woke up at about 5:00 as I have been doing. I decided to go back to bed since I didn't have to get up. slept until 8:00. it was kind of nice.
tons of snow every where and still snowing. holy cow!
breakfast
mexican omelettes
banana
coffee
oj
iced tea
E made the omelettes. Eggs, cheese, salsa wrapped in a tortilla. Excellent.
I went out at about 11:00 to try to clear a path to the back door and to clear away some of the snow piled around the heat pump. I went out through the garage because it was the only door we could get open. There must be a 30 in drift in front of the front door. back door is blocked by over 3 ft of snow. The snow right in front of the garage is about 2 ft deep. amazing.
I got everything I needed to do done but then I made the silly mistake of going around the front of the house rather than doubling back on my path. I barely made it. Snow was hip dip in places in the front yard and by that time I was very cold.
lunch
tomato soup
grilled cheese
iced tea
dinner
turkey reuben
chips
coke
iced tea
dessert
bowl of cereal
I tried to watch an Italian movie on DVD. It was supposed to be based on Cosi Fan Tutti. Turned out to be moderately hard core porn. Not a nice surprise. Turned it off after 15 minutes. Too many naked Italians.
Ended up watching The Rocket about Maurice Richard. A Canadian made movie in French. Odd movie. It kept reminding me of other movies. It was rather austere. A little humor would have been a big plus.
Snow stopped around 5:15 pm. We must have gotten 24 in.
08 February 2010
06 February 2010
05 feb 2010
up at 5:10 am for concall. found a note that one of the participants had to cancel. rescheduled for monday.
breakfast
bagel w/ butter
banana
oj
coffee
iced tea
E arranged to work from home today because of the predicted storm so we didn't go to the VRE.
snow started at about 9:15 with a light fall. by noon the streets looked pretty slick because it is a wet snow. much different than the December snow.
lunch
ham, bologna, provolone on a bagel
chips
yogurt
iced tea
yogurt was not very good. i've come to the point when Breyer's fruit on the bottom is just TOO sweet.
took a break at about 4:00 to watch the last few episodes on the season 10 disk of the Simpsons. The drawing seems a great deal more sophisticated by the 10th season.
dinner
turkey reubens
chips
iced tea
pretty good.
snow was falling at a pretty high rate by evening.
i saw the finale of True Grit just before I went to bed. I'd have to say that I hadn't seen T.G. in at least 30 yrs. The final shoot out between John Wayne and Duval and his henchman takes place on one of the most beautiful fall days you could imagine. It looks like perfect football weather.
I first saw True Grit when I was about 10. At that time the violent scenes in the movie seemed REALLY violent. Seeing it now they looked rather tame. All in all, I found it refreshing to see a movie where the characters speak in complete sentences and where even the most violent outlaws parlay before they resort to violence.
looked out the front door on the way to bed. It already looked like we had as much snow as we did in the December storm.
breakfast
bagel w/ butter
banana
oj
coffee
iced tea
E arranged to work from home today because of the predicted storm so we didn't go to the VRE.
snow started at about 9:15 with a light fall. by noon the streets looked pretty slick because it is a wet snow. much different than the December snow.
lunch
ham, bologna, provolone on a bagel
chips
yogurt
iced tea
yogurt was not very good. i've come to the point when Breyer's fruit on the bottom is just TOO sweet.
took a break at about 4:00 to watch the last few episodes on the season 10 disk of the Simpsons. The drawing seems a great deal more sophisticated by the 10th season.
dinner
turkey reubens
chips
iced tea
pretty good.
snow was falling at a pretty high rate by evening.
i saw the finale of True Grit just before I went to bed. I'd have to say that I hadn't seen T.G. in at least 30 yrs. The final shoot out between John Wayne and Duval and his henchman takes place on one of the most beautiful fall days you could imagine. It looks like perfect football weather.
I first saw True Grit when I was about 10. At that time the violent scenes in the movie seemed REALLY violent. Seeing it now they looked rather tame. All in all, I found it refreshing to see a movie where the characters speak in complete sentences and where even the most violent outlaws parlay before they resort to violence.
looked out the front door on the way to bed. It already looked like we had as much snow as we did in the December storm.
05 February 2010
04 feb 2010
woke up at 4:45 again even though i didn't have a concall today. i seem to wake up between 4:30 and d5:15 everyday.
really felt hungry when I woke up. ate breakfast at 5:30
breakfast
bagel w/ butter
iced tea
banana
coffee
oj
i like oj but i think it makes me hungrier
2nd breakfast
sausage egg and cheese sandwich
sample of cinnamon coffee cake
caramel macchiato
iced tea
at 9:00 o'clock. the cinnamon coffee cake was insanely rich and insanely cinnamon-ny
i got the macchiato at Caribou Coffee asked them if they could make brand X's beverage. manager of the CC had formerly been the manager of a brand X.
feeling a bit stir crazy today.
forecast is for a great deal of snow. I decided to take the recycling to the center today. I've been meaning to do it for a long time. also picked up some things at the grocery store and got cat food at PetSmart
lunch
veggie burrito
chicken taco
iced tea
at Qdoba. I remembered about 30 seconds after I ordered that there is a Chipotle a quarter of a mile from the Qdoba. I always like Chipotle better. Dang.
Also stopped at Target for a few items. Got a coffee at target. Pike's Place? Not bad.
dinner
pizza w/ pepperoni, mushrooms, onions (3 sl, should have had 2)
greek salad
coke
iced tea
watched another episode of Evolution. Interesting series.
really felt hungry when I woke up. ate breakfast at 5:30
breakfast
bagel w/ butter
iced tea
banana
coffee
oj
i like oj but i think it makes me hungrier
2nd breakfast
sausage egg and cheese sandwich
sample of cinnamon coffee cake
caramel macchiato
iced tea
at 9:00 o'clock. the cinnamon coffee cake was insanely rich and insanely cinnamon-ny
i got the macchiato at Caribou Coffee asked them if they could make brand X's beverage. manager of the CC had formerly been the manager of a brand X.
feeling a bit stir crazy today.
forecast is for a great deal of snow. I decided to take the recycling to the center today. I've been meaning to do it for a long time. also picked up some things at the grocery store and got cat food at PetSmart
lunch
veggie burrito
chicken taco
iced tea
at Qdoba. I remembered about 30 seconds after I ordered that there is a Chipotle a quarter of a mile from the Qdoba. I always like Chipotle better. Dang.
Also stopped at Target for a few items. Got a coffee at target. Pike's Place? Not bad.
dinner
pizza w/ pepperoni, mushrooms, onions (3 sl, should have had 2)
greek salad
coke
iced tea
watched another episode of Evolution. Interesting series.
03 February 2010
03 feb 2010
up early yet again for a concall. setup in the basement. connecting through the cable worked out. pretty good call.
looked like about 5 in of snow on the ground after last night. wet, fluffy stuff. it didn't look like we'd be able to get out in time to get to the VRE. E was able to work from home.
breakfast
bagel w/ butter
banana
iced tea
coffee
i had a couple of rush jobs to do. we decided we'd let the sun work on the snow and try to dig out in the early afternoon.
lunch
potato and leek soup
ham, bologna, and cheese sandwich
iced tea
p&l soup is traditional english soup. i got it from the uk and ireland section at the grocery store. it just looked like it might be new and different. ok but not something i'll put on my usual soup list.
we attacked the snow after lunch. it hadn't been sunny but it was warm enough to really do a lot of melting. we managed to clear a good path in 45 min to an hr. we are now hearing that a big storm is coming fri/sat. so what's new?
snack
crackers
cherry coke
dinner
burritos (2)
iced tea
we watched another episode of a program called evolution. interesting show but a lot of the biologists and paleontologists talk about evolution as if it were an entity rather than a process. evolution conducts experiments and thoughts like that.
i watched two episodes of the simpsons after that. season 10 episodes. i really liked the canals of springfield.
looked like about 5 in of snow on the ground after last night. wet, fluffy stuff. it didn't look like we'd be able to get out in time to get to the VRE. E was able to work from home.
breakfast
bagel w/ butter
banana
iced tea
coffee
i had a couple of rush jobs to do. we decided we'd let the sun work on the snow and try to dig out in the early afternoon.
lunch
potato and leek soup
ham, bologna, and cheese sandwich
iced tea
p&l soup is traditional english soup. i got it from the uk and ireland section at the grocery store. it just looked like it might be new and different. ok but not something i'll put on my usual soup list.
we attacked the snow after lunch. it hadn't been sunny but it was warm enough to really do a lot of melting. we managed to clear a good path in 45 min to an hr. we are now hearing that a big storm is coming fri/sat. so what's new?
snack
crackers
cherry coke
dinner
burritos (2)
iced tea
we watched another episode of a program called evolution. interesting show but a lot of the biologists and paleontologists talk about evolution as if it were an entity rather than a process. evolution conducts experiments and thoughts like that.
i watched two episodes of the simpsons after that. season 10 episodes. i really liked the canals of springfield.
02 feb 2010
groundhog day
early morning concall again today. trouble with the connection again. reschedule for tomorrow. i'll connect the computer directly in the basement and see if that works.
breakfast
cereal
banana
iced tea
coffee
lunch
meatball sub
retro dr. pepper
at wegmans. good.
dinner
bologna and cheese sandwich
chips
cole slaw
iced tea
we found a st:tng rerun on the syfy channel. turned out to be the two part finale. really an excellent episode. they even got to invert their tachyon pulses. always a delight.
snowing pretty steadily in the evening.
early morning concall again today. trouble with the connection again. reschedule for tomorrow. i'll connect the computer directly in the basement and see if that works.
breakfast
cereal
banana
iced tea
coffee
lunch
meatball sub
retro dr. pepper
at wegmans. good.
dinner
bologna and cheese sandwich
chips
cole slaw
iced tea
we found a st:tng rerun on the syfy channel. turned out to be the two part finale. really an excellent episode. they even got to invert their tachyon pulses. always a delight.
snowing pretty steadily in the evening.
02 February 2010
01 feb. 2010
Can't believe it is already February. Amazing.
Extremely cold at 5:15 in the am. 10 degrees according to the Weather Bug. Early concall this morning.Signal strength which has generally been good of very good is now low for some reason. Causes Skype quality problems. Have to reschedule for Friday. I'll have to set up my computer near the router and test it before Friday.
breakfast
bacon, egg, and cheese on a bagel
iced tea
caffe mocha
at Panera. Pretty good.
lunch
italian sub
fries
iced tea
at Ledo's. The lunch deal at Ledo's is very good. Any sub, fries, and a drink for less than $7.
For some reason the waitress at Ledo's is my best friend in the world. I've been going to that Ledo's since it opened (Oct. 2004, I think, because the wait staff were all dressed for Halloween the first time I went) but in the last two years I would think I go there maybe once every 6 wks max. Oh well, she's a very friendly lady and always has news from Haymarket.
E. had to work a little late so she caught a somewhat later train. Went to VRE a little later than usual. I really wish they would put some lights on that access road!
My stomach turned a flip just as I was making supper. About 20 min where I just felt like I couldn't eat anything. I sat down and drank some tea and felt a little better.
dinner
spaghetti w/ butter and parmesan
iced tea
I also made a salad but didn't feel like eating it. That seems to happen a lot lately.
dessert
donut
iced tea
We watched Antiques Roadshow from Atlantic City, NJ. I love the way the appraisers name the price. "One of these without the lid sold for 800,000 in Arkansas in '47. This one has the lid and the documentation that it belonged to Oswald Thorgood so I would estimate that it would make between 40 cents and 8 trillion dollars at auction." Some of the antique furniture is appraised for less than a comparable piece of modern factory made furniture. Oh well.
Extremely cold at 5:15 in the am. 10 degrees according to the Weather Bug. Early concall this morning.Signal strength which has generally been good of very good is now low for some reason. Causes Skype quality problems. Have to reschedule for Friday. I'll have to set up my computer near the router and test it before Friday.
breakfast
bacon, egg, and cheese on a bagel
iced tea
caffe mocha
at Panera. Pretty good.
lunch
italian sub
fries
iced tea
at Ledo's. The lunch deal at Ledo's is very good. Any sub, fries, and a drink for less than $7.
For some reason the waitress at Ledo's is my best friend in the world. I've been going to that Ledo's since it opened (Oct. 2004, I think, because the wait staff were all dressed for Halloween the first time I went) but in the last two years I would think I go there maybe once every 6 wks max. Oh well, she's a very friendly lady and always has news from Haymarket.
E. had to work a little late so she caught a somewhat later train. Went to VRE a little later than usual. I really wish they would put some lights on that access road!
My stomach turned a flip just as I was making supper. About 20 min where I just felt like I couldn't eat anything. I sat down and drank some tea and felt a little better.
dinner
spaghetti w/ butter and parmesan
iced tea
I also made a salad but didn't feel like eating it. That seems to happen a lot lately.
dessert
donut
iced tea
We watched Antiques Roadshow from Atlantic City, NJ. I love the way the appraisers name the price. "One of these without the lid sold for 800,000 in Arkansas in '47. This one has the lid and the documentation that it belonged to Oswald Thorgood so I would estimate that it would make between 40 cents and 8 trillion dollars at auction." Some of the antique furniture is appraised for less than a comparable piece of modern factory made furniture. Oh well.
01 February 2010
31 jan 2010
used the CPAP for 2-3 hours. slept fairly well but woke up at about 4:45 from a terrible dream. I don't remember anything about the dream but I dreaded to go back to bed. I went downstairs and did the dishes and watched star trek.
breakfast
bowl of cereal
banana
iced tea
2nd breakfast
bagel w/ butter
coffee
Decided that it was best to start shoveling the driveway as soon as possible since the sun was out. It was about 18 degrees at 10 am when we started. I tried using the leaf blower. It worked ok since the snow was extremely dry but the snow was a little too deep (6 to 7 in). I think it would have worked well if there had been 3 in of snow or less. It took about 1 hr to clear the driveway from the garage to the street. In the December storm it took us about 4 hrs and that was with help from one neighbor shoveling and from another with a snow plow. Really soar elbow after digging the snow.
lunch
sandwich on a bagel
chips
iced tea
snack
chips and salsa
coke
dinner
lentil soup (home-made)
crusty bread and butter
iced tea
dessert
mini cinnamon buns (2)
iced tea
We watched a tiny bit of the Pro Bowl. I always get a kick out of the mis-matched helmets. For once the uniforms made for the game looked like actual professional football uniforms. Usually whoever designs them seems to have mixed up the pro bowl design with the design for some high school team.
Ended up watching Galaxy Quest on DVD. Such a funny movie. So many great lines. Guy gets a lot of good ones: "Did any of you ever WATCH the show?" Many were my laughings amid the watching of these historical documents.
breakfast
bowl of cereal
banana
iced tea
2nd breakfast
bagel w/ butter
coffee
Decided that it was best to start shoveling the driveway as soon as possible since the sun was out. It was about 18 degrees at 10 am when we started. I tried using the leaf blower. It worked ok since the snow was extremely dry but the snow was a little too deep (6 to 7 in). I think it would have worked well if there had been 3 in of snow or less. It took about 1 hr to clear the driveway from the garage to the street. In the December storm it took us about 4 hrs and that was with help from one neighbor shoveling and from another with a snow plow. Really soar elbow after digging the snow.
lunch
sandwich on a bagel
chips
iced tea
snack
chips and salsa
coke
dinner
lentil soup (home-made)
crusty bread and butter
iced tea
dessert
mini cinnamon buns (2)
iced tea
We watched a tiny bit of the Pro Bowl. I always get a kick out of the mis-matched helmets. For once the uniforms made for the game looked like actual professional football uniforms. Usually whoever designs them seems to have mixed up the pro bowl design with the design for some high school team.
Ended up watching Galaxy Quest on DVD. Such a funny movie. So many great lines. Guy gets a lot of good ones: "Did any of you ever WATCH the show?" Many were my laughings amid the watching of these historical documents.
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