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Week of 24 July 2006

Latest Update: Saturday, 30 July 2006 1:00 p.m.


Monday, 24 July 2006

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Hi took the pictures of Duncan and Malcolm relaxing one day last week while Bob and I were in the kitchen shooting pictures for the book. Bob took the one behind the baby gate Saturday morning while I was cleaning house. I start by penning them up in the foyer until I get the den and kitchen finished then move down the hall to start the back of the house and work back forward towards Bob's office, the bathroom and foyer. I move the guys into the den and put the baby gate between the table and hearth. As you can tell they are not real happy about being penned up. It makes it easier for me to clean when they are not underfoot.


   

I stopped at the gym on the way home. Now, I shall head out and mow the lawn. With all this rain it is growing really fast. Since Bob needs to shoot pictures tomorrow night I may as well get the mowing out of the way.

Over the weekend I finished up the Robin Paige and started the next Dana Stabenow. I had to find out what happened after the ending of her previous book, Hunter's Moon. In Midnight Come Again Stabenow picks up the story six months later. Kate has gone into hiding to get away from friends after everything that happened to her in the last book. Jim, the state trooper, has gone undercover to nail some Russian criminals and runs into Kate by accident.


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Tuesday, 25 July 2006

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Happy 84th Birthday Dad! As I mentioned on last Sunday we took dad out for an early birthday celebration brunch. I called this morning when I got to work to wish him a happy birthday. I think Frances was going out to dinner with them.

I had to run by the phone store on the way home to pick up another 90 phone card. After dinner Bob and I started shooting pictures for the next PC which will eventually become my new machine. Stephanie called about 8 to see if I wanted to walk. I ask Bob if we could take a break for the evening so I could walk.

When I got back we watched another episode of Wonderfalls while I cooled down. Off to bed to read for awhile.



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Wednesday, 26 July 2006

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Thursday, 27 July 2006

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I picked up KFC on the way home. As soon as we ate and walked the dogs we started shooting pictures again. We worked until after 8pm when the little camera Bob was using for the close ups all of sudden died. He tried changing the batteries but it showed no signs of life. After taking a break he checked the camera which had come back to life but we had not. We called it quits for the evening to watch another Wonderfalls. I sat up reading until about 10:45 to finish the Kate Shugak. Another really good book with another cliff hanger ending.

I worked through lunch today to leave at 4 for our Friends of the Library meeting after which I made a stop at the grocery store. Bob was too tired to shoot and I really did not feel like doing all that standing, holding, and concentrating. Instead, I took the dogs out for their after dinner walk then Stephanie and I did our usual 2 miler around the neighborhood.


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Friday, 28 July 2006

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Oh what a day! Or should I say, oh what a night! As you know we start Malcolm off in his crate when I go to bed at night to read. It helps him to settle down better. Bob lets him out when he comes back to bed to read. Last night he just would not settle down even after Bob turned off his light. For two hours I listened to him roam around, up and down the hall, etc. Finally, around 1am I got up to see what was going on. He had gone potty in several places on the den floor. I cleaned up the mess then let him out to make sure he was finished. Back inside, I put him back in his crate to settle him back down, letting him out about 30 minutes later because of his thrashing around. Same thing, he roaming around, etc. We went out again. He went again. Two hours later, same thing. When we came back in I gave him an Imodium. Ten minutes later he finally went to sleep which was about 4:45. Needless to say I did not get much sleep. He also had another accident between then and when I got up. Where was Bob? He slept through the whole thing.

Then to top things off we had a very hectic morning at work. Bob called mid-morning to tell me Duncan had swollen place on his elbow. Last night while giving Malcolm a tummy rub I found a lump on his lower tummy area near his right leg. I called the vet to see if they could see us today and made an appointment for 4 pm. I took half an hour for lunch to run to the bank and grab something for lunch then worked the other half hour. I left at 3:30, picked up Bob and the dogs and took off for the vets, which is just around the corner.

Malcolm is fine. We decided to schedule minor surgery after the book deadline to have the lump removed plus take off a little growth behind his right ear and have his teeth cleaned. The vet called the swelling on Duncan's elbow something I cannot remember but he said he basically leaves them alone. They are prime targets for bacteria if you start poking around in them. He did tell me what to do if he bumps it and it breaks open until I can get him back to the vet. Otherwise, we just leave it alone.

We raced back home so I could I mow the lawn, AGAIN. Usually by this time of year my grass is mostly brown and dead. With all this rain and the summer fertilizer I put out it looks nice and green just like it does in the spring. I have some bad areas in the back from the heavy rains I need to fix this fall but front yard looks really nice. This afternoon the forecast was 50% chance of thunderstorms so I wanted to get it mowed before they moved in. We had a forecast heat index and temperature today of 100 to 103 but I have no idea if we got that high.

They are finally tearing up our street to repave. It has needed repaving for several years. Today they took up the top layer of asphalt. I think Bob has a picture of the truck. They will be back to pave sometime next week or the one after.

I started another Hamish Macbeth by M.C. Beaton last night. Nice, light reading after a very hectic week. Thankfully Bob has called off tonights PC building session. I am totally whacked after no sleep and a long week.

Tomorrow morning I am up at 5:45 for a quick shower before taking off to pick up Frances, Mom, and Dad. We are taking a day bus trip to Asheville for a music and crafts festival. Back around 9pm. I'll tell you all it about on Sunday.



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Saturday, 29 July 2006

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Sunday, 30 July 2006

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We had a great time at the Bele Chere Festival in Asheville yesterday. When we arrived, around 11:00 it was sprinkling rain. Armed with ponchos and umbrellas we took off undaunted toward the main area of downtown. The festival booths and activities line both sides of College street then branch off onto side streets. The main street looked very much like a county fair concourse with food booths. Other booths included local animal and human agencies, telecommunications services, commercial vendors, and lots of arts and crafts.

Around 2pm after doing a lot of walking and looking we took a major eating break at one of the restaurants to give mom and dad at least an hour of sitting down time. We ate at an outside table enjoying a nice lunch while watching all the people.

Once Al parked the motor coach out at the mall after letting us off, he shuttled back downtown and joined us. He and Frances took off on their own while I kept up with mom and dad. There was not really anywhere sit out where the street events were taking place. Finally, about mid-afternoon the rain went away, the sun came out, and the people starting pouring in. It was getting really crowded by late afternoon.

It was a lot of fun. We got back home about 8:45. After I dropped everyone back off at their houses I was home about 9:30.

No golf today. Being gone all day yesterday I had to stay home this morning to get the house cleaning done and help Bob shoots the photos for the gaming PC so we can finish it up today. I have the usual messy desk to contend with and mail to catch up on.

Friday night we had one hell of a storm. I had gone to bed about 8:45 to read turning off the light around 9:30 since I got very little sleep the night before. When Bob came back to bed I was sound asleep. The thunder woke me up about 11:00. Bob said it had been thundering for about an hour. The power blinked on and off a couple of times but never did go off. The dogs and I finally went back to sleep sometime after midnight. Around 2 am Malcolm had another potty run. By then it was raining lightly. Needless to say it was another long night again with me  having to get up at 5:45.



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