I’m off work for a vacation day today in order to get a head start on lots of laboring. Additionally, my new dishwasher was delivered and installed this morning. Completely cleaned the kitchen last night to get ready for today, so it’s very nice having a new dishwasher in a clean kitchen! The only bad [...]

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…cool weather?! How fabulous is this?!!! It’s overcast and cool outside! I can open windows and let the coolness permeate my house for the first time in a long, long time. Don’t know what the temperature is outside, but it seems almost cold compared to the heat we’ve been experiencing. No doubt it must be [...]

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It got up to somewhere between 105-110 degrees in Pasadena today–at least that’s what the weather forecasters said. All I know is that it was damn hot! I didn’t leave the a/c running while at work, just the ceiling fan in my office and the floor fan in the family room. As a result, the [...]

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Today I ordered a duvet set, pillows and a bed scarf from Kohl’s. Got a great deal–$172 including tax for all as well as free shipping. Then I decided to order a rug (actually a carpet) from them. It’s about 8′ x 11′ and is made of Olefin which is stain resistant…and it’s beautiful. Total [...]

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I headed off to bed last night and decided to let the cats come and go into the bedroom since they did fairly well sleeping with me the previous night in the new bed. Hayes has trouble jumping up and down from the bed due to the height, so I put a box at the [...]

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My new bed was delivered this morning and is all made up with sheets (thanks, Vanessa!) and a quilt. I really need to get a bedskirt as well as a new comforter or something like that. I can make do with what I currently have but it’s just not real attractive. I’m going to check [...]

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The waterbed draining process didn’t take as long as I expected–only about two hours. And then Patrick and I dismantled the frame and I hauled it all out to the driveway. I spent the remainder of the afternoon removing the old carpet from under the bed (it actually looked great after having been hidden away [...]

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Today I am draining my waterbed and saying goodbye to my old friend of 33 years. I bought a new bed yesterday and it is being delivered tomorrow. So, I have lots to do today. Patrick will be over soon to help me get the draining process started and I have already removed all the [...]

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Yesterday I started in on cleaning out the garage…finally! I have emptied about 6 boxes and have consolidated 2 large tubs down to one medium sized one. Additionally, I’ve washed everything that had accumulated out there–small rugs, towels, sheets, blankets, rags, etc. And I’ve thrown out a TON of stuff! Most of it will go [...]

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I am so happy to be back in Pasadena! Phoenix was a godawful furnace of heat! 110+ degrees during the day and lows in the 90′s at night! I could not live in such a hell hole! It was good to see family, but unfortunate that it was due to my uncle’s death. It seemed [...]

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Things haven’t been going exactly as I had planned this week. I have yet to do any painting–or any of the other home projects that need doing. But it’s still been a good first two days of vacation. Got lots of laundry done yesterday as well as watering all my outdoor plants. I did goof [...]

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How nice it is knowing that I don’t have to go to work for another 15 days! Vanessa and Keith came over today for some swimming, visiting, and a great dinner of filet mignon, baked potatoes and salad…plus a nice bottle of cabernet. Tomorrow we’re heading off early in the morning to the Rose Bowl [...]

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July has been a busy month, both at work and at home, and I am glad to see it go. It’s been rough going back to work this month after being off for almost six weeks recovering from surgery. And then the sciatica started up about 2 weeks ago. Aagghhh! The pain from that is [...]

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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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