Thursday, August 31, 2006

Levi - Day 2

Levi spent the night and Jay came to visit and pick her
up. Barb and he took Levi shopping in Turlock to get her
some school clothes. They came home and she modeled
the clothes and did some homework (Kindergarden and
Homework !?! wow) and then they went home. It was
fun but all in all it was a little hectic.

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Wednesday, August 30, 2006

Levi's Night


We are baby-sitting Levi tonight. It is her first overnight stay
here. Jay needed someone to watch her for the night and we
stepped up. She seems to be a little more well-mannered as
she gets older. More well-mannered or less bratty? A little
from column A and a little from column B! Anyway she's nicer.

P.S. Memories of Darrel on his birthday


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Tuesday, August 29, 2006

Vegas

'What happens in Las Vegas stays in Las Vegas', doesn't
matter to me because I got mine back from there. Barbara is home
and everything is right in my universe. Time to get back to normal.
she's home.... YIPPEE!


oh yeah... we found a puppy... or she found us! we shall see what happens now...


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Monday, August 28, 2006

My Soft Side


The EMMY awards were on TV tonight. At the same time
there was a LIVE 2 hour PRIDE fighting special. I choose
to watch the EMMY's. Geez, what kind of a girly-man am
I? Sweaty guys beating the hell out of each other or guess
what designer made their dress. Eh, I am who I am and I
enjoy all things Entertainment. A manly-man and soft too!


Of all the shows and all the actors I was rooting for, only
Tony Shaloub won. 24, the Office, Keifer, all the lames we
don't like, won. Oh well, no biggie!

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Sunday, August 27, 2006

S.A.S.


Slow Ass Saturday!
Saturday's are notoriously slow. With Barbara being away,
they are even slower than normal. At least this evening they
had a NASCAR race on TV and short track racing from Bristol
is always exciting! Matt Kenseth won it and Jeff Gordon came
in 5th. It's coming down to points now for the Race For The Cup.

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Saturday, August 26, 2006

Zzzzz....


It was a SLOW day today. Nothing good on TV... No good
movies. Barbara's gone so I have no one to torment! Bah!

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Friday, August 25, 2006

More Chat

I just hosed around today... watching movies and lived
the bachelors life on day 2 of being HOME ALONE! I
did some more chatting on-line with Joe. It's pretty neat!

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Thursday, August 24, 2006

IM


I installed Windows Live Messenger so I could chat with
my buddy. We tried using the MySpace IM with no luck.
So he sent me his various addresses and I went with
MSN. I don't type all that well so I've steered away from
Instant Messengers but it was finally time to step up. It
was easy to use and a lot of fun. I will use it again soon.

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Wednesday, August 23, 2006

Lee Ving

Barbara is leaving today. Her and Jenny are flying to Las
Vegas to attend a pre-wedding function for a friend. I was
told who and what... but being a guy, I didn't process the
words because they were in some strange female jargon.
Regardless they will have some Mommy and Daughter time
together doing girlie things. Bless their little frilly hearts.
I hope they have a safe trip and a great time. I will be left
HOME ALONE!!

What harm can come of that!?!

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Tuesday, August 22, 2006

Finally

They finally got the rain shortened NHRA Memphis Nationals
Drag Races completed today. I avoided hearing or reading
anything so I could watch the tape delay on ESPN at 10:00. The
track temperature dropped 25 degrees so it made for a much
faster track. Doug Kalitta, John Force and Kurt Johnson won
Top Fuel, Funny Car and Pro Stock respectively. It all was good

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Monday, August 21, 2006

Rain?

WHAT? It's the middle of summer and my Drag Races
were RAINED OUT! It's Friggen August for Christ sake!
They will finish them today and show the results late
tonight but RAINED OUT! Geez!

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Sunday, August 20, 2006

Saturdaze

Our regular days go by SLOW. We do the same things
most every day. No big deal... that's just the way things
are and we kinda like it like that. But if regular days go
by slowly, Saturdays are even SLOWER! Sunday's at
least have Car racing, football, HBO shows, but
Saturdays are just blah!


P.S. It was so slow that we drank alcohol... yikes!


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Saturday, August 19, 2006

Get Down


It was a pretty good weigh day... I'm happy with the results.
I've got to keep it up!

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Friday, August 18, 2006

Must See TV


Tonight they showed 2 GREAT episodes of Grey's Anatomy.
But I personally think that they are ALL great episodes. The
episodes tonight were the 2 parter on CODE BLACK. Explosive
to say the least! They are trying to get people used to watching
on Thursday night as they are moving from Sunday this fall.
I worry as it is going up against CSI and I would hate to see it
fail. It is my favorite show and CSI is a powerhouse (#1 for the
season last year). I think they will be able to hold there own.

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Thursday, August 17, 2006

Wednesday

We went to Modesto today to hit the stores that we don't
have here in town. Target and FoodMaxx fixed us up. Later
I played some on-line cards with Tom. We ended in a draw.
Then Jimmy called. We haven't heard from him in quite a
while. He filled us in on their cruise to Alaska and that the lady
from the show he works on is pregnant.Traylor Howard who
plays Monks assistant Natalie is starting to show and they have
to hide it and film around her growing belly. I'm happy for her.

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Wednesday, August 16, 2006

Friends

I got to talk to a couple of OLD friends today. I called
Leonard to express our condolences on his brother Bob's
passing away. Then I called Mike Power to chat. We haven't
talked since Bert passed away. I feel like I'm getting old with
these people my age dying and all. Heck, I just feel old period.

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Tuesday, August 15, 2006

Diet Time Again


We lived it up this weekend and will pay the price at the
scale today. It was worth it but now it's back to the basics.

Protein powder in Crystal light for breakfast
Tuna salad for lunch
Chicken and green beans for dinner
Sugarless Jello with Cool Whip for dessert

it works for me so let's get it on for the rest of the month.

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Monday, August 14, 2006

Taco Salad!

I ate too much today! It was all good...
but I over-did it. ...and I'd do it all again!

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Sunday, August 13, 2006

Food Baby!


We did the yardwork and played lots of games, but today
was all about the food! Barbara fed me well today. We had
split pea soup for lunch. It's always a favorite! Then for dinner
we had Cheeseburger patties, cooked veggies and garlic bread.
it was the bomb! When I eat like this it's always a good day!
BOO-YEAH!!

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Saturday, August 12, 2006

It's Red Baby!

It was indeed a RED LETTER day! I made my weight
and Stephanie called. Both of these things made me very
happy. I've worked hard (hard for me) to lose the weight
and days like this show me it's worth it. I'm the lowest
I've been in YEARS! And I'm going to keep it up since
I'm obviously on the right track. Then Stephanie called
and I haven't talked to her for quite a while. It was a very
pleasant surprise. We talked for awhile and it was good!
It was a RED LETTER day!

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Friday, August 11, 2006

Ara Alright!


Thankfully Barbara (or ARA as we call her) is feeling a little
better. We hope this trend continues. Tomorrow is Friday,
our bi-weekly weigh day. I'm looking forward to it because
I'm pretty sure it will be good numbers. I kinda hate to say
it out loud because I know from past experience that when
I set my sights for a particular number and it don't happen,
I get bummed. I won't be bummed tomorrow (wink... wink...).


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Thursday, August 10, 2006

Same ol'... Same ol'..... again

Still not much going on.... I lost a couple of pounds when
we weighed on Tuesday and I've been cruising MySpace.

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Tuesday, August 08, 2006

Nothing here


Not much happened today. We kicked it on
line on MySpace, played cards and watched
TV. Today we do our twice weekly weigh-in.

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Monday, August 07, 2006

Hacked again!


Tonight I had a little MySpace trauma. When I went to
Joey's Place, a friend had messaged me to say that my
bulletin was helpful. What? I hadn't posted any bulletin!
Sure enough there were 2 (TWO!) bulletins with my name
and face, hawking some Game site and some MySpace build
site. They weren't harmful and my profile was intact, but it
freaked me out bigtime! I quickly deleted the bulletins and
issued a real one denying the previous 2. Then I changed my
passwords to really difficult letters & numbers... SO difficult
I screwed one up and it took me a half hour to get back in!
Duhhh.... well once I got back in I changed them both again
to something I can remember. I guess this is some generator
or something that exploits passwords to SPAM the bulletins
in your name. They're relatively harmless and don't mess with
your page. Regardless it still freaks me out. I think that if there
is a next time, I'm going to see WHO or WHERE they're trying
to direct us to going and report it to Tom. That's all I can think of.

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Sunday, August 06, 2006

A Little Off The Top


We bought some new hedge trimmers today. I hate the idea
that Barbara has to do all the work but I know that I really
can't. I only hope the new clippers make life a little easier.

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Saturday, August 05, 2006

Cards


It seems like I played a lot of cards today. Maybe because I
played them back to back. I played Tom 6 games of Cribbage
at Yahoo on-line. Then I played Barb a game of Canasta in
real life. They all were fun. I split with Tommy; we both won
3 games. And I never remember who wins between Barb and
I as we play everyday and are pretty evenly matched, most of
the time splitting our wins and losses. I enjoy it!

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Friday, August 04, 2006

Good Stuff

Today was a good day. We had a special lunch that I will
long remember. Being in constant diet mode, these special
meals are few and mean a lot. I was able to call AT&T and
troubleshoot my cell phone with favorable results. Now I
don't have to spend money I don't have to buy a new phone.
Then we scanned a bunch of photographs and digitized them.
Barb had a bunch of pictures of her pet Mockingbird, "Mock"
that she wanted scanned. I had some pictures of and old
friend and a couple of cars that I wanted to do. They all came
out pretty good. We certainly have gotten our money's worth
out of our cheap-ass scanner. I love it!

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Wednesday, August 02, 2006

She's Always Mom

Grandma got the call today. Jacob was feeling sick and
Jenny needed her mommy. And, as usual, she's there
to step up whenever help is needed. She's a jewel!!!



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Tuesday, August 01, 2006

One Last Time

Today was our anniversary and we just kicked back. It's
been a cool 3 day party that only Barb & I can appreciate.
We live an easy-going, low maintenance life and love it.
I LOVE HER!

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Chet Atkins - Imagine