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Apparently I’m an asshole of a gift giver
I love giving gifts, and usually I think I’m pretty good at it. I like to surprise people, I’m generous, I usually put a lot of thought into what I give. Well, friends, I failed miserably this Christmas with my husband. Apparently giving a book of fiction written in the voice of a dog to a guy who just had to put down his 15½-year-old dog isn’t a good choice. Seems obvious, you say? Well not to me, it didn’t. I’ve not read The Art of Racing in Rain by Garth Stein but I’d heard good things about it and the idea of a book written from a dog’s perspective…
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2013 Travel: Let the planning begin
View 2013 Trip Planning in a larger map Lee & I have made it a sort-of annual tradition to sit down on New Year’s Day and outline how we want to spend our vacation days and dollars for the coming year. Sometimes we have a trip already booked but this year it’s a pretty clean slate. Lots of ideas but nothing booked. We always leave room for spur-of-the-moment trips and weekend excursions, but we like to start planning some of the big trips. Here’s what’s on our list for the year: Texas I’ve been talking for years about wanting to see P!nk in concert. So when the new album came…