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A day in the life
We came back from a short work-related trip to Sacramento today and in the mail was (drum roll, please) my LAST PAYCHECK from USC! Yes, kids, it’s official, USC and me, we’re finished. I’m feeling a little bit sentimental, but not too much. It’s amazing me how busy I am in a day now. My
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Someday there will be water and fish in there, and life will be all sunshiny and happy and there will be peace in the world!
The last phase of our infamous backyard landscaping project is underway. The pond is about 3/4 of the way finished. By this weekend, we will be able to test the pump and fill the pond with water. If all goes well, there will be goldfish in by early next week. Woohoo! We are also in
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Things on which I am wasting my precious time today
Now that I am self-employed I seem to have less time than in the old days to just mindlessly surf the Internet. I used to spend entire days at USC Googling things and reading blogs. Now that time is money, I am actually working. *sigh* Still, one does what one can. Current bits of interest:
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It’s the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine
Well here it is, the first day of the rest of my working life. My resignation from USC is official today. I am completely, utterly done with them. It’s been a long, strange trip, my leaving. When I graduated from college back in June of 1981 I had one goal: travel the world (or as
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It’s always a party when people come to visit the O’Sheas!
My sister is here visiting us for a week from Pennsylvania (can you say “snowbird”?). She arrived yesterday and so we took it easy on her – no huge parties or outrageous activities planned. We had clam chowder and a baguette for dinner, and some wine. Apparently a little too much wine as she forgot
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So close we can taste it
Last week we did a monumental thing. We planted grass! Yes, the side yard now has grass!! It looked so good that we were filled with enthusiasm and moved on to the other side where we planted a cactus garden (but not before Mia dug halfway to China – something she never does. Must have
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