Sophie was spayed on Tuesday. She came home wearing an E-collar which lasted for about 5 hours. I’m sure it would have come off sooner, but she was still drugged enough from the anesthetic so that she slept for awhile. I tried to keep the cone on her, but she was having none of that […]

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The rain started today and is supposed to continue through Saturday. But I’m not complaining. My plants need the rain as does my yard. And, as long as it stops sometime on Saturday, I’m okay with it. I just want one day of working in the yard this weekend. Since this is a long weekend […]

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It was beautiful weather here all weekend, so I decided to spend it outdoors. I started in the front yard on Saturday, planting two new rose bushes along the driveway. Because the rosebed looked really messy, and because I could see lots of leaves that had built up under the bushes along the driveway, I […]

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What a devil she is! Nate and Hayes got into lots when they were little, but nothing like Sophie! Over the past week she has shredded a roll of toilet paper, knocked over a dish from my dresser filled with earrings and pins (resulting in earrings everywhere!), knocked over a lamp on my dresser, pulled […]

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Good lord…that day has come! Back when Paul McCartney sang that song, 64 seemed such a long way off. Even my parents weren’t 64 back then. So, even though I’m not ready, 64 has finally arrived. I am grateful that I’m still able to do lots more than my mother could when she reached this […]

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Kevin and Soula gave me a Home Depot gift card for Christmas. Today I went on a shopping spree with Vanessa at Home Depot. Bareroot roses are available right now, so I figured this was the best time to make my gift card go further. And it turned out to be a really good deal […]

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I spent most of the day on Saturday putting Christmas away…finally! Had hoped to do this over New Year’s weekend, but came down with an awful cold instead! The cold has hung around for almost 2 weeks, and I think I’m almost rid of most of it now. Got everything down outside last weekend, but […]

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I spent a good portion of the weekend in front of the TV, watching CNN. On Saturday, a crazy man in Tucson, AZ killed 6 people and wounded 14, including a Congressional Representative. I just don’t understand why these things continue to happen. The guy is obviously mentally ill. Back in the day (early 70’s) […]

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It’s been a rough two days at work. We’re trying to close out 2010 and I need to get everything entered as quickly as possible, but still not make mistakes. And it’s been brutal. I’ve got about 60-70% of the entries completed, and hope to have all finished by the end of the week. Meanwhile, […]

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And so the first decade of the 21st century ends. Lots has happened over the past 10 years…and lots in just the past year. Since the year 2000 we’ve gone through many bad and good times. Not that long ago the most troublesome thing in our lives was all the hoopla about the year 2K […]

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I just checked the thermometer–32 degrees!!! And it’s 10:00 pm. That means it’s going to get colder as the night goes on. I can’t remember the temperature ever being this cold for as long as I’ve lived in So.Cal. I’m hopeful that my outdoor plants survive as my front porch is loaded with plants that […]

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Life has been so busy these last few weeks, and I have totally forgotten to update this blog. So here goes almost two weeks worth of catching up. First, the weather. It started raining on Friday, the 17th, and it didn’t stop again until Thursday, the 23rd. A week of non-stop rain and almost 1/2 […]

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Yesterday I also bought a new coffee pot for me since mine stopped working last week. When I unpacked it I was totally grossed out to realize it had been used! And the worst part was that it hadn’t been cleaned–there was coffee residue in the filter basket! So I packed it back up to […]

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I’m getting there! Finished all the family in Washington and checked today to find out everything has been delivered! Yay! Then tonight I finally came up with a gift for Patrick and stopped on the way home to purchase it. Also found a second gift for him while buying the first one. Still have some […]

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The boys went in for their annual checkup today. Jenny (the vet’s technician who fostered them) got to see them for the first time since last December. She couldn’t believe how big they had gotten since a year ago! Nate was his usual impressive self with his beautiful sleek coat. Hayes looked like a big […]

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I just checked my blog only to realize it’s been weeks since I posted anything! I have to admit I’ve been busy, but mostly I’ve just forgotten to post. And so I’ll try to catch up a bit tonight. Thanksgiving was great. We had the traditional dinner here with me, Patrick and Veronica. Everything turned […]

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I started Christmas shopping tonight. Aarrgghh!!! How can this be happening already? Went to Kohls since I had another 30% off coupon and couldn’t let that go to waste! Got 4 gifts, some Christmas shirts for Robin, some decorative candle holders for me (or maybe some for gifts), and (of course) a bunch of clothes […]

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We started our annual financial audit last week at work. The audit was originally scheduled for last May, but my surgery caused everything to be postponed. So the auditors showed up last week. I spent about an hour reviewing the finances with them and then, as I was about to leave, one of them (Kristen) […]

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Finally. The yard sale has ended. It sounded like a really good idea about a year ago when I began planning to have a garage/yard sale. I think it would have been fine had I not had to have the surgery last spring. As a result everything was put on hold for about 6 months. […]

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Tonight Patrick and I went to a neighbor’s birthday party. Harold Jackson has always lived across the street from us since we moved to Pasadena. His name is probably not familiar to most people, but his musical group may be: The Ink Spots. Harold is the last surviving member of the Ink Spots, joining the […]

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