I had the day off today, asked for it months ago in November, back before everything changed. Tomorrow would have been Mom’s 91st birthday, and the original idea was vaguely “go to Salt Lake for the long weekend and spend it with Mom,” since I missed part of her 90th birthday celebrations last year due to not asking for the Friday off of Labor Day weekend back in the November before that. Vacation days are hard to get around holiday weekend. Well, we’re not in Salt Lake. But we’re gallivanting around. We’re in St Joseph, MI, on the shores of…
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Remember way back when I sprained my foot? That was almost 2 years ago, and my foot still bothers me. I never did get around to going to physical therapy, and I haven’t been wearing very good shoes. In fact, the last 8 months or so, I’ve been wearing flip-flops and Birks, because my sport shoes were actually a size too small, as my feet have gotten larger. I had some arch supports in the sports shoes, but they never really felt that good. So, like others in the family, I ended up seeing a specialist about my feet. Here,…
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Via: Flickr Title: Pedcast By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 30 Aug ’06, 9.49am CDT PST
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Arrest pits resident vs. police – Hoffman Estates Review [08-24-06] A former mayoral candidate in Hoffman Estates says he was brutally harassed and unjustly arrested by police last week.Christopher L. Bollyn, 49, of Hoffman Estates filed a written complaint against the chief of police and village manager complaining of a false arrest. But Village Attorney Dick Williams said the papers are merely a summary of his account of the arrest, and have no legal effect. Hoffman Estates police received a 911 call from Bollyn just after 8 p.m. last Tuesday, complaining of a suspicious vehicle in his neighborhood. The vehicle,…
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Okay. Work: busy. Holy Moly: busy. Home: somewhat busy. Folks in Utah: incredibly busy. There’s so much going on in various arenas lately that there’s not a lot of time for blogging. This bothers me, because I keep having experiences that are worth blogging, or seeing oddities that deserve to be noted. I used to do a lot of blogging at work, but things keep changing there, and the call volume is high. So it doesn’t really do to spend a lot of time farting around on the web… so I’ve been using del.icio.us a lot lately to keep track…
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Pete Ashdown’s Campaign Journal � Sign War It appears that the “sign war†has begun. Last night, all of our signs in the Salt Lake Foothill area magically disappeared, including a 10 foot banner that was zip-tied to a brick wall. All of the signs, including the banner, were on private property. Equally magical is the fact that Republican signs have suddenly appeared in the same area. I wonder what my sisters have to say about this? One of them lives in the Foothill area. And what about this item? Interestingly, Republican Party County Chairman James Evans who had presided…
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Senator Obama says to get African HIV test?|?Health?|?Reuters.co.uk CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – Barack Obama, the only black U.S. senator, criticized South African leaders on Monday for their slow response to AIDS and said he planned to be tested for HIV while visiting Kenya later on his African trip. I love Obama. But it still shocks me that he’s still the only black senator. That is so, so wrong. I hope that he’s not alone come the first Wednesday in November. Is anyone else black running, from either party? South African AIDS activists say Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang has created confusion…
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Via: Flickr Title: 08-18-06_0844.jpg By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 18 Aug ’06, 8.45am CDT PST
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UPDATE: The window installers worked like dogs yesterday and got all but one set of windows downstairs and the patio doors installed, and then stayed until 730pm clearing out debris and vacuuming more thoroughly than…uh… more thoroughly than the housekeeping staff generally do around here. 🙄 They’re here again, right on the dot of 8am, just as promised. We have a lot of touch-up repairs to the window edges – plastering or spackling will need to be re-done where it fell off the metal strips on the inside of the windows, and it will need to be painted. And, guess…
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Via: Flickr Title: Big hole in our house By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 17 Aug ’06, 10.34am CDT PST There is a big hole in our house!