Thank God for the second half!  

Have you ever had that thought?  Has your team ever performed below expectations in the first half, only to seem like a different group altogether in the second half?  Well, in a way, they were a different group.  The team that takes the field for the second half is never the same team that played in the first.  Why? Because of halftime . . .

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Several years ago, we had almost finished rebuilding our house after the devastation of Hurricane Ivan.  When it came time to choose appliances, I let Polly take the lead.  To me, a dishwasher is a dishwasher.  The only exception was the coffeemaker.  I was like a six year old in Toys-R-Us when I saw the coffee maker of my dreams.  I am a sucker for unusual gadgets and this particular coffee maker was very unusual.