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  John

Zabrina and Her Love for Gardening

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 When I come down in the morning, I get an awesome view of the pond but wanted to share the wonderful world of planting and gardening Zabrina enjoys. Most mornings I find her down there talking to the plants.  I made the rod thing that goes across the ceiling, we (meaning Zabrina) hang open sided globes and put air plants in them along with other ornamental glass art globes we occasionally pick up from a local artist group (Cedar Creek Gallery in Creedmoor NC).  John 

Rant - Cell Phone Woes - My Verizon Experience

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Let me start off and just say that this is a flat out RANT. I have had such a terrible initial experience with Verizon, and just had to get it off my chest. In November of 2021, we decided that we were tired of the poor coverage in our area provided by Sprint (now part of T-Mobile). Our phones were in need of replacement (we have 3 lines, all iPhones) and we also wanted to see if we can get a more competitive price plan which included mobile hot spots. Heck, Andy, my neighbor works for Verizon and I trust him (he works with network security side and not the phone side)…what could go wrong? We selected Verizon and I will say that the coverage is the only good thing we have experienced so far, but I’ll take it. It all start off when I went to our local Verizon store in a new shopping center (11710 Retail Dr., Wake Forest, NC 27587 for those taking notes) and informed them that I was interested in moving our 3 lines and also a phone upgrade in the process. I was told: There was a rebate (

DIY Project - What I did today - Cheese Box Side Tables

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Had some time to kill today (not a good thing), so Zabrina found a couple wooden round cheese boxes and bought some hair pin legs on Amazon. Put a fresh bottom on the box for leg stability from some 1/4” plywood I had sitting around and put a light coat of spray on varnish to preserve. Was going to sand it down, but decided to keep the rough look. One will go in my office next to the couch and the other will go in Zabrina’s office where she works and does her daily journaling.  John