Thursday morning the boys decide to do the Circus Crcus Adventuredome for the “day”. I drive them down there (point of reference…we are staying at Excalibur) at about 10:00 and Sue agrees to meet me there for gambling in about an hour. I am gambling til about 11ish when Sue calls and say [...]

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Those who love me can answer that question without reading further.
Is it……
Putting $5 into a penny machine and taking $40 out?
Free Diet Cokes anytime I want one?
112 degrees without the humidity that been so present in LA lately?
Sitting out and in the pool?
Relaxing?
Watching Susan and Andy win at the Blackjack tables?
Seeing Adam have so much [...]

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Midnight…Adam knocks on my bedroom door and says there is a fight out front. I immediately get up and he says mom you need to call 911 it’s huge. I dial the phone and he says there’s about 20 guys out in front of the boy scout house and they are brawling. [...]

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This is the time of year when we all get our annual eye exams. Adam has better than perfect vision although he has a slight astigmatism in his left eye. Marisa gets new frames and lenses this year. Both of them have no problem with any part of the eye doctor visit. [...]

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About 4-5 years ago, I developed a severe allergy to pollen. The stronger the smell of the flowers the more stuffed my nose became. Marisa has always had allergies and was taking Claritin regularly. So I realized that if a special occasion was coming at work I would take a Claritin that [...]

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The pile of stuff (think George Carlin) at my new office is slowly receding. The previous was in today and made quite a bit of progress. However she thinks it may take until next week (!) to get it all done. Not that any of it is actually leaving the office it [...]

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Last night we had a history trivia contest at Toastmasters about the Revolution in honor of Independence Day–I knew all the answers except which signer of the Declaration of independence had two descendants become president–I had an inkling that Samuel Adams was a trick, but I couldn’t remember two Harrison presidents. What surprised me is [...]

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I have had no luck with the books on CD recently. After the Robert Parker that I finished a few weeks ago, each one I have picked up has been a dud. I had been hearing about Don DeLillo and I picked something up by him and it was terrible. Maybe it just didn’t work [...]

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Well not the kids, Mine! Yesterday was my first official day at Mann. Hilma spent the majority of the day cleaning her desk with Lysol wipes. Everyone who has the slightest inkling of me, knows I am not by any means a clean freak. Some may even call me a dirt [...]

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