Roscoe's Quick Notes

Mid-morning Tuesday and I'm happy to note the day is moving along at a pretty good pace.

When I woke this morning it was with three main chores ahead of me: doing my weekly laundry (two loads are running through the machines now), charging the lithium batteries used doing yesterday's yard work (batteries are on their respective chargers now), and treating both bathroom drains with Drano (completed a few minutes ago).

Today is the start day for a CC tourney at ICCF for which I've already received pairings. First moves have now been made in all my pending games.

posted Tuesday, 2024-08-06 ~ 09:57 #QNAUG2024

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A full Monday! This morning's yard work, mowing and trimming much of the front lawn, nearly did me in. Even though I took frequent cool dawn and water breaks, and did the work in the morning before the worst of the day's heat set in, I still passed out while sitting in the front room recliner with sweaty work clothes on, and some of the tools still on the front porch. I woke up when Sylvia returned home from work, put the rest of the tools away, showered and fixed myself some lunch.

Phone conversations with representatives from two of my banks in the afternoon resolved two issues that had been bothering me over the weekend to my satisfaction. And the rest of my day has been calm and peaceful.

posted Monday, 2024-08-05 ~ 18:59 #QNAUG2024

posted by Roscoe

It took 3 weeks for me to checkmate the White King in this Correspondence Chess Game with a Rook-Rook combination against the edge of the board. The game started on 15 July and ended late last night.

posted Sunday, 2024-08-04 ~08:20 #QNAUG2024 #chess

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An afternoon full of MLB games and an evening full of Svengoolie, that pretty much defines this Saturday for me.

posted Saturday, 2024-08-03 ~ 15:10 #QNAUG2024

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Intention to be offered for the Novena for Blessed Michael McGivney – August 4 – 12 (Feast day August 13)

English

God, our Father, protector of the poor and defender of the widow and orphan, you called your priest, Blessed Michael McGivney, to be an apostle of Christian family life and to lead the young to the generous service of their neighbor.

Through the example of his life and virtue, may we follow your Son, Jesus Christ, more closely, fulfilling his commandment of charity and building up his Body which is the Church. Let the inspiration of your servant prompt us to greater confidence in your love so that we may continue his work of caring for the needy and the outcast.

We humbly ask that you glorify Blessed Michael McGivney on earth according to the design of your holy will. Through his intercession, grant the favor I now present (personal intention). Through Christ our Lord. Amen

Intention: Protection and growth of the Traditional Latin Mass within the Church and throughout the Knights of Columbus

Latin

Deus, pater noster, protector pauperum atque defensor viduarum et orphanorum: vocasti sacerdotem tuum, beatum Michaelem McGivney, familiari vitae christianae apostolum, iuvenibusque ducem ad adiuvandum proximum. Per exemplum vitae virtutisque eius, Filium tuum propius sequamur, Iesum Christum, ut mandatum caritatis perficiamus ad corroborandum corpus Eius quod est Ecclesia.

Fiat nobis inspirationi famulus tuus ut confidentes tuae caritati pergamus curare indigentes et incuria captos. Humiliter petimus ut inter caelites connumeretur beatus Michael McGivney presbyter in terra secundum voluntatem tuam. Concede propitius gratiam hanc ______(pete quod desideras) per Christum Dominum Nostrum. Amen.

posted Saturday, 2024-08-03 ~11:00 #QNAUG2024

posted by Roscoe

Friday night and nearing the end of a pretty good day. Glad I was able to stay calm and deal with three different situations that could easily have gone sideways, but didn't. It'll be next week sometime before two of them are fully resolved, but it looks like everything will turn out well.

posted Friday, 2024-08-02 ~ 20:14 #QNAUG2024

posted by Roscoe

Mid-afternoon Thursday, listening to relaxing music and preparing to lose myself in some leisure reading. The 1st NFL preseason game is tonight and I'm planning to watch it on ESPN.

Left shoulder is more sore today than expected. Probably a consequence of yesterday's yard work. I'd “like” to get some work done in the front yard tomorrow, but that will depend on the bum shoulder.

posted Thursday, 2024-08-01 ~ 15:07 #QNAUG2024

posted by Roscoe

Yard work! Yes! This morning I spent an hour and a half in the back yard, cutting fallen branches and loading the big green organics bin. The bin is now stuffed full and ready for the city to collect it tomorrow.

posted Wednesday, 2024-07-31 ~ 12:05 #QNJUL2024

posted by Roscoe

Major chore of this Tuesday was restructuring how two of my credit cards are going to operate for the foreseeable future. Had to spend nearly an hour on the phone trying to convince the rep on the phone that he really could set things up as I wanted. But, he finally understood what I wanted and said he could do it. Stressful.

posted Tuesday, 2024-07-30 ~ 20:00 #QNJUL2024

posted by Roscoe

I won this Correspondence Chess game late last night on my 69th move by checkmating the Black King against the edge of the board with a Queen-Queen Combination.

posted Monday, 2024-07-29 ~08:25 #QNJUL2024 #chess

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