Just took Baby to the vet. She had multiple bowel and bladder problems last night and this morning resulting in pooping and peeing on the floors in the family room and my bathroom. Of course none of these incidents occurred in the litter box. She’s drinking lots of water and not eating much food. She’s […]

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I’m very happy to welcome a new year! While some good things did happen in 2009–Patrick’s engagement to Veronica, visits with family in Seattle and Ohio, inauguration of Barack Obama, Lakers NBA championship and my adoption of two new cats (welcome Nate and Hayes!)–many bad things happened as well–loss of three of my pets (goodbye […]

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In the tradition of the day, I have given my servants the day off and sustained myself on the leftovers from Christmas…and spent the remainder of the day doing absolutely nothing! Patrick came over to set up my new HDTV (Thanks for the gift, Patrick!) and now I’m faced with the dilemma of what to […]

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Today is Christmas Day. And my neighbor is spending his day in grubby clothes repairing his fence. In other words, he has no life! He is a nasty man who never comes out of his house except to go back and forth to work, cut the grass in his front yard and walk his dog. […]

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And so the day is almost here. Christmas Eve was rather calm and quiet. I spent most of the day cleaning, cooking and baking. Patrick and Veronica came over this evening and we enjoyed ham, potato salad and lots of snacks…and then sat around talking and watching “It’s a Wonderful Life.” I still have to […]

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This past weekend I saw my neighbor outside and told him that he needed to fix his fence that has been leaning over about a foot into my yard. It’s been leaning for months and the recent rainfall made it even worse. So today the leaning stopped. We are having a windstorm with gusts up […]

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As expected, I didn’t accomplish nearly as much as I had planned this weekend. But I did get many things done…and had two great lunches both days! On Saturday I had lunch with Vanessa at the Stonefire Grill where we enjoyed great tri-tip, chicken and ribs. Spent a lot of the day after Vanessa left […]

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How did it get to be less than a week before Christmas already? I am sooo not ready. Finally made a list of all I have to do this weekend and I don’t know how it’s all going to happen in only two days. Who am I kidding. In reality, it probably won’t. But at […]

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Patrick came over on Sunday and helped me get the street decoration up as well as all the lights on the house. I finished after he left, putting additional lights on the hedge and the ficus tree next to the front porch. Also put up garland and a wreath at the front bay window. And […]

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Tonight is the first night of our neighborhood’s annual Holiday Light-Up. Yet there are no Christmas lights on my house and my curbside street decoration is not illuminated. It has been raining most of the day. I was able to get the crates out of the garage during a lull in the rain and also […]

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Have been on Amazon for about 2-3 hours tonight finishing up my orders to be shipped to Seattle. It’s all ordered and a good portion has already been shipped according to the email notices I’ve been receiving. Whew! Still have a few more things to order online, but will wait until the weekend to get […]

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Emotions tend to run both high and low at this time of year. And today has been a day of shifting emotions for me. Started off with trying to get all the Christmas decorating finished up in order to get the storage crates out of the living room and back into the garage. Mostly this […]

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It’s the beginning of December and I’ve started decorating my house for Christmas. I’d like to get it finished by this Saturday so that it’s not an ongoing project that drags on for the entire month. Since I’m not putting up a tree this year because of the kittens, I think I should be able […]

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Thanksgiving went quite well this year. All the food was done right on time and the turkey literally fell off the bones, it was sooo tender and juicy. Patrick and Veronica spent a big chunk of their day here until Patrick finally began to doze off after being up all night working. Talked with Kevin […]

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I’m actually in good shape for Thanksgiving. Two pumpkin pies are cooling on the kitchen counter, the bread is shredded for the stuffing and the turkey is soaking in the brine mixture. Have to get up at about 6:30 in order to finish putting the stuffing together in order to get the bird in the […]

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My neighbors to the south let me know last week that they had smelled natural gas along my yard next to their property. I went outside after I got their message but didn’t smell a thing. I also check all my appliances and my heaters and still didn’t notice anything. I assumed it was just […]

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Have spent the weekend scanning and uploading photos to Facebook. I should have done other things (like cleaning), but sort of got addicted once I got started. Some of the photos are on my FB page while others are on a new McLean family site only accessible to family members. The hardest part has been […]

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Finally I’m able to say something! I’m in a hotel just outside Cincinnati right now, having spent the weekend in Ohio for a surprise 50th birthday party for my sister, Kelly. Everything went off without a hitch and Kelly was completely surprised as she walked in the door at her daughter’s house. She was expecting […]

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Went to Target on Saturday and loaded up on groceries, plus clothes and a new purse for me, plus clothes for Robin. Spent far more than I had planned. Oh well. Then I tried on the sweaters when I got home and decided I really didn’t like them, so I took them back tonight. And, […]

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Nate and Hayes are still adorable–but have also turned into wild little devils! They are now able to jump up or climb onto just about all the surfaces in my house. The only places they haven’t yet been able to get to are the fireplace mantle, the kitchen counters, the refrigerator, and the tops of […]

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