Both of my sons have had bouts of sciatica, Kevin having it the most seriously for the past ten years. Well, now it’s my turn. Started with pain in my right hip on Sunday that is radiating down my right leg. Nothing seems to help the pain other than pain killing meds. I’m taking ibuprofen […]

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It’s 1 pm on Saturday and I am ready for my houseguests. The house is cleaned, the guest bed is made up with fresh sheets and the food is ready. I still need to wash off the table out back, but it is just too damn hot to go out there right now! I’m impressed […]

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The temps have reached over 100 degrees for two days now and it doesn’t look like there will be any let up anytime soon. Clouds formed over the mountains and I could hear thunder out the back door. But no rain here. I’m sure there was rain to the east and the news clips on […]

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I guess this is the year for visitors from around the country. This is a good thing since it will be awhile before I will feel like doing much traveling anywhere! Tomorrow my sister-in-law, Mary, (Tom’s wife) will be here for the evening on her way home from visiting her grandmother who lives a few […]

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Decided to write this post tonight since tomorrow may be too busy to do any updating. Patrick and Veronica will be over for a cookout and swim tomorrow afternoon and I’ll be busy in the morning get things ready outside and making potato salad. I went to the grocery earlier today and picked up a […]

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Just got off the phone with Charter…ALL their services are officially canceled!!! The service rep asked me why I was canceling and I gave her a brief description of my problems and then told her to check my service record. After that I had no problem getting everything stopped! And I’ll be getting a refund […]

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Yesterday proved to be very productive even though I didn’t really do anything all day. The Verizon installer showed up mid-morning and hooked up my phone/DSL line. And the technician from DirecTV was here mid-afternoon to install my new satellite dish and DVR. And Vanessa helped last night in getting my internet service online as […]

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Went to work today for 1/2 day. I specifically decided to go in today since Tuesday is the day we always hold our weekly staff meeting. It was great to see everyone again and they all cheered and clapped to welcome me back! It felt great to be there. I got a lot accomplished (in […]

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Between yesterday and today, I have worked 14 hours on office work. I found out yesterday that the Board at work needed a financial report for May in time for their meeting Tuesday night. While I had already done some of the work required, I thought I had until late July to finish up everything […]

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Nate has decided that killing lizards is his most favorite pastime these days. So far I have found three dead lizards in the house and just rescued the latest live one that he was carrying in his mouth as he ran inside. He doesn’t want to eat them, just play with them. I mean, how […]

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Went into work today for the first time in five weeks. Arrived at 10 am and planned to stay for four hours. Time got away from me and I wound up staying until 3 pm–longer than I should have stayed. I was exhausted when I left and spent about two hours napping/resting when I got […]

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Today was the Lakers victory parade in downtown LA. While it would have been great fun to have been there, my body is not yet ready to get shoved around by thousands of other bodies, I could never have done all the walking that would have been required to secure a viewing spot, and standing […]

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Well, I probably did too much today, but it is nice to have it all finished. I went to CVS, then to the car wash, then to PetCo, then to Trader Joe’s, and finally to Albertson’s. Whew! The worst part was hauling everything in from the car since I had to limit the amount of […]

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What a great game! I was worried most of the game, but the Lakers managed to pull it out and beat Boston for their second NBA Championship in a row! I am totally thrilled!

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Well, right now in LA there really isn’t much other news than the Lakers game tonight. I am a nervous wreck and can’t wait for everything to get started–and for the Lakers to win! Two more hours until the TV coverage starts and it seems like forever! I won’t be answering the phone tonight or […]

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I finally got fed up enough and called Verizon today. I am switching my phone and internet service to Verizon and my cable TV service to DirectTV. Unfortunately, FIOS is not yet available in our area. The only bad part is that my new TiVo HD won’t work with the DirectTV service. The TiVo will […]

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It’s been overcast and chilly for the past two days, known by So.Cal. weather forecasters as June Gloom. And it’s supposed to be the same tomorrow. I’ve felt really yukky all day and took lots of naps. I just couldn’t get motivated to do anything and my incision area has started to feel kind of […]

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Well, sort of…and it actually felt kind of good. Logged into my work computer from home via “LogMeIn” software and was able to post all the A/P and A/R journal entries from the past few weeks while I’ve been away. It was good to do something productive on the computer other than browsing FB and […]

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The Lakers now lead in the NBA Finals 2-1 against Boston after a great win tonight in Boston! Kobe played a great game, but it was all Derek Fisher in the fourth quarter. I really had to contain myself to keep from getting too excited and jumping up from the couch! Game 4 on Thursday. […]

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Am feeling good tonight after a lovely Sunday spent with Patrick and Veronica, enjoying a cookout and spending the day out back at the pool. I still can’t get into the water but dangled my feet in the pool which felt great! Patrick did his usual marvelous job of grilling chicken breasts, filet mignon and […]

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