Quickie: One Family, under Allergies, with sniffles and Kleenex for All

Among Joey, Maria, Whitney, and myself, we must have every allergy going. Nuts, milk, pet dander, pollen, mold, cigarette smoke, dust. If it's a biggie, we have it.

And we live in the allergy capital of the world. Arizona keeps looking like a good second option.

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