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Getting the swim spa set up has required many trips to the hardware store. (7/1/23)
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There've also been a lot of guys around doing work in both our yards. Sometimes they use fun tools. (7/2/23)
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This is a kid with more puppy than can be held in their arms at once. (7/2/23)
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Showing off the size of their mouths. (7/2/23)
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Mutual adoration. (7/2/23)
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After months of effort... (7/3/23)
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...there is an actual swimming pool in our backyard. (7/3/23)
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'Tis the day of the year when we celebrate by holding fire in our hands. (7/4/23)
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For twenty seconds, you get to feel like a wizard casting a magic spell. (7/4/23)
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Casting spells every which way. (7/4/23)
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Hannah is good at hanging out on the floor with people. It's one of her main areas of expertise. (7/6/23)
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Lee seems to have a puppy bigger than themself... (7/8/23)
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We
went away for a four-day writing retreat, and Lee greeted me as soon as
we got home and told me about the spike of wood they'd been carving.
(7/10/23)
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We were getting rid of some old outgrown clothes...(7/12/23)
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...and Hannah is a very chill dog. (7/12/23)
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The Shelties don't understand this nonsense. (7/12/23)
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Lane bakes cakes while Lee sharpens sticks. (7/13/23)
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Lane has been commissioned to bake a wedding cake for the release of my first book through Deep Sky Anchor Press... (7/14/23)
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Baking a wedding cake is a many step process. (7/14/23)
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You're cordially invited to read my new book, You're Cordially Invited to Crossroads Station. (7/14/23)
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This year we brought our big puppy to the Teddy Bear Picnic. (7/15/23)
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Swim spa chaos. (7/16/23)
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Hannah graduates from puppy class. (7/18/23)
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And yet, the puppy training continues... (7/19/23)
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But also, the lounging about and general camraderie. (7/19/23)
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Last year, the small animal barn at the fair closed before we got to it; so this year, we started there. (7/20/23)
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We watched the weather closely, and went to the fair on its coolest day... it was still meltingly hot. (7/20/23)
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This little dinosaur looks like it wants to escape. (7/20/23)
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Taking a break from the heat by checking out the indoor displays, which of course included some LEGOs. (7/20/23)
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A lovely, friendly horse. (7/20/23)
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They didn't have The Scrambler this year, so we rode The Tornado. (7/20/23)
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Lee didn't like how high it went in the air, so instead of riding it again, they went to do an obstacle course. (7/20/23)
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They seem to live in this obstacle course now. (7/20/23)
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Lane and I rode The Tornado again. (7/20/23)
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Hannah keeps getting taller and taller. (7/25/23)
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Playing basketball at the park with friends. (7/26/23)
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Still a lap puppy, regardless of her size. (7/26/23)
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Being a lap puppy is a poor job, but at least it's a job. (7/26/23)
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Lane began their birthday with presents. (7/27/23)
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The biggest, most surprising present... (7/27/23)
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Can Lane tame this jellyfish before it eats them? (7/27/23)
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As is becoming tradition, we celebrated Lane's birthday with a lovely tea party. (7/27/23)
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In
the afternoon, we continued watching ocean horror movies, and then went
on an outing to prance around the mall and buy new outfits for Lemon
from Build-a-Bear. (7/27/23)
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Ordering fancy, off-the-menu drinks along with dinner at Chapala. (7/27/23)
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Dressed up and dancing along with Tayor Swift's City of Lover Concert. (7/27/23)
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Singing and dancing with Taylor. (7/27/23)
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We surprised Lane with a jellyfish cake. (7/27/23)
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Sixteen years old. Oh yeah. (7/27/23)
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Ending the evening with a confusing game of Sabobatage. (7/27/23)
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Holding the sweet murder baby. (7/29/23)
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