What significant things have I done today?

[Griffin NoName]

Had another argument with my bank.

Dealt with 2 weeksworth of post. Bills.

[pieces o nine]

1.  95% packed:
40(!) boxes of mostly reference books from last move condensed to 32.  yay.
8 bankers boxes of 2D & 3D studio supplies, power/other tools, & misc. equipment condensed to 6.  yay.
6 bankers boxes of quilting and Renaissance fabrics increased to 9.  oops.

2.  Found a 'good home' for my leather sofa (wah!) so it won't wind up next to the dumpsters like everyone else's has.  yay.   Palms will not be crossed with silver, paper, or Godiva chocolates in payment.  not yay.

3.  Took assortment of nice pagany-things to the May meet-up for donation to this month's charity auction. Small turnout, but nice amount collected for designated cause. Said goodbyes to relevant pagan peeps. Allowed some time to surf web. 

[Griffin NoName]

Woke up

[Sibling Chatty]

Actually ate 3 small meals in one 36 hour period.

Amazed at energy level, also at stable blood sugar...

[Darlica]

OK, now you know eating regularly helps. STICK TO IT! 

[Sibling Chatty]

Talked to doctor. Agreed that more testing is needed.

Got a suggestion as to which neurologist to see.

[Bob in a quantum-state-of-faith]

Today, I fixed a woman's A/C.  Was in her attic, was hot and humid, but not unbearable.

The previous "installer" (and I use that term loosely) had done such a bum-up job, that the condensate drain had come loose.  But, it's worse: he created a situation so bad, that the plastic catch-drain pan underneath the A/C bits (the parts that sweat out the humidity in the air, and pipe it away-- the MAIN reason A/C works) actually MELTED into the furnace!  Melted!

Anyway, there was an overflow "safety" pan that was literally FULL of water!  This pan is SUPPOSED to be an "emergency spare tire" sort of thing-- NOT a full-time catch the condensate thing.  It WAS plumbed to the outside, which came as a huge surprise.

And the old furnace he'd replaced was STILL in the attic....

Anyway, I had to remove the A-coil, and replace the drain pan with a new one, re-install the A-coil, and re-seal everything up.  AND fix the many flaws in his "installation".   For example the freon pipe that connects the inside to the outside MUST be insulated AND have a moisture-barrier.  Why?  Because it gets COLD, and will SWEAT.  ALOT.  This will ruin ceilings, sooner or later.... I had to fix the many places he'd left "open" on that pipe. 

The ONLY good thing was that the attic had a high ceiling, and was easy to negotiate-- no crawling around on my knees precariously balanced on the joists... I just had to WALK precariously balanced on the joists... 

Anyway, I got it working. 

The land-lord is NOT going to like the bill, though:  3 1/2 hours labor.  Plus parts (mostly miscellaneous, like yards and yards of A/C foil sealing tape...)  The pan was only $15, which surprised me. 

She will enjoy the weekend, though... nice and low-humidity-cool. 

So will her animals.   

I REALLY did it for THEM.   

[Sibling Chatty]

Meh, tell the landlord to Bite It.

If he hadn't cheaped out on the original, he wouldn't be paying for a fix.

When I win the lottery, I'm hirin' YOU to aircondition/heatpump or WHATEVER my house. When I win the lottery, I'll be able to afford to import you to do it.

Now, to remember to buy lottery tickets...
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Today, I did some significant sleeping most of the day.

And putting of assorted 'packs' onto the place my blood draw was done. (You'd think that 7 years recuperation would make a vein "useable" again. Well, it didn't blow, but a 45 second blood draw with a 26 gauge needle left a bruise (leak) that goes around the entire inner elbow and is visible from the other side of my arm. We don't use that again, no...)

[pieces o nine]

Worked like a dog in and around mom's house and garden.




Rhetorical question: just how hard does the average 21st century dog work, anyway?

[Darlica]

Took my SO's mother and her guests form UK for a car trip to see a lovely Baroque castle and the near by church built about year 1250.

Interesting place, I will be going back to see more.

[beagle]

Rhetorical question: just how hard does the average 21st century dog work, anyway?

This one has spent the last three hours trying to understand a particularly arcane aspect of Windows programming.  It was easier when we just had to round up sheep, chase cars, and bite strangers.

[Griffin NoName]

Changed handbags

Ok it's a lie.

I thought about it, but it's too difficult.

[Sibling Chatty]

Changed handbags

Ok it's a lie.

I thought about it, but it's too difficult.

I've figured out how to do that almost painlessly.

Get a much bigger bag, and put the current one in it. At any given odd moment, go through a bit of the smaller one, and slowly transfer stuff out and into the bigger one, paring down the load as you go. This step may take several months...but eventually you can remove the inner bag. Then put the NEW smaller bag in the big one and begin shifting everything into it. When you've got what you need, abandon the outer, bigger bag, and you've accomplished having a springtime handbag just in time for Christmas.

I didn't say it was perfect, just almost painless.
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Today, I accomplished some excellent goofing off and a good deal of dog-belly rubbing. I'm happy and so is the dog, so that's good!

[Griffin NoName]

I'm happy you had a better day, but I am way ahead on the handbag front and it's still too difficult. I've been using that exact system for a couple of years.....

I can't remember the exact cause of the breakdown in the system, which as you say was painless. But I now have two smaller handbags and three larger ones, all of which have to be excavated within the next two days. I really don't know how they multiplied. I think someone must have broken in and done it while I was asleep. Having two smaller handbags which are both the "primary" bag has been driving me insane. Can you imagine what my life has been like the last two weeks with duplicate "primary" bags?

In addition I have had to purchase several extra various size inner cosmetic type bags for the smaller handbag for the stuff that gets regularly lifted out and dumped elsewhere, and I haven't even started on working out which sized things fit in them yet. Never mind the rationale that whatever goes in them will have to be touch sensitive as I'll never remember which little bag has what in it.

OMG the anti-shock-die from wasp/bee stings mediaction in the stripey bag are out of date and no time to get more before I travel.  *^%$$$****!!!

Could handbags be the most significant thing in life?

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EDIT

The most significant thing I've done tonight is to invoke a fourth LARGE handbag, abandoning all of the other three totally without investigating the contents.

[Sibling Chatty]

The epinepherine (anti-shock) will still work, even outdated, it just might not be quite as effective, which would possibly mean a second dosing.

Epi can be effective up to 3 years past the 'regular' expiration date. (And it is deadly to carcinoid patients...woo hoo! unless immediately countered with 3 other different things. And yeah, I DO have the "DIE NOW" wasp and bee sting reaction.)

Handbags are what carries everything we need to sustain life. MEN have pockets...we get to drag luggage.

Eh, it's all about accessories.

I color coordinate all 'cosmetic bags' that I subdivide things into. Dan is REALLY amused by "Could you hand me the little blue bag out of my handbag?" and I pop out scissors, or tweezers or nail clippers or a file, or 'zebra bag' and it's my injections, or pink bag, and it's 'girly stuff'...and so on. He won't even ask what's in the cheetah print bag. Wise man.