Lodians get organized in 2013

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Lodians get organized in 2013

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Cyndi Carter

Posted: Friday, January 11, 2013 7:13 am

Lodians get organized in 2013 By Lauren Nelson/Lodi Living Editor Lodinews.com | 0 comments

In 2013, it’s just a fact that life will have its chaos. Most people have to work. Many have children who need to be run from school to the tutor and then to baseball. We have demands hitting us from people in ever corner of our life: Our spouses, our bosses, our kids, our doctors. Heck, sometimes even our friends complain that they feel abandoned in the friendship.

What gives? What’s a person to do?

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