Celebrate!


When Mark and I finally put away the last pile of 'stuff', we opened up a bottle of wine that I brought back from France in 2001. That bottle has been to many places! Ames, Sioux City, Iowa City, North Carolina.....not to mention France. :-) It was ready to be opened, and the feat of unpacking was definitely one to celebrate!

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