Category: The DayBook

 

Just got tickets – Halloween. Now, hope everyone stays healthy enough to go.

Have to go “first class”. It was cheaper than “coach”. Honest

Busy all day doing busy work.

Enjoying Every Sandwich – Cheese burgers, I think.

Have I mentioned lately that I am loving my new camera. I have lots more to learn about it – but I am saving the learning for when I am in Kona. For now, I am thinking what lenses to take. Maybe just the “lens that cost as much as a car” – my beloved Leica 14-150. Don’t want to start lugging 20 pounds of camera gear around as I move into my 8th decade. The Leica lens weighs in at 520 grams.  The Oly body is 500 grams. If I want to keep my kit under 5 pounds – I need to make some careful choices. Because I have to take batteries and a cable or two.

Well, today Mr C said “We should be going to Kona in about 5 weeks.” I am reminded that everything was “fine” around here on September 27 last year. Things stayed fine until Oct 3 when an alarming bump showed up on Carlton’s chest and the wheels fell off. So, I am more than willing to leave for Kona in five weeks. I am just not so willing to actually buy tickets. I got our money back last year. Not willing to count on that happening again.

Enjoy Every Sandwich: Quesadilla again tonight.

Lots of nice fall colors on this afternoon’s Fitbit finish up walk. Fitbit assures me that I have walked 750 miles since April 17 when I got the thing. I have no idea how that little pink piece of plastic is able to nag me into walking.

Enjoy Every Sandwich: How about some nice quesadillas? That is is my default sandwich or choice.

 

Here we have a picture of Carlton, taken today. He said “I look old”. Well… Guess I shouldn’t tell him that I did the soft focus trick to make him look better.

Things are pretty laid back around our apartment these days. And that is very fine.

Enjoy Every Sandwich: Turkey, swiss and coleslaw.

I think this was 1997. Mr C was wearing this very same sweatshirt today. I never felt it was my job to buy his clothes. I think he found that sweatshirt somewhere. I do buy him a pair of shorts or a pair of chinos from time to time. Also, undies. Not shoes, sox, jackets, hats, or shirts. Guess I am the bad wife.

Cloudy, chilly, thinking about going to Hawai’i kind of a day.

Enjoy Every Sandwich: Grilled Ham and Cheese.

 

Today, I am an old woman. There should be a ceremony. I should get presents.

All I got was a credit card receipt for my deposit at the old woman’s asylum. Sigh.

On a serious note. Have to agree with Representative Charlie Rangel. America needs everyone to chip in and share the sacrifice. It is time to reinstate the draft and a war tax, to give the American people a genuine stake in decisions on going to war.

One might call this the autumnal equinox. But, that would be wrong- because it it the equinox south of the equator too. So, an all inclusive “Happy September Equinox”.

Gee, I don’t like that picture as much as I thought I did. Maybe this better?

Enjoy Every Sandwich – Grilled ham and cheese and some of the remaining summer peaches.

Going to the old folks asylum tomorrow afternoon. To get us on the waiting list. I am so not looking forward to being on a waiting list at an old folks asylum. Let the bingo begin.

Feeling sort of old and tired today.

We enjoyed watching Ken Burns’ The Roosevelts. Funny thing about Ken Burns – back when he did the Civil War thing he looked like he was working on his Boy Scout badge in slide shows. Now, he looks like a garden gnome. Never mind – he is one fine documentary film maker.

Enjoy Every Sandwich: Haven’t a clue – what ever it is it will be something that doesn’t get my squeaky clean kitchen dirty. Peanut Butter and Jelly on a paper plate maybe? Maybe I could nuke some bacon on a paper plate and have Peanut Butter and Bacon.

It was a lovely early autumn day – ideal weather to queue up for fresh apples. Or rather iPhones. It was mostly a guy thing. But not 100%

I ended up with two giant cauliflowers today. Today for lunch we had spaghetti and meat balls with cauliflower playing the spaghetti role.

Carlton declared himself to be in good health today. Every time he does that the wheels fall off. I am happier to say that he is in remission.

Enjoy every sandwich – thinking about making chicken, cheese and peach chutney quesadilla for dinner.

I wonder how many different kinds of these water meter covers exist on my regular walking paths?

Got the paper work together for the old ladies asylum today. Will make an appointment to take them down and turn them in before we head out to Hawai’i.

Mr C and I were wondering about old ladies asylums in say – Colorado. I wonder if they have a “smoking” room. Do they serve Alice B Toklas brownies with afternoon tea?

Enjoy Every Sandwich: Teriyaki Chicken with pineapple.

Those were damn good times.

Spent most/all of my work day trying to disinfect one of the nurse’s personal computer. It still “runs” XP. And had no anti-virus protection at all. She also lets her kids use it. And, she does all of her bill paying and banking on it. Yesterday she told me that her computer was acting “funny”. I told her to stop using it and get it fixed. She decided I could fix it. So, she brought it into the office this morning. I was shocked. Who knew that people had such malware infested machines! I have lived too long in the protected cosy Apple world.

What if Microsoft had created the first “smart phone”?

As a result I spent most of the afternoon at home doing my hospital work. Not a problem.

Enjoy Every Sandwich: Tuna on wheat.

Oh yes, I upgraded to iOS 8 today. Haven’t noticed much difference. But, I haven’t spent much time playing with the iPad either.