tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44089186597167612132024-03-05T18:05:47.845-06:00KONABARBIETriathlete, Marathoner, Wife, Aspiring Writer and Mom To A Son Who Has Asperger's
Kristyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02129510013013288458noreply@blogger.comBlogger519125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4408918659716761213.post-12426674351871669782015-02-26T21:04:00.001-06:002015-02-27T08:43:56.238-06:00Rest In Peace Phantom, My Beautiful Boy<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Today I lost my cat, Phantom after a long battle with cancer. He will be greatly missed! I still can't believe he's gone. My heart is broken. I love him so much. The day I brought him home life got better for my son and me. I can't imagine my life without seeing that sweet face everyday.<br />
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I feel like I failed him. He depended on me to help him make the cancer go away and I couldn't. He endured all the vet visits, chemo, pills, nasty tasting holistic concoctions, trusting me that I would help him and nothing worked.<br />
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I am sooooo sorry Phantom. So very sorry. I feel like I failed you.<br />
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Kristyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02129510013013288458noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4408918659716761213.post-3401625302493653352014-04-07T18:46:00.003-05:002014-04-07T18:46:41.850-05:00In Honor Of Autism Awareness Month....<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I haven't had any autism/asperger related blog posts lately so I decided to post this in honor of April Autism Awareness month. So many children and families are having to deal with autism and it's only getting worse.<br />
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My son was diagnosed with Asperger's when he was in eighth grade. He went so many years when we didn't know what was wrong with him, but we knew something was very wrong. It was such a relief when we finally had an answer, but it was also just the beginning.<br />
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I'm happy to say my son is doing very well now and is a finishing his junior year of college and, also doing an internship with a computer company near his college. He only calls if he has problems and I have to say, those calls have gotten fewer and fewer as he has learned to handle the problems on his own.<br />
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It hasn't always been so easy!</div>
Kristyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02129510013013288458noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4408918659716761213.post-54540071126969950552014-04-04T09:55:00.002-05:002014-04-04T09:55:17.112-05:0010,000 Hours<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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My husband and I usually do double workouts at least twice a week, usually Wednesdays and Saturdays. Wednesday I met him at the gym at noon and did a warm up on the spin bike and then hit the weights - upper body.<br />
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Later that day, I decided that instead of driving from our house to our other gym (we are members of two different gyms - sad, but true. We are fanatics) for the second workout, I would run the 5 to 6 miles and then do core and squats. It was an awesome workout day. I need more of them! It's the way I use to always train.<br />
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The good thing about living in the St. Petersburg area is there are sidewalks, bike lanes and trails everywhere. I didn't have to run directly on busy roads although I did have to cross several which can get dicey with all the 80 year old drivers around here. I made it to the gym in 55 minutes, which gave me over an hour of cardio for the day. This use to be my standard, but the past six months it's been more like 20 - 30 minutes/day of cardio.</div>
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I did squats when I got to the gym, just to finish my legs off and make sure I wouldn't be able to walk for a few days and then core and stretched. My husband was nice enough to drive me home so I didn't have to run the 6 miles back.<br />
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My legs were not sore at all the next day and that surprised me. I did some pretty intense squats. I think that doing more weights all winter and increasing the reps and the amount of weight has paid off. I hope it shows during triathlon season. My first triathlon is at the end of this month and I haven't been on my tri bike or in the pool yet. </div>
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Last year, all the strength training I did got me through the short sprint races without too much pain despite my lack of time on the bike or in the pool. All the work I did in the gym everyday seemed sufficient. I realize I wouldn't be able to do that in a longer race that requires more endurance. I would have to put in the training time to make it through one of those longer races fairly pain free. As if that's even possible!</div>
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But what's a little pain. After all "Pain is just weakness leaving the body, " right?<br />
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I admit that I am a little nervous because my first official race of the season is coming up at the end of this month and I've spent way more time reading and working on my writing than swimming and biking. I believe in the <b><a href="http://www.wisdomgroup.com/blog/10000-hours-of-practice/">10,000 hour rule</a> </b>that was introduced in the book "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell that says it takes at least 10,000 of doing something before you get proficient at it. Over the past 17 years I've put the 10,000 hours into swimming, biking, running and racing and now it's time to put the 10,000 hour rule to work in my writing.<br />
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The 10,000 hour rule not only means putting in the time, but it takes more than that as you can read about in this article <b><a href="http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2014/01/22/daniel-goleman-focus-10000-hours-myth/">HERE </a> </b> that states not only do you have to put in the time, but you have to put in quality time as well.<br />
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Many years ago when I started biking I joined a local bike club. This got me not only riding longer, building up to Century rides, but also riding faster because I didn't want to get dropped out in no man's land and have to find my way home all alone.<br />
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When I started running, I ran with people who were a little faster than me so it forced me to go faster. Then when it came time to train for marathons, I had a small group to run and socialize with which made the time go by faster.<br />
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After learning the basics of the freestyle on my own and building up a small base, I started swimming with a masters group to help get my technique better and also get faster, since I think some of the people I was swimming with were part fish.<br />
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Recently, I started taking online writing classes to help me write better. I've also been reading a lot about writing and reading authors who write in the genres I'm interested in writing. I'm no where near the required 10.000 hours, I estimate that will take me about 7 years, but I've made the commitment and I'm on my way.<br />
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I consider my blog writing as part of the 10,000 hours and I've been blogging for almost 3 years.<br />
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Kristyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02129510013013288458noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4408918659716761213.post-2214927121899977402014-03-06T08:15:00.000-06:002014-03-06T08:15:11.659-06:00Phantom's Selfie<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This isn't a real blog post, but I just had to share my kitty, Phantom's recent selfie on Oscar night. While he didn't win any Oscars that night as you can see, he had a lot of fun mingling with the stars.<br />
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Kristyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02129510013013288458noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4408918659716761213.post-15394011260460292872014-03-04T10:27:00.001-06:002014-03-04T10:27:27.163-06:00New Orleans Trip And The New Pet Sitter<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Last week was my husband's convention in New Orleans so I tagged along. I love New Orleans and thought it would be a great opportunity to spend some time with the boy who is in school only an hour away. I didn't realize that it was already Mardi Gras in New Orleans which meant crowds and road closings due to all the parades. Our taxi driver actually had to put us out about three or four blocks from our hotel because of road closings. This wasn't too much of a problem since we didn't have our luggage because the airlines losing it somewhere between Houston and New Orleans. All we had to carry were the carry on bags we had with us and my bag rolls so no problems there.<br />
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Because of the rain and the road closings, I discouraged the boy from driving to New Orleans so I wasn't able to see him. That was a drag, but the trip was fun. I got included in the fun parties and while my husband worked I did long runs through the French Quarter and then pigged out on beignets and coffee. The hotel had an awesome gym so I didn't miss a work out. I needed as many workouts as possible due to all the food and alcohol I was consuming.<br />
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While we were gone I hired a pet sitter to sit for our three cats. Phantom has to have meds twice a day, fluids every other day and syringe feedings even though he's eating some on his own now. I was very worried about leaving him and within the first 4 hours after leaving I called and left at least three messages on the pet sitter phone. I finally figured out that that was not her cell number which was probably why I didn't hear from her. As soon as I called her cell phone, she answered with, "Well I see you found my cell number". I guess I'm a little overprotective with my cats, but after that somewhat bad start, the pet sitter texted me updates every time she went to the house and also sent me pictures of Phantom playing with cat nip toys she brought for them and chasing laser dots. Apparently, they were getting very spoiled!<br />
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When the Murph and I got home around midnight Monday night, all three cats were, surprisingly, waiting anxiously at the front door, not hiding under the beds as they usually do when they suspect strangers are coming in. I was so happy to see them, but the minute they saw us their little faces dropped. They all looked past us to the front door as if the say, "But where is the other lady? The NICE one that plays with us and brings us toys?"<br />
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The nice pet lady had left me a very detailed four page letter of everything she did while she was there, including all meds she was able to get down Phantom (she managed to get down all of them) even though he got mad at her and ran under the bed when he saw her coming with it. He does that to me all the time, especially at bed time when he thinks I will fall to sleep and he can wait me out. I just leave the meds next to my bed and get up an hour or two later, when he's least expecting it, to give him the meds.<br />
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Needless to say, I will definitely hire this lady again to pet sit if she's willing to put up with me. I will, however, suggest she back a little off on all the playing and spoiling she does with the cats because I don't want them to get use to it. I spent the past week with them looking at me, bringing toys to me, judging me. I couldn't live up to the pet sitter in their critical, judgy little eyes.<br />
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They seemed to love chasing the dot so much that I've actually considered purchasing a laser pointer...<br />
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What's a pet mom to do? I've been judged! Crafty little fur monkeys!<br />
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Hi blog readers! The ones of you who are still popping in from time to time. I was just checking my stats and there have been quite a few page views, surprisingly, since I haven't posted in a couple of weeks.<br />
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While I haven't been here, I have actually been thinking about and planning the future for my blog posts, where to take this blog from here, blog post ideas, etc. Since I began writing this blog two years ago, I've sort of let it go wherever it wants to go with no real planning, just whatever comes to mind and is a part of my day or life.<br />
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That's probably what will continue to take place, but at least I have good intentions on direction now or at least I'm trying to obtain some direction. Anyway, here's kind of what I have in mind for future blog posts:<br />
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<li>For all you Asperger/autism parents that follow my blog, you have probably all left by now because I have been writing very little about autism or adventures with my Aspie son. Since he's away at college and I am several hundred miles away from him right now there is very little to write about lately that I feel wouldn't violate his privacy. You may remember the bed bug incident <a href="http://konabarbie.blogspot.com/2012/09/bed-bugs.html"><b>(Here)</b></a> that happens to be the most popular post of all time I think because of those computer robot things. Go figure! When new issues arise, however, you may find a blog post here about it. Surviving bed bugs is important!</li>
<li>Triathlon training and races will continue to be a part of this blog since it's a huge part of my life. Fitness is actually going to be an even bigger part of my life because we just purchased a gym franchise and will open two gyms in the St. Petersburg area within the next 6 months that I will run. This should keep me pretty darn busy in the days ahead. Don't be surprised to see some blog posts on this. Hopefully, not stressed out, pulling out my hair kind of blog posts.</li>
<li>Fashion, especially shoes, will always be a small part of this blog. I love clothes, but hate shopping. If I loved shopping, there would be many more fashion posts, but one very unhappy husband. As I mentioned in a previous blog post, my photographer got another job and quit on me<b> <a href="http://konabarbie.blogspot.com/2014/01/because-my-photographer-quit-without.html">(Read about it Here)</a></b> and I'm terrible at selfies so this limits the fashion posts too.</li>
<li>What I eat, places I frequent, travel, etc. will always be a part of this blog. I have so many places already that I need to share but haven't had the time. We just moved to a new city that has much to offer and I like to share my discoveries here. Expect to see more of this soon. Doesn't everybody like pictures of food? Aren't you all just dying to see what I'm eating?</li>
<li>Cats. That's a given. Whether you like those posts or not, my cats are the coolest, most talented supreme cats ever so expect lots of blog posts about their awesomeness. You're welcome!</li>
<li>The Murph, my husband, who continually cracks me up and gives me lots of fodder to steal from. He hates it when I pick up on his little, sort of obnoxious sayings and idioms and overuse them. Why? Because they ARE obnoxious and funny to strange people like me who have a dry sense of humor and are full of sarcasm in general. Expect to see lots of it here and any other things he does that amuses me.</li>
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Kristyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02129510013013288458noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4408918659716761213.post-13855276026484885862014-02-04T11:02:00.000-06:002014-02-04T11:02:55.892-06:00Some Serious Purring<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Today I feel compelled to do a post on my sick kitty, Phantom. Those of you who have followed my blog for a while know that the majority of my posts involved kitties until Phantom decided to start his own blog (<a href="http://phantomtuxedocat.blogspot.com/"><b>Here</b></a>).<br />
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Phantom was diagnosed with liver cancer last June and heart disease last March. It has been a year since he first started showing signs of his illness and it has been a long, hard journey. He has been to at least 4 local vets as we have moved from Birmingham, Alabama, to Pensacola Beach, Florida and finally to the Tampa/St. Petersburg area.<br />
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He has also been to two different oncologist starting with Auburn University small animal clinic and finally Bluepearl in Tampa and Clearwater. All have been excellent and very supportive and I appreciate every one of them for taking care of Phantom even when there was very little hope and his prognosis was poor.<br />
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We've tried two different chemotherapy drugs as well as some holistic herbal things. These have prolonged his life and given him a great quality of life for several months. He was very, very sick last June, but until this past week he has been doing really good. Eating, playing, bullying the other cats, catching dragonflies, monitoring the food situation - just being normal Phantom.<br />
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He has been very brave throughout the journey with all the vet visits, blood work, medications, but now we may be nearing the end of the journey.<br />
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I still have hope, but the vets say there is nothing left to do. His liver is failing, if not already not working. He has had to have subcutaneous fluids given almost daily since Friday and I'm having to syringe feed him.<br />
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This blog post is for him. I am so very thankful he has been a part of our lives these past 9 years. He has been the best kitty for my son and me. Phantom has missed the boy since he went away to college three years ago. Maybe this is his way of saying, "I've done my job for the boy, now I have to go."<br />
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Kristyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02129510013013288458noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4408918659716761213.post-66330731540632157912014-02-03T08:40:00.003-06:002014-02-03T08:40:49.996-06:00Letting Go Of Fear<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This morning one of my favorite autism mom bloggers, Inner Aspie, wrote a blog post that hit home with me. It was about letting go of your fears. I have started going to a Christian counselor to help me deal with my anxieties and the stress of moving and major life changes, including dealing with a family pet who is dying of cancer.<br />
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<a href="http://inneraspie.blogspot.com/2014/02/lung-leavin-day-2014-letting-go-of-fears.html"><b>Inner Aspie</b></a> has a friend, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/HeatherVonStJames"><b>Heather</b></a><b>,</b> who developed lung cancer -mesothelioma. Eight years ago she had the lung removed and has been cancer free ever since. On the anniversary of her lung removal, she and her family celebrate Lung Leaving Day by writing their biggest fears on plates and smashing them in the fire. This process helps her deal with her fears of the cancer coming back and some other fears she has by writing them down and letting them go.<br />
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Just last Friday as I was at my counseling appointment, we were discussing letting go. Letting go of my fears and all the other things I try to hold on to too tightly and control. This goes back a long way with me. One of the many examples was I held on to tight to my son, who has<b> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asperger_syndrome">Aspergers Syndrome</a></b> and tried to control too much. I didn't have enough faith that he would be all right if I stepped back and gave him some breathing room. He struggled though school I was overwhelmed with the idea that it was up to me to get him through school and to graduation. I felt it was my responsibility and if I didn't then I was a failure.<br />
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Now that my son is in college he is doing so much better. I "let go" when he was a freshman and hired a tutor to help him. This allowed me to back off a little and it forced him to take responsibility for his own journey and he's doing just fine. Believe me, I needed this for my own mental health as well! Letting other people help took so much of the burden off of me.<br />
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Right now I've discovered I'm doing the same thing with my sick cat. Holding on too tight. My fear of losing this cat, who is my son's cat, has kept me hanging on too much. I realized I have to "let go and let God". When we hang on too tight to something then God can't do his work. Nothing in this world belongs to us. Everything belongs to him including my son, my cat, my husband, the clothes on my back. I have nothing so why hang on that tight?<br />
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My counselor told me when I have fear, I can't have faith. <i>Fear </i>is the opposite of<i> faith</i>. It is so great when we can let go of our fears and have faith that God will take care of everything. It takes so much of the burden off. I wish I had realized this when my son was younger and struggling. Then I could have helped him much better without those feeling of failure and fear that I had back then.<br />
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I went to Heather's web site today and wrote down my biggest fear on a paper plate and threw it in the fire. You can do the same by clicking on Heather's <a href="http://www.mesothelioma.com/heather/lungleavinday/#.Uu-YfHnFUlJ" style="font-weight: bold;">site here</a>.<br />
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Kristyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02129510013013288458noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4408918659716761213.post-29655402046488769592014-01-31T08:10:00.000-06:002014-01-31T08:11:40.084-06:00This Could Be The Culprit - Florida Wildlife<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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If you read my blog post from a few days ago (<a href="http://konabarbie.blogspot.com/2014/01/strange-things-that-happen-in-our-yard.html"><b>Here</b></a> ) where we discovered a strange nest in our front yard, then you'll know what I'm talking about. If not, then you don't know what I'm talking about but isn't that a pretty bird?<br />
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I think I may have discovered what/who was the culprit that made the strange nests in our yard.<br />
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A couple of weeks ago we saw this bird in the next door neighbor's yard having lunch. I'm not sure, but I think it may be a heron. I'm also not sure, but I think it may be the culprit that nested in our yard the other night.<br />
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I haven't seen any other activity out there, but that's probably because it's been a rainy mess here the past few days. The culprit probably found a dryer nest somewhere else.<br />
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Kristyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02129510013013288458noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4408918659716761213.post-77895336190340570182014-01-28T10:15:00.004-06:002014-01-28T10:15:38.940-06:00Strange Things That Happen In Our Yard At Night<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Yesterday the mulch in this area of our front yard was evenly spread with no dirt showing. I didn't notice any strangeness when I arrived home around 6:45pm last night after taking Phantom to Bluepearl Specialty animal clinic for a checkup. Sometime during the night, something came into our yard, crept up right next to our living room window and created this thing that I can only describe as some sort of weird nest.<br />
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We discovered the strange nest as the Murph was leaving for work this morning. It looks like two nests side by side. Were there two strange animals sleeping side by side in our yard last night? My first thought is that the nest was made by one of those weird birds that hang out around here. Many different species of strange, very large birds that like to hang out in yards and on the neighbor's rooftops. I've even seen some folks feeding them. Some of these birds are taller than I am. There was an entire flock of white loons (or something) down the street from us this morning, eating breakfast in a neighbor's yard about 5 houses down.<br />
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If this wasn't made by birds, then what? Turtles? Snakes?? I hear the the Everglades are being taken over by pythons, pets that were released in the area are multiplying. It is predicted that these "pet snakes" are migrating out of the Everglades to surrounding areas 100's of miles away. One day they are predicted to be as far north of Alabama and Tennessee. Tampa is uncomfortably much closer to the Everglades than those states. Could pythons already be here? Do they make nests to sleep in at night? Since they are nocturnal, do they even need a nest to sleep in at night? Do they sleep at all?<br />
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I know I'm worrying about this for absolutely no reason. I'm sure the nest in my front yard was made by something cute and fluffy, not something slithery, creepy or anything with sharp teeth. Nothing poisonous either.<br />
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Kristyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02129510013013288458noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4408918659716761213.post-91619506966395802792014-01-22T10:10:00.002-06:002014-01-22T12:58:04.053-06:00Running On Clearwater Beach And Indian Rocks Beach<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The past couple of months I've been running and exploring my new city. Yesterday I ran in Clearwater Beach, Florida. If you are following me on Instagram you have seen some of the photos I take of the scenery on my runs. I can't imagine a more perfect place to run than here!</div>
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You can't see from these photos, but the public beach area was getting a little crowded as I was leaving because Clearwater Beach has the <a href="http://www.sunsetsatpier60.com/"><b>Sunset at Pier 60</b></a> Festival every day from 4 to 8pm. The beach area near the pier and on the pier was full of street performers, kids, pirates, vendors, entertainment, etc. <br />
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A quieter, less touristy beach that I love running on is Indian Rocks Beach. Not many high rise condos here, just a few and lots of old houses and quaint shops and restaurants.<br />
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I love running here too! I usually run along to sidewalk, but occasionally on the actual beach.<br />
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I love those pink polka dot towels. Just bring a good book and relax! After a long run, of course!<br />
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Kristyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02129510013013288458noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4408918659716761213.post-27957243519731226502014-01-09T15:55:00.000-06:002014-01-09T16:03:40.292-06:00Because My Photographer Quit Without Even A Two Week Notice...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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In November the Murph got a new job and we packed up two homes and three cats and moved down to the Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida area to begin our new lives. I was very excited and love it down here and everything so don't get me wrong. I guess I didn't realize that with his new job keeping him busy, the Murph wouldn't have time to do his old job anymore.<br />
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Old job = being my Chief Fashion Photographer/Athletic Supporter/Nutrition Consultant.<br />
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With no photographer, I am having trouble doing my Fashion Friday blog posts or any other fashion related blog posts that may require a picture of me in some fashionable or not so fashionable outfit. I've made some sad but serious attempts at selfies, but the photos turned out like this....</div>
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How can a person who generally has trouble with picture taking be coordinated enough to take selfies?</div>
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The Murph did agree to take this photo, but I never managed to do a fashion post on it. It was a cute dress though. I wore this one to see Wynton Marsalis in Sarasota play a fun Christmas jazz concert.<br />
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Please excuse the photo bombing cat! He is seriously attached to me in a weird way. I always believed he was taken from his mom at too early an age. Bless his heart!<br />
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These days most of my pictures are of the cats so if you love cats you're in luck! If you love fashion, well, I'm sorry but until I can come up with a better plan, there just might be a bunch of cat pictures on my blog again.</div>
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Also, with no Athletic Supporter, my triathlon endeavors are nonexistent, but I have hopes for the spring and summer. If I can still swim and ride a bike without training wheels that is.</div>
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With no Nutrition Consultant, I've been sneaking to McDonalds to get sausage biscuits and hash browns several mornings and I'm lucky to get in one green smoothie per week. Not good for the detoxing, but I do get an occasional salad passed on from the Murph when he doesn't want to eat his lunches.</div>
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I'm still thinking I should become a vegan, but I've tried that before. It was the toughest 2 hours of my life!</div>
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Don't worry about me though. I'm tough! I'll figure it all out and be back to normal in no time. Hopefully, I will be better than normal because my normal could use some improvement. (or so I've been told)</div>
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In the meantime, here's some cute kitty pictures and some random home interior pictures because those I can manage to take all by myself.<br />
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Kristyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02129510013013288458noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4408918659716761213.post-68007606710157283032014-01-01T20:19:00.000-06:002014-01-01T20:19:03.951-06:00Happy New Year!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I usually don't do new years resolutions and I'm not going to now. I always try to stay fit, eat healthy, and all those other things people resolve to do better in the new year.<br />
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I will try to blog more since I seem to have gotten a little negligent lately.<br />
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Anyway, Happy New Year to all of you who still pop in occasionally and haven't totally given up on me.<br />
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And a huge thank you too!</div>
Kristyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02129510013013288458noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4408918659716761213.post-61441218938780511772013-12-25T09:37:00.003-06:002013-12-25T09:38:10.089-06:00Merry Christmas!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;">And may the year ahead for all you crazy triathletes be filled with swim, bike and run.</span></div>
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Kristyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02129510013013288458noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4408918659716761213.post-11836257969899611142013-12-24T17:47:00.004-06:002013-12-24T17:47:45.729-06:00This Is What Christmas Is All About<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Just a reminder as you are enjoying all your Christmas festivities tonight and tomorrow, please don't forget what Christmas is really all about.<br />
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Kristyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02129510013013288458noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4408918659716761213.post-82610762748563490462013-12-13T08:41:00.000-06:002013-12-13T08:41:19.440-06:00Everything That Kills Me Makes Me Feel Alive....<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Kristyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02129510013013288458noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4408918659716761213.post-53615972397001387152013-12-12T13:47:00.001-06:002013-12-12T13:47:51.340-06:00It's Just A Little Bitty Statue... Okay, maybe it is 6ft Tall, But I REALLY REALLY Want It<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Below is the email exchange between me and The Murph regarding the fine statue above....<br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: arial;">Hi! I found this on eBay and thought you might like it! Check it out now! ST.20MICHAEL20ARCHANGEL20COLLECTORS20620FOOT20COLD20CAST20BRONZE20INDOOR20OUTDOOR20STATUE <a href="http://r.ebay.com/dEqUPF" target="_blank">http://r.ebay.com/dEqUPF</a></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: arial;">I like this. Can we get it?</span></div>
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On Dec 12, 2013, at 11:05 AM, The Murph wrote:</div>
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"Umm no" is the best I could get from The Murph.<br />
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Subject dropped!<br />
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I really don't think that he really understands why we need this statue. Archangel Michael is a very powerful angel and I would really feel much safer having him around. It's not like I don't communicate with him everyday and ask for his protection. (Ms. Mary taught me this. She has a direct line to all the Archangels).<br />
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A statue of the Archangel would be nice to have around too. We could put him in the Florida room or even in the bedroom to watch over us as we sleep. This would probably keep the cats out of the bedroom too, so we would all sleep better.<br />
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Maybe I should just ask for a cool sword like Archangel Michael's sword.<br />
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I'm sure The Murph wouldn't mind if I had one of those....<br />
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And it doesn't take up as much space as a 6ft tall statue.<br />
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I could slay serpent with it out in the backyard cause lord knows we have plenty of those around here in the tropics.<br />
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(and I haven't given up on the statue either...)<br />
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We ordered this right after the wedding over a year ago and our florist shipped my wedding bouquet and the Murph's boutonniere to a company called <a href="http://www.freezeframeit.com/">Freeze frame/bloombeads</a>. Freeze Frame preserves flowers from weddings or memorials and makes custom shadow boxes or jewelry with them. It took a long time for us to get the finished product because they were backed up with orders.<br />
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It is a true work of art. They helped me pick the frame and background color that worked best with the flowers and the invitation. There were hundreds of different options.<br />
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Currently, we have the box hanging next to an arrangement of our wedding pictures. That other picture on the ground with the brown frame has been moved to another spot. We have no place to put it for now, at least not in this house. Maybe our next house.<br />
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We have finally unpacked everything that we were planning on unpacking at our new place and are slowly getting acclimated. One side of the garage is packed to the ceiling with the other stuff that we aren't going to unpack, but there's plenty of space for one of the cars on the other side of the garage. That's "Little Red's" spot when we bring him down after Christmas.</div>
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I have found a new hair place, new nail place, two new vets for Phantom (one is a cancer specialist), new places to shop, etc. There's an overabundance of grocery stores and pharmacies in the area in all directions around us. Take your pick. We also found a farmer's market that is very, very close. The produce is AMAZING! My green smoothies have never tasted better.</div>
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While at the farmer's market we discovered this Aloe juice drink. It comes in different fruity flavors that are all good, but I really like the pineapple flavor the best. We have been adding this to the green smoothies. The Murph takes his produce and protein powder to work and makes his smoothie for lunch sometimes.<br />
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I really love this New Zealand whey protein powder made from grass fed cows. I feel healthier just reading the label!<br />
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Yes, Pomelo. (I had to google it) They are the grandparents of the grapefruit. (that's what google said)</div>
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I still add cilantro and kale and a few different fruits, usually a banana and pear or strawberries. I add the cilantro because it helps remove toxins, such as mercury, from the body and I had high levels when I tested two or three years ago. I haven't retested yet to see if the mercury levels have gone down, but hopefully they have.<br />
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It doesn't hurt continuing to eat the cilantro and I still have one silver filling left in my tooth so until I get it out, I will assume I am still getting mercury leaching out of it. I can't wait to have NO silver fillings left in my mouth. I had no idea the dangers of them when I had them put in.<br />
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The cats have settled in somewhat. Phantom is okay wherever we are. Ed is pretty cool and laid back too.<br />
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I put two Christmas trees up over Thanksgiving weekend. These are the only two trees I moved down here. All the others were given to charity. I really miss my big, gynormous tree, but it was too heavy to move and was over 10 years old anyway. Time to buy another big tree when we purchase our own house down here. After this move, I'm all for getting rid of everything rather than moving it. Packing, moving it, then unpacking it....<br />
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Next time I think I'll just get rid of everything, move with nothing and start over with all new stuff!<br />
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Kristyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02129510013013288458noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4408918659716761213.post-24686633847171383222013-11-27T12:05:00.000-06:002013-11-27T12:06:49.487-06:00From Wrecking Balls To Kitty Cats<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I am sure by now you have all seen the Miley Cyrus video where she's singing my theme song, "Wrecking Ball". The Murph made this my theme song the first time he heard it because my official nick name is Wrecking Ball. Now she's singing my theme song with a giant lip syncing kitty performing behind her in the video.<br />
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I believe she has my life totally represented...<br />
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Wrecking ball... giant cats (probably hungry),,, and don't forget the tight, stretchy not much there clothing (except hers has cat heads all over it)... see what I mean here? Am I right?<br />
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Now if next time she includes a bicycle, swim cap, running shoes or anything to do with Barbies, I'm really gonna have to check my house for spy ware.<br />
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I'm on to you Miley!</div>
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Kristyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02129510013013288458noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4408918659716761213.post-5568166185330110352013-11-17T19:44:00.001-06:002013-11-17T19:44:06.820-06:00Packing And Moving, Moving And Packing And Then Unpacking And Stuff<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Hello again blog readers. I hope there are some left of you after my little blog hiatus. I temporarily had to abandon my blog because I've been packing, moving, more packing, a little home remodeling, long vet visits with Phantom, the BIG move followed by unpacking, dealing with setting up new Internet, new direct TV, etc. You get the picture?<br />
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We were without Internet for almost a week until they got here to install it. Then they were so motivated to set us up that they tried to do a new install not once, but three times on two different days! Now we Really need three Internets set up here! NOT!<br />
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Last time I was on this blog we were enjoying October on the beach in Pensacola Beach. That seems like a zillion years ago. I was really dreading leaving Pensacola Beach because we love it there, but I was excited about moving to the St. Petersburg area too. At least we are still in a beach community even if it's not Pensacola Beach.<br />
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We packed all our stuff up and loaded up the cats and left Pensacola Beach to head back to Birmingham to get our house there ready to list with a Realtor. Trying to sell it ourselves while we were hanging out on the beach in Pensacola didn't work so good. We spent a week in Birmingham picking out granite for the bathroom counters, hiring a painter, picking out new carpet, packing, etc. We left before we even got to see the final results, but the house is in good hands and will go back on the market this week.<br />
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Moving day was long. The movers couldn't get everything on the truck so they had to store it until they could find a truck heading to Tampa. I don't really know why they even sent a guy out to look at what we had to move and then give us an estimate and not even send a big enough truck out. We are imagining that they are having a huge yard sale with whatever was left in Birmingham. Thank God the Babysitter was over saying good bye to us when the movers told me that they weren't going to be able to fit one of my triathlon bikes in the truck.<br />
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The Babysitter looked at me and said you need to get that bike in your car somehow if they can't get it on the truck. My car was packed full and I already had two other bikes on the bike rack, so I told the movers that the bike HAD to go in the truck. No exception. Now I'm thinking that if I didn't get it on the moving van when I did, then I wouldn't ever see it again. When we FINALLY get the rest of our stuff we are going through every box to make sure we aren't missing anything.<br />
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Mr. Frosty better be there among my Christmas stuff too! I just KNOW those movers had their eye on him!<br />
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And all my Christmas ornaments and my trees because I only kept two of them. The other three or four are history so those two better show up.<br />
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And my entire "Little House On the Prairie" series from when I was in elementary school. I am positive he movers are just wanting to get their hands on those books!<br />
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The Boy's collection of beanie babies all made it safe and sound. One of the movers did notice them and asked me how old the Boy was. When I told him that he was 21, he laughed and said, "well tell him we <b>really </b>appreciate moving all his beanie babies." Secretly, I'm probably more attached to the beanie babies than the Boy is.<br />
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Ok, I admit, the Boy doesn't even know I still have the beanie babies!<br />
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We left Birmingham a day sooner than planned because of the movers. They came and took our stuff on Thursday ( well they took 3/4 of our stuff) so we decided to head back to Pensacola Beach for the night since we had furniture there and it would break up the long drive and be easier on the cats.<br />
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Soooo after a long day dealing with movers, we drove 4 hours to Pensacola, spent the night and then on Friday afternoon drove 7 more hours to St. Pete arriving at a dark, empty house around midnight that we had only seen one time before. We were very happy to finally arrive, especially the cats who were a little tired of car riding despite the cool jazz I had on the radio.<br />
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The air mattress we had to sleep on was awful, but we survived. The next morning I went to find coffee first thing. Then the movers showed up to unload in the rain. This time we had some better unloaders than loaders. The loaders were not so good. Otherwise we'd have all our stuff, not just 3/4 of it.<br />
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It took a week to get Internet, but we finally have everything set up. We love it here! The house is perfect. We are renting for at least a year so we can get use to the area better before we purchase anything. Everything is super tropical and it is over 70 degrees F here as I type. I hear Birmingham got down to 20 something degrees F last week while our "cold snap" was in the upper 50's. I think I can handle that!<br />
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There is a screened-in, kitteh approved porch/room at the new place so the cats are happy and loving the new place. Especially when the movers left.<br />
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There's also lizards running around all over the place. This drives the cats nuts!<br />
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Also, we have beaches EVERYWHERE here! All roads west lead to a beach... from St. Pete Beach up to Clearwater Beach and all the cool beaches in between.<br />
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Triathlete heaven.<br />
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October is my favorite month of all, but it is specially nice on the beach here in Pensacola Beach during October. The kiddos are back in school, the crowds disappear and it cools off a little bit. October is perfect!</div>
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October also has a little of everything as far as sports go. There's plenty of football, baseball and even hockey to watch at our favorite sports bar. This makes the Murph happy!</div>
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I like it too! This is my Sangria to sip on while I watch.</div>
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October is also the perfect time for a beach wedding, unless a tropical storm or hurricane comes through. That didn't happen this past weekend though and we had three different sunset weddings right here on the beach, one on Friday, one on Saturday and one on Sunday. The lucky brides and grooms had absolutely gorgeous weather for their weddings. </div>
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I got pictures of the beach setup for the Sunday wedding. Pretty!</div>
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Last Tuesday we drove back down to St. Petersburg, Florida, the Murph, Phantom and I, to look for a place to rent when we move down at the end of the month. Wednesday and Thursday were non-stop, 9am till 6pm, searching and looking at houses and condos in the area from Palm Harbor down to St. Pete Beach and all places in between. </div>
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We narrowed it down to three places, but still haven't decided. Then a new rental came on the market when we got back home that I really like so it will be up to our realtor to take a look at it for us since we aren't there. I'm a little nervous that we didn't lock down anything and decent rentals go fast around there. I've also just discovered the abundance of sinkholes around the area of Pinellas county. I thought sink holes were further inland. I didn't realize there could be some so close to the ocean. </div>
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Another thing we discovered is Treasure Island beach. Treasure Island is the beach just north of St. Pete Beach and south of Clearwater Beach. We found a rental a couple of blocks from the beach and told our realtor about it. She asked us if we had actually seen the beach at Treasure Island. We said we hadn't but assumed it was similar to St. Pete Beach since it was so close. Our realtor told us we needed to walk out on the beach and check it out. It wasn't exactly like the other beaches. She said the water was a LONG, LONG way away from the parking lot. She said she hated that beach because you had to walk forever in the hot sun and the hot sand just to get to the water.</div>
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The Murph and I both assumed that she just didn't exercise or like to walk far. Many people don't. We knew the beaches down there were huge compared to what we were use to in Pensacola Beach. We smugly thought she was just being a complainer who didn't want to have to walk anywhere. We decided to check it out for ourselves after we left her. I mean how far could the water be? How much bigger could a beach be than what we had seen in St. Pete Beach in front of the Tradewinds Resort?</div>
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Well let's just say we owe the realtor a huge apology! We walked through the entry to the beach and all we could see was sand. And sand dunes. And way, way, way, WAY down toward the horizon, a little sliver of water. I'm pretty sure that was the ocean, but after we walked what seemed like half a mile, we turned around and headed back to the car. Unfortunately, I didn't get any pictures of it. I wish I did because it was amazing. Here's a picture I found online. See the wide sandy area? It looks much bigger in person!</div>
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One more thing...<br />
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We learned that tourist season in Clearwater Beach/St. Pete Beach is November through April. This is opposite what we are use to in Pensacola Beach. Tourist season here is during the summer months - Memorial Day through Labor Day. It's actually pretty chilly in Pensacola during January, just like Birmingham. But windier!<br />
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Kristyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02129510013013288458noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4408918659716761213.post-49221370917210154112013-10-07T17:59:00.000-05:002013-10-07T17:59:53.912-05:00In Honor Of Our One Year Wedding Anniversary<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Yesterday, October 6 was the Murph and my one year wedding anniversary so we obnoxiously posted all our wedding pictures again on our facebook pages. It was so much fun reliving all the memories.<br />
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Today I will be obnoxious once again by re-posting our wedding pictures here on my blog. The photobooth pictures were fun. I still enjoy looking through them. We have crazy, fun friends and family who will do just about anything! My bestest running buddy, Little L, even agreed to wear a bridesmaid dress although she told me in no uncertain terms that she was too old to wear one. I had her beat though because I'm older than her and I had to wear a wedding dress.<br />
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Hey, you're only as old as you feel, right?<br />
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I feel great by the way! Better than I did in my twenties or thirties.<br />
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I can't believe it has already been an entire year since the wedding. We have had such a fun, busy year too. There have been many changes and many more coming with the new job and the big move.<br />
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So exciting!<br />
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I sent off my wedding bouquet and the Murph's boutonniere to have them preserved and put in a shadowbox last October right after the wedding. Here it is a year later and I just got an email from the company I sent them to saying the flowers were about to go into "paintshop" or something. It has taken so long to get them back that I am expecting an amazing and awe-inspiring work of art.</div>
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Kristyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02129510013013288458noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4408918659716761213.post-62933498326914563802013-10-04T17:55:00.002-05:002013-10-04T18:01:45.179-05:00Bad Timing Tropical Storm Karen! Bad Timing!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I'm sad.<br />
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My triathlon training and racing that started out so well in the spring and was suppose to end with a bang this fall with me doing a half ironman and a marathon, has ended with a fizzle. And a drizzle.<br />
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I blame it all on Tropical Storm Karen because I can't blame it on the Murph. He reads my blog and I would NEVER hear the end of it!<br />
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First of all, remember I was suppose to race in the USAT Nationals in August, but gave up my spot because we had a family situation and a sick cat. That was fine, but because I couldn't race Nationals, the Murph said it was okay for me to sign up for Miami 70.3 which is this October 27.<br />
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I signed up.<br />
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Then a few weeks ago, the Murph accepted a new job offer in the St Pete/Tampa area (which is great!), so we are moving around the first of November, which means I won't be able to do Miami. We will be busy packing up the house in Birmingham. I also won't be able to run in the Pensacola half marathon November 10 since we will be moved to Tampa.<br />
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Little L was coming down from Birmingham to do the marathon and we were going to run some of it together.<br />
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Not now. She'll be running it, but not me. This makes me sad!<br />
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Even though I am sad, all that was sort of okay because I was still going to be able to do one of my favorite triathlons this weekend, the Santa Rosa Island triathlon, which is a sprint triathlon in Pensacola Beach, Florida. It is a 600 yd swim, 18 mile bike, and 3 mile run. I rock sprints and love racing on the beach so I was excited. It was going to be my last race of the season.<br />
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But then came Tropical Storm Karen. She's heading toward the Mobile/Pensacola area so the <b><a href="http://www.pnj.com/article/20131003/SPORTS/131003007/Santa-Rosa-Island-Triathlon-cancelled-due-Karen">Santa Rosa triathlon was canceled.</a> </b>It was the right thing to do because you can't have over 1,000 triathletes hanging out on the beach with a tropical storm/hurricane bearing down. We're just crazy enough to jump in and start swimming if some sane person doesn't step up and cancel the event so we don't hurt ourselves.<br />
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Right now it looks like it will be Sunday before we see the worst of TS Karen, but who knows. The race is canceled. That is final!<br />
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It's beautiful out there at the beach right now even though the surf is rough. Red flag.<br />
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So my racing season ends.<br />
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No favorite sprint race.<br />
No USAT Nationals<br />
No half ironman<br />
No Pensacola half marathon<br />
No fall marathon (Probably)<br />
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To cheer myself up (and since I don't have to get up to at 5am to head to the race), I am going out tonight to get some of these ....<br />
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That should cheer me up. If you follow me on <a href="http://instagram.com/konabarbie?ref=badge"><b>Instagram</b></a> or <a href="https://twitter.com/Konabarbie"><b>Twitter</b></a>, you may even see on the spot pictures.</div>
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After a few of those it won't even matter that when I asked the Murph what our hurricane preparedness plan was his response was, "What hurricane preparedness plan?"</div>
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Kristyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02129510013013288458noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4408918659716761213.post-20576697981335731492013-10-01T18:12:00.001-05:002013-10-01T18:16:38.150-05:00All About Me<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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While I'm sure you're not surprised I am doing an "All About Me" blog post today (I mean, how is that different from any other post), I was actually tagged by another Asperger mom blogger in this little "All About Me" game. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #121212; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;"></span><br />
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5) <strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">When I get cross I…</strong></div>
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6) <strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Sometimes I worry because…</strong></div>
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7) <strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">My favourite book is…</strong></div>
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8) <strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">My favourite toy is</strong> (easy now)…</div>
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9) <strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">I dislike…</strong></div>
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10) <strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">When I grow up I want to be…</strong></div>
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And here are my answers…</div>
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1) <strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">First off tell us your name and what you do </strong>(nice easy one there)…</div>
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My name is Kristy. I'm a beach bum, blogger, triathlete, mom, wife and real estate agent.</div>
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2) <strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">I live at home with…</strong></div>
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My husband and 3 hungry, demanding cats.</div>
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3) <strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">My favourite thing to do is…</strong></div>
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Run, sleep, eat.</div>
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4) <strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">My favourite thing to eat is…</strong></div>
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Cookies.</div>
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5) <strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">When I get cross I…</strong></div>
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Become very bitchy!</div>
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6) <strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Sometimes I worry because…</strong></div>
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I over-think things.</div>
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7) <strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">My favourite book is…</strong></div>
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I like so many and I can't really think of a favorite one. This summer I read some good ones by Jody Picoult- "House Rules" and My Sister's Keeper". This summer I also read "The Power of Now" by Eckhart Tolle, "The Lovely Bones"by Alice Sebold and "Wednesday Sisters" by Meg Waite Clayton. All great books!</div>
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8) <strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">My favourite toy is</strong> (easy now)…</div>
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My bike and my computer.</div>
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9) <strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">I dislike…</strong></div>
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Getting up in the morning when it's still dark outside (5 am) to swim laps.</div>
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So there you have it, my ‘All About Me’, so now it’s your turn…</div>
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I’m going to tag these people in this meme…</div>
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<b>Mac at <a href="http://www.homestylemama.com/">Home style mama with a side of autism</a></b><b> </b><br />
<b>Jim at <a href="http://jimsautismblog.blogspot.com/">Jim's Autism Blog</a></b><br />
<b>Margaret at <a href="http://lazymazei.blogspot.com/">The Lazy Mazei Files</a></b><br />
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