What did you do today? - 2023/2024 version

Early morning grocery run with DW, then I mowed the front part of the lawn (did the back part yesterday) at reduced height and what I hope is the last mowing of the year. It's kind of early for the last cut, but one can hope.
 
Morning chiro appt, some yard work, winterized sprinkler system, and watched the Cutco knife guy sharpen our knives while he simultaneously tried to get DW to buy more knives.
 
I'm home visiting family and friends for the week. Normally I take a yoga class every morning when I'm home, but today I was co-hosting a webinar at the same time, so I went to an evening yoga class.

Unlike the morning classes, which are small and mostly middle age folks, the evening class was packed "mat-to-mat" with super-fit 20-somethings: Just not the right vibe for me.
 
The young wife and I got all dressed up and went to a charity gala last night. It's the first time in a few years that I've worn a suit. I think the last was for a funeral.
 
Today was the last day for early voting, so I went in about 15 minutes before the building opened and was probably about #50 or 60 on the line. It moved much faster than I expected, and I was really impressed at how efficient it all was. By the time I left, the line outside was well over a block long, but still moving at a good clip.
 
We pay property taxes to both city and county, and I got the second bill today. Combined, the total was just a hair over 3% higher than last year, so that was a big relief!
 
Yesterday: I took my two recently adopted cats to the vet for their "new pet/intro" visit. They behaved like champs! Absolutely no hissing, biting, or scratching. They don't do those things at home, but I wasn't sure how they would react to a vet visit.

They were nervous, and their eyes were as big as saucers, but they handled it very well. Overall the vet said they are in excellent health; results of blood tests will be in on Monday, but the vet doesn't expect any negative news there. They both have "cauliflower ears" and histories of ear infections, and I was sent home with ear drops to administer to one of them once a day for 30 days, due to a slight infection. I can foresee some fun wrestling matches there - the cat is not a fan of the drops, based on last night's valiant attempt on my part. If the med doesn't clear it up, they would have to sedate him and do a thorough "flush and clean" so fingers crossed the med works. His ear canal is extremely stenotic due to infections that weren't treated in a timely manner in his past life. :(

They are also a little bit overweight (a pound each) so I have to put them on prison rations - 1/4 cup of food am and pm. Based on the yelling they treated me to this morning when they demanded breakfast, neither one of them is a fan of the new ration scheme.

Last night I ordered weight management food and a baby scale from Amazon, and both arrived today.

The vet and the tech were charmed by the cats, and I was very impressed by the vet and the whole practice (my first visit there) so it was a win-win.

As a bonus, I think it may have been a bonding experience between myself and the cats. Both of them have been extra affectionate today (perhaps grateful that I stuck with them through the trauma of the vet visit? or just glad to be home again, more likely!) 😹
 
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Actually last night, went to a place which supposedly had a dance band, was a bloody awful chrome decor, dead crowd, band which made up in volume in what they lacked in skill and talent, left.
On the way home stopped at a genuine dive, a Tavern in existence since 1933. Old cigar box banjo collection on the grimy walls and ancient rifles hanging from the ceiling with the obligatory very old license plates covering walls with likely the original paint and cigarette smoke patina form the old days... Looks from outside like a place you throw you knife in handle first, and if it does not come back at you with the pointy end, OK to go in.

Walked in saw and heard a trio playing, short sleeves rolled up with a packs of cigarettes in the folds. Gretsch lead guitar, the band sounding like a 30 piece Brian Setzer orchestra. Old time rock and swing. A rag tag crowd, some half in the bag. Ended up staying for hours nursing one draft beer. Am not a drinker. Great music. 5'x5' space with cracked vinyl tiles for what passes as a dance floor. Danced with a woman, wife of the drummer, dressed for the period, a few rounds of swing. She and I were the only dancers.
Was a blast!
 
Adjusted the four clocks in the house for the time change.
Took down the Halloween decorations and put out the few Fall/Thanksgiving ones I have (two cornucopia taper candle holders, tea light pumpkin and leaf holders and fall placemats).
Fall/winter is the time I burn a lot of candles--love the fragrance and ambiance!
Watched DGS (5) last evening while parents went out for a dinner date. We were busy--McDonalds for their play place, ( managed to get him to eat 3 nuggets, milk and the apples) a stop for a sprinkle donut on the way home, a bath that lasted at least 30 minutes:LOL:
Then he wanted popcorn and a movie. Mom and Dad arrived to pick him up just as the movie was ending--good timing!
 
ls99 said:
Actually last night, went to a place which supposedly had a dance band, was a bloody awful chrome decor, dead crowd, band which made up in volume in what they lacked in skill and talent, left.
On the way home stopped at a genuine dive, a Tavern in existence since 1933. Old cigar box banjo collection on the grimy walls and ancient rifles hanging from the ceiling with the obligatory very old license plates covering walls with likely the original paint and cigarette smoke patina form the old days... Looks from outside like a place you throw you knife in handle first, and if it does not come back at you with the pointy end, OK to go in.

Walked in saw and heard a trio playing, short sleeves rolled up with a packs of cigarettes in the folds. Gretsch lead guitar, the band sounding like a 30 piece Brian Setzer orchestra. Old time rock and swing. A rag tag crowd, some half in the bag. Ended up staying for hours nursing one draft beer. Am not a drinker. Great music. 5'x5' space with cracked vinyl tiles for what passes as a dance floor. Danced with a woman, wife of the drummer, dressed for the period, a few rounds of swing. She and I were the only dancers.
Was a blast!
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Those places are the BEST! My home town had a few of them. They still can be found in south Texas if you go to where there are no big cities.
 
Yesterday made some chili and a pumpkin pie crisp. Got materials to paint the inside walls of my shop. Today recaulking the tile/ shower pan in DW's bathroom, and started spackle/paint in my shop. And haircut.
 
I got up to pouring rain at 6:00 AM....finally after a dry month. Took the puppy out for a potty walk between the raindrops! Had coffee and then continued my shredding of documents I have been dragging around for 40 years.
 
We are working a new building job at the fairgrounds, and today they were running the Extreme Scream ride up and down. I thought they were testing it, but then they started using the mechanism to decorate it with Christmas lighting in the shape of a tree. The crew mounted a platform to stand on and rode it up and back down on each quadrant. I suspect the first runs were getting it warmed up and tested before putting people on it.
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Left early to go send the morning at the new stack I built. I wanted to watch the bucks rutting and get a few pictures. The deer activity on the north slope is a breading ritual area they come to each year. I got a great show and now can be in a heated warm place to watch from.
I headed home after I had lunch there and went hunting late afternoon till dark. Nothing but it still was a successful time out hunting.
 
Long day as an election judge yesterday. Onsite at 5:30am, did not leave until 10pm. Other than my breaks, I was on my feet all of that time - I chose to man the posts that required standing as some of the other election judges had difficulty doing that. I am thankful for still being fit enough to do that. The day was not as busy as I expected, as about 25% of the registered voters had voted early. Everyone was nice and received many thanks for serving as a judge. Returned home, checked the numbers - my fantasy football results that is, the important stuff 😉 , and feel asleep.
 
Haha. Took an extremely rare nap after staying up so late last night.
Spent the afternoon walking the snow covery slopes in search of wapiti! Not a good year for wapiti up here. It's been very dry and crazy amount of wildfires!
Still beautiful as the pines all had a thick frost/snow on and really fogged in, extremely calm and quiet.
Blessed by the great Lord!
 
Back on the Fair job today. The dump truck would not start and those batteries are really old, so I went to Costco when they opened and got a new trio. Put them in and it started, all right. Then the starter motor ran away and smoked and burned while I scrambled to get the batteries disconnected.
It is the old original 58 pound 42MT starter. I had replaced the relay on it once, when I found out how much trouble it is to change. I could not dodge that now. I got it unbolted and then discovered it cannot come out from between the frame and the engine without a whole lot of removing other stuff.
I went the other route and took all the cap bolts off both ends, pried it open and cut the field wires with a prybar and sledgehammer until I beat it into components. THEN it fell right out of there :)
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skyking1 said:
I went the other route and took all the cap bolts off both ends, pried it open and cut the field wires with a prybar and sledgehammer until I beat it into components. THEN it fell right out of there.
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Umm, that all sounds fine, but how are you going to get the new replacement piece in?
 
Brought donations to Goodwill, old electronics to the eWaste collection and old household batteries to an auto parts store that accepts them for recycling. These places have come recognize my car! Anyhow, happy to have finally eliminated 30-pin Apple connectors and devices from the house.

Also brought in a pair of new sunglasses frames that I’d bought online to my optical shop to get lenses for my current prescription. The frames are a spare pair of my current sunglasses frames that I bought online while they were still in stock. It’s so hard for me to find a pair of frames that fit my face, work with my difficult prescription, look good on me, and are lightweight so when I find a pair that meets all those criteria, I try to buy spares. Wish I could still just go to Costco and enjoy their scale of economy like I did when my prescription was less complex! I ought to declutter my really old glasses, come to think of it.
 
Walt34 said:
I got a call from work today, I've been retired for 22 years. It seems that the cold case unit was looking at an old homicide that I did the computer forensic exam on and they wanted to know what I remembered about procedures and analysis. The Sgt. who called me came on the department the year I retired!

I told him what I could remember, which wasn't much, but he'd expected that.
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Not like the movies...the retired guy either cracks the case or was the perp. :D
 
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