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Hannah would like some spaghetti, please. (8/1/25)
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Annie is always, always busy. (8/2/25)
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Sifting through and trying to decipher scraps of memory from across the years. (8/4/25)
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Many memories are sweet and adorable, but some are just inexplicable. (8/4/25)
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Slurpee, pizza, and video games. Could life get any better than that? (8/5/25)
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Lane
made a fancy Stardew Valley themed picnic and brought it over.
Hannah wanted to participate in the blueberry tart. (8/6/25)
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Slicing the tart like a birthday cake. (8/6/25)
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One of them is tired and the other is annoyed. But the annoyed one makes such a good, cozy pillow. (8/8/25)
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Lee prepared a magic show for us. (8/10/25)
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Pencils, scarves, and boxes disappear and reappear... like magic! (8/10/25)
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Why, yes, this is Lane's quarter! (8/10/25)
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Annie
would like to play with the edible string... I mean, delicious pasta
primavera that Lane whipped up for us all. (8/10/25)
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The
children listen politely as I show off the crocheted arctic fox doll I
was given as a gift at Worldcon while we were away for most of a week.
(8/17/25)
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I asked Lee to choose what order I should open my presents in... (8/18/25)
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...but
with this one, he made it dance back and forth, forcing me to bat at it
like a cat in order to catch it... to everyone's great amusement.
(8/18/25)
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Vaerik
Solen seized control of Lee's phone and told me to meet him in the
Teddy Bear Garden for a duel at precisely 4:05pm if I desired the safe
return of a gift of mine that had fallen into his grasp. (8/18/25)
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I battled Vaerik Solen in the 80 degree heat until finally victorious, but then... his mentor appeared! (8/18/25)
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I battled the sith lord with his distinctive, evil, manic giggle until I was, once again, victorious. (8/18/25)
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Queen Mother Cake and a giant dog who seems to want to play patty-cake. (8/18/25)
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Amazingly, Jurassic Park 7 was quite delightful, and it lasted until after midnight. (8/18/25)
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Lee moves into the biggest bedroom in the house. (8/19/25)
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Lee discovers my collection of blades, including this broad sword. (8/22/25)
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Whipping up some macaroni & cheese by himself for the first time. (8/23/25)
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Checking out the nerf weaponry while on an errand to get some new clothes. (8/25/25)
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Lane works on the sequel to Skeleton Cat. (8/27/25)
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Lee begins reading Redwall. (8/27/25)
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Lee takes a crack at helping us with the sequel to Skeleton Cat. (8/28/25)
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