Monthly Archives: July 2009

Pauline’s Daily Happenings

  • The little town we live in just had a pretty long parade downtown. It was nice, all we had to do was walk down to it. #
  • We knew that something was going on today, but had no idea it was a parade, found out when I walked into town for some local fruits/veggies. #
  • It was a cute parade & much longer then you would think this town would have….they threw out candy to the kids…all that sugar….lol #
  • This band played @ the parade…..love their fun loving attitude….I love Oregon. http://tinyurl.com/m6sr4 #
  • We just got done with some house cleaning, hubby attacked window ledges & screen, I vacuumed….Boy, it was a work out. =) #
  • Just took the “Which Hogwarts Subject Are You?” quiz & got: Defence Against the Dark Arts! Try it âžœ http://bit.ly/Zd6gX #
  • I just took the “Which Harry Potter Villain are you?” quiz and got: Snape! Try it: http://bit.ly/KcWM4 #
  • I just took the “What Hogwarts House Would You Be In?” quiz and got: Gryffindor! Try it: http://bit.ly/T94Cp #
  • 1st they were saying that we were going to be in the mid 80s this week, now they are saying the 90s..possible 99 by Sat…yuck =( #
  • We were looking forward to being able to put away the ac for the week…..tired of the noise & miss the fresh air. #
  • We did luck out tonight, it is in the 70s with a breeze, feels & smells good….living here & you appreciate it when the ac isn’t on. #
  • It has really cooled off & it is breezy. Looking forward to sleeping without the ac tonight & snuggle in our blankets. #

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Exhausting Week & Playing Catch Up

It has been exhausting.  Finally taking a breather and watching The Silver Streak.

We left by 05:15 Sunday and made much better time getting to the border then we expected, even through we hit some bad storms south of Olympia.  We didn’t expect to get there until 11-11:30…got there just after 10:00.  We got to the hotel had time to kill before we could get our room, so had a breakfast that just didn’t sit well at all.  I think it didn’t feel right since we have been up for 7hrs and it was sweet.

We were exhausted and so totally not looking forward to what we were getting ready to face.  So we tried to lay down for about 3hrs and get some sleep……didn’t quite work.  But it did help some.  We dressed with heavy heart so not wanting to face Diesel’s death.

We got inside the funeral home and they had board up with some pics of Diesel & his family, with notes from his boys.  When we walked into the viewing room, it was hard.  We went and hugged Liza, the oldest son Jon was holding up, but when I went to hug the youngest son Dylan, he just started to cry so hard.  Harold went to hug him and he just jumped into his arms and won’t let go.  He just lost it.  It was so hard…….

They had Diesel in his Navy Dress Blues and he had a smile on his face.  Looked like he was about to wake up and tell a joke….it was perfect with who he was.  He did looked a little crunched around his shoulders in the casket, but it worked since he was such a big man in that was a normal look at times.

It was so hard, we choked up so many times and lost it a few.  One of the times that I hugged Liza, we just held each other so hard as we cried.

The viewings was different from what we are use to.  Most viewings you just wander around visiting and paying your respect, here they actually had a service.  Diesel and his wife belong to a nontraditional church that is mainly made up of Philippines, so they do it a little different.  So us nonchurch members felt kind of off balance knowing what to do, but I really did like the support that the church gave Liza and I really hope that it helped to comfort her some.  I really liked the funny pictures during the slid show, that they showed of Diesel that got all of us laughing.

Like most of these types of events you ended up seeing people you haven’t seen in years…which is sad, because we love visiting with all of D’s family.  We actually made sure to get everyone’s contact info.  A lot of us are gathering our pictures of Diesel and sharing them.

Liza and the boys started to lose it when the did one last viewing before they closed the casket and then when they took it out and they followed…..oh boy…everyone lost it, especially the Dylan.  =(  They looked so alone that my heart just felt crushed…..

We couldn’t get the 21 gun salute.  =(  Due to passports and weapons.  But we did get the flag presentation and taps.  I keep expecting to hear the guns….  =(

They had 8 pallor bearers due to the D’s size and that didn’t seem like enough.  You can see them struggling over the uneven ground.  We later said that Diesel was probably laughing at them.  But they got him set up and he was sent off with honor.

At Liza’s request she watched them lower him down with the roses and flowers that she wanted everyone to place on him, entombed him and finished burying him.  It was touching and so final. =(

We all went over to their house and shared in our memories of Diesel. By the time we got back to the hotel we just wanted to chill out so we ordered room service and just relaxed.

We left early Wed and got through the border better quick and totally lucked out on the express way being open south bound through Seattle.  We saved at least 30min off of our time.

Once we got home, I have just been working since I had payroll and 4 days of catch up.  Today is really the 1st day that I’ve had time to do things for myself.  Watched a local parade, vacuumed the house, replaced my lost ringers and did a few errands.

Pauline’s Daily Happenings

  • We helped to save them & they want to screw up over…fuck Goldman Sachs http://tinyurl.com/mro5cf #
  • It was muggy @ the gym, really didn’t make for a good workout. I did good on the treadmill, crappy on the abs & we did a bunch of errands #
  • Wow, a Sec of Def that has a backbone to stand up to congress pork : http://tinyurl.com/m7fgdw #
  • We finally got a new grill, our old died a while ago….finally found a recycling place to take the old shell….that made it from FL. #
  • Even though hubby uses it more then me, it feels good to have a grill again….it wasn’t right not to have one. #
  • Especially when we don’t want to cook in the house due to it being in the 90s & no central air….icks. Good thing it cools down at night. #
  • We lost one of our legends today, Walter Cronkite : http://tinyurl.com/nu3sxl #

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On life goes on…

Fact: Ferrets attack more people then Gr

We have been home for 2 days and I am just starting to feel myself again.

The funeral was pretty hard to do, when they closed the casket so many people started to cry (including myself) and when we pall barriers walked the casket out I somehow got to be the first one to lead the casket out, not sure how that happen, but it happen and it was hard, I cried the entire way and really needed to blow my nose the entire way. Liza and the boys really lost it on the way out and it was noticeable, I even didn’t have to turn around to see who it was.

I never been to a funeral where there was 8 pall barriers and we was all making fun of that and talking how big Diesel was etc and now that it’s over all I can say is HOLY FUCK I’M GLAD THERE WAS 8 OF US! He weighed a fucking ton. And when we carried him to the grave site we was only allowed to use one hand and we had to wear white gloves which made it harder, the ground wasn’t even and we was all petrified we would fall, but we didn’t and he was sent off with honor.

After that we went to Liza’s and had a gathering and just talked the afternoon away, we got back to the hotel around 5pm and got room service and just chilled out. I had very little booze left and tried to go to bed early but as soon as I was close to falling asleep I had an anxiety attack which pretty much kept me up the entire night. We left at 7am and were home by 1pm and over all it was a good drive home.

We did the gym Thursday and overall I did really well unlike today when the second I got the treadmill which is upstairs I knew I was in trouble, it was so hot and muggy it felt like Florida. On a normal day I can easily run 1-1.5 miles before I start to breathe hard and today I was gasping for air after 1/4 mile so after I passed the 1 mile mark I just said fuck it and did a 5 minute walk and got off the treadmill. This was the first time since I broke the 2 mile barrier I didn’t run 2 miles. I started to do my sit-ups and after 200 of the usual 400 I said fuck that too and called it a day.

So I am in a pissy mood as I sat in the Jeep with the a/c running until Pauline finished her workout and we went to the store where they was having a 1980’s day and wow, talk about funny, that really made my day better, these workers really went all out.

We also finally broke down and bought a new grill which was something we wanted to get for a year or more. And I cooked up some killer rib eye steak, baked potatoes, corn on the cob and asparagus. Turned out pretty good, I just wish I waited for the sun to go down; it was at its peak angle where the grill is so it made it pretty hot and uncomfortable.

We are watching Kevin Smith Threeeving and I’m sure we will like it as much as we liked the first two.

Did I mention it’s too fucking hot?

Pauline’s Daily Happenings

  • Did pretty good at the gym, not bad since Fri was our last day there. Needing to settle in & attack my mountain of work. #
  • @McCainBlogette Yeah, I will agree there….sometimes Sanchez can be good, other times just silly…I want real news. in reply to McCainBlogette #
  • Just been working all day, got most things caught up. Going to work on our books & then the company books if I have time. #
  • Finally our books are done & balanced, going to finally unpack & put our stuff away. I’ll get the company books done tomorrow. #
  • I feel better, did some work outside of the office….got our stuff unpacked & did the dishes…..going to head to bed soon. #

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