Comments for Addofio http://addofio.wordpress.com An experimental blog for an inquiring mind Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:17:04 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on The prettiest dog as ever was. . . by taylor swift hater http://addofio.wordpress.com/2007/01/20/the-prettiest-dog-as-ever-was/#comment-6598 taylor swift hater Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:17:04 +0000 http://addofio.wordpress.com/2007/01/20/the-prettiest-dog-as-ever-was/#comment-6598 that sounds like my dog! that sounds like my dog!

]]> Comment on A goodbye to my cat by addofio http://addofio.wordpress.com/2007/01/17/my-cat/#comment-6596 addofio Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:22:59 +0000 http://addofio.wordpress.com/2007/01/17/my-cat/#comment-6596 3years! Amazing. But you're right. It has been amazing to me how people keep coming across this post, and responding to it. The comments are to me the most significant thing about it. Because this one, and a few others, still get some readership, and still seem to mean something to people, I'll leave this blog up even though I've virtually stopped posting since last summer, and only check in every few weeks. 3years! Amazing. But you’re right.

It has been amazing to me how people keep coming across this post, and responding to it. The comments are to me the most significant thing about it.

Because this one, and a few others, still get some readership, and still seem to mean something to people, I’ll leave this blog up even though I’ve virtually stopped posting since last summer, and only check in every few weeks.

]]> Comment on A goodbye to my cat by Mary C http://addofio.wordpress.com/2007/01/17/my-cat/#comment-6595 Mary C Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:52:08 +0000 http://addofio.wordpress.com/2007/01/17/my-cat/#comment-6595 Beautifully said. It is now nearly 3 years after your post, I suppose, but I just came across it. Thank you for posting this. It is very helpful. And the comments are very insightful and compassionate. Beautifully said. It is now nearly 3 years after your post, I suppose, but I just came across it.

Thank you for posting this. It is very helpful. And the comments are very insightful and compassionate.

]]> Comment on The prettiest dog as ever was. . . by carlie http://addofio.wordpress.com/2007/01/20/the-prettiest-dog-as-ever-was/#comment-6590 carlie Sun, 13 Sep 2009 22:44:19 +0000 http://addofio.wordpress.com/2007/01/20/the-prettiest-dog-as-ever-was/#comment-6590 thats a very pretty dog thats a very pretty dog

]]> Comment on The prettiest dog as ever was. . . by shadows http://addofio.wordpress.com/2007/01/20/the-prettiest-dog-as-ever-was/#comment-6584 shadows Mon, 31 Aug 2009 08:00:20 +0000 http://addofio.wordpress.com/2007/01/20/the-prettiest-dog-as-ever-was/#comment-6584 We must protect the dog,because the dog are friends that we trusted the most. I enjoyed reading your blog,thanks for visiting my blog also. We must protect the dog,because the dog are friends that we trusted the most. I enjoyed reading your blog,thanks for visiting my blog also.

]]> Comment on Quick update by Stephen http://addofio.wordpress.com/2009/05/14/quick-update/#comment-6563 Stephen Sun, 12 Jul 2009 22:44:39 +0000 http://addofio.wordpress.com/?p=712#comment-6563 I'm glad to hear you got the clean bill of health! And I'm sure you can trust the results of an angiogram. The view from the inside of the artery isn't going to be skewed by, uh, external factors. I’m glad to hear you got the clean bill of health! And I’m sure you can trust the results of an angiogram. The view from the inside of the artery isn’t going to be skewed by, uh, external factors.

]]> Comment on Gettin’ close. . . by Pat http://addofio.wordpress.com/2009/07/04/gettin-close/#comment-6557 Pat Sat, 04 Jul 2009 18:16:10 +0000 http://addofio.wordpress.com/?p=742#comment-6557 I believe planning for retirement is such a good thing to do. Not just the material planning, but facing the emotional realities of what retirement might mean. And you can't do one without being sort of led through the other, just because you're thinking of retirement as a closer reality instead of a distant wish. Using vacation time to scout for where you might want to live sounds like a lot of fun to me. Looking forward to having you back home, and maybe coming to visit you before you get too deeply buried in school stuff. Have a safe rest of the trip. I believe planning for retirement is such a good thing to do. Not just the material planning, but facing the emotional realities of what retirement might mean. And you can’t do one without being sort of led through the other, just because you’re thinking of retirement as a closer reality instead of a distant wish. Using vacation time to scout for where you might want to live sounds like a lot of fun to me.

Looking forward to having you back home, and maybe coming to visit you before you get too deeply buried in school stuff.

Have a safe rest of the trip.

]]> Comment on Trip update: Rough Rock Part 1 by addofio http://addofio.wordpress.com/2009/05/19/trip-update-rough-rock-part-1/#comment-6556 addofio Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:29:54 +0000 http://addofio.wordpress.com/?p=715#comment-6556 I'm getting better--I had a couple of successful backing experiences which involved only backing straight. But there is no way I can even imagine backing this trailer if it involves making a turn. It doesn't take much of an angle for it to "kink" so that no matter what you do, it just increases the angle, so you have to be able to go forward at a certain point or you don't go anywhere. For me, it's all about the pull-throughs :-) I’m getting better–I had a couple of successful backing experiences which involved only backing straight. But there is no way I can even imagine backing this trailer if it involves making a turn. It doesn’t take much of an angle for it to “kink” so that no matter what you do, it just increases the angle, so you have to be able to go forward at a certain point or you don’t go anywhere. For me, it’s all about the pull-throughs :-)

]]> Comment on Fast Forward trip update by Pat http://addofio.wordpress.com/2009/06/26/fast-forward-trip-update/#comment-6549 Pat Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:55:58 +0000 http://addofio.wordpress.com/?p=739#comment-6549 Woohoo! Sounds like it's been pretty wonderful so far with the unavoidable humps and bumps now and then. Always good to hear from you, know you're still out there. I think of you every day. I'm looking forward to how that "nothing better to do than sit at the computer" works out for you. :-) Enjoy the cool dryer weather, and have a good time. Woohoo! Sounds like it’s been pretty wonderful so far with the unavoidable humps and bumps now and then. Always good to hear from you, know you’re still out there. I think of you every day.

I’m looking forward to how that “nothing better to do than sit at the computer” works out for you. :-)

Enjoy the cool dryer weather, and have a good time.

]]> Comment on Trip update: Rough Rock Part 1 by katrinastonoff http://addofio.wordpress.com/2009/05/19/trip-update-rough-rock-part-1/#comment-6547 katrinastonoff Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:08:49 +0000 http://addofio.wordpress.com/?p=715#comment-6547 I'm catching up on my blogreading after a 10-day workshop and end of school year craziness. My husband taught me a neat trick for backing up a trailer: if you're trying to back straight, and you <i>see</i> the trailer in one of your side mirrors, turn the steering wheel <i>toward</i> the mirror to make the trailer disappear. The same trick works for turning as you are backing: turn your wheel <i>away</i> from the mirror on the side you want the trailer to turn. I learned in one session how to control backing up a trailer with this method. We had a tire problem in Palm Desert on that first trip, and my husband told me to just back the trailer up (though there was plenty of room to pull it around). The mechanic said, "Does she know how?" and he assured him I did. And indeed, I did. Good luck! I’m catching up on my blogreading after a 10-day workshop and end of school year craziness.

My husband taught me a neat trick for backing up a trailer: if you’re trying to back straight, and you see the trailer in one of your side mirrors, turn the steering wheel toward the mirror to make the trailer disappear.

The same trick works for turning as you are backing: turn your wheel away from the mirror on the side you want the trailer to turn.

I learned in one session how to control backing up a trailer with this method. We had a tire problem in Palm Desert on that first trip, and my husband told me to just back the trailer up (though there was plenty of room to pull it around). The mechanic said, “Does she know how?” and he assured him I did. And indeed, I did.

Good luck!

]]> Comment on Quickie trip update, no pics by Beverly Carter http://addofio.wordpress.com/2009/06/07/quickie-trip-update-no-pics/#comment-6546 Beverly Carter Fri, 19 Jun 2009 22:14:45 +0000 http://addofio.wordpress.com/?p=736#comment-6546 Hi Jean, Well, I'm finally looking again at your blog. The last few weeks have been the usual crazy. Beginning next week we will be getting ready to go to Michigan -- probably just about the time that you might be returning home. Glad to hear you have been doing so much sight seeing and visiting -- just what you had hoped to do. Glad too that the stomach bug has left. Not much news here but work, work, work -- trying to mop up from last semester and do admissions (drop dead deadline from Admissions in Building 47 is June 30 because of the state budget). Still a heap to do around here, including a heap of papers and files to sort. Ugh. Anyway, enjoy your trip. Mike, Mother, and I are looking forward to being regaled with pictures and stories once we get back from Michigan in August. Cheers! Beverly Hi Jean,
Well, I’m finally looking again at your blog. The last few weeks have been the usual crazy. Beginning next week we will be getting ready to go to Michigan — probably just about the time that you might be returning home.
Glad to hear you have been doing so much sight seeing and visiting — just what you had hoped to do. Glad too that the stomach bug has left.
Not much news here but work, work, work — trying to mop up from last semester and do admissions (drop dead deadline from Admissions in Building 47 is June 30 because of the state budget). Still a heap to do around here, including a heap of papers and files to sort. Ugh.
Anyway, enjoy your trip. Mike, Mother, and I are looking forward to being regaled with pictures and stories once we get back from Michigan in August.
Cheers!
Beverly

]]> Comment on Quickie trip update, no pics by Pat http://addofio.wordpress.com/2009/06/07/quickie-trip-update-no-pics/#comment-6545 Pat Mon, 15 Jun 2009 07:03:32 +0000 http://addofio.wordpress.com/?p=736#comment-6545 I hope it was rain or heat, not rain and heat. Hard to breathe in steam. Sounds like the trip is proceeding decently. So glad. And thanks again for checking in. Enjoy the trip west. I hope it was rain or heat, not rain and heat. Hard to breathe in steam. Sounds like the trip is proceeding decently. So glad. And thanks again for checking in. Enjoy the trip west.

]]> Comment on Quickie trip update, no pics by addofio http://addofio.wordpress.com/2009/06/07/quickie-trip-update-no-pics/#comment-6544 addofio Sun, 14 Jun 2009 18:34:30 +0000 http://addofio.wordpress.com/?p=736#comment-6544 Iris went back yesterday. We had a good time, but lots of rain. Or heat. Hard to say which was harder to deal with. Am in CN now with kids. Grandniece/nephew are very cute, and just got some video so I can back up the cliam later. Am plotting my way home now--tentatively leaving here Wednesday heading for my roommate from Peace Corps days in Ontario. I may get time for a more extended entry tomorrow. Iris went back yesterday. We had a good time, but lots of rain. Or heat. Hard to say which was harder to deal with.

Am in CN now with kids. Grandniece/nephew are very cute, and just got some video so I can back up the cliam later. Am plotting my way home now–tentatively leaving here Wednesday heading for my roommate from Peace Corps days in Ontario. I may get time for a more extended entry tomorrow.

]]> Comment on Quickie trip update, no pics by Pat http://addofio.wordpress.com/2009/06/07/quickie-trip-update-no-pics/#comment-6542 Pat Mon, 08 Jun 2009 06:08:39 +0000 http://addofio.wordpress.com/?p=736#comment-6542 So glad you wrote. Can wait for full stories / extended blogs till later. I've been checking here for news at least once a day after a week or so went by. I'm sure you will have some really fine pictures and stories when you get back. No time to share them perhaps, but that's ok too. Hope the dog's foot heals quickly. Take care Jean and enjoy it all. Hi to Iris if she's still with you when you read this. So glad you wrote. Can wait for full stories / extended blogs till later. I’ve been checking here for news at least once a day after a week or so went by.

I’m sure you will have some really fine pictures and stories when you get back. No time to share them perhaps, but that’s ok too.

Hope the dog’s foot heals quickly.

Take care Jean and enjoy it all. Hi to Iris if she’s still with you when you read this.

]]> Comment on Trip update: Rough Rock Part 1 by Beverly http://addofio.wordpress.com/2009/05/19/trip-update-rough-rock-part-1/#comment-6540 Beverly Mon, 01 Jun 2009 17:21:58 +0000 http://addofio.wordpress.com/?p=715#comment-6540 Hi Jean, Well, I finally have enough breathing room to look at your blog. It's great! I like the pictures, though video also would be good, but not essential. I'm going to continue to read and hope that your next parts will show your air conditioner working, etc. We still are arriving at Tanglewood on July 1. So, keep that in mind. Must go to work on mucking out the remainder of this year's cohort stuff. Lots of details to catch up on. I won't bore you. Cheers! Beverly Hi Jean,
Well, I finally have enough breathing room to look at your blog. It’s great! I like the pictures, though video also would be good, but not essential. I’m going to continue to read and hope that your next parts will show your air conditioner working, etc.
We still are arriving at Tanglewood on July 1. So, keep that in mind.
Must go to work on mucking out the remainder of this year’s cohort stuff. Lots of details to catch up on. I won’t bore you.
Cheers!
Beverly

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