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Tuesday, July 22, 2008

The job is going well. It is relaxing not to have to be at work until 9:30 or 10:00am. Then I leave around 2:30 give or take. Some of the tasks are confusing but I'm getting there.

Tonight, I am going to have dinner with my Aunt Jean. I haven't seen her for awhile so it will be good to do some catching up. i also hope to see cousin Joy, cousin Louise, and cousin Renee.

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Look what's blooming

An impatien that self seeded from last year is growing out of the joint in the curb.

Cana and Flax blooming in southern flowerbed.

Look what's blooming

Petunia blooming in southern flowerbed.

Friday Flowerblogging

Blue Hydrangea blooming in west side garden. It is very heavily shaded by the redbud tree. When Alex recovers from his surgery, I'll have him trim it back. The squirrels can jump on his roof from the tree.

Thursday, July 17, 2008

I'm back. I spent a few days at my brother, Rick's and work with my brother, Don. I'll be helping his company out while one of his co-workers is having surgery. I had my training the past few days. Danny stays with my brother Rick and his wife Sylvia. My nephew, Bob, stopped in and Danny kept licking Bob's face. It was funny. Bob allowed Danny to do this. Everyone else pushes Danny away from their face. Bob was on the floor and Danny was all over him licking his face. We all laughed.

Don got a new digital camera for our trip to California. Now he has to get a new computer so he can upload his photos. It was a scorching hot day today and it will get worse on Friday and Saturday. I'll have to do my outdoor work early. I have to line up my contractor. He fixed the caulking in my roof when I was away. I have to arrange for him to come in and replace two ceiling tiles that have water stains. No one will buy my house with stains on the ceiling. They'll think the roof leaks and that will be a big turnoff. Everyone's roof leaks at one time or another. I have a lot of packing up to do. A lot to do on the weekend. I also want to visit my cousins who are coming from Chicago to vacation in Cape May.

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Wednesday, July 16, 2008

I have been working at the company my brother, Don works for. One of the ladies there will be having surgery and I'll be filling in for her for a few weeks. She is training me this week and I'll be on my own next week. It's going well but so much to learn all at once.

Danny stays with my brother, Rick and his wife, Sylvia while I work for 4 hours a day.

I am using my laptop and wasn't able to get a signal until now.

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The Marina at Trump in Atlantic City

I took this through the windshield as we arrived. It was rather exciting as we drove up. It is totally different than the boardwalk section. It is much quieter.

A view of the marina. The white building in the back left is the Coast Guard Station. This is a little less than half the marina. There are 8 floating docks. All were full.

Sunday, July 13, 2008

This reminds me of the Phoenix rising from the ashes. This is Atlantic City looking from the boardwalk. The casino stands in contrast to the urban housing. Most are boarded up.

Saturday, July 12, 2008

I just got home from seeing the Zombies. A rock group from the sixties. They were performing at the Trump Marina in Atlantic City. We went to the boardwalk for a while. I took some photos there and at the Marina. We ate at the Harbor View Restaurant. I had the Maryland Crab Cakes. They were excellent but as with other Gourmet Restaurants, the portions were small and everything was separate. My meal came with a teaspoon of potato salad with a scent of truffles, and a serving of salad greens that looked like dandelion greens but had a mild flavor. It has a lemon dressing that was quite tasty. Don's Chilean Bass was excellent but came with only a few grape tomatoes, two of which roll off his fork onto the floor. They did serve three types of bread and a dish with two black olives and three green olives. If you wanted soup or salad it would have cost extra. They had a four course meal that cost $65.00 per person. I think if one ordered the soup, salad and dessert, any meal would have cost that much. I was not still hungry but I could have had room for dessert. We figured we could get some ice cream after the show but there was nothing back at the Marina and on the way home, everything was closed.

I'll post the photos tomorrow. My computer is backing up as it is after midnight. I am using my company computer. Danny is at Erica's. I'll pick him up in the morning. I will be working at my brother's company a couple days next week for training. One of the ladies will be having surgery and they need a temp. I sent Don my resume and they want me to start training. The money will come in handy.

There is also another temp job in the wings but I haven't heard back from the lady.

I better hit the hay.

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Friday, July 11, 2008

I got a lot accomplished today. I weeded the back side of the back yard. I took the mosquito repellent lantern as I was being eaten alive. I talked with Alex awhile while I was weeding. The flowerbed adjoins his yard. I cleaned out the walk-in closet. You can actually walk into it now. I boxed up some things, such as craft items, material, and comforters that are rarely used, to take to the storage bin. I put the boxes of winter comforters and blankets into the back of the walk-in closet. I watered the back of the flowerbeds that I just weeded. They were very dry and they don’t often get watered from the backside. I am now watering the little hedge down by the garage that adjoins my neighbor to the back. It never gets watered. I saw a setting on the sprinkler that shoots out in a narrow band on both sides.

I looked some things up on the computer and I was having a problem with preparing my photo for the wed. Image Composer wasn’t working properly. I wasn’t able to reduce the size. I went into Photoshop Elements and figured out how to do it there. I was able to post my Blazing Star.

I will be sorting through some DDH files. I brought them in from the garage. I’ll sort through them while I’m watching the Sci-Fi channel tonight. Stargate has been on all day. It was on at lunchtime and I got a glimpse here and there. Dr. Who will be on tonight.

I found some nice boxes when sorting through the company stuff. They are perfect for storing loose photos until I get moved into a new house.

Danny is all hyper. The pit-bull across the street barks continuously. I don’t know how the people stand it. Danny wants to go over there and tear him apart but he’s not allowed. He thinks I am a mean Mommy.

Tomorrow, I go with Don to Atlantic City to see the Zombies at Trumps Marina. I hope I remember to take my camera this time. I should get some good shots of the bay.

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Friday Flowerblogging

Glads blooming in my front yard. The rain beat them to the ground so I cut them and brought them in the house. They are beautiful this year.

Thursday, July 9, 2008

I went through the stuff I brought home from the storage bin. I have a few things to shred. I have a lot to go to the paper recycle and some software I don’t know quite what to do with. I had a lot of CD to destroy by scratching them. I still have three boxes of files to go through. Some will most likely need to be shredded. Some I’ll have to shred myself and the others I’ll take to Ann’s office and put in the locked bin for shredding.

My brother called and said his company wants to start training me next week. I’ll get some extra money coming in.

Danny has had his walk and is in bed. I will join him soon.

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Backyard Photoblogging

Here are my impatiens. Some are planted in the ground and some are in pots. They are doing very well.

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

I should sleep good tonight. I started trimming the hedge at 8:45am and finished at 9:45am. As I was winding up the cord, it started to rain. It was good timing. It fizzled out though. I thought we wouldn’t get any rain today. I got a shower as I was dripping with sweat. It wasn’t that hot and the sun was not out but the humidity was very high. After lunch, I loaded some boxes in the car and took them to the storage bin. I took some boxes out of the storage bin and brought home to the garage. I will have to look through them and sort out what’s good and what’s trash. It was hot as the devil working at the storage bin. I came home, washed my hands, face, and hosed down my hair.

I walked Danny and kept in the shade. We didn’t go far and I don’t think he was happy with a short walk. After dinner, I got Danny ready to go for a walk and found it was pouring down rain. He started to walk but turned around to head back to the house. I knew he had to do some business so I took him out under the little red maple in the back yard. We were sheltered from the rain but he just stood there looking at me so I took him back in. The rain let up so I walked him at 8:00.

I’ll try to stay awake while reading my book then turn in.

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Lily Blogging

Yellow lily in back yard. These bloom later than the others but I do have some star gazers out front that haven't bloomed yet. Notice the leaves on these are like the tiger lily leaves.

Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Today, I took my car to be serviced and got a ride home in the Honda Mobile. I cut the grass and it was already blazing hot at 9am. I cut some of Alex’s front lawn but the sun was too hot out there. I had lost the shade as the sun moved toward the south. Alex had surgery on his arm. He had a very bad muscle tear.

I came in and cooled down. The Honda dealer called me twice. I needed front brakes, which I already knew, but he called me again because I needed new rotors. Bummer.

They called again when it was done and sent the Honda Mobile around to get me. After I paid my bill, I stopped by the library, returned my book and took out another. The last book was a mystery by J P James. It was an Adam Dalgliesh mystery. If you watch Mystery on PBS you may have seen some of the mysteries. I took out a book by Nancy Conant. She writes mysteries involving dogs. The main character has Alaskan Malamutes that somehow get involved in solving the mystery.

I packed up some things that were in the closets and on the daybed in the guestroom. I had some craft items that are in bags so I boxed them up and will put out in the garage until I take them to the storage bin. I also packed up some winter comforters and blankets. I want my closets to look nice and spacious when I put it on the market.

Danny is in bed already counting z’s. I will read for a while and then count some z’s of my own.

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Thursday, July 3, 2008

I had to delete the July 3rd entry and repost it. It was getting hit with 85 junk emails a day. I guess people have nothing better to do than annoy others.

July 3, 2008

Today, I weeded the west side where my azaleas border my neighbor’s property. I went on down the back side of the bordering flower garden. I was a pleasant morning. My neighbor, Alex, can home from grocery shopping and we chatted for a while. Alex just had surgery on his shoulder for a torn muscle. He was originally supposed to be home for two weeks but the tear was more involved and he will be home for four weeks.

After lunch, I went to the super market to get my groceries. I was out of a lot of things. I washed 10 pounds of blueberries I got last night, spun them in my salad spinner to get the excess water off and put them in a huge plastic zip-lock bag and put them in the freezer. I have five more pounds in the frig except to the ones I ate today. I had some for breakfast and then had some for dessert tonight. I put a layer ladyfingers in a bowl; next, I put ice cream on it, next came the blueberries, then the whip cream and topped it with a cherry.

Danny had his several walks today and his playtime. I tell him to go upstairs and get his bone and he does. Then we play tug of war and I toss the plush toy bone out toward the kitchen or across the living room. I’m amazed when he understands me when I tell him to go upstairs and get his bone. He also knows lets go to bed. He goes upstairs rather than toward the door.

I finalized our reservation for California. Now I just have to wait until it’s time to go. Lots to do in the mean time. I just hope I’m not in the middle of moving when it’s time for my trip.

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Monday, July 7, 2008

I got the rest of the company paperwork together and took it to the accountant. The company will soon be dissolved. I will be glad when everything is taken care of and I won't have to worry about it.

I did two loads of wash and I ironed some summer clothers that were stuffed in the closet. I was on the computer for awhile. It seems to eat up a lot of time. I got up at 6am, took Danny out and had some coffee. I went on the computer and before I knew it, it was 10am. I made an appointment for my car to have it's 6 month service. It may need front brakes so it could be expensive. Always something.

My brother's company may need a temporary person. One of the ladies is going to have surgery at the end of July. She works 4 hours a day. There is someone else they are considering so we'll see.

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Sunday, July 6, 2008

I was away for the weekend. I went to my nephew, Rick’s for the fourth. He cooked some filet mignon on the grill. It was excellent. Cheryl, Sylvia and I went in the pool. It was very pleasant. I took Danny Boy into the pool to see if he’d like it but he did not. He was scared so I put him out of the pool and dried him off. He was only wet on the bottom. He did the doggie paddle but I didn’t let go of him. He did not like it at all.

I followed my brother, Rick, home and stayed with him and Sylvia, my sister-in-law. There were illegal fireworks all over the place. Some were quite a profession job. Several homes behind the high school set them off every year. Others were closer. There were empty shells from them in the back alley.

I went over to see my brother, Don, on Sat. and then back to Rick’s.

This morning, I went to the Holmes Church. Some of the people there knew my parents. One of her friends, Dottie, was there. She had not been well for about 11 weeks and this was her first Sunday back. She remembered me after I introduced myself. Another lady knew Don. Her husband works with Don.

Sylvia and I went to an open house near her. We walked over. The house was advertised for $359,900. Most houses in that area go for 200,000 to 250,000. We were curious to see it. It turned out to be the home of a lady who used to work with Sylvia. It was a lovely home. I wish I had the money to buy it. It was a holiday so there were no other open houses. I drove by some that were advertised for sale. One was on Green Street near Don. He and I walked around to look at it. It was right behind the EMT Station and directly behind the Firehouse. The sirens would be horrendous.

I’ll keep looking. I have to wait until I sell this house, anyway.

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Friday Flowerblogging

A bloom on my butterfly bush. I'll have to try to get a shot of a butterfly on it.

Wednesday, July 2, 2008

I weeded the west side today. It is the hardest area. Grass grows in between the irises and it’s hard to pull it out with out pulling out the irises. There are three kinds of grass. Regular grass, zoisa grass, and crab grass. The cactuses are in that section, too. It’s not easy to weed around them without getting prickers.

A big limb came down after I weeded and went in to have my lunch. It knocked down part of my hedge. A big wind came up and a nice cool breeze came in the windows. I didn’t know the wind was that hard. The other night we had a storm. I slept through it. There were limbs down all over the yard. They were green limbs and I thought that odd. I usually get dead branches. I walked Danny down the street and a large pine tree had snapped about 20 feet up the trunk. The trunk was about 18 inches in diameter. The tree was at least 80 feet tall. Fortunately, it landed in the driveway and caused no damage. The branches had been cut off the bottom 60 feet so it must have been top heavy and the wind must have bent it so far that it snapped.

I sewed my winter coat so I can take it to the cleaners and then put it away for the summer. The lining had frayed. I also sewed a few other things while I had the machine out. I mended a pair of pants, a pair of shorts and several curtains that were my mothers. My brother can use them in his kitchen. I still have a couple more to sew along with some other items. I’ll finish up the sewing tomorrow and take the bins I have in the guest room out to the garage. I am slowly getting things accomplished.

I went to my Toastmasters meeting. It was an enjoyable evening with my friends. On the way home, I picked up my blueberries. Tomorrow morning I'll wash them and put most of them in the freezer. I spin them in my salad spinner and put them in the freezer. I have them all winter with my cereal. I eat some fresh with ice cream or on my cereal.

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Another late bloomer. A white azalea.

Tuesday, July 1, 2008

Today, I made reservations for my trip to California for Ted’s niece’s wedding in September. My brother will be going with me. While we are there, we will tour San Francisco and spend 4 days at Yosemite. We also want to drive along the coastal highway to Big Sur. We will have 8 nights and 9 days. I feel excited about getting together with Ted’s family and touring CA. We picked out some of the tourist traps we want to see in San Francisco. There is a lot to see so we will have to streamline our tours.

I didn’t get much else done today. I packed up some things I still had out since Christmas. A big bowl and a framed needlepoint that was on the fireplace mantle. Also a small cookie or candy jar that was a gift from my friend. I usually left these out year round but I am packing up my clutter so I can put my house on the market. I have a lot of clutter to pack up. I also have to go through the storage bin and sort out the stuff there. My friend needs desks for her office so I’ll give her the desks. I kept my desk and Ted’s desk because we were still thinking he would recover. We would need the desks to continue our business. That didn’t work out for us so I need to give the desks to someone who can take them away.

I walked Danny a few times today and will take him out one more time before turning in.

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