32 degrees this morning 57:47 minutes walking
I read yesterday about a new “detector” where the Police/law enforcement can actually determine where someone is in a house or office, how many etc., and in some cases even determine the design of the structure.
I’m not so concerned about law enforcement having this as I am about criminals having it.
I assume the next thing will be to have to install “anti-radar” shielding on your home and office so criminals can’t determine if you are or are not at home.
Scary the invasion of privacy that is developing. Cameras everywhere, radar to see if you are at home and Facebook tracking you everywhere, a device built into the car tracking where you have have been etc.
1984 is here 30 years late.
In the blink of an eye, January 2015 will be past! Weather today and over the weekend was wonderful.
January went so fast, I was just thinking that soon we will have to decide what we are going to do about a place to live. Of course, a large part of our decision will be if, and if so, how much, the lease is raised no our house.
We have found renting has a lot of advantages (as does owning/buying a house), but at least your mortgage payments (as a general rule) doesn’t change. Of course, there are a lot of other surprise costs.
It also means that our income tax returns will be due etc. With two states, moving expenses, job related expenses etc, I’m not really looking forward to doing our taxes.
Actually, I enjoy doing our taxes, I just need to find the time to do it. I enjoy working through the process and seeing it all come together.
Spent the day in the office today (unfortunately rather than in the field on a wonderful day!), but I had a lot of administrative work, phone calls, updating records etc. after being in the field Thursday and Friday last week!
We were able to donate some more items today. I heard someplace (I wish I could find it) that items that we have tend to be imputed with a lot more value than they actually have.
As an example, we have several printers we donated yesterday along with some other items. Even though the printers were ten years old and we hadn’t used them for several years, I had that moment of hesitation where I started thinking what I could do with them!
When I start thinking that, I just think “why haven’t I already done it” and also that we can buy a brand new printer that isn’t obsolete for less than $100!
The same thing can be said about old clothes, furniture, books, computers etc. Unless there are some sentimental meaning to an item, we always seem to attach more value to an item then it is really worth.
I soon am going to set up a scanner, and Aliene will start scanning her pictures, and I am going to scan a lot of records that I can then toss the physical items.
Hopefully, they have a strong “advice line”. As I mentioned about the wifi extender, it is amazing how easy it is once you know how to do it!
My foot has been doing a lot better since I got another pair of walking shoes. The difference is amazing. It didn’t cure the problem, but it made it a lot more easier to live with.
Aliene is starting physical therapy on her neck today. We are both hoping that the therapy will resolve the problems without surgery, but the Doctor also said if nothing else the therapy will make her neck stronger and she will recover form surgery faster and easier.
That’s it for now, Wednesday, January 21, 2015.
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