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The ongoing blog of the Tomchak family, in Wheaton IL USA

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51 Weeks Old and Counting…

What does it mean to have twins? Next week they will be a full year old, and I thought it might be a good time to reflect on the year. Here is a brief look back at the last year and some of the things that have changed in our lives. While everybody tells you [...]

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Election Night Speech

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How do you say goodbye to an old friend?

We may have only known him for the last 10 years, but 42 year old GE Air-conditioner (we called him Mr. Coolie) pushed out his last cold breath on Friday. Time of death is estimated at 7:39am.  Brenda is quoted as saying “Early that morning I heard a loud scream and crashing noise from the yard. [...]

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iPhone – Now more distracting then before!

So if it wasn’t enough that you could do web browsing, email, SMS Text Messaging, watch movies and listen to music, now with the new updated software you can do about 500 new things (if you so choose to do all 500 things that is). I have downloaded several free applications, as well as a [...]

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Back Home – Michigan Photos

We made much better time coming home then we did going to MI. Traveling at night seems to be the key, and I think we’ll be doing a lot more of it. They normally go to bed around 7pm, which is a great time to travel. No traffic, and no delays through the many constructions [...]

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