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Feb. 8th, 2016
Two things are on the calendar for this week. I have a homeowners meeting tonight at 6 and then my new computer gets here Wednesday. That's it. Otherwise the calendar is clean.
I love a clean calendar, a clean kitchen, a tidy house, a zero inbox. These things give me joy and calm.
And I love a Google drive that has no crap on it. (Since my big file move of last week.) I have 11 years of email in Gmail - 4GB's worth. I could offload some to local storage but I like having it all on the cloud and available. I search it successfully at least once a day to answer some question. Google had this program last year where if you clicked a link and doubled checked your security settings, they added 2GB's to your account for free. They offered it again this year. I just did it and got 2 more GB's. So now my free 15GB's of storage aren't even affected by email. Score!
It cracks me up that I get so obsessed by such silly stuff.
My breathing is spot on perfect today. No coughing, no nothing.I'm hoping I've decided that it's that I have adjusted to the new inhaler and this is the way it will be forever.
My brother and I share a large overlap in Books We Like To Read. At the top of my To Read Next list is Be Frank with Me by Julia Claiborne Johnson. He just dropped me a note about it "One of the best literary characters I've run across and a great read. I'm 2.5 chapters away from finishing it. A fun book." Now I cannot wait to get to it!
But, first there are dolls to make.
I love a clean calendar, a clean kitchen, a tidy house, a zero inbox. These things give me joy and calm.
And I love a Google drive that has no crap on it. (Since my big file move of last week.) I have 11 years of email in Gmail - 4GB's worth. I could offload some to local storage but I like having it all on the cloud and available. I search it successfully at least once a day to answer some question. Google had this program last year where if you clicked a link and doubled checked your security settings, they added 2GB's to your account for free. They offered it again this year. I just did it and got 2 more GB's. So now my free 15GB's of storage aren't even affected by email. Score!
It cracks me up that I get so obsessed by such silly stuff.
My breathing is spot on perfect today. No coughing, no nothing.
My brother and I share a large overlap in Books We Like To Read. At the top of my To Read Next list is Be Frank with Me by Julia Claiborne Johnson. He just dropped me a note about it "One of the best literary characters I've run across and a great read. I'm 2.5 chapters away from finishing it. A fun book." Now I cannot wait to get to it!
But, first there are dolls to make.
Mind losing
Feb. 8th, 2016 03:20 pmOne of my window shades lost its mind today. And I'm a little grateful. I hate the sun. I like light but the sun and I are long time arch enemies. It hurts my eyes and makes me hot. One end of my condo is nothing but windows. Floor to ceiling windows. That let in a whole lotta sun.
This winter has been fab. Almost zero sun. But today, the clouds are napping and the sun is out so I hit the button on my automatic shades this morning. After lunch, when the sun had moved on, I hit the button for Shades Up. 3 out of four of the shades went up. Ooops.
They operate on batteries that I was sure needed replacing but I didn't know the details. So I called the blind company who, before anything else, required all my personal information, DNA and thoughts and dreams. And then she told me to change the batteries. Bite me, bitch.
I figured it out and replaced the batteries and still no joy. So this time I called the nice guy who sold me the shades. And he's still nice. He's sending his guy out. Probably next week-ish which is fine. At least it's stuck in the halfway position and not all the way up.
AND most of all, I'm so grateful we had a sunny day on a cool day that enabled me to discover the problem instead of a really hot day when I need the shade and the shade guy or his installer were on vacation or booked solid or some other disaster. Yeah, I'm blowing this way out of proportion.
And I need more AA batteries. Each window takes 12. Happily, they last a couple of years.
CRAP. Just got an email that they are cutting the electricity for four hours a week from Sunday - 10-2. How annoying. Do they realize that my sewing machine requires electricity to run??? Maybe I'll do brunch and a movie. Maybe I'll knit. And, at least we got two week's notice.
This winter has been fab. Almost zero sun. But today, the clouds are napping and the sun is out so I hit the button on my automatic shades this morning. After lunch, when the sun had moved on, I hit the button for Shades Up. 3 out of four of the shades went up. Ooops.
They operate on batteries that I was sure needed replacing but I didn't know the details. So I called the blind company who, before anything else, required all my personal information, DNA and thoughts and dreams. And then she told me to change the batteries. Bite me, bitch.
I figured it out and replaced the batteries and still no joy. So this time I called the nice guy who sold me the shades. And he's still nice. He's sending his guy out. Probably next week-ish which is fine. At least it's stuck in the halfway position and not all the way up.
AND most of all, I'm so grateful we had a sunny day on a cool day that enabled me to discover the problem instead of a really hot day when I need the shade and the shade guy or his installer were on vacation or booked solid or some other disaster. Yeah, I'm blowing this way out of proportion.
And I need more AA batteries. Each window takes 12. Happily, they last a couple of years.
CRAP. Just got an email that they are cutting the electricity for four hours a week from Sunday - 10-2. How annoying. Do they realize that my sewing machine requires electricity to run??? Maybe I'll do brunch and a movie. Maybe I'll knit. And, at least we got two week's notice.
It's the oddest thing
Feb. 8th, 2016 09:21 pmHome Owner's Association meetings bring out the worst in me. I vow to keep my mouth shut the whole time and then violate my vow with some remark or question that I wish I had not said out loud. And I come away with the discovery that I am not the intelligent, competent person I think I am.
The oddest part, however, is that I go back every month knowing exactly that I will come out of it feeling incompetent and unhelpful and far from the person I thought I was and would like to be.
In all other parts of my life, I avoid and deny but not this one, tiny bit, 11 times a year. Weird.
I did learn that
1. there are 3 units for sale, one of which has is likely gone and one of which is smaller than mine, on a lower floor with an asking price just under $700. I also know the owner has delusions of grandeur. Can't wait to see how that turns out.
2. Hunter, next door, has gotten legit permission for his 3 dogs. And everyone is fine with it and him. And the building manager knows he's dealing out of his unit and is cool with that as well. Wild.
3. The electricity shut off is NOT from 10 am -2 pm but from 10 pm to 2 am. Big fucking difference.
The oddest part, however, is that I go back every month knowing exactly that I will come out of it feeling incompetent and unhelpful and far from the person I thought I was and would like to be.
In all other parts of my life, I avoid and deny but not this one, tiny bit, 11 times a year. Weird.
I did learn that
1. there are 3 units for sale, one of which has is likely gone and one of which is smaller than mine, on a lower floor with an asking price just under $700. I also know the owner has delusions of grandeur. Can't wait to see how that turns out.
2. Hunter, next door, has gotten legit permission for his 3 dogs. And everyone is fine with it and him. And the building manager knows he's dealing out of his unit and is cool with that as well. Wild.
3. The electricity shut off is NOT from 10 am -2 pm but from 10 pm to 2 am. Big fucking difference.