Hi!

Oh my aching fingers.  The weird peely skin on my right hand has gone from bad to worse over the last few weeks.  Four of my fingers are currently cracked and bleeding.  They are so sensitive.  I can barely type.  It is painful.
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I finally went back to the dentist to have my crappy looking crown redone.  I tried to live with it, but I just hated the color and shape of that tooth.  It was driving me INSANE.  They removed the crown, which was very time consuming.  I was there for almost 2 hours!  I currently have a temporary crown, which looks even worse than the original.  Fun times.
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I talked my husband into renting a hotel room when we go back to KY for Christmas.  The thought of our family of five staying with anyone, gave me a panic attack.  There just isn't room in anyone's house to comfortably accommodate 5 house-guests. And the hotel has a pool, which the kids are going to LOVE.  I am really looking forward to it!
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The city is repaving our street, which is basically the most annoying thing EVER.  They are so darn noisy with their big trucks and loud tools.  Not to mention that I can't park in my own driveway.  If we want to leave the house at some point during the day, I have to park around the block.  I am constantly worried that someone is going to a) break into my van, or b) side swipe my van on the narrow ass little street I am forced to park on. 
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We are having Izzy's 5th birthday party this weekend.  He is having a Legend of Zelda party, which was surprisingly hard to plan for.  Apparently no other 5 year old in the world loves Link the way my son does.  But despite the lack of resources on the web, I think I have developed some pretty cute party games.  I can't wait to see how everything goes!
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I am done Christmas shopping for the kids, but I haven't even started on buying gifts for family members.  Ugh.  I have a pretty good idea of what I want to buy everyone, but finding the time to get to all these stores is overwhelming.  I am thinking about just ordering everything on Amazon and calling it done.