Australian Open Tennis is on the TV as I sit here typing this. Marilyn is playing a game of Civilization (!!!) on her desktop -- she hasn't done that in a couple of years. Wow ( Read more... )

Yes, Marilyn and I are still around -- sorry I've been MIA here at LiveJournal ( Read more... )

I started in very early working on my bedroom, going pretty slowly. I still haven't got my normal strength or energy back, I'm afraid. And there's constant pain with bending and lifting. Not complaining, mind you. Just by way of information. I'm sure it will continue to improve over time ( Read more... )

So much to cover, too tired to write that much. I'll just hit highlights, I guess ( Read more... )

We were planning to go to work today -- and I was supposed to have Donn in. But Marilyn was very sick this morning (yes, again -- or still), so we stayed home ( Read more... )

Tonight Marilyn and I attended Ned Thanhouser's documentary about the Thanhouser Studio (link goes to an Oregonlive.com article). His grandparents started this business at the turn of the century, creating THOUSANDS of the very first-ever movies ever made ( Read more... )

Donn and I had to talk out how to deal with Christine's computer. Every so often a computer gets corrupted somehow and cannot 'see' the Server correctly. It's happened a couple of times in the past, and we haven't been able to find a solution. So he took one of our spares and used it. That means he had to put in two long days on the one computer, ( Read more... )

We're in the middle of a WIND STORM here -- the strongest wind gusts in the past 20 years ( Read more... )

Forgot to mention when I blogged earlier that Hector came by today to do the yard. He has to do the work himself now, having lost his crew. And his assistant is his son (a nice kid). Marilyn and I are going to have him treat the roof for moss (it's a mess), cut back the trees quite a bit and do the usual seasonal crap to the lawn. It's only $$$, ( Read more... )