Dec 19

I Was Gonna Post Last Night, But

SWMBO came to me and said “I haven’t seen Ant Man yet. Why don’t we sit down and watch it together?” Well, who (in their right minds) could dismiss an invite like that? Not I, that’s for sure.

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So, we sat and watched Ant Man. By the time that was over it was well past my bed time. Was nice just sitting and watching a movie with her though. I do enjoy her company.

All My Antenna Wires Are Hanging LOW!

Woke up to several inches of snow this morning. Cool! Still had to get SWMBO to the ferry landing in time for her ferry though. Not cool. But, we left about 10 minutes earlier than we usually do and just made it in time. That was good. On the way home I saw about 6-8 cars that had slid off the road. Probably driving too fast for the conditions. The whole round trip took 1.5 hours cause it was actively snowing the whole time. Really slowed most people down.

BWBlond014Still, it was kinda fun. Not snowing now and I see on the Wx map that rain is coming in so most of this should be gone by afternoon. We’ll see. I hate rain now. Would rather it snowed.

Filling out a “adoption form” for a dog at a rescue site near here. Wow. One would think I was applying for immigration to Australia or something. Welfare would be easier to get! All I want is a young dog to take me for walks a couple times a day and be a member of the family. References? References? How would I discipline my dog for unwanted behaviors? Visit my house?

Too much. I’m about to tell them to shove their paperwork (intrusive paperwork) and wait until spring when people are giving away puppies at Safeway.

Just got back from picking SWMBO up. Roads are wet but not icy. If it rains tonight most of this snow will be gone by morning. Just hope the roads aren’t slickery in the morning.

Dec 16

Just Not Concentrating Tonight

No Idea as to what is going on. Been stuck in the house except for taking SWMBO to the ferry landing in the mornings and picking her up at night. Trip to the bank.

FemJoy-02-04Last night I had to pick her up at the ferry landing and run her out to the church building on Mullinex for her class meeting. Dropped her off and I went and walked around Fred Meyers for awhile. Bought a little solar charger thing for $20.

Spending my days doing things around the house, scanning stuff, chores, all the usual. Too cold (for me) to go outside much. Left the truck outside today and it was freezing when I went to pick SWMBO up at QFC. That’ll teach me.

Anyway, not making much sense tonight. Minds not on it. Just perused Twitter (something I rarely do) and left some comments for some of the Dipshidiots.

I’m gonna go lay down. Don’t know why I’m posting tonight.

Dec 13

Kinda Sorta Looking At A Shortwave Radio

To keep in my SHTF kit (The Caravan) and, maybe, just to sit on my desk to listen to when I’m not really that busy. (Which happens often around here.) Just seems like a good piece of emergency gear to have around. So far, the Tecsun PL-660 seems the way to go. Affordable. Works well. Affordable.

The Tecsun PL-660 is an compact portable radio covering AM (520-1710 kHz), long wave, shortwave, VHF air and FM bands.

Not a wholee hell of a lot going on around here. Have no idea what I did yesterday; it was so boring. Oh, wait. Mailed the box of presents to the in-laws ($37!), filled my tank with gas, and stopped by the local Senior Center to check them out. Aslso dropped SWMBO off at the Ferry Landing (she’s NOT happy about leaving almost 10 minutes earlier than she usually does!), and picked her up at QFC in the evening.

FemJoy-02-09Today. Yeah, today. Made a dump run and checked the mail on the way back. The usual chores. Spent about 2.5 hours “playing” with X-Plane. Set my 57d to 1.800 USB and hit the scan button. After 4 hours it was up (down?) to 13. something MHz and I hadn’t really heard anything.

Picked SWMBO up and we be home. She’s taking a practice final for her class and I’m playing with HRD’s Sat Tracker thingie. ISS in 3 minutes!

And I didn’t see it because of … trees! Of course! We don’t get to see things here in Western WaRshington because the danged trees, or clouds, get in the way. (I need to live in Southern Utah or some other place “deserty.”)

I’m going to lay down and read a bit.

Dec 11

Another Fabulous Sunday Night!

BWBlond006With a butt-ton of things going on! (And I’m forgetting how to type!) My Lovely-Young-Bride of almost 30 years made dinner, dishes are washing, laundry is almost done, and I’ve got Ham Radio Deluxe almost working.

DM780 still pauses after doing anything (anything!) for up to about 2 minutes; if HRD is also runniing. If HRD isn’t running, DM780 works flawlessly. Can’t conrtrol the radio, of course, but everything else works.Nice seeing some tracks on the waterfall again.

Yestereday my Schweetie took me to Arby’s in Silverdale for dinner. Then we actually walked through Home Depot and looked at a lot of stuff, making plans for things to do, and walked out without spending a dime. That’s really unusual for us. Getting out of Home Depot with money left in our pockets? Unheard of.

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And that’s really it. Boring around here. Too cold to get outside much. Just the usual chores around the house. Grape Jiggler’s cooling in the fridge. I get to take SWMBO to the ferry landing in the mornings for the next two weeks. Cool!