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Stephen King pays for troops' trip

Dec. 13, 2009, 1:40 PM EST

BANGOR, Maine (AP) -- Author Stephen King and his wife are donating money so 150 soldiers from the Maine Army National Guard can come home for the holidays.

King and his wife, Tabitha, who live in Bangor, are paying $13,000 toward the cost of two bus trips so that members of the 3rd Battalion, 172nd Infantry Unit can travel from Camp...

10/12/2009, 6:51 PM

We have been busy. How's that for the understatement of the year.

Veronica is practicing every Saturday, for her part as a little doll in the fight scene in the Nutcracker. She will be in four of the twelve performances in November and December. Here is the e-mail I just sent out about it:

Veronica is performing as a little doll in the Nutcracker!

We've had a lot of requests for more information, so here's what we know:

Veronica...

Paige had a birthday!  Thursday she turned 6 years old!  Can you imagine, our baby is six!  We celebrated w/ 99cent cones at coldstone.    yum.

Her party will be Oct 10th at 2:00 pm and you are, of course, invited. 

Paige uses both hands at the same time to eat and color, however she might have finally decided to write w/ her left hand.  She has decided she wants a Hello Kitty bir...

How do I love you, let me count the ways:

Over the summer I started crocheting ponytail holders. My SIL liked them, so I made a few and left them w/ her. When I got home, I made more for the girls and me. When school started, the girls on the playground (it was 110 degrees) asked if I had rubberbands, so I started carrying them in my pocket every day. Now, someone in every class, from Kindergarten to fifth grade, wears them every day. I started selling them on the weekends, for two for ...

my phone doesn't work, so after realizing that in gallup nm, I collect called matthew from a payphone.

we just stopped in I-don't-know-where to find veronica's dsi charger and to use the restroom. hopefully, she will be nice to the rest of us at least until we get to abq.

we made it to auntie Debbie's by 10:30 pm. of course it was 11:30 local time. all four of the cousins played until they practically passed out. by then, it was after midnight.

this morning I took the four t...

soo busy and soo tired.

My job is fantastic. 

First though, I watch our neighbor boy for two hours before they get on the bus. 

He hangs out w/ Veronica and Paige while they watch cartoons and eat breakfast.  Then we walk down to the bus and I wave goodbye.  Sweet.

From 10:00 to 1:30 I get paid to hang out w/ the kids in the lunchroom and the playground.  Sweet Sweet! 

The kids are adorable a...

Paige announced

Beary

has the swine flu.  She'll be sick for five days, Paige decided.

Ok, first of all, I can't believe my last entry was Veronica's birthday cake.

It's been a busy summer.  I did actually write about our three-week trip to ABQ, so I'll post that as soon as I have more time.

I got a job!

I'm going to work three hours a day at the school as a lunchroom/playground monitor.

I'll see the girls on their lunches too. 

Hopefully, this is perfect.