With the Women’s World Cup in Soccer going on these days I can’t help but drop a name. We have met the USA Women’s coach, Jill Ellis, who is a friend of our niece Whitney on one of our trips to LA.
Whitney is an attorney and works for a sports management group in LA and just happens to be in Paris, where the World Cup is being played. The U.S. team is doing well with a record of 4-0 as of June 24. Whitney represents players on the U.S. team.
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I thought I did so good on the front door of the house I had the moxie to paint the trim around the shop doors that only had primer on them for the past five years.
When I finished that job I noticed that the door now needs a coat of white. too.
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The next project was to replace the slats on the back porch that were starting to come apart.
When George and Alex were here, I had them pull down some cedar 2×2’s I had saved for some purpose, and the porch was the perfect spot to use them up.
It took three days to do it, but it is finished now—when I pull out all of the bent over nails that happened because I have no sense it seems.
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Nailing those 2×2’s was easy until my nail guns quit working and I had to use a hammer. It’s hard to hit nails on the head when one can’t see what you are trying to hit.
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The reason my nail guns quit is that I forgot to turn on my compressor. There was plenty of air pressure as it was fully charged when I started but then gradually lost pressure until the nail guns wouldn’t work at all. It was a much easier task when the compressor was turned on again.
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What does one do when he can’t find his cell phone. We tried calling it and
didn’t hear it ring. I know I had it the night before because I used it in my recliner.
We literally turned the recliner upside down and still no phone.
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If you see me walking to town one of these days it’s because Nancy wouldn’t take me. Since I am not driving anymore, I feel like I am ten years old again and have to beg my mom to take me somewhere.
This may be a slight exaggeration, but mostly true. I hope she doesn’t see this. Nancy that is. Oops, she just did.
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Well we found my phone. It was in my workshop and I don’t remember leaving it there. One thing that I have that works well all the time is my forgetter.
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So this guy’s reading a horror story in braille. He says, “Something bad is going to happen. I can just feel it.”
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