BOY, AM I GLAD !
By Norm Seeley | August 18, 2010
First of all, thanks to about a half a dozen who responded with emails about God Save Arizona. The thoughts and comments are all appreciated. Those of you who didn’t respond, and that’s not a problem, might be interested in knowing that I didn’t receive one negative comment.
Last night our house was hit by what the weathermen on the local TV call “Micro-bursts”.
All of a sudden the roof was pelted with heavy rain, the view out our windows was a heavy white gray and you could hardly see to the street or the back fence. The “Micro-burst” lasted maybe 5 or 6 minutes, then there was a steady rain fall.
The noise was loud. The pelting rain was heavy. The Wind was a howl and loud. And we could hear what sounded like flapping on our roof.
Being waterproof, I went out front to see if our roof was still there.
It was. But I found in our front yard what looked like asphalt from the roof. Not one piece, not two, but at least a dozen and they were across the street and two doors down.
And the street was filled with water speeding West to East toward the end of our block.
I went out back, ant there I found , the roof on our patio, ripped up. It wasn’t all gone, but enough that water was coming through the boards onto the patio itself. Chairs and other things near the outside wall of the house, normally dry, were soaking wet.
You get the picture, patio roof gone. I’m happy that I don’t have my antennas up, cause most likely knowing my “Luck” at least one of them would have thought it was an arrow and been found sticking out of Somebody’s roof a block away, or maybe through their front window.
Maybe I should build a basement and put the antennas down there.
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God Save Arizona
By Norm Seeley | August 13, 2010
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Friend’s Passing.
By Norm Seeley | August 13, 2010
Last night a little after 8 PM I had been down in my office and came back up front to find that Karen was outside. I went out to find she was watching a Fire Truck and Ambulance a the neighbor’s house across the street.
A few minutes later 3 Scottsdale Police cars pulled up. Then the Fire Truck and ambulance pulled away. Karen staid outside while I went in and out as I was doing something on my computer.
I was outside again when a 4th police looking vehicle drove up and a person got out and talked with a police office in the neighbor’s driving. We could not hear what they were saying.
I’d say 30 minutes pass, and two officers come out and come towards our driveway, at the end of which on of their vehicles has been parked.
Karen asks what is going on. We’re told that our neighbor Joe has passed away. They tell us it appears to be natural.
Joe was there before I moved in. He had retired by that time, and when I had the Wheelchair Van Rental Company he would follow me to bring me back to the house after delivering a van.
He was dependable and easy to work with, and was the type of person that you were happy to have as a neighbor.
Both Karen and I will miss him.
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Should I acted my age?
By Norm Seeley | August 12, 2010
I have decided that I’m going to look at kids Halloween costumes this year.
Since turning over 60…a few years ago, it to me is very important that I always acted my age when out in public. It doesn’t matter so much here in the house, but out in the public I need to be very careful.
If I look at what is available for adults, that is just going to show me what I was as apposed to what I have become.
A Big KID !
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Words mean a lot.
By Norm Seeley | August 11, 2010
I have had a couple of rough days. Without boring you to tears, I have just been in a lot of pain. Where? You name it, and I have hurt there. Living with it was enough so let’s move on.
This morning, my wife said that she was going to write a couple of thank you cards today.
“OH?” I responded ” To Whom?”
To your two ex-wives, for letting you go.
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Stop Sign…Here I Come.
By Norm Seeley | August 10, 2010
Even though I don’t have a pair of running shorts, I’m heading off to the stop sign at the end of our block here in Scottsdale.
I really need to get back into the habit of running…(for me it’s a fast paced walk) down to the stop sign and back at least once a day. The last couple weeks I have noticed that I have been having a lot of pain in my legs. More in my left leg, but there are times that I am one great big pain from the hips on down.
And when it happens, I seem to quickly lose all energy and stop doing even the simplest of things.
I have even stopped typing in the middle of a …………………………………….
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Music for Sunday.
By Norm Seeley | August 8, 2010
Brooke Frasier
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Friday’s Music
By Norm Seeley | August 6, 2010
Friday’s Music
for
August 6, 2010
This is from August 14, 2009 .
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It’s MY OFFICE !
By Norm Seeley | August 3, 2010
It’s MY OFFICE and I’m the one who has to use it.
Normally that’s my attitude, when it is suggested that I clean it up. I know just where I put everything. OH SURE!
What I need to do is get a document management software system.
Once in place, or actually before that, I would force myself to read the manual cover to cover and then read it one more time, and make sure I follow their instructions on how to set it up.
Then, I would really know just where I put everything.
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Today was the day for our New Floor.
By Norm Seeley | August 3, 2010
Above you are looking at what the floor in our kitchen looks like. A new vinyl floor was to be installed this morning, however when the vinyl was laid out on our driveway, we discovered that it was not what we had ordered. So, several calls where made, and it was determined that the maker of the flooring had sent the wrong batch. Now we get to wait until August 17th.
I just hope I won’t mess up the flooring (base concrete) they left in our kitchen.
This is the first time in our house that anything major has had to be fixed, a leak in the pipes caused damage to the kitchen cabinets and the floor, and what was installed and built here in the house close to 50 years ago had to be replaced. Giving us time to think about all sorts of improvements.
I noticed that our locks, that have been here since the house was built are Schlage locks , and they are working like the first day they were installed. I don’t have to think about replacing them, but if I did have to install new or additional locks, I know where I would go.
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