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"Later Peeps"?

Somebody seems rather chipper these days.

Good on you, Brenda. Glad you could finally get that miserable cave and miserable landlady out of your life for good. Your place sounds a lot like my brother's. If it's anything like his, and you're on the side that his is, you may need to have the A/C on more than you'd care to during the summer, but the reverse good news is that you won't need to use as much heat during the winter. The one little oddity of his place that I don't have an explanation for.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

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Yup, been a long time since I have felt this happy in the place I am living. Oh, I'm sure I will have to turn on a fan this summer. But that's okay. I have a balcony that once I get a small chair I sit out on and watch the world go by.

The reason I won't is because as I stated I am on the 10th floor and we all know that heat rises.

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That's great! Really been pulling for you and it's nice to see a happy ending for once.

If you feel it's safe to do, I like JSF's suggestion about taking the stairs... but only if it's safe. It'll maintain those muscles that you wouldn't otherwise be working out by regular walking. It's one thing to make the choice to not take the stairs, but another thing entirely to allow yourself to get to the point where you no longer have a choice at all.



Speaking of working out... I'm going to have to start myself. In fact, after I came home from work today I did my first bench press sets in about 15 or so years. I do a ton of pulling at work and actually avoid the pushing of the real heavy pallets as often as possible because I have a majority of my strength in my shoulders and legs and back these days, so it's a lot easier. Back when I was power lifting in my 20's I focused too much on my chest if anything, like most people do, and I was able to lift 375 lbs. Man... Past me would bitch slap current me. I did 1 set of 12 reps, 1 of 10 and 1 of 8 and I was done. Only 125lbs. So sad... Going to have to fix that now.

The job is all but over for me. This new guy is a by the book bitch and he told my manager that I would not be allowed to work weekends. Only full timers will have set schedules, and part timers will have to work whatever days they give you, and whatever hours they give you. This means I wouldn't even be getting the 8-10 hour shifts I've been working and I'd likely be getting only 4-5 hour shifts. It's not even worth the gas money and the wear on my car for that.

If he's going to be a by-the-book bitch about it, he's going to lose the hardest working employee he has in his store.

Managed to dodge him again today. I was actually hoping he'd catch me after I punched out and I could do a little walk by him like on Office Space and head right out the front door. If I can manage to dodge him for 3 more days, then he'll see what the place looks like when I'm not there for 3 weeks straight.

I figure every day that I don't see him until the night shift is gone is another day I don't say something I might regret.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

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"Later Peeps"?

Somebody seems rather chipper these days.

Good on you, Brenda. Glad you could finally get that miserable cave and miserable landlady out of your life for good. Your place sounds a lot like my brother's. If it's anything like his, and you're on the side that his is, you may need to have the A/C on more than you'd care to during the summer, but the reverse good news is that you won't need to use as much heat during the winter. The one little oddity of his place that I don't have an explanation for.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

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Yup, been a long time since I have felt this happy in the place I am living. Oh, I'm sure I will have to turn on a fan this summer. But that's okay. I have a balcony that once I get a small chair I sit out on and watch the world go by.

The reason I won't is because as I stated I am on the 10th floor and we all know that heat rises.

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That's great! Really been pulling for you and it's nice to see a happy ending for once.

If you feel it's safe to do, I like JSF's suggestion about taking the stairs... but only if it's safe. It'll maintain those muscles that you wouldn't otherwise be working out by regular walking. It's one thing to make the choice to not take the stairs, but another thing entirely to allow yourself to get to the point where you no longer have a choice at all.



Speaking of working out... I'm going to have to start myself. In fact, after I came home from work today I did my first bench press sets in about 15 or so years. I do a ton of pulling at work and actually avoid the pushing of the real heavy pallets as often as possible because I have a majority of my strength in my shoulders and legs and back these days, so it's a lot easier. Back when I was power lifting in my 20's I focused too much on my chest if anything, like most people do, and I was able to lift 375 lbs. Man... Past me would bitch slap current me. I did 1 set of 12 reps, 1 of 10 and 1 of 8 and I was done. Only 125lbs. So sad... Going to have to fix that now.

The job is all but over for me. This new guy is a by the book bitch and he told my manager that I would not be allowed to work weekends. Only full timers will have set schedules, and part timers will have to work whatever days they give you, and whatever hours they give you. This means I wouldn't even be getting the 8-10 hour shifts I've been working and I'd likely be getting only 4-5 hour shifts. It's not even worth the gas money and the wear on my car for that.

If he's going to be a by-the-book bitch about it, he's going to lose the hardest working employee he has in his store.

Managed to dodge him again today. I was actually hoping he'd catch me after I punched out and I could do a little walk by him like on Office Space and head right out the front door. If I can manage to dodge him for 3 more days, then he'll see what the place looks like when I'm not there for 3 weeks straight.

I figure every day that I don't see him until the night shift is gone is another day I don't say something I might regret.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

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Gotta be careful with moving boxes around here and unpacking. Succeeded in irritating both branches of my sciatic nerve over last weekend. Woke up Tuesday morning with pain in my right leg but the left was worse. Pain from my left ankle to my hip.

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Why would you be in any hurry now? Take your time, relax. Enjoy the new place.

Do you have a view? Stairs? Laundry room? Heat?

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It's not really being in a hurry JSF but I was stagnant for so long that I now am able to do things. I am working on slowing down now that I have things a little bit more organized.

I am at the back of the building on the 10th floor. So, yeah I can see. There is an elevator that I use. No way am I tromping up and down 10 flights of stairs. There is a laundry room and right now heat is no problem with all the natural light I get in here. So, I know it will be fine come winter.

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From the basement to the 10th floor - that's moving up in the world. Sounds like No nasty sidewalks to deal with, and no snow or ice for your first 5 minutes out your door, and none to do laundry.

Don't take this the wrong way, but maybe try taking one flight of stairs at least, on a regular basis. They should be in good repair in your skyscraper, and this will help you keep in shape, limbered, and not fall into a habit many do and skip the stairs entirely. First flight on the way up, last flight the way down. Getting the blood circulating should keep your mood improved as well.

Your balcony should get a decent breeze at 110 feet above the road. Next you'll be getting all tanned from snoozing there. Which direction is it facing? How far is visibility?

Hope it all works well.

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You are right the sidewalks will be fine around where I am. If we get snow this winter I will need my cane for getting to work as those sidewalks will be bad.

You might have a point about some of the stairs. I'll have a think on it.

I'm sure it will. I am facing East as I get sun all day now that it is Spring and as long as it isn't raining. Since I am now in apartment building which is in the main shopping district, I can see all the other apartments and shops. Though from my balcony I should be able to see the Fraser river.

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I would hope you at least take 2 stairs down, if you're going to avoid up. But at least 1 up per day would be better. Not with groceries or when hurried, but make a habit of it.

Facing East means you'll be largely in the shade side during the hottest part of the day in summer.
My sneaky side would be getting some binoculars (Army Surplus store) to watch which stores have the longest lines, biggest crowds to know where the best sales are.

Your new place sounds great. Send a box of chocolates to the people who helped you get in there.

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Another box almost emptied. This one was easy. All that was in it was my large model of the Millennium Falcon, some books and puzzles. That Falcon has been in that box for on 10years but the landing gear is jammed. But it is out and sitting on top of my dresser. Books are on a shelf but the puzzles I left as not sure I will be keeping them.

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SIX, take some of that extra time to start looking for another job. "They" say that the economy's booming and that there are all kinds of jobs out there going begging for qualified applicants ... time to test that theory!

Don't quit ... you won't get unemployment that way. Wait until you have something just as good, or better, lined up.

I know you're a real independent guy, you like working by yourself and without having a supervisor breathing down your neck all the time, but have patience. I suspect that one of the reasons why they eliminated the night shift was because they were paying a differential for people who were, by your observation, screwing off too much. The new guy doesn't know you from jack (get it? jack?); probably as far as he's concerned the whole night crew is one giant waste of money and should be shitcanned ... he doesn't know who's good at their job and who isn't. (Seems to me that there was also a lot of management turnover and lost info; sounds like the night shift may have "broken" more than one assistant manager? Whatever happened to that woman that you got along with?)

It's frustrating to have to restablish your reputation with new people all of the time ... anyway, like I said:

New job. Look into it. It will be a test case for when you move. In the meantime, try a
acquiring some new skills ... forklift operator? Backhoe operator? Licensed handyman? Welding? Back to computers? CNC operator? Those are the jobs "they" say are begging right now.


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This your last week at job?

Boost once per day will help you get strength back. Try push-ups (one max set) to start your day, right out of bed or shower. And Dips, as many sets as you can before the reps drop below 1/2 of your max, or 10 reps. But bench, push-ups, dips only every other day, not every day. Plus those tricep extensions, with the elbow pointed to the sky, and dumbbell starting behind your shoulder.

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"Later Peeps"?

Somebody seems rather chipper these days.

Good on you, Brenda. Glad you could finally get that miserable cave and miserable landlady out of your life for good. Your place sounds a lot like my brother's. If it's anything like his, and you're on the side that his is, you may need to have the A/C on more than you'd care to during the summer, but the reverse good news is that you won't need to use as much heat during the winter. The one little oddity of his place that I don't have an explanation for.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

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Yup, been a long time since I have felt this happy in the place I am living. Oh, I'm sure I will have to turn on a fan this summer. But that's okay. I have a balcony that once I get a small chair I sit out on and watch the world go by.

The reason I won't is because as I stated I am on the 10th floor and we all know that heat rises.

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That's great! Really been pulling for you and it's nice to see a happy ending for once.

If you feel it's safe to do, I like JSF's suggestion about taking the stairs... but only if it's safe. It'll maintain those muscles that you wouldn't otherwise be working out by regular walking. It's one thing to make the choice to not take the stairs, but another thing entirely to allow yourself to get to the point where you no longer have a choice at all.



Speaking of working out... I'm going to have to start myself. In fact, after I came home from work today I did my first bench press sets in about 15 or so years. I do a ton of pulling at work and actually avoid the pushing of the real heavy pallets as often as possible because I have a majority of my strength in my shoulders and legs and back these days, so it's a lot easier. Back when I was power lifting in my 20's I focused too much on my chest if anything, like most people do, and I was able to lift 375 lbs. Man... Past me would bitch slap current me. I did 1 set of 12 reps, 1 of 10 and 1 of 8 and I was done. Only 125lbs. So sad... Going to have to fix that now.

The job is all but over for me. This new guy is a by the book bitch and he told my manager that I would not be allowed to work weekends. Only full timers will have set schedules, and part timers will have to work whatever days they give you, and whatever hours they give you. This means I wouldn't even be getting the 8-10 hour shifts I've been working and I'd likely be getting only 4-5 hour shifts. It's not even worth the gas money and the wear on my car for that.

If he's going to be a by-the-book bitch about it, he's going to lose the hardest working employee he has in his store.

Managed to dodge him again today. I was actually hoping he'd catch me after I punched out and I could do a little walk by him like on Office Space and head right out the front door. If I can manage to dodge him for 3 more days, then he'll see what the place looks like when I'm not there for 3 weeks straight.

I figure every day that I don't see him until the night shift is gone is another day I don't say something I might regret.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

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I know you have SIX and I appreciate it. Bought time I caught a break.

Oh, I'll still be walking most days. I have my mah jong games that I will still be going to and I have to go out to do grocery shopping. So I will still be walking just not up or down the hills like I was at that cave is the only difference.

I walked back to my new home from my job last night because it was a nice evening and pretty level.

I'm heading out in a bit to run some errands. A bit of shopping and a couple of other things.

Sorry about the job SIX.

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"Later Peeps"?

Somebody seems rather chipper these days.

Good on you, Brenda. Glad you could finally get that miserable cave and miserable landlady out of your life for good. Your place sounds a lot like my brother's. If it's anything like his, and you're on the side that his is, you may need to have the A/C on more than you'd care to during the summer, but the reverse good news is that you won't need to use as much heat during the winter. The one little oddity of his place that I don't have an explanation for.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

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Yup, been a long time since I have felt this happy in the place I am living. Oh, I'm sure I will have to turn on a fan this summer. But that's okay. I have a balcony that once I get a small chair I sit out on and watch the world go by.

The reason I won't is because as I stated I am on the 10th floor and we all know that heat rises.

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That's great! Really been pulling for you and it's nice to see a happy ending for once.

If you feel it's safe to do, I like JSF's suggestion about taking the stairs... but only if it's safe. It'll maintain those muscles that you wouldn't otherwise be working out by regular walking. It's one thing to make the choice to not take the stairs, but another thing entirely to allow yourself to get to the point where you no longer have a choice at all.



Speaking of working out... I'm going to have to start myself. In fact, after I came home from work today I did my first bench press sets in about 15 or so years. I do a ton of pulling at work and actually avoid the pushing of the real heavy pallets as often as possible because I have a majority of my strength in my shoulders and legs and back these days, so it's a lot easier. Back when I was power lifting in my 20's I focused too much on my chest if anything, like most people do, and I was able to lift 375 lbs. Man... Past me would bitch slap current me. I did 1 set of 12 reps, 1 of 10 and 1 of 8 and I was done. Only 125lbs. So sad... Going to have to fix that now.

The job is all but over for me. This new guy is a by the book bitch and he told my manager that I would not be allowed to work weekends. Only full timers will have set schedules, and part timers will have to work whatever days they give you, and whatever hours they give you. This means I wouldn't even be getting the 8-10 hour shifts I've been working and I'd likely be getting only 4-5 hour shifts. It's not even worth the gas money and the wear on my car for that.

If he's going to be a by-the-book bitch about it, he's going to lose the hardest working employee he has in his store.

Managed to dodge him again today. I was actually hoping he'd catch me after I punched out and I could do a little walk by him like on Office Space and head right out the front door. If I can manage to dodge him for 3 more days, then he'll see what the place looks like when I'm not there for 3 weeks straight.

I figure every day that I don't see him until the night shift is gone is another day I don't say something I might regret.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

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I know you have SIX and I appreciate it. Bought time I caught a break.

Oh, I'll still be walking most days. I have my mah jong games that I will still be going to and I have to go out to do grocery shopping. So I will still be walking just not up or down the hills like I was at that cave is the only difference.

I walked back to my new home from my job last night because it was a nice evening and pretty level.

I'm heading out in a bit to run some errands. A bit of shopping and a couple of other things.

Sorry about the job SIX.

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Still doing the mahjong? So you're close enough to where you lived before to keep playing with the people you used to play with? That's cool. :)

Glad it all worked out for you finally. You do sound quite a bit happier now.


I'm pretty much over the job. With everything else going on with the house and my teeth, I've suddenly gained an entire new perspective and a real set of goals with my life. Nothing too ambitious, mind, but it's about time I finally got this house in a sellable condition, and there's really nothing here for me that I'm going to miss. There's really nothing bad about living where I do, except for the house itself. But if I'm going to move, I think it would be good for my brother to have somebody living close by him with my old man getting older every year. If I hated the area he lived in I wouldn't be doing it, but I really do like where he lives.

It's going to break my heart to be that far away from my niece though. I'm going to have to get a reliable car sometime soon after I go down there. It won't be cheap to drive back up this way, but I'm sure if I had the car my brother down there would go halves on gas for a trip back every once in a while.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

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"Later Peeps"?

Somebody seems rather chipper these days.

Good on you, Brenda. Glad you could finally get that miserable cave and miserable landlady out of your life for good. Your place sounds a lot like my brother's. If it's anything like his, and you're on the side that his is, you may need to have the A/C on more than you'd care to during the summer, but the reverse good news is that you won't need to use as much heat during the winter. The one little oddity of his place that I don't have an explanation for.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

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Yup, been a long time since I have felt this happy in the place I am living. Oh, I'm sure I will have to turn on a fan this summer. But that's okay. I have a balcony that once I get a small chair I sit out on and watch the world go by.

The reason I won't is because as I stated I am on the 10th floor and we all know that heat rises.

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That's great! Really been pulling for you and it's nice to see a happy ending for once.

If you feel it's safe to do, I like JSF's suggestion about taking the stairs... but only if it's safe. It'll maintain those muscles that you wouldn't otherwise be working out by regular walking. It's one thing to make the choice to not take the stairs, but another thing entirely to allow yourself to get to the point where you no longer have a choice at all.



Speaking of working out... I'm going to have to start myself. In fact, after I came home from work today I did my first bench press sets in about 15 or so years. I do a ton of pulling at work and actually avoid the pushing of the real heavy pallets as often as possible because I have a majority of my strength in my shoulders and legs and back these days, so it's a lot easier. Back when I was power lifting in my 20's I focused too much on my chest if anything, like most people do, and I was able to lift 375 lbs. Man... Past me would bitch slap current me. I did 1 set of 12 reps, 1 of 10 and 1 of 8 and I was done. Only 125lbs. So sad... Going to have to fix that now.

The job is all but over for me. This new guy is a by the book bitch and he told my manager that I would not be allowed to work weekends. Only full timers will have set schedules, and part timers will have to work whatever days they give you, and whatever hours they give you. This means I wouldn't even be getting the 8-10 hour shifts I've been working and I'd likely be getting only 4-5 hour shifts. It's not even worth the gas money and the wear on my car for that.

If he's going to be a by-the-book bitch about it, he's going to lose the hardest working employee he has in his store.

Managed to dodge him again today. I was actually hoping he'd catch me after I punched out and I could do a little walk by him like on Office Space and head right out the front door. If I can manage to dodge him for 3 more days, then he'll see what the place looks like when I'm not there for 3 weeks straight.

I figure every day that I don't see him until the night shift is gone is another day I don't say something I might regret.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

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This your last week at job?

Boost once per day will help you get strength back. Try push-ups (one max set) to start your day, right out of bed or shower. And Dips, as many sets as you can before the reps drop below 1/2 of your max, or 10 reps. But bench, push-ups, dips only every other day, not every day. Plus those tricep extensions, with the elbow pointed to the sky, and dumbbell starting behind your shoulder.

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Brenda, I am curious. What is your new horizon? Mountains? Plains? Cityscape?

I said chocolates because I see boxes at Dollar Tree, where everything's $1. Big boxes, and little boxes that look like gifts.
When I fly, I get bags of Ghirardelli squares (individually wrapped) and hand out the squares to the Flight Attendants as I board and they greet us. Such a thing really seems to go a long way, stands out.

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I've seen at least 1 seagull out my balcony window this morning.

Just trying to decide what to do.

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well, the plants that planted themselves - CA poppies and cosmos - are dying down. Time to pull up the dead and dying plants and see how the perennials are doing.

Everywhere I look in the garden, something is fluttering, or buzzing, or scurrying. Goldfinches are perching on cosmos stems, eating the seeds. They're so light they barely bend the stems. Mourning does are pecking away at the poppy seeds, butter-butts are looking for tiny bugs and mockingbirds and crows are looking for bigger prey. At any time during the day there are at least two and sometimes up to four butterflies in the backyard of all kinds- skippers, swallowtails, cabbage and sulfur butterflies, mourning cloaks, painted ladies, monarchs and some I don't recognize. Bees of all types are nectaring; we had a wood bee make a home in our woodpile. (It left a gint mound of frass that I thought was a bad termite infestation which caused us to ssort and restack the wood). Hummingbirds are dicing for the best nesting spots in our climbing roses and poking into nasturtium and alstromeria. Ladybugs, millipedes, rollypolies, fence lizards and the occasional skink. , When I go out at night to let the dog our for her last potty break of the day there are moths everywhere.

I just released predatory mites last week, I hope that they will protect the avocadoes.

But the yard is a mess. sigh. Between the dog-walking and painting and shopping and cooking (for a very picky hubby and food-sensitive daughter and food-allergic self) and general cleanup and re-org, I've not been able to attend to the yard like I should. Weeds are still everywhere, and when I try to do yardwork during the day someone is always tugging at me to do something else or be somplace else, so I think the schedue will be an early dogwalk and yardwork, when everyone else is asleep. It will be coooler then, too, and with summer coming up I think that schedule will work better.

I was inspired to write this because I was amused by a small flock of goldfinches in the frontyard, By size and color it looked like daddy goldfinch, mommy goldfinch, and three junior goldfinches. So cute!

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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake

"The messy American environment, where most people don't agree, is perfect for people like me. I CAN DO AS I PLEASE." - SECOND

America is an oligarchy http://www.fireflyfans.net/mthread.aspx?tid=57876 .

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I've seen at least 1 seagull out my balcony window this morning.

Just trying to decide what to do.

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Balcony guard?

https://bird-x.com/bird-products/electronic/ultrasonic-2/

Do Right, Be Right. :)

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well, the plants that planted themselves - CA poppies and cosmos - are dying down. Time to pull up the dead and dying plants and see how the perennials are doing.

Everywhere I look in the garden, something is fluttering, or buzzing, or scurrying. Goldfinches are perching on cosmos stems, eating the seeds. They're so light they barely bend the stems. Mourning does are pecking away at the poppy seeds, butter-butts are looking for tiny bugs and mockingbirds and crows are looking for bigger prey. At any time during the day there are at least two and sometimes up to four butterflies in the backyard of all kinds- skippers, swallowtails, cabbage and sulfur butterflies, mourning cloaks, painted ladies, monarchs and some I don't recognize. Bees of all types are nectaring; we had a wood bee make a home in our woodpile. (It left a gint mound of frass that I thought was a bad termite infestation which caused us to ssort and restack the wood). Hummingbirds are dicing for the best nesting spots in our climbing roses and poking into nasturtium and alstromeria. Ladybugs, millipedes, rollypolies, fence lizards and the occasional skink. , When I go out at night to let the dog our for her last potty break of the day there are moths everywhere.

I just released predatory mites last week, I hope that they will protect the avocadoes.

But the yard is a mess. sigh. Between the dog-walking and painting and shopping and cooking (for a very picky hubby and food-sensitive daughter and food-allergic self) and general cleanup and re-org, I've not been able to attend to the yard like I should. Weeds are still everywhere, and when I try to do yardwork during the day someone is always tugging at me to do something else or be somplace else, so I think the schedue will be an early dogwalk and yardwork, when everyone else is asleep. It will be coooler then, too, and with summer coming up I think that schedule will work better.

I was inspired to write this because I was amused by a small flock of goldfinches in the frontyard, By size and color it looked like daddy goldfinch, mommy goldfinch, and three junior goldfinches. So cute!

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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake

"The messy American environment, where most people don't agree, is perfect for people like me. I CAN DO AS I PLEASE." - SECOND

America is an oligarchy http://www.fireflyfans.net/mthread.aspx?tid=57876 .

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Today I said "Oh Shit!"

Out loud, I was so surprised.
Was heading to Walmart, noticed a side road was closed off by cops. Looked down past, saw a car had taken on a train.

Guess who won.

I've seen such on video clips, and TV, never saw one in real life before. Walmart guys were Yeah, yeah, third one this year. When the train blasted it's horn, everybody was wondering Who Doesn't Hear That?

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Today I said "Oh Shit!"

Out loud, I was so surprised.
Was heading to Walmart, noticed a side road was closed off by cops. Looked down past, saw a car had taken on a train.

Guess who won.

I've seen such on video clips, and TV, never saw one in real life before. Walmart guys were Yeah, yeah, third one this year. When the train blasted it's horn, everybody was wondering Who Doesn't Hear That?

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"oh shit" is right. Do you think perhaps this might have happened in the dark?

I almost got clobbered by a train once. The gates had been down, the bell had been ringing and the lights blinking for five minutes and .. no train! So the first of a long line of cars cautiously went thu the barrier, then the second, third, and eventually it was my turn. I looked down the tracks carefully, saw the light from the locomotive, judged it wasn't moving (short trains sometimes idle on those tracks, triggering the barrier) and went around the gate ... when I looked in my rearview the train was rocketing thru at about 40 mp. For some reason the dark had fooled my sense of motion. I guess there was nothing to compare it to in the background, and I really thought the engine was standing still.

So, like I said: In the dark, maybe?

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Trying to figure out how to get rid of things without help.

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Originally posted by Brenda:
Trying to figure out how to get rid of things without help.

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You and me both, Brenda.

Aborted my first attempt at getting an extremely heavy 2 seater leather recliner couch out of my basement to get it to the curb. Realized then that there were brackets that were easily removed on the bottom to cut it in half. Still a chore getting it outside, but there was no way I was going to get that out on my own without messing up walls that I had already refinished.

Also got a computer desk out that I've been using the last 8 years to roll my cigarettes on. I've got a 6 lb. plastic shelf unit my neighbor threw out last month that can do that job.

Two huge pieces of furniture out of my house and out of my life, just in time for garbage day. Who knows? Maybe somebody picks them up tonight and I can get another one out before they pick it up. I'm not banking on it though... Those were by far the most beat up and crappy pieces I had in the house.

Going to be a real shame to get rid of my really nice L-shape couch next, but there's barely enough room for it where it sits in my 20'x15' living room as it is, and there's no way I'd have any use for it in any of the houses I'm going to eventually move into. That will just leave me with the only couch I had when I first moved in. My trusty old couch I slept on for years will be my new bed all over again by next week. It's really light and it's a lazy boy. Quality and easy to move. It will make the trip with me when I'm ready to go.


After that, I think, goes the king size bed that got about 2 weeks worth of use in the last 8 years. I might take that one out to the garage and see if anybody wants to buy it. Barely ever been slept on and doesn't have a spot on it.

Now all I have to do is find another garbage can's worth of crap to fill up before tomorrow and I'll call today a really successful one.

Just those two pieces out of my basement gives me an entirely new perspective down there. It will be so much easier to remodel down there when I don't have heavy shit I never use cluttering up the whole operation. :)


Actually, I can't believe I just did all of that on my own. If you asked me if that was something I'd ever be capable of doing on my own again 2 years ago I would have said you were crazy.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

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SIX, congrats on the cleanup job! Maybe you'd like to come over here and help out?

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SIX, congrats on the cleanup job! Maybe you'd like to come over here and help out?
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Maybe if I didn't have a billion other things to do. :)

Until I can get my friend and his old man here to scope it out and see what options I have, I really can't do anything about the porch yet. Every move I making going forward is centered entirely around that outcome. Other house related things I can and will be doing with my time off will be to secure a line of credit and check out a few houses down by my brother and see if I can get a feel about what I could legitimately haggle the prices down to.

In the mean time, this crap has to go either way. I'm not taking a full semi crammed with stuff when I move. Just the bare necessities and all of my tools and electronics. Everything else has to go. It should never have all been accumulated, but I have to remind myself that up until recently I was pretty convinced this is the house I'd be dying in one day.


Somebody took the computer desk yesterday. I was surprised. The couch was still there though unfortunately, so I can't sneak out another large piece for trash day. Also unfortunate is the large amount of rain in the forecast this week until next trash day. I REALLY wanted to get the L-shaped couch out of here today, but we've got thunderstorms incoming. If somebody didn't find it straight away and arrange to pick it up, it would certainly be ruined. I'd like to give people an opportunity to snag that one. It is really nice.


I've got about 4 hours to fill a large trash can now. Shit... I keep forgetting how hard it is to throw stuff out, even when it's stuff that you haven't even looked at or thought about for years.

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This late in the year, (mid-May) we just got an astonishing inch of rain. You have to realize that our rainy season basically ends by mid-March. Only 0.1" of rain was predicted.

This just goes to show what whacky weather we've been having. All of that cold air swooping down from Alaska and causing rain here ... must mean that Alaska is really warming up. Once Alaska (and the Arctic in general) have warmed up - which may be two to seven years from now I guess - I think we'll go back to being nonstop hot and dry

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Two Grey Whales, a mother and calf got stuck in Boundary Bay last week. Caught as the tide was going out. Wildlife Rescue were called and watched for a while. Luckily momma and calf got out of the bay and back into open water.

Same thing happened the week before in Washington state. Different outcome. Whales couldn't get out and unfortunately even with human help died.

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