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May 03, 2005

Fun, Fingers, Fireworks, Footprints...

I feel sorry for my neighbors. They work so hard on their yard, everything is meticulous in design even if it is a tad over designed for my tastes. I think it was the recent addition of some crouching cement feline that put me over the edge. That and the fact that whenever I look over there, I keep thinking some wild animal is out to stalk my kitties. At any rate, why do I feel sorry for them? Ahhh...they have to look over into our yard. I usually refer to it as controlled wilderness or the natural look but I'm afraid it's totally out of control and bordering on eyesore. Ok, I'm happy to report that I am making an attempt to get things back under control. I've hired someone to come rake my leaves and I've even managed to rake a few piles myself. I decided I would do the "fun" raking and as long as I was hiring someone to help, I would let them do the parts I don't like. I uncovered my hostas along the house, found the bleeding heart I transplanted out of the way of porch construction 2 years ago and remembered to look for some wild lupine I see nearly every year just before I run over it with the lawnmower. Nancy found more lupine yeaterday while raking but not quite enough to just give our yard over to it for it's asthetic beauty. Maybe I'll dig them up and put them with the bleeding heart for safe keeping until I can find a good place for them...yeah that's the ticket.

Onlne Bill pay is great...as long as their sites are up and working when you want to use them. In the past month I have been unable to pay my American Express bill or renew my car registrations when I wanted to. Good thing *I* dont' procrastinate.....so is the online services really going to be any more convenient than using the mail?

Finger foods....yup, this time confirmed. A North Carolina "dessert shop " confirms an employee lost a finger tip in an accident and another employee scooped it out of the bucket for a drive thru customer before being told of the incident. Hhhhmmm...why do I find this incident a little far fetched.

Why is it that I can find many updates on the run away bride saga but very little about North Korea's testing a nuclear weapon?? (I had to dig for that one.)

I'm drinking Bolivia Peaberry coffee this morning...I know I haven't given a coffee report in a while so here it is. I'm finally able to discern the subtle flavors of some of the coffees without having forewarning of what I'm drinking. Just because it tastes like someone poured a half a cup of orange juice into my coffee is no reason to scoff at my ability to discern Ethiopian Yirgacheffe from any other. The old yirgacheffe is a bit more citrus-y than the new, I think.

Someone was setting off fireworks last night. I wasn't informed before hand...the nerve! The grand finale sounded fantastic and I was even able to see a little of it if I leaned way over while on my porch and looked through the woods. Thank Heavens the trees didn't have all their leaves yet. I still don't know the reason for them but it doesn't really matter because I missed them. boo hiss.

Knoel hopped into the mail carrier's truck yesterday while she was delivering packages to us ( packages? for us? how novel!) He also left his muddy footprints all over Nancy's pumpkin orange VW convertible.

All this is merely a distraction...I am impatiently waiting for someone else to do their job. Is it Friday at 3pm yet? Has any one come up with the name of that "law" yet that seems to plague me and every one else for that matter...you know the one: that the amount of time it takes to do the task is directly porportional to the time in which you have to put toward it. Otherwise known as finishing ones task by Friday at 3 so everyone else can start theirs now...

Tap Tap Tap...int he meantime I'm getting some things done around the house while I'm home...yardwork, paperwork and housework. Oh yeah, I've even lined up Eldon for the summer. I'm not sure what the real plan is but it has something to do with the rotting living room appendage fondly known as the sunroom/greenhouse. Well only the window stills are rotting but since the room is largely made up of slanted semi-solar windows, it's safe to call it rotting. When Leo asked what we wanted done, I just told him to think up something. I just wanted to get him scheduled for playing with us this summer. Hey, there is a method to my madness...I figure if he can get excited and plan a project that meets our needs, he is more likely to finish it and we all win...right? right.

Have a fine day all...I'm going to enjoy some sun while it's out even if it isn't all that warm.

Posted by frani at May 3, 2005 08:04 AM

Comments

Thanks for the coffee report--I've kinda missed those :) I agree about online bill pay--I just fought with Qwest, and last month it was a credit card company. Enjoy the spring! We had sun today in Seattle, still a bit cool, but very nice.

Posted by: bunnybeth at May 3, 2005 10:35 PM

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