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She took a single flower to school today, as did all her classmates. They presented their flowers to their teacher, who is retiring after Friday. "Mommy, she had such a big bouquet she had to use TWO vases!"

Meanwhile, I stayed home to greet the appraiser, the pool table assemblers, the mattress and box spring deliverers, the mechanical inspector for the city, the brick layer, the carpenter, both painters and the plumber. It was quite a day.

Then we worked around the house for a few hours. Our nightly routine these days.

Funny, I no longer have an aversion to vacuuming and don't mind it a bit, even when it's 11 p.m. after a long, tiring day.

Still plenty to do, but it's coming along nicely.