Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Monday, December 29, 2008
Christmas
This was a great Christmas year; besides the fact that my Uncle is in the hospital & we don't have alot to give our children, nieces, nephews, etc; it was still wonderful. And surprisingly VERY relaxing. If you know us at all you know our Christmas' are anything BUT relaxing & we need like 5 extra days to get over Christmas gatherings etc. This year it was soo different, I think part of that is that we remembered what Christmas is really about and included HIM totally (well as much as we could).
Of course, I've already referred to our Sunday school Christmas party where I was rolling laughing at all the stuff. I thought my sides were going to split open I was laughing so hard. That was on the 21st. so...from there.....Christmas Eve was very low key. We actually cleaned the house on Christmas Eve (it REALLY needed it) and afterward we rewarded ourselves with a Christmas Eve dinner @ Chili's (YUM!! Christel I'm still waiting on our "girl's night out") and stuffed ourselves completly. It was soo good, now Daniel on the other hand, was not soo good. Mom even went into the bathroom & called (as Santa) to see if that would help him behave. It made it sortof worse. I think he was tired & trying to fight something off. Who knows he is three. So we went back home and got ready for Santa to come. We even tracked him & where he was. David was all about that and he was soo funny. Trying to figure out where Santa was & what he could be doing. It is AMAZING how David's little brain works. The kids were in bed before 10:00!! That ALSO is AMAZING, if you know our kids...they don't sleep...well alot.
Christmas morning the kids really didn't want to go downstairs for their presents. I had to remind them of it, but we also had to get ready to go to brunch @ the Burkett's (my Grandparents) home. We got up in plenty of time to get there and actually was able to have an early Christmas morning of opening our gifts. Each of our children got essentially 3 gifts (to represent the 3 wisemen's gift to Jesus) and 1 gift from "Santa" and then 2 stocking gifts. I mistakenly did not have one of Daniel's but that was ok because he really didn't realize that and he now has his gift. We then left to go to FOUR places for the rest of the day. It was enjoyable because we really didn't stay at any one place to get on anybody's nerves (nor the kids acted out).
At Mamah's we had a lovely brunch, boy once again I was stuffed!! It was all soo yummy and we just wanted to eat & eat & eat. We heard the true meaning of Christmas--the story of Christ's birth from my Uncle. Then we just all sortof talked and watched the Grandparent's open their gifts. How awesome is it that they are still here & can open TONS of gifts. They look really great to be there age. We were able to stay just long enough to get a family pic for my Grandmother (who wanted all of us to be there [except Julia b/c they were still in TN]) so we had to wait for a few stragglers. She did get her picture & I'll post it as soon as someone sends it to me. So then we left there....
Once we left we went the "backroads" to Hayden & got mixed up. We weren't really lost, but we could've had gone farther & didn't. It's called I'm used to going to almost Gadsden & saw a familar road took it & then finding out I could've gone farther. Oh well...that's called living & learning huh? Once we got to the Uncle Morrison's house we actually opened presents outside. The kids just started ripping the wrapping off their presents right then & there. It was too funny. We then went inside to eat some more (yummy) food and stayed there for about 2 hours. We talked & caught up with them & looked at pictures from their trip to Germany. It was really neat. Once Grandpa got back with his family we had to leave (but we wanted to say "goodbye" to him) and after saying Merry Christmas & goodbye we left there to go to Grandma's.
We got to Grandma's and because we already had our presents from Grandma we just wanted to spend time with her on Christmas. We watched some of the movie that was already on, had some more (very yummy) food, & then we watched just alittle bit of Charlie & Chocolate Factory. We had already seen it during one of our "Family Movie Nights" but David loves that movie so it was not surprising that he picked it out. We also saw some video of Grandma, Aunt Angie, & Zack's trip from the Atlanta Aquarium. It was soo interesting. We spent about 1hour & half with Grandma before we had to leave to our LAST place.
The last place we went to on Christmas Day is...Pop & Mimi's house for Christmas with them, & my sister & her family. We got there a little bit after Julia, Paul, & Madison but that was ok. We had a sandwich (yes more food ;]) and then the kids played "Santa" and got to open up their presents first. Madison & David were soo funny opening gifts & were looking at what each other got & everything. Daniel was his own little man and just was opening presents at random. It is soo cute I have a pic of him laying on his new PJ's from Pop & Mimi. After presents we chatted for a while and then we headed home around 11:15 (not too bad if I say so myself).
Even though Christmas Day was done our Christmas was & STILL isn't over. On Sat (dec 27th) we went and had a Christmas get together with Rachel & Naomi's Mom. I guess she is our Mom too (that's cool though). So we got to eat again, the kids got stockings stuffed with all kinds of goodies & we even got to open presents with Greg, Rachel, Naomi, Jimbeaux & the kiddos. It was a wonderful time to just get together and fellowship with one another. It also felt like summer. I almost felt like it was a birthday party for me (or Dan Dan). So it really didn't seem like Christmas. Then the party did a complete 360 and turned into a birthday party for the pretty Hannah. She wasn't in the mood for some of the pics & she was TIRED by the time the party came around, but that is ok. She is such a cutie and is still a cutie even when she is tired.
Well now it is time for the new year. I pray that all of you (my bloggy friends) have a wonderfully, blessed, new year, along with great prosperity (financially, spiritually, & physically). I pray for all of you to have great health and that God does wonderful things within your lives. I also pray that HE uses you and that you are able to bring more people to HIM.
Well now that this is a page and a half and that you are like...I'm tired of reading I'll let you go to do...well.... whatever!! HAHAHA!! God Bless you this new year & I hope you & yours had a wonderful CHRISTmas!!
ps-Pictures will be in another blog tomorrow or the next day..enjoy them when they are up.
Of course, I've already referred to our Sunday school Christmas party where I was rolling laughing at all the stuff. I thought my sides were going to split open I was laughing so hard. That was on the 21st. so...from there.....Christmas Eve was very low key. We actually cleaned the house on Christmas Eve (it REALLY needed it) and afterward we rewarded ourselves with a Christmas Eve dinner @ Chili's (YUM!! Christel I'm still waiting on our "girl's night out") and stuffed ourselves completly. It was soo good, now Daniel on the other hand, was not soo good. Mom even went into the bathroom & called (as Santa) to see if that would help him behave. It made it sortof worse. I think he was tired & trying to fight something off. Who knows he is three. So we went back home and got ready for Santa to come. We even tracked him & where he was. David was all about that and he was soo funny. Trying to figure out where Santa was & what he could be doing. It is AMAZING how David's little brain works. The kids were in bed before 10:00!! That ALSO is AMAZING, if you know our kids...they don't sleep...well alot.
Christmas morning the kids really didn't want to go downstairs for their presents. I had to remind them of it, but we also had to get ready to go to brunch @ the Burkett's (my Grandparents) home. We got up in plenty of time to get there and actually was able to have an early Christmas morning of opening our gifts. Each of our children got essentially 3 gifts (to represent the 3 wisemen's gift to Jesus) and 1 gift from "Santa" and then 2 stocking gifts. I mistakenly did not have one of Daniel's but that was ok because he really didn't realize that and he now has his gift. We then left to go to FOUR places for the rest of the day. It was enjoyable because we really didn't stay at any one place to get on anybody's nerves (nor the kids acted out).
At Mamah's we had a lovely brunch, boy once again I was stuffed!! It was all soo yummy and we just wanted to eat & eat & eat. We heard the true meaning of Christmas--the story of Christ's birth from my Uncle. Then we just all sortof talked and watched the Grandparent's open their gifts. How awesome is it that they are still here & can open TONS of gifts. They look really great to be there age. We were able to stay just long enough to get a family pic for my Grandmother (who wanted all of us to be there [except Julia b/c they were still in TN]) so we had to wait for a few stragglers. She did get her picture & I'll post it as soon as someone sends it to me. So then we left there....
Once we left we went the "backroads" to Hayden & got mixed up. We weren't really lost, but we could've had gone farther & didn't. It's called I'm used to going to almost Gadsden & saw a familar road took it & then finding out I could've gone farther. Oh well...that's called living & learning huh? Once we got to the Uncle Morrison's house we actually opened presents outside. The kids just started ripping the wrapping off their presents right then & there. It was too funny. We then went inside to eat some more (yummy) food and stayed there for about 2 hours. We talked & caught up with them & looked at pictures from their trip to Germany. It was really neat. Once Grandpa got back with his family we had to leave (but we wanted to say "goodbye" to him) and after saying Merry Christmas & goodbye we left there to go to Grandma's.
We got to Grandma's and because we already had our presents from Grandma we just wanted to spend time with her on Christmas. We watched some of the movie that was already on, had some more (very yummy) food, & then we watched just alittle bit of Charlie & Chocolate Factory. We had already seen it during one of our "Family Movie Nights" but David loves that movie so it was not surprising that he picked it out. We also saw some video of Grandma, Aunt Angie, & Zack's trip from the Atlanta Aquarium. It was soo interesting. We spent about 1hour & half with Grandma before we had to leave to our LAST place.
The last place we went to on Christmas Day is...Pop & Mimi's house for Christmas with them, & my sister & her family. We got there a little bit after Julia, Paul, & Madison but that was ok. We had a sandwich (yes more food ;]) and then the kids played "Santa" and got to open up their presents first. Madison & David were soo funny opening gifts & were looking at what each other got & everything. Daniel was his own little man and just was opening presents at random. It is soo cute I have a pic of him laying on his new PJ's from Pop & Mimi. After presents we chatted for a while and then we headed home around 11:15 (not too bad if I say so myself).
Even though Christmas Day was done our Christmas was & STILL isn't over. On Sat (dec 27th) we went and had a Christmas get together with Rachel & Naomi's Mom. I guess she is our Mom too (that's cool though). So we got to eat again, the kids got stockings stuffed with all kinds of goodies & we even got to open presents with Greg, Rachel, Naomi, Jimbeaux & the kiddos. It was a wonderful time to just get together and fellowship with one another. It also felt like summer. I almost felt like it was a birthday party for me (or Dan Dan). So it really didn't seem like Christmas. Then the party did a complete 360 and turned into a birthday party for the pretty Hannah. She wasn't in the mood for some of the pics & she was TIRED by the time the party came around, but that is ok. She is such a cutie and is still a cutie even when she is tired.
Well now it is time for the new year. I pray that all of you (my bloggy friends) have a wonderfully, blessed, new year, along with great prosperity (financially, spiritually, & physically). I pray for all of you to have great health and that God does wonderful things within your lives. I also pray that HE uses you and that you are able to bring more people to HIM.
Well now that this is a page and a half and that you are like...I'm tired of reading I'll let you go to do...well.... whatever!! HAHAHA!! God Bless you this new year & I hope you & yours had a wonderful CHRISTmas!!
ps-Pictures will be in another blog tomorrow or the next day..enjoy them when they are up.
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
And the Festivities have begun!!
Well first off MERRY CHRISTMAS to ALL my bloggy friends!!
The first of the many parties have already happened!! YES they have begun. I LOVE this time of the year. So many people get together have fun and just remembering what its all about--THE PRESENTS--nah just kidding!! Jesus Christ's birth-the one that gave us our "rebirth" is what it is all about.
Alright so MDO (Mother's Day Out for those of you who don't know) had their Christmas Dinner earlier this month. We ate and just had a good time talking with each other. No pictures or anything because it was just dinner.
Ok, now for the more updated parties.... So Sunday we went to church for the candlelight service. I got Daniel out of Sunday School for this service (actually right before it started) and he got to hold the candle and everything. He did accidentally spill wax on my black pants during the service (which we had no time to change) but noone said a thing and it all worked out just fine.
So we raced to Wal-Mart to get some last minute items before our first party after the service. While we were there, Daniel HAD to get a haircut because he thought that he was a barber on Friday night (yes, it was ALL my fault-bad Mommy!!). He no longer has his little boy hair, he has a "big boy" cut. The lady did the best she could considering and its ok considering he is 3, but J.T. cuts it so much better! We also considered getting David's done also, but we decieded not to that day due to time.
We arrived at our first party at about 2:00 p.m. (the party started @ 2:30) while getting the presents and food/drinks etc. out of the car I dropped my camera!! Yes I dropped it and it broke at the top. Now Daniel has also dropped it and it had broke on the battery supply part. This time it broke on top where you push for the picture to take got broke. Ummm, maybe one day I'll have a really good one (that's plastic!!). Thankfully, it was not so broken that it would not work. So I got to take pics of the party- YEA!! We ate some wonderful food, played "Dirty Santa", and listened to some wonderful music played by Elaina on the guitar.
Then we left there & literally high-tailed it back home to drop the kids off before our Sunday School party in Springville. What a wonderful time we had there!! It was an awesome time fellowshipping with the Sunday school classes. That was soo fun, we laughed & laughed & LAUGHED. There were soo many surprises there too!! Unfortunately, I had forgotten my camera in another bag :(. So sad...so no pictures of this party unless someone is willing to share.
I am chuckling as I type this. You just had to have been there!!
Nothing much has happened since I last posted...We lead such boring lives (hahaha!!). I'll download some pictures and put them up when its not like one in the morning. Plus I have long awaited Panama City Beach Pictures that I'll put on here too.
Well sweet dreams to all and to all a very MERRY CHRISTMAS to you.
The first of the many parties have already happened!! YES they have begun. I LOVE this time of the year. So many people get together have fun and just remembering what its all about--THE PRESENTS--nah just kidding!! Jesus Christ's birth-the one that gave us our "rebirth" is what it is all about.
Alright so MDO (Mother's Day Out for those of you who don't know) had their Christmas Dinner earlier this month. We ate and just had a good time talking with each other. No pictures or anything because it was just dinner.
Ok, now for the more updated parties.... So Sunday we went to church for the candlelight service. I got Daniel out of Sunday School for this service (actually right before it started) and he got to hold the candle and everything. He did accidentally spill wax on my black pants during the service (which we had no time to change) but noone said a thing and it all worked out just fine.
So we raced to Wal-Mart to get some last minute items before our first party after the service. While we were there, Daniel HAD to get a haircut because he thought that he was a barber on Friday night (yes, it was ALL my fault-bad Mommy!!). He no longer has his little boy hair, he has a "big boy" cut. The lady did the best she could considering and its ok considering he is 3, but J.T. cuts it so much better! We also considered getting David's done also, but we decieded not to that day due to time.
We arrived at our first party at about 2:00 p.m. (the party started @ 2:30) while getting the presents and food/drinks etc. out of the car I dropped my camera!! Yes I dropped it and it broke at the top. Now Daniel has also dropped it and it had broke on the battery supply part. This time it broke on top where you push for the picture to take got broke. Ummm, maybe one day I'll have a really good one (that's plastic!!). Thankfully, it was not so broken that it would not work. So I got to take pics of the party- YEA!! We ate some wonderful food, played "Dirty Santa", and listened to some wonderful music played by Elaina on the guitar.
Then we left there & literally high-tailed it back home to drop the kids off before our Sunday School party in Springville. What a wonderful time we had there!! It was an awesome time fellowshipping with the Sunday school classes. That was soo fun, we laughed & laughed & LAUGHED. There were soo many surprises there too!! Unfortunately, I had forgotten my camera in another bag :(. So sad...so no pictures of this party unless someone is willing to share.
I am chuckling as I type this. You just had to have been there!!
Nothing much has happened since I last posted...We lead such boring lives (hahaha!!). I'll download some pictures and put them up when its not like one in the morning. Plus I have long awaited Panama City Beach Pictures that I'll put on here too.
Well sweet dreams to all and to all a very MERRY CHRISTMAS to you.
Friday, December 12, 2008
Prayer Requests
Hey All:
Updated on 12/19/08:
I visited Uncle Jerry today. It has been a complete week since I was last up there. David had strep throat (sorry all you Mom's @ CBC I didn't know!!!) and so I wanted to stay home since David had been sitting on me the whole day at the doctor's office. Anyways...off the subject. Dr. Ross, Unc. Jerry's doc, came by while I was there. (I really hate that I was the only one there, I'm soo scared that I'm gonna get something wrong!) He was talking to both of us when he said that he wasn't sure if Uncle Jerry would ever leave the hospital without the ventilator, but did give us hope that he may be going home right after the new year!! Yes, this is good news but also bad news. We really don't want him to go home with the vent. but @ the same time I know how badly he misses his home & my Grandparents. My Grandparents (well our Grandparents) cannot take care of him with the vent..they are just too old & are barely doing well for themselves. He was soo excited, he asked me to call my Dad & then my step-mom. He wanted them to know right away! He also was trying to tell the speech therapist about it when I couldn't figure out what he wanted. I'm still having problems reading lips.
I went to visit my Uncle today in the hospital (St. Vincent's East). He seems (seems being the key word here) to be doing better & Connie told me that he has a loud whisper now, but you still have to read lips. I have found out that I am NOT good at reading lips so if you want to say something bad about me whisper it (LOL!!).
He talked to me a little and he had his breathing treatment & moving (I want to say it was OT) therapy. So it was busy the hour & half I was there. I didn't get to stay long because I had to do grocery shopping, take kids to school, & run a few errands (not necessarily in that order). I am hoping to take my turn sitting with him and just being there for him (& my Grandparents). The kids & I were sick just about the same time Uncle Jerry was put in the hospital in Gadsden. Now that we are all well & he is closer to us than I have no excuses or reason not to go.
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Well I'm not sure how many people knew about him but PLEASE continue to pray for full health & strength so he can get back home. Thank you soo much!!
Many blessings
Updated on 12/19/08:
I visited Uncle Jerry today. It has been a complete week since I was last up there. David had strep throat (sorry all you Mom's @ CBC I didn't know!!!) and so I wanted to stay home since David had been sitting on me the whole day at the doctor's office. Anyways...off the subject. Dr. Ross, Unc. Jerry's doc, came by while I was there. (I really hate that I was the only one there, I'm soo scared that I'm gonna get something wrong!) He was talking to both of us when he said that he wasn't sure if Uncle Jerry would ever leave the hospital without the ventilator, but did give us hope that he may be going home right after the new year!! Yes, this is good news but also bad news. We really don't want him to go home with the vent. but @ the same time I know how badly he misses his home & my Grandparents. My Grandparents (well our Grandparents) cannot take care of him with the vent..they are just too old & are barely doing well for themselves. He was soo excited, he asked me to call my Dad & then my step-mom. He wanted them to know right away! He also was trying to tell the speech therapist about it when I couldn't figure out what he wanted. I'm still having problems reading lips.
Ok here's the prayer request: We serve an awesome, almighty & wonderful God that can & will do all things if we ask Him in His name (if its in accordance to His will of course). I believe though, we can pray that Uncle Jerry's brain is able to rerecognize his respitory system so that he doesn't need the vent. So if you will & you don't mind write down your prayers in the comments because I'm gonna copy/paste them onto a piece of paper & tape it to his hospital wall so he can see them. Thanks so much for your prayers & comments.
I went to visit my Uncle today in the hospital (St. Vincent's East). He seems (seems being the key word here) to be doing better & Connie told me that he has a loud whisper now, but you still have to read lips. I have found out that I am NOT good at reading lips so if you want to say something bad about me whisper it (LOL!!).
He talked to me a little and he had his breathing treatment & moving (I want to say it was OT) therapy. So it was busy the hour & half I was there. I didn't get to stay long because I had to do grocery shopping, take kids to school, & run a few errands (not necessarily in that order). I am hoping to take my turn sitting with him and just being there for him (& my Grandparents). The kids & I were sick just about the same time Uncle Jerry was put in the hospital in Gadsden. Now that we are all well & he is closer to us than I have no excuses or reason not to go.
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Well I'm not sure how many people knew about him but PLEASE continue to pray for full health & strength so he can get back home. Thank you soo much!!
Many blessings
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
"Christmas in the Park"
The Children's Choir, Mrs. Jane, & the Helpers
This past weekend our churchs preschool & children's choirs sang during the morning worship. The children, workers, Mrs. Shalita & Mrs. Jane (as well as all the Mom's & Dad's) worked hard to make it an excellent program (which it was). I was soo proud of David. He really has grown up some more since last year & he is getting better & better every year about standing still more & just letting it slide if he messes up. He does still need the "help" of a worker to reassure him (Mrs. Janet was the lucky one this & last year). This is okay though. At least he is getting better.
The Preschool Choir
Afterwards, we high-tailed it to Wal-Mart to take pictures with Santa, eat, & we ended up shopping some too (of course). We took pics with Santa first because I knew that it would take FOREVER for them to be ready (which it was!!) and then we ate at McDonalds. We had a very limited time at Wal-Mart because we had to be back at the church by one for the adult choir practice (our program is the 14th!) and we needed to rehearse. Gary is a perfectionist and wants it to be an excellent program as well. We sang for about two hours and then we went home to rest before we had to go back to church.
David & the other boys with the ribbon during a song.
Around 5:30 we were back at church (yes, this time of year we LIVE at our church) for the annual Christmas dinner. It was really good and the kids had a really fun time once someone began to film them as they wandered around and went to the stage. My kids were pretty good, Daniel had only a 30 min nap so he was irritable & whiney, but other than that all was well. Daniel got over all of his tiredness by the time the kids were playing around and he joined them (of course). Ahh, to be young again!! (Sorry, no pics of this)
My little Daniel.Sunday night/early Monday morning Daniel came into our room saying something (honestly, I was more asleep than awake) and he was telling that he was "sick to my tummy" before I got puke-ied all over me (well my nice warm blankets, YUCK!!). About 30 min or so later David came in also complaining about his tummy. Then after those two were back to sleep (in our bed by the way) Joey got up sick to his tummy and so he & the boys stayed home on Monday. I unfortuantly had to get up for my final exam in math. Which I made a B on my final & I believe I made a high B for the class--YAY ME!!!!. I won't really know what my grade is because they don't grade like that it is "P","NP". or "I". At least I got a "P" on my first try. (OOOOOHHHH Christel!! Ready for some Chili's to celebrate!! Our old tradition~~remember.) I can NOT wait.
Well blessings to all of you & I wish you a VERY EARLY MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!
Thursday, December 4, 2008
The Birthday Party
Hey all :-). Well David's birthday party was almost a week ago & it has almost been that long since I was on my laptop. So I had to catch up on all the blogs I read, e-mail, myspace, facebook, etc. I am very behind. This has been a very busy week (if you could not tell).
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Rascal found a great sleeping spot.
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Hummm, do I see a present already?
We had such an awesome time for David's 9th birthday party. We had just a small get together at Chuck E Cheese in Vestavia for him. We started the tradition of going to Chuck E Cheese when David was like 3 turning 4 and he had been soo sick. I was also prego with Haley & VERY tired. So we went (as a family of 3) to Chuck E Cheese to celebrate on the actual day of his birth & had a party seperate.
Daniel and Rascal helping get the tree out so it can be put up.I want to thank all the people who came (or allowed their children to come) to be part of this special time with David. It wouldn't have been the same without you & it was much appreciated. David had a blast!! Thanks again.
Do you see someone hiding in the tree?
Do you see someone hiding in the tree?Now that that is out of the way...On to the Christmas festivities. They have begun officially (well actually it started when the choir started to meet longer & on Sundays [not that I'm complaining!!] ) I LOVE this time of the year. I love sitting in my living room with the lights off to watch my tree flicker. I love to put the ornaments on the tree and look and reminiscence about each one which child did it, so on. I just love it!!! I think everyone gets the idea. This time of the year brings back soo many good memories from my childhood and the traditions that have been kept over the decades. I want my children to have the same fond memories also (about all holidays, but especially Christmas).
Rascal found a great sleeping spot.The tree finally got put up, 3 days after I wanted it up. I had to climb into the attic and get everything down (Yes, I'm impatient) and I roped David into helping me. As you can imagine, it took twice as long but it was mostly done when Joey got home (imagine that!!). He did have to help do somethings. He knew that I wasnt happy that the tree wasn't put up when I felt like it should (I had a bahumbug attitude at the time ;-]). Well some pics will be on here to honor the Morrison tree, that the cat loves to attack and climb on. He SOOO needs to be outside, but our neighborhood just isn't "cat" friendly. Plus, we've had several kitties "kitten-napped" from our front porch!! They would bring Rascal back quickly though!! Look in the pictures to see Rascal, & Daniel. They are somewhat hidden if you're not looking for them so take a peek and see.
Hummm, do I see a present already?Well it is late & I am soo tired. I've been ready for bed for hours now. Time for sleep, Hurray!!! Hope you all are blessed this weekend & see some of ya soon :-).
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