Travel
My maps arrived and I can't wait to study them more closely. Today I just got my bearings; they are really big maps and I wanted to determine where some of the hikes and camp sites are that I'm interested in. The maps have a plastic coating which will keep them in good shape, I hope. I was surprised that ordering directly from the Forest Service was much cheaper than commercial online places. I think the two maps I received cost me less overall than if I had ordered only one of them from Amazon.
Joe came by this morning and after we talked for a while he got on the roof and wrapped my swamp cooler. Now at least I won't worry about rain blowing in from that source, and I wish the leaks in the roof were as easily fixed. Joe brought his youngest daughter, Keira, the recent birthday girl. She sure is a talker but after a while asked if she could watch TV. Sorry honey, grandma doesn't get tv!
I've really been going through bandwidth on the MiFi this month. With two weeks left I have used 4-1/2 GB of my allowance. I knew I couldn't get through the next two weeks so rather than worry about it going over I switched to 10GB for an extra $30. I plan to switch back at the end of the billing period, but I think they bill a month in advance, and I hope they adjust it so that I'm only paying for what I use. I may continue with the extra for another month and watch some YouTube videos that I've been holding off on. I like Neil Degrasse Tyson, the astrophysicist, and I have several of his videos that are an hour or so in length that I've been saving.
I found an ad for Frontier.net that offers a pretty good monthly rate, no contract, for unlimited internet. There are two plans, with different download and upload speeds, and I have no idea what I currently have or need. Sometimes the MiFi is super fast, and sometimes it is really really slow. Frontier.nets plans are both cheaper than what I pay Verizon for the MiFi, but it would only be available at my home location. I'll have to think about it.
I have to get my things together to leave for the gym in a few minutes. Mon., Wed., and Friday I go with Jeannie, but haven't been by myself all week. I did walk a couple of days though. I'm wearing a new pair of exercise pants, no doubt designed for yoga, that have absolutely no tummy control. I don't know which sticks out more, my butt or my belly. It's going to take intensive yoga to get rid of the stomach, I'm thinking.
A very nice gentleman called me from the hospital today to remind me that since I'm having anesthesia I need to be there a whole hour beforehand on Tuesday. I told him just thinking about the whole thing made me sick, but he assured me that by the time anything gets started I will be completely out!
You may remember that about a year ago I mentioned a book by Patrick F. McManus who writes articles for Field & Stream magazine. McManus has written a large number of books on outdoors pursuits, and he also authors a mystery novel series featuring a sheriff in a back woods Idaho community. I just finished the first of the series today, and it is so funny in parts I couldn't stop laughing. Being a mystery there is some suspense, but no terror. I got the first two of the series from the library and will now have to order the next two. McManus is an excellent writer and humorist, and I recommend him, especially for anyone who enjoys the outdoors. I am not sure if he still writes for F&S magazine - I find it uncomfortable to stand in front of the men's magazine section in stores - like I don't belong there - although I'm sure a lot of women like hunting and fishing as well as the guys.
Gotta run now - later.
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First thing I want to do is to address Jessica's comment yesterday that I might consider getting a cat. I was brought up with dogs as pets; my dad didn't like cats and my mom grew up on a farm where the cats were around the barn to...
- Technology
I started deleting cookies from my computer last night and finished with it this morning. I'm sure I got rid of hundreds of them. I'll probably find out sooner or later that I deleted something I should have kept, and it really aggravates...
- Waiting
The AT&T installer was scheduled to be here between 11 and 1:00, and it's now 1pm. I just got a call from him saying he'd be here in about 20 minutes. But I didn't have anything else to do today, did I. So now he has been here...
- Exercising
I went to the gentle yoga class at the gym last night, and I didn't think it was all that gentle. I had a difficult time understanding what the instructor was saying - she not only had a weird voice and pronunciation, sort of swallowing her...
- Ah, Air Conditioning!
By 5pm yesterday the house was so hot I could barely stand it. I think it was too hot for the swamp cooler to have any effect, and it was just blowing hot air. I saw that the thermostat on the wall registered 99 degrees in the living room...
Travel
Ah, Joy!
My maps arrived and I can't wait to study them more closely. Today I just got my bearings; they are really big maps and I wanted to determine where some of the hikes and camp sites are that I'm interested in. The maps have a plastic coating which will keep them in good shape, I hope. I was surprised that ordering directly from the Forest Service was much cheaper than commercial online places. I think the two maps I received cost me less overall than if I had ordered only one of them from Amazon.
Joe came by this morning and after we talked for a while he got on the roof and wrapped my swamp cooler. Now at least I won't worry about rain blowing in from that source, and I wish the leaks in the roof were as easily fixed. Joe brought his youngest daughter, Keira, the recent birthday girl. She sure is a talker but after a while asked if she could watch TV. Sorry honey, grandma doesn't get tv!
I've really been going through bandwidth on the MiFi this month. With two weeks left I have used 4-1/2 GB of my allowance. I knew I couldn't get through the next two weeks so rather than worry about it going over I switched to 10GB for an extra $30. I plan to switch back at the end of the billing period, but I think they bill a month in advance, and I hope they adjust it so that I'm only paying for what I use. I may continue with the extra for another month and watch some YouTube videos that I've been holding off on. I like Neil Degrasse Tyson, the astrophysicist, and I have several of his videos that are an hour or so in length that I've been saving.
I found an ad for Frontier.net that offers a pretty good monthly rate, no contract, for unlimited internet. There are two plans, with different download and upload speeds, and I have no idea what I currently have or need. Sometimes the MiFi is super fast, and sometimes it is really really slow. Frontier.nets plans are both cheaper than what I pay Verizon for the MiFi, but it would only be available at my home location. I'll have to think about it.
I have to get my things together to leave for the gym in a few minutes. Mon., Wed., and Friday I go with Jeannie, but haven't been by myself all week. I did walk a couple of days though. I'm wearing a new pair of exercise pants, no doubt designed for yoga, that have absolutely no tummy control. I don't know which sticks out more, my butt or my belly. It's going to take intensive yoga to get rid of the stomach, I'm thinking.
A very nice gentleman called me from the hospital today to remind me that since I'm having anesthesia I need to be there a whole hour beforehand on Tuesday. I told him just thinking about the whole thing made me sick, but he assured me that by the time anything gets started I will be completely out!
You may remember that about a year ago I mentioned a book by Patrick F. McManus who writes articles for Field & Stream magazine. McManus has written a large number of books on outdoors pursuits, and he also authors a mystery novel series featuring a sheriff in a back woods Idaho community. I just finished the first of the series today, and it is so funny in parts I couldn't stop laughing. Being a mystery there is some suspense, but no terror. I got the first two of the series from the library and will now have to order the next two. McManus is an excellent writer and humorist, and I recommend him, especially for anyone who enjoys the outdoors. I am not sure if he still writes for F&S magazine - I find it uncomfortable to stand in front of the men's magazine section in stores - like I don't belong there - although I'm sure a lot of women like hunting and fishing as well as the guys.
Gotta run now - later.
-
First thing I want to do is to address Jessica's comment yesterday that I might consider getting a cat. I was brought up with dogs as pets; my dad didn't like cats and my mom grew up on a farm where the cats were around the barn to...
- Technology
I started deleting cookies from my computer last night and finished with it this morning. I'm sure I got rid of hundreds of them. I'll probably find out sooner or later that I deleted something I should have kept, and it really aggravates...
- Waiting
The AT&T installer was scheduled to be here between 11 and 1:00, and it's now 1pm. I just got a call from him saying he'd be here in about 20 minutes. But I didn't have anything else to do today, did I. So now he has been here...
- Exercising
I went to the gentle yoga class at the gym last night, and I didn't think it was all that gentle. I had a difficult time understanding what the instructor was saying - she not only had a weird voice and pronunciation, sort of swallowing her...
- Ah, Air Conditioning!
By 5pm yesterday the house was so hot I could barely stand it. I think it was too hot for the swamp cooler to have any effect, and it was just blowing hot air. I saw that the thermostat on the wall registered 99 degrees in the living room...