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Long day

Well.. Last night was a sleepless night again.. Nathan wanted nothing to do with sleeping... Finally around 6:30am I woke Joe because he slept all night and had him take Nathan so I could sleep! I crashed hard!! I was exhausted! Then 8:00am came around and Kaylee came into my room very upset and woke me up to tell me that Max, her dog, was at the pound! Ugh!!!! So I shot up out of bed and got dressed and began my research on what in the world happened! Max and Tank went for a walk around midnight last night and wandered too far from home and someone called animal control to come get them! So yet again Max added a very non necessary expense to himself! Joe and his brother went to go get their dogs around 11:00 when the kennel opened..

While they picked up the dogs I took Natalie and Lily to the Chaska community center where a girlfriend of mine had a big vendor show. We were there until 11:30 or so.. Natalie and Lily liked seeing Amy, grandma, and Benji (Bre)!

I took the girls back by Joe's parents house where we sat until 2:30 or so while Joe worked on his dad's semi truck.. By this point in the day we had three very crabby and 'naughty' little girls.. So we hit the road for a little while and got the three youngest children to nap for a while..

We decided to put in 'The Last Song' for some entertainment.. Before it was over, I left to go spend some time with my cousin Debbie who is visiting for a week from Virginia.. It was nice! It was my mom, youngest sister, Debbie, Madelyn, Steve, Josh, and my uncle John.. We went to Old Chicago.. It was good.. I ate so much that I got an icky belly ache..

Now I'm home and tired.. I am going to try and sleep.. Wish me luck!

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