I noticed some signs of fall in the backyard. How nice fall has finally found its way to Southern California, I thought. It's about time. The calendar tells me it's here. The presidential campaign is in full swing. The debates are going on. . . yup, must be fall!Fickle Mother Nature! Yes, that says 94 degrees and it's after 6pm!! Fall? ...

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Happy Birthday Terry!!We love you!! ...

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Up went the banner and out came the cards and gifts. . . $56.25The kitchen was busy with baking the chocolate cake from scratch. . . $9.82then the cakes were cooling . . . $0the frosting was whipped up. . . $2.58 one smiling 23 year old. . . priceless! ...

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Taking my walk this morning, I looked around for signs of wildlife. . .I saw no squirrels, no bunnies (although we have none, maybe someones pet got loose), no coyotes, just the dogs on leashes.I looked across Silver Lake. The herons have long gone. The birds, well, a few flew by, but usually there are several large gulls in this area. I've even...

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Oooh! I miss the laptop :-(It didn't really disappear, but it goes to school and I miss it because all my photos are stored there. My desktop pc is antiquated, born in the dark ages. I still run windows95!! I can't even load Picasso!I don't even have a port to upload my pictures. Probably somewhere in the back if I get an adaptor...

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We've been very busy lately with patients with high acuities. The surgeons have been frustrated at not being able to do all the surgeries the want to because of lack of bed space and lack of nursing staff. Friday, they had it! They were doing all 6 surgeries and we had to take the inutero cardiac diagnosis that was being c-sections that morning....

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Taylor was doing some research for his black and white photography course. He stumbled on this one and e-mailed it to me.Really cool, huh! ...

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Last week this letter was delivered to us. OK, wrong address, right?Yeah, 2700 Berkeley was right, but in Georgia, not California.So I wrote a little "delivered to wrong address" on the envelope and dropped it in a mailbox.Today, the letter came back. Again! This poor letter has been traveling since Sept. 10. My guess is, it still has a bit of traveling left...

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Today marks the beginning of phase 1 of our kitchen remodel!! The dryer! Now our dryer died a couple weeks ago and we made the conscious decision to base every new change to the kitchen with the remodel ,that is one day going to happen, in mind. This is the first!! ...

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When I am walking, sometimes my mind is completely blank. I listen to my breathing, I feel the hills, the pavement, the dirt. I hear the birds the traffic. Sometimes, my mind is very busy, working out frustrations, emotions or plans. This morning I looked out over "my dream lot". I just stopped and stepped out to enjoy "my view". I felt the...

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Reading your blog, Dorothy, made me Cabo "vacasick".I headed straight to my Cabo cabinet and got my little piece of Cabo fix.I even got out my pictures and put them in one of those albums I had just gotten.So nice to relive the good times!! ...

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Terry found me in the middle of a project and noticed that I was looking so happy. He told me if I don't have a project, "you get weird". You look so much happier with a project. I thought about that and looked at my current projects. The table is full of my Halloween party invitations. A project that I need to get...

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Here it was, just any ordinary day, I'm getting ready to go to work. I had just finished dinner and the phone rang. A little early for Terry to call. He usually calls before I leave. I pick up the phone and it was Carlos from work. Now I know I'm not late. . . was he asking me to stay over tomorrow...

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We included end of year Birthday Boys in the celebration!Eileen hosted an end of summer party and the end of school for her. The kids set up the croquet set and had a tournament. The Grandmas cheered them on! Taylor and the guys barbequed up a storm! We even had some philosphical discussions! It was an excellent way to end an awesome summer!...

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"Mom come out and see this!!" The guys were cleaning up the garage and had replaced a workbench. This was the old work table. "Look, it's ART!!" They were so proud, they requested blog space:) ...

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