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Necessary but not necessarily pleasant work this morning. \u00a0Kate and I went through our health care directives, making sure they still reflected what we wanted. \u00a0Mostly. \u00a0We then read through our wills with a similar purpose in mind. \u00a0They’re seven years old. \u00a0We need to ask the boys what, if anything, they might want in our estate so we can enter that in a list for them. \u00a0We knew this seven years ago and somehow haven’t gotten around to it. \u00a0Is that Denial I hear rushing by?<\/p>\n
We looked, too, at our trust instruments. \u00a0They, too, are mostly ok, but I still haven’t added Kate to our Vanguard account. \u00a0Again, I’ve had seven years to do it. \u00a0I promised I wouldn’t take any more than that amount of time before I got it done.<\/p>\n
We also discussed funeral\/celebration arrangements, coming to no firm conclusions, but with progress. \u00a0Asked some time ago to donate my body to medical science so they can investigate my inner-ear bones–no, seriously, I intend to but haven’t gotten around to filling out the forms. \u00a0Can you hear the beautiful blue Denial in the background?<\/p>\n
After this we made a list of matters around the house that need attention. \u00a0We’ve lived here 20 years and though we’ve kept with major things: \u00a0new furnace, air conditioner, roof, siding, dishwasher for example, there are many smaller things. \u00a0Our outdoor trim needs painting and in some places replacement. \u00a0A lock here. \u00a0A light fixture there. \u00a0Handyman sort of things. \u00a0We have a guy. \u00a0A few garden things. \u00a0Laying down woodchips in the vegetable garden. \u00a0Pruning the orchard. \u00a0Javier work.<\/p>\n
Painting living room, kitchen, hall and master suite plus repairing that settling crack we’ve had for, what? \u00a020 years? \u00a0Finishing Touch painters.<\/p>\n
Changing light bulbs and cleaning out the garage. \u00a0Kate and me.<\/p>\n
After all this responsible adult stuff, we went for lunch at Azteca, our favorite Mexican joint.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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