tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-178226022011-09-15T05:53:15.343-07:00... a space for recording daily events, notes, ruminations and reflectionsThe Cozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09864201416584073857noreply@blogger.comBlogger4121100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17822602.post-758556865733644172009-04-05T20:53:00.000-07:002009-04-05T21:01:18.496-07:00

guilty on all 9 counts. The charges? Two counts of theft and 7 counts of false statement on a Medicaid claim.As I mentioned in my previous entry I was an alternate juror which means I heard/saw the whole case presented but did not participate in the deliberations.The story of this case begins in 1999. There was an 18-year-old girl (P) who up to this point had had a pretty rough childhood. Her

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I reported for jury duty on Wednesday, March 4 expecting to serve for 2 days and be excused. But I was selected to sit on a jury right away! The estimate for length of trial was that we could be there through the 24th of March. Thankfully, they overestimated.The hardest thing was rescheduling all my responsibilities for the three-week period. But aside from that, it was really a good experience.

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Our newspaper, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer will print its last paper edition tomorrow after 146 years of publication. I can’t express how sad this makes me feel. This paper has been the voice and historical record of a community for longer than any of us has been alive.The P-I will continue online. For a paper with less than 120,000 print subscribers it ranks in the top 30 online newspaper

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Have you ever been called for jury duty? I have several times. I served on a jury when I was 21 and living in Olympia. It was a week-long criminal trial and the charge was indecent liberties. Deliberation went on quite a while but eventually we convicted the defendant. I believe he got a 30 day suspended sentence.I have since been called for jury duty once in Kent (at the Regional Justice

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Don't forget to set your clocks back tonight!Twice each year when the time changes I always recall which direction to move my timepieces based on the old sayings "Spring Forward" or "Fall Back". But it occurs to me that we now "Spring Forward" when it's still winter. That seems a little crazy to me. Good thing Walter sets most of our clocks.I get a little cranky about losing an hour of sleep

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Did you know that more women die of heart disease than men? It's true. Today is National Wear Red Day. It's a day to wear red and raise awareness that heart disease is the number one killer of women in this country.So what can we do about it?? Well, the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute recommends the following:Ten Commandments for a Healthy Heart Know your risk

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I saw a Beatles concert yesterday! Sort of. A few days ago a coworker sent me a link to this story about the 40th anniversary of The Beatles last live public performance. That last concert was an impromptu rooftop performance in London to get footage for their film "Let It Be."A Seattle Beatles cover band, Creme Tangerine, planned a re-creation of the rooftop concert for the anniversary here

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Each year my friends Jim and Kristina bring their little girl Elena to my office on Halloween. Jim works just upstairs and when they go to visit dad's office it's usually convenient for them to stop by at my office for a visit too. This year Elena came with her little brother Zachary. They were in costume, of course. Zachary was dressed as a bat and Elena came as a poodle. Very cute!And speaking

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I have previously mentioned my volunteer work for the Debt Clinic which is one of about 25 clinics in the King County Bar Association's Neighborhood Legal Clinic (NLC) program. Today I continue to volunteer at the Seattle Debt Clinic as a Clinic Assistant.About 2 years ago I also took on the role of Scheduling Coordinator for the clinic. It’s a pretty detailed job which is my thing. Scheduling

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A friend on 43Things shared this wonderful video as an after-Thanksgiving pick-me-up. It's just something fun to make you laugh. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

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Walter and I celebrated Thanksgiving with my Mom and my sister Jozi in Olympia today. It would be a bit difficult to transport a full Thanksgiving dinner from Seattle to Olympia and of course my mother doesn't cook any more, so we all went out to eat at J J North's Grand Buffet.We weren't the only ones who had that idea. The buffet was full of people with some waiting, although the lines were

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Yesterday was Walter's birthday and he chose to go out to The Old Spaghetti Factory for his birthday dinner. It was a fun evening. The food was delicious (gotta love that spaghetti with the mizithra cheese!) and they sang Happy Birthday to Walter after lighting a candle in his ice cream dish.I had to wonder if people only came to the Spaghetti Factory when they were celebrating birthdays – Walter

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Walter and I traveled to Greensboro, North Carolina last month to visit his mother and her husband Lee. Walter's brother Rusty and his wife Cathy drove up from Florida too, and we had a great time visiting. It was just so good to see everyone.I will write a little more about the trip and share some family photos soon. In the meantime, I wanted to share one special evening of our visit.Lee has

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In addition to our wedding anniversary the end of August also brings the anniversary of the first time Walter and I met in person. Why do we celebrate meeting "in person"? Because we met online while Walter was living in Kentucky and I was here in Seattle. We developed our relationship first online then over the phone lines. Finally we decided that what we had was more than friendship and we

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Last Friday the 29th Walter and I celebrated our 21st wedding anniversary. I had to work that day but I took off a little early so we could head down to our favorite restaurant, Bahama Breeze, for a celebratory dinner. Bahama Breeze serves Caribbean food and we always love whatever we order there. Of course we have some favorites (too many!)Walter loves the Cuban Black Bean Soup and I love to

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Walter and I would like to send a big congratulations out to Walter's brother Rusty and his wife Cathy. Yesterday they celebrated 30 years of marriage. Way to go!! Here is a photo of the happy couple taken on our recent trip to North Carolina.Anniversary ToastHere's a toast to the two of youAs you celebrate together;You're the poster kids for happiness,In sunny or stormy weather.Your love

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Sisters are a good thing. And I count myself fortunate to have several! I know I've mentioned my sisters Diega and Jozi here several times. And I've spoken of Pitas (we call her Petra). But did you know I have a fourth sister? Her name is Susan.Pitas and Susan grew up in the Philippines. They have the same father, but a different mother than Diega, Jozi and me.Until recently I had never met

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Walter had his quarterly eye exam on the 20th of August. His vision has not been what we hoped for lately. It's not scary bad like we saw last year, but it's not at the benchmark I always hope for - where he can see the big E on the eye chart. It seems Walter's vision has been slowly declining since the last good report in February.If they show you the eye chart and you cannot quite make out

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Walter and I had a great time visiting his family in Greensboro, North Carolina. Unfortunately there has been a bit of a delay in getting pictures and video off my camera due to technical difficulties. Yes folks, I filled up my computer’s hard drive. I am having to make some room (backups and moving files around, good things like that) so I can offload my camera and then share with you. I’ll

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Here is a photo of my niece Pam and her fiancé Jonathan. The happy couple will be getting married on Saturday, August 30th in Kirkland. I can't wait! Pam is going to make a beautiful bride. They will be honeymooning in Kauai.Congratulations, Pam and Jonathan. We wish you every happiness.

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Walter and I attend The Bite of Seattle each year. We enjoy being outdoors with a lot of other people enjoying the good food, sunshine and music. You might recall that last year there was good food and music but not so much sunshine. This year things were back to normal. The weather was sunny and beautiful and the food festival attracted 500,000 visitors!We usually go on Friday afternoons to

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Most summers my employer organizes an event for the employees to get together and have a good time. We've had some really fun outings and this year's was no exception. Last Wednesday evening we were all invited to the Olympic Sculpture Park where we enjoyed appetizers in the pavilion and on the terrace overlooking the park. Folks brought their spouses and/or little ones to enjoy a beautiful

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Sometimes life seems to happen at the speed of light. It moves so quickly, in fact, that I don't get a chance to share things here that I intend to before I'm being pulled on to the next thing. Hopefully you will forgive me for being a little tardy with some posts. Case in point? We threw a really fun baby shower for Lilli Anne (Todd and Wendy's baby girl) at the office back in May. Lilli

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I haven't been trading postcards in a while but a few weeks ago I decided to start up again. This time I hope to trade at a little slower pace so it's easier to keep up. This lovely card came from Vianna over at sendsomething.net. Holiday is a small retirement community on the West coast of Florida. Thanks for the card Vianna!

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The 6th of July was our small friend Elliott's birthday. It's hard to believe, but Elliott is two years old! His folks Doxey and Cynthia threw him a great birthday party.There was homemade pizza, some of it made by Elliott and his little friends - Yum!! Instead of a big birthday cake, there were these wonderful little mini-cupcakes for Elliott and all of his friends. As you will see in the

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What's everybody doing for the Fourth? We are going to head out to Ikea for some looking around and then just relax at home. We will probably watch the fireworks on TV.I was talking to my Mom earlier and she reminisced a bit about her family's traditions when she was young. Mom comes from a family of 10 kids. They always got a nice big watermelon on the Fourth of July. And her dad always

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It seems only yesterday I was writing this post to welcome my great-nephew Niko to the world. Can you believe it has been a whole year?! Niko's parents threw him a big Filipino-style birthday bash at their home in Kent. Walter and I were there of course.There were LOTS of people at this party. Boyboy and Roxanne (Niko's parents) have a nice sized home and it was full. Many people were in

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Earlier this month Walter and I had the pleasure of attending a graduation party for my good friend Charyl's niece, Erika. Erika and her family celebrated with a good old fashioned picnic meal and lots of warm sunshine - something that had been previously missing from such events in the Northwest!Erika's mom Brenda is a great cook and she put together lots of yummy eats. There was a really

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Friends Jim and Kristina recently welcomed a new addition to their family - baby Zachary! Zachary entered the world on June 11 at 3:09 a.m. He weighed 7 pounds 6 ounces at birth and was 19-1/2 inches long.You may remember that Kristina writes a blog for Zachary's big sister Elena. Now Zachary has his own blog too! You can find it over here and both blogs are also listed under Bloggin' Friends

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This past week was a fun yet busy one. Wednesday was my birthday. I started the day out at my eye doctor appointment which went well. Then we spent a few hours doing a walking tour of Fremont. I will post more about that as soon as I can get the pictures organized a bit.For dinner we went to the restaurant Carmelita in Phinney Ridge just a couple miles from where we live. Carmelita is an

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The weather in Seattle has gone through quite the gamut this month. On Saturday, April 12 the high temperature was 79 degrees fahrenheit! That was a record breaker for the date here. We all felt it was summer and many people ran to the store for warm weather annuals and spent the weekend planting in their yards.Then came Friday, April 18th. A few days before the weather forecasters had said

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My friends Todd and Wendy are the proud new parents of a daughter, Elizabeth Anne. Lilli Anne (as her parents will call her) was born yesterday at 5:48 p.m. She weighed in at 8 pounds 15 ounces and is 21-1/2 inches long. She came with a full head of black hair. It's hard to tell in the photos because she's swaddled so snugly, but she's a real beauty!Lilli Anne, who is Todd and Wendy's first

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We've had some gardeners over to work on my mother's yard a few times in the last month. The first couple times they pruned some fruit trees for her. On Monday they came and dug out all the weeds in her flower beds.I didn't think to take "before" photos but trust me, it was looking pretty bad. Three workers spent all day out there. They got everything cleaned out pretty well and created a nice

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My hairdresser Susan runs her business from her home in Kirkland. I went up there about a week ago for a haircut. Susan is the owner of three dogs. She has two big dogs - a big black lab and I've forgotten the breed of the other one named Chili. The newest addition to the family is a tiny little guy - a Mini Dachshund puppy named Pierre.Pierre is so cute! He looks so funny running around the

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You might remember that my brother-in-law Bill has quite the talent for creating works of art from pieces of wood. Earlier this year Bill branched out into carving rocks. He does not have the fancy rock cutting tools that are intended for use on rocks so he only carves the softer types of rock and his carving progress is slow and painstaking.I had been hearing about Bill's rock carvings for a

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Spring is the time of year that little blue violets pop up in my Mom's yard under the large evergreen trees. She loves them and they are a sure sign of Spring to her.We recently had some gardeners over to do a little work in her yard and we had them leave that side of the yard alone because she didn't want the violets disturbed.Mom believes that the more these violets grow in her lawn the fewer

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Speaking of the weather, ours has been a little odd this last week. Several times we have had snow in the lowlands. Both my mom (in Lacey) and Jozi (in Centralia) had the white stuff cover their ground and stick. It melted fairly quickly though as it really is getting too warm for this.I personally saw it snow 2 or 3 times in the last week. On Friday it was snowing hard as I left my doctor's

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I managed to come down with "the crud" this week. On Monday I felt some twinges like I was getting a sore throat. By Tuesday afternoon my throat was hurting pretty badly. On Wednesday it had progressed to a full on cold with sneezing and coughing.Thursday I not only had to stay home from work but I even missed my volunteer responsibilities with Debt Clinic. You know I'm sick when I miss Debt

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We had a really great Easter and I hope you all did too. This was despite a drenching of rain that threatened to soak us to the bone!We arrived in Olympia about 9:30 and picked up Mom to take her to church. Her church is in a temporary facility while they build a new church and this was the first time we had been to this location. Mom hasn't been to church in quite a while because of her

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I am pleased to report that my mother's health has taken a turn for the better these last couple of months. She had two falls in January but her injuries (cut leg and sore bones) have healed well and she is feeling a bit stronger each day.Even her eating has improved. Here are a couple of examples.Mom receives Meals on Wheels at her home three days a week. We started that back in late November

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My nephew José recently returned to the Lacey/Olympia area. He and his girlfriend Melissa visit Mom every Sunday. Last week they came over on Monday while Walter and I were there too. José was picking up some tools Mom had been saving for him. These are tools that used to belong to my dad. We had a good visit and of course I took some pictures.Here is a photo of José with Dad's footlocker

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Mom has been feeling pretty well lately. Well enough that I decided she had the stamina for a trip to Cabela's. When Mom was younger she used to love hunting and fishing. I knew she would love Cabela's and all the animals on display there.She wasted no time walking right up to the "mountain" full of animals and checking them out.Here she is viewing a new exhibit with prairie dogs.Wow, there

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Hi folks. It's been quiet here once again due to my busy schedule. What's been going on? Mom is doing well but work has kept me too occupied to post. Last Monday we took Mom to Cabela's - that was a hoot. I will upload pictures as soon as I get a chance.

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This entry is a bit late - I certainly meant to post it earlier. How was your Valentines Day?Walter and I always enjoy celebrating Valentine’s Day. This time we donned our red sweaters and walked down to The Cheesecake Factory in downtown Seattle for an early dinner. We were surprised to get a table in only 10 minutes.Once seated we first decided on what to order (pasta carbonara for Walter,

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Walter had jury duty on the 13th and 14th of this month. The courthouse is downtown as is my office so we decided to take the bus together on the first morning. When we got to the park and ride it was no longer dark, but it wasn’t yet bright daylight either. It was that part of the morning just after sun-up when everything looks gray – including gray light posts!We were walking from the car to

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Did you know there was a total lunar eclipse last night? It was the last one until 2010. We were not certain if clouds in the Seattle area would prevent our getting a view, but I think most people who tried were able to see it fine.A total lunar eclipse occurs when the full moon lines up with the sun and Earth such that the moon is in the Earth's shadow. I understand the moon does not go

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Most of my friends know that my chosen form of exercise is walking. Sometimes I walk on lunch or a break from work downtown, sometimes I walk in my home neighborhood. Or sometimes I walk to get somewhere.When days are very busy it can be as difficult to find time to fit in my walk as it is to write on this blog! If I get home late and tired and haven't had my walk for the day, it's hard to

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Whew, this week has been a busy one! Unfortunately that leaves little time for blogging so I apologize for the lack of new posts here.This morning we had a great break from all the hectic though. We met friends Christina and Tobin and their son Charles at Panera Bread for some breakfast and a nice visit. Walter and I had been to Panera for dinner before but this was the first time for

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I am happy to report Walter got a good result from his eye doctor appointments on Friday. His last visit in December was pretty discouraging because his sight had lost quite a bit of ground. It seems that medication prednisolone makes quite a bit of difference. Twice now Walter's sight has diminished when his doctors have reduced the dose too quickly.Walter's corneal specialist had been trying

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Last Monday when I went to Olympia we woke up to some snow. Fortunately it was not enough to stop me from heading south. I understand those who live just north of us in Snohomish County got quite a bit and had lots of icy/snowy roads. But between my house and Olympia the freeway was clear and wet. I got snowed on a bit in Pierce County but not enough to affect driving.Side roads are always

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Mom had another accident on Monday. She fell in the bathroom at her foot doctor's office. When she came out she had a large gash in her leg. The cut was about 6 or 7 inches long and the skin had spread over an inch. It was pretty scary looking. She didn't even know she had injured herself. Fortunately we were at the foot doctor's office and they helped get it bandaged up so we could safely

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Last Thursday night I had a bit of a mishap on my way home. It was about 8:45 at night and I had just gotten off the bus at the local park and ride. The Northgate Park and Ride has a walking path down the center that is lined with trees and has tree roots pushing up the sidewalk in quite a few places.I was in a hurry to get to my car and get home and carrying my heavy purse and tote bag. Sure

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At 2:22 this morning we were awakened to the blaring caterwaul of our apartment's fire alarm. The system is well designed to emit such an obnoxious high decibel noise that it would be impossible to ignore it and remain snug in one's bed. We dressed as quickly as we could considering our just-awakened-in-the-middle-of-the-night brain fog.Out into the cold we went to stand in front of the

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At Christmastime I love getting family photos from my friends who send them. I meant to share some of those photos here including one of Jim and Kristina and their little girl Elena. But sometimes I get behind on things I intend to post and that's what happened this year.I haven't had a chance to scan in the photos yet, but hope to still do that. In the meantime I wanted to share a bit of news

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Okay who thinks this post is about Walter's eyes - show of hands? I'm afraid not this time.A couple months ago I wrote about my fear of putting eye drops in my eyes. I was trying to get over that because I was having a problem with pain and dryness in my eye and knew that at some point I must go to the eye doctor - something I always dread.I've been doing pretty well the last 6 weeks putting in

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My Mom had been doing pretty well until last Wednesday. Her energy was increasing and she was feeling a bit more energetic with each passing week. The only remaining issue I was worried about was her underweight problem. She doesn't eat enough and is having a hard time gaining weight back after losing so much to pain medication that made her nauseous. At her last appointment she weighed in at

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A week or so ago Mom had her regular appointment with the foot doctor. When she arrives in the treatment room she removes her socks and shoes then gets into the recliner where they will work on her feet.After she got in the chair I noticed how she had hung her purse on her cane and her shoes and socks were waiting nearby. Everything looked so tidy. It occurred to me that would make a good

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Walter and I had a fun time visiting with our friends Wayne, Michelle and Nikka on New Year's Day. Walter was feeling slightly better than the night before so he was able to come along for the fun. (Yay!)I have long appreciated the southern tradition of eating a dish called Hoppin' John (blackeyed peas and rice) on New Year's Day for good luck. I made the dish on New Years quite a few times,

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I'm afraid I've been slow to get things posted here on the blog. I have several posts "in my head" but I know you can't read them there. Life is busy so I'll just have to put things up as I can find time. Sorry to make you wait.We had a very nice New Year's Eve. At least I did. Walter was pretty sick with a cold and had to stay home. My sister Pitas invited us to come to their New Year's

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This will be my last post of 2007 as I will be away from the computer tomorrow. I hope you all have a wonderful New Year. Please have a fun but safe celebration.Do you set New Year resolutions? I don't know about the idea of resolutions. They sound so "all or nothing" and it's no wonder most of them fall by the wayside within a few days or weeks. But I am in favor of setting goals. The

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Since our family is not able to get together on Christmas Day we gathered on Sunday the 23rd instead. It's not often that I and my two sisters get together all at the same time as everyone lives in different parts of the state. Of course our meeting place was at Mom's house in Lacey. It was great to see everyone.My nephew DJ took this photo of Walter, me, Diega, Jozi and Mom. If you would

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Walter had an eye doctor appointment this afternoon. He last saw his doctors 4 weeks ago. Since then he has experience a further decline of his eyesight. For a couple weeks he was seeing floaters but those have mostly cleared up. The biggest issue right now is what seems to be a fog over whatever he sees.How does this affect Walter? At this point he has almost no night vision left. And in

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Walter and I spent Christmas Day in Lacey with my Mom followed by a visit to my friend Sue who lives in West Olympia. Turns out that was a great place to enjoy the Christmas SNOW that fell on Western Washington. It's rare for it to snow here on Christmas Day. I read the last time it happened was in 1996.The snow started coming down as we were driving down to Olympia. It was predicted to be "

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This is that wonderful time of year when so many of us head home - either in body or spirit. For me home is wherever my loved ones are. Walter and I will be spending Christmas Day with my Mom in Olympia.About a year ago I came upon this wonderful video entitled "Home" by Happy Slip. I've been waiting a year to share it with you. There are some delightful scenes in it that made me smile and I

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A couple years ago I wrote about my brother-in-law Bill who is very talented with pieces of wood and carving implements not to mention sandpaper and paint. Bill has continued to hone his skills and he has developed into quite the artist.I heard from my mother that Bill was working on an alligator. He had shown it to her when the carving was done but before he painted it. When I was in Olympia

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Yesterday afternoon I had the pleasure of paying a visit to my little friend Elliott and his mom and dad Cynthia and Doxey. We had wonderful hot cocoa (Ghirardelli's!) and some yummy banana bread that Cynthia made.Elliott showed me this special ornament he made in daycare/school. If you look closely at the picture you can see the ornament is a small frame with a picture of Elliott inside. The

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Last Tuesday night on our way home from Lacey we stopped at the new Cabela's store. It's the first Cabela's outfitters' store in Washington state, and what a store it is! The chain got its start catering to hunters and fishermen but has expanded to include gear for lots of outdoors activities. They also have lots of great outdoor appropriate clothing if you're looking for something special to

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It can be fun to talk to people in elevators. It is my opinion that we as a society are too isolated from one another. Especially in the big cities (like Seattle) people don't talk to strangers at all. We are lacking a certain connectedness people used to have with one another. Of course it's not that way everywhere. People in smaller towns and some other states can be quite friendly on the

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As I described in my previous post we were fortunate to come away unscathed by the devastating series of storms that hit southwest Washington on Monday. Tens of thousands of people, especially in Kitsap, Lewis, Grays Harbor and Mason counties were not so lucky. With the storms came widespread flooding, power outages and 6 deaths.The Centralia area in Lewis County was one of the hardest areas.

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Our trip to Olympia on Monday was a bit of an adventure as that was the day the local storm was in full force. Driving down we experienced lots of rain and wind. The experience involved a bit of white knuckle driving as we made our way down I-5 through low spots full of standing water, rooster tails that surprised us by covering the windshield beyond visibility, and winds that pushed the car to

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We are having a few days of crazy weather here in Western Washington. Yesterday it snowed. Not a lot, but it was accompanied by stronger than normal winds so the snow seemed to come down fast and furious. I couldn't grab the camera fast enough to catch it at its peak. But below is a 15 second scene of the snow falling outside the office window.Today it has been raining a lot and tomorrow another

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Mom had her lower right eyelid surgery on Tuesday. It went really well (the procedure took only about 15 minutes). This is a picture of her in the recovery bed and she got to go home shortly after this photo was taken. The nurses thought she looked pretty cute with her white eye patch. They told her the white eye patch means she's a GOOD pirate!Once the patch was removed the area looks great

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On Friday Walter and I took a drive up to Port Townsend to see my sister Diega. Her latest surgery had not solved her problems as quickly as hoped so she's still in the hospital. Diega seemed very happy to see us and we had a nice visit. You can see her here chatting on the phone with our sister Jozi.Diega has been in the hospital two weeks now and she was getting pretty frustrated. But I'm

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I just had to share this beautiful picture that to me embodies the word "serenity." Kimber took this photo on a recent weekend trip to Moclips, Washington on the coast. It's hard to believe that she took this photo with her camera phone.This photo brings back lots of fond memories from my childhood when I spent a week each summer at the ocean. I love it when the sand is rippled and dimply like

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Walter and I are the proud owners of a new (to us) 2001 Honda Civic sedan. We bought it from my friend and coworker Angie who recently moved to Atlanta. Lucky for us Angie decided not to take her car with her when she moved cross-country. We were not actively looking for another car but the timing was good. Our Saturn (a 1996) is getting older and I can see more expensive repair bills in its

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My sister Diega has been having a hard time of it lately. She had an emergency appendectomy almost two weeks ago. She was in the hospital for a couple days then they sent her home. Her recovery did not proceed as it should have. She was sick, having trouble with her bowels, and her abdomen looked like she was about 8 months into a pregnancy.Last Tuesday she went back to the doctor for a

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I've been slow to post any updates lately. Seems like life is always hectic. Monday was our regular day to go to Olympia and help Mom. She had a doctor appointment that day. What was unusual is that there was also quite a windstorm which struck with particular ferocity in Thurston County where she lives. When we got there we were greeted by limbs strewn about her yard and driveway.Here are

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I have a phobia about anyone getting near my eyes to put in eye drops or touching them or puffing air for a pressure exam. That includes putting eye drops in myself.About a week ago I developed some eye pain and discomfort that I think is related to dryness. I know I need to go to the eye doctor to get checked, but I've been putting it off. A few days ago I started putting in artificial tears

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My mother has recovered from her illness but she continues to lose weight. She was last weighed at 85 pounds (38.5 kilos). Compared to most people she eats like a bird. This is a woman who earlier this year weighed 125 pounds. She was on the pain killers which caused nausea for so long she forgot how to eat like a normal person and her taste buds are all messed up.We are trying lots of things

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Wow, a lot has happened since I last posted. Most of it is family medical stuff so I will try to catch you up in this one post.Walter's Eye SurgeryWalter is doing well after his surgery. Everything went fine and we're just waiting to see how the eyesight will settle. Right now it's in some ways a little better than before the surgery (but not as good as a few weeks ago) and in other ways it's

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Well it's official. Walter's glaucoma surgery (a valve implant) will take place tomorrow afternoon at Swedish here in Seattle and my mom's surgery will be on Thursday afternoon at St. Peter's Hospital in Olympia. Walter goes in Thursday morning to have his eye patch removed and probably get some external stitches out. After I take him home from that appointment its back to Olympia for Mom's

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My mom continues to have a tough time with pain.Last week there were just a couple days she was feeling better and her pain let up so she was able to be up and active for a portion of the day. In fact she was feeling well enough that she had my sister Jozi take her out to get her hair cut.I just had to take a picture of her in her new hair cut and with a big smile on her place. She's pretty

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An MRI earlier last Tuesday showed that Mom has a number of reasons to have all this back pain, not the least of which is a compression fracture in her lower back.When a compression fracture occurs the spine collapses a bit and the space between the discs becomes smaller, pinching nerves and causing pain. After consulting with some specialists Mom's doctor got her referred to someone who will do

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In the last week or so I've received two postcards from people who saw my name and address at PostcardX.This first card depicts a beautiful aerial photo of St. Louis, Missouri and was sent to me from a woman in Virginia:And this card is a photo of a painting in the National Gallery of Art called "Little Girl in a Blue Armchair" circa 1878. This card was received from someone in upstate New

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It has been almost 2 years since Walter had a corneal transplant and lens replacement surgery in his right eye. His sight has been up and down since then.One issue a corneal transplant does not address is high eye pressure problems also known as glaucoma. It was high eye pressure that took the vision of Walter's left eye some years ago and he is on multiple eyedrop medications for glaucoma in

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My mom is pretty much bedridden with her pain now. Since Friday she has had to stay in bed for most of each day. She gets up to use the bathroom, eat some small meals and take her medications. She is always eager to get back to her bed because the pain is not under control.The epidural that was suggested last week went by the wayside when they decided they needed to get an MRI first. Today

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Every once in a while someone sends me something that's just too fun not to share. Check out this link where you will find an amazing video of a dancing cockatoo. This bird (Snowball is his name) dances to the Backstreet Boys beat and sings too! I thought it was hysterical and I couldn't resist dancing right along with Snowball. How about you?

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Today was a very strange day at work. Our connectivity to the world was down pretty much all day. That means no phone service to the outside world, no email to the outside world and no internet connection. Yikes!As it turns out there was a construction mishap near our building which caused a Qwest fiberoptic cable to be cut. In the late afternoon we finally had phones back but it wasn't until

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My Mom is still having a very difficult time of it. The pain medications are just not helping enough and now she is taking medications to combat the effects of the pain medication. She has had several tests including x-rays which did not show a fracture. But she has severe degenerative disc disease and that contributes to this big muscle spasm she's experiencing.At the last appointment they

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When was the last time you cleaned out your spice rack? Do you have any spices which you purchased for a single recipe and have never used since? Anything been languishing for years having long since lost its aroma and flavor?Today I ran across this great blog post about how to tell how old your spices are. I thought it was kind of interesting. If you use McCormick's spices in some cases you

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I wanted to take a moment to say Happy Birthday to my sweetie Walter. He had a birthday on Monday. When I asked him what he wanted for his birthday he said "not to be [his age] years old." Well, I'm sorry, Dear, but I can't make that happen for you. If I could, I surely would. I would even give up the senior citizen discounts we'll be getting soon. ;)We spent the majority of Walter's

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It's been quiet here because things have been hectic in life. Mom saw doctors on Monday and Tuesday and she's still feeling pretty bad. Her back is killing her and her pain medication makes her too nauseous to eat much of anything although she is hungry. At my request doctors ordered new medications today. They took x-rays of her back and she doesn't have a fracture. Physical therapy will

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I found a great new site called Animoto where you can create your own 30 second (or longer) videos from your photos and music that you upload or choose on their site. The resulting videos look slicker than a slide show and it's super easy to put together.The only thing a little limiting for me personally is that they have a very narrow selection of music to choose from. And the genres available

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Mom hasn't been feeling too well the last few days. She has had some back pain which became pretty significant by the end of last week. On Friday morning she wasn't able to keep her breakfast down. I took her to a doctor where they told us she should take Vicodin for the pain but there wasn't much else they could do for it because she has degenerative disc disease and spurs that come out from

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We in the Northgate area have endured a lot of construction at the mall and the surrounding area recently. I think the construction will continue for quite some time to come, but one payoff has already come to fruition.Four new restaurants have opened at the mall in the last month with one more to come. Walter and I visited one the other night - Panera Bread. They of course specialize in

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Whew, what a crazy week. It occurs to me that as of tomorrow I will have accompanied Mom and Walter on medical appointments every day for a week except for Sunday. The schedule went something like this:Friday - Walter appointment with eye surgeon (cornea specialist)Saturday - Mom had to go to the eye doctor for her eye infectionMonday - Mom's follow-up appointment with the eye doctorTuesday -

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Well it's official. Mom has a raging eye infection. When we saw the doctor on Saturday morning he drained the area as best he could and put her on antibiotic pills and drops. If it's not better by tomorrow she will have to see an ophthalmologist, but she tells me by phone that it is indeed getting better. Whew. She goes back for a follow-up appointment first thing tomorrow morning.Walter's

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Do you ever have periods when you are so focused on one thing that you manage to ignore other details of life that you would normally pay attention to? When my mom was in the hospital and then the rehab section of a nursing home my primary focus was on her and taking care of things for her.For several years I have had a collection of animals sitting on the dash of my car. They have been there

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I was going to post a funny little story for you today but my camera went on the fritz and I couldn't get the picture I wanted to go with it. I got some new batteries for the camera and hopefully that will do the trick, so maybe I can post it sometime this weekend.Things are hopping around here. Mom's visiting nurse called me to let me know Mom has an eye infection ... again. I saw it starting

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