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There has been a whole lot of construction going on in our neighborhood the past couple of weeks. We knew this construction was coming, and we considered selling our house like many of our neighbors did, but we ultimately decided to stay here. When the work is completed property values will rise. Right now it’s [...]
' June 20th, 2007 at 02:55pm Add comment
One of the (dis) advantages of working for someone who doesn’t know me very well is that she assumes that I can do just about anything. Take yesterday, for instance. When I arrived she showed me where she wanted a brick wall built, and then three separate brick flower boxes all at different levels. I [...]
' June 5th, 2007 at 08:09am 4 comments
I have been working a lot, which is good; it keeps my mind off of things. I was glad when June called and said that she had some things she wanted done around the house. I have shampooed all of her carpets, weeded and weeded some more, planted so many different flowers I couldn’t name [...]
' May 30th, 2007 at 06:05pm 3 comments
I could go on ad nauseam about the three hours I spent in my yard yesterday weeding and planting flowers, but that would probably be boring to read about. I will tell you that my lavender is blooming, and that always makes me happy. Speaking of weed, I found this link over at Dooce’s and [...]
' May 22nd, 2007 at 09:11pm Add comment
I finished reading “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas” by Hunter S. Thompson and then quickly read “Dress Your Family In Corduroy and Denim” By David Sedaris. I am currently reading “The Rum Diaries” by Hunter S. Thompson. I liked Fear and Loathing, although I noticed that accounts of drug fueled trips tend to make [...]
' May 7th, 2007 at 11:52am Add comment