The biggest event in May was the graduation for Josh.
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June was a busy month. Tom was busy with some free-lance for several people while waiting for the 18th when he would be legally free to start interviewing. I was working around the house and dealing with antiquated plumbing. In five days the main line clogged and flooded the back of the basement with sewage twice! I was up to my toes in you know what! So I shoveled and sprayed and shoveled some more. Finally the plumber came and replaced the traps and the drain guys jet flushed the line. But what a few days that was. I got rid of a lot of "stuff". I bet the trash pickers got a big surprise when they opened the big black bags looking for treasure!
Some friends from down the street, John & Carol, have two Cavalier King Charles spaniels named Gabe and Nina. They had the cutest tags for the dogs and I HAD to order some for my pack. All three now have a MA Barking License!
The website is yappyhappy.com and the licenses are issued from whatever state you live in. these are the best tags I have ever seen!
The money-pit stories go on. My washer and dryer are 15 years old and have been overhauled several times. When you spend as much time as I do with a machine, you learn its little quirks and fits. Last week I told Tom and Josh they had to go easy with the load size as the washer was acting like a diva and I wasn't sure if this mood would pass. So Tom says: Honey, bite the bullet and go get a new set. I says: I'm in the car and down the street. So off to Home Depot I go and order a new set. When I get home, Josh says he's going to do his laundry. I head off to a meeting. Tom and Josh show up at the club and are still there when I go home. I go to bed. Midnight: Tom wakes me up to come fix the washer. Needless to say I say I'll deal with it in the morning. Morning: Washer is DEAD! How did it know a new one was coming in five days?
The meetings at the club are for our annual Regatta to benefit the Make a Wish Foundation. I am on the Silent Auction/Raffle committee again this year. We started early and really have a great start. The raffle has the Sports package: 2 tickets to each of the Boston/New England sporting events (Red Sox, Celtics, Bruins & Patriots), an IPod Touch, a Kayak and numerous other items. The silent auction tables are building with Sports tickets, artwork, hotel stays, restaurant certificates, cruises on some of the boats from the club. More things are still coming in. The event will be July 31st and August 1st. We will be having the silent auction open to the public this year. I hope we can have as good a result as we did last year.
Tom had a great interview in Washington DC with a company who has an office here in Lexington. Now comes the wait for the big guys to decide on if this new position will be a benefit to the company. Tom has worked with this company for many years as part of his job with the magazine. Everyone seems to want this to happen. We will just have to wait and see.
The yard will be done next week. I finally decided what to do and found a contractor who seems to know what he is doing. There will be a brick walkway. curbstone flowerbeds around the house and along the north side of the yard, a 10 x 10 patio in the back and a brick platform for the barbecue. I will not get all the plantings in this season but will be able to get the bulbs in for the spring. I will do mums for the fall. I did add flower boxes to the front porch.
Now the flowers have filled in a lot more. The heat wave has done its damage to many of the plants, especially the huge hanging basket. I am trying very hard to save it. Water in the morning, misting midday and water at night. The verbena has come back somewhat but the petunias seem to be lost. The tomato plant has a single tomato on it and I have a single flower on my strawberry plants. It's a good thing I wasn't planning to live off the land this fall!
Well that's about all the news for now, at least for the timebeing. I hope all of you are doing well and are haveing a great summer!
