I hope that you have had a great weekend. It’s been productive and eventful for me, but alas it will all come to an end tomorrow morning, then we go back to the old ball and chain otherwise known as work.
Friday night I stayed up pretty late and watched tv, one of the things I enjoyed was the Jonas Brothers Movie, Happiness Continues on Amazon. It was very entertaining and it’s a concert movie so you get to hear songs. Most of which I knew but some were knew to me. I think all of the Jonas’ are all very handsome but my favorite is Nick. Sadly, they are all straight and married.
Saturday, I woke up around 8a which is pretty well normal for a weekend. I got breakfast and fed the cats. I got dressed and headed out for the big job. I had been thinking about it to the point of obsession. I opted to use a leaf blower. I started out strong but that quickly fizzled out. Next was the by hand method which proved every bit as messy as I remember it but this time there were no ants. Once I got as much out by hand as I could I broke out the power washer. That helped me finish the job and I ran it until the water was clear. I got over confident and fell off the ladder not once but two times. I skinned my left leg on the first fall. The second fall screwed up my hamstring and while that was obvious hours afterwards at the time, I felt no pain. I managed to power wash the front of the house – porch and sidewalk. Man, alive there was some serious grime there that I never realized. Everything looks shiny and close to new. I did take out some paint and while I am not happy about it, it’s not like I didn’t expect it. When I was done with the front yard, I went on to the back and that was simple. I used the by hand method and when I was done got out the leaf blower and cleaned up. Then cleaned up my mess in the front yard. I was thinking about it and opted to install a leaf stopper. I paid for a set of 4 and installed 2 in the back yard last year. I figured while the ladder was still out and I was still semi flexible might as well go for it. It put up a little bit of a fight but I got it in. That will help keep things nice and open for drainage. When I was done, I stripped naked in the garage (yes, the door was down) and jumped into the shower. I had all sorts of crud on me and wanted to get clean asap. When I was done, I grabbed a cold soda and camped out in my chair. Then opted to lay down and take a nap.
Home improvement, next steps. I need to get a better solution to make sure the water from the gutter in the front of the house goes into the drainage pipe. It’s okay for now. I also need to get a PVC elbow and some additional pipe to route the sump pump water away from the foundation of the house. Things were all rosy when we moved in here but a lot has happened both in life and with the age of the house.
Back on track here. I woke up after about an hour. On to food a favorite subject. I ordered out and got a pizza to pick up. I went all out and got a Chicago Deep Dish, extra-large. I eat 2 pieces of it and I am full. This baby has Italian Sausage, Pepperoni, Mushroom, Hamburger, Black Olives and extra cheese. Cost me close to $30 but considering that it’s not just 1 meal I am okay with it. It serves 5 to 6 people, so it’s a lot of food for 1 person. I am going to be so sick of pizza for a while.
I made it out to get Marv’s medicine and cat food. Then I was done for the day on Saturday. The more as I sat the stiffer, I got (in all the wrong places of course). It also became more obvious that something was messed up with my hamstring. I put ice on it but never mind that I pulled muscles in my leg so it’s really tough to get up and get moving but once I get started all is okay. It still hurts like hell and it will for a few days but then all of this will be over. Probably by Wednesday or Thursday for sure next Saturday.
I took in some PBS news programming and then went to watching YouTube videos, eventually called it a night around 11p.
Woke up this morning to Gators meow and she wouldn’t stop. I even changed beds and nope she was still going strong. After about an hour of tossing around I got up about 8a. She started at 6a when the light in the living room went on. You’d think by now she would know what a weekend is but even if she did, her mouth didn’t. You would have thought someone was doing horrible things to her or something was dreadfully wrong but nope she just wanted food for her pie hole.
I slowly ate 2 pieces of cold pizza for breakfast but first had to take my sugar. I got a good reading. Then had my pills and sat for a bit. Then thought about skipping the grocery store because of my leg and the way I felt but opted to forge forward. I made it through and didn’t do too much damage. Once again, I forgot to get popcorn. I’m telling you next week will be my week. Popcorn it shall be. I did get 3 more slices of cake, another box of Chocolate Éclair Ice Cream Bars, another box of Chocolate Chip cookies with White Fudge chunks. I also managed to pick up a bag of bite size Snickers. As I list all of this delicious goodness it’s apparent to me as to why I am gaining so much weight. I treat myself with too much of the wrong types of food.
Once I came home from the grocery store and unpacked. I sat in my chair and began to relax. Eventually I got up and laid down with Gator in bed. Everything was fine until she remembered that she was missing lunch, then suddenly she wanted me to leap up and fetch her another can of food. I on the other hand opted to lay in bed and told her be quiet. Eventually within 30 minutes I got up. I didn’t want to sleep too long. Then I came to sit on the couch with Marv. Gator joined us and after about an hour I opted to start cleaning. Then came downstairs to get on the computer.
Sad to say but my sound went belly up again. I am trying my last experiment to rule out the keyboard and it’s added software. I unplugged the keyboard and removed the software from my machine. Rebooted twice and here I am. You know everything was fine a couple days ago when I eliminated the sleep function. Then one of my programs installed an update and ever since then it’s just been topsy turvy because it forced a reboot. I had a sweet spot and apparently it was a temporary thing. I am back on my old keyboard and am going to try this for a couple days, if there are no sound glitches that will prove my theory. At that point I will need to make a decision if I want to send it back or keep it and know that I have to reboot every day or two. I think I will be sending it back but don’t want to act in haste. If the sound still acts up then it will be time to purchase a new soundcard – first I have to check to see if I have an open slot for that. I think so but I am not rushing to look right now. My personal opinion is that I don’t think it’s the sound card but hey I have been proven wrong before.
I am finishing up laundry and will be headed up for the day soon. Just waiting on the dryer to finish up with Marv’s cover. It’s kind of hot upstairs so might turn on the AC. I had to have it on yesterday because it was 90 here. We were supposed to have storm today but that didn’t happen, instead it’s sunny and in the 70’s. Speaking of AC, I think I will be getting a dehumidifier for my room since it tends to hold so much heat. Although yesterday when it was hot as blazes you could easily tell that AC was doing its job. Come on AC keep on humming along.
So that’s my wild weekend. If it wasn’t for my ladder falls, I would have finished up power washing the deck but I can do that on another day, it’s not like the dirt is going to magically disappear. I will probably tackle the plumbing/sump pump thing next weekend, at least that is the plan for now. Kind of depends on the weather and how I feel. I must say that I am quite proud of the front part of the house that I cleaned off and it feels good to have set a goal and accomplished it.
Back on April 1st I shaved my head and today a little over a month later I am ready for a haircut. That is just plain crazy!
I hope that your well, talk with you all again soon. Cheers for now.
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