Hey all, Happy Memorial Day WE. Be careful if you are on the road. Just when I was going to give up my window business I had a bunch load of account "dumped" on myself and now I could go corporate and am thinking it over carefully. I always wanted to have a small corporation of my own with say 3 different businesses. Maybe this will be the chance. Wish me luck. I would plan to retire at some point and have residuals coming in?

Can you believe we saw the sun today? First time in over a week. Did have a shower about 6:00 but that was the first one of the day. It was so nice to feel that sunshine. I have decided that it is going to be a very long summer for mowing! We have quite a bit of lawn and no riding lawn mower...and of course, Neil can't mow....so I was out mowing for about 2 hours before my son got home from work..then he helped do some. Of course, that's when we got the rain...so I'll have to finish tomorrow. It is sort of fun to make different patterns in the grass. The baseball fields on tv have neat patterns...the best part of it being on...haha. I am glad that the weekend is here. Long week with the rain, Neil not feeling well, and it being the first anniversary of my brothers death...very emotional. I look forward to planting my flowers and weeding!

Okay, I take it back. The sleeping till noon part is definitely still relevant. My kids have a grandmother here (Avi's mother), so I guess she takes care of a lot of those food needs! They know the good food is at her house. I have no desire to compete. I like her food, too.

I don't think that part of family ever ends. Colin doesn't live here but he comes here every day and watches some TV, eats whatever he can find and wonders why there's nothing that he wants in the fridge. When Kevin comes home he sleep til noon and then just hangs out in front of the TV. It's strange.

But I wouldn't change it for the world.....

Okay, Patti, I'll keep it in mind! I definitely like the way it sounds!

Karen, you really know how to capture an atmosphere. I can see it so clearly and totally identify with what you're talking about--the kids sleeping all day, watching TV, complaining there's nothing to eat..... exactly the way you said it. We're not in that stage now cuz I just have one living at home now--but we definitely went through it.

sorry Karen but I really think we have to run with this mowing thing. Go for it Lori. Put something together for us. I'm sure that movwing on the diagonal can be a metaphor for something wonderful.

After all, mowing is in the eye of the ....well maybe not

Sorry, its not nearly that exciting. Read back to my entry of 4/5/05 and you will catch the gist of it. It does have something to do with independence and beating to a different drum I guess ... or whatever the expression is. I am remembering what summer is all about now with kids out of school and back home. The house is trashed, they sleep all day and come and go the rest of the time. There is "never anything good to eat" in the house. TV is never discretionary viewing. Get the picture? My dog just got her summer cut today for GA heat. Not sure what the plans are for Memorial weekend, how about all of you?

See, Richard? We all need you. Now where are you? Patti invited you for coffee. We're waiting.....

Mowing on the diagonal--a metaphor for something deep? If someone will explain it to me, maybe I can use it in a poem!

No more skunks but a small woodchuck. I'm still after the big I spotted running across the lawn a couple of weeks ago!!

Great news about Neil's surgery Kathi. Make sure he baby''s himself though. I imagine you are a fabulous caretaker..

The sun is out and Dave is mowing. Yippee for dry grass. It smells wonderful and feels yummy on the bottoms of my feet.

Tomorrow is the one month anniversary of my surgery so now I can officially go out and dig in dirt and work in my gardens . halaluah!!

Mowing on the diagonal. Must be a metaphor for something very deep. Personally I like to mow every which way so I can make designs in my yard. It's fun.

Imagine ladies, someone like richard right in your neighborhood to bolster your ego evy now and again. Since this is our common neighborhood, Richard would like to come over for a cup of coffee??

I wish the sun was shinning and it was hot here. The temps are at least 10 degrees cooler then normal. It rained most of yesterday and forecast for the rest of the week. Makes it a very long day in Kindergarten when Children stay inside all day! I did work out in my flower beds yesterday between the rain drops and mowed the front yard . Enjoy your Monday....

Kathi, I'm glad Neil's surgery went well. He must be really strong to have put up with all that pain. And Happy Birthday!!! And there was nothing selfish in anything you said. You definitely deserve whatever you want on your birthday!

Thank you, Richard. It's good to know there's someone out there who believes in us all. I can't say it better than Karen did. She spoke for all the women. Now that I'm aware of this criticism filter, I see how often I become defensive, and it's not so nice to be around someone who's being defensive about everything. So I think I'll switch my filter to the one you described! By the way, what's this about mowing diagonally? Must be a gap in my education. I didn't know there was an art to mowing lawns. Or getting rid of skunks, for that matter.

It's hot. I'm going to swim laps. Bye.....