Today’s Business: 2010-02-08
Monday, February 8th, 2010Today’s Activities
- Cat duty. DONE.
- Dispense Mom’s meds. DONE.
- Shower. DONE.
Log
07:30 AM: I’m up. My weight stayed the same as yesterday, at 175.0 pounds.
09:30 AM: Listened to KYW News Radio 1060 for a half-hour on the iPod Touch, via the Internet; I love hearing the commercials in stereo. 
10:05 AM: Posted the Today’s Business: 2009-04-04 piece.
10:20 AM: Posted the Today’s Business: 2009-04-13 piece.
10:50 AM: Posted the Today’s Business: 2009-04-16 piece.
11:00 AM: The fellow just came now to plow our driveway. We really need it, as there is perhaps 16 inches of snow on it at the moment.
11:30 AM: Posted the Today’s Business: 2009-04-18 piece.
12:30 PM: Installed a new power supply in a computer that sister Mary Ann gave to me. This restored proper operation (it would not power up before). However, it runs very slowly. It has many programs that I don’t need. So I’m just going to reformat the drive and install a fresh copy of XP.
02:45 PM: Ordered a replacement computer power supply from Ultra Products, for one that burned out last fall on this, my main writing computer. It’s still under warranty though. So the replacement costs nothing. Nice. If not for the warranty, the new unit would have cost $100. Yuck!
04:15 PM: Posting this from the computer into which I installed the new power supply at 12:30 PM. I’ve applied all software updates and now, I’m going to configure the printer.
05:15 PM: Watched today’s episode of The Young and the Restless from the DVR.
06:00 PM: Watched the 2010-01-13 episode of NBC’s Nightly News on the DVR. Nap time.
06:35 PM: I’m up again.
07:31 PM: Got Mary Ann’s old computer up and running with a fresh copy of Windows XP on a freshly formatted hard drive; it runs much faster now. Also, I located all hardware drivers I need for this eMachines computer, and got my printer set up to work with it. This machine will make a nice replacement for the one destroyed last year from a power failure surge.
07:45 PM: Tested the two Biddeford electric blanket controllers I received today; they both work well.
09:15 PM: Watched the 2010-01-14 and 2010-01-15 episodes of NBC’s Nightly News show on the DVR.
10:30 PM: Talked with [Emmy].
10:55 PM: Hung out and posted various items today on facebook.
11:00 PM: It’s time once again for bed, and I can’t wait to try out the new electric blanket controls I received today. The one I’d been using either made the blanket too hot (even at setting 1 of 10), or it would shut off inexplicably. It may have a loose connection, although that could be in the blanket itself. We’ll find out tonight, I hope. So good night, and take care. I’ll catch you right back here tomorrow.
Received Mail and Shipments
- Electricity bill ($209.41)
- (2) offers to join Himark’s Health Partner program. No thanks.
- Bill for Mom’s co-payment for her foot diagnoses and treatments.
- Bill for Mom’s wheelchair monthly rental.
- Bank statement for my business checking account.
- (1) offer for a VISA business credit card. No thanks.
- (2) Biddeford electric blanket controllers that I purchased on eBay recently.
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