Wed. Nov 26th -- The SNI 5K Turkey Trot was that morning.  I can't run anymore, my knees aren't up to it.  My boss gave me an "I don't know if you can do this" assignment.  I could have done it, if people bothered to enter the correct data.  I figured out what I needed to get the numbers I wanted, but I don't know the formulas.  So Tuesday I'm ( Read more... )

Friday -- The (con/ob/de)struction crew in front of my place of business managed to break the water main that supplies all three building.  We were sent home at noon.  I managed to get all my Saturday chores done Friday evening.

Saturday -- The Universe heard me boast on Facebook.  I had to spend Saturday fixing a major plumbing problem.  I cannot ( Read more... )

The weekend didn't turn out exactly as I hoped.  The Brass Ring Thing going to run from 11AM to 4PM with closing court at 5PM and then we were going to take a close friend out for her birthday.  We got up in the morning, planning to hit the road before 9AM, so we could be there at 11AM.  We discovered the raccoons had utterly trashed our container ( Read more... )

I could have been twins this week and still not done everything I would have liked to.

Tuesday, June 18th -- 3rd Tuesday Table Talk with my UU group, or Chautauqua Geneological Society Meeting?  We went with the UU group, partially so we could see the renovations that Bob Evans just had done.  My wife and I prefer it the way it was before, more ( Read more... )

Wed 11/21/12
I really love the place I work.  They set up a 5K Turkey Trot on the property for patients and employees only; no entry fee, two hours admin time to run the race, free lunch afterward and a free sweatshirt to everyone who participated.  It the first time this year I've participated in a 5K.  I'm pathetically out of shape.  I ran the ( Read more... )

Now it can be told!  I've been a bachelor since Election Day up until this weekend.  My SIL house has been remodeled so that my MIL now has a mini-apartment within her house because she's too frail to be left alone, the last time she fell, she lay there for 45 minutes before she was found.  Until the remodeling was done, the family took turns ( Read more... )

Monday's dinner was Mole's Deeper 'n' Ever Turnip 'n' Tater Casserole.  As dinner for two, it wasn't bad.  I don't think I would serve it at an SCA feast because in order to appreciate the visual effect of stripes of color, you would have to serve each table with a small glass casserole dish.  I don't think the average feast kitchen has that many ( Read more... )

It was our wedding anniversary.  Actually, our anniversary is coming up THIS weekend, but we wanted to go camping on Cranberry Lake and this was going to be the last weekend they were open.  Gear all packed, thursday and friday off from work, all set to go...  My 'minor cold' erupts into full-blown bronchitis and the weather report for Cranberry ( Read more... )

Saturday was Summer's End.  Basically, a schmooze-fest for me.  I didn't make any commitments, didn't enter any contests, just talk, schmooze and feast.  Tried to volunteer for kitchen clean-up, but the kitchen was overflowing with volunteers, so I left to join the dancing.  Everytime I get to dance at an SCA event, I'm tempted to write my own SCA ( Read more... )

Yesterday was a phone bank session.  That's where the local chapter of Camp Obama gets together to make phone calls encouraging people to vote and become more active in local politics.  The state head thinks we should be doing this at least three times a week instead of just once a week.  First, you're getting paid at the state level, we're ( Read more... )