An even shorter run.

Found a pair of forceps and then a pin to remove something from the vent of Beverly's Dell. Looked like tape, but then it flew off of the forceps and I didn't try to track it down. I noted down what the F8 menu is like in the work laptop and hope that it remains the same on Beverly's. I'll try that later.


Dry caulk. I got done around the inside of the outside door frame. But then I checked the inside of the door frame and see that I should do that first.

Beverly and I went to the Baptist church around the corner for their meeting. The book my parent's pastor was teaching was of the health/wealth genre which is one that Beverly has a weakness for. Mainly, however, because she was no longer going to a woman's only group and I dislike monologues, I decided the informal teaching format at the Baptists was better. Their subject was on the Moslem belief.

Short run this morning. I'm going to try short frequent runs for a while.

Messed a lot with the dehumidifier hose because it leaked. Finally Beverly found that it was cracked at the connection. My dad sprayed it with crack sealer and we hope it will provide good service.

Started sealing the boards around the basement door. I am using an old tube up so I just started and stopped. If it looks dry, I'll finish it.

SemiExcuse?

Been semibusy.
Mainly my time has been "wasted" reading the comment section of yahoo.com. The comments range from beastly to profound, depending on the article and it gives me somewhat an idea of the way people think or not think. I probably should be looking a other things more now.

I've been busy digging, hoeing, a cleaning up the dead plants from that. I'm pretty much finished and will be able to hoe around the house every week. Mowing will be much easier when I don't have to see how close to the fence I must get.
Fixed a small hoe my mother said was made by her father. I'm not sure -- it looks manufactured -- whatever, it will be of some use.

I've extended my running, but have also gotten spotty. I decided this morning that it would be better if I cut back on distance for now and concentrated on being out every morning.

I brought my vise here yesterday and am now experimenting on butternut cracking. Hard to do with a hammer.

For some reason yesterday the Belkin USB wireless network connector CD started working, so now I'm outside with my laptop writing this. Good to know that I can, though I'm not sure if I want to in the heat of the day. Still, it is useful to know I can do it when I want.

Friday Beverly and I went around on several errands. One was to order new lopper blades at Ace for their extension lopper. Should be in Monday, they say, and I've several other purchases as well. Hoping to caulk around the basement door to make it more difficult for the things to have a staging area before sneaking in.

Fork Fix

Busy day.
After finding out I was free, I wrote a couple of emails to several of those involved, then subsequently trashed them. The only one worth sending was to the web developer who is my "taskmaker." I do web work. Nothing more. The email was mainly a thank you note.

Then I went out and helped my Dad to spade several places for their veggies. I first jogged over to the storage place, got my garden fork and jogged back. Shortly after I started digging, the fork broke. After finishing the chore, we got together and mended that fork, which had been sold as a fiberglass. However, the manufacturer cheated and had wood, too, which had rotted.

My dad grew up in the Great Depression, a son of a coal miner out in the hills of Boone County. He learned early not to toss things just because they are broken, but fix them if possible and continue working.

My wrist hurt, but everything got done except for what I had been wanting to do, organizing the moved stuff. Priorities.

Running to Stand Still

I keep trying to get started on my book classification scheme, but things keep coming up.

• Fixits.

Fixed the knob of the front storm door before my parents came home as a surprise for them. That involved taking it off and looking at it to see why the whole thing revolved instead of just the knob when opening the door.

Flange with a threaded hole broken.

I found a long enough bolt, drilled a hole, tapped it, and reassembled. Works, but now I need to do something about a stub of a bolt waiting to slice someone's finger while opening the door. Life is dangerous is a good motto to get out of the responsibility, but if I tell my wife that, life indeed would be dangerous.

• Move.

Moved a box full of broken-down cardboard boxes to the new storage. I plan to convert them to book boxes. I'll fit them to put in books of one size and be ready to close and go when moving again.
My book database should take care of the otherwise random book subjects.

Brought my second UPS in to charge. I'm hoping that if I need to note down where things are in storage, it will power the laptop for extended times. My main problem is setting up a good database.

I also put my tea things on shelving in the corner of the sewing room that my mother refuses to place things on due to the damp seeping in from outside. This is in the basement. I also put a small lamp above for dark morning start-ups.

• Nap.

My wife took a nap just as I started to get ready to add books to my new Google form. I left. Strangely, I was able to keep from napping. I hope I get to sleep on time to balance that.

• Offer for more work.

My parent's church ask me to maintain their site. Probably will, but I'm now in the process of learning Joomla. I'll need to figure out how to take notes. I wish Google had xml apps so I can work on the cloud.


I hadn't started with the books yet, but at least I roughed in a form. I just hope it will be easy to transfer to my xml database later.