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   Being the big kid that he is, my husband likes to listen to some radio programs on a Saturday morning that are designed for, well, kids!  He has a radio that he keeps in the garage, but he brings it in for the Saturday morning programs.  Problem is, most of the time, he doesn't take the radio back out to the garage. 
   We go through a similar thing with a light our daughter bought him for Christmas.  He likes it, too much!  So, he often brings it inside and then leaves it either in the kitchen or in our bedroom.  Neither spot is a good one because it isn't being put away. 
    I just got new kitchen cabinets.  They are, oh, so spacious.  So, I'm going to be generous and come up with a spot for both his radio and his light. Accommodating of me, right?  Well, actually,  he is, by far, the more accommodating one of the two of us.   So, I guess I can be, just this once.

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