Technology

     I really hate it.
     It makes my life easier and it makes life more difficult.

     In for the deep freeze tonight.  I think we've bottomed out and the warmup is on the way.  I was supposed to be in Mankato for a R9 gig (4 - 6ish) I remoted in.  Warmer.  I didn't want to be on the road in the dark in the cold.  I did bust out my winter coat, hat and gloves.

    I cleared the cashe and browsing history on my laptop.  I've just spent an hour re-logging into sites -- all because the FreeMess wouldn't log me out of the old log in ... the FreeMess and I have a love / hate relationship.  

    My Christmas treat to self was to subscribe to Paramount+ it was an annual deal and cheaper than a pair of jeans.  Things to listen to while working.  Because, Netflix, Discovery+ and Directv aren't enough.  

    It's only Wednesday but it feels like the longest week of the year - lots of interruptions and general weirdness.  Jan/Kate got the engagement letters in the mail yesterday.  The packet guts arrived and Jan started the assembly line.  I was supposed to print the labels this evening - I forgot to bring them home.  Brain Freeze.  

    And the chaos starts all over in 9 hours.  I need to go the bed.  Maybe set up the Paramount on my TV .. oh snap, more technology.

monday madness

had a zoom gig this afternoon -- moved the camera behind me so it was focused on JSD .. we weren't going to get cozy when I needed to screen share and pull up documents to answer questions ..

if you look close I'm on the phone, on the monitor 3 times .. just weird .. but it worked .. 

cabin shot from this morning .. "flurries" was forecasted -- more than flurries fell .. seriously unprepared yet again .. I really need to drive the car once in December  -- hopefully this crap is gone by the weekend ... it's still too cold for me.

 

December ...

sunset at the cabin via the camera

I'm always trying to catch the moment 

note - ice on the lake ..

5:19 on Saturday ... the color was gone .. the tree was lit

6 minutes earlier 

damn, I miss my lake time - I went to work this morning too -- 'tis the season -- I had planned on grabbing mom and dashing out there to check out the ice .. it was 18' and freaking cold.  We really didn't get to prep for the cold.  

I still have to sweep out the garages, wash and park Ruby and get the golf cart put in the showroom.  I think Tuesday I'll drive Ruby, top of the gas tank and wash her .. then put her in the cold storage -- she's taking up valuable real estate in the house garage -- although I drove her every day last week .. 

The garage sweeping can wait for the weekend .. and well that damn golf cart - needs to start to move or I'll have to drag it with the SxS ... argh.

another quilt from the "pretty"collection"  this one is fun.  

I never made it to the sewing machine over the weekend ... but I did sort of get my desk cleaned off .. that is an accomplishment in itself .. it was quiet at the office .. 

cold, but quiet .. I still have windows in the green room that need window kits .. 

tomorrow, there is always tomorrow

 

and zap November is done

during the purge I found my missing Diva scarf -- or one of them .. 

more beauties from the endless internet

obsession over the birds

I should be in the cave whipping one up

the recliner is quite comfy (and warm)

28 -  thankful for a warm house

29 -  grateful for the ability to make choices

30 -  thankful for good health

well, thirty days of gratitude are done .. I might have repeated myself (a lot) ... it was a fast month -- I have not been enticed by any deals today -- will be watching for a desktop computer for home and possibly a larger monitor for my 3rd street desk .. 

I finally got to the office at 10:00 am this morning -- I did get up early and dashed out 3 loads of laundry, the dishwasher, 3 newspapers and internet surfing .. 

Drove past the fire on the inbound -- heartbreaking -- I can't imagine  a) living there and then b) losing it all in a fire .. it appears the sole job of the fire department was to contain it -- during fire -- gas and power had to be shut off to the park .. awful.  just awful.  

More BOI reports got knocked out .. some payroll, some payroll taxes .. and a spot of cleaning .. it was a cold day and a good day to work.  I have "ice" pictures from the cabin cam on my iPad .. skim frost happened fast.  

 

post Turkey Day

another awesome quilt block

I really need to sit down and play with some fabric

and how did I spend Thanksgiving

I cleaned my clothes closet -- seriously I am a clothes junkie/horder/nutjob

1 - these are google images 

2 - I have a really small closet and a lot of stuff .. 

3 - I flipped the summer stuff to storage in the upper closet

4 - brought down the winter stuff and purged

5 - 5, yes 5 bags for the thrift shop and I have a couple winter coats in the cave

6 - after realizing I had no turtlenecks 

I ORDERED them this morning

I have a PROBLEM ..

this is about the size of a 5 bag pile .. (without the aforementioned coats - there's a coat drive somewhere all the time) ...  

I managed to find a new pair of sneakers ... and socks .. and bra's still in the bag .. I knew they were in there somewhere ...

so the black friday deals -- well, turtle necks and cream color jeans at lands end ... because I think my oversized tush needs a $30 pair of cream colored denim covering it .. 

I'm trying to get over the obsession of only wearing black or navy ALL the time .. and then I saw myself in Tuesday's costume ... leggings, boots, tunic, long sweater ... no, just never again ... what the hell was I thinking .. and I went to the board gig ( the televised board gig ) in said costume 

In addition to the purge -- 4 loads of laundry -- all the pairs of long underwear and summer slips got washed and put away .. tonight I pack away the summer dresses in clothes bag and store in the basement -- now I have clothes on TWO levels of the house .. 

I really miss the mock neck sweatshirts that I used to get a Kohls .. those buggers were warm ... OBSESSING over clothes is not healthy ..

and the idiots at Lands' End just sent me a 60% off coupon ....     OBSESSION  ...  

after the purge, shower and nap -- we went to Nick and Rachael's for supper -- R had to work until 7:30 (live as a RN) so it was kind of a late night ... and dang morning came fast ... 

 

Thanksgiving Eve

it's that time of the year ... 

note to self: you forgot the cookies ... argh

and I got the fancy light bar picture uploaded here  

well, there was a picture of my fancy new light bar gizmo on my desk in the cave -- I managed to delete it while editing .. figured out how to add it -- see picture above ... too much technology again

it might become the fancy new light bar above my cutting table instead ..  giving it a demo ... I have to admit .. crawling around under the desk hooking it up and disconnecting the other two lamps was a PITA -- I'm to old for that floor crawling

this is a potato chip quilt block -- lots of potential here peeps -- if the sewing mojo ever returns this is on my list ... lots of youtube watching to check it out ... I did get some fabric delivered today .. cool beans -- again the mojo needs to return.

25 - grateful to be able to drive Ruby the last couple of days .. 

26 - thankful for good neighbors - today would have been Joyce's 104th birthday 

27 - grateful for a spot of time off for the next couple of days .. or unstructured work time ... 

            I might not answer the phones

 

24th Sunday November

today's endeavors on 3rd St ...

re-arrange the front office/waiting room/largest room in the building and install/tape up the plastic window kits  -- because peeps - I do it all .. not well, but have learned to fake it and get it done ...

23 years of window kits and believe me -- it's a process -- ladders, scissors, tape.  I have the green room to go and that entails moving a boat load of furniture .. 

and then I have to vacuum the dungeon .. I cannot remember the last time I vac'd the dungeon -- it's a hazmat zone .

the piles of boxes on the file cabinets -- envelopes, newsletters, engagement letters, more envelopes - year end is approaching and I've begun to accumulate all the "guts" of the year end packets of goodness .. need to draft a letter and the printer has the famous envelope -- the crew at Nelson Printing is very good to us .. 

anyhow - I flipped the oak table and the seating and some of the plants .. and vac'd for hours ..... 

this little dude / dudette has been hanging out in the cave on my keyboard for two days .. it's kind of like the pacman gizmo ... spins and spins and spins .. 

laundry is perking and Yellowstone is about to begin .. on to my next project -- bedroom floors and clean clothes ... it never ends 

23 - grateful for weekends -- battery recharging is a good thing

24 - thankful for no snow ... although the word was uttered on the news this evening