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BIT CHIN & MO ANING

gasket, but to no avail. So off they went around the back as I ran full
went with all their snake removal speed to the backyard window, not
gadgets. I on the other hand went realizing that the water that had
back in the kitchen and stared at the been sprayed at the window earli- LEADERSHIP TEAM 5 TIPS
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window because I knew he was still er came through the borders of the “The Nutcracker”
there and I knew I would never use window pane and I landed flat on
HOLIDAY
my hot tub or the backyard again if my behind. Now six firemen were GIFT GUIDE
INSIDE
we didn’t evict this horrifying crea- looking at me on the ground and I Photo by Dawn Nicoli/Nicoli Productions Location: City Lights Collectibles
ture. just yelled, “I’m Okay.” I saw them
Sure enough ten minutes past smirking at this crazy woman ly-
and he made his second appear- ing on the floor, screaming about LONNIE
ance. I immediately went through a snake. Luckily they spotted him. MURRAY
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the process got to the Fire Depart- He had snuck behind our bbq grill
ment and screamed into the phone, and they captured him and took EGG
“He came back.” The operator had him far far away on the firetruck. PEARLS FREEZING
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no idea what I was talking about Needless to say. I have never used
so I tried to quickly and concisely the hot tub again and only on one
explain what had happened while occasion set foot in the backyard.
never removing my eyes from the As it turns out we had a family of CITADEL PENN
Creating a Beautiful Life
snake. He was not getting away doves that had taken up residence
this time! A few minutes later the in our backyard gutter and had just
doorbell rang, and another six gi- laid eggs and the snake decided it Cover Photo By Monique Hoppe. Fashion Design by Kenneth Barlis.
gantic firemen were at my door. would be a hearty lunch—poor
I yelled, “go around the back” baby birds.
several times because I knew if I As for my trauma, thankfully
took my eyes off sneaky snake he we just moved to a new house and KIKO Holiday Maybin
Sarita
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SALAZAR
would be gone. Apparently, these the first thing I did was sign on an Chief Operating Officer Omneya Guides SPEAKER
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were six different firemen who had exterminating company to keep an SPECIAL
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So I excitedly ran to the door, ex- tors. Actually earthquakes and wild- Power Women TOP WOMEN Photo by Dawn Nicoli/Nicoli Productions
in REAL ESTATE
plained what happened and they fires aren’t as bad after all.

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