Monthly Archives: September 2012

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Gardens Tour

Sunday, September 25
8:43 am Good morning!  72 clouds and quiet.  Happy football!

9:08 am Phil: Thank you.  Patriot loss, my team wins = happy football
10:42 am Go Unitas!
10:52 am Almost ready for the Arlington Gardens tour with Mom.  ðŸ™‚
[photo of me naked from the waist up with a fancy necklace]
12:03 pm Phil: wow! Wasn’t expecting that!  Yum.

4:47 Saw so many homes and gardens!  Here are 3 of the 37 photos I took at 10 homes… spectacular!  

Passion fruit flower

Lush back yard garden hidden on a random residential street

Gorgeous dahlia

9:29pm
You okay?  Weird day on the NFL front…

10:25pm Phil
Bummed but that’s football.

10:25pm
I hear that.

10:50pm
Sweet dreams, kid. 


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September song

September 
by Maurice White, Al McKay and Allee Willis
sung by Earth, Wind and Fire

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bF9X7qnWro

Do you remember the 21st night of September?
Love was changing the mind of pretenders
While chasing the clouds away
Our hearts were ringing
In the key that our souls were singing
As we danced in the night
Remember, how the stars stole the night away, yeah yeah yeah
Hey hey hey
Ba de ya, say do you remember
Ba de ya, dancing in September
Ba de ya, never was a cloudy day
Ba duda, ba duda, ba duda, badu
Ba duda, badu, ba duda, badu
Ba duda, badu, ba duda
My thoughts are with you
Holding hands with your heart to see you
Only blue talk and love
Remember, how we knew love was here to stay
Now December found the love that we shared in September
Only blue talk and love
Remember, the true love we share today
Hey hey hey
Ba de ya, say do you remember
Ba de ya, dancing in September
Ba de ya, never was a cloudy day
There was a
Ba de ya, say do you remember
Ba de ya, dancing in September
Ba de ya, golden dreams were shiny days
Now our bell was ringing, aha
Our souls were singing
Do you remember every cloudy day, yau
There was a
Ba de ya, say do you remember
Ba de ya, dancing in September
Ba de ya, never was a cloudy day
There was a
Ba de ya, say do you remember
Ba de ya, dancing in September
Ba de ya, golden dreams were shiny days
Ba de ya de ya de ya
Ba de ya de ya de ya
Ba de ya de ya de ya de ya
Ba de ya de ya de ya
Ba de ya de ya de ya
Ba de ya de ya de ya de ya
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Days Fly By


Sunday, September 18, 2011
1:16 pm I slept in this morning. For the first time in SIX MONTHS I didn’t have to set my alarm for 7 am and wake up to give myself an injection! I am now DONE with all treatments. It is incredible how free I feel today!!

8:35 pm Raspberry sauce over NY Style Cheesecake @ Outback!

Monday, September 19, 2011
9:36 am Good morning!  Gorgeous sunny morning.  Have a great day, Philip!
10:44 pm Wicked workday, wished you were here to rub my feet!  Remembering last Monday night… seeing your smile at the hotel room door and replaying it from there on…mmm.
11:29 pm Sweet dreams, kid.
Tuesday, September 20
8:01 am Phil: We started a Bible study today.  Good way to keep us grounded and headed the right way.  Was a nice way to start the day.  Good Christian men having coffee and learning how to be better men.  Have a great day.
8:58 am Good morning!  Gray 59.  Good on you for new group.  Who leads it?  What was today’s verses?  Have a terrific Tuesday!
1:11 pm Phil: First part of Luke today.  A civilian leads.  Good for us.

Wednesday, September 21
6:33 am Happy Birthday, kid!  Hope you have a fabulous day!
8:37 am Phil: Thank you!
8:50 am Big plans?
10:50 am Phil: Just working.  Got an official thing with the bigwigs tonight.  Not much wiggle room in my schedule.
11:50 am Sounds like your favorite kind of day… Enjoy!  Think of the lobster and New England sunset and me if there are dull moments.

9:00 pm Took mom to Swanton Street diner… the pork chop was so delicious!

11:56 pm Hope you had a special day.  Thought of  you a lot.  Sweet dreams, kid.

Thursday, September 22

7:31am Phil
AL East
How bout them Yankees!
7:51 am Good morning!  64 rainy start.  Trees in the lot turned orange yesterday! Have a productive day!
8:01 am Phil: Our trees are turning too

8:09am
Brat. New FB app wont show me new messages so it took me awhile to find this and in this case, just as well.  Ugh.  Sox 4-18 in Sept… pathetic.  Congrats on your team!

8:21am Phil
Let’s go Yankees!

8:49am
Pffffft.  

Friday, September 23, 2011
8:47 am Good morning!  71 gray. TGIF!
8:48 am Phil: 48 and sunny here.  Busy weekend – big party tonight, away on a day trip tomorrow.  Football on Sunday!

10:11pm

Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose and sometimes it rains.   
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German Coincidence

Saturday, September 17
5:13 pm Found the secret beach.

7:05 pm Locals said it looked like a bomb went off after Hurricane Irene, but it was still gorgeous!  10 mi from Evelyn’s.  Completely secret – no signs at all.
7:35 pm Phil: Cool!  What brought you back down there?  Just sight seeing?
7:49 pm We tried Redlefsen’s!  Wish I could give you a taste of the sauerbraten!  So good I forgot to take a photo!

Traditional Wiener Schnitzel

Clam chowder

NY Strip Sirloin for Hubby

6:56 pm Phil: Looks nice. ðŸ™‚ 
7:51 pm Phil: My German dinner, yum.
[photo of him with a dinner plate with wiener schnitzel, pork loin and wurst]

8:07 pm I can’t believe we’re both having German food! 

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Lunch & Topiary

September 17 Saturday

1:57 pm Took Hubby to Bristol, had an amazing lunch at Quito’s

 Super-thick clam chowder and clam cakes

Classic fish and chips for Hubby

Hot-buttered lobster roll for me

 Christopher Columbus memorial in the park

 3:45 pm We saw huge topiary!  Amazing estate with sculptured grounds.

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Lunch & Topiary

September 17 Saturday

1:57 pm Took Hubby to Bristol, had an amazing lunch at Quito’s

 Super-thick clam chowder and clam cakes

Classic fish and chips for Hubby

Hot-buttered lobster roll for me

 Christopher Columbus memorial in the park

 3:45 pm We saw huge topiary!  Amazing estate with sculptured grounds.

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Back at work

Friday, September 16

8:55 am Good morning!  47 brrr.  At a big meeting.  Sucking up to the bigwigs!  Hope you had an easy flight and the day rolls smoothly.
10:03 am Phil: Happily back at work.  Enjoying the day.  Have a great weekend!

9:07 pm Amazing dinner at Swanton Street Diner, this amazing bistro in Winchester.  Yum.

 Classic French onion soup

Delicious Caesar salad

Stunning seafood risotto

Salmon Napoleon for Hubby

Chocolate cake with whipped cream and a glass of milk

11:36 pm Thinking of so many things you said and did… You are so special!  Stay warm, kid.
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Visit #3 Heading home

Thursday, September 15
10:56 am Heading out.  Thank you for a lovely time.  Have fun today!
11:27 am Phil: Drive carefully.  Thank you, we will.  ðŸ™‚
11:28 am Phil: Had fun with you.  Would have enjoyed Bristol.  Next time!
12:11 pm Home.  Easy, fast trip.  Hope same for you!
12:12 pm Bristol next time!  Come back soon, please.   ðŸ™‚
12:17 pm Oh!  The capitol of Sweden is Stockholm.  ðŸ™‚
12:22 pm  Phil: Yup.  Drove by Evelyns.  Had a great time there.
12:53 That sunset was idyllic.  Maybe we’ll find the beach next time.  It’s not on google maps but the road is…
12:54 pm Are they taking you out to lunch?
1:14 pm Phil: Nope, gonna grab a samich
1:15 pm All unpacked, headed out for lunch!
1:16 pm Just wanted to be sure I didn’t screw up and hit the same restaurant.  ðŸ™‚
1:53 pm We’re going for Chinese.
10:04 pm Phil: [photo of the lunch spot he found] Cool little place
11:10 pm Nifty!  What did you eat?
11:13 pm Phil: had the BLT and a canoli
11:17 pm Yum.  You make me smile.  ðŸ™‚
11:17 pm You at the hotel?
11:20 pm Phil: Packed, tucked in and ready for sleep.  Great day, good food, now tired.  Up at 3:30 to head to the airport.

11:21 pm Sweet dreams, kid.
11:22 pm  Phil: Thank you.  Posted a lot of pics.  Fun day.
11:22 pm They were fabulous!
11:23 pm So bizarre to have you so close… How was the traffic?
11:24 pm Phil: Sucked going back
11:29 pm This first night away from you is tough, had such a great time, so fun, so comfortable… but looking at photos and smiling!  You should sleep.  Safe travels!
11:30 pm Phil:  Nite, thank you.