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Lily Tuyet ("Snow"), 2005Feb05 3:07pm, 7lbs 5oz, 19.5in

Mother and daughter are recovering nicely. Alexis came home about 24 hours after the birth. I'm taking the week off so that I can help her take care of the kid. Violet and I went up to the BestBuy in Reading, PA this morning, arrived back just in time to pick up Basil from school, took those two to the drug store, "napped" for an hour, picked up Ginger, went to the Library, came home to eat, played "Sorry!", and put them to bed.

I expect the rest of the week will be similar: Letting Alexis stay at home with Lily and have a quiet day.

If you are a klutz, like me, that is.

A year ago, I bought a digital camera from BestBuy. Against my better judgement, I let the BestBuy salesguy upsell me the purchase protection plan.

About six months later, the kids or I dropped the camera and broke the lens. BestBuy scared up a receipt (yay! for big corporations with centralized databases) and replaced the old Canon with a newer, higher-resolution Fuji FinePix.

Now, six months later, the LCD on the camera is busted. This time I have all the receipts. BestBuy replaced the camera, but said if I wanted any more replacements, I'd have to buy a new protection plan. Best 50 bucks I ever spent.