Bathroom renovationStage one of the renovation is officially finished. The door is hung. Extra tiles have been returned. The clean-up crew has come and gone. Last Friday was the first day in about two weeks, maybe a little more, that I didn't have drop clothes across every floor and strangers tromping in and out every day. I didn't have to get up
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1) twilight2000 held her annual white elephant gift exchange last night. The company, as usual, was quite fine. The gift exchange was, as usual, entertaining. I came home with the lemon of the evening, a doll so ugly that it will not pass "Go" or collect $200; it will go directly to Goodwill. But I'm the only person I know who can go to a White Elephant party
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From as early as six months before my departure for Europe, it was evident that Sophie needed more company than I could provide. She'd see me out as I went to work. She'd be waiting for me by the door when I got home, and then she'd be all over me while I was here. When I returned from Europe, two of my three cat sitters observed that she really
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This morning when I rang the breakfast bell for the kitties (more commonly known as opening a can of catfood), Spanky came running, but Merlin was nowhere in sight. I went upstairs to rouse him and he was sluggish to respond. When he did jump down off the bed, he was almost reluctant to follow me downstairs, and went into the bathroom instead of
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"I Am Such A Child of the 80s" Department Driving home from workshop tonight, I was listening to the radio and enjoying this really cool song with a really cool intro and vocals ... and then we get to the chorus, and it's "Slave to Love." Oh dear. But you know what? Still a good song.
Tonight, after I got home from a wonderful dinner with Mr. and Mrs. mbourne who are soon to be Seattlites (a development about which I'm very pleased), I got into my comfy jammies and settled on top of the bedclothes for some pre-bedtime reading and web surfing
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