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Oct. 8th, 2014
Wednesday - shade day!
Oct. 8th, 2014 08:47 amI really felt like crap when I went to bed last night. And I dreamed that I was sick. And I woke up coughing so much that I had to get vertical for a bit and take a cough pill. But, then I went back to sleep and slept well and woke up at 6 and felt fine and dandy! My shot arm was still sore but that's just a matter of time. So I went to the pool. My sore arm overshadowed by shoulder neck sore but after the first 15 minutes, everything was fine.
I didn't practice any new tricks, I just swam and swam and swam without stopping until I reached a mile and all was great. I'll likely miss tomorrow's swim so I'm doubly glad today's was good.
The housecleaner comes this morning. She comes once a month and does about two hours worth of cleaning and it's wonderful. There is lots of stuff that does not get done but she knocks out the basics and I can fill in the rest. It's a great little solution.
I need to make some more breakfast muffins but I need cheese. I'll probably run out while the cleaning is happening.
And then it will be waiting for the shades guy.
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christopher575 pointed me to the spellcheck trick. I type these entries in the Visual editor tab where there is no spell check happening. BUT, at any time and before I post, I can flip over to the HTML tab and see/fix all spelling errors. Easy peasy and an excellent work around.
I am enjoying Madame Secretary. I've never been a fan of Tea Leoni but she totally nails this part and makes the show a very good watch. I hope it's not on the cancel list.
I am also really really enjoying The View this year. It is an entirely new show in nearly every way an all of the changes are for the better. Nicole Wallace is particularly interesting. I was only marginally aware of her when she was in the White House. I learned yesterday that she has two novels out. The first one is in my Up Next queue. Whoopi is way less annoying and, honestly, having Barbara Walters out of the picture (and her producer who's name escapes me) makes the conversation more smooth and intelligent.
Zoey (the cat) has lost her bell and is stalking around here in silence this morning. It's very disconcerting. I hope I didn't throw out all the old bells in my latest purge.
Time to get up and make the bed and get this day going.
I didn't practice any new tricks, I just swam and swam and swam without stopping until I reached a mile and all was great. I'll likely miss tomorrow's swim so I'm doubly glad today's was good.
The housecleaner comes this morning. She comes once a month and does about two hours worth of cleaning and it's wonderful. There is lots of stuff that does not get done but she knocks out the basics and I can fill in the rest. It's a great little solution.
I need to make some more breakfast muffins but I need cheese. I'll probably run out while the cleaning is happening.
And then it will be waiting for the shades guy.
christopher575 pointed me to the spellcheck trick. I type these entries in the Visual editor tab where there is no spell check happening. BUT, at any time and before I post, I can flip over to the HTML tab and see/fix all spelling errors. Easy peasy and an excellent work around.I am enjoying Madame Secretary. I've never been a fan of Tea Leoni but she totally nails this part and makes the show a very good watch. I hope it's not on the cancel list.
I am also really really enjoying The View this year. It is an entirely new show in nearly every way an all of the changes are for the better. Nicole Wallace is particularly interesting. I was only marginally aware of her when she was in the White House. I learned yesterday that she has two novels out. The first one is in my Up Next queue. Whoopi is way less annoying and, honestly, having Barbara Walters out of the picture (and her producer who's name escapes me) makes the conversation more smooth and intelligent.
Zoey (the cat) has lost her bell and is stalking around here in silence this morning. It's very disconcerting. I hope I didn't throw out all the old bells in my latest purge.
Time to get up and make the bed and get this day going.
So, when someone gives me a 2 hour window, I always assume they will be here at the end of the window. And those 2 hours are soooooo long. Today, I was just putting the batter into the muffin tin for breakfast muffins when the shades guy arrived at 11! His window was 11-1. So.... Delightfully, I was wrong this time.
He was not as fun as the sales guy, of course, but he sure got the job done. The shades are not translucent like the others but also not blackout. They have slats that can open or shut. But, best of all I can manipulate them independantly and from my phone. Sweet and yeah!
I did have to sacrifice my sliding glass door handle. It stuck out too much. I need to get a replacement or make one or have one made. I do not need it to work the lock since I never lock it and have no need to - just give me something to grasp to slide it open and closed. I can almost do without and might just fashion some sort of cover for the ughly holes and call it a day.
And the stock market isn't tanking still so money to pay for them!
I do not understand why my housecleaner can, in 10 minutes, clean up my kitchen sooooooo much better than I can in a half hour. I need to really study what/how she does it next time. There must be some voodoo magic in there or Bosnian since that's where she's from.
So, to recap.
He was not as fun as the sales guy, of course, but he sure got the job done. The shades are not translucent like the others but also not blackout. They have slats that can open or shut. But, best of all I can manipulate them independantly and from my phone. Sweet and yeah!
I did have to sacrifice my sliding glass door handle. It stuck out too much. I need to get a replacement or make one or have one made. I do not need it to work the lock since I never lock it and have no need to - just give me something to grasp to slide it open and closed. I can almost do without and might just fashion some sort of cover for the ughly holes and call it a day.
And the stock market isn't tanking still so money to pay for them!
I do not understand why my housecleaner can, in 10 minutes, clean up my kitchen sooooooo much better than I can in a half hour. I need to really study what/how she does it next time. There must be some voodoo magic in there or Bosnian since that's where she's from.
So, to recap.
- 8 year old window shade issue fixed in fine, fine style. No more glare. No more hot frying sun.
- New batch of breakfast muffins all done and most in freezer.
- Batch of blue cheese biscuit bites done and most in freezer.
- House clean.
I am a genius.
Oct. 8th, 2014 04:07 pmSo I took the handles off my sliding door because the handle stuck out too far. The new shades kind of stuck on them.
Then I had nothing to grab to open/close. So I took the inside handle and went to Home Depot. A great guy volunteered to help me and we discovered lots of stuff that wouldn't work - too sticky outy or holes in wrong place. Finally, I came home with two drawer nobs.
I got home and the knob screws were too short plus, they don't cover the ugly holes. So I covered the ugly with a large white label.
And then the lighbult went off - it was more like lightening striking.
The outside handle has a way lower profile plus it has more rounded edges (the inside handle has squared edges that catch the shades). I could swap them!! But, the inside handle has a locky thing in the way... Then I figured out how to get that out (without breaking it!) and then they swapped out perfectly. And the shades just glide on by the new inside handle.
I am just shocked and amazed at my genius. If it had struck sooner, I could have saved myself $4.
Then I had nothing to grab to open/close. So I took the inside handle and went to Home Depot. A great guy volunteered to help me and we discovered lots of stuff that wouldn't work - too sticky outy or holes in wrong place. Finally, I came home with two drawer nobs.
I got home and the knob screws were too short plus, they don't cover the ugly holes. So I covered the ugly with a large white label.
And then the lighbult went off - it was more like lightening striking.
The outside handle has a way lower profile plus it has more rounded edges (the inside handle has squared edges that catch the shades). I could swap them!! But, the inside handle has a locky thing in the way... Then I figured out how to get that out (without breaking it!) and then they swapped out perfectly. And the shades just glide on by the new inside handle.
I am just shocked and amazed at my genius. If it had struck sooner, I could have saved myself $4.