Thursday, February 13, 2014

Throughout Day - and 770 Gratitudes Already

I must stay positive. Snowed in.

I believe in miracles.

I will add throughout day.

The Power says list all that love. Here is one category. For now.

Body:
1.      I love my eyes
2.      I love my nose
3.      I love my mouth
4.      I love my throat
5.      I love my esophagus
6.      I love my lungs
7.      I love my blood
8.      I love my veins
9.      I love my heart
10.   I love my liver
11.   I love my kidnes
12.   I love my ears
13.   I love my small intestines
14.   I love my large intestines
15.   I love my cervix
16.   I love my vagina
17.   I love my clitoris
18.   I love my hips
19.   I love my shoulders
20.   I love my upper arms
21.   I love my lower arms
22.   I love my hands
23.   I love my fingers
24.   I love my fingernails
25.   I love my wrists
26.   I love my elbos
27.   I love my upper back
28.   I love my middle back
29.   I love my lower back
30.   I love my tush
31.   I love my collar bones
32.   I love my breasts
33.   I love my abdomen
34.   I love my navel
35.   I love my waist
36.   I love my hips
37.   I love my stomach
38.   I love my skin
39.   I love my pubic hair
40.   I love the hair on my head
41.   I love the little bit of hair on my arms
42.   I love the little bit of hair on my legs
43.   I love the little bit of hair on my fingers
44.   I love the little bit of hair on my toes
45.   I love my thighs
46.   I love my knees
47.   I love my calves
48.   I love my shins
49.   I love my ankles
50.   I love my feet
51.   I love my toes
52.   I love my toenails
53.   I love my teeth
54.   I love my gums
55.   I love my smile
56.   I love that I can see
57.   I love that I can hear
58.   I love my vocal cords
59.   I love that I can speak
60.   I love that I can walk
61.   I love that I can type
62.   I love my brain
63.   I love my memory
64.   I love that I can read
65.   I love that I can drive
66.   I love that my systems can work together
67.   I love that I can play piano
68.   I love that I can run
69.   I love that I can jump
70.   I love that I can sit
71.   I love that I can stand
72.   I love that I can rock
73.   I love that I can taste
74.   I love that I can smell
75.   I love that I can bath
76.   I love that I can shower
77.   I love that I can wash my own hands
78.   I love that I can feed myself
79.   I love that I can stand on tippy toes
80.   I love that I can write
81.   I love that I can cook
82.   I love that I can eat
83.   I love that I can swallow
84.   I love that I can drink
85.   I love that I can have sex
86.   I love that I an have orgasms
87.   I love my unlined forehead
88.   I love my dimple
89.   I love my lips
90.   I love that I have the sense of touch
91.   I love that I can pet non-human animals
92.   I love that I can hug
93.   I love that I can kiss
94.   I love that I can talk on the phone
95.   I love that I can climb stairs
96.   I love that I can move all my joints
97.   I love that I can bend
98.   I love that I can stretch
99.   I love that I can get on and off the floor (like at work)
100. I love that I can hug even myself.

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Foods:
1.      I love fresh artichokes, stuffed with breadcrumbs and garlic
2.      I love artichoke hearts, frozen, in just about anything
3.      I love artichoke hearts, canned
4.      I love fresh green beans
5.      I love  frozen green beans
6.      I love canned green beans
7.      I love fresh eggplant
8.      I love Punjab eggplant
9.      I love eggplant wedge with sauce
10.   I love vegan spanakopita
11.   I love fried peppers
12.   I love a baked potato
13.   I love canned corn
14.   I love frozen corn
15.   I love on the vine tomatoes
16.   I love organic foods
17.   I love Imagine broth unchicken
18.   I love broccoli casserole
19.   I love battered and fried artichoke hearts
20.   I love my mother’s vegetable stew she made up for me
21.   I love collards
22.   I love kale
23.   I love spinach
24.   I love cucumbers
25.   I love celery
26.   I love carrots
27.   I love garlic
28.   I love onions
29.   I love iceburg lettuce
30.   I love chard
31.   I love Swiss chard
32.   I love romaine lettuce
33.   I love arugula
34.   I love peanut butter
35.   I love cashews
36.   I love walnuts
37.   I love almonds, especially in the shell
38.   I love lentils! I didn’t always and am so glad I do
39.   I love our chili
40.   I love Barilla whole grain pasta
41.   I love jarred sauces
42.   I love my own sauce that takes only one hour
43.   I love vegan Parmesan cheese
44.   I love Amy’s Indian pockets
45.   I love cabbage
46.   I love braised cabbage kidney beans and Arborio rice dish
47.   I love potatoes oven fries I make
48.   I love baked potato
49.   I love sweet potatos with raisins
50.   I love organic rasin bran
51.   I love autums wheat cereal
52.   I love cinnamon
53.   I love vanilla
54.   I love original organic soymilk
55.   I love chocolate soymilk
56.   I love chocolate almosd milk
57.   I love my own special soup with the coconut milk
58.   I love coconut
59.   I love prunes
60.   I love Turkish figs
61.   I love fresh figs
62.   I love oranges
63.   I love peaches
64.   I love cherries
65.   I love plums
66.   I love blueberries
67.   I love strawberries
68.   I love raspberries
69.   I love soy yogurt
70.   I love almond milk yogurt
71.   I love coconut milk yogurt
72.   I love losing weight
73.   I love water
74.   I love seltzer
75.   I love flavored seltzers
76.   I love green tea
77.   I love Earl Gray tea
78.   I love pliain old Lipton tea
79.   I love white tea
80.   I love cherry bark tea
81.   I love breathe deep tea
82.   I love Maya tea
83.   I love chai tea
84.   I love citrusy tea
85.   I love ginger tea
86.   I love grape juice
87.   I love orange juice
88.   I love spelt break
89.   I love Ezekial bread
90.   I love spelt English muffins
91.   I love other whole good Englis muffins
92.   I love vegan food
93.   I love whole wheat hmamburger buns
94.   I love pasta with garlic and oil
95.   I love pasta with garlic and oil and broccoli
96.   I love pasta with garlic and oil and white beans
97.   I love grapes
98.   I love pears
99.   I love apples
100. I love chia seeds
101. I love flax seeds
102. I love acai juice
103. I love parsley
104. I love Portuguese potato soup
105. I love “chicken salad” made with gardein
106. I love my vegan “pesto” lasagna
107. I love my homemade pizza, recipe taken from J’s.
108. I love lemons
109. I love limes
110. I love lentil burgers that I make
111. I love blt’s with vegan bacon
112. I love lentil soup
113. I love pasta with lentil soup
114. I love kugel (although would have to be vegan of course)
115. I love spinach with garlic
116. I love broccoli with garlic
117. I love broccoli rabe
118. I love broth with little pasta things in it
119. I love salad
120. I love poppy seeds
121. I love poppy seed dresiing
122. I love olive oil
123. I love vinegar
124. I love balsamic vinegar
125. I love chick peas
126. I love Indian okra
127. I love pakora
128. I love chana saag
129. I love pizza with arulua, garlic and onion
130. I love red onion
131. I love Indian vegetable soup
132. I love green beans with tomato sauce
133. I love pasta fagiola
134. I love p.b. and “jelly” sandwiches on Ezekial toast
135. I love Daiya cheddar toasted on good bread (once in a while)
136. I love Smart Dogs (once in a while)
137. I love vegan salami (once in a while)
138. I love vegan bologna (once in a while)
139. I love lettuce with 1/3 pkg vegan deli meat and dried oregano and 1 t oil
140. I love brown rice wth sliced tomato and 1 slice vegan cheese, nuked for dinner
141. I love Cream of wheat
142. I love oatmeal
143. I love J’s hot chocolate
144. I love Vegan Cupcakes Take over the World chocolate chip cookies
145. I love coconut run liqueur
146. I love their chocolate cupcakes too
147. I love Earth Balance
148. I love whole wheat bagels
149. I love lettuce, tomato, and olive tapenade on ciabatta (once in a while)
150. I love broccoli in garlic sauce (Chinese)
151. I love vegetable chow mein no mushrooms (Chines)
152. I love vegan sushi
153. I love tempura (once in a while)
154. I love being full on healthy things
155. I love sipping hot broth
156. I love sipping hot tea
157. I love        WAITING for my next meal and not eating between now!
158. I love vegan chicken burgers
159. I love breadcrumbs
160. I love sandwiches
161. I love egg replacer
162. I love apple sauce
163. I love cantaloupe
164. I love Persian cantaloupe
165. I love honeydew
166. I love black plums
167. I love red plums
168. I love hummus
169. I love pineapple
170. I love bananas
171. I love whole wheat couscous
172. I love brown frice
173. I love white rice
174. I love jasmine rice
175. I love zucchini with tomatoes
176. I love battered fried cauliflower
177. I love flower petals
178. I love vegan semi-sweet chocolate chips
179. I love cocoa
180. I love toast (whole anything) dipped in hot tea
181. I love rye bread
182. I love pumperknickel bread
183. I love coffee
184. I love flagels (once in a while)
185. I love ketchup
186. I love mustard
187. I love hot pep
188. I love rosemary
189. I love sage
190. I love thyme
191. I love black pep
192. I love white pep
193. I love salt
194. I love kosher salt
195. I love pink Himilayan salt
196. I love eggs. But I love even MORE< that I don’t eat them anymore.
197. I love noodles with Earth Balance
198. I love my eggplant “Parmesan” – vegan – with good olives in there too
199. I love shredded wheat
200. I love corn flakes (but not healthy)
201. I love my veggie protein bake
202. I love vegan bacos
203. I love dried parsley
204. I love cayenne pep
205. I love turmeric
206. I love Veganaisse
207. I love basil
208. I love homemade bread

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House:

1.      I love that I have a home.
2.      I love that it is detached
3.      I love that I have a roof
4.      I love that I have ceilings
5.      I love that I don’t have to duck
6.      I love that I have a shower
7.      I love that I have a bathtub
8.      I love that I have a toilet
9.      I love that I have a bathroom sink
10.   I love that I have floors
11.   I love that I have walls
12.   I love that I have paint colors
13.   I love that I have electricity
14.   I love that I have plumbing
15.   I love that I have a dishwasher
16.   I love that I have a washing machine
17.   I love that I have a dryer
18.   I love that I have a basement wehre I can hang the clothes
19.   I love that I have hoses
20.   I love that I have a slop sink
21.   I love that I have a bathroom cabinet
22.   I love that I have running water
23.   I love that I have hot water
24.   I love that I have a hot water heater
25.   I love thar I have cold water
26.   I love that I have shampoo
27.   I love that I have conditioner
28.   I love that I have soap
29.   I love that I have hand soap
30.   I love that I have bath towels
31.   I love that I have hand towels
32.   I love that I have washcloths
33.   I love that I have cream for my dry skin
34.   I love the stipling on the bathroom ceiling
35.   I love the storage under the little tiny vanity
36.   I love that I have buble bath
37.   I love that I have face soap. Wow. This really IS a lot of luxury!
38.   I love that I have heat in the bathroom.
39.   I love that I have a window in the bathroom
40.   With a storm window
41.   And a screen
42.   I love that I have a den. It is an extra room, if we think of necessities
43.   I love that I have a flight cage for the bird in the den
44.   I love that it is on a stand
45.   I love that I carried the 39 pound cage up my steps by myself
46.   And tied it in the car
47.   And kept them safe
48.   And got them home
49.   I love the climby toy $11;00 but so worth it!
50.   I love the ring toy they use athletically
51.   I love the cuttle bone
52.   And that it hangs with metal things
53.   I love the big perch
54.   And the little perch
55.   And the other little perch
56.   And the ladder
57.   I love the hanging mirror box bell toy
58.   I love the swing that they use every single day of their lives
59.   I love the complex toy in their now
60.   I love the water bowl
61.   And the second water bowl
62.   I love the food dish
63.   And the second food dish
64.   I love the towel I use for covering them. Imagine just HAVING na extra towel – all luxiries yes
65.   I love little-dog’s Canine Good Citizenship award
66.   I love that it is framed
67.   And hanging on the wall
68.   I love the wooden thing J and I got when walking after my hysterectomy
69.   And the bookcase he got
70.   And the roll top desk he got
71.   And the other bookcase he got
72.   And the couch I got for him
73.   And the art calendar
74.   And the fancipul picture
75.   And the Picasso print
76.   And the ceiling light
77.   And the wall light
78.   And the lamp
79.   And the picture from student A, painting
80.   And the one from student M, hanging
81.   And the one from student C, hanging
82.   And the first little dog’s pic on my lap, with her paw print in like a cemet next to it
83.   And the air conditioner
84.   And the pretty doors with charm
85.   And the molding
86.   And the trip
87.   I love the “coffee” table
88.   I love the curio
89.   And I love the back of it, I which I made a fanciful painting
90.   I love the baseboard heating in here
91.   I love the low cabinet too
92.   And I love the tv
93.   And the vcr/dvd box
94.   And the cable
95.   And the internet
96.   And the phone
97.   And the closet
98.   I love the fireplace in the l.r.
99.   I love the chimney
100. I love the round little opening to the fireplace
101. I love the fireplace tools hanging
102. I love the white brick
103. I love the thing we had put in to stop the smoke from staining
104. I love that I don’t use it now ‘cause of the birds
105. I love that next year I can (cause they can be in sunroom)
106. I love the built-in bookshelves on each side of the fireplace
107. I love the blue and white stained class little windows above them
108. I love the mantle
109. I love the ceramic in front of it
110. I love the sofa
111. I love the loveseat
112. I love the wing chair.
113. I love that it was ours growing up
114. I love the bookcase
115. I love the McKnight painting
116. I love the Thich Nhat Hanh photo
117. I love the Thich Nhat Hanh calligraphy
118. I love the other Thich Nhat Hanh calligraphy
119. I love the giraffe picture made from bark in Kenya.
120. I love the giraffe ashtray
121. I love E, the student who gave both to me
122. I love the amethyst crystal
123. I love the Koko the Gorilla print Bird which I have hanging in there too
124. I love the piano music holder I have hanging from my first  (and only other) piano – the one I grew up with
125. I love the beach picture framed, from the family where I was the best thing that ever happened in school to that troubled boy
126. I love the Tibetan bell
127. I love the coffee table
128. And I love that it happens to have storage too
129. I love the carved rug
130. I love my French door
131. And my storm door
132. And screen
133. I love the two l.r. windows
134. Ad the storms
135. And the screens
136. I love the curtains
137. I love the beams in the ceiling
138. I love the trim
139. I love the baseboard heating in there
140. I love my piano
141. I love the Queen Anne d.r. tabe
142. I love the 6 chairs
143. I love the hope chest
144. I love the Van Gogh
145. I love the picture the Japanese parents and grandparents gave me after the child died and I made something special for them. Grandma had made this piece.
146. I love the breakfront
147. I love the hobby cabinet
148. I love the music cabinet
149. I love my Roayal Doultons.
150. I love the story behind each one
151. I love my Japanese piece srent from my penpal when I was like 9 years old
152. I love the air conditioner in there
153. I love my little wooden nativity from my mother, after it was given to her
154. I love my two d.r. windows. And gorgeous window treatment
155. I love the ridiculous sale it was on
156. I love the storms in there
157. And the screens
158. And the baseboard heating
159. I love my kitchen floor
160. I love my working oven
161. I love my working stovetop
162. I love my kitchen sink
163. I love my fridge
164. I love my freezer
165. I love my microwave
166. I love my Vitamix
167. I love my regular blender
168. I love my food processer
169. I love my Cuisinart coffee maker
170. I love my Nutribullet
171. I love my dark counters
172. I love my light cabintets
173. I love my contemporary knobs
174. I love that it has heat
175. I love the window over the sink
176. And the storm
177. And the screen
178. I love the back door
179. And the window in it
180. And the broken up old screen
181. I love the boken up old fence in the yard
182. Especially where it curves
183. I love the gate we had put in
184. I love my painting in there
185. I love my lightly stipled walls in there
186. I love my beamed ceiling in there
187. I love my shelves that J built in there
188. I love my sunroom
189. I love that I have it
190. I love that it will have heat and be opened year-round within months
191. I love the garden window in there
192. I love all the windows in there
193. I love the sliding doors in there
194. I love the French door in there
195. I love the new wood floor in there
196. I love my door to the basement
197. I love that I HAVE the celler
198. And I love that I HAVE the garage
199. I love that I have a driveway
200. I love my oak tree
201. I love all my trees
202. I love the maple in back
203. I love the bamboo
204. I love the backyard
205. I love the front yard
206. I love the lilac bush
207. I love the rhododendron
208. I love the azaelea
209. I love the evergreens
210. I love the grasses
211. I love the wild tiger lilies
212. I love the dirt itself, the earth
213. I love the little patio, concrete
214. I love my table for outdoors
215. And my chairs
216. And my umbrella
217. I love the shady spots
218. I love that I can sit/lay UNDER the tree!
219. I love the sunnhy spots too
220. I love that I can hang clothes out there
221. I love the side walkway
222. I lveo the other side more nature
223. I love that it is a little corner but only of a driveway to small building behind so not so exposed
224. I love that it is up off the street
225. I love that it is a white house
226. I love the yellow shutters. Bright
227. I love that although it s one fllow, it looks lie two from outside
228. I love ther as stone steps
229. I love the dry wall in front
230. I love the tulips J planted for me that still come up
231. And the crocuses too that he planted and they still come up
232. I love that I can walk to stores
233. I love that I have a driveway
234. I love my block
235. I love that neighbors are friendly but not friends
236. I love that my car fits in my tiny driveway
237. I love that my house has been standing since 1926 – 7
238. I love that it is a craftsman
239. I love my bedroom wall color
240. I love the bed
241. I love my dresser
242. I love my other dresser
243. I love the thing on the wall
244. I love the mirror
245. I love the closet
246. I love the baseboard heating in there
247. I love the Sleep Number mattress
248. I love the dust ruffle
249. I love the pillows
250. I Love the sheets
251. I love the blankets
252. I love the comforter
253. I love the pillowcases
254. I love the bedspread
255. I love the drawers
256. I love the doors like armoire type
257. I love the shelves
258. I love the under bed storage
259. I love the ceiling litght
260. I love the wall light
261. I love the lamp
262. I love the night light
263. I love the window
264. And the storm and the screen
265. I love the air conditioner
266. I love my pots
267. I love my pans
268. I love my mugs
269. I love my cups
270. I love my saucers
271. I love my fancy cupss and saucers
272. I love my fancy teapots
273. I love my fancy dishes
274. I love my plate
275. I love my bowls
276. I love my spoons
277. I love my forks
278. I love my knoves
279. I love all my utelsils
280. I love my gas stove
281. I love my electric ignition
282. I love my glasses. New pretty
283. And the taller ones too
284. And my wine glasses. 4 of each of thee glasses
285. And parfait ones too
286. I love my cloth napkins
287. And my tablecloth
288. And my paper napkins
289. And paper towels
290. And toilet tissue
291. And tissues
292. I love my laptop
293. And my cell phone
294. And my iPad
295. And my Nook
296. And my books
297. And my magazines
298. And my book lights
299. And batteries
300. And my printer/fax machine
301. And paper
302. And pens
303. And post-its
304. And pencils
305. And sheet music
306. And boxes for organizing stuff
307. And baskets
Wow.

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Job

1.      I love that I am employed
2.      I love that I get the honor of teaching children
3.      I love their innocence
4.      I love the neighborhood my job is in
5.      I love the architecture of the building
6.      I love the nature all around
7.      I love my classroom that it has cabinets
8.      I love that I HAVE a classroom
9.      I love that my classroom is carpeted
10.   I love that my classroom has heat
11.   I love that my classroom has windows
12.   I love that it loos out to grass and other nature and a wood little fency thing
13.   I love that I have a sink in there
14.   I love that the bac has a ceiling that goes way up high in an A
15.   I love that I have a piano in there
16.   I love my class
17.   I love that there are only 20
18.   I love teaching elementary math
19.   I love teaching about animals in science
20.   I love experiments in science
21.   I love teaching reading!
22.   I love teaching writing
23.   I love teaching penmanship
24.   I love teaching spelling
25.   I love teaching word play
26.   I love word games
27.   I love scripts with them
28.   I love song with them
29.   I love that we get to do the breathing game (2 minutes meditation) every morning
30.   I love that we say the Pledge of Allegiance every morning
31.   I love that we have the colorful rug I picked on top of the carpet
32.   I love the chart stand
33.   I love the white board
34.   I love my wood desk that J bought for me
35.   I love my swivel chair
36.   I love the blue in there
37.   I love the tree on the wall
38.   I love the yellow backing paper
39.   I love the mobiles they made
40.   I love the shelf thing that J convinced me to keep
41.   I love the coat closet built in
42.   I love the bookshelves
43.   I love the hundreds of books!
44.   I love the math manipulatives
45.   I love the coloring
46.   I ilove the paper
47.   I love the markers
48.   I love the crayons
49.   I love the colored pencils
50.   I love the pencils
51.   I love the electric sharpeners
52.   I love the hand held sharpeners
53.   I love the highlighters
54.   I love the glue sticks
55.   I love the post-its
56.   I love the lined post-its
57.   I lvoet he colorful post-its
58.   I love the small post-its
59.   I love the two book displays
60.   I love the stacked drawers
61.   I love the marbles
62.   I love the toys
63.   I love the games
64.   I loved the big stuffed Minnie Mouse
65.   I love the 3 desktop computers
66.   I love the speaker on the SmartBoard
67.   I love that I was first elementary teacher in district to get white board
68.   I love that I was one of first round to get Smartboard
69.   I love that they give me a laptop to use
70.   I love that our report cards are done on it
71.   I love the DRA box
72.   I love the posters
73.   I love the interactive calendar
74.   I love the giant indoor thermometer
75.   I love the literature sorter wood
76.   I love the mailboxes
77.   I love the hanging paper holder thing
78.   I love that I have a phone in there. I remember when they didn’t allow it
79.   I love that I get some money to spend on supplies each year
80.   I love teaching journaling
81.   I love our professional development
82.   I love when they cone to us
83.   I love when I go there.
84.   I love that we have custodians
85.   And that they are nice
86.   And that the snow gets cleared by them
87.   And the leaves get blown
88.   I love that we have a nature courtyard
89.   And a maker space room!
90.   And a library
91.   And a fabulous new librarian she is amazing!
92.   And a wonderful teacher-in-charge I love her
93.   I love my principal
94.   I love that I get along so well with the other 2 teachers on my grade level
95.   I love my wing
96.   I love that we (teachers) chat and laugh
97.   And have little luncheons and things
98.   I love our psychologist
99.   I love teaching 2nd graders
100.  I love that I have a salary
101. And  health insurance
102. And I pay only about 20 percent of it
103. I love that I have a pension. I didn’t want to put the 97 + % in. Was so poor. But am now glad I was forced to.
104. I love that I have paid sick days
105. And some paid personal days too
106. I love that I have my Master’s degree
107. + over 100 credits
108. I love my book course I’m in ther at school now.
109. I love the friendly people there
110. I love the presents I get love the parents who appreciate me
111. I love that the children are happy
112. I love that they are learning
113. I love that they feel safe
114. I love that they are growing so much
115. I love that I am entrusted with this privilege
116. I love that we have a soda machine that carries water in case I forget
117. I love our secretary
118. I love my aide
119. I love our nurse
120. I love our music teacher
121. I love our art teacher
122. I love our gym teacher
123. I love our Spanish teacher
124. I love our LRC teacher
125. And our math LRC teacher
126. I love our math helping teacher
127. I love our science helping teacher
128. I love my thick blue pens
129. I love my thick red pens
130. I love my Sharpies
131. I love that I have some control over my own schedule
132. I love that I have creative opportunities
133. I love that I’m about to have a great parent share
134. I love that I am open-minded and always getting better
135. I love that my principal appreciates me
136. I love that I am active there
137. I love that I am funny there
138. I love that I am successful there
139. I love that I have a great reputation there
140. I love that people like me there
141. I love that no one sees me as a gossip or trouble maker or threatening in any way (which I am not)
142. I love that my parent-conferences tend to go so well
143. I love that I have legos in the classroom
144. And Lincoln logs
145. I love that we get to do poetry
146. I love that I read aloud to them virtually every day
147. I love that I keep trying to keep it fun for them
148. My French teacher comes to me right there
149. I work in same building as M
150. My students love to see my teacher
151. Smiles there. A lot.
152. Bathrooms there.
153. Kitchen/faculty room there.
154. Conference room there.
155. Couch there.

Dr.Phil. Ex-gang guy! - Prison etc. Said this and I am thankful I heard it. Because although our circumstances are entirely different, it is meaningful to me: "There are only a few things in this life that you’re in control of . And that being your choices."

And A just said, "job, fix house, see friends play piano care for birds eat greens"



 

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