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It's been a productive Saturday. Spent an hour doing yardwork and finished mowing the bulk of the backyard. That part of the back yard outside the fence (alley and old car port) remains to be done. Hopefully I'll be able to catch that tomorrow.
Now I'm following the Mets vs Brewers game, I've already dispatched moves in all pending CC games, and plan to catch tonight's Svengoolie. And that's enough for today.
posted Sat Mar 2024 ~13:32 #QNMAR2024
Having a pleasant but much slower paced Friday than I had planned. All the tree pollens in the air today have had me more fatigued than would otherwise be the case. I had been hoping to do some mowing in the back yard today, but with my lower energy levels I opted to take it easy and reschedule that work for tomorrow. So today I've been following MLB games and working on my chess. And eating. The bathroom scales will probably mock me tomorrow morning. Oh well...
posted Fri Mar 2024 ~16:30 #QNMAR2024
I won this server-based Correspondence Chess game this morning when my White Queen Checkmated the Black King. We can see that the King's only possible flight square is occupied by my Knight protected by my e4 Rook.
posted Thursday 28/Mar/2024 #QNMAR2024 #chess
Moving slowly through a slow Wednesday. Rainy weather is keeping me inside today, so no yard work. And there are no pressing computer or correspondence chores needing my attention, so I'm taking it easy. Nice.
posted Wed Mar 2024 ~11:21 #QNMAR2024
Following this afternoon's Rangers / Red Sox game with my little Rpi-400 connected to the TV / Monitor back in my room. One browser tab is showing me the game stats and summary updated in real time, courtesy of MLB's Gameday service.
And another browser tab is playing me an audio feed of the game's play by play.
Not a bad way to spend a Tuesday afternoon, ya' know?
posted Tuesday 26/Mar/2024 ~14:00 #QNMAR2024 #writefreely #snapas #Raspberrypi
Mowing the front yard Saturday and Sunday wore me out more than I thought. I've got muscle soreness (a good kind) in my shoulders and back, and a tiredness that is still with me even after a brief morning nap and another quick one after lunch.
That notwithstanding I tackled my one big chore of the day, the weekly laundry, and finished it before lunch. With Tylenol for the muscle aches and taking it easy for the rest of the day, I should be good to go for work in the back yard starting tomorrow.
posted Monday, Mar 25, 2024 at ~2:35 PM #QNMAR2024
“Finished” the front yard earlier today. There is some trim work, etc. to be done but that can wait for another time. Now, anyone driving by and glancing at the yards on my street will see mine and nod in approval. That's plenty good enough for me.
Tomorrow is supposed to be a rainy day, so no yard work is scheduled. As soon as weather permits I'll begin tackling the back yard.
For now, I'm enjoying following some excellent college basketball March Madness games.,
posted Sun Mar 2024 ~13:50 #QNMAR2024
Today I finally got to some yard work and man-oh-man did it ever wipe me out! Front yard is now ~80% done, mowed and trimmed. Hopefully I'll have enough energy tomorrow to wrap up the job. In my defense the grass and weeds had grown very thick. My battery powered lawn mower totally drained two fully charged batteries by the time I quit for the day. And that has never happened before. Under normal circumstances, one fully charged battery is sufficient to do the front yard, and another fully charged battery can do the back yard with juice to spare.
We'll see what tomorrow brings.
posted Saturday 23/Mar/2024 ~17:20 #QNMAR2024
Spending most of the morning at my eye doc's office was not the best thing for my schedule this Friday, but the good news I got there was satisfying. He put me on a schedule to begin reducing the eye drops over the upcoming month. He said everything looks good re: my eyes, and he wants to see me again late April.
I've been assigned pairing in a US Chess 2-player, 2 game email match today. Sent my 1st White move in our game #1 to my opponent and rec'd his reply with his Black move in that game, and his 1st White move in our game #2. So... it's on. In all the years I've been playing Correspondence Chess (CC), I've played lots of postal games, where our moves are sent to each other via post cards, and in more recent years (decades?), most of my CC games have been server-based, played over the Internet. This is the first e-mail match I've ever had. Looking forward to it.
Thanks to March Madness I've got lots of college basketball to listen to in the background as I work on chores here at home.
Never did get to the yard work today. Tomorrow, the front yard!
posted Friday 22 Mar 2024 ~17:00 #QNMAR2024
Health-wise, this has been a pretty good Thursday. I continue to medicate my most recently surgeried eye with the eye drops as directed by the surgeon, but the eye feels and seems to be working just fine. Hopefully when I see my eye doc tomorrow he'll tell me I can stop using those eye drops.
The formerly wonky hips get stronger and more stable every day. Weather permitting, I plan to mow and trim the front yard tomorrow afternoon when I return home from my doctor's appointment. And I'll tackle the backyard Saturday. Hopefully.
posted Thursday, Mar 21, 2024 at 5:50 PM #QNMAR2024