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| of course, the first is out of stock, and this one only has 2 left. but just in case, both are found here |
3.31.2011
spring fling
sooo i'm kind of in love with this cute little ray of sunshine:
don't mind this one either:
3.29.2011
purdy lil giveaway
so there's this super cute girl (named Stephanie) that has a super cute blog (found here), and to top it all off, she's doing a super fun giveaway!
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| it's a Mary Kay powder blush compact in Dusk |
aren't those colors just lovely??
CHECK IT OUT!!!
3.28.2011
healthy, wealthy, & wise (ish....)
well, awhile ago i talked about how i was starting to count my calories and starting to make a real effort to be healthier in general, but especially in what i'm eating and when/how much i'm working out. also jae and i have been concentrating on being money-smart. here is a quick update:
* jae and i got passes to the rec center this past december, and (after all the holidays of course) we have since been really consistent in our gyming efforts. the most consistent i've EVER been at going to the gym regularly. it's not every day. that's just not realistic, nor do i want to become a gym freak. but we have a few set days every week. in fact, our saturday night dates are always there :) romantic, we know.
* we really are much more conscious about what we're eating. not just that, but we're trying to add healthy things that aren't normally in our diet, such as protein shakes after we gym! basically we just get a scoop of protein powder, some frozen fruits, juice of some kind, a yogurt, and wha-bam!! it's been fun. i'd try to sneak some spinach in our shakes, but i just KNOW jae would find out somehow, and then i'd be in t to the rouble - trouble.
* i am proud to say that yes, I AM STILL COUNTING CALORIES!!! i've been doing it most every day (weekends i usually slack at entering my meals in) for over a month now. it's not just calories, though, i enter in any exercise, and my water intake too. It really makes me look at what i'm doing all day long and see where i need to make changes.
* to step up our work-out efforts, we recently bought this little package, as well as some of these to help us along in the process. SUPER stoked to get this started and see the changes it will make.
*as a little confidence booster, i had someone just today say they thought i looked like i've starting slimming down already! now if that doesn't make your day (whether it's true or not) i don't know what would. also, i've noticed my skin is a lot healthier just in general. less dry, less flaky, less gross. i'm telling you people, they aren't lyin when they say drinking enough water on a daily basis helps your skin out!
*as far as the wealthy part of life....we're not. HA! i'm happy with where we've come in the last 3 months or so, but i'm really excited about the next 6 months. we've been really careful with our budget and trying to get the heck outta debt completely. which may be near impossible. but it's coming, slow and sure.
happy last week of march!
* jae and i got passes to the rec center this past december, and (after all the holidays of course) we have since been really consistent in our gyming efforts. the most consistent i've EVER been at going to the gym regularly. it's not every day. that's just not realistic, nor do i want to become a gym freak. but we have a few set days every week. in fact, our saturday night dates are always there :) romantic, we know.
* we really are much more conscious about what we're eating. not just that, but we're trying to add healthy things that aren't normally in our diet, such as protein shakes after we gym! basically we just get a scoop of protein powder, some frozen fruits, juice of some kind, a yogurt, and wha-bam!! it's been fun. i'd try to sneak some spinach in our shakes, but i just KNOW jae would find out somehow, and then i'd be in t to the rouble - trouble.
* i am proud to say that yes, I AM STILL COUNTING CALORIES!!! i've been doing it most every day (weekends i usually slack at entering my meals in) for over a month now. it's not just calories, though, i enter in any exercise, and my water intake too. It really makes me look at what i'm doing all day long and see where i need to make changes.
* to step up our work-out efforts, we recently bought this little package, as well as some of these to help us along in the process. SUPER stoked to get this started and see the changes it will make.
*as a little confidence booster, i had someone just today say they thought i looked like i've starting slimming down already! now if that doesn't make your day (whether it's true or not) i don't know what would. also, i've noticed my skin is a lot healthier just in general. less dry, less flaky, less gross. i'm telling you people, they aren't lyin when they say drinking enough water on a daily basis helps your skin out!
*as far as the wealthy part of life....we're not. HA! i'm happy with where we've come in the last 3 months or so, but i'm really excited about the next 6 months. we've been really careful with our budget and trying to get the heck outta debt completely. which may be near impossible. but it's coming, slow and sure.
happy last week of march!
3.24.2011
thursday thoughts
* there are some STRANGE people in this world we live in. seriously, sickly strange. prime example: the other day i was driving down south temple and there was a man (i'm pretty sure) sitting on a bus stop bench completely wrapped up in a blanket. it wasn't super cold. middle of the day. he had it wrapped around the back of him and up over his head, so it hung over his face, completely covering him. all you could see were his hands sticking out from the middle opening. and he was holding some sort of canned food and draining the liquid out of it onto the concrete. what??? seriously, what in the WORLD was he doing??
* i whipped out the white pants today for the first time this year. sure, i might blend in with the snow that's supposedly falling today, but it's 'officially' spring right? so white pants are allowed. yes? no? oh well, too late now.
* i have always had a love affair with shoes. it's a known fact. but i really really adore heels. back in my single days when i (thought) i had lots of extra cash, i made quite the collection of heels for myself. now i almost feel sad that i hardly ever wear any of these amazing heels anymore. i'm at work monday thru friday, spending half-walking, half-sitting, not to mention i have to park off-site and be shuttled into work and it's just a lot easier to do all this walking everyday in flats. but i LOVE heels. i wish i wore them more. some of you may remember i wore one of these said amazing pairs of heels my first day of work last year, and had blisters upon blisters. ruined my feet. i swear they're like more sensitive now when i wear heels than they used to be. ugh. heels, i miss you.
* so i was on the shuttle today going into work, and this girl with a large chest was sitting across from me. really the only reason i noticed she had a large chest was because her large chest was falling out ALL OVER THE PLACE. how is that ok?? if i have a shirt that is low-cut, i'm either wearing a tank under it or constantly pulling up or covering up or something cuz i just feel uncomfortable out in public like that. am i the only one that feels this way? i just wanted to tell this girl to freakin get a shirt that fits properly - it's awkward for the people around you too, don't you know?? (i just realized i sounded like my mother just then...)
* i want this skirt now. please.
well ladies and gents, that's all the time i have for now............
3.22.2011
a jog to blog about
some of you may know, i have crappy knees. they crack and hurt and are just lame.
well last night at the gym, i decided i would be brave and run on the treadmill rather than do the usual elliptical. normally when i get on the treadmill, i have to run for a few (and by few, i mean like only 5 minutes), then my knees start to hurt, so i slow to a speed walk, then when i feel ok again, i go back to running, and so on. it's no bueno. i just want to be able to run.
anyway, so i got on the treadmill last night half-expecting to have to just incline like crazy and speed walk my life away, since i knew my knees would be hurting soon if i tried to run for too long.
i started off with a speed walk to warm up for a few minutes, and then just started a (slow) jog. i found if i just kept this slower pace, then i really didn't feel too bad. previous times, i'd go straight into more of a faster run, and only last a short time, but i was feeling really good about this slower jog i had going.
long story, a bit longer, my left knee didn't start hurting until about the 12:30 min mark! that's pretty stinkin good. it hurt, but i felt i needed to keep going. yes, it almost gave out on me once. that would've been a pretty sight - me at the bottom of the treadmill cuz i fell down. BUT I KEPT GOING. at about the 20:00 min mark, my right knee joined in the fun. now both knees were full force burning and felt they needed to break and then they'd feel better. BUT I KEPT GOING. finally at 25 minutes, i decided i should probably stop, and already knew i'd be sore today.
for all you runners out there, i know 25 minutes at a slower jogging pace is something you can do in your sleep! but i was super pumped that i made it that long without stopping AT ALL. worked through the pain.
i am a bit sore today. maybe not the smartest, but it sure felt good. i was happy.
well last night at the gym, i decided i would be brave and run on the treadmill rather than do the usual elliptical. normally when i get on the treadmill, i have to run for a few (and by few, i mean like only 5 minutes), then my knees start to hurt, so i slow to a speed walk, then when i feel ok again, i go back to running, and so on. it's no bueno. i just want to be able to run.
anyway, so i got on the treadmill last night half-expecting to have to just incline like crazy and speed walk my life away, since i knew my knees would be hurting soon if i tried to run for too long.
i started off with a speed walk to warm up for a few minutes, and then just started a (slow) jog. i found if i just kept this slower pace, then i really didn't feel too bad. previous times, i'd go straight into more of a faster run, and only last a short time, but i was feeling really good about this slower jog i had going.
long story, a bit longer, my left knee didn't start hurting until about the 12:30 min mark! that's pretty stinkin good. it hurt, but i felt i needed to keep going. yes, it almost gave out on me once. that would've been a pretty sight - me at the bottom of the treadmill cuz i fell down. BUT I KEPT GOING. at about the 20:00 min mark, my right knee joined in the fun. now both knees were full force burning and felt they needed to break and then they'd feel better. BUT I KEPT GOING. finally at 25 minutes, i decided i should probably stop, and already knew i'd be sore today.
for all you runners out there, i know 25 minutes at a slower jogging pace is something you can do in your sleep! but i was super pumped that i made it that long without stopping AT ALL. worked through the pain.
i am a bit sore today. maybe not the smartest, but it sure felt good. i was happy.
3.20.2011
yours truly
this is where most every sunday evening is spent for us...
just hangin out at home. hope your sunday evening was as relaxed and lazy as ours!
just hangin out at home. hope your sunday evening was as relaxed and lazy as ours!
3.19.2011
chubby cheeks
i know i mentioned a couple posts ago about our cute baby nephew Ben's blessing. well here's that adorable baby boy and his adorable chubby cheeks on his blessing day :) so fun
we love you mister Ben!
UNO!
we went on a little triple date last weekend. bowling was on the agenda. but not just any ordinary bowling, my friends. ohh no. it was UNO bowling!! first time Jae and I have ever experienced this. and it was a bit rough to say the least.
basically, each different color tells you the different ways you have to bowl. the rules were like this: one color was spinning 3 times in a circle, one color was backwards between your legs, one color was with your EYES CLOSED - scary!, and the other color was bowl laying down. yes, laying down on that floor. can we say gross?? ick.
if you drew a card with a number on it, you could take that many steps toward the lane before you bowled (which means if you drew a 0, then you have to bowl back by the beginning of the wood part of the floor - there's a pic below), the reverse card meant you had to bowl with your opposite hand than normal, and other crazy random things like that. ohhhh it was interesting! here are a few attempts at catching the action:
it was a pretty fun time, but a warning to anyone that tries this: it takes much longer than a regular game of bowling!! thanks to jacks & sarena and dave & darian for the night out!
basically, each different color tells you the different ways you have to bowl. the rules were like this: one color was spinning 3 times in a circle, one color was backwards between your legs, one color was with your EYES CLOSED - scary!, and the other color was bowl laying down. yes, laying down on that floor. can we say gross?? ick.
if you drew a card with a number on it, you could take that many steps toward the lane before you bowled (which means if you drew a 0, then you have to bowl back by the beginning of the wood part of the floor - there's a pic below), the reverse card meant you had to bowl with your opposite hand than normal, and other crazy random things like that. ohhhh it was interesting! here are a few attempts at catching the action:
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| jae got the 'bowl while laying down' color. he was a much better sport than i. |
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| post-spinning bowl |
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| of course, i drew the color that meant bowl backwards PLUS the number on it was a 0. no steps towards the lane. luckily the ball stayed in our lane! |
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| this was the best i could do as far as laying on the ground. i just couldn't do it. instead i kind of kneeled. my knees paid for it, but at least i wasn't quite as germy as i could've been right?? |
it was a pretty fun time, but a warning to anyone that tries this: it takes much longer than a regular game of bowling!! thanks to jacks & sarena and dave & darian for the night out!
3.18.2011
help!
so turns out i struggle with my blog. big surprise, i know. i just don't love it all the time. especially the top, title part. how do all you awesome bloggers out there make it so dang cute? i don't understand!! i need a blogging tutorial ASAP. any takers??
3.16.2011
no show
i find it's usually easier to blog when we've had something happen that's more exciting than just the norm. something that's been picture-taking worthy. something to show about, not just tell about.
well, we have had a few things out of the norm lately. like all last week, we house/dog sat for my friend Cara and her hubby Adam while they sun-bathed in Mexico. but i didn't take any pictures of the cute pups.
then this last saturday, we had a bridal shower at my house for my good friend Torrie. i think my mom has some pics on her camera, but i didn't take any.
sunday was my super cute nephew Ben's blessing. nothing to show for it.
yesterday was my other super cute nephew Milo's 9th birthday celebration. bowling and presents and cake and ice cream. (i refrained from having ANY cake or ice cream, thank you very much). yet again, my camera sat in my purse the whole night and wasn't brought out once.
so now all you get are these lame, half explanations of our lives the past week. i should probably be better about documenting things, not just saying that they happened. sorry folks. keep coming back please!! i'll do better next time.
well, we have had a few things out of the norm lately. like all last week, we house/dog sat for my friend Cara and her hubby Adam while they sun-bathed in Mexico. but i didn't take any pictures of the cute pups.
then this last saturday, we had a bridal shower at my house for my good friend Torrie. i think my mom has some pics on her camera, but i didn't take any.
sunday was my super cute nephew Ben's blessing. nothing to show for it.
yesterday was my other super cute nephew Milo's 9th birthday celebration. bowling and presents and cake and ice cream. (i refrained from having ANY cake or ice cream, thank you very much). yet again, my camera sat in my purse the whole night and wasn't brought out once.
so now all you get are these lame, half explanations of our lives the past week. i should probably be better about documenting things, not just saying that they happened. sorry folks. keep coming back please!! i'll do better next time.
3.11.2011
dream boat
i was just browsing on ae.com. i shouldn't do these things to myself. there are SO many things that i want....
like this:
and maybe some of these:
this is purdy:
then there's this:
and then i found this:
ugh. i just want summer to come and i want to wear all of these things. what's a girl to do???
like this:
this is purdy:
then there's this:
and then i found this:
ugh. i just want summer to come and i want to wear all of these things. what's a girl to do???
3.03.2011
planes & games & birthdays, oh my.....
I'M GOING TO WARN YOU HERE AND NOW...THIS POST MAY OR MAY NOT BE RIDICULOUSLY LONG AND BABBLY AND BORING. JUST SAYIN...
so we decided that since we had president's day off of work that we would make a *quick* trip back east to visit my sisters in maine and new hampshire.
so we decided to get up super early friday morning, got on a flight pretty easily, flew to detroit, got in there a bit early so we had time to grab lunch, and then got on our next flight to portland, maine. for those of you who don't know, jae works for the airlines, so we fly free, but we fly (the dreaded) standby, too. so getting on those flights decently easy was a blessing for sure.
we literally spent the entire weekend playing games, eating, and just hangin out. cards, board games, the Wii, more cards - you name it, we played it. it was pretty nice to just sit back and do nothing! especially since it was so dang, bitterly cold outside.
we were planning on coming home monday, which was president's day and also happened to be jae's birthday. we happened to pick the perfect weekend when there were storms all over the mid east area. flights were canceled. if they weren't canceled they were overbooked. aka, not lookin so good for us standby fliers.
well after hours of looking up what seemed like millions of different flights and places to fly and connections and everything else, we finally decided on flying out on the earliest flight tuesday morning (which happened to be my birthday) at 545AM to detroit. 545 people. that means we were up by about 345. can we say ugh??
well, long story short, (too late already, i know) we spent the next 12 hours in the detroit airport. no free birthday cake or anything. we finally got on a flight to kansas city, missouri (which got in late), we booked it off that plane, to the next gate (which luckily was right next door), and barely got on that one to SLC. we really shouldn't have gotten on that flight. it was a miracle. ahhh. salt lake. home.
we finally reached our front door around 8pm. which was 10pm for us, since we'd been back east. that's like 20 hours. our bed has never felt so good.
and then it was back to work the next morning...
we were so thankful we did get to go and visit everyone. miss you guys already!!!
here's to our 2012 birthdays! may they be better than 2011's :)
so we decided that since we had president's day off of work that we would make a *quick* trip back east to visit my sisters in maine and new hampshire.
*side note: we decided to only tell one of my sisters we were coming, and didn't tell the other one, and made it a surprise for them! when we knocked on the door, and my sister answered the door and saw us standing there, thinking we were still in utah, she totally started crying and gave us big hugs and it was SO SO awesome. loved it.*
so we decided to get up super early friday morning, got on a flight pretty easily, flew to detroit, got in there a bit early so we had time to grab lunch, and then got on our next flight to portland, maine. for those of you who don't know, jae works for the airlines, so we fly free, but we fly (the dreaded) standby, too. so getting on those flights decently easy was a blessing for sure.
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| cold, snowy mountains out the window of our early morning flight out of utah |
we literally spent the entire weekend playing games, eating, and just hangin out. cards, board games, the Wii, more cards - you name it, we played it. it was pretty nice to just sit back and do nothing! especially since it was so dang, bitterly cold outside.
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| all our new england babies! me, hana (poor girl had double ear infections - she was a trooper!), clara, zack, jae, kennedy, lizzie |
we were planning on coming home monday, which was president's day and also happened to be jae's birthday. we happened to pick the perfect weekend when there were storms all over the mid east area. flights were canceled. if they weren't canceled they were overbooked. aka, not lookin so good for us standby fliers.
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| birthdays!! |
well after hours of looking up what seemed like millions of different flights and places to fly and connections and everything else, we finally decided on flying out on the earliest flight tuesday morning (which happened to be my birthday) at 545AM to detroit. 545 people. that means we were up by about 345. can we say ugh??
well, long story short, (too late already, i know) we spent the next 12 hours in the detroit airport. no free birthday cake or anything. we finally got on a flight to kansas city, missouri (which got in late), we booked it off that plane, to the next gate (which luckily was right next door), and barely got on that one to SLC. we really shouldn't have gotten on that flight. it was a miracle. ahhh. salt lake. home.
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| this was the coolest part of the detroit airport. except that at 8 in the morning, it's a little much |
we finally reached our front door around 8pm. which was 10pm for us, since we'd been back east. that's like 20 hours. our bed has never felt so good.
and then it was back to work the next morning...
we were so thankful we did get to go and visit everyone. miss you guys already!!!
here's to our 2012 birthdays! may they be better than 2011's :)
recap
so now that it's march, i can blog about february! haha. yeah, i'm a little slow. i know. my bad.
for valentine's weekend, jae and i decided we wanted to watch our friend's troy and leslie's baby izzie so that they could escape and have a little lover's day evening for themselves! so we went out the friday before to celebrate for ourselves. and what's more romantic than big ole burgers and ice cream right??!
of course, i didn't take a pic of the actual dinner part or even jae and me! only the ice cream got a picture taken. but it was certainly worthy. yes, that's a gigantic freshly baked cookie under all that melting ice cream. mmmm.
so on the actual day of love, we headed over to the jackson's. izzie was wide awake and just sat on the bed with us for a good 15 minutes, staring at us and looking all around. adorable. and then she got sleepy and mad haha. she slept on and off the whole evening, but was very happy her momma (aka her source for FOOD) got home when she did, cuz she was hungry!
thanks to the jackson's for lending us your bebe for a few hours :)
3.01.2011
lame people & sad songs
so far, today has been a poopy day. i do not enjoy tuesdays. so here are my sad ramblings for this lame tuesday:
*how come just when you think you're starting to get the hang of something and you're starting to feel smart and accomplished, someone shows you how you're not actually that smart and crushes your happiness? story of my life today.
*i discovered the world of Pandora today. i've hear of it, of course, but today i've been aching for some oldies but goodies, and the radio is getting lame. so i'm currently listening to an array of songs on Pandora. some are sad, but they make me happy at the same time. know what i mean? plunging yourself into a pit of self-destruction by music somehow makes you happy. weird.
*just when i feel like i've been doing a good job at eating (mostly) healthy and i'm eating healthy sized portions and i go to the gym, etc etc, i'm overcome with a craving for a strawberry chocolate chip concrete from nielsen's, or brownie and fudge love it sized cake batter ice cream from coldstone (no, it's not just an ice cream craving, i know EXACTLY what i want). all of a sudden my stomach feels like it hasn't seen food in months and i might die shortly if i don't have it! lame.
*sometimes i miss the easy, breezy days of high school with michelle branch and avril lavigne and kelly clarkson to get me through my hard times.
*i still haven't gotten my wedding ring and bands saudered (def don't know how to spell that) together. it's been over a year now. probably should do that someday.
*i wish i had a window to look out of from my lovely metallic cubicle.
*how is it that we are always SO dang busy?? there never seems to be enough time in the day, yet what do we spend all our time doing? all i do is work. i don't have school. i don't have kids. why do i feel so drained and run-down most all the time? i need to figure that out. ideas?
*i sit next to bob. he's a middle-aged gay man (although the fact that he's gay has nothing to do with anything, really) who mostly ignores me, but sometimes randomly tells me stories about his 13 year old granddaughter getting caught stealing from the mall, or wants to show me a picture of one of his *awesome* tie-dye shirts that he made. sometimes he makes comments and i have my headphones in and i pretend like i can't hear him. is that so so rude? sometimes i'm just not in the mood for bob and his talk. sometimes he probably does say something and i really i really just don't hear him. i turn up the volume pretty loud sometimes to completely drown everything/everyone out.
*i love my husband. even though my work day today sucks, i know when i finally get home and am sitting in bed with jae or at the gym with jae or whatever it is, i'll be that much happier just because he's there.
alright, i think i'm done rambling. those weren't even good ramblings. i apologize. if you don't read this post, i don't blame you. but i do feel slightly better about my lame day now that i've told someone about it, whoever that someone is. so thank you.
until next time...
*how come just when you think you're starting to get the hang of something and you're starting to feel smart and accomplished, someone shows you how you're not actually that smart and crushes your happiness? story of my life today.
*i discovered the world of Pandora today. i've hear of it, of course, but today i've been aching for some oldies but goodies, and the radio is getting lame. so i'm currently listening to an array of songs on Pandora. some are sad, but they make me happy at the same time. know what i mean? plunging yourself into a pit of self-destruction by music somehow makes you happy. weird.
*just when i feel like i've been doing a good job at eating (mostly) healthy and i'm eating healthy sized portions and i go to the gym, etc etc, i'm overcome with a craving for a strawberry chocolate chip concrete from nielsen's, or brownie and fudge love it sized cake batter ice cream from coldstone (no, it's not just an ice cream craving, i know EXACTLY what i want). all of a sudden my stomach feels like it hasn't seen food in months and i might die shortly if i don't have it! lame.
*sometimes i miss the easy, breezy days of high school with michelle branch and avril lavigne and kelly clarkson to get me through my hard times.
*i still haven't gotten my wedding ring and bands saudered (def don't know how to spell that) together. it's been over a year now. probably should do that someday.
*i wish i had a window to look out of from my lovely metallic cubicle.
*how is it that we are always SO dang busy?? there never seems to be enough time in the day, yet what do we spend all our time doing? all i do is work. i don't have school. i don't have kids. why do i feel so drained and run-down most all the time? i need to figure that out. ideas?
*i sit next to bob. he's a middle-aged gay man (although the fact that he's gay has nothing to do with anything, really) who mostly ignores me, but sometimes randomly tells me stories about his 13 year old granddaughter getting caught stealing from the mall, or wants to show me a picture of one of his *awesome* tie-dye shirts that he made. sometimes he makes comments and i have my headphones in and i pretend like i can't hear him. is that so so rude? sometimes i'm just not in the mood for bob and his talk. sometimes he probably does say something and i really i really just don't hear him. i turn up the volume pretty loud sometimes to completely drown everything/everyone out.
*i love my husband. even though my work day today sucks, i know when i finally get home and am sitting in bed with jae or at the gym with jae or whatever it is, i'll be that much happier just because he's there.
alright, i think i'm done rambling. those weren't even good ramblings. i apologize. if you don't read this post, i don't blame you. but i do feel slightly better about my lame day now that i've told someone about it, whoever that someone is. so thank you.
until next time...
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