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We Celebrated Chinese New Year Again!
We departed the house at 10:30 AM and picked up the Z’s at their home in Santa Ana. We are off to the Huntington Library and Gardens to celebrate the Chinese New Year with a thousand friends! I’m opting for … Continue reading
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We Is On The Road!
We were up at the crack of dawn and went to Mary’s physical therapy class. She was pulled and stretched and had more available motion than the therapist expected; we are starting out well. We returned home and freshened up … Continue reading
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Let’s Visit Bob!
It was a bit rainy, and the cleaning folks were here, so we departed for the Original Pancake House. In the middle of ordering, we decided to add some for Jan! Then we called her and told her to … Continue reading
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Christmas Gets Packed Away!
The dishwasher stopped working yesterday, so I called two repair people. The first fellow showed up at 9:00 AM sharp and was excellent. His name was German, and he was Russian and had been in our country for two years … Continue reading
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Off And Running To Long Beach & Riverside
Fact: Like most authors, Clement Clarke Moore was his own harshest critic. The intellectual professor wrote “‘Twas the Night Before Christmas” for his kids, but did not publish it under his own name until 21 years had passed at the insistence … Continue reading
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The Remainder Of Our Outdoor Lights Came Today!
Fact: A 2014 survey from Japan-based online retailer Rakuten found three-quarters of Americans didn’t like their holiday gifts, with one-third choosing to regift, 27 percent donating to charity, and 14 percent cutting their losses and selling while the item still … Continue reading
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Now We Gone And Done It!!!
Fact: In Japan, a traditional Christmas dinner is to go to KFC. Christmas in Japan is a secular holiday, with less than 1% of the Japanese population identifying as Christian. KFC launched its “Kentucky for Christmas” marketing campaign in 1974, … Continue reading
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We Are Coming Home
Fact: Prostate tissue typically releases small amounts of PSA into your blood. When the prostate grows, PSA levels increase, and when the entire prostate is removed, PSA levels fall close to zero. Most procedures to treat an enlarged prostate remove … Continue reading
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Recovery Day #3
Fact: Humans shed about 600,000 particles of skin every hour. By age 70, humans lose an average of 105 pounds of skin. We slept until 9:00 AM this morning! Today’s challenge is to shower and walk to get all systems … Continue reading
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Today Is The Day!
Fact: For one day in 1940, a section of a hospital in Ottawa, Canada, became international territory so that a Dutch Princess could be born a full Dutch citizen (a requirement to be a Dutch Princess). Every year the Netherlands … Continue reading
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