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I haven't totally been lazying around during summer vacation... my job list for today included:
  • painting a section of the living room wall. At this rate, I'm assuming I'll have it completed by the end of next week.
  • trimmed and pruned all the bushes in the front yard. Light now shines through the front windows again.
  • Hung the new house number sign and removed the tacky reflective stickers from the side of the house. Seriously, it was so tacky I'm amazed that I lived with them for so long... but finding the right house number sign was a difficult choice.
  • ordered birthday cake for party next week.
  • went to grocery store
  • took a nap to get rid of headache. Although they have lessened in length of time, the headaches are still hanging around.
While painting the wall, one of the neighborhood 40 year old adolescents kids let off a bunch of firecrackers. It scared the crap out of the dog and she came running to me - stepping into the paint pan and rubbing up against the wall. She got an emergency bath and I got to wipe off everything I just painted in an effort to remove the dog hair. I hate to sound curmudgeonly, but I seriously hate fireworks more every year.

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