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Happy Holidays!



 Our best wishes to everyone for a happy holiday weekend.  Before we put the next post up, we are going to take the next few days to rest, reset and cherish this holiday season! We will be dining at some of our favorite restaurants and going to see The Embers Christmas Show at the Rialto Theatre Saturday night.  This may be our last Christmas in our home and we face the most difficult month ahead of us but right in this time and place we are safe. 

Please keep us in your thoughts. 

Happy Holidays! 

Charles and Susan Murray 




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