April 4, 2006 at 9:31 pm
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I actually volunteered in a classroom today. First graders, listening to them read. Wasn’t well enough to do that when my kids were little, glad I can now. This will be a weekly thing for me until school is out for the year.
Transplanted the other kiwi. Hope I got enough of its root system — it had gone under a large root. Only one other plant that needs actual digging is the other rugosa. Then I can start planting the trees that are in pots and the tubers in the closet…
Was a fine day here in Western Washington. We could be out in the sun. I actually ate my lunch at the picnic table T brought home Saturday from his friends’ house! That was such a treat.
Everyone is healthy at the moment, looking forward to next week’s unscheduled activities… and anticipating getting lots of yardwork done as the days continue to lengthen and warm.
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April 2, 2006 at 8:50 pm
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Well, it’s been raining off and on (mostly off) the last two days.
T’s birthday, on April Fool’s Eve, it hailed a few times! We had dinner with my folks at a great Barbeque place on Highway 8: The Ranch House.
T helped a friend pack to move closer to a new job with Microsoft on Saturday. The boys and I helped Mother move furniture and other items into the back rooms of the house to get ready for the “reconstructors” who will begin work on the 10th.
Last night, the boys had a friend stay overnight. It was the timechange day, so we slept in and then read the paper in bed! Felt good.
This next week is half days at the children’s school, then a week off for them (and a week ON for me!). Looks like another busy month ahead!
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March 23, 2006 at 11:54 am
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Now the blog looks good in my favorite browser [Firefox]! There was some sort of file missing that IE and Netscape weren’t smart enough to notice, but Firefox did.
I have updated the website for my business a little bit (probably won’t be noticeable to most). Need to figure out how to to the 404 message so it looks nicer.
The frogs are singing at night again! It is so pleasant to hear their chirruping, and peeping. And at dawn the birds…
I like the way the fruit trees peek over the hill now that the rugosas are gone, I might replace them with something a lot smaller. I wonder what a hillside of tulips, lilies and daffodils; yarrow, english daisies and poppies; with spots of lupine, peonies and mosses… It wouldn’t need mowing, it would have color much of the year, and at harvest time I could still reach the trees. I’ll need to figure out how the paths will work… Hm. Ideas, ideas, and no money, energy or time. Oh well — one of these years!
G is home still, and will be tomorrow as well. He just needs some time to get over this virus, but he is definitely doing better. I feel fine today.
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