what did you do today? (2008-2015) (closed)

[ohyes]

Impromptu road trip to Mammoth Springs State Park.

Cloudy day, still a beautiful trip.

This was view from restaurant deck. Food was pretty lousy, but the view of the fly fisherfolks more than made up for it

 

[W2R]

Made an offer on a house today...

Woo-hoo!!! Exciting times in the martyb household this week, huh? I hope you get it, that the inspection goes well, and that it is the perfect house for you.

Will this be in north Louisiana? I love how low our property taxes are in much of Louisiana.

 

[HFWR]

Made an offer on a house today...

"I sold my place today. Boy was the landlord pi$$ed..."

Gary Shandling

 

[Nodak]

Returned from a trip home for the Perseid meteor shower. There's a group of us that have been getting together for this for about 35 years so if hadn't shown up there would have been hell to pay. This years shower was very nice but mostly quite dim objects. Not a problem though as we have a camp site where the nearest artificial light is about 8 miles away.

 

[MichaelB]

DD is in town with her BF so we went out for Chicago hot dogs last night. DW and I celebrated our 37 with jumbo dogs, polish sausage, fries and beer. Life is good.

 

[Gatordoc50]

Put a vacation rental property up for sale today. 60 miles is too far to drive for maintenance. Also, flood insurance is doubling this year.

 

[NW-Bound]

Yesterday, I had an office visit at a specialist, and then went to a lab for a procedure that turned out to be more unpleasant than I had thought. Good grief! I was driven home by my wife afterwards, and slept most of the afternoon for a recovery.

As I said before, people who cringe at something as benign as a colonoscopy better prepare themselves for tougher times ahead, something like other procedures that I have been through.

Of course, if one just kneels over due to his/her ticker quitting, that would be a quick way out. Else, people generally have to go through unpleasant or even painful medical treatments if they want to die of old age.

"Getting old is not for sissies." - Bette Davis

 

[Chuckanut]

DD is in town with her BF so we went out for Chicago hot dogs last night. DW and I celebrated our 37 with jumbo dogs, polish sausage, fries and beer. Life is good.

Will you adopt me, please?

 

[Meadbh]

Drove from Seattle to Kelowna (480 Km, 300 m). Missed a ramp to I5 in Seattle and the second one was closed for construction. Once on I5, smooth sailing. Crossed the Skagit River Bridge (temporarily fixed), left I5 at Burlington, meandered through farms and little towns on the way to the border, crossed from Sumas to Abbotsford, then up the Transcanada to Hope via Highways 5 and 97C. I must say the portion from Hope to Kelowna is a spectacular drive. Highest elevation is actually close to Kelowna at 1729 m (5673 feet). I have done this several times both ways but would not attempt it in winter.

 

[imoldernu]

Been back and forth from home to camp for the past three weeks... three or four days at a time... 26 miles apart. DW has decided that "camping" is no longer her shtick, and prefers cards and luncheon with her friends. Works for both of us.
Weather has been incredibly nice...70's to low 80's and sunshine. Lots of biking on our campground's 43 miles of road and 17 miles of trail, and canoeing on our lake. Continue with the never ending project of repairing the 110 feet of seawall. Winter ice lifts the wall and repair is preferable to the $8,000 replacement cost.
Spent two early mornings 3 to 4AM out on the lake to watch the meteor showers... Total darkness, so could see 2 or 3 every minute. Best view ever. Next weekend, the car show in town next to the camp... started in 1990 with 20 cars... expect about 1,000 this year. Town population 400.

As my old drinking buddy used to say:
"There aren't enough hours in the day, and the nights are too long."
Life is good!

 

[aja8888]

Drove from Odessa, Texas to Houston, Texas today after a few days in the oilfield for a client. My Jetta diesel averaged 42 MPG with an average speed of 71 MPH over the whole 600+ miles. A couple of spirited runs over 100 was done to clean out the cobwebs. Was on cruise control 75% of the time @77 MPH (speed limit is mostly 75).

Tomorrow, we move the 19 year old granddaughter back to college (she is a junior this year) and into an apartment she will be sharing with a college friend. This will be about 1/2 what the dorm will cost this year. Her school is Sam Houston State and is 70 miles north.

Sunday: get the dead bugs off the Jetta!

 

[Tailgate]

I went to Sam Houston State years ago.. 71-73... good school!

 

[Tailgate]

I quit smoking today wish me luck!!

 

[braumeister]

I quit smoking today wish me luck!!

Most sincerely!
I was once a heavy smoker, over two packs a day. When I quit (many, many years ago), I found that I had completely kicked the habit after about three weeks. Survive the craving for that long and you should be golden.

 

[MichaelB]

I quit smoking today wish me luck!!

Good luck. I smoked for a long time am so glad I quit.

 

[Tailgate]

Most sincerely!
I was once a heavy smoker, over two packs a day. When I quit (many, many years ago), I found that I had completely kicked the habit after about three weeks. Survive the craving for that long and you should be golden.

thanks... smoked since 1967, Only quit once for about 6 months, but on the beach in Mexico, I thought a good Cuban cigar couldn't hurt.. about 2 minutes after the cigar burned out, I was headed up to find cigarettes.. powerful addiction. Using the patch for now, but I think I'll be fine after 3 or 4 weeks.

 

[aja8888]

thanks... smoked since 1967, Only quit once for about 6 months, but on the beach in Mexico, I thought a good Cuban cigar couldn't hurt.. about 2 minutes after the cigar burned out, I was headed up to find cigarettes.. powerful addiction. Using the patch for now, but I think I'll be fine after 3 or 4 weeks.

Hang in there! I did it years ago.

DW quit when she contracted COPD (you don't want that to happen to you.)

 

[W2R]

thanks... smoked since 1967, Only quit once for about 6 months, but on the beach in Mexico, I thought a good Cuban cigar couldn't hurt.. about 2 minutes after the cigar burned out, I was headed up to find cigarettes.. powerful addiction. Using the patch for now, but I think I'll be fine after 3 or 4 weeks.

Congratulations! And your prior experience in quitting taught you a valuable lesson - - never, ever smoke anything again if you don't want to trigger that addiction.

I quit back in August, 1977. It was tough! I went cold turkey and my only crutch was Pep-O-Mint lifesavers by the case/box (see below). They really helped. Have not smoked since and never will.

 

[dessert]

thanks... smoked since 1967, Only quit once for about 6 months, but on the beach in Mexico, I thought a good Cuban cigar couldn't hurt.. about 2 minutes after the cigar burned out, I was headed up to find cigarettes.. powerful addiction. Using the patch for now, but I think I'll be fine after 3 or 4 weeks.

Hey good luck with quitting! I quit many years ago using the patch too. For me, the addiction was two part. First the patch lets you get used to a new daily routine without the cigs. Then when you have that down pat, reduce the patches and deal with the physical addiction. It works so just keep it going.

 

[ohyes]

Peaches

Three colleges in our town. It's moving in day for at least two of those schools and there are "kids" and parents and sports cars everywhere today. DH and I headed out to an orchard to pick peaches. Some for us, some to give away.

Nothing like a fresh, warm peach....except I was worried about pesticides and only had two bites. (The guy encouraged us to eat while picking).

 

[Lisa99]

In the process of getting bids to stabilize the foundation in our house.

About a month ago the brick on both sides of the garage developed cracks and each crack is about 12 ft long. What's weird is there is no damage to the drywall inside.

I've counted about 15 houses in our neighborhood that have had foundation work done this summer. We're in Stage 3 water restriction and the soil is dry way down into the ground.

Oh the joys of home ownership.

 

[Gumby]

I scored a stack of old 10 inch LPs at Goodwill and I'm currently playing them. Mostly big band/swing -- Glenn Miller, Harry James, Ray Anthony among them. Right now, I'm listening to Victor Young and His Singing Strings.

 

[ls99]

DW is away visiting her sisters and son near Baltimore. Spent the day goofing off.

Little while ago watched some rhytmic gymnastics on youtube. One favorite is a Ukranian named Anna Bessonova. A current really impressive gymnast is Evgenia Kanaeva, Russian.


In case you are wondering, she gives a new meaning to playing ball.

Evgenia Kanaeva ball final - Olympic games London 2012 - YouTube

 

[HFWR]

In the process of getting bids to stabilize the foundation in our house.

About a month ago the brick on both sides of the garage developed cracks and each crack is about 12 ft long. What's weird is there is no damage to the drywall inside.

I've counted about 15 houses in our neighborhood that have had foundation work done this summer. We're in Stage 3 water restriction and the soil is dry way down into the ground.

Oh the joys of home ownership.

Boy howdy...

Another reason I'm seriously considering renting at some point. Don't want to get the bill for foundation work. None yet, knock on concrete...

 

[Walt34]

Since it rained most of yesterday I just read some books and played with Photoshop.

Today is clear 'n sunny and after I take an older but still functional computer display and send it to my sister who just bought a new computer but without a display. Her current one is tiny. After that I'll go for a longish motorcycle ride or pressure wash the siding on the house. The ride sounds better.