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Cary Grant - Tonight Michelle and Abby went into Nashua to go to the Christmas Tree Shops, home of the semi-annoying tagline, "Don't you just love a bargain?". Claire and I stayed home to watch a 1940 movie, "My Favorite Wife", starring the heavy hitters of Cary Grant and Irene Dunne. As the plot summary says,

Nick marries Bianca, but a short time later Ellen, (his first wife) turns up after having been stranded on a desert island for seven years.......
Some subplots were added. Nick learns that Ellen spent her seven years of exile with a man she called "Adam," played by Uberhunk, Randolph Scott. At first, Ellen convinces a short guy who works at the shoe store to pretend to be Adam, but she is soon found out when the real Adam spots her at lunch with Nick. Then Nick's jealousy prevents the couple from reconciling and of course, Ellen's still got to find a way to explain to her children that she's their mother.

I enjoyed the film. I tend to enjoy most Cary Grant movies. It lacked a little something, though. It didn't seem to flow right, as if the plot was too manipulated to extend the story's runtime.

Abby - I'm proud to say that Abby fulfilled my wish from last month. Her other upper front tooth fell out this afternoon. Now she has a double wide gap on top, a real holy hole-y smile. I took a decent picture to capture this lack of pearly whites. It'll be in the next album.

TV - I'm also happy to report that BestBuy agreed yesterday to give us an in-store credit for our troublesome Toshiba TV/VCR/DVD combo. We're going to pay the increment and just get this small LCD TV/DVD combo from RCA. Perhaps this TV won't look so oversized in our bedroom. Having all the controls and DVD slot on the top should keep the boys hands out of trouble.

Claire - Tomorrow is Claire's 9th birthday. I'm glad it falls on a Friday. She's having two good friends from school come over to celebrate, one she's known for 2 years and another she just met this school year. Nine years! My little 'bundes' is nine! I'll blink and in another nine she'll be finishing high school.

Michael - After six months of stubbornness and demonstrating super-human bowel control, it looks like Michael is finally starting to get it. He seems to be turning a corner and realizing that it's just not worth it. The only person you hurt by "holding it in" for two days at a time is yourself. Just use the toilet and you'll feel much better. We've only been telling him that since spring! I was starting to wonder whether Timothy was going to be toilet trained before Michael, at least on the BM front.

eBay - Every Friday our office celebrates "Wild Friday's". This week's theme is strangest item found on eBay. I offered the following submissions:

• Former husband selling ex-wive's wedding dress
• Parents selling Playstation as punishment to disobedient son
• Air guitar
• Complete Ghostbusters suit
• Star Trek Apartment
• eBay love Barbie and Ken (more a narrative than an auction)

Speaking of the silliness sometimes found on eBay: