January 3rd

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Shopping again this morning. The Gormans bought two new suitcases, we bought one. The Gormans left today at 2pm so now we are down to 12 of us. Shopping again this PM to make sure we didn't miss anything that we had to have. We are scheduled to leave the hotel tomorrow at 11am. Today was much warmer than the last few. We went to Malone's for dinner tonight. They have great American burgers and a pool table. My brother is on their dart team. Afterwards we went to Jim and Katy's apartment and had a great Japanese cake for my brother's 50th birthday which is March 1st. This trip was actually his birthday celebration but winter break worked much better for the kids than in March. Happy early Birthday, Jim!!!

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