Today’s Business: 2010-01-02
Saturday, January 2nd, 201010:00 AM: I’m up. No weight gain or loss today. I’m holding steady at 183 pounds.
11:15 AM: Cooked breakfast for [Emmy] and myself, that consisted of wheat blend pancakes with SpringTree pure maple syrup, peach yogurt, and apple cider. I burned a couple cakes though; it’s hard to precisely regulate this stove Mom has. I’d much rather use a griddle, where you can precisely set the temperature. If I made pancakes more often, I’d be tempted to locate the pieces of that Presto griddle I bought 18 years ago while living at Betsy Ross Circle. They’re somewhere in teh basement. But, since pancakes come packed with refined carbs, I’ll not be eating many of them in this new year. So, I’l leave the griddle where it’s at, disassembled and all. 
02:15 PM: Watched the 2009-12-08 episode of Dr. Phil on the DVR.
03:15 PM: Listened to today’s repeater song several times.
03:50 PM: Shoveled the ramp. Couldn’t stay out there too long with just my jeans and a sweatshirt. At just 20 degrees outside with little sunshine, this weather demands a thick and warm winter coat (at least), for sure.
04:00 PM: Received mail:
- School tax bills for both Mom and me.
- Garbage collection bill.
- New Years sale flyer from a local furniture store.
04:10 PM: Worked the Christmas Lighting: 2009 project. I wrapped up and tied, then stowed six strings of the blue LED lamps.
05:30 PM: Supper tonight consisted of sauerkraut, pork, mashed potatoes, baked beans, rye bread, and pop, coffee, and water.
06:30 PM: Nap time.
09:00 PM: Categorized more posts in this, the Tom’s Diary blog. There are now just 260 of them left to process.
10:00 PM: Created audio journal episode: AJE-2010-01-02-21-23 on the Victor Reader Stream.
10:25 PM: Completed this week’s system backups.
12:00 AM: [Emmy] and I began preparing a new playlist for our iPods. We started by looking at the songs played during the DJ Gig: 2009-12-31 party. Then, we reviewed all the songs in my library from 2009. Will post the new playlist once we scan my entire library looking for songs we currently like. So far, we have chosen 108 songs for the new list.
12:05 AM: Posted the list of today’s additions and revisions to this blog, here.
01:10 AM: It’s 15 degrees outside at present; perhaps the coldest it’s been so far this season. But between the furnace, the gas heaters in the basement as well as the electric heaters up here on the second floor, we’ve got enough heat to keep this place toasty even when the temperature falls to -15 degrees F. Plus, with the gas heaters, we still have heat, should the power fail. So, I’ll rest a little easier tonight, knowing that. Speaking of rest, we’re off to do around eight hours of that now. Take care, and do keep warm.
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