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Common errors in English

April 27, 2007

I found this awesome site just now - it has common errors in English. Such as people saying Brussel Sprouts instead of what they really are, a Brussels Sprout. Or how people say they could care less,

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Virginia Tech

April 20, 2007

I hate watching the news - it is usually all bad and gets me worked up. But this Virginia Tech story is just awful. I just started going to a new doctor and one of the questions on the form was to list

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Why is buying a house so scary?

April 18, 2007

There is something about buying a house that scares me. I am sure it is because houses in Orlando are insanely expensive. At least in Central Orlando. I suppose if we bought a house in Howie in the

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My thoughts on insurance companies...

April 17, 2007

Let me just start by saying... What a scam these people seem to have. I've held this opinion for a while but this seems to be an appropriate time to voice my concern in light of the multitude of recent

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Our Weather Poll

April 13, 2007

I have a theory on predicting the weather and I wanted to put it to the test. My theory is that a random weather prediction is just as good as what the weather man can predict. So I have a random weather

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All hail email forwarding!

April 13, 2007

For the longest time I've had a real problem with spammers using my email address as a return address on their messages. This is because my email was listed as the contact email for our domain when I

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New Voicemail System

April 3, 2007

Incase you didn't see it, we have a new voicemail system on our Blog so you can call and leave us a message right on the site! Sandra was the first one to leave a message and you can hear it by pressing

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Unsure of UF's vet school

March 1, 2007

Today we took Duke and Goblin to the vet. I really don't like taking them in on stuff I think I can fix myself. I am the same way when it comes to me going to the doctor - last year I had a fever of

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Life is too short to work for a company you aren't happy to say you work for.

February 24, 2007

I was going through notes from seminars I went to in the past. This is one thing I wrote down. At the time, I worked somewhere that I wasn't always happy to admit. I know I am not the only one - last

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NYC Fashion Week

February 21, 2007

I was checking out all of the clothes from NYC fashion week a few weeks ago. Funny - when I was in NY last summer I noticed this whole 60s trend. It was crazy! I thought "oh that stuff won't last"

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Vandermeijs Family visit

February 21, 2007

The internet is such a great place! Lieselotte found our website and she wrote me to tell me she was coming to Orlando. We talked online a bit and I was really excited to meet her and her family. They

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Cat adopts Rottie puppy

February 15, 2007

I just saw this on FoxNews online looking for the dog show results. Apparently this Rottie puppy was abandoned by its mother. They bottle fed him, but then realized the cat would be a suitable mother

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NASCAR

February 11, 2007

We don't have a wedding today. So what are we doing tonight? We are watching NASCAR! I've seen it in passing, but never really watched it before. I figured that is pretty sad since we live less than

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Anna Nicole Smith

February 9, 2007

I can't believe Anna Nicole Smith died yesterday! I was in the car and they said on the radio she was found collapsed in her hotel room - not dead! I guess I was too early for the official report.

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Jeffrey's video

February 8, 2007

Our friend Jeffrey is an amazing videographer. He just made a video for Jeffrey and Julia Woods for their seniors. I love it! I am sure we will see it in Vegas with a huge monitor and the volume turned

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a lot of inspiration

February 6, 2007

Today was the Marcus and Joe seminar. It was so inspiring. I've heard Joe speak a few times before and I think he is great. I love his calm, cool wedding approach. I tend to get a bit high strung

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Learning to fold a shirt

February 3, 2007

I'm sure you may have seen this but I wanted to post it here because I think it's pretty cool. Think of this as the best laundry short cut you will ever learn!

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I'm Chris Brown, this is my record company deal...

February 1, 2007

Yea, I'm trying to see how much traffic I can get from Google with that title. Isn't it fun to have the same name as a Pop Star? But I'm not just being silly, I actually did get a deal with a record

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Pink Champagne

February 1, 2007

We bought some pink champagne for my birthday - but we didn't end up drinking it because we had such a big meal at Blue Zoo. So we opened it up tonight. We had this champagne brand at our wedding -

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California to outlaw lightbulbs?

February 1, 2007

I'm sure you have probably heard this story already, but I just think it's really funny so I wanted to point it out to you again. Here's the deal, what they are trying to do is outlaw the incandescent

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