tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82229154663547599892012-02-16T03:02:47.207-05:00The Lord has graced our family with 5 daughters. Follow us on our journey of homeschooling and growing in the Grace of our Lord.Junenoreply@blogger.comBlogger661100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8222915466354759989.post-60805924644170353992009-04-26T09:06:00.002-04:002009-04-26T09:08:38.774-04:00

I am so excited! Since we are planning to put the house back on the market, I have been wanting to better organize my scrapbooking as it is in our bedroom. I would have loved to have used our computer armoire but we still need it. Then I started looking to see if there was anything I could set on top of the drawing table I was using to put things behind close doors. Yesterday, I had to take

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I haven't been very faithful blogging and posting pictures here. It seems easier to put them on Facebook. Anyway, we have had a few events in the last weeks. One was Puddin's 4th birthday. It fell on a Saturday so we had a birthday party complete with friends. We started the day with a breakfast of the cereals she picked out. She also received her gift of a cinderella dress as the party was a

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Before the state conference, we spent some time at Dh's mother's house since she lives just across the bay from Tampa. The girls enjoyed going to the beach and park with her. It was nice to have a few days of relaxing.

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We spent this past weekend in Tampa for the girls' FSCAR State Conference. Eldest served as Organizing Secretary this past weekend and the other girls were state chairman for various committees. They all had speeches to give so Mom had lots of opportunity to work on her speech writing skills. :-)They also served in various ways at the conference. Pumpkin and Cucumber were personal pages for

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The girls found a butterfly and was able to catch it. They enjoyed looking at it and examining it.Eldestof5 is taking Apologia Biology this year and made it to the dissections. I let Daddy have the fun of helping her out. They did the earthworm and crayfish first. I worked out on the Wii Fit while they did the dissections. The younger girls enjoyed watching some also. It was a profitable

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February 16th is the day the Lord blessed us with twins. Their birthday fell on President's day this year, just like 11 years ago when they were born. They started the day eating a breakfast of cereal - their pick of anything, Mom can't say no. They then opened their gifts. It is neat to see how creative the girls get with each other's gifts. We then headed out to spend some time at Parks at

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We took advantage of the 3 day weekend and headed up to Georgia. Our reason for going was two fold - one was visiting a Civil War site since we are studying that time period now and the second was to do something enjoyable for the twins 11th birthday which fell on President's Day this year. Mike's uncle and aunt who live outside of Albany opened up their home to us which was a blessing. They

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So I watched the special interviewing the CA Octuplet mom tonight. Really we should say, the mom of 6 plus octuplets. I am very conflicted over this situation. On one hand, I agree with her that life begins at conception and that we are not the ones to decide which life(s) should end in the womb. Children are a blessing from the Lord! No doubt on that one. However, we then have to look at

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My birthday falls shortly after the holidays so it can sometimes be a little crazy for my family. Monday morning found my family showering me with gifts. I received an FSU necklace, 2 new Bibles from my hubby although I have to return one of them because the print was just waay to small for these older eyes. Longlegged girl drew me a picture of a coffee cup as I am changing the theme in my

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The twins had asked for pierced ears for Christmas. We gave them earrings for Christmas with a promise to take them to get their ears pierced. I had learned that Walmart does ear piercings so we headed up there on the 3rd. Pumpkin went first and was a little apprehensive. She did well though and ended up with some beautiful white earrings.Cucumber went next and was very excited. It hurt a

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We spent New Year's at home and had my mom and brother over. We enjoyed some mexican finger foods and then played some cards. Everyone made it up until midnight, even Puddin. Welcome 2009!!

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The girls have begun a tradition of doing a play for us on Christmas Eve. I didn't get pictures that actual morning since I was a little out of it from the Nyquil I had taken the night before. The girls redid the play for their grandmother who came up for a visit after Christmas so I was able to get some pictures then.Eldest was a tv reporter in Jerusalem the night Christ was born. The other

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I have lots of pictures and things I want to post but life has not let me. We have jumped back into our routine full speed and I'm barely keeping up. I am going to try really hard to post some things later this week so keep watching!

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I hope the Lord works mightily in your life through 2009!!

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"Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!" Luke 2:14Well, we started our celebrations last night at my FIL's house. This was after I made a last minute trip to Costco for some gifts and then spent the rest of the afternoon finishing grandparent gifts and wrapping them. Actually, the girls started the day out by waking us up around 7:30 a.m. to do

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We surprised Eldest with a jewelry box for her birthday. We hadn't planned to get her one due to finances but I found one on sale at Kohl's while I had a percent off coupon and it had the bonus of a mirror on the front! She was very surprised but had trouble figuring out if it was a jewelry box or just a mirror. She was thrilled when she found out it was both!This is the cake I made for her.

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No, it is not me that age, you would have to flip the numbers around to get to my next age. Actually, Eldest turned 14 today. It was a fairly quiet celebration being on a Sunday. Pictures to follow! Happy birthday sweetheart!

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Wow! I had many events that I took pictures of in a week time so I just decided to put the majority of them in one post. We started with Thanksgiving. We visited with Mike's Dad and family here in town. We enjoyed some delicious food complete with turkey, corn casserole, broccoli casserole, potatoes and much more.After dinner, we enjoyed sitting around chatting while the little ones found the

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Actually, we should be thankful every day and in every situation if we claim the name of Christ."Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you." 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 (ESV)But today we take specific time to focus on the things we are thankful for and when we stop and think about it, we have much to be thankful

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We participated in the Jacksonville Veteran's Day parade this last Tuesday with our local society of C.A.R. The girls really enjoy wearing their colonial dresses and carrying the banners and flags. Puddin and I rode on the trailer this year. I walked it last year and trust me, my feet were hurting!!It was quite a long parade this year and thankfully, we were at the front since we represent the

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I spent a few hours tonight cutting hair and it wasn't my own which is in need of a haircut soon. I started with Puddin. I mainly just got rid of the ends which were getting scraggly. Daddy doesn't want her hair cut until she is 5. Next was Pumpkin. She made the decision, on her own, to cut her hair as short as Cucumber's. She wanted them to look more alike but she doesn't want bangs.

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Haydee ChocolatierJust thought I would pass along this offer for some free truffles if anyone was interested.

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We don't celebrate halloween. We made that decision before our children were born so they have never gone out trick or treating although they have attended Fall Festivals once or twice. We always try to not be home on the evening of 31st so we go to friends' houses who don't live in busy neighborhoods or other events. One time we attended a local fair type event and were interviewed about why we

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Puddin is growing up way too fast. When I tell her sisters to get started on school, she says she is going to get her school out also. I decided to needed to get busy finding some things for her to do. I found a wonderful site on line to make lapbooks, even for her age. She enjoys having the Poky Little Puppy read to her so I chose that as the first book. We learned some new words, counted

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We had our annual Fall Festival at church last weekend. The girls entered the pie contest. Eldest made a Lemon Meringue with the help of my mom, Pumpkin and Cucumber made a Pumpkin pie on their own and Longlegged Girl made a French Mint pie with my help.The girls had loads of fun playing the many games. Pumpkin and Cucumber got carried away Longlegged Girl got led through the obstacle course

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We finished up our first unit in Year 3 and with a co-op. We learned about the War of 1812, Louisiana Purchase, the beginning of the Industrial Revolution with its many inventions and South America and its fight for freedom from the Spanish led by Simon Bolivar. The girls read classics such as Pride and Prejudice, Frankenstein and Swiss Family Robinson along with some poetry. Did you know

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White Man's Greed and Obama's Salvation I found this on another homeschooler's blog. It was a very interesting and informative read. I encourage you to take the time to look at it.

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I was sent this article in an e-mail this morning. It says much of what I have said regarding the media lately. I think this is worthy of taking the time to read. Just a note: Orson Scott Card is a Democrat and a newspaper columnist, and in this opinion piece he takes on both while lamenting the current state of journalism. Would the Last Honest Reporter Please Turn On the Lights? by Orson

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Remember all those apples we picked in Vermont? Well, I needed to get something done with them as we were getting tired of just eating them. We decided to try our hand at applesauce. The girls gave me a hand at peeling and chopping up the apples. They had quite fun at it too!Only a 13 year oldCutting apples is funLonglegged girl shows off her bandages from the mole removalI think I broke the

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Puddin went on her "date" the other day. Here she is with her friend in front of the theatre. They met up with another family so there were plenty of chaperones. After the play, they went to the park for lunch and time to run and play. Puddin was more excited about that than the play I think. One funny happened though. My friend, who was already a little nervous having someone else's child

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I don't think Daddy expected to get a letter like this for awhile longer and especially not for his youngest dd!I respectfully ask for the pleasure of taking your beloved daughter Puddin to see a play at the Theatre Thursday morning. Even though the play is called "Harry the Dirty Dog", I assure that this is a wholesome, respectable event. I promise that I will not dance too much or sing too

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Remember how I posted at the beginning of our school about how I had everything scheduled out but the Lord was in control of it all? Well, apparently I needed reminded of that this week.I knew going into the week that Monday and Tuesday were going to be crazy. On Monday, Longlegged girl had an appt to have 2 moles removed from her shoulder. She did very well with it even though she has 7

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We were very happy to see the mountains as we went north from Boston on Saturday morning. We also began seeing a little bit of color which only became more pronounced throughout the week. The pictures just don't do justice to the scenery we saw. I could have just kept the camera to my eye the whole time as we drove around. Some of this was in New Hampshire also as we were right on the border

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Between our days in Boston, we drove over to Lexington and Concord. We started at Concord and learned all about the battle at North Bridge. We also learned about this cannon that had been discovered recently and played a part in the beginning of the American Revolution. Dh enjoyed the weapons but he was fascinated with the interior woodwork of the old house it was located in.The girls and I on

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Our trip started early Saturday morning after a quick stop at Starbucks to fuel up on caffeine. We made it to just outside Brunswick, GA when we came to a stop. Ooops, no gas! Thankfully, our new GPS allowed us to find a gas station to call and get them to bring us gas. We were soon on the road again.Speaking of gas, the Lord really blessed us regarding the prices. I was concerned the prices

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We had a wonderful trip and saw some wonderful sights. I had hoped to blog along the way but due to a computer glitch the first part of the trip and hardly any internet access the whole 2 weeks kept that from happening. I plan to post pictures and descriptions in the next day or so so stay tuned!

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We are on the road again 1 week from today. We are taking a 2 week camping trip to the Northeast and visiting Boston and parts of Vermont. Our reason for planning the trip is to show the girls some of the American Revolutionary sites in the Boston area as we studied them back in the spring. I can't wait to visit Quincy Market and check out all the food and shopping there. We decided since we

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We joined an on-line co-op for our Tapestry discussions this year. I wanted to have my girls involved with a few more students so they could hear other viewpoints and thoughts. Today was our first sessions. Both older girls had History at 9 a.m. I listened in and thought it went well. The teacher had put together a power point to aid in the discussion that I found really neat. I will have to

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Well, for the most part Fay is gone. We are still getting some showers such as the ones that gave us another 1.5 inches today for a total of 8.5 inches so far and some more showers expected tomorrow. We are grateful that it is that low though after hearing the amounts from other parts of the state. We had some strong winds but only branches and LOTS of leaves down. We heard that a tornado

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We are just west of the circle where it makes another landfall. I'm thinking dh may have a few days at home and we probably won't have to worry about showing the house the next few days.

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Longlegged girl turned 12 on the 14th. We started off the day with her birthday cereal. Our tradition is the birthday person gets to choose any cereal they want for breakfast since we don't normally do sugary cereals. She and Twin #1 then had an art class .That evening, after a dinner of hamburgers, we went bowling. The girls found out it wasn't as easy as playing it on Wii! They still had

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A child who is all legs but very skinny? Take her shopping for new pants. Longleggedgirl has outgrown lengthwise all her long pants. She tried wearing a pair of 14's the other day which were big in the waist but not long enough in the legs. We hit Kohl's this evening since they had an additional amount off if I used my Kohl's card. We tried the Juniors section first. The 0's and 1's were

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Army Sgt. Jonathan N. Hartman, 27, of Orange Park, Florida was killed April 17, 2004 when his convoy was attacked near Diwaniyah, Iraq. He was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 37th Armored Regiment, 1st Armored Division, Friedburg, Germany. He was a native of Portsmouth, Va. where he attended high school. He had lived in Florida since 1996 and enlisted in the Army in 1999. He served as a crewman on

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This is a repost of one of my favorite entries from my other blog. It was originally posted 9/11/06***************************************************************************************************************I remember all too well that morning 5 years ago. I remember starting our morning in the same routine unaware of any tragedy taking place. I remember DH calling to ask if I had the TV on

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This is a repost of one of my favorite entries from my other blog. It was originally posted 3/5/06 ****************************************************************************************************************We had a representative from the SGA visit our church this morning. Our church has sponsored a paster in the Ukraine for at least 10 years through this organization but had never been

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This is a repost of one of my favorite entries from my other blog. It was originally posted 3/1/06*****************************************************************************************************************Wow, I have been insulted this morning. In reading this article that I found linked at Cappucinomom's, I was told that I am not educated or competent because "an educated, competent

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This is a repost of one of my favorite entries from my other blog. It was originally posted 1/1/06***************************************************************************************************************I am home this morning with baby who still has a trace of stuffy nose and DD#2 who has been coughing but I can't tell if it is a cold or her asthma acting up. Funny thing is, last year I

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This is a repost of one of my favorite entries from my other blog. It was originally posted 12/28/05**************************************************************************************************************************************Dh and I were watching the Gettysburg Dvd he received for Christmas (his loving wife got it for him ) As we were watching the part leading up to and just after the

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This is a repost of one of my favorite entries from my other blog. It was originally posted 12/13/05**************************************************************************************************************************************Tip #1 - Ask child 2 weeks, not 2 days, before what kind of cake they would like. That way, if you need a special pan that has been discontinued, you will have

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This is a repost of one of my favorite entries from my other blog. It was originally posted 12/7/05***********************************************************************************************************************************I have lived in the same area all of my life. Ok, technically, I lived most of the first year or so in South Florida but I have no remembrance of it. I now live about

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This is a repost of one of my favorite entries from my other blog. It was originally posted 12/1/05**************************************************************************************************************Our 2nd DD has a little trouble with her memory, especially names. Tonight on the way home from swim practice, she was telling us about a boy on the team and said his name was Noah. (Dh

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This is a repost of one of my favorite entries from my other blog. It was originally posted 11/24/05**************************************************************************************************************************I was reading John Macarthur's devotion this morning on God's soveriegnity and an example of it has continued coming to my mind the last few days. This story of a local family

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This is a repost of one of my favorite entries from my other blog. It was originally posted 11/22/05****************************************************************************************************************I was watching my 7 month old explore her world. She was scooting and rolling all over the floor, playing with her toys and sometimes reaching for forbidden things which allowed her to

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Well, we made it through this week of being in many different places. Dh arrived home Thursday afternoon tired but safe and sound. He had to go into work on Friday but was able to come home a little early. We enjoyed the evening with friends watching the opening ceremony of the Olympics. If you didn't see it, you missed a really great ceremony.We picked up Eldestof5 today at the beach. She

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I am a nature lover and watching birds is one of my favorite things to do. Hummingbirds amaze me with their quickness and beauty. We finally have had some visiting our yard this year. They were emptying this little feeder just about every day so I have added a bigger one. They seem to like it even more because more than one can feed at a time and it has a perch for them to rest on. I was

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I have been single parenting for the last 2 days. Dh went out of town on a business trip until Thursday. In addition, Eldestof5 is gone for the week also! She is visiting an aunt who has sweetly taken each girl for a few days over the summer. Longlegged girl still has her turn coming up. We will pick her up on Saturday when we go to the beach for a birthday party for my soon to be 2 year old

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We made it through our first week of school fairly well. I am still tweaking the schedule but I and the girls are liking using the Google calendar. We had 3 showings of the house over the weekend but we haven't heard any feedback from any of them. Our roof problem seems to be fixed so now we can get the new floor put down. We head out to the Ponte Vedra area tomorrow morning. Southeast

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Yep, we started our new school year today. I have a 9th grader (high school, how did that happen???), 7th grader and 2 5th graders. The girls weren't overly thrilled with starting back but it only makes sense. They were getting bored with the lack of routine and it has been either waaay too hot or too rainy for them to go outside and play. I certainly don't want them sitting on the computer

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Longlegged girl and Puddin had well checkup visits today. I was only about 5 months late on Puddin's 3 year but early for Longlegged girl as her birthday is coming up soon.Puddin was weighed and measured first. 34 pounds and 3 feet, 2 inches tall! She sure seems taller than that. She must be going through a growth spurt too because she woke up last week crying that her leg hurt. The doc

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Do you have a Target near you? Do you like to shop ahead for birthdays and Christmas? You might want to check out the toy section in Target then. They had tons of things on clearance when I was in there the other night. I took care of some birthday shopping and may go back to look some more.

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We had a nice relaxing 4th of July weekend at my MIL's house in the Tampa area. We took our Wii down and enjoyed it. Even Puddin' got into it. She knocked Daddy out in boxing.We also enjoyed the yummy ice cream cake that Dh and I made. Our dog, Ashlee made her own fun by getting out to run in the yard and trying to steal some ice cream. She wasn't successful except in wearing herself out.We

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Do you love coffee? Are you a fan of Starbucks? If so, here is a way to get a free beverage from them. Check it out here but hurry, it ends July 14th!!

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My mom celebrates 65 years today! I am so grateful the Lord has allowed her to be my mother. and to have a close relationship. I pray for the Lord to bless her today and in the year to follow as He wills. I love you Mom!!!

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I have been blogging for a few years over at Homeschoolblogger but decided I needed a change. I like the ease of photo uploading and the ability to e-mail posts here on Blogger so here I am.For those new to my blog, we are a homeschooling family of 7. Dh works on computer systems at Everbank while I stay home with our 5 girls - Eldest who is 13, Longlegged Girl who will be 12 in a few weeks,

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We spent the last weekend of June in Valdosta, GA. We went to Wild Adventures where we have annual passes. They had a Mercy Me concert Saturday evening which was the main reason we went. That was one of the best concerts I have ever been too!! They kept the whole night focused on the Lord and glorifying Him and the music is just fantastic. Can you tell they are one of my favorite bands? I

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Behold, God is great, and we know him not; the number of his years is unsearchable.For he draws up the drops of water; they distill his mist in rain,which the skies pour down and drop on mankind abundantly.Can anyone understand the spreading of the clouds, the thunderings of his pavilion?Job 36:26-29

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