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Three weeks of vacation? Nice.
In just over two weeks from now, I am off work for 24 days. I don’t think I’ve ever taken three weeks in a row off before, not that I can remember anyway. The first week of my vacation, I … Continue reading
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The Man-Cold…
I had trouble sleeping on Tuesday evening, the dreaded man-cold hit me. Not just a regular man-cold, this is the summer man-cold – an even worse variety. It was slow coming on, I had a sore throat and partially lost … Continue reading
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Let’s just relax, on our new couch…
I umpired last night, that’s no surprise – I seem to umpire most nights. That’s OK though, for the most part I enjoy it and the extra income is good too. It was a pretty good game, weather was perfect … Continue reading
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A new couch, how exciting?
Almost four years ago, I bought a large sectional from the Brick. It was leather and it was on sale. It was something called bonded leather, I asked the sales rep if it would be good with dogs, he assured … Continue reading
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It’s baseball season so I was umpiring…
This past weekend went by too quickly, as most weekends do. I umpired a Cal Ripken league double-header on Saturday. It was cloudy and breezy so perfect for umpiring. Two pretty good games. The league plays 6 innings and a … Continue reading
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Politics, dogs and umpiring…
Yesterday as election day in the province of Ontario. Although I no longer live there, I was hoping that the NDP would not form the government. It seemed like the momentum was going their way, and I know why this … Continue reading
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Dog Sitting
I am dog-sitting for the rest of the week, Lita has joined the pack once again for a few days while her Mom galavants about the planet. The four dogs are already exhausted, playing steady for 2+ hours wears them … Continue reading
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Another Monday Already…
Another new week starts, Monday. Why do weekends go by so quickly, it’s not really fair. I am not necessarily a hater of Mondays, they happen, nothing we can do about them. I had an uneventful double-header yesterday at Optimist … Continue reading
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Rain, rain go away…
Has rainy season started already? I hope not but yesterday was one of those all day light drizzle type rain days. Needless to say, the game I was supposed to umpire was rained out, all of the parks were closed. … Continue reading
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Zeus…
I have been on Facebook since sometime in 2007 now, so quite a long time now. One of the features it has is called “On this day” where it shows you posts from this day in history. Most of the … Continue reading
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