For the first time I’ve been asked to babysit by one of my sons.  No, I don’t have an unknown grandchild.  I have a granddog!  Patrick and Veronica have headed off to Patrick’s office Halloween party and I am dogsitting their pitbull, Floyd.  He’s a great dog, loves coming over here and loves hanging out […]

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Heard from Kevin tonight.  No skin graft for his fucked up finger…at least for now.  He met with the doctor today and the doctor wants to let his finger try to heal on it’s own.  He’ll go back in a week to have the stitches removed from the other finger and the doctor will make […]

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Kevin called last night to let me know he had cut off the back pads of two of his fingertips!  Seems they were making homemade french fries and one of the potatoes got stuck in the cutting device.  Kevin tried to force the potato by pushing on it and pushed too hard and too far, slicing […]

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I’m ready for tomorrow to be over.  This week has been brutal at work.  I have a huge list of ‘projects’ and no time to even attempt to start any of them.  Bill paying is taking up more and more of my time since my administrative assistant was fired and things get busier and busier.  […]

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As I headed off to work this morning, I briefly thought about this being Friday the 13th, but felt that wouldn’t really have much of an impact on me.  Wrong. Finished paying the bills at work (51 checks), ran all the reports, gave the checks to be signed to one of the priests.  Then realized […]

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Had a busy and somewhat productive weekend. Met with a group of neighbors Saturday morning to plan a new streetside Christmas decoration. The one we’ve been using is about 8 years old and a lot of new neighbors who want to participate are in homes where the previous owner either didn’t join in or where […]

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One of my best friends was let go from her job today. Restructuring. The reason that is always given for getting rid of someone without just saying “You’re fired.” She was by far the most dedicated employee I have ever encountered. She probably put in at least 60 hours per week and almost had to […]

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Got up yesterday with lots of good intentions… Spent awhile on the phone with Sally catching up on the goings on in Ohio. Then got started on cleaning the house. Patrick called to let me know he and Veronica would be over within a few minutes to take Murphy to the dog park along with […]

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