Friday fuds.

I love family and friends.

But.....quiet. Blessed peace and quiet.

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I've mentioned before, I read a devastating expose of Lance Armstrong a decade ago that totally convinced me that he was a cheater. None of it was direct evidence, but one would have to be blind not to see it.

Too bad.

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We've got shiny new faucets, because the faucets we bought from Home Depot five years ago had cut the water flow to a dribble. The plumber convinced Linda we needed to buy good faucets from someone other than a discount house.

Our son Todd cast a little doubt on the story. Said he probably could've fixed them.

Nevertheless we have some fancy high tech looking faucets that blast water.

Linda loves gadgets and tech.

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Panga was waiting at the foot of my bed last night, wide-eyed innocent, like her sleeping with me was the new normal.

She squawked when I picked her up. (Our cat doesn't meow, she squinks....) Poor thing.

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It was only a matter of time after Regal Cinema's expanded the Old Mill Theaters before they closed the Pilot Butte branch.

They've done this three times now. (Four if you count the Tower). The three plex on third, and the four plex at the Mt.View Mall. Always self-induced failure by putting lessor movies in the older theaters.

No matter what they say.

It makes financial sense for them.

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I'm still hearing persistent rumors about another big box leaving that is going to shock the hell out of everyone if it comes to pass. The latest rumor came from an insider.

I'm still thinking it's some kind of hard bargaining position. But maybe not, because the complex the big box is in has had no trouble renting their spaces....

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I gained three pounds with all the dinners out, and beer and wine. Which is shocking how fast it came back. We'd tried to give all the snacks to Todd before he left for Portland, but there are still some laying around.

I'm going to start fresh on Labor Day.

I get a little bag of tootsie rolls from each shipment I get from one of my distributors, and I handed them out to customers yesterday.

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Mike wrote us out a check from the family trust for the expenses we incurred during Dad's last illness, which we'd forgotten about, and they added some because of the time and difficulty which wasn't necessary because any of them would have done the same thing but they insisted.

So we can pay off our property taxes in one fell swoop. Yea!

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Dreamed last night that we lived in a world where, if you played a vampire in a movie, you couldn't show your face during the daytime. That is, you had to keep up the pretense.

So some movie stars were being daring by walking in broad daylight down the avenue....

Have no idea what this dream means.

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Man, it sure got cold at night fast.

We had a mild summer, unlike the rest of the country. I really didn't like the heat we suffered in California, and in the southwest. Really, H. Bruce. You're nuts.

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It looks like The Closet is leaving Minnesota Street. Which makes that stretch of four stores a clean slate this summer, I do believe. Other than Trivia Antiques, the building has had a complete turnover. I think they expect more foot traffic than they actually get (whereas, I'm absolutely delighted with whatever foot traffic I get, because I used to get none at all.)

I'll add it to the Goings list the next time any other store comes or leaves.

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