Week of Nov 26 - Dec 2

Dear Diary--





11/26: Call from Chris R. asking about Gordy.

John had a problem --tired, hungry, poor, no hot shower lately, etc.



11/27: John was okay today & did some recycling including getting the heavy engine out of the driveway area.



11/28: Regular day for the most part.



11/29: Mike went to court. Charges/punishments dropped.


I called Lucille. Car is still a problem.

11/30: Evel Knievel died. Age 69.

12/01: Maybe "abandoned car form" will work for KB's car. Jim T's suggestion.

Washed some of our very dirty windows.

12/02: Windy day. Talked to Mel. Then Mike. Mike wanted to leave (store) his truck here.

Gary stopped by about 6 to get Rico's phone # again & said he'd check on Mike.





--by Baby Artichoke

Week of Nov 19-25

Dear Diary--



11/19: Sue has no brain tumors (according to PET scan).



Bobbie says her brain scan also showed "nothing there". Her last chemo is Dec 6. Her full PET scan is early Jan.

Tommy visits Dec 1 - early Jan.



11/20: DDS appt with Zernicke. Thank goodness, it was good news, no work necessary right away. A filling replacement sometime in forseeable future.



Ordered Mel's Bose radio.

11/21: Wow--next morning delivery !



Cancelled my Blue Cross Dental insurance because no dentists in this area accept it. It's the $10/mo plan.



11/22: Happy Thanksgiving. Spiral-sliced ham for us.



Gordon D. called to talk about his mother's death. She died about 8:30 pm Oct 11.



11/23: Gordy passed about 4:30 pm. Full moon was rising at the time.



11/24: Yvette took Spanky back to the lady who placed him with Gordy.



11/25: Part 2 of Gordy's siblings stopped by. I missed Part 1 (mostly brothers). 8 siblings left. One named Gary looks like a thinner Gordy.



--by Baby Artichoke

Week of Nov 12-18

Bad week for Spanky, the chunky pug. Gordy's been in the hospital all week & Spanky doesn't know why he's gone.
Becky cleaned up Gordy's place. Apparently it really needed cleaning. She's also taking care of Spanky even though her cats don't like the idea.
Mel called Saturday evening to say Gordy's back. A Yellow Cab brought him home.

Gary let me know he has a set of keys to KB's car. But does he have money to buy the car?

Mike gave me some of K's jewelry & a coat. The coat got a bad reaction from both Matt & I, so I bought a new coat instead of keeping hers to wear.
Mike temporarily gave up on his truck. On the 29th he has a court date. On the 1st his disability payment comes in. Sometime later his back payments come in. But KB's gone and he may be sitting around in jail. Bittersweet for sure.

11/13: The post office in Marina let me close KB's mailbox service. (Her parents do not want more of her mail. It was their choice, not mine.)

My CD issuer failed me (from my perspective). Since there was no activity in the past 3 yrs, they sent my CD to unclaimed property. What a pain to have to prove it's mine in order to get it. I bought it as a part of my so-called "retirement" plan & was letting it roll over. Well, that didn't work. It ran off !

11/12: Poor CV hurt her hands while working on their big project. I'm praying for them to heal quickly.
Also praying for so many other people this year-- grief, cancer & other diseases.

11/17: Call from CV. Her hands are much better & not hurting today.
Haircut time again. I wish I knew if my hair falling out was normal or not. Probably just stress. At least it's just one strand at a time, not in handfuls. Charlene at Supercuts did a good job.

Matt planted two more $6.99 Cypress trees from Orchard Supply. They're small but healthy.
He also worked on the roof & woodstove "chimney".
Then went back to his juicer. Almost burned it out. When it started to smoke, he shut it off & let it cool down. Then cleaned it & continued: Celery, Seedless Oranges, & Gala Apples.

Til next time...

Nov 5-11, 2007

Some week. I'm still spinning from that last Mercury Retro.

Discovered what DSL is really like by going to the Marina Library. Then called the credit card company & got the $39 late (by one day) fee removed.

Called AT&T (again) to say I want DSL even though I'm out in the artichoke fields.

KB's puppy Scout apparently got adopted. I checked on her today & she was not there. Yesterday I got the feeling I should no longer be concerned about her. Now I know why.

Gary said Gordy is in the hospital. He went in last night. Heart problems complicated by poor eating & living habits.

Mike borrowed KB's car keys & hasn't returned them. I just remembered. He gave me some of Karrin's silver & turquoise jewelry and a watch.

Then Yvette called because her little bantam rooster was missing. Within an hour he was found on John's front porch.

I write all of this just to keep track of when things happen. Sometimes it comes in handy later.

Fall Back

Got up at 6 am-- no, 5 am. Clocks are an hour ahead but my computer has been on new time for a week. It's an old-fashioned Compaq computer from year 2000 ...