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~ 01JAN20 - 31DEC20 ~ |
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~ 02FEB20 ~ |
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02FEB20: Packing has been going on for about a year in preparation for the move to Oregon... Penny has noticed items disappearing from their usual places but is unknowing of the pending move... |
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Wpuld you like to see more? ... more photos Camping in West Sac: click here... |
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- Penny, Lucy and Sharon burning sunshine... |
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~ 09MAR20 ~ |
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- Penny waiting in the family room... - Sadie, our Russian Saint Bernard for $3.50 befor Penny... - Lucy in the bathroom mirror reflextion... |
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- familiar views of Penny in her favorite shady spot in the back yard... (notice she is on the sidewalk on the "away-side" from the water, in fact she also walked on the "away-side" from the water, a habit she developed immediately after falling into the pool [and being pulled out by her harness] as a puppy) |
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- Penny following me around while I take pictures - Penny, run and jump up onto the bed - Penny waiting in the kitchen... - Penny waiting on her pillow... |
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- More in the back yard - Penny: "are we going in now" - Penny: "wait for me!" - Penny: "welll?... coming?..." |
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- meanwhile... back on her pillow... (PRETTY GIRL!) - Penny: "where are you going?"... - Penny: "I'm coming too"... - Penny: "mmmmm... back to the kitchen"... |
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- nap time???... - OK... we're done now... |
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Wpuld you like to see more? ... more photos our West Sac house staged for sale: click here... (directory listings only) |
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~ 15,... 17APR20 ~ |
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15APR20/8pm: Penny is comfortable at the motel... |
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16APR20/9:45am: at thr Railroad house... ... Penny waiting for us in the sun room (no dogs inside the house)... ... Lucy waiting for us in the sun room, Penny in back yard... ... Penny checking the out building (look at those paws!)... ... Valorie, Sharon, Penny & Lucy... ... Sharon, Valorie & Penny... ... Lucy & Penny... ... Penny... |
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Wpuld you like to see more? ... more photos of the Railroad house: click here and click here... (directory listings only) |
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~ 11,15,18MAY20 ~ |
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11MAY20: Penny watches as Rusl attends virtual instructor training classes... |
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Wpuld you like to see more? ... more photos from ATA Legacy Instructor Training - 11,15,18MAY20: click here... (directory listings only) |
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~ 13MAY20 ~ |
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11MAY20: Penny watches as Rusl takes his 5th Mid-Term Test for 2nd Degree Black Belt... |
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Wpuld you like to see more? ... more photos from ATA Legacy Instructor Training - 11,15,18MAY20: click here... (directory listings only) |
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~ 02FEB20 / 13MAY20 ~ |
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02FEB20: Packing has been going on for about a year in preparation for the move to Oregon... 13MAY20: All non-essential item packing has now been completed... ... a 40 foot sea container has been purchased... ... and now only the the bare essentials remain... 15MAY20: sea container delivered 16,... 18MAY20: finish last minute packing 19,... 25MAY20: load sea container 26MAY20: sea container moved to storage Would you like to see more... ... click here to see sea container delivey, loading, and off to storage... |
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27MAY20: the 40 foot sea container and virtually all of our stuff is gone... ... and so... - here we are with our "camping stuff" which are those bare esssentials we will have... - - while we "camp out" here as we wait for the timesands to run out on escrow for sale of the house... - and... - - which we will take with us to Boulder Creek as we wait for the timesands to runout on escrow for purhase of a house in Oregon... - and... - - which we will take with us to Oregon to have as we wait for the sea container to be deliered... - pretty much living in the kitchen and family room for now... |
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Wpuld you like to see more? ... more photos of Camping in West Sac: click here... |
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Camping in Boulder Creek ~ 28MAY20 ~ |
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26MAY20/TUESDAY: END OF AN ERA... last day in the West Sacraento home of the last couple decades... 27MAY20/THURSDAY: Richard's pickup truck, Solora & Geo to Boulder Creek with "camping stuff" and the dogs... 28MAY20/THURSDAY: Back to West Sacramento in the Solora for more, then Solora & TC88 to Boulder Creek... 29MAY20/FRIDAY: Back to West Sacramento in the Geo for more, then Geo & XL883 to Boulder Creek... 30MAY20/SATURDAY: all settled in while we wait... ... tic tic tic... ... for escrow on our West Sacramento house to close... ... tic tic tic... ... and for escrow on our Oregon house to close... ... tic tic tic... Would you like to see more... ... click here to see sea container delivey, loading, and off to storage... |
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18JUN20/THURSDAY: one of the bnefits of "camping" in Boulder Creek is the close proximity to the beach!!! (Penny & Lucy got to ride along [and potty on the beach]) |
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19JUN20/FRIDAY: again, one of the bnefits of "camping" in Boulder Creek is the close proximity to the beach!!! ... today a run up to Half Moon Bay with the pookies... |
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... Lucy, Alpha Dog... |
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Wpuld you like to see more? ... more photos of Camping in Boulder Creek: click here... |
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Walk Around at the West Sac House ~ 06JUN20 ~ |
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06JUN20: BEGIN DIGRESSION... ... Bernie and Izzy paw prints in concrete... ... END DIGRESSION |
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Wpuld you like to see more? ... more photos of the Walk Around at the West Sac House: click here... (directory listings only) |
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~ 11JUL20 ~ |
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again, one of the bnefits of "camping" in Boulder Creek is the close proximity to the beach!!! ... TODAY: Seabright Beach, staked out our "spot"... ... Faydra and Ari meet us there... ... we take Grahm Hill Road back to Felton, stopping by the cemetery on the way to visit Sharon's mom... |
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Wpuld you like to see more? ... more photos of the trip to Santa Cruz: click here... |
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~ 20JUL20 ~ |
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and again, one of the bnefits of "camping" in Boulder Creek is the close proximity to the beach!!! ... Sharon and Lucy all settled in on Seabright Beach between the northen and central lifeguard stand, Rusl and Penny head off to the lighthouse... ... heading back from the lighthouse, there... between those two lifeguard stands... Sharon and Lucy... |
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... continuing heading on north towards the river... ... tide is NOT all the way in, so, get past the cliff without getting wet to the Santa Cruz Beach... ... ok... back on the Seabright Beach... |
| ... hey Penny... you have reeeeally BIG feet... |
| ... well... Lucy has spotted us... |
| ... the view from the spot Sharon picked... |
| ... dad... I'm ready to go now... |
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Wpuld you like to see more? ... more photos of the trip to Santa Cruz: click here... |
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~ 24JUL20 ~ |
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9pm, time for lights ouy... |
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~ 20AUG20 ~ |
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20AUG20/Thursday: evacuated from the CZU Lightning Complex fires of 16AUG20 to Sunnyvale... about the weeds... - weeds in front aren't too bad... - tallest weeds in back are over 6' - plan to use a shovel found in the garage to chop tallest weeds at ground level to flatten in front and back... - Penny smells something strange - you can barely make out Lucy by the garage back door |
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22AUG20/Saturday: Penny & Lucy settling in... |
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28AUG20/Friday: Penny & Lucy checking out the back yard... ... well, Penny being lumpy and Lucy being curious... |
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31AUG20/Monday: Penny naps while Lucy is on guard... |
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Wpuld you like to see more? ... more photos of Sunnyvale "home away from home": click here... |
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02,... 05SEP20/Wednesday... |
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06SEP20/Sunday: hot days, temperatures in the 100s, bad air warnings for typical Silicon Valley smog further contributed to by the smoke from the CZU, SCU & LNU fires... ... open doors at 5am, close after sun comes up... ... GOOD MORNING SUNSHINE... |
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09SEP20/Wednesday: another day trapped inside because of temperature & bad air warnings... ... so much for the lockdown warnings... |
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19SEP20/Saturday: almost had squished puppy when the recliner went to its not-reclined position... penny lumping out... and after several attempts, got them both into a photo facing me... |
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(Penny: "I am smiling") |
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26SEP20/Saturday: "You snooze you loose"... a typical situation if Rusl crashes before Sharon... Penny makes herself comfortable on Sharon's side of the bed... and Penny's response: I stick my tongue out atyou... and... with FLASH on |
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Wpuld you like to see more? ... more photos of Sunnyvale "home away from home": click here... |
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~ 23,... 29OCT20 ~ |
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23OCT20/Friday: get a Ford intermediate size Ford SUV at 2:30pm for road trip to Brookings. 24OCT20/Saturday: work on checklist for trip 25OCT20/Sunday: work the checklist staging everything for the Monday morning load and go... 26OCT20/Monday: load and go to Brookings, final walk through at house, check-in at motel 27OCT20/Tuesday: hang out all day waiting to hear when to sign docs at the title company...SIGN! |
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28OCT20/Wednesday: load and go to Sunnyvale... ... with a stop at a bank in Eureka to wire transfer BIG BUCK$ to escrow... ... a few photos of the pookies while we wait for Sharon... |
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29OCT20/Thursday: clean and return SUV... 30OCT20/Friday: title transfer SHOULD be recorded followed by a close of escrow today... |
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Wpuld you like to see more? ... more photos of the road trip (elk, etc.): click here... ... checklist for trip: click here... |
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~ FINALLY ~ ~ 06NOV20 ~ |
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30OCT20 3:23pm/Friday: our purchase of a house in Oregon was recorded and escrow closed!!!... ... typical morning in the Sunnyvale house and then a drive over the hill to Boulder Creek to pick up the previous week's mail... |
| The following week we began gathering up our "stuff" in the Sunnyvale home where we were staying after being evacuated from Boulder Creek due to forest fires; Wednesday we returned to Boulder Creek where we continued gathering up the remaining "stuff" which was not in the sea container. |
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Friday when we go to U-Haul to pick up a 15 ' truck and auto transport... Saturday load the truck and the Geo onto the auto transport... ... everything loaded and ready to go, final safety chain check... ... Penny watches... wondering... |
| Sunday morning we are up at 0'dark-thirty and rolling at 6am down hwy 9, gas at Chevron in Felton... |
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... next stop: the Irvine Lodge Rest Area (7.9 mi South of Laytonville) to potty and water the dogs and for lunch... |
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... we arrive at the house in Brookings at 4pm... ... Penny watches us unload a little bit until sunset... |
| 11NOV20/Wednesday Penny & Lucy sleep in... |
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Wpuld you like to see more? ... more photos of the move: click here... |
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The IDES OF NOVEMBER (15NOV20/Sunday): rainy day, puppies play indoors... and crash... (notice the 2 moving boxes table and the 2 flip-top-totes desk)... |
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18NOV20/Wednesday afternoon - break in the rain of the last few days and there's some blue sky, aka a "sucker hole,"
so, load the pookies and head to the beach... walk the length of the beach and head back as it starts to sprinkle, and,
as we get to the car... HAIL!!!... but... any day at the beach, even a not so great day, is better then a day not at the beach... (photos w/Sharon's "smart(?)" phone 'cause I forgot my camera) |
| 20NOV20/Friday sunset - a blue sky day and approaching sundown, so, load the pookies and head to the beach... Rusl takes the high trail, Babydoll takes the beach... 1st set of photos Sharon took with her "smart" phone... including a photo of Rusl taking a photo of Sharon taking a photo of Rusl taking a photo of Sharon taking a photo of Rusl taking a photo of Sharon... |
| ... this 2nd set of photos Rusl took with the Cannon camera... including a photo of Sharon taking a photo of Rusl taking a photo of Sharon taking a photo of Rusl taking a photo of Sharon taking a photo of Rusl... |
| ... the sun totally gone from Rusl's vantage point Rusl goes down to the beach to join Babydoll... |
| ...1 frame from a video... wanna hear the wves???... click here... |
| 22NOV20/Sunday: "Look mom, daddy is picking up our poop." |
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Wpuld you like to see more? ... more photos from the Ides of November at home and Harris Beach: click here... |
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25NOV20/Wednesday: humming birds, turkeys, deer, hikers, especially hikers with dogs, motorcycles,
pickup trucks, especially niosy pickup trucks, like desil pickup trucks, the mail delivery truck,
UPS trucks, FEDEX trucks, RV's, dump trucks, 18 wheelers, well... if it moves past the viewing window
then it gets the "AH WOO WOO WOO WOO WOO"... and if was going uphill and turns left at the stop
then there is the dash to the sliding glass door and another "AH WOO WOO WOO WOO WOO"... ... later the sky began to fall nd even so, the puppies still needed to go outside to go potty... yup... Lucy got soaked... |
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26NOV20/Thursday... THANKS GIVING DAY... and PLENTY to be thankful for today... Penny & Lucy on guard in the morning... ... meanwhile... cooking going on in the kitchen... smells GOOOOOOOD... Penny & Lucy eternal optimists hoping something might hit the deck... hor-de-vours are out... |
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... Penny & Lucy wasted no time getting on the outside of their dog food soaked in turkey juice with liver & heart chunks... ... and Penny is back... anything up there for me??? |
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27NOV20/Friday: Penny & Lucy back to Harris Beach for a looooong walk, approximately a mile north and back... ... good wave action today!!! |
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... Babydoll says "I'd turn back if I were you"... ... Penny & Rusl walk on... |
| ... almost back to where Babydoll & Lucy are waiting... |
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... well, took the dogs for a walk on the beach... ... brought home a couple of rags... |
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Would you liketo see more? More from Thanksgiving day and of Harris Beach: click here |
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02DEC20/Wednesday: ... back in May we thought we would be all settled in by Christmas... ... turns out, not so... ... and all our Christmas decorations, tools, kitchen things, etc. etc. etc... ... [SIGH]... still in the sea contaier... ... so, another trip to Home Depot in Crescent City for a new 6&1/2' Christmas tree and lights... ... and now... it's starting to look a lot like Christmas... |
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... Penny, then Penny & Lucy watching mom & dad in the front yard... |
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04DEC20/Thursday afternoon... dogs to the harbor beach... |
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Would you like to see more? ... more photos at the beach: click here |
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07DEC20: PENNY AND LUCY WATCH THE CONCRETE BEING POURED... |
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Would you like to see more? .. photo record of the paving project: click here |
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08DEC20/Tuesday: "Christmas Letter Photo" photo shoot |
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19 photos of the "Christmas Letter Photo" photo shoot: click here (directory listing only) |
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08DEC20/Tuesday... 09DEC20/Wednesday: AH WOO WOO WOO WOO WOO... 10DEC20/Thursday: BUOF! |
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13DEC20/Sunday: AH WOO WOO WOO WOO WOO... |
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12DEC20/Saturday: new floors in the house... - The 3 bedroons in the new house were all carpeted... ... removed the carpet, etc. and replaced with vinyl wood flooring... ... job completed 31DEC20/Thursday at 1:30pm... ... PENNY AND LUCY INSPECT THE GUEST BEDROOM... |
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Would you like to see more? .. photo record of the flooring project: click here |
~ 14DEC20 ~ |
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26 photos of Penny's birthday party: click here |
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16DEC20: Penny (and Lucy) at Harbor Beach... ... and of course, a day at the beach in the rain is better than no day at the beach... |
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Wpuld you like to see more? ... more photos of rain and surf at Harbor Beach and Harris Beach: click here... (directory listing only) |
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22DEC20: Penny and Lucy on Harris Beach... |
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... notice the wet sand changes color under the weight of Penny's feet... |
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... Lucy... Lucy... Lucy... Lucy... LUCY LOOK OVER HERE!!!... |
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Would you liketo see more? More from Harris Beach: click here (directory listing only) |
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24DEC20: Christmas Eve... ... and of course the early warning system must sound the alarm when anyone goes by our window... |
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... and it is time to open presents... ... and of course the girls are curious about everything... |
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Would you liketo see more? More from Christmas Eve: click here (directory listing only) |
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