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Today is, as Anya would say, a day for a happy cake. For the first time since we received all that snow the weekend BEFORE CHRISTMAS, we were able to drive the car all the way from the street to the house!

This will, of course, but a damper on the Loafkeeper Diet Plan. But it also means we can get the microwave we bought the other day from the Home Depot clearance section out of the car and into the house.

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We received some snow yesterday. On the drive home I got stuck once on a hill, and while slowwwwwwly creeping up to the top, a pickup came zooming up, trying to keep enough momentum to avoid our predicament. I think their mirror missed ours by about 3 inches. But we made it home! We wisely left the car near the hay shack, although I had to push it up the little hill to get it there. Not that I expect us to move it again before at least Monday or Tuesday...

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This week we finally got to pick up poor departed Lil Loaf's new brother, a VW Jetta Sportwagen TDI:





When we first decided to get the car, we couldn't find any bare bones ones (Anya really liked the giant sunroof, but unfortunately for her she doesn't have any money). So we ordered a blue one with the extra back airbags. Time went by. After a few weeks I called the dealer, and it was still backordered, and after it went into production it would be another 6 weeks. Since I was getting quite sick of driving the truck, we asked him to see if he could find a base one in any color but black.

A dark gray one was found, coming in within a week. We went down to First Team Auto, and signed all the paperwork. Gave them a check. Dealt with a really annoying woman who tried to sell us undercoating junk (whom we complained about later, and the president told us we weren't the first to complain that week). Also got a little frustrated with the hard selling of an extended warranty. The next week rolled around, when it should be in...and we get a call from our salesman telling us that it had been sold out from under us. Surprise!

We were a little annoyed. After all, we had given them money and signed all the paperwork with the VIN on it. We wrote an angry email. The president of First Team called me back, it turns out the dealership in Richmond did not log something properly, so a salesman saw the car and didn't know it was sold. But to make things better, they loaned us another TDI wagon until another one showed up on the 15th of December. They even delivered it to our house in the boonies.

This past Saturday they called and it got here early, so Tuesday we drove out and swapped it for the new one. Hooray!

Now we just need to think of a new license plate. Cabol doesn't like DAS LOAF.

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I bought a new 27" iMac yesterday. Cabol said it is my early Christmas present from her. Not the actual computer, but the fact that she didn't kick me out of the house for buying it.

Anya gave me a present of her own. She was taking a bath this afternoon, and I had to step out into the kitchen for a minute to check on the beer on the stove. Soon, I hear, 'Daddy! Daddy!' I come back in to find her...holding her present up for me. This reminds me of the reason we do not usually take baths before potty time.

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It's never too early to learn a valuable life skill.

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Bye bye, Lil Loaf.

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Purchased at an auction this weekend. Good thing we know some big, strong, manly men that moved them for me.

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Last night it was time to unload the dishwasher, and I put the Paint Your Wagon soundtrack on the iPod speaker thing in the kitchen. Anya immediately started twirling around in happiness until she could barely stand up.

Then 'ol Clint started singing, and she felt the sudden urge to poop. And to think, she hasn't even seen the movie yet!

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I guess we've been watching too much BBC programming. Because for the life of me, I couldn't understand why on the radio yesterday there was an ad for a community class called 'Learn to Shag.'

Beginners or Advanced students welcome!
Fun for the whole family!
You don't need to have a partner!

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A quick summary of what has been going on since Easter:

• Pumpernickel had one baby, also white.


• The roof was put on the sunroom. Much of the face boards have been installed on the room to make it look a little nicer.


• Cabol's dad and I fixed an old door.


• Cabol's dad was attacked by a ram. He reciprocated by throwing it through the air in a demonstration of top secret military sheep fu.


• Andy learned it is hard to rip a 12' board by yourself.


• Andy learned to refer to himself in the third person.


• Anya has lost both her working cups-with-straws. One at daycare. The other...?


• We bought lots of bright colored paint for Anya's room. And a fan. A groove may have to be cut in the wall so the fan can spin.

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