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cats

2009-05-14T02:55:03Z

I ended up with another sweet cat but the "sweet cat" that we have isn't very nice. I had to break up a fight and ended up getting clawed though the vein on my right hand. It didn't hurt much but was very frustrating because it kept bleeding all day. My Dr. friend convinced me to get antibiotics so now I'm taking them.

Been awhile

2009-03-24T03:08:54Z

I'm about to be a grandpa to twins and glad to be over the flu crud. My kid is having spring break and keeping me alive. One of my friends gave me the leftovers from his mothers estate so I'm excited to have a brand new(to me) full down pillow for my decrepid neck. I'm still wiped out and hope to hop in the shower now.

Free symphony at academy

2008-11-10T17:28:51Z

I took my dauagter and her friend to Alb to go see Kopeland's lesser known piano works (kinda dark) and some newer artist's work. The violinist was wearing a flimsy dress that needed double stick tap to keep it to her 90 pound body. She played great. The girls wanted to stay at boarders and shop, so I ended up not using the other ticket.

I voted today.

2008-10-31T02:19:09Z

While my girl was at girl scouts planning a campout and getting fund raising nuts, I went to the library and then voted at the courthouse. 2076 voters so far there. I wasn't needed as a boy scout leader tonight so here I am listening to the Hobbit on tape unabridged. I was given another copy of my photo in the local paper where I won the sand castle contest for adults. Of course none of the other contestents were obnoxious or drinking, I got a free t-shirt and baseball cap. Like most contests I win, I was the only entry in my age group...great fun.

49ers

2008-10-27T03:39:23Z

My brother came to town this weekend and we got to spend a little time together. I told him about the news in our family(bcws married, smws in river city, etc) then today went to Dick's to gather firewood with Paul and family. We might go to the Grand Canyon and are hoping to go to Wyoming in June. We went to an explosives display last night that was neat. : )

ten hours to touchdown

2008-05-25T13:23:34Z

The phoenix lander is supposed to be on the surface of Mars this evening. What a trip... I saw Indianna Jones last night and thought it well done. S and A were to meet me but A came down with a cold and needed to stay home. CGW is in Arvada for a week.

Saturday at home

2008-05-24T18:51:24Z

Another three day and too much to do.

Ariel's in white sands for friends b-day

2008-05-17T14:47:08Z

So S.F. is having a heat wave...we finally had two sprinkles this week, a prelude to the monsoon's? I still have work to do in dealing with crap I've accumulated. School's almost out and the swimming team is set to begin practices(more transport).

Sunday, very windy

2008-03-17T02:53:33Z

After quaker meeting, we went to sell girl scout cookies at boxmart, but the wind finally won. I had taped the demo boxes to the card table using duct tape so we wouldn't have to hold them down. The tumbleweeds kept hitting the table and scaring us. So we quit after two hours. Still we sold alot. I've gotten used to clothes that fit. My wife and her ex's brother's ex(the sister out law) went through my wardrobe and got rid of anything that didn't fit. Unfortunately they went a little overboard(or maybe not since I still have way too many). Ariel's hair got chopped and it turned out great. It would have been a real bird's nest after the windy afternoon. Our friend is building a new home and has the radiant heat pipe laid out and tied to the mesh. It's pretty neat aluminum pipe that' coated on the inside and outside with polyvinyl or polyethyline. I've been thinking of making a hyperbaric oxygen chamber using junk that's in my yard. One of my friend's had a stroke and I've read some amazing things about stroke and autism treatments using one. Garrison Keiller's Joke show is going on and is great. Ariel is finally done with last weeks standardized testing(and no learning). I think she read three books. Yesterday I got my 28 year coin from my friend's of Bill W. Four cycles of seven. I wonder what the next one will bring? It's awesome to hear about Iris and I can't wait to see her.

lost 40 cents at poker.

2008-02-22T05:34:06Z

I just got back from the Thusday poker game($6 for the right to play even when broke so I went broke a couple of times and then almost recovered all my investment). It works out pretty good except that when it's my turn to buy beer/soda/nuts/popcorn, I spend just as much as everyone else, but only drink soda. The other guys recognize this and buy pricey soda's sometimes. I'm trying to memorize the Micado songs before Saturday's rehersal. I like singing but am a little nervous about being off-key. I'm just chorus. My friend may have had a stroke this week and is hospitalized now. He was so confused and I assumed he's had a medication inbalance so I got him to the hospital but they made the same assumption and missed the stroke diagnosis. I am worried about him and am praying for his well being. I bought another friend an electric blanket today because he only has an electric radiator heater for now. In another paycheck he'll get propane, but not now.

Saturday blue skies but cold.d.d.

2008-01-19T14:54:47Z

Up and reading rebyribs and thinking about how mine ued to do that when, there she is and she peeks over my shoulder and asks not to be bothered this morning. A real independance. We're going to have a beeding birthday party in honor of her 12th and Martin Luther King's day off. I got a tickle in my chest, hope it's not a cold. I've gotten used to tearing open the Echinecea tea bags and drinking it all to get the full use of the herb. I think it really helps. It's been two months now without caffiene and I went ahead and ate a coffee yogurt to see the effect. None that I can remember. I've been pretty bad about my sweet tooth but had my teeth cleaned and no cavities!

lava lamps a the ultimate hand warmer

2008-01-12T15:24:53Z

I found an old blue lava lame a while ago and found it very useful to warm hands. It's also really neat to find it in stasis in the cool morning to start moving as soon as any pressure is applied to the glass. I remembered how I made an Archimedes diver that would rise or fall when the glass bottle was squeezed and shows the flexibility of gass. The lava lamp seems to take on the personality of the squeezer...

Monday, Rain and Sleet

2008-01-08T02:02:44Z

Waiting for everyone to get here. I put on rice that we'll have with chicken(and lot's of my daughter's curry) when we eat. I finally got the chainsaw fixed(or so I thought) when the sprocket that holds the chain fell apart. A little later it"s dissassembled and I'm off to hardware stores to find a nonexistant replacement("Not til friday, can't believe we've sold out"). I played Foursquare with kids at the school til they had blue lips, red ears and shivers, so I stole the ball and made everyone go home. I listened to the radio for npr and got disgusted, tuned it out. There's a supersonic airplane on E-bay that's only 100 grand... another life..., and they have a VTOL prototype that's equally awesome.

Sat eve later

2008-01-06T03:13:00Z

I Called SR and the Hydrocloric acid worked! yeah!!! My daughtor is playing an old lady whith crossed eyes. And beaver teeth... weird...I got the chain saw working finally, after having to remake the adjusting nut for the chain bar. We watched "It's a Wonderful Life" again(the first time for Ariel) last night.

sat

2008-01-05T20:25:54Z

We were in S R wed and thur to see cousins and gramps but cousins didn't make it. The plumbing failed again and 50 years of lime was hopefully dissolved using acid. We went to johnnies and I found out that Alice had died from cancer. wormwood... I had a piece of cherry pie that broke my sugar fast. I'm not giving up though. School starts again monday and I've tons of things to do. They said it would be windy and wet but, thankfully it's not. I'm cooking a couple of chickens in the pressure cooker and it'll be done in a sec. We opened a xmass present from Spain and what beutiful scarves and yummy ginger candy. I'm trying to set up a serger machine so as to repair some clothes. I can't find three spools of thread the same color, so will probably go buy some. Time to deal with chicken.

new years eve

2008-01-01T00:55:46Z

we're going to go play games at the cousins tonight, then visit Getch tomorrow. It's cold...no really... met some new friends today, actually someone i met a couple of years ago but they don't remember. i'm getting better at sharpening chain saws. and swinging heavy wedges.
Npr had a segment on the assassnation that started ww1. sounds familiar but we don't have to get that confused, I hope. And hope, and hope.

poker's over

2007-12-14T05:18:47Z

Tonight A had a music recital where each of the grades performed. Her's did a recorder rendition of Jingle Bells. I left immediately to get to poker. of my six dollars I came home with four and thirty. so for a dollar and seventy i had a ok time and only got called down twice for kidding too much. I loaned a gas powered post hole digger, but it wouldn't start. Everyone was asleep when I came home but the laundry was running so I did another load and dried the first one. time to take my shower. e

Wednesday the storm has passed

2007-12-13T02:00:46Z

Today was an early release day, kids get out at noon. We put a few more ornaments on the tree. Susan had the staff gift exchange, the new therapist her partner. I had a tabletop fountain that was going to be great, but had lost an important base piece. After an hour of searching, I made a replacement in five minutes from an old plastic cable spool. Tomorrow the school has a party to celebrate X-mass. Unfortunately, I agreed to play poker with the old guys(mostly retired guys). And we were invited to play wargames at my sister's. We got a nice plate of leftover deserts from the work party. enough for now...

Sunday, sunlessday

2007-12-09T15:49:29Z

I spent much of yesterday trying to retrace my tracks to find my replacement digital camera, only to find it under the seat of s's car(that I don't have a key for since I missplaced s's keys before her big trip). A and I went to the venturing(Boy scouts that includes girls) last night and played Risk and another game I didn't know. It looked like snow yesterday but just a little rain. Not much solar gain today. I did give bandaides to epstein on fri. Time to reload the fire...the extension cord needed repluging for the air circulator. s's up and say's i overloaded the stove. i need to go ge more fiberglass tape to seal the door today.
A break from smashing pallets with the 16 #er cause s yelled puzzlemaster. Storm looks quizical maybe thinking muzzlemaster? I decided to do more on the entry, Friday night we went to a potluck/awards/rededication meeting of A's GS troup. I brought bell pepper, carrots, and cantelope. Then we went to the plaza for luminarias, free food, and see friends, followed by the last half of barrage, a very high energy performance of 7 or 8 vionists and backup(doing dancing, acrobatics, etc.). The performing arts series of new mex tech is one of the joys of here.
Time for more firewood...

Monday night and all's quiet.

2007-12-04T05:01:35Z

I burned a couple of pallets today, mostly cedar, but I think one was cypres. Ariel has lot's of make-up work to do and she needs to start touch typing. Susan was a little ill yesterday and mostly slept. Today she was better, but had an upset stomach tonight. I went onlline to find out about some electrodynamics ideas that are floating around. Turns out some are right here in river city. My friend had some bad illness at lunch, but as one of the guys is a doctor and another a trial lawyer, he was convinced to get to the hospltal. I was invited to be a friend to ziacalgal, cool... b+b really need to get a section of memory foam or something soft for the futon. I love my bed. Well, that's it for now. bye

ewdinhlp @ 2007-11-03T21:23:00

2007-11-04T03:28:08Z

It's the first and the computer has been up and running 41 days. my cd rom died already, door won't open. I'm planning on cleaning up everything...and not get overwhelmed...I've been looking at small business grants so need to do some grant proposals. Halloween was fun but we were late to meet people, had confused directions, and irritation in the air. Still ... more candy than useful.
Heard about another car crash. They make cars by the millions, but we're still unique biobeings. nanasu got her air tickets to see the wee one.
I spent way to much time trying to save a few bucks, only to find that the coupons only work with nonstops. I'm definitly going to need ergonomic keyboards.

ewdinhlp @ 2007-10-28T21:40:00

2007-10-29T03:43:02Z

just finnished reading to the 11yr ol. we made a dent in the clutter in her room. haven't been able to download a media player to see nasa's video's yet. nannasu taught recorder to ariel and now all's getting quiet. saw images from phyxius and amazed at the joy.

Waiting for nanasu

2007-10-17T02:22:08Z

the kids already in bed, not wanting to wait for rice. Couldn't find penut butter(I think it's been discarded cause of rancidity) so I opened a can of
salmon and made a sandwich. the rice takes a while. my bro arrives day after and I was emptying the big gooseneck so we can do the 49'ers parade. i had to pause to go read to the kid, "the phantom tollbooth", out like a light. the rice is almost done, the turkey sausages slowly cooking and then I do some vegies.

Tuesday

2007-10-16T15:28:53Z

finally found the torn up v-belt for linda's tractor. found out about Maria's funeral this afternoon. died of wormwood... at least she was sober.
spent time early to manage bookmarks. trash day! pause to go do that..not much trash so we dispose of elm branches, and we beat the dumptruck! yeah. well it sure would be nice to see the granddaughter and phyxius graduate but $$? better get moving.

sunday first day of journal 10-14

2007-10-15T02:10:42Z

Today I mowed my friends yard, as the cast of "wings" showed up for their party. when I took the lawn tractor back to Laura's, the whole family was sitting down for dinner and celebrating Peter's birthday. We're planning on making a float for the 49ers parade using Paul's three kayak's and maybe a rubber raft, to try to enlist some interest in Lizzie's venturing troupe. Ariel's Jr scout troupe agreed to help throw candy to the onlookers. Wings is a play taken from Mark Twain's story "stormy's visit to heaven". My bro is coming in from California to be part of 49ers.
Now if only my little sis would show up, we'd all be here.