I'm exhausted just reading what you've been up to! You need a vacation. May I suggest Santa Clara from Oct. 21 - 23? I believe there's a serious cross-stitch thing going on at that time. 
Besides, your boyfriend misses you. :D
I wanted to tellyou that I have been reading your blog and have thouroughly enjoyed it. You write so well, I feel like I am a part of your family though we've never met. You were the first inspiration for me to start my own blog! Keep up the good work... and like Carrie said, take a little time for yourself and don't let yourself get too run down! Thanks for the many minutes of pleasure that I got from reading your blog when I was supposed to be working!
It is amazing once we write it all down, how clear it is! I have been meaning to write a running 'to do'list where I cross it off and look at all the things I accomplish when I think I haven't done anything! BTW, when you get to the post about the temple please explain why you use temple rather than synogauge (sorry if I misspelled it).
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