This enabled us to tune in on the Steelers game
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where they had a hefty lead.
This freed Sarah to take
her artistic black and white shots of the world
as she was seeing it. She began with shots of Benjamin
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then me
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then Benjamin again
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then Jane
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then Benjamin and me
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the coat on the carpet
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back to me,
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brother
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and sister
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on parallel phones though they were not talking to each other
at the time and then the flower
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and witch pictures
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which were to be revisited.
Meanwhile, Benjamin and Sebastian were hard at work in the
yard
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and the ants in color
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and black and white
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were guarding our entryway.
Thanks to the incompetence of US Air out of Trenton, Andy
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had the opportunity to spend an hour with this gentleman
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en route to Philadelphia airport. This inspired Jane to do a combined
frog and tongue picture
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maybe because she knew that the antifreeze was coming next?
I went off to explore the basketball hoop and find the
place
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where the antifreeze
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was to be added. After taking off the top,
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I found the seal
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which I punctured
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and added to the water mixture to prevent freezing. Meanwhile, Benjamin
and Sebastian were gathering flora
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to fill their bucket
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even as Suzanne
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read the Odyssey
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to help Jane achieving a deeper understanding.
Sarah and I headed into town. We met a photographer and so
recorded the colors
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and trees
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he was seeing even from the angle
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he was shooting though we never expect to get his pictures for
comparison purposes. We took a picture of Sarah
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on the campus as requested by Jan and Jan
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who happened by.
Back at home, Suzanne was still reading
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and Jane was buried in her work
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as Benjamin thought about cleaning the floor
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and Sarah gathered together the vegetables
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and extra peppers
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and still more cookies
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that seemed to cause her to sprout weird Halloween ears
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as Jane downloaded an episode of the Simpsons
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for her English project.
The table was set
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the pillows were out
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as Jane got back to work
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and Benjamin took a few pictures of me
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before finishing off
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the cleaning of the floor.
The table was ready
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as Sarah prepared more
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and even cooked a few things
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though the cuisineart
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seemed unhappy and the pot
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boiled when not being watched.
The appetizers were placed out
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as Benjamin recorded the books
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and the witch
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and Sarah cooked
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and the appetizers started to disappear
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even as the Patriots tried to stay in the game
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against Denver.
By now the guests had arrived. Amy told her tale
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to the amusement of Bolko and Edwin
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and the witch,
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no doubt. At the well prepared table,
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my plate
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was full and then
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it was empty
even though a little pasta
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and salad
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remained. The guests
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wondered why I kept taking their pictures but they saved room for
ice cream
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and cookies
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and more cookies
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and even more
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as Benjamin read his book report
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and then said good night
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to the assembled masses so that we could end the
weekend and prepare for the new week.