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Whew! What a week it has been! It's currently 11:57pm on Thursday night, putting me exactly 3 minutes away from the beginning of our staycation. I am celebrating by eating cheese crackers in bed and well, working...but just a tiny bit. I can't help myself. Hello, weekend, you beautiful thing.
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In just under a week we will find ourselves surrounded by friends and family donned in varying shades of red, white, and blue, smoking grills, and (hopefully) piles upon piles of seafood.
Seafood and Twizzlers are my 4th of July necessities.
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Pricy cold brews that would excite any hipster, ready-to-serve milky, coffee-colored syrups sold in paper cartons, tepid at-home versions poured straight from a pot and subdued with massive amounts of ice - the hallowed iced coffee certainly gets its fair share of variety.
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