avalantern | blogs | klcomp http://avalantern.com/blogs/ bloggin' avalopes... en http://avalantern.com/klcomp/blogs/2010/09/23/Exciting-news Exciting news klcomp Thu, 23 Sep 2010 19:46:11 -0700 I have bumbled along for my 50 something years, delighting in the wonderful and bemoaning the difficult.

The latest news about Daisy and Peter is definitely one of the delights. Daisy is to become our new daughter! I love the whole story...Peter's excitement, his plan to make the proposal perfect in location and execution. And apparently it all went according to plan.

We are so happy, Paul and I, for the newly engaged couple.

Congratulations!

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]]> http://avalantern.com/klcomp/blogs/2010/06/18/vocabulary vocabulary klcomp Fri, 18 Jun 2010 12:54:18 -0700 license plate

As I was driving the other day I saw a license plate with "uxorious". Bugged me no end that I couldn't come up with the exact definition altho I had it narrowed down to 2. Was SO pleased when I looked it up that one of my options was correct! Anyone want to take a stab at it?

BTW, please check out spelling of "tag" directives...spelling error. Very painful

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]]> http://avalantern.com/klcomp/blogs/2010/03/09/feeling-a-little-punk feeling a little punk klcomp Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:51:30 -0800 Just want to tell the Lonely Peon that I'd go on his site more often if I could...hard to get to everything.

Feeling punkish today; I think every early March this is inevitable when Winter just refuses to let up on its stronghold. Cold. Remnants of grey snow, icy patches on the sidewalk challenge safe walking excursions.

Looking forward to trip to the UK and seeing Second Son.

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]]> http://avalantern.com/klcomp/blogs/2010/02/04/art-show art show klcomp Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:56:31 -0800 Nervous but excited

Getting excited about my art opening tomorrow night, the 5th. Am showing with 2 other women and our stuff is very diverse...One abstract, another does these beautiful and painstakingly stroked color pencil drawings.

My oils are pretty eclectic...Different styles, different subjects. I'm excited but a wreck. I'm afraid my work isn't the type that one wants in his living room. Ah well. Bottom line: it's party, and everyone loves a party, right?!

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]]> http://avalantern.com/klcomp/blogs/2009/12/19/holiday-sighs holiday sighs klcomp Sat, 19 Dec 2009 18:41:33 -0800 In the family room with 3 of the 5, Chad and Paul. Blabby11 downstairs. Hot game of Scrabble going on. All that's missing is the Magster...Soon!!!!

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]]> http://avalantern.com/klcomp/blogs/2009/10/05/weird-pile-in-garage weird pile in garage klcomp Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:13:24 -0700 A 10" high pile of rubble, comprised of small rocks and dirt, has mysteriously accumulated alongside the interior garage east wall. Clearly critter created. But from where? On the exterior side of the wall a sidewalk abuts closely to the stucco. So even if chipmunks are burrowing, they'd have to go under the sidewalk. And, what? Carry debris with them? We had a new garage floor poured maybe 20 years ago. Rubble from underneath?

Such a mystery.

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]]> http://avalantern.com/klcomp/blogs/2009/09/16/Painting Painting klcomp Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:32:26 -0700 Painting makes me happy. So does going to Second City with WJerome

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]]> http://avalantern.com/klcomp/blogs/2009/09/13/early-morning early morning klcomp Sun, 13 Sep 2009 03:24:41 -0700 darn* dog

5:19 AM...Zoe whining. Let her out. Damn dog.

Tired

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]]> http://avalantern.com/klcomp/blogs/2009/08/25/end-of-summer end of summer klcomp Tue, 25 Aug 2009 07:10:39 -0700 Back from the Hollow... fun, but a tease. Only two nights which wasn't enough. And no Nellie! Loved seeing Saule-ville on the way home and catching up with the cousins.

Abby starts school tomorrow which is the tip-off for the fall season. What happened here? Where did the summer go?

My teacher friends are no longer available for walks.

Nell's ensconced in her adventure, ready to review fun macro and micro econ facts with her new friends and anticipate other challenging stuff.

Maggie's thoughts are no longer on 914 and friend visits but on her new apartment search and new students.

Peter's refining hair cut dodges with his mother and will go back unruly headed and sooner than we want.

Will's bored and wants to be entertaining his friends more than us.

How could this all happen so fast??

We have loved every minute of it! Good luck to all of you guys. Luke, keep us posted.

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]]> http://avalantern.com/klcomp/blogs/2009/08/09/hot-town-summer-in-the-city hot town! summer in the city klcomp Sun, 09 Aug 2009 15:57:50 -0700 Summer finally has come to Chicago! Deliciously hot, muggy, and rainy. Sat on the front screened porch and read the newspaper and my current book, a novel by the Swedish author, Henning Mankell, while waiting for the storm to blow in. Great summer smells. Heaven.

Happy to welcome Avalantern!

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