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Post by rikita on Apr 21, 2024 21:32:03 GMT 2
we went to visit my mom. plan was to get up, wash my hair, practice guitar, wash a's hair and then get going and be there early. in the end, i was in bed very late last night, so didn't get up that early, and after the planned things still did this and that and some reading and we left a lot later than planned (when we called mom to say we are on our way, she was surprised we were only leaving the house now). were there at 3 pm, so still had about four hours there, but somehow that always seems a short amount of time, there. we ate a late lunch with my sister in law and the kids, and later ate cake, and a. gave her grandma (and sister in law and niece) a little concert (a few pieces each on alto recorder, soprano recorder and trumpet). now, we are home and i am about to start a web meeting with the other leaders of the climbing group. a. is in bed writing a story but i'll tell her now it is time to sleep ...
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Post by auntieannie on Apr 21, 2024 21:35:21 GMT 2
breakfast with mom, then I got the paper and sorted the bin that some wild animal moved overnight (only spilled a little, so was an easy one. phew!) then worked a little to prepare for Tuesday. then lunch with mom and bro. then tidy up, then games with mom... now I'm back faffing instead of doing what I need to do.
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Post by Scrubb on Apr 21, 2024 23:43:27 GMT 2
Ran to Mom's this morning, listening to an audiobook on the way. After a couple hours with her, ran home, ate lunch, and went for a short bikeride with Mr_S. We rode to a newly developed sub division that has a huge pond on the edge of it, right at the edge of town. It had geese, 5 different kinds of ducks, 2 kinds of grebes, cormorants , and 3 kinds of shorebird, on the pond. And also juncos, a spring migrant, in the bushes.
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Post by auntieannie on Apr 22, 2024 10:47:38 GMT 2
scanning partitions for my niece.
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Post by Voy on Apr 22, 2024 13:16:48 GMT 2
Eye Doc, more packing, rip out the annuals and bring all the planters etc inside, get travel money, write out the instructions to get to 3 of the places I will visit, start to load the truck..... what have I forgotten?
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Post by auntieannie on Apr 22, 2024 15:21:16 GMT 2
faffing, laundry, lunch with mom, niece and her bf.
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Post by auntieannie on Apr 22, 2024 15:21:40 GMT 2
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Post by tzarine on Apr 22, 2024 15:56:53 GMT 2
tzarevich & i met up w an old friend who is on the faculty here had full englishes
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Post by rikita on Apr 22, 2024 22:56:22 GMT 2
something that was bound to make me frustrated and in a bad mood: changing the strings on my guitar.
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Post by auntieannie on Apr 23, 2024 7:31:49 GMT 2
today, I'm taking steps to change the rest of my life for the better.
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Post by Voy on Apr 23, 2024 12:43:08 GMT 2
I'm heading home in about an hour !! out of this terrible heat - and seeing a series of old friends...NICE!
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Post by sophie on Apr 23, 2024 16:03:15 GMT 2
Annie.. bold!
Voy: drive safe!
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Post by Baz Faz on Apr 23, 2024 20:28:25 GMT 2
We got back this afternoon after 4 nights away. First night was in a glorified pub on the banks of the Arun. Then 2 nights in Brighton with my daughter and her 2 teenage boys. Twice a year we go there to knock her garden into shape. It is hopeless because my daughter is not interested in gardening and everything we plant dies. Poor Mrs Faz has to do all the work because my wretched foot makes it a no-no.
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Post by tzarine on Apr 25, 2024 2:41:34 GMT 2
eating eton mess
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Post by sophie on Apr 25, 2024 3:03:31 GMT 2
Swam .. 2 km.., water walked also. Picked up some dahlia tubers for a friend and picked up some stuff to do with my knee replacement.
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Post by Baz Faz on Apr 25, 2024 11:30:28 GMT 2
Just recorded Talking Newspaper for the Blind. Mrs Faz and I read stories from the local newspaper. They are excruciatingly written and dull. We used to have to drive to a recording studio half an hour away. When Covid struck the recording studio closed so we do it from home which is much more convenient. And I have replaced the blue ink cartridge in the printer. I only wanted to print a black and white document but the printer sulked and said no until I had been a good boy and replaced the blue cartridge. Also I have renewed my driving licence.
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Post by Scrubb on Apr 25, 2024 23:46:53 GMT 2
I rode my bike to Mom"s this morning, then went for a long run along the river near her place. Rode home, and the company I'm consulting for asked me to step in on another project. So this beautiful sunny afternoon is spent at the computer.
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Post by Voy on Apr 26, 2024 0:52:58 GMT 2
left the new-found/old friends and drove about 600 miles. motel tonight. but tomorrow will be another friend - but this time it's only been 4 years since we saw each other.
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Post by auntieannie on Apr 26, 2024 7:44:30 GMT 2
safe travels.
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Post by tzarine on Apr 26, 2024 12:49:06 GMT 2
voy buen viaje
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Post by Baz Faz on Apr 26, 2024 13:21:06 GMT 2
Καλό ταξίδι
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Post by Baz Faz on Apr 26, 2024 13:32:48 GMT 2
This is a warning for all Leos. It comes from the Bangkok Post and what they claim is their "famously accurate" fortune teller:
Don't be too adventurous in bed or else you may injure yourself and your partner.
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Post by slowcoach on Apr 26, 2024 16:00:09 GMT 2
Trying to convince a Freezer that it is OK to identify as a Fridge. It complaineth much!
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Post by rikita on Apr 26, 2024 21:23:38 GMT 2
end of a kind of exhausting work week, with one colleague sick and the other two of us trying to manage some things she usually does (so we don't know them as well) and a long additional meeting on wednesday ... worked from home, then went ot my guitar class, then when i returned a. and i went out for some ice cream (i let a. have spaghetti ice cream which is a big exception as it is quite expensive). at home, when we were about dinner, she asked if we could watch a movie, and even though it was quite late i agreed, against the promise that she practices her instruments cheerfully and with concentration (she only half kept it) ...
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Post by Voy on Apr 27, 2024 0:44:49 GMT 2
so far -- safe . and FUN ! and it's a good thing I had yesterday afternoon and most of today just sitting in the car... because this catching up stuff sure does strain the vocal chords !
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Post by kuskiwi on Apr 27, 2024 1:49:45 GMT 2
I hope the vials didn't get mixed up. Had my covid and flu jabs at the pregnancy help centre.
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Post by kuskiwi on Apr 27, 2024 1:50:51 GMT 2
Slow. Feel your pain re freezer
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Post by Voy on Apr 27, 2024 12:53:19 GMT 2
Aside from staying with a friend ( at her house on her mother's 600 acre farm - rolling hills {not flat Florida} real trees with proper leaves {not the palm versions in Florida } , with polo ponies turned out and being picturesque in the fields ) I'm having lunch with a woman I will meet in person for the first time. She found me thru Ancestry - and has been doing research on my grandmother's family - she knows tons and tons more than I do . It will be very interesting to meet her and start to learn - and find out what I have at home that may help her !
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Post by rikita on Apr 27, 2024 23:08:07 GMT 2
a's dad came this morning to pick her up, so i am enjoying a day by myself, did the laundry and booked some accomodation for the summer (still a lot more to book, though) and bought a microwave at last (i knew which one i wanted for ages, but kept thinking about it and not buying it) on amazon ... also practiced guitar and watched some episodes of the nils holgersson tv series i had watched as a kid ... and more things like that ...
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Post by tzarine on Apr 28, 2024 0:04:23 GMT 2
Met up w tzars former student& his daughter. He met tzarevich when tzarevich was little & tzarevich has stayed w his fam
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