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As usual, you two have had a busy day! I think that cold pouring rain is due to arrive here Sunday. It will make the warm sunshine at WDW feel even better, right?
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Nice addition. It is always good for us guys to have a place to hide our stuff. Be careful, mine turned out to be a catch-all and is now quite full. (Still have enough room to park the lawn mower.)
Nice addition with Luke's shed and love the color! I'm sure he'll get plenty of use out of it. You've had some very busy days and no wonder why you're so tired.
Congrats on SINGLE DIGITS!!! So close now!
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As usual, you two have had a busy day! I think that cold pouring rain is due to arrive here Sunday. It will make the warm sunshine at WDW feel even better, right?
Arriving to warm weather will be interesting as we're supposed to remain cold most of this coming week. I actually like cold weather, but Florida's sunshine and warmth will be welcome.
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Nice addition. It is always good for us guys to have a place to hide our stuff. Be careful, mine turned out to be a catch-all and is now quite full. (Still have enough room to park the lawn mower.)
Luke already has the bonus room and the train room, holding a lot of his stuff but I'm sure he'll find plenty to store in the shed.
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Like the new addition!
Single digits!
Thanks! I realized last night when I went to bed that we had hit single digits.
Nice addition with Luke's shed and love the color! I'm sure he'll get plenty of use out of it. You've had some very busy days and no wonder why you're so tired.
Congrats on SINGLE DIGITS!!! So close now!
Thanks! I think our busy week caught up to us today as we've not accomplished anything today.
Today was a bit frigid as we walked 4K in 41 degree weather, and that was waiting until 1:00 to walk. BRRRR!!!! I spent the morning checking e-mails and reading a book. When we got back from the walk, we had to get ready early because Luke was needed at church early to practice for a short skit that was part of tonight’s sermon. We didn’t get back home until 7:45, so nothing was done in preparation for the trip. :
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I finally got all caught up with your PTR since returning from my WDW trip! It's been so hectic here since we thought all the work that we were having done on our house last week while we were gone would be done, and we would come home and just start getting our things back in order, but it hasn't worked out that way. We are living in a hotel room until Monday and will have a very small window to get things in order before I leave for WDW to meet up with you!!! I love the train room that Luke has put together! He's really done so much since he began the project after your DL trip! Thanks for sharing the pictures of it. I'm so impressed with the walking regimen that you and Luke have accomplished and you will definitely be ready for the 5K in December! I have to say that we just haven't walked as much this year as we normally do but hopefully we'll get back on track in the Spring. I love the new shed that you got for your backyard. The color is perfect for your house. On a Disney note, we really enjoyed the taste testing of the F&W Festival this past week. They've really added a lot of new samplings to try this year.
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That is an amazing time!!!
I'm sure he'll get plenty of use out of it. You've had some very busy days and no wonder why you're so tired. 
I spent the morning checking e-mails and reading a book. When we got back from the walk, we had to get ready early because Luke was needed at church early to practice for a short skit that was part of tonight’s sermon. We didn’t get back home until 7:45, so nothing was done in preparation for the trip. 
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I'm so impressed with the walking regimen that you and Luke have accomplished and you will definitely be ready for the 5K in December! I have to say that we just haven't walked as much this year as we normally do but hopefully we'll get back on track in the Spring. I love the new shed that you got for your backyard. The color is perfect for your house. On a Disney note, we really enjoyed the taste testing of the F&W Festival this past week. They've really added a lot of new samplings to try this year.
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