63 degrees this morning. Light rain since last night, supposed to continue all day.
Didn’t walk due to rain, took the extra time to turn in some address changes etc. Due to the internet it is a lot easier to get this done! The main problem is just remembering all the address changes we need to make.
While I realize rain is essential, I much prefer the hot sun and dry during the summer! One good thing is we haven’t had to water our yard yet, it grows fine with the rain we have received.
Made some major moving progress in the garage yesterday (although after we finished, we looked at it and wondered what we had accomplished! Actually we did accomplish a lot and at least set it up so we could go through items at a future time and finalize sorting. We have donated/tossed/given away a lot of stuff and we still have too much! One variable i now consider is “do I really want to move this item again”! Many times that is the deciding factor!
Oddly enough, the one item I really want to find, apparently did not make it, the compressor I use to air up my bike tires. It isn’t an expensive item, but I have had it for years and it was reliable and I hate to buy another one and then have mine show up. We also are missing two inexpensive printers, although we hopefully will find them.
We are still in the moving process where it seems like we will never finish it, although I expect realistically we will finish the major items within a week. Putting up pictures etc. is a longer term preposition since we need to settle in some to know where our pictures need to be placed. Some of the pictures, like a lot of my books, are like old friends and I like to place them where they seem to belong.
Watching the “Tour de France” that I taped. I enjoy watching it, although I really can’t even imagine riding like that and wouldn’t want to.
It is similar to mountain climbing. After hearing a speaker (Bech Weathers, author of “Left for Dead”) about his mountain climbing experience. (His message was actually to maintain a balanced life and not become focused and unbalancedI). While I appreciated his basic message, it also aroused an interest in learning/reading about mountain climbing. However, I never had the desire to climb mountains and I doubt if I would even if I was much younger. I appreciate the reason people love it, but I have no desire to do it.
Actually, some years ago, I did some “mountain” climbing in Southwest Oklahoma. One mountain was about 6,000 feet, the other (Elk Mountain) was much smaller, probably hardly qualified as a mountain. I really enjoyed it, even the episode of getting charged by a buffalo. The episode with the buffalo was inspiration for a lot of speeches, although I carefully stayed away form any and all buffalo after that. They are very big animals and they can move very fast.
Another activity I like to watch (which surprises many people) is boxing. I like to watch the strategy and the immediate consequences of a decision. But, I never had the desire to box, though I might try it if I were younger. I do have a “heavy bag” and a “punching bag” I haven’t used for awhile, but I enjoyed it when I had the space to use it.
Wall Street Journal is supped to be home delivered here. Tuesday it arrived at a good time, but Wednesday and Thursday it was late, in the sense that it arrived much later than I normally read it. I expect to go to a “digital only” subscription since it is arriving so late. The local paper actually isn’t bad, better than it used to be.
Looking forward to a visit to Lakeland in the near future. One reason is to complete the first phase of my teeth implants (the second phase is to have the actual teeth (basically crowns) by a regular dentist. This process started on September 5, 2013, so it is not a fast process. Mine was delayed somewhat since I needed a bone graft.
That’s it for now, Thursday, July 17, 2014.
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