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Just wanted to catch everyone up on my week since it has taken forever for me to get all the Kronborg Castle pictures done!

This week we had some good news as Jared got the refund money from our travels, so we can actually go grocery shopping without bringing a calculator along to make sure we have enough! It has really been a very quiet week mostly because it's fall break here and lots of people are on holiday. Since we have several retirees on our street there were more kids around than usual playing soccer in the street and such while their parents were at work. Kind of nice to hear them out there enjoying the last nice days of fall.

I have had a rather rotten week health-wise. Last week I had a horrible 24 hour flu or something with a fever and the works. This week my back and neck have been unbearably out of whack. Jared and I have a horrible bed that is really starting to wear on us. It's just a foam mattress maybe 4" thick with wooden slats underneath. To make matters worse, it isn't one matress, it's two smashed together. They don't "do" double/queen/king bedding here either. You just make up each side separately, including separate duvets! It seems like I wake up 100 times a night in between the two duvets and shivering. It's like camping every night! Thankfully Jared got me a new pillow to replace the 2-dozen-feather "pillow" I had been using, so that'll help some. From my ranting, you can tell what our first extra pennies will be going towards!

Well, to cheer up this post some I'll post a cute Ruby pic. That little punkin is really the light of our lives... She's giggling lots and has said, "Mamamamama" a few times! Of course it's just babble, but it still makes this mommy feel pretty special!

A quick "Happy 21st Birthday!" to my "baby sister" and it's off to bed for me!