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We drove up to Bradenton which is north of Sarasota and spent two days with Dennis’ mom, step father and sister. I’m sure they loved seeing the kids although all I could think about was “Do they think I’m fat? Sure they do. They must think I’m fat. They’re sure playing it off really well tho”. LOL! But really, aside from my mind beating me up, I did have a pleasant time. Jada did act up from time to time but, all in all, it was nice to see them again.

The one gift I was worried about was the one I got for D’s step father. A book called “Sex, Death, and Flyfishing”. I laughed my head off when I saw it especially since the other book I was looking at was “50 Flyfishing places to visit before you Die”. What the hell is it about flyfishing that makes you think of death?!

Jada cleaned house with a large Dora doll, books, more books, care bear figures, and a coloring book. I got Dennis a watch, Nintendo DS game, and a ‘toy’ from thinkgeek. Dennis got me two PostSecret books (awesome!) and a figurine of a guy dead at his desk after surfing the net too long (so me), and I got a dvd from his sister and blouse from his mom.

Anyway, we got back home yesterday evening just in enough time to turn our house upside down with more packages, suit cases, bags, gifts. Jada openned the gift we got her last night as well. An easel. One side is a chalk board, the other a white board and it’s got a paper roll for painting. We also got her paints, paint brushes, chalk, eraser. She really likes it but she now officially has too many toys. So many that it begins to be detrimental for a child’s emotional health. Pretty soon she’ll start to expect many many regular gifts from random people and wonder why there are 5 and not 7.

I need to schedule a toy purge for late January.