I can’t believe Thanksgiving is almost here.  And then it will be just a few weeks until Christmas.  And I’m not ready for that. Went grocery shopping last night and now only need to get the turkey and a few other items for the big dinner next Thursday.  Put away the groceries last night only […]

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I don’t think I’ve been this tired in ages.  Patrick set up one of the shade structures from Burning Man in the driveway and I worked out there all weekend on our new Christmas street decoration.  Out of 34 homes on the street, 7 were represented with a total of 10 residents who helped out […]

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I HATE THEM!!! In the past week I have received phone calls from Al Gore, Sen. Barbara Boxer, LA Mayor Antonio Villarigosa, Pasadena Mayor Bill Bogaard, and countless volunteers supporting or not supporting a myriad of candidates and propositions. Meanwhile, you can’t watch tv without hearing from every candidate telling about how great they are–or […]

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Am working on it, both here and at work. Last night made a dent in my TiVo tapings over the past week.  Nice to be able to TiVo stuff, but I then find it hard to get caught up on watching everything.  The Daily Show is filming in Ohio all week, so I’m TiVo’ing all […]

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For the first time I’ve been asked to babysit by one of my sons.  No, I don’t have an unknown grandchild.  I have a granddog!  Patrick and Veronica have headed off to Patrick’s office Halloween party and I am dogsitting their pitbull, Floyd.  He’s a great dog, loves coming over here and loves hanging out […]

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Heard from Kevin tonight.  No skin graft for his fucked up finger…at least for now.  He met with the doctor today and the doctor wants to let his finger try to heal on it’s own.  He’ll go back in a week to have the stitches removed from the other finger and the doctor will make […]

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Kevin called last night to let me know he had cut off the back pads of two of his fingertips!  Seems they were making homemade french fries and one of the potatoes got stuck in the cutting device.  Kevin tried to force the potato by pushing on it and pushed too hard and too far, slicing […]

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I’m ready for tomorrow to be over.  This week has been brutal at work.  I have a huge list of ‘projects’ and no time to even attempt to start any of them.  Bill paying is taking up more and more of my time since my administrative assistant was fired and things get busier and busier.  […]

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As I headed off to work this morning, I briefly thought about this being Friday the 13th, but felt that wouldn’t really have much of an impact on me.  Wrong. Finished paying the bills at work (51 checks), ran all the reports, gave the checks to be signed to one of the priests.  Then realized […]

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Had a busy and somewhat productive weekend. Met with a group of neighbors Saturday morning to plan a new streetside Christmas decoration. The one we’ve been using is about 8 years old and a lot of new neighbors who want to participate are in homes where the previous owner either didn’t join in or where […]

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One of my best friends was let go from her job today. Restructuring. The reason that is always given for getting rid of someone without just saying “You’re fired.” She was by far the most dedicated employee I have ever encountered. She probably put in at least 60 hours per week and almost had to […]

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Got up yesterday with lots of good intentions… Spent awhile on the phone with Sally catching up on the goings on in Ohio. Then got started on cleaning the house. Patrick called to let me know he and Veronica would be over within a few minutes to take Murphy to the dog park along with […]

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Got through the week. Days at work ranged from 8 to 10 hours and there were a few nights where I just collapsed. Left work at 4 pm today after getting a few projects completed. Should have tried to do more today, but I was just burned out. Stopped at Michaels on the way home […]

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I’m overwhelmed, exhausted and stressed to the max–and the week has just begun! Seems that everyone who walked into my office or called or emailed today was demanding something of me. At about noon I thought about walking out. Of course I didn’t and also didn’t let on to most of my coworkers how I […]

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Things happened the way I expected: All Saints has refused to comply with the demands of the IRS. As a result, a multitude of other churches and clergy are standing behind us, with some even becoming members of All Saints. The press coverage has been great. We’ve been on the front page of the Pasadena […]

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Once again All Saints Church is in the news due to new demands by the IRS. After almost a year of silence and nonresponsiveness to our communications (through our attorneys) they have summoned our rector to produce a wealth of documentation and appear in court on the 11th of October. For all the details, visit […]

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Forgot that I have to attend a wedding tomorrow. Also have to attend all 3 services at All Saints on Sunday as it is Homecoming Sunday when all staff are asked to be there. So went clothes shopping after work today. I have a new long skirt, but didn’t have a top to match it. […]

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In July I was finally given permission to hire a part-time administrative assistant at work. This position was budgeted at the beginning of the year but, like all positions at work, it seems to take months for them to get around to hiring someone. It has been very frustrating for me as I continued to […]

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Kevin and Soula are moved into their new house…well, sort of. I arrived in Seattle late Friday night and, after waiting for Kevin to arrive at the airport on a return flight from Austin, we headed for the rental house in Kirkland. Visited for a bit and finally got to bed at 2 am. On […]

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To celebrate, I’ve spent a good portion of the day laboring in the kitchen. Woke this morning to find my sink and counters covered with ants! For some reason, we are having a terrible problem with ants this year. Found them entering through the corner of the kitchen window over the sink. These are new […]

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