Rice a Roni the San Francisco treat

I Stocked up on rice a roni.  I've been eating it pretty regularly.
I'm using 1/2 the spice packet and a couple of Tablespoons of
Soy Sauce.  It's less salty that way.

Took the Buick through the car wash, the automatic kind.
It missed a few spots, so i know what to do next time.  They
provide a brush on a long handle and a bucket of soapy
water.  The guy before in line did that.

I made a note on the calendar to give Pesto wormer in
two weeks.  That date is coming up soon.

Tomorrow I'll see the Nurse for blood pressure measuring
pulse rate and weighing on a scale.  Prior to that I'll stop at
Sutter for a CBC

Vicki and i walked a bit today.  She's still having problems
with her foot. I wish it would just heal :-(

Bye for now

Don't you hate when that happens?

I had a nice post all typed up and i hit the wrong button and bam!
It was all gone.

Today we went to the Wellness and Advocacy Center and picked
Swiss Chard.  Faced with a choice of either boil the chard or fry
it.  I chose to fry it.  I fried it in peanut oil and added a tablespoon
of Apple Cider Vinegar and some hand cracked pepper for flavor.

I took Vicki out to Rite Aid and she bought me an ice cream cone.
They even had my favorite flavor.  Mocha Almond Fudge.  We
also stopped at Safeway.

I found Silver Swan Soy Sauce at Lucky's Market.  Silver Swan was
recommended by a Filipino friend.  It comes in a larger container and
it is cheaper than a smaller bottle of Kikkoman Brand.

Later, on the way to Food Group, we stopped at Carl's Jr.  I bought
a Western Bacon Cheeseburger.  That is 1/4 LB of USDA beef
flame broiled with 2 strips of bacon, a slice of american cheese,
BBQ Sauce and 2 crunchy onion rings.  It's my favorite burger of
all time and it's been around more than 25 years.

A day with an ice cream cone and a western bacon cheeseburger
is quite a day indeed.

G'night diary

 

Lackadaisical about Ham Radio and other stuff too.

Got back on Ham Radio yesterday (Sunday) after not being on for 5 days.
Talked to Alan and the bunch on 145.190 and the Sunday night net.
Everybody was doing okay.

Been kinda lackadaisical about reading my RSS also.  Make Magazine and
Hack a Day, both seemed really boring.  Now i'm on Slashdot Hardware.
It looks boring too.

Oh, applied for a job today and i may get hired.  Met the owner of the shop,
and he said he might take me on for some part time work.   So, that kinda
made my day.

Been walking with Vicki the last few days.  We're working up to 3 miles
again.  Need to start out kinda slow, but we'll be back on the beat in no
time.

That's all for Monday night.  Cheers.

Adding motor oil to my buick

I bought motor oil at Kragen on Tuesday.  I added it to the vehicle on Thursday.  

That was yesterday.  It is now 12:52 pm, i guess i could say that that was 
yesterday.  I opened the first quart and bumped it over and spilled nearly 1/2
of it on the radiator fan.  This turned out okay cause two quarts was a little much 
anyway.  

Vicki received Microsoft Word 2007 in the mail today.  So, after food group I 
installed it for her.  I swear that package was the most difficult to open package i 
have ever encountered.  .I actually Googled "Opening Microsoft Word Packaging", 

but didn't find anything.  Finally Vicki just used brute force to get it open.  This is 
something i was afraid to do, but we did get  it open.  Then we had a little trouble 
getting Open Office files to open with MS Word.  She has had some training on 
MS Word and  that is what she likes and that is what she wants to use.  Open 
Office was just a kludge to work until she got MS Word.

I took a picture of Vicki with her cell phone today.  Tomorrow i'll email it to myself.

Then I'll edit it and email it to her.  Kinda neat that the phone has a camera 

built in, but i guess they all do now.  It has an fm radio built in too.  I need 

to get some cheap ear buds so she can listen to the radio when we walk. 


Oh, oh oh oh...  The good news.  Vicki's Doctor says she can walk again.  I 
mean fitness walking a couple of miles at a go.  Ever since she got that infection 
on her toe the  Dr.  has limited her recreational walking.  So that is very good 
news.

Anyway, that's it for today.  Tomorrow is commodities.  That is a food program 

for the people here in the building.  I have to be up early to get in line. 

goodnight

Marine Biologists using Linux

Tonight was the NBLUG meeting for August.  Featured was a Sys Admin
from the Marine Biology Lab in Santa Cruz.  I liked the talk, it worked it's
way around to programming languages, and all I can say is everybody has
good things to say about Python.  They went into some stuff i don't really
understand concerning  integers and various other programming lingo.

On the way to O'Reilly I stopped at Kragen Auto and picked up a few quarts
of Motor Oil, I'll probably add that tomorrow morning.  Thinking about
grabbing Vicki and heading out to Corrine Camp Wellness and Advocacy
center for some more computer training.

Oh, and i did go to Pet Co and pick up some wormer for Pesto.  I have a
can of squishy food for her that i can mix the worm poison into.  I should
do that tomorrow at breakfast, that's 4:30 AM.

Getting in touch with Dave.

I've been trying to get in touch with Dave for weeks.  I've left many messages,
with my home phone number.  Now i'm thinking that the distributor should be
looked at, along with the automatic transmission fluid.

I'll have to check the oil and water here pretty soon.  The Buick has been reliable,
and i just noticed that I've had it for 6 years, that's a long time even for good friends
like us.  We stopped for gas Friday night and Vicki washed the windows with
the squeegee.  I swear I  think it was the first time she had ever done that.

Wellness and Advocacy Center

I went through a quick tutorial on excel on the centers network.  The guy there
seems real nice.  I learned how to enter data into cells and to adjust the size of
the cells.  Then I sat out in the sun for a bit, ate some fresh raspberries, and
listened to some good music.  Wednesday is music day there.

So, tomorrow Mark and I are going to go on an expedition.  I don't know where
yet, but i'll definitely need to get some sleep tonight.  We might go to Bullfrog
Pond or we may go to Goat Rock Beach.  It's probably pretty foggy out at the
coast.

I'll let you know tomorrow.

Footnote:  Mark was busy on Thursday, but he did buy a Deep Cycle battery
on Saturday.  That's a big step in the right direction.

Oh and P.S.  NBLUG is on Tuesday this coming week so i'll be there.

Automobile Registration

On Friday I put the registration sticker on the license plate, i cross hatched it with a
sheetrock knife.  Last time before, last they just stole the whole license plate and it
cost me money at the DMV to replace the license plate, those dastardly rascals.

I'm thinking about having the car washed, it's all dirty and such.  Maybe i'll go to a
gas station that has a car wash built in and run it through that.  Still need some
vacuuming on the interior as well.

Good day on Farm Town, i harvested coffee and strawberries, strawberries for
yogurt and coffee for the grinder.  It all works out to the good when you sell stuff.
I guess if i had to recommend a game, i would recommend 'Farm Town' on Facebook
simply because i play it and i like it.

Monday early in the morning

Trying to listen to Coast to Coast AM tonight, and the station just looped commercials, they do this a couple of times a year.  I tried to call the station but there are no real flesh and blood people working in the station at this time of night.

It's 4:00 AM I'll feed the cat in 1/2 hour, and give Dave a call at 7:00, maybe in the mean time i'll catch some winks in the chair.

Tina and Gloria are probably in Maui by now.  Hope they are enjoying the weather and the tropics.  So for now i'll wrap it up here on the Blog.  Maybe let you know what's happening tomorrow.

Pesto's Picassa

Vicki's home made cookies

I got two bags of cookie powder at commodities, and took one over to Vicki's place, she baked them up and boy were they good.  Basically a butter cookie with M and Ms for chocolate chips.  I had 2 bags so I gave her one to keep for herself.

 I am pretty tired after not sleeping all night, i think i'll take a nap soon.  I didn't even finish listening to Coast to Coast AM last night my ADD was acting up big time.  That's one of the reasons why I started this Blog, for some creative output.

Well, about food and my weight, i'm still hovering around 215 maybe a little less, eating a lot less compulsively these days.  Been thinking about what i'm going to eat and so on.

The Drowned Rat

A couple of weeks ago i put Pesto (my cat) in the bathtub, after some fussing she settled down and let me scrub her.  I got one good scratch but all in all it went well and i would repeat the process again.  I think the funniest thing was, i was able to towel most of her off, with the exception of her tail, hence the nickname the drowned rat.

got up at 4:00 AM today, August 1 or 2, not sure, but it's definitely sunday...

I know i'm going to wish i had slept later, but for now, i'm just working on the blog.

Return of the dog groomer

Hi All, here we are at Blog 101, I read about Kathleen giving her dog a haircut today.
She said it didn't go too well, i wish i still had a number for Tim the Dog Groomer.
I would have referred her to him.  Maybe i'll look him up in the Yellow Pages