...so now I can work on my newsletters instead. All my ladies had to cancel their plans for coming over today for whatever reason so I'm on my own. I'm sad they aren't coming but am glad to have the time now to do this other stuff. How do I find myself in time crunches, pray tell?!?
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It's heavily overcast today, although I did wake to sunshine on my face. The wind has kicked up and I think I saw an orange safety vest fly past my window earlier. No body was attached to it, so I didn't watch to see where it landed. There is quite the crew on the roof, which I got to view up close and personal yesterday when visiting my 5th floor neighbor. I'd have to make sure to be up and dressed by 6:30 in the a.m. if I lived in her unit---they are right outside her windows!
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Before having lunch with Justin and Jesse, I went over to see John at the Memory Gardens. Mike, the guy in charge of the property, was busy setting up a tent at the football field for the funeral of the boy killed by the train. John stuck to his guns and said all the stuff has to be removed from the site, except for the marker under Timmy's tree which indicates it's a memorial tree.......I was extremely sad, but he was gentle with me and explained the reason for the crackdown cemetery-wide. I did plead with him to allow the Babyland stuff to remain, and he said it's under consideration. I hope they leave that area alone, it's just so important to those parents to keep their stuff there, of course, within some limits. Oh, well, I now have my answers and will abide......Justin asked me if I batted my eyes, but I told him it didn't help.
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Last night my Bible study lady friends and I had dinner at Aron's Pizza before class. Mmm, I had the three-cheese calzone, half of it, of course, and it was so delicious! Leeanne barely dented her meal as hers came with a salad and garlic bread besides. It will make a wonderful lunch for her today, as will my leftovers work for mine. Nuts! I like going to have lunch with the scrap booking ladies before they come over here and today, I'm going to be all messed up, eating leftovers!!!!
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Tonight is Bible Bites and choir rehearsal so will have to come up with something to take for supper. We chip in a food item to eat while we study (hence, the bites) and I like to take something not too fussy to clean up. Debbie, Lynne and I have to dash over to choir immediately from Bites so the others do the clean-up for us. Hate to do that but again, a time crunch situation. If only the rest of the choir joined us for Bites, we could make quick work of the clean-up and then go practice....it's a moot point now, anyway, since we are nearly ready for summer recess. Things certainly wind down abruptly once school is out!
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Friday the window cleaners are coming again, nearly 6 months since the last visit. My view is interrupted by webs, nests, stringy junk and egg sacks....yummy! I only hope that the roof work won't undo his work right away. It might be wise to wait for the roof to be done, but again, the mess is quite sickening to look at, especially with birds committing suicide against my windows!
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I love my window guy, Mike. His company's done "our" windows since Timmy was a little boy, so that would be about 1998 or after. I remember hearing Timmy authoritatively tell the window guy that his mama doesn't want anyone to open those windows! A real 'law and order' kid---yeah, right! I wonder if the window man asked Tim who tore the wallpaper off the wall in his bedroom!!! Mike's a good, Christian man, and we have long, wonderful conversations whenever we get on the phone together.
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Lisa is putting together what sounds like a great Memorial Day picnic at her house in Sheboygan. Man, I hate to miss that! I wonder if they'll get to the parade this year. I went a couple years ago and it was fantastic to do so. Cook's Corner, an amazing kitchen store (yes, I liked the kitchen store!!!), was still open and we set up right outside their doors. Lisa offered to save a brat for me...I can smell it already, I think.
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Justin and I will be joining some friends for a birthday party at Dave & Busters on Sunday evening, which means I can't attend the Concert on the Green at Thrasher-Horne. A new venue this year for the Concert, which I hear from an insider might be going away due to lack of people to put it together. That's too bad, I just love the Concert. Last year one of my former neighbors, our pet watcher, won a nice scholarship and was able to perform with the Symphony, complete with an oboe solo. I'm proud to know her, and I told her so! And it's flattering to be included in their family's celebration, great to see my "old" neighbors again, too!
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If anyone heard roaring yesterday on Fleming Island, it was me....at lunch time, I excitedly said to Justin and Jesse, "You'll never guess who came to my house last night!" Neither could guess so I announced, "Kyle!" (They know he's a fireman). Justin came right back, accusingly, with "Were you cooking???!!!??" Oh, how I roared with laughter! Birds flew away, and cars crashed together, I laughed so hard. He kills me, that kid! Yeah, anytime I want to have some company, all I have to do is cook something.......where there's smoke, there's supper!
