--not far but far enough to "get away."  The Inn has new owners so they were offering a special on the room rate...

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MM(23) Got a Job!

August 9th, 2026 at 08:44 PM by Monkey Mama

August 4   MM(23) got a job!   We never got around to ‘the talk’ and setting expectations with him.  Though it came up ...

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Murky, humid, stifling. A typical Northeast summer.

August 8th, 2026 at 10:38 PM by PatientSaver

We're in another heat wave here and I haven't ventured out much, so much so that today I was really getting stir crazy. So I got my first cone of the ...

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Just a bunch of random thoughts

August 8th, 2026 at 08:38 PM by DK62565

Very glad the blogs are back. Not sure why they were down, but as Tabs said, it's nice to have them back and we do enjoy them for free. Like many have...

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July 2026 net worth update

August 8th, 2026 at 04:41 AM by ceejay74

Huzzah for our blogs being back! I would really hate to lose this community and the hundreds of blog posts I've done over the past 9 years or so... D...

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