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cold day

Yesterday was so nice. We sat outside most of the afternoon. Today it's raining, and cold. I bid on a tent for our party. I think we will need it. Nicole, Jessica and I had breakfast out. Jessica seems to want to get out more and more. That's a good sign. Maybe we can get her back into school sometime soon. We went to a second hand store in Heidelberg. We walked out with a stack of art books for Nicole. I was looking for kids chairs for the party we have next weekend. They didn't have any. We decided we can use these strong plastic boxes I already have as stools for the kids table. Now that's thinking "outside the box"! The heater isn’t working in our house. Juergen needs to have someone look at it. I’m getting cold!

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