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Friday Flowerblogging

Rhododendron 05/15/08

The blooms are not as plentiful this year, however, it is a beautiful bush. The bush on the other side of the walk has even less blooms. It is in heavy shade under the Carolina Maple. I should have let Ted trim off the lower branches to let in more light. He did trim some so he could mow the grass without having to bend down under the tree. It is a rainy morning. It looks like no grass will be cut this weekend.

Danny is still sleeping. He will not want to go out in the rain.

Thursday, May 15, 5008

I crossed another item off my list. I got all the company paperwork in order and ready to take to the accountant. I went out to the garden center and bought my flowers for my borders around the house. I hope I got enough. I’m not sure if I have enough impatiens for my flower boxes or not. I’m going to space them further apart and stretch them out.

I haven’t heard anything about the job opportunity. Perhaps it’s not meant to be. Maybe, I’ll have to go ahead with early retirement and move over near my brothers. I am feeling more and more like there is no reason to stay here.

I called my cousin and a friend today but no one was home.

I should have started planting the flowers but I just wasn’t into it. Ted used to go with me to pick out the flowers. We would look at them and decide what color we want and what we should plant and where. The front of the house is on the south and is extremely hot. We mostly chose Vincas and sometimes petunias. The petunias get eaten by what looks like cabbageworms but I decided on them anyway. I’ll have to spray them. I got lavender impatiens for the east side and bright pink with some white ones for the back yard. I also got a half flat of moss roses for the front. They have reseeded in the past but I got some more just in case. I see a marigold that has reseeded but the moss roses don’t come up until June. I guess when the soil is warmer.

I am still having trouble with my phone. It may be one of my electronic switches that turns on the hall light. The switch is linked into the computer but it does not seem to be working. It won’t even work manually. I’ll have to get them replaced. The electrician down the street said he would help me. I’ll either get him or my brother to do it.

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Genealogy Blogging

The Spence Family:
Barbara Waldin in background on left, Jim's wife, cousin, Mildred Hansen with head down, Jim Waldin, Jane's son, cousin, Jane Waldin, James "Bud" Spence and wife Mable.
Mildred, Jand and Bud are children of my father's sister, Aunt Ruby. Another Spence sister, Dolly was deceased at the time of this photo. Aunt Ruby had 5 more children by her second marriage to Harry Stroup.

Genealogy Blogging

The Baker Family with Aunt Lily. Back row: Rene with son Bruce and wife, Alison, Stan, and Sue, Rene's daughter.
Middle row: Aunt Lily, Rene's mother, Marie, Rene's wife, Bonnie, Rene's daughter.
Front row: Bruce's daughters and Sue's son.

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

I accidentally deleted everything I wrote. It is getting late so I'll write tomorrow.

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Genealogy Blogging

Aunt Martha 96 years old. She was married to my Dad's oldest brother, Frank. She is at Aunt Lily's birthday with her daughters, Marie and Thelma. Aunt Martha's brother, Rene, was married to Aunt Lily.

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Aunt Lily Tees Baker Hoopes Trathan is seated in center. Sue Baker Glenbocki, Lily's granddaughter is carrying the cake for Lily's 95th birthday. Next is Bud Hoopes' wife and Bud who is Lily's son. Aunt Lily was married 4 times.

Monday, May 12, 2008

I awoke to computer alarms going off when the power went out. The clocks were blinking 3am; I finally couldn't take it anymore and got up around 5am. We got a lot of wind and rain. Danny seemed to want to stay out in the rain. I had to drag him home after he was done his business. The rain was cold and I needed gloves.

The company computer was out for a while. I turned it on and off a few times, wiggled some wires and it finally fired up. I was afraid the storm might have sent a surge through and fried it. I just got a new hard drive a couple months ago.

I sent a resume to a friend early in the morning and then called the company later and got an answering machine. I haven't heard anything yet.

I got my scanner going and dug up some documents and photos for my cousin. He is writing a book on family members who served in the Navy. I sent him my Dad's information and a photo of him in his uniform. I also scanned in some photos of my Aunt Lily's 90th birthday party. It was in 1990. There were 4 of my father's family attending who were in there 90's. It was the last time many of the family got together. Three of the nonagenarians passed away within the next months and I lost my mother. I'll put up a photo each day of the family gathering.

Sunday May 11, 2008

I went to church this morning and then had lunch with two friends from the church, June and Joan. Joan is a retired pastor and she preached at our church this morning. She had an excellent sermon. Some people in our church do not think women should be pastors. Joan's sermon was on Mary Magdalene and how Mary was the first to find Jesus had risen. She was the first one Jesus told to go and tell the Good News. John 20:11-16

After returning from lunch and walking Danny, I listened to my phone messages. There was horrible static on the line. I disconnected the answering machine and the noise was still there. I called the phone company and got a computerized voice, which I could barely hear. The voice said something about the interface on the outside of the house and a screwdriver. I went out with a screwdriver and had trouble getting the screw out. I went back in for my ratchet and it has disappeared. I tried to think where I had last used it. I pictured using it for my air conditioners but it was not anywhere around them. I remembered I used it when I worked on the hose reel. It is nowhere to be found. The other tools are all in the toolbox so I don't know what happened to it. Anyway, I had used the head of my electric screwdriver in the ratchet screwdriver so I couldn't use that either. I took a Phillips screwdriver out as the slot could use either and I managed to open the box. It had instructions on the inside of the lid. I got my phone and plugged it into the box. Bad news! The phone had no noise. That means something is wrong with my lines. I unplugged all the phones and still had the noise. The phone next to the computer is plugged into some kind of Radio Shack device that allows one to record on the phone. The device had three wires hooked into it. One for the phone, one for the computer and one for the recorder (I think). I disconnected the line that went from the computer to the box and plugged the phone into the box. Still noise. I either have to trace down every single line and disconnect them all until I find the culprit or pay a fortune for someone to come in and do it. Maybe I'll go cable. Anyway, anyone having to call me please use my cell phone.

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Jonathan's First Holy Communion

Jonathan with his God parents, Juan and Marian.

Jonathan is the son of my friends, Sonia and Don. Sonia worked for Ted and I for many years. Juan is Sonia's uncle and Marian is a close friend of the Don's Family. Don calls her Aunt Marian. Jonathan calls me Aunt Karol

Saturday, May 10, 2008

I gathered up the rest of the information I need for the accountant. I have to go to my former office manager's office on Monday to make copies and then take the stuff to the accountant. I downloaded some forms to shut the business down. I'll have to go over them with my accountant, Henry, and put the company behind me.

It will be a relief to get that done.

It was supposed to rain today but it cleared off. I was going to trim the hedge but it was still rather wet so I decided against it.

When I walked Danny, a little girl and her teenage brother were walking their little dog. The girl was about 5 years old and she had ahold of the dog and he took off like a shot after Danny. The girl fell down in the street and scraped her knees and elbows. I don't know why the boy didn't take ahold of the dog. The little girl was not able to control him. I saw them and started to cross to the other side of the road but the dog had one of those leads that extends out to about 30 feet. The dogs growled and snarled at each other so I grabbed Danny up and went to check on the little girls. I felt bad for the girl she was all smiling and happy walking her dog and then she was crying. The brother sat with her, checked her out and then carried her home.

I did some ironing. I hadn't done any for awhile and it was piling up. I still have more to do but at least I put a dent in it.

I don't know what I am doing for Mother's Day. My nieces and their husbands were away and get in late tonight so they'll be too tired to visit their Mother. Both nephew's are working so that only leaves my brothers and my sister-in-law. I don't know whether to go to visit them or to stay home and get some more things crossed off my list.

My friend from the church doesn't have any family in this area either so I could go to lunch with her. Maybe I'll do that.

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Friday Flowerblogging

The hostas are doing well this year. Plenty of rain and warm weather has caused lush growth. There are two azaleas that have intermingled together making a beautiful display of color in my east garden.

The green flowers of the Carolina Maple hang in clusters like grapes. The fragrance is like honeysuckle and can be smelled from halfway down the block. This is a real problem for allergy suffers. The pollen also is all over, turning my car green.

Thursday, May 8, 2008

I worked on Ted's business today. I have tied into the subsiderary ledger but the G/L is off. There must be a glich from when the hard drive crashed. The software doesn't seem to be posting. Ted would probably know how to fix it but I don't have a clue. I'll go over some registers tomorrow and see if I can find what's happening. If not I can go with the manual ledger and the subsiderary ledger. I can make sure I have all the copies I need and then take it the the accountant and get the business closed.

I did some computer research this morning. It really eats up the time. It cleared up a little and I thought I'd cut the hedge but it got cloudy again. I should have cut the hedge because it didn't rain even though it seemed like it would. It was drizzling a bit when I walked Danny. We're supposed to get rain tomorrow and throught the weekend. We could use it but we'll see.

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Wednesday, May 7, 2008

I will soon be off to the Toastmasters meeting. I went to the BNI meeting. I substitute for people who are unable to make it. It is a networking group for small businesses that Ted used to belong to. I talked to Melissa the realitor. She looked up the value of my house and it hasn't changed since last September.

When I got home, I walked Danny and then cut the grass. It was hot but I now have shade on the trees and a breeze made it not too bad. I got cleaned up and will walk Danny before I go.

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Tuesday, May 6, 2008

I went to Home Depot this morning. I needed a few things. I got some washers for the garden hoses. It seems everything was leaking. The hose reel was leaking very badly. I had a terrible time taking it apart to get at the connection. I shouldn't have wasted my time and energy. I had to use several screw drivers to pry it open only to find that I had to take the entire hose read apart to get the cap off that was leaking . I tightened it as tight as I could using a pipe wrench but to no avail. I looped the hose around it and hooked the hose directly to the spigot. I'm not sure if it will wind up but well see. I was watering the back yard; I just shut it off when I put out the trash. I crossed a couple things off my list but I thought of a few more to add to it.

I went to the Women's Service meeting tonight. They all missed me at church on Sunday. I had gone to Jonathan's First Holy Communion over at St. Francis'. The meeting was fun as usual. We are collecting donations for the Women's shelter. The campaign is going well. We are also donating gift certificates to the super market. The women come out of difficult situations with nothing but the clothes on their backs. Some have children they bring with them.

Beth made a delicious Jewish Apple Cake; it is my favorite.

I walked Danny when I got home and fell asleep on the sofa.

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Sunday, May 4, 2008

I went to Jonathan's First Holy Communion today. He said he was a little scared. It was a big day for him. The chrildren worked hard on making banners for the pews and they each made a rosary for themselves. Jonathan's family was there - parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, greatgrand mother, cousins and friends.

They had lunch afterwards at his grandparents home. There was more food than everyone could possibly eat and a beautiful cake shaped like a bible with a cross decorating it and Congratulation on your 1st Holy Communion, Jonathan, written on it. It was a good cake, very moist.

I put the air cleaner back together and plugged it in. I crossed another job off my list. I should have washed the car but didn't. That job isn't on my list but the car is green with pollen. I'll have to take a photo of the Carolina Maple with its clusters of green flowers hanging like grapes. It has a fragrance of honeysuckle and you can smell it half a block away. It is a killer for anyone suffering from allergies. It gives me a headache to go near it.

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Saturday, May 3, 2008

Just a couple lines for tonight. It's late. I watched a movie and read my book during the commercials. I cleaned the air filter machine today. It has to be taken apart, vacuumed, plates cleaned and the filter soaked in hot water. The fan need cleaning and a drop of oil put on the rod the fan rotates around. The filter takes a while to dry so I'll assemble it in the morning. I didn't get much else done. I thought it was going to rain but it cleared off right about the time that Ted and I would go to Ocean City. It would have been a nice day for the shore.

Tomorrow is Jonathan's 1st Holy Communion. Sonia invited me. The service is at 10am. She worked with Ted and I. Jonathan calls me Aunt Karol and gives me a big hug when he sees me. He is a great kid.

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Friday Flowerblogging

Azalea time in Vineland. This is my prettiest so far. They are just starting.

Thursday, May 1, 2008

I went on the internet job searching this morning. I then, went outside and used the weed eater on the west and back sides of the house – along the curb, along the driveway, both sides of the hedge, around the trees, and along the flowerbeds. I went as far as my cord could reach. It was lunchtime so I put everything away and swept up the drive. I have another power source in the garage so I can finish the back another day. I was exhausted so I vegetated after lunch.

I walked Danny around the block and vegetated some more. He is ready for another walk and then his dinner will be ready.

I feel sad, as there is no choir tonight and probably won’t be anymore. I hope the person is happy that her unthoughtful remark has dissolved the choir.

The barking dog across the street has Danny all hyper. I told Danny he should feel sorry for that dog because no one takes him for a walk. The only word he understood is WALK and now he is ready to go.

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Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Today, I edged the front sidewalk and curb with my new trimmer and did the curb and flowerbeds on the east side. I sorted out some paperwork for Ted’s company. I gave Danny his bath. He likes the hair dryer. I don’t know if he likes the dryer so much but he likes getting dry. He dries faster now that he has his summer haircut.

I went to the church meeting tonight. Nineteen of us were there and 4 of us were non-members. It was the quarterly business meeting. It went rather smoothly and the highlight was a marble Bundt cake with chocolate frosting made by Beth.

I walked Danny when I got home and he is sleeping. Time to join him.

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Tuesday, April 29, 2008

I crossed a couple more things off my list, although, some are in process. I went to the office where Ted and I used to work. The building manager allows me to use her copy machine. I made copies of the state taxes to give to my accountant. I still have some more things to go through and copies to make but things look brighter.

I picked up my weed eater at Sears. I used it across the flowerbed in the front and west side and used it on one edge of the front sidewalk. It was dinnertime so I swept up the grass clippings and wound up the extension cord.

The dog across the street barked all day long causing Danny to be hyper and bark. One of the new neighbors blared there boom box with Spanish music. I hope it was a special occasion and won’t be an everyday occurrence. We do have a noise ordinance but I don’t like to report people. Fortunately, they quiet down at night.

The church is having more problems. The person, who took over for the choir director, sent me a letter today. Someone misconstrued her intentions so she quit the choir and I guess her husband did too. That only leaves four of us. So I guess there will be no more choir.

Time to join Danny and get some sleep.

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Monday, April 28, 2008

I crossed a couple things off my list and bit into the bank statements for Ted’s company. I got the statements reconciled to the checkbook and now I have to find out what’s off in Great Plains. I’ll have to run another report to determine if I made any corrections since last time I worked with it. At least I have something accomplished and can go with.

My weed eater is in at Sears. I’ll go pick it up tomorrow. The weather is pretty nasty out there today. I hope Danny doesn't have to go out until the rain calms down.

I have a few more items on my list but it’s coming along.

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Sunday, April 27, 2008

Today was our new minister’s last day and also the last day for the choir director. I don’t know what the future has in store for the church and it saddens me. I talked with some other people after the service and they are as clueless as I am. I fear the church will not be able to continue. I feel very sorry for those who have attended there all their lives. It must be very difficult for them to see the decline in the church.

Don and I got the air conditioners installed just in time for the cooler weather. At least, they will be really when I need them. After we rested, we went to dinner at the Red Lobster. My friend gave me a gift certificate for my birthday so it came in handy. We both got the Maui Luau. Grilled Salmon and Grilled Shrimp. I brought half of mine home so I can enjoy it tomorrow.

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Update

The hedge is trimmed and the grass is cut. If Ted were here, we’d be cleaning up and heading for Ocean City for dinner and a walk on the boardwalk and or beach.

My friend, Erica, is singing in her church performance so I’ll be going there this evening.

My brother is coming tomorrow to help me put in the air-conditioners. It should be easier than last year as we have them set up this year. I got two new units last year and had to put the accordion sides on and fit them into the sills.

Maybe I’ll reward myself with a strawberry blizzard. They are really good.

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