Finally!  I don’t think I’ve ever been so ready for some time off.  Usually I’m able to leave early on the last day of work before my vacation, but not today.  Had to work late to get everything in order, and even with staying late I need to do some emailing from home tonight to […]

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I’m planning to get some large cedars in my backyard trimmed.  They are currently about 60-70 ft tall and are located at the northern edge of the yard up against the retaining wall and my neighbor’s wood fence.  I’ve been talking to this neighbor, Fabio, for a couple of months, letting him know that his […]

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…and then I’ll be on vacation!  I wasn’t really sure I’d be able to take next week off, but I decided the hell with it, I’m off!  The past two weeks have been so stress-laden at work and I knew I would crash if I didn’t get a break.  If I only had to deal […]

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And I actually missed it.  So much was going on that I completely forgot about one of my favorite days of the year.  So I’m enjoying the second day of summer tonight.  Patrick and a friend bought a travel trailer yesterday to take to Burning Man.  It’s 21′ long and has a kitchen with a […]

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This audit is worse than I thought it would be.  I feel as though I am getting absolutely nothing accomplished.  My office looks like a cyclone went through it.  I spend half the day answering questions from the auditors and then try to go back to my office to prepare reports they request. Today I […]

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I saw something on the news about this last night, but got to see it ‘in person’ tonight.  And it was spectacular!  There in the western sky in perfect alignment with one another (and totally visible to the naked eye) were Venus, the quarter moon, Saturn and Jupiter!!!  I’ve never seen Saturn and Jupiter before, […]

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First the baby update.  Soula has been diagnosed with gestational diabetes.  Her blood sugar level was 196 and she will be meeting with a nurse dietician next week to review a diet and exercise plan to bring down her sugar level.  The doctor feels the baby is doing fine, which is good.  I think Soula […]

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I got home from work and went out back to check my petunias for worms.  And, of course, they were crawling all over the plants, devouring the blooms.  I picked off all that I could see and then deadheaded them.  Went into the kitchen to wash my hands and heard an ungodly buzzing!  There was […]

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Today we had our quarterly birthday celebration at work.  Instead of having cake for each person’s birthday, we decided to have a big lunch party once every three months.  This time we hired a caterer to do a BBQ party out on the lawn between the office building and the church.  We had barbequed chicken […]

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Just got back from Patrick’s and Veronica’s where we had some yummy Chinese food.  Then sat around visiting and listening to jazz music for a couple of hours.  A nice relaxing way to end the day. Finally got my hanging planters hung up outside the family room.  They look absolutely fabulous.  Each planter has a burgundy […]

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Well, if I can’t root for the Lakers, I might as well celebrate for the Ducks.  They won the NHL Stanley Cup tonight!  I’ve never been a real hockey fan (and probably never will be), but it was fun watching the Anaheim Ducks (previously the Mighty Ducks, from the Disney movie) win the Stanley Cup […]

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Two days and Murphy still hasn’t jumped into the flowerbed!  Am not sure if it was the pepper or the fencing, but something is working.  Kevin tells me that ground anise also works as a pet deterrent, so will make sure I have some on hand if things change. Tomorrow I will be spending the […]

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I have 4 small trellis-type things made of heavy wire that are about 2′ high.  They are a dark green shade and kind of decorative with the wire twisted at the top in loops.  After talking with my sister, Sally, today, we decided these might work as a barricade to keep Murphy out of the flowerbed.  […]

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