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Carlos please come home...

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So after over a year on unemployment, I may have landed a job. "Finally" I say to myself. Then I ask my self "finally?". Spending time at home with my family and especially my young kids, I really don't know if I want to go to work. We have not really suffered this "recesison" although we did make cuts in things we really did not need. We learned to

budget our money and spend on only necessary things. Our kids appreciate a treat with more enthusiasm and are learning that they are…

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Upon moving into a rental house, my family discovered we had a walnut tree in the back yard. The huge tree gave very good walnuts, and we picked with a long pole every time we could. It was difficult to pick the walnuts this way, so we had a tough time gathering enough nuts. We also had competition - the squirrels. They would sit at the top of the branches and munch on the outside shell in order to get to the walnut itself. Then they would either… Continue

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On a camping trip to a Pow Wow, I had the most wonderful experience. This Pow Wow honored our Elders, and was a three day event. The camp grounds were surrounded in tall pine trees, and the sacred circle was right in the middle of the campground. It was a grass meadow encircled by a tall forrest pine trees. Hidden amongst the pine… Continue