Today we are doing better watching the clock

Right off the bat I am thinking about my dear friend this a.m. because I chose the font called "Georgia", who is Linda's sister! God morning, Linda!

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I am up and dressed for the day, watching the minutes tick by as I wait to head downtown to see my attorney. Part of me is excited, again, because I haven't seen her or her assistant in over four years since this deal was hammered out the first time. I did keep a little in touch with Loretta as her sister lived down the street from me on Doctors Lake. Going over my numbers yesterday made me think back to buying that house and how much I loved it. I actually wept when Joanne, Justin and I went to see it. The realtor who had it listed was so glad when the offer was accepted because she knew how much I loved the place, saying I was "cute" when looking at it. Don't know about the cute part...

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Of course, the storms of 2004 totally washed away, in every fashion, the joys of living on the lake since the costs to restore and clean up the mess storm upon storm were just too much to tolerate. My now downstairs neighbors lived on the same street as me during the storms and they got clobbered a whole lot worse than did I, taking a "hit" of over $100,000 damage to their property which is NOT covered by home owner insurance. Nothing detached from the home is covered, and if something attached is damaged, the deductible is huge, a fixed percentage of the property's value. Ouch! And that is why they moved here, right at the same time I did!

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We'd taken enough of a beating on the lake so we moved to the river and got beaten up again with the seeming endless "special assessments" for our building. Just exactly what is so special about them??? Next year will be another larger assessment, at least one, to pay for repainting and caulking the entire building, to hopefully put a finger in the dyke of the leaks we continue to experience when it rains. The unit two floors above me has recently had its patio replaced and we are all hopeful that the leaks which affected us below theirs will be cured and we won't have to worry about that any longer.

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Mmm, I am enjoying my leftovers from yesterday's lunch. That Jackie---she is so funny! Somehow or another things get by her, and then she is surprised when it occurs to her or she hears about something. Like when Judy R. was coming for a visit---one way or another she didn't seem to know about this. I was stopping cars on the street to tell them about my friend coming but someone with whom I spend at least two days per week was the last to know??? Anyway, before I even finished what I was going to eat, Patty, our personal waitress, dropped off a to-go container for me in which to put my food. Jackie saw that and said, "Oh, that's why you don't order from the children's menu! You take your food home with you!" Mom used to always mention this when we ate out with the church family and others, but it seemed like new news to Jackie. Because I only have me to take care of, I can get a couple meals out of my take-along boxes, as only single folks can do. Those who must cook and prepare for a husband or a family simply can't think this way. Yes, I eat many meals outside my home, but yes, I eat the leftovers if I am not out eating with my friends!

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Speaking of which, the plans I had for dinner here tonight are scrapped----I ate up all my leftovers! No, just teasing about that. Several of the invitees are sick, having respiratory problems or stomach ailments so I have postponed the dinner. Not to worry, I had another invitation waiting in the wings with some church ladies, my usual Tuesday night gang. We are doing something special because one of them has a birthday needing to be recognized----shhhhh! It's a surprise!

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