🙂 Feeling optimistic about my WWI book with only 9.5 chapters to write.
😦 I have to come up with 9.5 chapters in France.
😦 😦 😦 “Final” weather forecast for spring is in. “Maybe if we’re lucky,” one inch of rain expected in April. We’re in “serious” drought conditions.
🙂 Remembering when this happened in 1975, a college friend from nearby Marin County was panicked at the thought of having to set aside two long showers a day if she went home for the summer. As I remembered this last night, I suggested to my husband we do what she did.
“Sure, what’s that?” (He trusts me so).
“She went to summer school in Hawai’i where they have plenty of rain.”
😦 He had to disappoint me. 🙂
🙂 Eagle Court of Honor today for two boys from church. I love the Boy Scouts.
Michelle- I remember going to LA during that drought and seeing billboards telling people not to use too much water. One was a guy in the shower with the caption: “Sing shorter songs.”
🙂 Got some good news this week. D1 and family came last Saturday and all the children had on similar t-shirts that said “Big Sister/Brother” on them. D3 noticed the youngest had one of the shirts on and said something. That’s when they told us they are expecting our fourth grandchild in October.
🙂 Springtime! I don’t care much for the rainy weather this time of year, but I’ll take it over the snow and cold, no, frigid weather of January and February!
😦 We’re moving straight into summer in L.A., it’s supposed to get into the mid-80s this weekend. But the nights are still cool. No more rain. 😦 (I remember that 1975 drought, too, they quit serving water at restaurants unless you asked for it — a practice that has remained to this day)
🙂 Good ending to what was a laptop scare yesterday when my Mac began speaking to me in hieroglyphics and everything began vanishing before my eyes on the screen. Yikes. Thankful for a photo editor at work who’s a whiz at dealing with Macs. But I still need to head up to the Apple “genius” bar today for a once-over by one of their 15-year-old kids — and to see if I can belatedly sign up for their yearlong coverage which I’d let lapse because I didn’t want to spend the $99 a few months ago. But it’s cheaper than a new computer, I’ve decided.
🙂 I landed a sheep herding slot reserved for Tess tomorrow with an instructor from the San Diego area who does occasional ‘guest’ classes at one of our horse stables here on the peninsula. And I was able to sign up for an afternoon slot (1:30-2:30) that will still let me make it to church beforehand (the event begins at 8:30 a.m. and I was worried we’d have to all just hang out and wait for impromptu turns all morning). It’s definitely just a lark for us, we could never afford to take regular herding classes as they’re quite pricey. But Tess and I will have fun with the one-time splurge. It’ll be hot out there tomorrow, though.
😦 Work environment continues to be very difficult and tense. Widespread unhappiness and weariness and discouragement with decisions and management style of the higher-ups who have been put over us in these past couple years. Nationwide, the company seems to be hiring fancy vice presidents at an unprecedented pace. 😦 😦
🙂 I have a job and still enjoy the work.
😦 But even a teeny-tiny-tiny 1% raise would be nice after so many years of continually slipping income for those of us slogging away in the trenches. 😦
I am glad Tess is learning to herd, so when they move up here, she will be ready. Unfortunately, we rid ourselves of the sheep so she will have to herd something else.
🙂 Nothing to rant about.
Not much, specifically, to rave about either. But it’s 60.5 degrees and headed for a nice day.
😦 TSWITW is off to a “yard sale” at the church. I told her not to buy anything we can’t eat.
Cats mostly are herd-resistant, that’s for sure. They go where they want to go, do what they want to do (isn’t there an old rock song with those lyrics? Mammas and Papas maybe?).
It’s a frustrating life for a border collie who demands obedience and order among all animals beneath her. I think she tried to herd the rat, too, but that was probably even more frustrating. The dogs certainly could never catch one.
Shuddering at the memory of having a rogue rat in the house, ugh.
🙂 Almost forgot the work high point from this past week. It’s election season for some of our local city councils so we’ve had candidates traipsing in for interviews. One guy showed up wearing a full chicken suit. I posted a photo on FB.
So weird to have a guy wearing a chicken suit in the newsroom, being interviewed seriously by a reporter. “So I need a quote,” our reporter finally told him. “Why are you running. And why are you wearing a chicken suit?”
She bought some plastic clothes hangers for $5.00.
That’s all right. They didn’t have food so she stopped by the Curb Market and bought some coconut cheese bars. That was good enough.
🙂 😦 84 degrees and very sunny here. I have mixed feelings about that, but I did enjoy a pretty drive along the coast with my sunroof open. It’s just that we missed winter almost completely this year. My friend’s night jasmine is blooming already, several months early this year.
😦 Our tiny bit of snow on the mountains is shrinking fast. There was only a very little bit on the very tippy-tippy top of the mountain visible from the port today. Some years it stretches half way down the mountains, so beautiful.
🙂 The Apple store genius bar really does have geniuses working there. The guy fixed up my email and iPhoto issues in about 15 minutes, all free.
🙂 I love the unique baby announcement. Congrats on the new little one coming, Peter L.
🙂 We had a lovely morning watching our grandson play soccer. We are visiting his family and the weather is much warmer than home. It has been very nice to be away from the cold for a bit.
🙂 Just asked who was going to help my dil as it is a C section and there are two other little ones and found out that my two other daughters are taking turns flying up to be there
🙂 Congratulations on the expected grandbabies on the blog!
🙂 Joy listening to a Beethoven piano concerto online right now!
🙂 Beethoven piano sonata practice going well for the piano show two weeks from tonight.
The brain is an interesting thing. I’ve had the music pretty securely memorized for a couple weeks now, but yesterday I went completely blank on the left hand part in one spot, a spot I had not had a moment’s trouble with prior to that. I don’t worry about my memory slips, though — I am grateful, actually, to be having them now, when I have time to come up with strategies for conquering my memory deficit in specific areas before the actual performance. Overall, I’m feeling confident about the show. 🙂
😦 She made me wear a green necktie this morning.
There was lots of green in church today. Because of St. Patrick’s day.
But i don’t think it counts unless it’s Kelly Green.
I’m a Krout so I don’t know about those things. That’s what I hear.
🙂 When it rains it pours. And when it warms up people start looking at houses. Two showings yesterday and two more today (one is someone who saw it yesterday and wants to see it again!).
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Everyone must be tired today.
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🙂 Feeling optimistic about my WWI book with only 9.5 chapters to write.
😦 I have to come up with 9.5 chapters in France.
😦 😦 😦 “Final” weather forecast for spring is in. “Maybe if we’re lucky,” one inch of rain expected in April. We’re in “serious” drought conditions.
🙂 Remembering when this happened in 1975, a college friend from nearby Marin County was panicked at the thought of having to set aside two long showers a day if she went home for the summer. As I remembered this last night, I suggested to my husband we do what she did.
“Sure, what’s that?” (He trusts me so).
“She went to summer school in Hawai’i where they have plenty of rain.”
😦 He had to disappoint me. 🙂
🙂 Eagle Court of Honor today for two boys from church. I love the Boy Scouts.
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Michelle- I remember going to LA during that drought and seeing billboards telling people not to use too much water. One was a guy in the shower with the caption: “Sing shorter songs.”
🙂 Got some good news this week. D1 and family came last Saturday and all the children had on similar t-shirts that said “Big Sister/Brother” on them. D3 noticed the youngest had one of the shirts on and said something. That’s when they told us they are expecting our fourth grandchild in October.
🙂 Springtime! I don’t care much for the rainy weather this time of year, but I’ll take it over the snow and cold, no, frigid weather of January and February!
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🙂 Congratulations, Peter.
😦 We’re moving straight into summer in L.A., it’s supposed to get into the mid-80s this weekend. But the nights are still cool. No more rain. 😦 (I remember that 1975 drought, too, they quit serving water at restaurants unless you asked for it — a practice that has remained to this day)
🙂 Good ending to what was a laptop scare yesterday when my Mac began speaking to me in hieroglyphics and everything began vanishing before my eyes on the screen. Yikes. Thankful for a photo editor at work who’s a whiz at dealing with Macs. But I still need to head up to the Apple “genius” bar today for a once-over by one of their 15-year-old kids — and to see if I can belatedly sign up for their yearlong coverage which I’d let lapse because I didn’t want to spend the $99 a few months ago. But it’s cheaper than a new computer, I’ve decided.
🙂 I landed a sheep herding slot reserved for Tess tomorrow with an instructor from the San Diego area who does occasional ‘guest’ classes at one of our horse stables here on the peninsula. And I was able to sign up for an afternoon slot (1:30-2:30) that will still let me make it to church beforehand (the event begins at 8:30 a.m. and I was worried we’d have to all just hang out and wait for impromptu turns all morning). It’s definitely just a lark for us, we could never afford to take regular herding classes as they’re quite pricey. But Tess and I will have fun with the one-time splurge. It’ll be hot out there tomorrow, though.
😦 Work environment continues to be very difficult and tense. Widespread unhappiness and weariness and discouragement with decisions and management style of the higher-ups who have been put over us in these past couple years. Nationwide, the company seems to be hiring fancy vice presidents at an unprecedented pace. 😦 😦
🙂 I have a job and still enjoy the work.
😦 But even a teeny-tiny-tiny 1% raise would be nice after so many years of continually slipping income for those of us slogging away in the trenches. 😦
😦 I murmur too much. 😦
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I am glad Tess is learning to herd, so when they move up here, she will be ready. Unfortunately, we rid ourselves of the sheep so she will have to herd something else.
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She tries to herd the cat here but becomes frustrated. Last week, though, she managed to pen her into one corner of the living room. Cat not happy.
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Jake was herding the cat this morning, after milking. But the cat was not going anywhere.
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🙂 Nothing to rant about.
Not much, specifically, to rave about either. But it’s 60.5 degrees and headed for a nice day.
😦 TSWITW is off to a “yard sale” at the church. I told her not to buy anything we can’t eat.
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Cats mostly are herd-resistant, that’s for sure. They go where they want to go, do what they want to do (isn’t there an old rock song with those lyrics? Mammas and Papas maybe?).
It’s a frustrating life for a border collie who demands obedience and order among all animals beneath her. I think she tried to herd the rat, too, but that was probably even more frustrating. The dogs certainly could never catch one.
Shuddering at the memory of having a rogue rat in the house, ugh.
Just Ugh.
🙂 I love Annie.
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🙂 Almost forgot the work high point from this past week. It’s election season for some of our local city councils so we’ve had candidates traipsing in for interviews. One guy showed up wearing a full chicken suit. I posted a photo on FB.
So weird to have a guy wearing a chicken suit in the newsroom, being interviewed seriously by a reporter. “So I need a quote,” our reporter finally told him. “Why are you running. And why are you wearing a chicken suit?”
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She bought some plastic clothes hangers for $5.00.
That’s all right. They didn’t have food so she stopped by the Curb Market and bought some coconut cheese bars. That was good enough.
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🙂 The snow is melting.
🙂 The snow is melting.
🙂 The snow is melting.
😦 It still has a long way to go, and tomorrow it gets cold again.
🙂 But, for now, the snow is melting.
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🙂 😦 84 degrees and very sunny here. I have mixed feelings about that, but I did enjoy a pretty drive along the coast with my sunroof open. It’s just that we missed winter almost completely this year. My friend’s night jasmine is blooming already, several months early this year.
😦 Our tiny bit of snow on the mountains is shrinking fast. There was only a very little bit on the very tippy-tippy top of the mountain visible from the port today. Some years it stretches half way down the mountains, so beautiful.
🙂 The Apple store genius bar really does have geniuses working there. The guy fixed up my email and iPhoto issues in about 15 minutes, all free.
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🙂 I love the unique baby announcement. Congrats on the new little one coming, Peter L.
🙂 We had a lovely morning watching our grandson play soccer. We are visiting his family and the weather is much warmer than home. It has been very nice to be away from the cold for a bit.
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🙂 my next grandchild will be born in 10 days on the 25th
😦 I, again, won’t be there! Maybe someday
🙂 God is good
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We are waiting to hear if another grandchild is on the way. In the meantime we are trying our best to spoil the one we have.
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🙂 Just asked who was going to help my dil as it is a C section and there are two other little ones and found out that my two other daughters are taking turns flying up to be there
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🙂 Congratulations on the expected grandbabies on the blog!
🙂 Joy listening to a Beethoven piano concerto online right now!
🙂 Beethoven piano sonata practice going well for the piano show two weeks from tonight.
The brain is an interesting thing. I’ve had the music pretty securely memorized for a couple weeks now, but yesterday I went completely blank on the left hand part in one spot, a spot I had not had a moment’s trouble with prior to that. I don’t worry about my memory slips, though — I am grateful, actually, to be having them now, when I have time to come up with strategies for conquering my memory deficit in specific areas before the actual performance. Overall, I’m feeling confident about the show. 🙂
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🙂 It’s John 3:16 day today. 🙂
🙂 Off to church followed by sheep herding.
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😦 She made me wear a green necktie this morning.
There was lots of green in church today. Because of St. Patrick’s day.
But i don’t think it counts unless it’s Kelly Green.
I’m a Krout so I don’t know about those things. That’s what I hear.
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🙂 When it rains it pours. And when it warms up people start looking at houses. Two showings yesterday and two more today (one is someone who saw it yesterday and wants to see it again!).
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Church was wonderful. I enjoy going to church close to home rather than the half hour drive every week. It makes it much more relaxing.
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New church, mum see?
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Spell check always wants to separate mumsee’s name.
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We had John 3:16 for our sermon today, too, Donna.
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Congratulations, Peter. What a cute way to make the announcement!
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