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 Email Print    Friday, December 09, 2011 Cathy Cassani Adams
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e-mail address to receive updates:   Last week we moved back
home after five months of construction and living in a rental.
We had so much to unpack, but I was also anxious to get my
Christmas stuff up.  I was unloading boxes and unwrapping
ornaments while simultaneously trying to read three days worth
of unread email; not to mention that my girls seemed to need
something every five minutes - food, attention, help, food…  I
was carrying my phone around in my pocket because I was hoping
to make a quick call to my parents, but first I needed to unwrap
one more ornament, put this pan away, finish my grocery list and
take this bag to the garbage…  In th