66 degrees this morning, 58:16 minutes walking, two earthquakes
(Wind blowing at 29 miles per hour. Hard to decide how to dress,since the wind makes it seem so much colder)
After an epic battle with bluebirds at the front door of our house, which included “Harold the Owl” being bombarded by a family of bluebirds after we removed the nest(s), we hadn’t seen the birds until….
We noticed a bird at our back porch hanging around the light. We think it was coming in and setting off the motion detector light so it could warm up.
Anyway, we moved Harold the Owl to the back porch and so far we haven’t noticed the birds coming back or any nest building. We shall see.
Another passing of the seasons tonight as I removed the pumpkins from the front porch and Aliene installed some Christmas Holiday decorations.
Another Halloween and Thanksgiving season has passed and the Christmas/New Year Holiday season is upon us.
To me, the pumpkins have become a signal of the cold weather to come and the end of Fall, even though winter doesn’t officially start until December 21.
Soon it will be 2015, which is very hard to believe. It seems that 2014, a year of a lot of passages, sped by, like a blur, almost like seeing a race car coming and going, you anticipate, experience and it is past..
Enjoying the four day holiday. I don’t even remember the last time I had a 4 day holiday and just hung out.
Aliene ordered some eye-glasses today. We were using (partially) eye insurance, which I have never used before. It is difficult to determine if the insurance actually helped. The eye glass places were worse than the car dealer and cable tv at the smoke and mirrors they used.
I really can’t figure out why they can’t just be upfront and honest instead of playing games and trying to cheat you or at the very least, try to hide how they charge you, which means they are trying to cheat you somehow and don’t want you to see it.
One bad thing about this state, the eyeglass people go to the State Legislature and Sams and Costco (and Walmart etc.) are not allowed to sell eyeglasses. They are about three times what they were in Memphis.
We may well cancel the order and just get them in Memphis instead of rewarding the political antics that restrict competition.
Wind is blowing again today. I’m just glad it is relatively warm, otherwise it would be almost unbearable.
Finished reading the “Jack Reacher” book and am catching up on my magazines etc. before starting another book. Also trying to keep up and learn how to use all (or at least more) of the aspects of “Evernote” and the Iphone and other computer programs.
I feel like I’m just not using the full, or even partial, potential of the programs.
Alinee was just commenting on how she hates the way Google and other programs make what appear to be unnecessary changes (normally without any real explanation of why, and how to deal with the changes). It is frustrating.
As Kali starts on her 15th year and proceeds to her 16th birthday, I again wish her a Happy Birthday and hope she has an enjoyable and rewarding 15th year!
That’s it for now, Sunday, November 30, 2014.
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