(In case I ever want to look back.)
Hanging hammock chair
Magazine subscription
Battery powered magnifying glass/lamp
Molasses cookies
Bin (bucket-o) whoopee pies and cash
Plate of whoopee pies
Sleeve of Mountain Dew
Borders gift card
Two Dilbert books (not Gilbert, as the bookstore clerk was apparently trying to help my aunt find…)
Sherman’s Lagoon treasury
Front door knocker
Long johns
All in all, an extremely good haul. [...]
If you want to do the Facebook thing, I’m in. I’m slowly searching people out. It’s been rather a success. Feel free to send me a note.
I started because some people from work were talking about it and made it sound interesting. They generally gave a good impression. Then they [...]
I’m slowly, very slowly, working through my do-nothing attitude that seems to have taken over. I’ve pretty much just been reading lately. Yesterday, though, I got myself up for a men’s breakfast and folded some laundry. Today I washed some dishes and typed up some loose ends on another great tale of [...]
I finished cleaning under the computer desk. It looks very neat and organized.
Now the only official project that I haven’t completed is the one someone else is helping me with. I should find another project for this week, but I’ll probably skip that until next week.
We are now planning on spending Saturday helping my father-in-law move instead of insulating and finishing the garage wall. There is no time for another project this week (trust me, I’ve seen my schedule).
I have next week off. We’ll see what I can manage then.
I totally neglected last week’s project. I didn’t do a single thing to organize under the desk. That project will have to go back in queue.
This coming Saturday, my father-in-law is supposed to be coming over to help me insulate and seal off a wall between my garage and my living room. [...]
In case you didn’t catch it, last week’s project is complete.
Now that I can access underneath the desk, this week’s project is to organize the multiple boxes and various objects I have down there (various computer stuff). I also need to organize/sort through the boxes that were moved out of the corner [...]
7:40 Get up
8:20 AC is removed from window, vacuumed, wiped down, and drying with help from the dehumidifier. (It rained last night.)
8:30 Breakfast
9:00 Shower
9:30 - 11:15 Fix garage door opener (install new sensors in a new location, move static door opener).
My projects for the week are finished! Now I get [...]
Project of the Week: Clean out the corner of the back room, the computer room, in preparation of moving my filing cabinet out from under my second desk. I will thereby by able to get under the second desk to use it for storage. Essentially it’s just moving things around and getting [...]
(My wife’s having a clinical rotation in the hospital in Belfast. She asks me to go because she knows she’ll be tired on the drive back. Also she’s never driven there…she’s ridden there, but not driven…and it would be nice to have me to verify the route the first time while she drives. [...]
I’ve read two books from the mysterious Book List, Sense & Sensibility and The Three Musketeers. Unfortunately, the next, oh…seven, books in my pile are not on the list (I have a little Crichton library). So, Chris will continue his romp over my paltry achievements.
Way to go, Chris!
Here I am with a wonderful day off. The sun is shining, neighborhood dogs are barking, there might even be some birds at my feeder.
Why do I have a Thursday off, you ask? Oh, just a little thing called…pneumonia. Stupid, dirty disease keeping me up all night and sending me to the [...]
The first time I painted, it was a short session, relatively unproductive. Then I couldn’t get a good close up of the miniature.
While I can now boast that the painting is complete, my picture is little to no better than before. Here’s the blurry image for you to make out what you may. [...]
This year I will be a professional information guru at the American Folk Festival! Want to know where the lame all-banjo band is playing today? I call tell you. I have a festival schedule! Yes, they are on hand in about a billion different locations, including that guy who was handing [...]
But my dog died on Wednesday night.
She was 12 years old. After a few month of not really eating and losing her pep, her organs shut down and she died at home in the evening.
And I am a poor, weak excuse of a man because I received a phone call [...]
Here’s the problem: My car’s AC is not working properly. I can’t explain it, but something is wrong. Well, maybe I could explain it, but I’m not going to take the time to unless someone asks me. Therefore, we drove 4 hours to the park in a sweltering hot car. [...]
There can now be some debate as to whether it is cheaper to go away on vacation or to stay home. Here’s what we’ve spent so far:
Paved Driveway: $1,850
Picture frame for my map: $230
Some stuff at Wal*Mart: $92
One night in a hotel in New Hampshire (later this week, but already paid [...]
I’ve neglected keeping up on domestic duties for too long now. Vacation is well over, and I need to see what I can do about re-tidying up.
Tuesday night I bough new stereo speakers. That means the big, huge ones can come out of the living room. Then, I combined the stereo center with the phone stand. Now I have room for at least one, probably two more bookshelves in the living room. I love it. We [...]
On Monday, the wife will have a wonderful gathering of social misfits and other people you wouldn’t normally invite into your house (except you, of course). This is called a candle party.
How do you prepare for a candle party, astute readers might ask. First the wife sends you outside. This performs two [...]
