July 2009
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By Sara on July 31, 2009
Frying pan noises – right now Don is grilling burgers in a pan because the grill ran out of gas Which cycle the washer or dryer are on – from the living room Beep when the washer finishes MANY crickets and other chipers outside at night – just opening the door a crack is like turning them all on, they are LOUD Toilet paper crinkling Bed [...]
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By Sara on July 21, 2009
Let’s start with a photo: These slide carousels have been sitting there for over a year now. Where did they come from? Well, I have a home business called Slides In A Flash where I convert old slide photos to digital images. Last summer I had a lovely man say he was going to send me [...]
Posted in About Me, Activities
| Tagged business, cleaning, digitize, ebay, slides, slides in a flash
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By Sara on July 17, 2009
I used to joke that I did great in band, my hearing loss didn’t prevent me from playing, I could hear everyone… except the piccoolos. And people would laugh and say that I wasn’t missing anything, or even that I was lucky to not hear them. When did I first realize I was hearing them with [...]
Posted in Hearing, Music
| Tagged piccolos, stars and stripes forever
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By Sara on July 17, 2009
Where does the time go? July 4th weekend my parents stopped to visit us here in Charlottesville. I had a band concert that Thursday night and another on the morning of the Fourth of July at Monticello. It’s always moving to see the naturalization ceremony conducted. Last year the guest speaker was the president (which one? [...]
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By Sara on July 1, 2009
I play saxophone in the Charlottesville Municipal Band, specifically tenor saxophone. I found the band after moving to Charlottesville in 2006. I waited until January of 2007 to join though as I didn’t get settled in at my job until late October and it’s always easier to join a group right after a concert. So [...]
Posted in Music
| Tagged band, concerts, july 4th, monticello, Music
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By Sara on July 1, 2009
I just read a post over at earplugs about dealing with phone calls that have the voice menu systems. A nuissance for deaf and hearing alike. In the past years I’ve gotten very comfortable making these kinds of calls though. I am much more comfortable with calls to someone who gets paid to answer the phone [...]
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| Tagged captel, phone calls, relay, telephone, TRS
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