November 2016

November 2016

Cassie is very dainty and eats around her egg yolk saving it for last, while Barney gobbles his right up at the beginning

Tuesday 01- 72 to 48 a cool, cloudy and windy day.

I did my stretches, lifted lite weights, yoga, took Cassie and Barney for a one mile jog, core trainer, and punched the heavybag for three minutes.

I finally fixed the clock and have it altogether!

I connected the Raspberry Pi to the ethernet and it reset the date and time to the right one. So it is definitely a WIFI problem on the new OS install.

Wednesday 02- 73 to 52 degrees it was a little windy but died down in the evening... a sunny day it was.

I did my stretches and took the dogs for a morning and evening walk.

Took my friend Chris shopping; she and her mom Mary have no transportation.

Thursday 03- 80 to 58

I did my stretches, lifted 20lb dumbbells and took the doggies for a mile run.

I spent the day doing maintenance to the house; taking down the old battered fan, installing a porch light, getting the electric piano moved to the other side of the room where the old couch I threw away took up that space. I’ve been using the piano as a table and now it’s out where I can see and play it.

I took the doggies for their evening walk.

Friday 04- 81 to 59 clear and sunny.

I did my stretches, yoga, exercise with the 10lb dumbbells, punched the heavybag for a few rounds and then took my doggies for a mile jog.

Worked cleaning up the yard... still lots to do there.

I took my doggies for an evening mile jog.

Saturday 05- 82 to 59

I did my stretches and took my two wonderful doggies for a morning and evening  walk.

I mostly worked inside cleaning up the clutter.

Sunday 06- 82 to 54

I did my stretches, lifted lite weights, yoga, took Cassie and Barney for a one mile jog, core trainer, and punched the heavybag for three minutes.

I took my doggies for an evening mile jog.

Monday 07- 81 to 55

I did my stretches, weights bench, yoga, took Cassie and Barney for a one mile jog, core trainer, and punched the heavybag for three minutes.

I rode my electric bike over to Frank and Mary’s, but they weren’t home so I left them a note.

I took my doggies for an evening mile jog.

Everything is in a state of flux dynamically spinning in a dance orchestrated by the laws of physics...

Tuesday 08- 82 to 53

Today is not the end of the world. We will continue on despite whoever gets elected. We are a just and honorable people with different views. I do not know who will win today. I just know that we love and are loved and that is what really counts in life, all else is just a facade.
~RD

Wednesday 09- nice and sunny.

I did my stretches and took Cassie and Barney for an evening jog.

I finished the first edit (or at least I think it’s the first edit) of my book “Desolation” sixteen chapters and over 60 thousands words.

Thursday 10- sunny again!

I took my doggies for a mile jog.

Friday 11- we’ve been having the greatest weather here for a week or so.

I did my stretches, exercised with the 20lb dumbbells and took the doggies for a nice jog.

With all the craziness going on in the world at this moment I believe it's only right to do a Free Promotion my very dark Science Fiction eBook “Rainbow at the End of Tomorrow: Book 1” for one week.

Saturday 12- 81 to 59.

I did my stretches and took Cassie and Barney for a nice walk.

I went to the community center where we were having our annual general meeting. This is where we elect our board members.

Teresa Sitz and I tallied the votes. Ken Sitz is President. Kip is VP. Christian and Rohini both share the Secretary duties. Jay and Stephanie are new board members. Mary Helen is Treasurer (not really sure how that's going to workout because she is not on the board. I talked to David King and he said something of paying her a dollar or some such and having one of the board members fill the position and MH do the accounting)

Jay approach me afterwards asking about the column and if I would ask Annelies if she’d be interested in letting him help or take it over. He checked off a list of his qualifications and awards he has won in journalism... I felt like taking back my book of poems I had just given him lest he start reading it to find my horrible grammar and run on sentences. Anyways, I told him it was Annelies column, how I enticed her into taking it over from me some years ago, and it was her decision. I think Jay is an excellent choice if Annelies ever wanted to move on.

I took my doggies for a mile jog when I got back home.

Sunday 13- 81 to 56 degrees.

I did my stretches and took my doggies for a mile jog.

Called Family and Friends.

Took the dogs on an evening nice walk.

Took pictures of the SuperMoon the biggest one since 1948.

Monday 14- 82 to 52 and clear.

I did my stretches, weights bench, yoga, took Cassie and Barney for a one mile jog, core trainer, and punched the heavybag for three minutes.

I went to start cutting all this scrap wood I have outside into smaller pieces to fix in my wood stove, unfortunately my generator quit on me after only a few boards were cut. I wasted time trying to get the dang thing working again. I finally got tired and overheated and went inside to do something else.

I took my dogs on an evening jog.

Tuesday 15- 83 to 53

I did my stretches and took my doggies for a one mile jog.

I left for town to the sounds of howling dogs. I usually put them in the dog pen, but this time I let them stay in the yard. When I got home Barney had almost dug a hole underneath the gate. I’ll have to do a little Barney proofing of the fence and gate. I got to town and got gas and a propane tank filled. Then to the Lab place to have some blood drawn... the Doc wanted to have the last results rechecked. Went to WalMart, Petco, and Home Depot for supplies.

The doggies and I ate a whole chicken I got at WalMart.

Wednesday 16- 72 to 46 overcast.

I did my stretches and took the doggies for a walk.

UPS Delivered my two new 120 watt flex solar panels to power the trailer.

I did the poop patrol with the new poop scooper I got at Petco... there was a lot of it.

I went out when it got dark to watch the Leonids Meteor Shower, but the wind was blowing hard out of the northwest which caused poor seeing. The brightness of the Moon and the now cold weather added to my difficulties, so I just went inside.

I finished October’s Journal and posted it.

Thursday 17- 67 to 41 degrees and mostly sunny with a bit of wind in the morning.

I did my stretches and took me doggies for a mile jog. It was cold and windy, but it felt good.

I went to the post office to mail a birthday card and pick up an Ulmer Germany Beer Mug I ordered on Ebay. I was stationed in Ulm Germany in 69. I then did some shopping at the Dollar Store and Stater Bros and then home to share some chicken I bought with my doggies.

We went for an evening walk.

Friday 18- 62 to 35

I did my stretches, exercised with the 20lb dumbbells and took my doggie for a mile jog.

I worked on the roof patching where the rain leaks through onto the patio and garage.

I took the dogs for an evening mile jog.

Saturday 19- 66 to 37

I did my stretches, weights bench, took Cassie and Barney for a one mile jog, core trainer, and punched the heavybag for three minutes.

I went to Potluck with my rice and cookies (I can’t cook). Dyan Carroll and Dorothy Jacobsen showed us their culinary skills with a delicious spread of salmon patties, turkey stuffing, coleslaw, cheddar cheese broccoli and carrot cake. Mary and Chris stirred up some mighty tasty stew. Susie tended bar and handed out out non-alcoholic Shirley Temples and Roy Rogers. Dave brought some Barbecue beans that were to die for (if you ate too many of them). It was Mary Koval’s and Dave King’s Mom’s birthday and we all got to sing Happy Birthday twice. There were around twenty hungry folks who showed up.

Sunday 20- 77 to 54 degrees. It rained a bit here and there and a lot during the night when I was asleep.

I did my stretches, yoga and took my doggie for a mile jog.

I worked in the yard and did poop patrol.

I took the dogs for a mile run.

Monday 21- 67 to 45 windy, clouds and getting colder.

I asked Semi to come over to my house to see Barney. Semi used to help Sherry out a long while ago and him and Barney are old friends. I thought it’d help Barney to see a friendly face.

ED drove by and stopped to say hello. I haven’t seen him since his wife rolled the car up my hill in 1998. I helped Ed cut his and daughter hanging upside down inside the car and we all waited for 45 minutes for the fire department. She lost her purse and her little dog.

I did my stretches, exercised with the 20lb dumbbells and took the dogs for a mile jog.

I did some yard work and then started writing Christmas cards to send out.

Me and my doggies went for a mile evening jog.

I finally broke down and bought a washing machine: “Samsung 4.2 cu. ft. High-Efficiency Front Load Washer in White, ENERGY STAR” from Home Depot online and they’ll deliver it on Wednesday Nov 30th. It was $499 and I thought it was a good deal.

Tuesday 22- 66 to 43 degrees and clear.

I did my stretches and took the dogs for a mile jog.

Post office, shopping at Stater Bros.

I took me doggies for an evening mile jog.

Wednesday 23- 70to 43 degrees and clear.

I did my stretches, yoga, took Cassie and Barney for a one mile jog.

I ate the whole pie I had bought for the Thanksgiving dinner. What do you call it when you're stressed out about Thanksgiving and the pie you bought to take with you to the dinner is sitting before you on the kitchen counter and you look down to find you had just eaten it all?

I me doggies went for an evening mile jog.

Thursday 24- 63 to 47 degrees.

I did my stretches, weights bench, took Cassie and Barney for a one mile jog, core trainer, and punched the heavybag for three minutes.

I wasn’t feeling up to going for a Thanksgiving dinner and stayed at home instead; I started doing a little work on my Harley. Then I started working on the Honda Generator that I need to get up and running for my new washer coming next Wednesday.

I me doggies went for an evening mile jog.

Friday 25- 63 to 42.

I did my stretches and took the doggies for a mile jog.

I took apart my Honda Generator and cleaned it all out, sprayed compressed air into the carburetor to clear out the jets, put it all back together, pulled the starter rope and it fired up on the second pull. I let her run for a spell to make sure it wasn’t going to stall and sputter to a halt. I think I’ll cut up some wood for the stove tomorrow.

I me doggies went for an evening mile walk.

Saturday 26- 67 to 48 windy and feeling colder.

I did my stretches, yoga, and took my doggies for a mile jog.

I got the generator over to the woodpile and fired her up and used the circular saw to cut some firewood.

I took the dogs for a mile walk in the wind that was kicking up.

Sunday 27- 56 to 40 and really windy with clouds!

I did my stretches, core trainer, weight bench, punched the heavybag for a spell and took my doggies for a mile jog.

Monday 28- 60 to 37 with wind...

I did my stretches, lifted 20lbs dumbbells and took my doggies for a mile jog.

I did a poop patrol of the whole yard and collected a lot of the brown stuff.

I took my doggies for a walk... we would gone farther but for the wind blowing so hard.

Tuesday 29- 58 to 35 degrees.

I did my stretches, core trainer, weight bench, punched the heavybag for a spell and took my doggies for a mile jog.

I watered the plants in the yard and did a little cleaning up.

I worked on my Harley for a spell trying to figure out the wiring problem.

I worked out with the 10lb dumbbells and then me doggies went for an evening mile jog.

Wednesday 30- 59 to 36 and sunny.

I did my stretches.

I had to wait for the delivery truck carrying my new washer. They got here a bit after 1pm dropping off the new and picking up the old rusted one. I was then able to take my doggies for a nice long walk.

***** Stuff I Wrote this Month******

Poems we use to convey our sorrows of friends we knew of lovers we loved. These words we write wash over our being to relive those cherished moments of a life once bright, but now gone missing.
~RD

Shiny specks of rainbows fall upon my window sill... radiant rays of sunshine come and then go... Dust that gathers on that ledge... cries out to me an inner fear... reminding me the passage of a life... and the evanescing embers of my mind.

~RD

An Email I got from my friend Kula:

Hey Bob, Was the meteor shower cancelled? I got up early & it was an amazing clear sky but I saw none!

xxoo

My reply:

Kula, I called and was put on hold for about an hour. Then I was passed through the different multitudes of talking heads until I got The Supreme One. The Supreme One was on a conference call with Galileo, Newton, Einstein and Nicolaus Copernicus about the meteor shower and I was asked to join in.
"My Friend Kula wants to know why the meteor shower was cancelled," I asked the others sitting around their computer monitors.
"Well to answer Kula's question," replied Galileo Galilei to me, "The Supreme One over there was so stunned by the election results and forgotten all about the meteor shower."
The Supreme One looked a little red with embarrassment and we all thought it best to move on discussing other subjects of a purely spatial nature.
Thanks for asking <3 span="">
Bob

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