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Spent an hour and a half pushing the lawnmower around the back yard in the late morning / early afternoon hours of today, finishing a chore started several days ago. With a certain sense of accomplishment I stumbled / shuffled my way through the rest of the day.
posted Friday, Apr 18, 2025 at ~8:17 PM #QNAPR2025
Few things pick up my morning like winning a chess game. The graphic above shows the position of pieces at the end of a correspondence chess game I won today on the 26th move as my Queen, protected by her Bishop, checkmates the White King.
posted Thursday, Apr 17, 2025 at ~8:34 AM #QNAPR2025
I started the day with 3 chores targeted and manged to get 2 of them done before Noon. They were the ones that have the most impact on how we do things here in the house. The 3rd chore, the one I didn't get to today, is an outside chore that can easily wait.
posted Wednesday, Apr 16, 2025 at ~8:00 PM QNAPR2025
So I've got a number of banks I deal with on a regular basis, many of which I have set up to handle my transactions online. And most of those are super easy to work with, much of what I do with them is automated and all I need to do is monitor activity that happens regularly according to plan. However, a few of them I need to call on the phone roughly once a month. I don't like that. I am SO NOT a phone person. Ask anybody. This afternoon I spent several hours trying to work with those few banks, setting my transactions with them to minimize the voice phone calls I've been making. I made some progress there, but much remains to be done. /sigh
posted Tuesday, Apr 15, 2025 at ~8:40 PM QNAPR2025
A quietly productive Monday in the Roscoe-verse, this. Designated chores of the day were done without incident: weekly laundry was done, moved in all pending CC games, kept up with my daily prayer regimen, dieted. Followed news reports from various sources, spent time listening to relaxing music and quietly reading. No big problems. As Mondays go, this has been a good one.
posted Monday, Apr 14, 2025 at ~7:45 PM #QNAPR2025
I'm blaming the Oak Pollen in the air. The wife has been sneezing a lot these last several days, and she and I have been dealing with headaches and brain fog, too. And it's not just us. Local weather reports have been reading like horror stories, explaining why so many of us are “sick.” The only good thing about it: we know it won't last forever.
posted Sunday, Apr 13, 2025 at ~8:15 PM #QNAPR2025
“At 30, I used to exercise to look good. At the age of 50 to be fit. At 70 not to be padded in a bed. At 80 to be able to live without assistance. Now at 99 I do it out of pure defiance.”
by Dick Van Dyke
Today's chess diagram shows the final board of a correspondence chess game I won earlier this afternoon. My Queen on g4 is the piece checkmating the White King. She is being protected by the f5 pawn. The King's only flight square to get away from my Queen is h2, but that square is being covered by my Rook at h5.
posted Friday, Apr 11, 2025 at ~3:35 PM #QNAPR2025
Sunny and 86 degrees, perfect weather for doing a bit of yard work. So that's what I've been doing: mowed about half the back yard and did a bit of trim back there. The rest can wait for tomorrow, or whenever.
posted Thursday, Apr 10, 2025 at ~2:31 PM #QNAPR2025
Not my favorite Wednesday, this. Too much insomnia for the last few nights had me dealing with more brain fog today than I'm comfortable with. Hoping for a better night's sleep tonight.
posted Wednesday, Apr 9, 2025 at ~8:13 PM #QNAPR2025