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Subject: Hi Cliff


Author:
Stacy
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Date Posted: 00:33:17 05/04/04 Tue
In reply to: Cliff 's message, "Howdy, Stacy!" on 13:55:31 05/02/04 Sun
 I had a pretty good weekend. I went to Cecil County with Mark on Saturday to watch ProMod racing and cars that typically do 8s in the quarter mile. There were quite a few cars that did 5s and 6s in the quarter mile also. Pretty cool! Check out Mark's web site if you want to see any pictures from Saturday. We left there and went to Big M to eat a little dinner and see if any cars were still there. There were a few but not a lot since it was trying to rain. Mark and I will be going to Cecil County again this Saturday if it's open to the public.

I'm glad you got to see your father this weekend. If you check out the top of this site, I posted a clickable link to a cancer web site that is EXCELLENT!! It's called Cancer Care Network. There are a lot of things that you can research there including information about your father's cancer. There's a link to a chat room on that site too if you ever want to go in there. I go occasionally. I used to go in there daily but I just don't have the time anymore. The people in there are the best group of people I've found in any cancer chat room. All of them have been touched by cancer in some way in their lives with friends, family members, or themselves. If you ever see "cautious2day" in there, that's me.

I saw coverage on the Bay Bridge walk on the news and wondered if you went or not. It would have been nice if the weather would have cooperated a little more.

Do you ever go see Great Train Robbery anymore? I haven't been in ages.

I've been doing a bit of weeding and clearing out brush out back of my place. It's really looking good if I do say so myself. I'm becoming quite the little landscaper. I'm trying not to do too much at any one time though so it's taking me a while to get everything the way I want it.

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[> [> Subject: Landscaping...


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Cliff
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Date Posted: 23:12:52 05/05/04 Wed
I haven't done to much around the yard here. I really need to trim the bushes--they've gone nuts in the past couple weeks. I did manage to spray "weed-n-feed" tonight. (You know you're an adult when you stop using killer weed and start using weed killer....) One of these days you'll have to find a few free minutes to show me your handiwork! (I'm up that way a lot, since Michelle lives in that part of town, near Walther and Putty Hill.)

You've been going to the drag races a lot, but I know you also like sprint cars. Have you ever been to Lincoln Speedway in PA? I think it's somewhere between Hanover and York. http://www.lincolnspeedway.com/

My dad is back into chemo this week. This was the first week of the cycle, so he had 2 drugs. My mom said he's feeling fine. He gets tired quickly, and he's losing hair, but otherwise he's doing well. He installed a new water heater this week, after chemo. I guess we won't really know anything until his next scan, after 3 months. So all we can ask at the moment is that he handles the chemo well, and so far, he's doing that.
[> [> [> Subject: LINCOLN


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Stacy
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Date Posted: 01:40:22 05/06/04 Thu
Hi Cliff. Yes, I've been to LINCOLN quite a few times. I used to go there almost every Friday night a few years ago. Sometimes Saturday nights too. I love watching those Sprint cars. I would go on regular nights that featured the Pennsylvania Posse and I would go to see The Outlaws when they were there. I also used to go a little further up to another bigger track called Williams Grove where The Outlaws raced more often. We had reserved seats at Williams Grove for one year. I think about going to Lincoln once in a while by myself but I just have't done it yet.

Your Dad must be feeling pretty good to install a hot water heater. The fatigue is cumulative so he may get more tired as time goes on and feel less rested.

I did more clearing out back again today. I want to try to get finished before the cicada's show their faces. I don't want to be out there getting bombarded by them if I can help it. I would be right in their feeding grounds so I'd rather just be finished so I don't have to fight them. I guess that pretty much so means I only have the rest of this week before they start coming out. The news gave this schedule:

May 7th - May 14th = they will begin emerging from the ground. Up to 200 per exit hole in the ground!!!

May 15th - May 21st = widespread cicada's in central Maryland

May 22nd - sometime in July = INFESTATION!!

That's the word they used!! I'm not afraid of them but I don't care to get bombarded while I'm outside. I expect quite a few around here since they say infestation is heavier near wooded areas. I suspect Tyler will have a ball since he likes to chase flying bugs or basically anything that moves outside.
[> [> [> [> Subject: Cicadas!


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Cliff
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Date Posted: 07:36:36 05/06/04 Thu
I can remember at least 3 "cicada years" in one place or another. I don't recall them landing on me, or really bothering me at all. What I remember most is the NOISE! Those things are LOUD! Since you have the woods adjacent to your house, you'll probably hear them all day, non-stop. I can remember cutting the grass, and being able to hear them over the noise of the lawn mower! Beware--your pups may decide to EAT cicadas! My family had a dog who would eat any that she could find.
[> [> [> [> [> Subject: Could be a mess


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Stacy
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Date Posted: 23:48:13 05/06/04 Thu
I've done a lot of weeding, clearing out brush, and now planting azalea's and marigolds. I've seen A LOT of those exit holes that the cicada's make. If 200 of those little suckers come out of each hole I suspect the infestation is going to be right around my house!! LOL!! This could be interesting. Just as long as they stay off of all my new landscaping!! Always something interesting going on around here! When I get my pictures developed, I'll post pictures of how my little garden has grown. I still have a bunch of those WAVE petunia's to plant and another tray of marigolds. It's going to be colorful. It already is but it's going to be so pretty when the petunia's start blooming!
[> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Bugs and bushes


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Cliff
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Date Posted: 00:11:39 05/07/04 Fri
Azaleas are nice. I have a row of them along my walkway in front of the house. They were in full bloom a few days ago. Now the blossoms are thinning out a litte. As for the cicadas...just be prepared for the noise!
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