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Joan and I celebrated with Rose at Gravity last night. Cal paid for the first round of drinks so we had some really cool (and a bit pricey) cocktails...I'm not sure he'll pay me! Rose had a bloody mary with a beer chaser.  It was decorated with an olive and some cheese.  Joan had a blood- orange cocktail and I had a cosmo. Good stuff! Rose and I pigged out on double cheese burgers and Joan had a pizza. We also enjoyed a baklava cheesecake! Pizza...she almost ate it all!! Double cheeseburger and chips! Baklava cheesecake...good but different. Cheers! On the Sunday night before, we celebrated on her deck with shrimp, cheese fondue and birthday cake I hear she had a steak dinner the next evening!   Then one more event with a few friends who also have July bdays... Talk about a very celebrated birthday!!

Renting out an apartment is time consuming.  I'm hoping that the new tenants will stay as long as this last one.   The yard looks good and the basement has been cleaned out but a fter two years, the apartment really needs a painting and a good cleaning.  The windows needs washing and some screens need repairing.  I have the fourth showing tonight.  I'm not sure I have found the right tenant yet.   The new tenant has to live beneath Jxx who makes no excuses for his noise because according to him, everyone else is probably more at fault than he is.  He also claims the walls are paper thin and if he can hear the conversations of the tenants below as if they are in the same room then they can put up with his noise.  Then he says he is losing his hearing and so has the right to have his TV turned way up...and it's unreasonable to use headphones (even blue-tooth ones). He seems to feel he has the right to dictate to who...

Nathania had a baby shower for the new baby R.  Good games, great food, lots of fun.

So a month on the road is behind me.  I've been back an entire week and one day. The yard is ablaze with color --after all it is July and that's when the day lilies bloom. Lots of varieties and lots of buds!

I took the redeye from Anchorage...painful. The yard survived...it just needs some TLC It's nap time

...and I'm off  6:00 AM tomorrow morning A flight to Ft Worth and the beginning of a LONG road trip. Sarah has to get to Anchorage with the car, their stuff (at least what will fit in the car) and the dog. She is 6 months pregnant so Nathania and I are driving with her and the stuff.  Nathania will leave us in Seattle and Sarah and I will head up into BC etc.  It should be a fabulous (albeit very long) road trip. I wonder what the yard will look like when I get back??? Shudder...

Memorial day Memorial day was memorable...but just for me.  I was bone tired at 6:00 PM and was fortunate to be able to take a short nap before R and C came over to sit on the deck and relax.  It was only yesterday and I am having a lot of trouble remembering exactly what I did.  That I can't remember is more upsetting than doing all that work.  I know for certain that I was up by 7:00 I ran to Lowes to get a cheap roller cover and paintbrush and then proceeded to put a second coat of paint on the deck. It is looking pretty good. I went to visit a lady from church-we get together every Monday at 10:30. Even though it was a holiday, I felt I needed to stop by (45 min) because I am leaving on Friday for Ft Worth.  I'll be back July 2. We had a nice visit. Then the heavy work started. I weeded, planted, transplanted, watered and watered (because the promise of rain did not materialize).  I put away all the garden tools and pails, pots and buckets. Genera...