Category: The DayBook

I broke down and took a moon shot. Nothing special. I just balanced the ZS15 on the balcony rail and put the timer at 2 seconds. Just one shot – but that was all I needed.

I think the scaffolding is finished. I think it will look like this for the next 2 or 3 years. I still want lights.

Bored today. Bored is a good thing after all of the medical angst since last December. I either need a vacation or some retail therapy.

Note to self – when it comes time to find an old folks asylum – find an urban one. I would have a very hard time being happy in a peaceful, verdant, restful, community surrounded by nature. There is plenty of time for peaceful, verdant and restful after you are dead.

 

Yesterday was a bit dreary and too cool for a nice afternoon at the pool. But, today the sun was shining, the clouds were no where to be found, a glorious first day of summer.

Carlton seems pretty happy. I think he feels better knowing that he has a plan for getting his hernia fixed after Labor Day. But, he has a backup plan in case he needs to have it fixed on an emergency basis.

And, I manufactured a rather complex SQL report at the volunteer job this morning. Not too shabby for an old assembly language code slinger.

Life is good at this very instant. Carpe Diem. 

 

Eat Less, Take More Pictures. The “fat” pants fit just fine now. Time to cut back.

Mr C went to see a surgeon about his hernia this afternoon. He really likes her. So they have a date in the OR at 0730 hours on September 6.

Well, after putzing around with my messed up Lightroom catalog – I hauled out my Time Machine backup and put everything back the way it was the day before the little “accident”. Thank You! Time Machine.

Mr C went to see his dermatologist today. They told him that he had to keep a big band-aid on his head for another month. And, this made him really unhappy – next month after they work on his nose – he will have a big band-aid on his nose for 5 weeks. Maybe we can get him a clown nose?

I almost ordered up FIOS. Then I remembered Carlton. Carlton hates wires. And, FIOS will involve wires. If he doesn’t like the way the installation looks – I’ll never hear the end of it. Also, if the phone is in any way different from our copper service – well – he would complain about that too. As in “The phone just hasn’t been as good since YOU got FIOS”. It isn’t worth the drama. Sooner or later Verizon will force us off copper. Then he can blame Verizon.

OOPS. While I was looking around in Lightroom on Saturday… Looking for pictures of our forefathers, I had a little Lightroom accident. And, as a result I ended up with an additional 3,500 images in my Lightroom Catalog. I could have restored the catalog from Friday’s backup. But, I decided to keep them in the catalog and figure out what the images were. Mostly, they are fish. I kept my fish photos in a separate catalog. But now, I think all of my fish are in the main catalog. So, maybe, I’ll keep them there.

But on thing is sure – I have way too many turtles.

 

Neither Dad nor the horse look really happy with the situation.

And this rather strange photo of Carlton’s Dad in his boxers.

And another strange photo – Carlton’s maternal grandfather.

After spending the day at the dermatologists office, Mr C came home with 5 cuts of various sizes. The three you can see, plus one on his chest – yes that chest – and one on his leg.

I spent all day at the office and produced my very first SQL report. And, I put together a “some assembly required” cheap-ass little cabinet.

They have been doing “something” to the scaffolding over the last couple of weeks. I still hope they put lights on it for July 4th. If it were in Paris – they would put fireworks on it for July 4th or rather Bastille Day. But, the Eiffel TowerTower is iron – not a pile of stones.

As for me, I have been enjoying poor health today. Nothing serious. Just a little sinus issue. I did stay home from work today. I curled up with a nice SQL manual.

Playing around with Pixelmator before I kick Photoshop Elements and maybe iPhoto out of The Airness.

Started playing around with some bastard SQL report writer that might let me get some meaningful data out of our new computer system. I fired it up and it started the session by telling me:

I think I should ask for a raise.

Another rainy day. But, I couldn’t very well call in “wet” today since I played the wet card on Friday. It was a raincoat, umbrella and Keen water sandals sort of a commute.