The Rangers having won their afternoon game over the Pirates 3-2, and there being nothing on the TV that particularly interests me, the plan now is to switch to a relaxing music channel and quietly read until it's time to put head to pillow. Or until the wife gets home from the Bingo Hall. Whatever.
Oh, for those who are keeping score, I never did get to any yard work this morning. Arthritic hips kept me too unstable on my feet. Maybe tomorrow.
posted Saturday, Jun 21, 2025 at ~18:00 #QNJUN2025
posted by Roscoe
After 2 days with a little bit of yard work (Wednesday and Thursday mornings before the heat of the day got serious, and before my arthritic hips got too ridiculous) it was necessary that I take today to rest and recover. I could barely stagger and shuffle around the house yesterday afternoon / evening and avoid falling down. Hopefully those hips will have recovered enough to allow me to do some more yard work tomorrow morning. If not, there's always the next day.
posted Friday, Jun 20, 2025 at ~5:20 PM #QNJUN2025
posted by Roscoe
With an hour and a half of yard work done, and all the day's pending chess work wrapped up before Noon, this Thursday has already been acceptably productive. Assuming nothing freakishly bad happens in the Roscoe-verse over the course of the next 12 hours, I'll consider this day a success.
posted Thursday, Jun 19, 2025 at ~11:51 AM #QNJUN2025
posted by Roscoe
Another good day. I even got a little yard work done: cutting branches in the back yard, picking up branches that had fallen from one of the big trees back there, and loading the big green organics bin for its collection by the city tomorrow. I was going to get some mowing done back there, but it got too hot so I came inside to cool off under the a/c. The mowing can wait until tomorrow.
posted Wednesday, Jun 18, 2025 at ~5:48 PM #QNJUN2025
posted by Roscoe
A pretty good Tuesday wraps up. Nothing special, but nothing nasty either. Just an all-around good day.
posted Tuesday, Jun 17, 2025 at ~7:45 PM #QNJUN2025
posted by Roscoe
A regular Monday, this. Nothing outlandish or particularly noteworthy in the Roscoe-verse to comment on. It was much easier to follow the day's prayer regimen without the attention-sucking pull of Facebook. Was able to get to my chess games early and without interruption. And got my weekly laundry all done. All good Monday chores.
posted Monday, Jun 16, 2025 at ~7:32 PM #QNJUN2025
posted by Roscoe
Today was a happy Father's Day for me. Sylvia took me out to a favorite restaurant for lunch. And I got happy Father's Day messages from stepson and his wife and grandchildren in the Philippines.
Early this morning I cancelled my Facebook account. Whew! THAT was a chore. But I'm glad I did it! And I put away the Portal unit in my room since it's no longer working, it being a Facebook device. I spent time this afternoon setting up and relearning the “Amazon Show” device my daughter gifted me a few years ago. It can replace the video-chat functions of the FB Portal, which was really the only worthwhile part of Facebook recently. At least to me. And...
Just as I was writing about the Amazon Show device, I received a video call on mine from my daughter on hers. Talk about timing... and we had a nice visit for over an hour. Also got to chat with a granddaughter, and a great-grandson, and exchanged “Happy Father's Days” with my son in law.
posted Sunday, Jun 15, 2025 at ~7:35 PM #QNJUN2025
posted by Roscoe
I'm leaving Facebook. Again. Those of you who have been following me there know that I've left before. That platform has become too untrustworthy and too frustrating for me to use. If any of you want to track me, any of the links on my link tree will work and will continue to be regularly updated. My phone still works and I can send and receive voice and text messages okay. Snail mail still works fine, too.
posted Saturday, Jun 14, 2025 at ~8:40 AM #QNJUN2025
posted by Roscoe
Today was frustrating in a number of ways, but I now have a much clearer picture of my limitations. I simply am no longer able to do some things that I used to do so well. I no longer have the energy to handle things I could do so well even a few years ago. Getting older is indeed a humbling experience.
posted Friday, Jun 13, 2025 at ~8:33 PM QNJUN2025
posted by Roscoe
Today was most significantly spent doing prep work for tomorrow afternoon when I lead a public Rosary service (Prayer Service) at a local Funeral Home for a good man who stood as a witness to our marriage, Sylvia's and mine, a few years ago.
posted Thursday, Jun 12, 2025 at ~7:53 PM #JUN2025
posted by Roscoe