If you saw yesterday’s game, then you know what I’m talking about. If you didn’t see the game, then you missed something spectacular! It was like the old days when the Lakers would stage a spectacular comeback at the very last minute. Only this time, they did it twice–once at the end of regulation and […]

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That’s right, Kevin is coming to LA in May for the E3 show. He’ll be arriving on Tuesday, 5/9, and will be working at the show for the rest of the week through Friday, 5/12. He’ll be staying over until Sunday, 5/14 (Mother’s Day!), so we’ll have a couple of days to visit. No plans […]

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…or at least most of them are in! Got up early Sunday morning and headed out to Home Depot. Came home with 2 new roses (Peace and Christian Dior) that are beautiful as well as being very fragrant. Transplanted 2 other roses that didn’t seem to be doing well in their old locations. So I […]

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Tonight is the first night in ages that I don’t have some sort of accounting work to do….Hallelujah! Still have to do a payroll tax return next week for one of my clients–but that shouldn’t take too long–and then most everything will be finished for awhile. Lots to do at work, however, with no real […]

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Hope everyone is having a Happy Easter. It’s dreary and cold here with rain expected later tonight. Feels more like Christmas than Easter. Patrick and Veronica will be coming over for dinner around 4 pm. Traditional dinner of Honeybaked ham, sweet potatoes, green bean casserole, coleslaw, fruit salad and maybe a few other goodies if […]

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Seems that ReNu contact lens solution with something called MoistureLoc has been linked to a dreadful eye fungus. Of course this is the solution I’ve been using. My eyes haven’t been feeling great lately, but I just assumed this was something that happens as one ages. I quit using the ReNu immediately and switched to […]

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Well, it’s a bit warmer outside and it’s sunny! Worked out back today. Found a cleaner for the white lattice fence that works great and isn’t too time consuming. It’s a spray cleaner that I bought last year to clean plastic furniture. You spray it on, scrub with a brush and then hose it off. […]

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…and it doesn’t look like April outside. It’s gloomy, rainy and cold. Daylight Savings Time began yesterday, but it wasn’t really that noticeable since the clouds started moving in late in the afternoon. And today it’s been rainy and overcast all day. I planned to start exercising by taking Murphy for a walk at night […]

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We got the day off at work today in celebration of Cesar Chavez Day. So, I decided to celebrate by going shopping! First stop was at Linden Optometry. We start a new vision plan at work tomorrow. If I purchased a pair of glasses today, I can have them covered under my old policy. Then […]

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What happened, you ask? Well, 10 years ago today I walked through the doors of All Saints Church to take a temporary job helping out with Accounts Payable. I knew very little about the Church and certainly didn’t know much about non-profit accounting. My jobs in the past had all been with for profit companies. […]

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Once again Loki decided to do battle with another feline resident of the neighborhood last night. This time I don’t think he won. He came in bloody at about 10 pm last night and in obvious pain. After cleaning him up as best I could, I realized he needed to see the vet the next […]

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Did you ever wonder whether your pets understand when you say something to them? Lately Murphy has been demanding attention and/or snacks by sitting at my feet and “crying.” I tell him no, but he just keeps it up, knowing that I will either pet him or feed him — or both. Tonight I tried […]

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Baboos died yesterday. She was Patrick’s girlfriend Veronica’s dog. While I’ve never been all that fond of large dogs, Baboos was really special. From day one, she was extremely friendly and affectionate, so you couldn’t help but love her. Patrick has posted her picture on his website — link below to The Playland. How sad […]

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I can’t believe we’re having yet another hail storm! Not as heavy as last weekend, but hail nonetheless. And it’s really cold once again. Wet, cold and ice falling from the sky. It appears all my plans to work outside whacking bushes just ended. Well fuck.

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It’s Sunday morning — one of the days I can sleep in — and I awoke at 6:45 am. Laid back down for a few minutes until I realized I was wide awake! While I did go to bed a bit early for a Saturday (11:30 pm), I can’t believe I felt so alert and […]

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It snowed this past weekend! Saturday morning I woke up to pouring down rain. As the rain stopped and the sun shone through the clouds, I stepped out front and was amazed to see snow all over the foothills and mountains north of our house! It was unbelievably beautiful, but the temps in the 30’s […]

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What a rough week! I knew I had lots to do at work, but this week was brutal. Lots of unusual odds and ends in addition to all the regular stuff made for long, stressful days. In addition, I worked late at home during the early part of the week. Unfortunately, next week will be […]

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Am almost finished with the accounting work for my personal clients for year-end/tax stuff. Hooray! And just finished up the year-end/tax stuff at work today as well. I am sooo glad to be on the last leg of all this and to be saying goodbye to 2005. Still have to do my own taxes as […]

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I got a raise today at work! Yay!!! Everyone on staff got a cost of living increase…and absolutely all needed it since the cost of living seems to have gone up for everyone. I’m grateful that the increased gas prices haven’t affected me all that much since I usually only have to fill up once […]

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It started raining late this afternoon and is expected to continue throughout the weekend. The rain is ok in that we have had very little this winter. I need to do stuff inside over this long weekend, so I don’t mind the rain at all. It’s chilly outside as well. And I thought it was […]

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