FINALLY got the cable card installed yesterday so that I can actually watch my HD TV in high definition. And really enjoyed watching the Lakers beat the Celtics today! It was an exciting game and watching it in HD was fabulous! Spent the remainder of the day today trimming the roses that my gardener didn’t […]

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My birthday was pretty good, given that I had to go to work yesterday. Amanda (a coworker and friend) baked some really good brownies and brought them into my office with candles glowing to start off the day. The day before I received a box of Esther Price chocolates from my sister Kelly, and came […]

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What has happened to the Do Not Call program? Seems I’m getting more and more sales/solicitation calls these days. Last night someone with a caller ID of ‘Telefund’ called right in the middle of Obama’s State of the Union address. And tonight I was snuggled on my bed with Nate & Hayes, watching TV when […]

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Went for breakfast at Patrick and Veronica’s place this morning. Actually sort of invited myself! Talked with Patrick and he mentioned that Veronica was cooking french toast for him, so I suggested she could fix some for me…and he said fine! Nice to have your son and his fiancee living less than 5 minutes away! […]

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I scheduled my cable company (Charter) to come out today to install a cable card into my new HD TiVo so that I can watch all the HD TV stations. They were supposed to be here between 10 am and noon. They called at 10 am to say that the installer would be here between […]

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So tonight we’ve got the addition of thunder, lightning and hail. And the rain continues heavy duty. It’s been raining all day except for a few small breaks. At one point late this afternoon we did see a huge big rainbow, but it was very short-lived as the next round of the storm came through. […]

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Today is day four. Not as much rain as Monday, but still lots. So far in our area we’ve had 7-8″ of rain and it’s supposed to continue for at least three more days. It’s not posing a big problem for me since we didn’t have the hills directly behind us denuded by last summer’s […]

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They told us this would be a big storm and they weren’t lying. Wow! The rain has been pouring down since yesterday afternoon and today it’s been brutal. I’m guessing we’ve had at least 4-5″ so far today, based on the water in my pool. And this is just the start. I’m happy that we’re […]

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The cable guy came and hooked up my tv to a new cable box. Everything worked great when he left and I was thrilled to have my tv back again. I turned it off when Kevin called. After getting off the phone, I turned it back on again. Surprise, surprise…I have a grainy picture with […]

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For whatever reason, my cable box in the family room quit working a few nights ago. I called the cable company, but there was nothing they could do over the phone to get it working again. So tomorrow a “cable guy” will be here sometime between 1 and 3 pm to figure out what’s wrong. […]

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Tonight I found that Nate had chewed the wire to my small calculator in half. I discovered this when I caught him chewing on the wire to the base unit for my cordless phone! I don’t know what it is about wires that is so damn fascinating to these cats–and especially it seems to Nate. […]

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Patrick came over this morning and took down all the lights from my roof. And then I finished up undecorating the outside of the house and got all the outside stuff packed away. Then I started in on the inside…yuk. Even though I didn’t put up near as much stuff this year, I still have […]

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Baby went to join her old housemates on the other side of the Rainbow Bridge today. She was probably happy to see all but Loki, but Puto is there to protect her. I took her to the vet this morning where they were kind and loving to her in her final moments. In fact, she […]

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…and am going to say goodbye to Baby. She’s stopped eating, drinks very little and looks terrible. Tonight I tried putting wet food in her mouth and she still wouldn’t continue eating. This was after getting some meds from the vet that I was told would encourage her to eat. She is extremely dehydrated, so […]

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Baby has spent most of the day sleeping and hasn’t eaten anything. We’ll see how the week goes. Meanwhile, I had to get busy cleaning up some of the mess around this house since tomorrow is trash day…plus it’s also back to work day. I got most everything cleaned up in the back yard and […]

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Just took Baby to the vet. She had multiple bowel and bladder problems last night and this morning resulting in pooping and peeing on the floors in the family room and my bathroom. Of course none of these incidents occurred in the litter box. She’s drinking lots of water and not eating much food. She’s […]

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I’m very happy to welcome a new year! While some good things did happen in 2009–Patrick’s engagement to Veronica, visits with family in Seattle and Ohio, inauguration of Barack Obama, Lakers NBA championship and my adoption of two new cats (welcome Nate and Hayes!)–many bad things happened as well–loss of three of my pets (goodbye […]

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