My tip for the day...

If you're having problems with the key fob to your car and you've replaced the battery and it still doesn't work...check and make sure you put the damn battery in the right way.  Trust me, you'll be thankful you double-checked.

Quiet night in the house.  Julian and Ashley left yesterday.  Aidan slept in and played Zelda on my nintendo most of the day.  We're going to Dave and Buster's tomorrow for his last night.  Not my favorite place, but it's what he wants to do.  Wish I could say we bonded really well and had some great conversations while he was here, but that's just now how it's going.  Nothing going wrong, we're just not close.  He may need to grow some before we can find things to bond over...I can be patient.

Hands have been sore lately.  I hope it's not arthritis.  Patty already suffers from RA along with her fibromyalgia.  I need to schedule the floats Patty got me soon.

Listened to an episode of Security Now and watched The New Screen Savers (casted to my tv from the chromebook) today.  It was nice to here and see the old TechTv folks again.  I'm happy Leo has kept this going and I hope it continues for many years to come. 

Well, winding down and gonna read for a while before going to sleep.  I'm currently reading Under a Scarlet Sky.  Story of an Italian boy/man who works to help Jews escape Italy over the Alps during WWII.  I've heard they're going to make a movie of it, but glad I'm reading the book first.

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Tim

Stream of thought

This isn't as much of a stream of thought as a "I need to work on my typing skills"...I've been away to long to have the thoughts go directly from brain to fingers...I'm slow right now, but hope to improve with the new chromebook...I'm also hoping that they update this damn thing quick so I can run Android apps on vice just Chrome Store stuff...

Good smells coming from the kitchen tonight.  Julian and Ashley are making fajitas.  Nice break from the abundance of beef based meals we've had over the holidays so far (exception being the butter chicken I made that was realllllly good).  I made meatballs on Christmas eve, and prime rib for Christmas dinner.  Both were "okay" by rating, but others seemed to enjoy.   Next year I think we're going to go simpler...If we're not in Mexico, then I'm going to be making stews that will not only fill the house with comforting smells, but allow folks to graze at their own pace.

Blood pressure has been really off this week.  I need to exercise and meditate soon and start working on getting it back down.  Patty got me a 4 pack of floats that I'm really looking forward to.  I love floating as a way to relax.  She did good.  I got her tickets for us to see Book of Mormon this spring.  I had already got her Game of Thrones live tickets for her birthday, and Hamilton tickets as a "just because" gift.  It's nice that we'll be able to get out and do things together.  Patty is also looking at getting us movie pass so that we can have another reason to get out of the house. 

I'm looking at getting a stand for my mountain bike (well actually a magnetic trainer) so that I can ride it in the garage on days when I don't want to leave the house...might even be able to bring it in the den some days and ride during work...I'm hoping I can get the treadmill settled somewhere and have it still be functional.  The blood pressure and the current pain in my hands (as well as my weight) has me scared about my health more than I've ever been and I want to correct it as much as possible.  Wish me luck.

Amber got engaged.  That was funny to hear, but I'm happy for her.  The "it's going to be a long engagement" text I got speaks both to her fear of commitment and possibly the fact that in some ways she's settling on this guy.  Her and I would have made a good couple if it had worked out, but I think each is now content with the direction our lives went...

Need to wrap it up for now...I really think I'll be able to do more of this now that I have a keyboard in my lap whenever I want one...

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EZ

Just Testing

Got a new chromebook for Christmas...just checking out how well the keyboard etc work.


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EZ