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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
posted by Roscoe
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
posted by Roscoe
“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
posted by Roscoe
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
posted by Roscoe
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
posted by Roscoe
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
posted by Roscoe
Happy Humpday, everyone.
I “think” I'm finding a happy balance to my online social networking after rejoining Twitter / X.
Unseasonal cold and damp weather will prevent me from doing any yard work today and tomorrow. I'm hoping to start mowing the front yard Friday afternoon or Saturday at the latest. And I'll tackle the back yard after the front yard is done.
posted Wednesday, Mar 20, 2024 at ~6:45 AM #QNMAR2024
posted by Roscoe
No yard work on this Tuesday. The weather was not as agreeable as I'd hoped. Cold and damp outside finds me inside where it's warmer and dry, working on my correspondence chess games, and listening to the Rangers vs. A's MLB Game
posted Tue 19 Mar 2024 ~15:35 #QNMAR2024
posted by Roscoe
Mid-morning Monday and this day is developing nicely in the Roscoe-verse. Traditionally, Mondays are when I do my weekly laundry. When circumstances interfere, I can reschedule that chore for a few days, but things work better when I can do the laundry on Monday. I've got two loads working their way through the machines now.
It looks like the weather and the condition of my hips will allow me to get some yard work done tomorrow and Wednesday. That's one day for mowing the front yard, and another day for the back yard. That's my plan. Hope it works out that way.
Yesterday I reopened a Twitter (X) account. Hopefully I'll be able to keep this on active for a good while before I cancel it in frustration and disgust as I've done to all my previous accounts on that platform.
posted Monday, Mar 18, 2024 at ~10:05 AM #QNMAR2024
posted by Roscoe
Late Sunday morning and my day is shaping up nicely.
The wife asked me if the thunderstorm woke me last night, and I had to answer her truthfully saying that, no I didn't know it stormed. She said there was thunder and lightning, but I slept right through all that. Heh.
I've got more college basketball to follow this afternoon, and a Rangers game. So I'm happy.
posted Sunday, Mar 17, 2024 at ~10:20 AM #QNMAR2024
posted by Roscoe