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November 28, 2004

Post Holiday Thoughts

First of all, now that I’ve read up a bit more on the wholesale changes Universal has made to their 2005 release schedule, in addition to comments from friends, I now withdraw my reservations about Serenity’s move from April to September.

Those who know me well know one of the things I despise most in life is raking the leaves every fall. This year, my annual bribery of Robbie failed so Deb and I have been stuck with the task. Yesterday, Deb, Robbie and I were out there for about four and a half hours finishing the task. It was an unusually mild day, perfect for finishing the yard work. Some 20 bags later, the front was done. Robbie used the leaf blower to herd the backyard collection into a huge pile and we then tarped it down until spring when we’ll properly dispose of them. Of course, this morning I woke up the sounds of 35 mph winds and headed out to stake the tarps into place otherwise all our work would have been wasted. At least we can consider the fall clean up complete and life can continue.

Kate’s been here and the visit has been a good one. She visited with friends, ate plenty of home cooking, got some sleep, bought the winter coat she needed, etc. Her pal Rachel also seemed to enjoy being somewhere other than the dorm. We made sure her interests at meal time were given due consideration and all was well. Rachel took an earlier train home and Kate left at 4. Having her around felt good and we fell in to old and familiar patterns. And yet…Deb and I have been surprised by how much we’ve gotten used to a touch of the empty nest syndrome. This is not to suggest we don’t want to have Katie around because trust me; I’ll be missing her all over again soon enough. Just interesting to note how used to routine we become.

And since the remaining trio is caught up on our usual prime time fare, tonight we eagerly look forward to digging into Lost and expect to catch up on the first 3-4 episodes.

Posted by Bob Greenberger at November 28, 2004 02:50 PM

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Have you not yet watched Lost? Nomi and I have the first six hours on tape, and we might watch some tonight but we've been catching up on Broadway: The American Musical.

Posted by: Michael A. Burstein [TypeKey Profile Page] at November 28, 2004 03:10 PM

It finally occurred to me this year that I could fire up my lawn mower (with the bag attached)and take care of my leaves that much faster. The only glitch I had was the first time I went out and found it was too cold for the mower to start. So I found a patch of direct sunlight and let the mower sit there for an hour while I raked the old-fashioned way. Then it fired right up and I finished the whole yard in an hour and a half. Then I waited a couple of weeks for the rest of the leaves to fall and went out again yesterday.
This time, the mower started on the first pull and I covered the whole yard in about an hour-fifteen.
Last year: seven or eight hours work, fifteen or sixteen bags of leaves (from my quarter-acre lot!) and lots of muscle stiffness for the next few days.
This year: four hours total work, eight bags of leaves (would have been six if not for that first hour of rake-and-bag--whole leaves take up more room than mulched ones) and no stiffness at all! And I'm done for the year.

Paul

Posted by: Paul1963 at November 29, 2004 03:42 PM