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Another turkey gave it’s life for American feast. Went to Walnut Creek with Kleber family to skate around.  Thanks (?) to global warming, we’re still enjoying 70 degree weather in Bay Area.

Kathy and Nat on ice

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After a long life in Orinda, an oak tree above the house died this summer and needed to come down. Already cabled back, it was just a little too risky to have it come down on the roof. Natalie is shown for sizing to the root base.

Expert dudes at East Bay Tree Service did a quick job taking it down. More pictures at Flickr

Per City of Orinda ordinances, we received prompt permission to proceed.

Just finished expanding my WIFI coverage with tomato firmware . Instead of buying an expensive accesspoint, used an old WRT54G and configured WDS to get broad coverage and access point to DirecTV DVR. Easy stuff with these directions

Nicholas and papa went to Berkeley campus to see the mighty UCLA Bruins take their second road win(70-58) this season over the Golden Bears in Berkeley. Great game, fabulous talent, hope they can sustain till March…

Family went to Embarcadero ice skating venue to get a few laps in, beautiful weather and mama’s feeling better! Natalie got around on her own after a few tries

We of course had to check out shopping on Union square with great enthusiasm…

Dec 20 rolls around and Natalie is celebrating birthday #7. Lot’s of kids at home to make ginger bread houses and eat cake.

Ready to blow out the candles

Natalie finished another exciting year of girl’s soccer in the Orinda league, this year with the Blue Butterflies. Coached by the world-renowned Bamberger and Tag team one can see the future olympians already.

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Annual tradition brought some great costumes to Sleepy Hollow school. You can see Nick and Natalie in their favorite outfits. More pics at flickr

Despite all hopes for a great UCLA season, and a sure victory over the struggling Irish, the Bruins fell short in a sad game. Having walk-on QB may explain some of it. Nevertheless, always fun to visit RoseBowl with the Petrus gang. Final 6-20

Hard to live in California without a convertible…so after searching locally and internet, we decided on the CLK350, leased from eBay. Friendly folks at VernEide had a great ebay deal and pretty soon car was in Orinda.

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Unfortunately, that also means the reliable and good-looking bmw will have to find a new owner. 69K miles and listed for $15.5K, bargain in my opinion

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