It’s all systems go for a move this Saturday.  We closed on the loan for the new house, without a hitch, yesterday evening.  We can’t say enough good things about our experience working with Maryanne at Security Savings Bank in Olathe on this.  The U-Haul reservation is confirmed, as are the wonderfully generous people who [...]

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Sali and Mikaela were in the kitchen having a very serious discussion last weekend when Miriam tried to get Sali’s attention by saying, "Mom?"  Of course this confused Mikaela to no end.  Miriam went over to them, put her arm around Sali and said, "This is MY mommy!"  Mikaela cogitated on that for a moment, [...]

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Ugh.  There’s a stomach virus working its way around Kansas City.  We now know this firsthand.  Poor Mikaela spent about 9 hours puking on Friday night.  It started at dinner time, and continued through the last dry heaves at about 3 a.m.  Amazingly, one rug cleaning, one load of laundry, and one washing of the [...]

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