I decided to cancel my Vonage phone service. The service was ok–sometimes better than others–and the price was great–around $28/mo for unlimited long distance anytime–but I now have a bundled package through my cable company. The price is about the same and the quality of the phone calls is lots better. So I called Vonage […]

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So I am taking tomorrow off work as one of my final days of vacation. The purpose was to get a one day start on getting my outdoor lights and street decoration up in time for the Light Up deadline of Saturday night. As the saying goes, “the best laid plans…” The rain has started. […]

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I can’t believe it’s December. What happened to this year? So most of the inside Christmas decorating is almost finished. I spent most of the weekend cleaning, decorating and putting away all the carnival glass and other knick-knacks, pictures, etc. Had hoped to get more done but, oh well. I’m taking off work on Friday […]

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I was so not ready to get up this morning for a 7 am meeting at work. When that alarm went off at 5:15, I came very close to just hitting the button, turning over and going back to sleep. I tried to go to sleep early last night, but it just didn’t happen. I […]

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That’s right, I’ve started decorating for Christmas! Why not? I love having all the decorations up so I decided to get going a bit early this year. I know it’s still November, but it is November 25th, one month exactly before Christmas. And I’ve only put up a few things so far. Mostly what I’ve […]

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Malibu is burning again and they just reported a new fire has started somewhere near San Diego. We must have had some really strong winds here last night ’cause my pool is filled with leaves and debris and that didn’t happen in October. I can’t believe this is happening again. A number of homes have […]

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Started this post this morning, but never finished due to distractions of cooking the turkey and all the fixin’s. Thought I had plenty of time to sit at the computer for a bit, but it didn’t work out that way and before long Patrick and Veronica were here. We had a great Thanksgiving with the […]

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Just realized I haven’t written anything here for about a week. I think that’s a record…except for when I’ve been on vacation! So I guess it’s time to catch up. Work has been difficult with little time to spend on any one thing. Lots of interruptions has resulted in many things remaining to do and […]

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This morning Murphy woke me at about 4 am for a pee break. This is unusual, and I wasn’t real receptive to letting him out. But I also wasn’t real excited about having to clean up his ‘accident.’ So I headed off to the back door. Since the temps are rather mild right now, I […]

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I walked into a nice clean house tonight! I spent most of the weekend (except for the time visiting with Mary, Patrick & Veronica) cleaning. There’s still a bit more to do, but most of the house looks really good and it was so nice to walk in the front door after work and not […]

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Mary (wife of my brother Tom) was in San Diego for a work training session last week and stayed over this weekend to visit her family members to the north, and then stopped by this afternoon to spend a little time with me. Patrick and Veronica came by for dinner and we had a great […]

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Brett and Summer lost their twin girls late last night. She was a little over 4 months pregnant and had a miscarriage. I’m so distressed by all this bad news. Two miscarriages over two days is just too much. I feel so bad for all these parents-to-be who now have to try again. It’s just […]

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Kelly called last night to say that her daughter, Mandy, had lost her baby. She was about 12 weeks pregnant. They were all so excited about this pregnancy and it’s sad to know we won’t have another new little baby joining the family in the spring. I’m hopeful Mandy gets through all this without too […]

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That’s the name of a movie that’s being filmed at All Saints. It stars Angelina Jolie and John Malkovich and is being directed by Clint Eastwood. I saw the two stars today, but missed seeing Clint. They’ll all be back tomorrow for more filming, so I’m hopeful I’ll get a glimpse of him then. Angelina […]

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Vanessa’s dog, Pixel, is visiting for the weekend. Vanessa and her boyfriend, Rick, are in town to visit family and friends and Pixel is here to spend the weekend with Murphy. It really works out well since Pixel has been here many times previously and likes to hang out with Murphy. If I have to […]

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The pictures from last night’s party are loaded. They’re in my new photo gallery link at the left…Halloween 2007. Enjoy!

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I got home from work a bit early and started picking up the house a bit for Patrick’s annual Halloween screening of “Dead Alive.” As I took a bag of recyclables out to the can, I noticed the yard waste can was FILLED with branches…and the gardener wasn’t due here until tomorrow. Then, as I […]

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That’s what the small box said as it popped up on my email screen and began devouring all my saved messages! I noticed that about half my messages were gone when I opened my email and tried to find a message from a few days ago. Then, when I tried to move one of the […]

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Click on Soula’s website link for a new picture of Robin. She has it posted in her blog. Just click on the picture for a full screen shot. He is so adorable! What a cutie! Meanwhile, back in Southern California, some of the fires are still burning while some of them are almost fully contained. […]

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I’m totally absorbed by these fires, watching a variety of tv stations, depending on who’s covering them. I keep going outside, checking to be sure I can’t see flames anywhere or smell anything burning. Fortunately, all I can see is a clear night sky with an almost full moon up above. And all I can […]

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