Today’s Business: 2009-11-11
Wednesday, November 11th, 2009Today’s Chores
- Cat duty
- Gathering up dirty dishes
- Taking out garbage
- Dispensing Mom’s meds
- Bringing back the garbage cans from the curb (this morning was garbage pick-up)
- Checking the status of Mom’s prescription orders that I phoned in on Monday
Log
08:00 AM: I’m up.
09:00 AM: Installed eight Microsoft updates on this computer. including the Windows Live suite of programs. Not that I’ll ever use these; especially since I really like Microsoft Office. But I may look at them from time to time so I can answer any questions I might get from my computer customers about them. They could become quite popular, as the Live suite is free to use as of this writing.
09:30 AM: Followed up on Mom’s currently pending prescription order.
09:57 AM: Worked the Wheelchair Ramp Project.
10:01 AM: Another short-duration power outage just happened. So, worked the Ongoing Power Outages problem.
11:45 AM: Worked the Christmas lighting, 2009 project. Added more lights, trimmed a tree, and investigated further the metal halide floodlights I’ve been obsessing over. I just love lights; all kinds of lights; especially the bright blue ones.
12:25 PM: Balanced Mom’s checking account. No nasty surprises uncovered, although this is the second month in a row that my calculations of what should be in the account differ from the bank’s by $0.60. Looking at the statement, I dont’ see any $0.60 charges. So this must be embedded in an already-existing charge. If this happens next month, I’ll call the bank. The error is in our favor this month. But last month, it favored the bank. Perhaps there was a problem in their software last month that they this month corrected. I dunno. 
01:00 PM: Rode to Tipton with Mom’s friend Mary Kay, to apply for a property tax rebate. However, the office was closed for the Veteran’s day holiday today. So we picked up some Texas hot dogs while we were down there — just to avoid a wasted trip, you understand. We’ll go back again tomorrow.
02:11 PM: Discovered a new bug in the Tommy’s Tunes software. See the TTConvWavToMp4 Program Crashing post for more details.
04:00 PM: Added two new link groups that appear in the right-hand sidebar, on this blog’s home page. Not only do they tell my readers at a glance what I’m up to, but they provide me with an easy way to access those posts, pertinent to my current efforts. They’re called Current Projects and Finished Projects. Current Projects lists the posts for things I’m currently working on, while the Completed Projects group lists the efforts I’ve completed; successfully or not.
06:10 PM: Debbie just arrived. We’re going to the grocery store shortly.
07:40 PM: Just got back from our grocery shopping trip, and we’ve put everything away. Not much this time, as compared with the shopping trip on Sunday. But still, the fact that we needed so much groceries today after having just been shopping three days ago rather shocked me.
09:17 PM: Watched today’s episode of The Young and the Restless.
10:40 PM: Talked with [Emmy]. She’s bored.
11:00 PM: Gave Mom her meds and now, I’m beat and heading off to bed. Have a great evening and I’ll catch you back here tomorrow.
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