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March 21, 2007
Short on time - back to work
The past week seems like it was month's long, but it's time for real life to return. I have to get my sink shining again and get my rear to work!
I have dinner in the crock pot and clothes being washed. It's going to be a beautiful day here - in the 70s. I have got to go out at lunch time and take a walk.
Yesterday, I bought some fruit and full grain bread and other healthy stuff. Now, I just need to know when to stop eating at dinner time.
I'm pretty sure I can get the house in order and lose weight at the same time - in fact, just getting the house in order will entail a certain amount of exercise.
Politics drives me nuts right now. Why the hell can't Congress focus on something other than trying to get George W out of office? Like terrorism.
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March 20, 2007
You might be shocked . . .
at how nice your old jewelry can look!
My sister-in-law, Kathy, and I went through her mom's jewelry boxes last week. My father-in-law, brought the boxes (yes, plural) into the kitchen and dropped them on the table. Wow, Ann had a lot of pretty things.
There were some costume pieces that I liked, but they seemed really worn. I bought one of those sonic cleaners and got some amazing
By the way, my sister-in-law, Kathy, could not have been more gracious about sharing her mom's jewelry. I got several beautiful rings which will remind me of Ann every time I wear them.
In fact, I'm going off to the jewelry store now to have them sized to fix me.
Posted by Beth at 11:07 AM
Does your doggie need a new toy?
Well, then, I would suggest this:
Right Girl bought one for her Bug, and they are both having a great time tearing Hillary apart.
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March 19, 2007
Visual DNA - another test, but different.
This is kinda cool - I stole it from Venomous Kate!
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March 16, 2007
A moment of kitty zen
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March 14, 2007
Sigh
My dear Mother-In-Law, Ann Donovan, passed away Tuesday morning. John has written a wonderful elegy for her, and everyone should go read it.
Many of my friends complain about their mothers-in-law. They complain that they are butt-in-skies and critical and unbearable. This was not the case with Ann Donovan. Ann was always gracious. In fact, she told me that she endeavored to be a good Mother-in-law because she had a difficult time getting along with her mother-in-law.
When I first met Ann, John was helping me to move my portion of my Dad's furniture to Kansas. My dad had just died, and John was a friend, and was kind enough to drive the U-Haul truck while I drove the car from St. Louis to Olathe, Kansas. We stopped in Columbia, Missouri to take a break from the extremely long day that started with loading the U-Haul at about 6 am. John had recently been given a family heirloom and since he was being so helpful, I told him that we could haul that to his house in Leavenworth. The family heirloom was a huge, huge Winchester Bullet Board.
John went into his house to get the bullet board and load it in the U-Haul. His mom, Ann, came out and wandered down to my car, where Andy and I sat. She insisted that we come in and have dinner and stay the night. And she welcomed us into her family ever after.
How wonderful is that?
Eventually, John and I became a "thang" and we started making regular visits to Columbia for holidays, etc. Ann was always extremely kind to me and to Andy. And she loved Andy like her own grandchild.
Ann had a wondrous sense of humor. She delighted in the silly gifts we brought her. Like this one and this one.
I have many good memories of time spent with John's mom. So many memories that I guess someday I should sit down and write about the best ones.
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March 12, 2007
Ahem. (ping ping) Is this thing on?
We interrupt this blog to bring you this important announcement: It's SWWBO's Birthday!
We return this blog to it's original upright (snerk!) position.
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March 9, 2007
Damn. No car for me!
John has the keys in his pocket - about 200 miles from here. I had a second chance at having wheels for the weekend - our son, Andy came home for a few days - with his lovely girlfriend, Ashes. I asked Andy if he had keys. Naturally, he left them in Manhattan, Kansas.
I think that the lovely and charming Venomous Kate might be able to give me a ride though - let's hope!
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Life has been kinda busy
I was in Dallas this week, well, actually Plano. I was shadowing a co-worker to learn the new software I'm going to be implementing - IBMWebSphere.
My co-worker, Megan, was teaching the clients how to do an install and set up all the configuration stuff, etc., for the product that our company sells. It's pretty cool stuff.
It was also kinda funny - a guy who has worked for the same company as me had quit and gone to this new consulting firm - so we were training him! I think, in a way, he was trying to bust our butts, but he was still pretty nice - it was quite a surprise to see him when we walked into the conference room.
And then, there are all kinds of things going on in our personal lives. Andy and Ashes (his lovely girlfriend) are coming to visit this weekend, but unfortunately, John has to be somewhere else, so it will just be the three of us.
And, oddly, there is a shortage of pine shavings for the horses. Poor John went to 3 or 4 different distributors of critter shavings and discovered that for some reason, the furniture industry took some time off - so much time off that the pine shavings companies have all run out of shavings! For those who are unfamiliar with the care and feeding of horses, the pine shavings are about the best substance to put in the stalls - they are absorbent and smell great, and it is easy to clean compared to straw or pellets.
I have the crummy car this weekend. John needed the good one for his road trip. I hope John checks his email when he gets to his destination because I have no idea where the keys for the crummy car are, and I have a massage and a hair color appointment tomorrow. If the weather is nice, I guess I could walk, but I'm not sure how long it would take someone in as bad a shape as I am to go two or three miles to the salon.
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March 3, 2007
Well, this explains it!
Aaron has an illustrated post that explains that we Earthlings are indeed responsible for the global warming that is occurring on Mars.
Everything is our fault, don't ya know!
Hat tip to CalTechGirl
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March 2, 2007
Bwaa-ha-ha-ha-ick
SondraK rocks. And this is gross, but so perfect.
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March 1, 2007
One of you figure this thing out
The Impossible Quiz Deluxe by =Splapp-me-do on deviantART
I have to go to work!
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