Today’s Activities
- Shower. DONE.
- Cat duty. DONE.
Log
07:45 AM: I’m up. It’s dark, dreary, and rainy outside this morning.
08:15 AM: Facebooked a bit. Friend count: 581 (unchanged). Fan count: 111.
10:30 AM: Sister Mary Ann arrived, and we continued the cleanup and clean-out of the first floor items no longer needed here at the house. I gave away a whole shelf of books, to make room for Mom’s photo albums and documents of family memorabilia.
01:00 PM: We went out shopping for a new HD TV, to replace Mom’s SD TV that sister Christine now has. I settled on a Sharp Aquos 60” LED TV, model LC60LE832U purchased from Sam’s Club. So far, I’ve found this device quite easy to set up and operate, and absolutely love the markedly increased picture clarity of high definition television over standard definition television, which I’ve watched routinely and frequently until now. This is one upgrade that truly IS an upgrade.
03:45 PM: We then drove to Sears to purchase a stand for my new television. First, we checked at a used furniture place in Altoona, hoping to find something cheap but strong and pleasing in appearance. But we saw nothing but one very low, oval oak table, that would make a nice coffee table but not a good TV stand.
04:10 PM: A fellow arrived who will haul away the stuff here that no one in the family wants. He’s working the junk pile out back now.
05:00 PM: Sister Mary Ann and I carried the new TV in, and I assembled its base and the TV stand. Then, she helped me lift the TV onto that stand.
05:30 PM: I then connected up the TV to our cable system. No problems. However, we won’t be able to view much in HD until I move the DVR downstairs from my bedroom TV upstairs. So I’m doing that now.
06:15 PM: The DVR has been connected via an HDMI cable to the new television. The first HD images are visible now. Quite sweet it is.
06:30 PM: The hauler guy finished loading up his truck with our old junk and drove off. We also contracted him to come back tomorrow, to get the rest. He’ll be here at 8:00 AM.
06:35 PM: While I was working on the TV, sister Mary Ann was de-cluttering all the rooms on the first floor here. She rearranged my new bedroom (Mom’s old bedroom) for easier access. But we’re hungry for supper now. So we’re heading to Tipton, to Austin’s Texas Hot Dogs. Back later.
07:00 PM: We’re back home, and the Texas hot dogs were delicious as usual.
08:30 PM: Sister Mary Ann ran the vacuum throughout the entire first floor, and I put things away, organized all the new papers and manuals I acquired today, and helped her in her efforts. She’s leaving now. Good bye, sister. Your help is truly appreciated.
09:00 PM: We drove to Meadows for an ice cream cone twist. It’s okay, because I’m getting a treadmill next week.
10:00 PM: Watched today’s episode of The Young and the Restless via the DVR.
11:00 PM: Talked with [Emmy].
11:45 PM: Played with the new TV, configured it to connect to the Internet, set up my Netflix account on it, and watched a bit of a modern-day version of Alice in Wonderland.
11:10 PM: Bed time. More tomorrow. Good night.
12:05 AM: The daily traffic stats from yesterday for my blogs. The monthly keyword hit count fell this time, and currently stands at 1035; down from 1048 at last check. The record high for this dimension remains at 1788. The next goal: 2000.
Tom Hesley
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