Roscoe's Quick Notes

And Notre Dame wins the Orange Bowl! What an exciting game! Glad I stayed up past my bedtime to see it through!

posted Thursday, Jan 9, 2025 at ~10:24 PM #QNJAN2025

Closing out a pretty good day by listening to a pretty good college basketball game, IU is leading USC 70-58 late in the 2nd half.

posted Wednesday, Jan 8, 2025 at ~7:45 PM #QNJAN2025

X is becoming my primary social network. I find myself spending more time there than at any of the other social networks where I have an active presence. And if you want to “communicate” with me online, that's where you're most likely to get a relatively timely response.

posted Tue 07 Jan 2025 ~10:00 #QNJAN2025

This Monday has just flown by! I accomplished all the chores I'd set for myself: doing my weekly laundry, grocery shopping, paying bills, calling some of the banks I deal with and taking care of business. But I barely had the TV or radio on at all. When I wasn't working, I was quietly reading into a novel I'm currently working through.

posted Monday, Jan 6, 2025 at ~7:05 PM #QNJAN2025

An extremely productive day, this Sunday. I go to bed satisfied with what I've accomplished today and knowing that the next two days will be busy, too. But everything will be in order when the wife returns home Tuesday evening. It will be so good to have her back.

posted Sunday, Jan 5, 2025 at ~8:10 PM #QNJAN2025

Midday Saturday and the day is going well. It started with a video call from from Sylvia in the Philippines while I was eating breakfast. Breakfast time here in Texas is late at night on the other side of the world where she is. She had a good day and sent me some pictures.

My sports on TV started early with a women's college basketball game and it's continuing with an NFL double-header. The first of the two games is on now, early in the 2nd Quarter. Hands and shoulders are painful today. That's expected following yesterday's yard work. So I'm resting, limiting any physical work today. However, I was able to do some much needed organizing of paperwork back here in the home office.

posted Saturday, Jan 4, 2025 at ~4:15 PM #QNJAN2025

High points of this Friday: 1.) A longish video call from Sylvia in the Philippines. Four more days and she'll be back home. 2.) Yard work. I spent an hour and a half raking and mowing the leaves in the front yard. Looks way better now. 3.) Some really good college football. The ServPro First Responder Bowl Game earlier today, and the Duke's Mayo Bowl being played now.

posted Friday, Jan 3, 2025 at ~9:13 PM #QNJAN2025

The brain is slowing down pretty much on schedule. If I can make it through tonight's IU vs Rutgers men's basketball game, scheduled to start in about 30 minutes, before falling asleep, I'll be surprised. More likely I'll be putting head to pillow at halftime. We'll just see how the rest of the evening goes.

posted Thursday, Jan 2, 2025 at ~7:07 PM #QNJAN2025

I made it through the 1st day of the new year without spending any money, and without breaking anything. And I was able to forward some information to the wife overseas that she wanted. Rather enjoyed watching the Rose Parade on TV and kept entertaining football games running in the background as I read nearly to the end of a novel I've been working through. Actually, I may finish that book before I put head to pillow tonight.

posted Wednesday, Jan 1, 2025 at ~8:55 PM #QNJAN2025

Today has been a pretty good day. (Except that it's my wife's birthday and she's on the other side of the world right now, and I miss her terribly.) I was able to gift myself my Christmas / birthday present, which I try to do every year unless I'm too broke. I upgraded my Sling.TV account to include their “sports package” so I can watch all the games carried by ESPN. And I ordered Christmas and birthday presents for the wife, they'll be waiting for her when she returns home next week.

posted Tuesday, Dec 31, 2024 at ~7:30 PM #QNDEC2024