After another gloomy morning, the sun decided to break through and shine this afternoon! Still some clouds in the sky, but few enough that the sun has been in and out all afternoon! I’m hoping this is the start to more of the same for the rest of the week. I’m ready for summer to […]

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That’s what they call this miserable weather we’re having in So.Cal. A huge, deep marine layer of moisture has been hanging over us for over a week now…meaning we haven’t seen the sun for that long, as well. It’s so thick and loaded with moisture that we’re now having rain almost every day. While the […]

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What a great opening game for the Lakers and Kobe! In case you didn’t watch (and I can’t imagine why you wouldn’t have watched!), the Lakers beat the shit out of Orlando, winning 100-75! And Kobe had 40 points!!! If the Lakers continue like this, it will be a short playoff series… GO LAKERS!!!

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The sun was showing through the ‘June gloom” clouds when I left for work this morning. In fact, I thought maybe I dressed too warmly for the day, wearing a long sleeved sweater. Glad I wore it. The sky started to darken mid-morning and the raindrops (and thunder and lightning!) began around one p.m. On […]

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At least the big flowerbed/garden is done. I made another run to Home Depot and to OSH this morning. Bought seven flowerpots, potting soil, and a bunch of geraniums and various other plants. Got enough wall “toppers” at OSH to finish off the concrete wall. Then spent the afternoon filling the pots with flowers, finishing […]

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Been busy at work, working in the yard and watching the Lakers win the Western Conference Finals! The last game was spectacular and I’m glad they finished up in 6 games so that I have a few days off from basketball. They’ll be playing Orlando in the Finals starting on Thursday, 6/4, and will have […]

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Finally finished getting my backyard flowerbed planted. Patrick and Veronica came over on Saturday and Patrick helped me to dig out the huge succulent plant that took over about a third of the flowerbed. I spent the rest of the day digging out roots and rocks. Yesterday they came over again and we got the […]

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They have a lottery at Patrick’s work (Dreamhost) for tickets to the Lakers playoff games. Patrick won two tickets to tomorrow (Thursday) night’s game!!! I am sooooo excited! I have never been to a playoff game before and can’t wait for tomorrow night. Only thing left to do is have a talk with Kobe and […]

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He does a great job on keeping my pool clean, but it’s obvious my pool guy doesn’t give a shit about my yard or driveway. He cleaned the filters today….all over my driveway and roses adjacent to the driveway. It wouldn’t bother me so much other than the fact that the residue from the filters […]

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It was hot today…and I absolutely had to work in the backyard. I’m still trying to clear out the big flowerbed where I had the trees cut down a while back. Problem is that a large succulent plant had large spiderweb type roots that have spread everywhere. If I want new plants to grow there, […]

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How in the hell can the Lakers beat the shit out of Houston one night and then never lead in the next game? Last chance will be on Sunday. Either they win or it’s over. I’m sooo disappointed. This is the most frustrating series I’ve watched in a long time. Houston absolutely should not be […]

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The Lakers beat the Rockets 118-78 last night. Now that’s more like it. Game 4 in Houston on Sunday was a disaster, but the Lakers came to play last night and it was a great game. Game 6 is back in Houston tomorrow and I’m ready for the Lakers to end this round tomorrow. Looks […]

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Decided to try this new KFC grilled chicken tonight. I was in the mood for chicken so I made up my mind to stop on my way home. There’s a KFC just a few blocks north of my typical route home, so that was where I headed. After waiting in line behind a few others, […]

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I’m exhausted tonight after working in the yard a lot over the past two days. Mostly what I’ve been doing is digging out some kind of a wild fern that took root and spread over a flowerbed in the backyard. Turns out that this damnable plant has roots that spread down and out and everywhere! […]

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Since I didn’t get a lot of sleep the night before, I slept really soundly last night. Too soundly as it turned out. Apparently Murphy needed to take a dump sometime during the night. He was either unable or unwilling to wake me to let him outside. I keep the cat’s litter box in the […]

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Last night I really needed to get some sleep. I had a meeting this morning at 7 am. So I got into bed and turned out the light. Loki decided to join me and curled up at my side and began kneading and purring. I tried to shove him aside with my leg, but he […]

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I am ready for summer, but this is a bit much too soon! Today is the third day in the high 90’s and the forecast is for more heat tomorrow. It’s supposed to dramatically drop down into the 60’s by the weekend though, so I’m not yet putting away my sweaters. I had planned to […]

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It’s the day before Easter, but we’re celebrating Easter tonight. Turns out the Lakers tickets that Patrick got are for tomorrow night’s game at 6:30 pm. Since he has to be at work at midnight, he needs to get some amount of sleep during the day. So, Easter dinner tomorrow is not a possibility. Later […]

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Last night it started with Baby (white cat). She’s about 16-17 years old and has been pretty healthy. She was laying in her bed and all of sudden rolled onto her back and began seizing! She was twitching all over! I jumped up and calmed her down and then she got up and couldn’t walk […]

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Jury duty earlier in the week really made a mess of my work schedule last week, resulting in lots of work stuff not getting completed. So I brought it home. Spent 5 hours on the computer yesterday and another 3 (so far) today. Will probably do another 2-3 hours tonight, but need a break from […]

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