At last count there are 14 fires burning in Southern California. So far none of the fires are nearby to me but, at the rate they are starting up, I am starting to get worried. I’ve decided to start taking digital pictures of everything in my house and am getting a few things ready in […]

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Started having stomach pains last night so took a hot bath which helped a little. By the time I went to bed, the pain was back again and I had a restless night, waking up every two hours or so. Woke up this morning at 7:30 am with intense stomach pains that just won’t go […]

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I’m taking a break from work right now–at 8:20 pm. Have been bringing work home almost every night, spending about 2-3 hours reconciling accounts so I can finally finish up this damned audit. Had to stop for a bit while Nader takes down the system to do some maintenance. We’ve been having lots of problems, […]

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Robin went to the doctor today for his two-month checkup. He now weighs almost 12 lbs and is at the 50th percentile for both weight and length. The only problem he has is a small hernia at his belly button which the doctor feels will go away by the time he reaches one year of […]

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Went to breakfast today with Patrick and Veronica at Green Street. Patrick’s friend Mike works there and told Patrick he’d take care of drinks if we stopped in. Good thing we decided to go today as it was Mike’s last day there. He got a job subbing with LAUSD which pays quite a bit more […]

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I decided to try it today. Had my car towed to Whitie’s and then notified all who needed to know that I’d be working from home today. And it worked out great. I was even able to work with my admin assistant and print checks on my work printer. And I got tons of work […]

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The ‘Check Engine’ light came on in my car on Monday. I got on the freeway ’cause it was Columbus Day and I figured there would be very little traffic. I decided to switch lanes and felt I had plenty of time since the semi approaching was far enough back. As I headed into the […]

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I totally screwed up and didn’t bring home one report that I needed to do as much work as I had hoped to do this weekend. I got some stuff done, but had to quit when I didn’t have the report. I was still able to spend a couple of hours on work stuff, but […]

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Had originally planned to spend the day working inside the house, but it was so nice outside that I decided to work in the backyard. Don’t have lots to do out there since the new gardener is doing such a good job, but I still had a bit of weeding and trimming to do. I […]

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I kinda liked the last theme, but it was more difficult to read. And I didn’t like how it abbreviated all my posts. So Patrick helped me load this new one that seems much better. (Thanks, Patrick!) Only thing that seems to have a bug is the comment section where something about the site not […]

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The weather is very strange right now. It feels like a wonderful summer day where I can open all the windows and doors in the evening. And the night-blooming jasmine is filling my house–and the entire neighborhood–with it’s wonderful scent. Can you tell how much I am loving spending every evening inhaling this fabulous aroma? […]

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I just did a major poop scooping in the backyard. Since I’ve been gone since mid-September, there was a lot to be scooped. Additionally, there have been at least 3 different dogs pooping in the backyard since the last scoop. As I was scooping, I realized there were lots of different categories of poop to […]

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And now both the front and back (and even the inside) of my house looks like Fall. I stopped at Michael’s yesterday and picked up some silk fall flowers. The hanging baskets and fence baskets in the backyard held nothing but dead plants at this point. They weren’t doing great, and the 100 degree heat […]

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So what do you think of the new look for my blog? Patrick upgraded things and I now have the ability to change the look. And Soula’s been bugging me to make a change from the very plain look that I’ve had for 3+ years. So here you go. Only problem I noticed with the […]

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Have just spent about 1/2 hour working on my computer at work….from home!!! Installed a program at work called ‘Log Me In’ that allows me to remote access my work computer as well as the database on our server from my home computer. This is really good (and kinda bad) ’cause I can now do […]

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Finally I’ve figured out how to get pictures transferred from my camera to my computer to this website! Click on the link on the right side called new photo gallery. Then click on the Seattle trip gallery and click on the first picture to enlarge…then click next to see all of them. If you already […]

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Sadly, my life with Robin has ended for awhile. I returned to Pasadena today after hugging, cuddling and kissing him for as long as I could before we had to leave. It’s good that I’m back to my real life, but I sure hated to leave that little guy. Don’t know when I’ll get back […]

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Spent some time outdoors today.  It was a beautiful sunny day so I decided to trim Kevin’s & Soula’s rosebush in the front yard.  Also pulled a few weeds and gathered some twigs that had fallen into the yard.  Between today and Wednesday, I’ve managed to fill a trash can with yard waste.  Hopefully they’ll […]

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Now I know why it is primarily young people who have babies. They are the ones who are physically able to deal with these little sweeties. My back is aching and my right knee/leg is in pain, and all of it is the result of carrying Robin up and down the stairs from the nursery […]

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I’m sick.  Somehow I’ve picked up some kind of a bronchial bug that kept me up a good portion of last night coughing and hacking.  I just hope I haven’t passed it on to the baby.  Fortunately I had a packet of Tylenol Chest Congestion pills in my purse which calmed things down a bit, […]

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