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Barbara
Fritchman Thompson Diary
Week
of 29 June 2009
Latest Update: Sunday, July 5 2009 3:00 p.m.
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Monday, 29 June 2009
Yesterday afternoon we made a Costco run with Paul and Mary then dinner out afterwards.
More
file shifting today. I hope to finished up the biggest part of the
project tomorrow. Tonight I met Frances and Marcy for dinner at a
really good place downtown, The Filling Station. Excellent food, good
prices, etc. We enjoyed the pleasant evening, 81 degrees with only 30%
humidity, by dinning on the outdoor patio area.
I am reading another new author, C. S. Harris.
I think Bob had read one of her books before. We both reading the
series set in Regency England. So far she reminds me a little of Anne
Perry in a different time period. Her character is a viscount,
Sebastian St. Cry, who is arrested for the rape and murder of an
actress. The youngest of three sons, he is the only surviving heir to
the family estate. At 28 years old he drinks heavily and engages in
numerous duals but has yet to kill anyone.
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Tuesday, 30 June 2009
No update.
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Wednesday, 1 July 2009
Today is my Friday. I am taking a vacation
day tomorrow. The Firm is closed on Friday for the 4th. A four day
mini-vacation from work will be nice. Nothing special planned. I have
errands, yard work, etc. on the agenda.
Gym tonight. My sister
Frances joined the gym the end of May to start the first of June. Just
after she joined she started having more back and leg issues; an
ongoing problem for the last year or so. The doctor told her not to
start the gym until things were back under control. Gold's very
willingly put her membership on hold for a month. She decided to start
today doing mostly upper body. She gets a couple of free trainer
sessions but her trainer she signed up with is on vacation right now.
They did not have anyone available for the time she wanted to be there.
Instead,
I showed her how to use of some of the machines I use while I did my
workout. She did very well on all the machines not having had much
upper body work before.
We have been watching a new season of Eureka and another season of Crossing Jordan.
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Thursday, 2 July 2009
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Last Sunday Paul and Mary followed us out to
Costco instead of riding with us. When we got there Mary said both my
brake lights were out. The truck was due to be inspected this month
anyway so this morning I took it out to Tim's to have the bulbs
replaced and inspection. I also had him check the tires. We put this
set on at 103 thousand miles. They now have 17 thousand on them. The
other day I noticed the outside tread on the backs were a little worn.
While I was there he rotated and balanced the tires.
From Tim's I drove out to the pet store and Wal-Mart. The dogs and the birds are now well stocked in food.
After
lunch I took the dogs out back. The weather today was beautiful with
temperatures in the low to mid 80's and little humidity. Between the
breeze and the partly cloudy skies it was a very nice day to be
outside. After Malcolm and I played some ball for awhile I had a
project to do in the basement. While we played ball Duncan enjoyed
lying in the grass.
For most of what was remaining of the afternoon I spent reading and watching tennis from Wimbledon.
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Friday 3 July 2009
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I crossed a few more items off my to-do list
this morning of things I wanted to get done on my mini-vacation. What a
marvelous day it was too. This morning the temperatures were in the mid
70's, low humidity, and a good 5 to 10 mph breeze. Almost like an early
spring or late fall kind of day. Even with the cool conditions I was
still hot working in the sun. I had the dogs out with me most of the
time since it was so nice.
Speaking of dogs. From an early age
Malcolm would go berserk at doors. When we unlocked either the back
door out to the deck or the downstairs door to outside he would go
ballistic barking and running around. At the deck door he would plow
out the storm door then wait until Duncan came out the door and knock
him over. He still goes wild when go to open either of those doors at
ten years old and even goes wild when go to open the front door. We
tried everything to try and curb his behavior.
This shows you
how hot-wired he is to go berserk at a door being opened. Often when I
come home from playing golf or a weekend errand I leave the basement
door up to unload something from the back. Bob will let Malcolm down
from upstairs or he may come down himself. Malcolm and I go in and out
the garage door. I leave him standing outside, walk over to unlock the
basement door so I can put the garage door down and...you guessed it.
He comes charging to the door barking and jumping wildly while I unlock
the door so he can rush out. Talk about Pavlov's dog!
After I
finished all my chores and showered I sat outside reading for awhile
while Duncan laid in the yard. It started to get a little hot and humid
in the front this afternoon so we came in for awhile. I continued
reading and watching the semi-final matched of tennis. I finished the
C.S. Harris book. As I mentioned earlier this week, if you like
historical mysteries I highly recommend this series.
I have another Tapply from my library stack I need to read next. We have been watching more of the Crossing Jordon series.
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Saturday, 4 July 2009
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Happy July 4th to everyone here in good ol'
USA. Another early springlike day with clear and cool conditions this
morning for dad and I to play nine holes. With rain/thunderstorms in
the forecast for tomorrow I ask dad last night if he wanted to play
today.
After lunch I made a quick stop by Frances' house. They
are having printer problems. I called Bob to walk me through various
things to try with no joy. The printer came home with me for Bob to
take a look at.
I played some ball with Malcolm while Duncan
watched then I mowed the lawn. With the dry weather it has not grown
overly long since last Sunday but it was high enough to give it
Some brown spots are starting to appear but overall it looks healthy.
Hopefully we will get enough rain tomorrow to green things back up a
bit.
I've sat outside reading and keeping Duncan company. Steaks, chicken, and squash on the grill with pasta salad for dinner.
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Sunday, 5 July 2009
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Malcolm behaved pretty well last night, all
things considered. We took them last time out before it got dark and
the worst of the bangs, whistles, and pops started. He lasted several
minutes before pulling his way to get back indoors. Duncan is either
too deaf to hear or just doesn't care anymore. Once the big stuff
started going off Malcolm left his hiding place in our bathroom to go
out to Bob. He sat in his lap for awhile then I called him back to come
up on the bed with me while I read. He is a very heavy dog to be on top
of you clawing at you for comfort. He finally went back in the
bathroom.
I
slept in until around 8:30, read the paper, and
watched the first couple of sets of the men's final from Wimbledon
before starting on the house cleaning chores. It was a gray morning
with a few off and on showers but so far nothing much has fallen all
day. I had the dogs out briefly. The temperatures are in the low 70's
but it is very humid. After a lunch/tennis watching break we started on
Bob's office. His floor and both his desks needed major cleaning. Bob
organizes things by stacking stuff horizontally as high he can
get them. And, with all the wires and boxes behind his computer it
makes it hard
to dust and clean on a regular basis.
He uses the desk as a
backup lab keeping his microscope and other testing stuff available as
needed. I had a very nice shelf/cubby organizer Frances gave me several
years ago to use on my desk. It is the perfect solution to Bob's
storage problem. I also gave him my desk lamp that sat on the unit. I
took a picture if Bob will post it on his page next week. I have been
wanting a full height lamp and to reorganize my desk anyway. I need to
think about what I want to do with the stuff I had on the shelf and how
I want to arrange things.
In between doing Bob's office we took breaks to watch the tennis. Excellent match though American Roddick lost.
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