Our new quartz counter tops are scheduled to be put in on August 5th, which is a helluva lot later than we were told fabricating them and installing them would take.   So I’m not happy with the counter top place we went with. We went with them, even though they cost more, because they…

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I just got back from the initial consultation at the University of Washington’s Northwest Hospital for my transmasculine top surgery.   I agreed to the recommended procedure for a human with my size boobs and will be getting a mammogram soon to get a baseline for my breast health. This is required because with chest…

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I am not ashamed to proclaim “Joe Biden for POTUS.”   He wasn’t my first choice (Sanders), or my second (Warren), but only because he’s a centrist and I’m not. (Here in the U.S., centrist = Republican Lite.)   But I met  Biden while he was Vice President, and our brief exchange (and because I’ve…

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I hope your 4th of July is goat-ally perfect where you are!   By goat-ally perfect, I mean…   Quiet (very few if any fireworks) to scare goats and other blast-averse beings (including soldiers and veterans with PSTD)   Only with family members you cohabit with, and your closest friends, as long as they’re masked,…

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Images: Lisa and me on the Orting Trail These photos were taken during a solar eclipse a couple years ago.   Lisa and I are back on the Orting bike trail three days a week until my chest masculinization surgery happens in late August or early September (COVID containment willing).   I want to do…

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Here in Washington State, mask-wearing in public is now mandatory as of two days ago. Those who refuse to wear masks are guilty of a misdemeanor.   Lisa and I went bike riding from Orting to South Prairie on Friday morning. Naturally, we didn’t wear masks while riding our bikes, as we were physically separated…

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Spent this beautiful day mostly outdoors walking or hanging with my critters except for an hour-long video conversation with a friend in New Zealand this morning.   My first “to do”this morning was getting my finger poked to find out my INR level. (It’s perfect but I’m on an antibiotic for a UTI I didn’t…

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Despite the fact that I haven’t played pickle ball or wally ball in months, I’m slimming down, without much additional effort. I’m elated!   Two days ago I realized my jeans were heading toward my heels as I walking around, so I put on a pair two sizes smaller and realized I could pull them…

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The 3/4″ cork flooring in my bathroom was glued over at least two other layers of linoleum flooring, making the accumulated elevation of the bathroom close to an inch higher than the hallway outside it.   I looked at it for more than a week, wondering if I should try to pry it up because…

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DE-Day (the date DeForest Kelley passed away) comes every year & every year I get down in the dumps.   But this year I decided to share the JOY of knowing him on Facebook with almost 50 images from the times I spent with him and Carolyn.   I posted the post to western pages,…

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