In Summary:
* A nice low-stress Saturday winds down. Three high-points of the day: 1.) sharing breakfast with the wife at a favorite restaurant, 2.) listening to the Notre Dame football team beat Arkansas, and 3.) listening to the IU Hoosiers football team win against Iowa.
Diet:
* 09:00 – ham & cheese omelette
* 10:30 – lasagna
* 14:15 – 1 fresh apple
* 15:10 – snacking on saltine crackers
Activities, Chores, etc.:
* 07:30 – bank accounts activity monitored
* 08:45 – breakfast with wife at a favorite restaurant
* 10:00 – pray, read, follow news from various sources, surf the socials
* 11:30 – tuned into college football, Notre Dame @ Arkansas
* 14:30 – after the Notre Dame win, now listening to the IU vs Iowa game
* 19:00 – listening to Gregorian Chant on YouTube as I rub Blue-Emu cream into my right shoulder and arm.
In Summary:
* When I was out with my weed-eater trimming my front yard I didn't expect to see water bubbling up out of the ground from a spot about 6 ft. into the yard from sidewalk. Oh-oh. So I got on the phone right away and called the land lord. I couldn't reach him so I called his plumbing contractor. Soon, after talking with both men, I had a crew of three plumbers and their shovels in my yard, ready to go to work.
After six hours and finding two cracked pipes they had to replace, the plumbers left and I got on with my Friday. Got done what I could, and now I'm planning to relax, listening to my Indiana Fever play the Las Vegas Aces. GO FEVER!
Activities, Chores, etc.:
* 04:30 – listen to local news talk radio
* 05:15- bank accounts activity monitored
* 05:30 – pray, read, follow news reports from various sources
* 09:30 – put lasagna in oven
* 09:45 – discovered leak in front yard, called plumbing contractor
* 10:00 to 16:00 – stayed onsite with plumbers as they replaced 2 broken pipes
* 17:00 – follow news reports from various sources, surf the socials
* 18:00 – tuned to Indianapolis Sports Radio ahead of tonight's WNBA Semi-Finals Game between the Indiana Fever & the Las Vegas Aces
* 18:30 – And it's Game Time! GO FEVER!
In Summary:
* A pretty good day, all things considered. Chess work early went very well. The wife cooked me some excellent home made vegetable soup, listened to some college football in the evening until I got too sleepy and headed to bed.
Activities, Chores, etc.:
* 04:30 – listen to local news talk radio
* 05:15- bank accounts activity monitored
* 05:30 – pray, read, follow news reports from various sources
* 08:45 – change phone company billing source
* 09:00 – listen to relaxing music
* 12:40 – watch old game shows and eat lunch at home with Sylvia
* 13:30 – pray, read, follow news reports from various sources
* 17:30 – surfing the socials
* 18:30 – listening to college football, Army vs East Carolina
* 20:20 – Half-time of the game and I can't stay up any longer
Chess:
* 16:45 – completed the day's chess work which found me winning 3 games by checkmate and posting about that over at my Quick-Notes micro blog
In Summary:
* A nice, quiet day, today. The most satisfying moments came in the morning when I was working on my CC games. I won two games, both by Queen-Bishop Combination Checkmates. I've posted images showing the boards of these two games at the bottom of this post. Also satisfying is an increased sense of wellness I'm enjoying now. The current, mild exercise regimen seems to be working.
Activities, Chores, etc.:
* 05:00 – listen to local news talk radio
* 06:00- bank accounts activity monitored
* 06:25- pray, read, follow news reports from various sources
* 11:45 – watch old game shows and eat lunch at home with Sylvia
* 13:45 – pray, read, follow news reports from various sources
Chess:
* 13:55 – moved in all pending CC games, winning two of them playing Black via Queen-Bishop Combination Checkmate. Final boards of those games are shown below:
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In Summary:
* This has been an acceptably productive day. Now I'm wondering if I'll be able to stay awake long enough to listen to the entirety of tonight's Indiana Fever vs Las Vegas Aces WNBA Game. I am gonna try.
Activities, Chores, etc.:
* 04:00 – listen to local news talk radio
* 04:45 – bank accounts activity monitored
* 04:50 – pray, read, follow news reports from various sources
* 09:05 – start my weekly laundry
* 11:45 to 13:00 – watch old game shows and eat lunch at home with Sylvia
* 13:30 – follow news reports from various sources while folding laundry, and nap
* 18:00 – listen to The Joe Pags Show
* 20:30 – now listening to tonight's Indiana Fever vs Las Vegas Aces WNBA Game
In Summary:
* This has been a quiet Monday here. I didn't get around to doing my laundry today, which is a chore I usually delegate to Mondays. But I can easily put it off until tomorrow, or even the day after if needed. I did try to mow the front yard, but didn't get much done; only that part bordering the front curb, and part bordering the sidewalk and the path leading to my front door. But... it was too hot out there, and I tired quickly. So I sat down with a bottle of cold water, thought about the situation, and decided to put the lawnmower away. The mowing can wait.
Diet:
* 05:15 – 1 pb&j sandwich
* 08:50 – cottage cheese and applesauce
* 12:30 – pork
* 14:00 – crispy oatmeal cookies
* 15:30 – 1 fresh apple
Activities, Chores, etc.:
* 04:00 – listen to local news talk radio
* 06:00 – bank accounts activity monitored
* 06:15 – pray, read, follow news reports from various sources
* 11:45 – 13:45 – watch old game shows and eat lunch at home with Sylvia
* 14:00 – pray, read, follow news reports from various sources
* 14:30 – listen to relaxing music
* 17:00 – listen to The Joe Pags Show
In Summary:
* Though it didn't have a lot of promise when it started, this Sunday developed into a good, productive day. Wife and I discovered a new (to us) Oriental themed buffet restaurant that serves oysters on weekends. I cleaned the printer heads on my computer printer and printed a batch of address labels. And I clearly set out the main chores that I'll want to tackle on the early days of the upcoming week.
Diet:
* 08:30 – 1 big cheeseburger
* 11:30 – big buffet meal at new restaurant
Activities, Chores, etc.:
* 07:00 – pray, read, follow news reports from various sources
* 08:15 – bank accounts activity monitored
* 11:30 – explore new buffet restaurant
* 14:10 – found live broadcast of this afternoon's Indiana Fever vs. Las Vegas Aces Game on 93.1 WIBC Indianapolis
* 17:00 – watching old episodes of Classic Doctor Who
*19:00 – clean computer printer heads and print address labels
In Summary:
* Turning away from the IU vs Illinois college football game at half-time. IU is playing very well, leads at the half and I'm confident they'll win this game. But it's time to get myself ready for bed. And hoping for a good sleep, I'll be putting on some relaxing music, finish my night prayers, and do a bit of light reading.
Activities, Chores, etc.:
* 07:00 – bank accounts activity monitored
* 07:15 – pray, read, follow news reports from various sources
* 11:30 – tuned into college football, Maryland vs. Wisconsin
* 14:30 – time now for the 2nd college football game of the day, Notre Dame vs Purdue
* 17:00 – Notre Dame was leading Purdue 28-13 near the end of the 2nd Qtr. when the game was delayed by lightning. It's still weather-delayed...
* 17:30 – word now is the game is expected to resume in half an hour...
* 18:00 – with 1:30 left on the clock near the end of the 1st half when the game was weather delayed, play is now resumed...
* 18:50 – continued coverage of the long-delayed Notre Dame / Purdue game is carried now on Peacock TV, but my local OTA station is now airing the live broadcast of the Indiana vs Illinois game, which is really the game I've really been waiting all day to see. GO HOOSIERS!
In Summary:
* A very quiet Friday, this. I've got the new meds my doctor prescribed me loaded into my morning and evening pill boxes. And I'm listening to a college football game over the radio. This should settle my mind and relax me before bedtime.
Activities, Chores, etc.:
* 04:00 – listen to local news talk radio
* 05:20 – bank accounts activity monitored
* 05:35 – pray, read, follow news reports from various sources, and nap
* 13:00 – watch old game shows with Sylvia
* 14:00 – pray, read, follow news reports from various sources,
* 17:00 – listening to The Joe Pags Show
* 18:30 – tuned into college football, Tulsa Golden Hurricane at Oklahoma St. Cowboys
In Summary:
* When I moved from Indianapolis to San Antonio Twenty-Four years ago, I set a goal for myself: I wanted to get my bodyweight down under 220 lbs. I achieved that goal this Summer. Through much of June, July, and August I was recording sub-220 pretty regularly. After a high of 227 last Sunday I'm slowly working my way back down to that 220 mark. If I can stay below 220 that'll be great. And if I can be below 200 by my next birthday in mid-January, that'll be even greater.
Activities, Chores, etc.:
* 04:00 – listen to local news talk radio
* 05:00 – bank accounts activity monitored
* 05:20 – pray, read, follow news reports from various sources, and nap
* 11:20 to 12:20 – watch old game shows and eat lunch at home with Sylvia
* 13:30 – pray, read, follow news reports from various sources
* 15:00 – watch S1:E5 of Tony & Ziva
* 18:00 – listen to relaxing music
Chess:
* 12:20 – moving now in all pending CC games
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