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susandennisThis weekend was marvelously cool and crisp. I got to the stretch class and was delighted to find the room pleasantly cool. Just before class started, however, my neighbor, Renae, asked the Caprice (instructor) if she would turn on the little space heater. Then they both devoted a few minutes to how cold it was. Caprice went on to say that she was forced to clean the house on Saturday because it was too cold to go outside.
Saturday was the day I went on the walking tour. It was raining when I left the house so I took the lightest raincoat I own with me knowing I would probably end up carrying it, which I did. I did the tour in a short sleeved t-shirt with nothing on underneath. Most of the time I was comfortable with spots of too hot.
For many years now, I have lived in a world who's default comfortable temperature is a good 5 to 10 and sometimes more degrees higher than what is comfortable for me. When everyone else puts on the second sweater, I'm just getting cool enough.
I thought it was menopause. But, I'm freakin' 60 now. Isn't it time for me to be one of those old ladies who can never get warm? Please? Soon??? Before I fry my ass to death?
Happily, this weekend killed all of the residual heat so even though the temperature through most of this week is supposed to get way warmer, it won't feel summer hot. I hope.
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I was reminded again today of a piece of software that is just indispensable to me on any and every computer - work, home, play. The Everything search engine is one of those things in life that just quietly, with no fuss and muss or fanfare, do what they are intended to do quickly and perfectly every time. If you have a windows machine and have ever looked for a file or program, do yourself a favor and download this sucker.
I keep a pretty sparse desktops. On my work machine, I have no more than 6 icons on it - sometimes a few more will land there for a day or two but mostly it's under a half-dozen. One of those holding down that coveted real estate is Everything.
The first time I used it, I couldn't figure out how to make it search and then realized it already had. I wish more of life's tools were this functional.
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I'm so enjoying Chef Tom's food. My first chef was a fine chef. Her best dishes were incomparable. But she was not a fun chef or flexible or even very interested in meals - just entres. She was kind of "Love what I cook or don't eat."
Chef Tom is not really a fine chef. He's a great cook and he loves, loves, loves cooking for other people. He thinks about what I eat and what I want to eat. He thinks about meals.
And, as a result, while on paper what he puts together doesn't look like it would work, in practice, it's perfect. It has variety and fun and it's delicious and it's exactly what I want.
Last weekend I googled meals for one to freeze and found a bunch of excellent dishes. I made notes on each - like NO PEAS and Let's try this with mushrooms added, etc. and put them all in a PDF and sent them to him. Chef Tom is not a computer whiz plus he told me once that he shares a computer with his teenagers so getting a turn is not that easy. His email address is AOL so, tech snob that I am, my expectations are low. But he manages. He got my PDF and was able to print it out so we are good.
I am delighted every day at being able to open my freezer and pick out a delicious meal. It's one of the great joys of my life these days.
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I am ready for the new tv tonight. My TiVos are all appropriately alerted. I have two main TiVos each of which can record two programs at once. Monday nights, however, is a problem. If the Mariners were playing on Mondays that problem would turn into an issue and I'd have to go to my backup Tivo (which has only very basic TiVo function but can step up in a pinch). I am ready. I am, probably, most looking forward to a new Big Bang Theory.
I did watch the pilot of Community from last week. I'm pretty sure that's going to be my first kill. I don't get it. Since it's only 30 mins, I'm going to give it another week before I give it the hatchet.
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So far work is slow today. That could change in a heartbeat so I'm ready.
Saturday was the day I went on the walking tour. It was raining when I left the house so I took the lightest raincoat I own with me knowing I would probably end up carrying it, which I did. I did the tour in a short sleeved t-shirt with nothing on underneath. Most of the time I was comfortable with spots of too hot.
For many years now, I have lived in a world who's default comfortable temperature is a good 5 to 10 and sometimes more degrees higher than what is comfortable for me. When everyone else puts on the second sweater, I'm just getting cool enough.
I thought it was menopause. But, I'm freakin' 60 now. Isn't it time for me to be one of those old ladies who can never get warm? Please? Soon??? Before I fry my ass to death?
Happily, this weekend killed all of the residual heat so even though the temperature through most of this week is supposed to get way warmer, it won't feel summer hot. I hope.
----
I was reminded again today of a piece of software that is just indispensable to me on any and every computer - work, home, play. The Everything search engine is one of those things in life that just quietly, with no fuss and muss or fanfare, do what they are intended to do quickly and perfectly every time. If you have a windows machine and have ever looked for a file or program, do yourself a favor and download this sucker.
I keep a pretty sparse desktops. On my work machine, I have no more than 6 icons on it - sometimes a few more will land there for a day or two but mostly it's under a half-dozen. One of those holding down that coveted real estate is Everything.
The first time I used it, I couldn't figure out how to make it search and then realized it already had. I wish more of life's tools were this functional.
---
I'm so enjoying Chef Tom's food. My first chef was a fine chef. Her best dishes were incomparable. But she was not a fun chef or flexible or even very interested in meals - just entres. She was kind of "Love what I cook or don't eat."
Chef Tom is not really a fine chef. He's a great cook and he loves, loves, loves cooking for other people. He thinks about what I eat and what I want to eat. He thinks about meals.
And, as a result, while on paper what he puts together doesn't look like it would work, in practice, it's perfect. It has variety and fun and it's delicious and it's exactly what I want.
Last weekend I googled meals for one to freeze and found a bunch of excellent dishes. I made notes on each - like NO PEAS and Let's try this with mushrooms added, etc. and put them all in a PDF and sent them to him. Chef Tom is not a computer whiz plus he told me once that he shares a computer with his teenagers so getting a turn is not that easy. His email address is AOL so, tech snob that I am, my expectations are low. But he manages. He got my PDF and was able to print it out so we are good.
I am delighted every day at being able to open my freezer and pick out a delicious meal. It's one of the great joys of my life these days.
---
I am ready for the new tv tonight. My TiVos are all appropriately alerted. I have two main TiVos each of which can record two programs at once. Monday nights, however, is a problem. If the Mariners were playing on Mondays that problem would turn into an issue and I'd have to go to my backup Tivo (which has only very basic TiVo function but can step up in a pinch). I am ready. I am, probably, most looking forward to a new Big Bang Theory.
I did watch the pilot of Community from last week. I'm pretty sure that's going to be my first kill. I don't get it. Since it's only 30 mins, I'm going to give it another week before I give it the hatchet.
---
So far work is slow today. That could change in a heartbeat so I'm ready.
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Date: 2009-09-21 05:50 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2009-09-21 09:54 pm (UTC)Everything will go to reruns the week before Thanksgiving - guess we'll get caught up then.