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Taxes ...........AAAAAAAAAAArrrrrrrrrrrgh. 'Nuff said.

A beautiful 74 degree day in the Valley of the Sun, gorgeous blue skies with clouds looking so perfect they look like they're painted on the sky... Where do you go? To the BALL GAME, of course! -- Wow, betcha never thought you'd hear those words from ME, huh. Well, best-buddie Janice Weston succeeded where many brave folk before her have failed... and that is, she got me to go to an Arizona DiamondBacks baseball game at BankOne Ballpark. And the D-Backs WON, 5-4 against the LA Dodgers!! WOO HOO!! I had so much fun, it was great. We didn't have peanuts, but we did have popcorn, lemonaide, and I had to have my dose of COTTON CANDY followed by a celebratory dinner and milkshake at Fuddruckers. So how did Janice talk me into going? Hmm, I wonder if her promise to go to the Botanical Gardens with me NEXT Sunday had anything to do with it... Photos coming soon, watch this post.

Click to enlarge a pic Just who ARE the Martiniz, you ask? Why, don't you recognize our own Dianne ?!! Yep, in addition to her real estate ventures, here she is Live and in Color, appearing with her partner at local Valley gigs. Di gives the following comments about their upcoming events: Hi all! Just a note to let you know where I will be performing this month with my musical partner...collectively known as "The Martiniz"...here's the next few week's schedule: Friday, April 22 2005 Uncle Bear's Bar and Grill 825 S. Cooper Suite B-6 Gilbert not sure of time yet, but most likely 8:30pm to 12:30pm Friday, April 29 2005 Lone Butte Gila River Casino just so. of Chandler Blvd. off 52nd St. 7pm to 1am (whew!!...who said this wasn't work?!) We are performing once, and soon twice a month at the casino. Kind of a wierd gig as everyone is gambling...but they dance in their seats and give thumbs up and yell "grunts" of appreciation!! And the pay is very goo...

You all know how I volunteer for the charitable organization Packages From Home and also how Mary Wroten has been a wonderful assist by involving her church group to collect donations to mail to our deployed troops. She shows up on my doorstep every now and then with a whole carload of things to send to the troops. Well, I just want to make it known that she hasn't stopped there. We had a huge event called Hearts to Heroes in Anthem recently, and the result was an 18-wheeler truck full of donated stuff for care packages. But we needed volunteers to help us pack it all into boxes and mail to the troops. Mary showed up with a bunch of her friends to help us pack boxes at the Anthem UHaul facility!! The troops are all so deserving of our support, but it nonetheless takes a lot of angels to make an effort like Packages From Home work, and Mary, you are definitely an angel! God bless you.

We've got a few Family celebrations this month... if I've missed anyone, just let me know and I'll post it right away. Congratulations and best wishes to all!! Carrie Tate's birthday is April 4th.... 20 years old! Loni Tate's birthday is on the 13th and she claims to be 29... again... Jason Whetstone's birthday is the next day, on April 14th - 26 years old already?! Wow! Sherry and Vernon Whetstone will celebrate their 38th wedding anniversary , on the 29th. (KUDOS, YOU TWO... "Kol ha'kavod lachem!") Ariel Whetstone's birthday is on the 30th... He'll be a ripe old 36.

Mom (to me, Emily to others) went to an orthopedic surgeon today to investigate possible hip surgery. She walks with a cane now as most of you know and has been having quite a bit of trouble with mobility. After viewing her xrays, the doctor (or SawBones as Dad calls him) seemed surprised that she wasn't in a wheelchair. He advised she needs both hips replaced; she requested that the left hip be done first. She really liked the doc - partly because he's Italian, and partly because he's "cute." (Dad interjects, "I KNEW she would say that!") In any case, she needs to get a chest xray, blood work, etc. before they will actually schedule the surgery... so it may be late May before she actually undergoes the surgery itself. The doc told her to expect a 4 week recovery period; then Mom called one of his patients who told her it was a year recovery time... Mom is now vacillating on whether or not she wants it to be done, but at the end of the day she said she r...

This just in about June's new job: This was June's first day at Pegasus Solutions. She spent the day gettting oriented, having a picture taken for her access badge, and in general learning about her employer. They have already labeled her the "Computer Guru", and she jumped right in helping with the work. The worst part of the job was fighting the traffic on the 101 coming home. Yaay, June! You go, girl!