Done yesterday (20091106)

[mdlbear]

1106 Fr
  * awake 5ish; up 5:45; drugs, nose, teeth; coffee
  * send slug up to Promusica w/ check for N
  @ http://www.ricoh.com/info/091104.html Calypso press release
  @ http://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/make.html -- fascinating.
  * very short walk; felt like rain in the offing
  @ http://www.everythingkitchens.com/kitchenaid-ksm150.html
  * ran update-new on nova; 10m for /home (mostly mail), 5m for /vv
  ! happy hearing about an affectionate domestic moment between C & N.
    Am I getting better at recognizing mudita?  Likely.
  * 9 cinderblocks for Emmy's bed (Marty and Colleen)
  & Marty and Colleen said how much they enjoyed the weekend I was away
    "We'll have to see about doing that every month"
  * 8pmish Lizard will come over to talk about the FSA receipts
    @ in-home support services (state)
  @ v-innovate.com - Selkit's demo: secure virtual meetings
  * receipts ought to be in Secret, not download
  * bed 10:30ish

Work was moderately productive, not necessarily much code, but a few other things got done, and I spent some happy time reading all of the GNU Make manual. I took only a very short walk; it felt like rain was in the offing. Even a short walk is worthwhile, though.

I'm back to working on moving my fileserver onto a larger drive (from 500GB to 1500). Not a moment too soon -- the big partition is 99% full. Upgrading from Etch to Lenny is another matter, but I can postpone that.

It was a good day for friendship. In the morning I mailed a package up to Promusica with a contribution for Naomi and a slug for Callie, who has been unable to make her laptop recognize the USB hard drive I sent her.

The high point of the day was when I found myself smiling delightedly after hearing about an affectionate moment between C and N. Maybe I am getting better at recognizing my emotions -- this one was definitely mudita.

Marty and Colleen were telling me how much they enjoyed the weekend when I was away at OVFF. I don't remember which of them said something to the effect of "we'll have to see about doing that every month". But that makes me happy, too.

tetralizard came over in the evening to help me with a wishlist item: sorting the health care receipts. YAY!!!

 

Elseweb, KitchenAid is selling purple mixers again!! Ricoh has put out a press release about the latest bit of cool stuff to make it out of our lab and into production. And V-Innovate, the company my son-in-law works for, has a demo of their cool stuff up (Windows only for now, unfortunately).

Comments

[ravan.livejournal.com]

Purple mixer? *cries* I wanna job!

[tetralizard.livejournal.com]

found the website after many many mispellings.

http://www.timpanycenter.org/
Therapeutic pool behind valley med.

[acelightning.livejournal.com]

If I didn't already have two KitchenAid mixers - one my mother bought for me some thirty years ago (which is still going strong), and her even older one that I inherited (the insulation on the power cord has gotten brittle, but otherwise it seems to be in good shape too) - I'd definitely want a purple one! I use mine heavily, at least three or four times a week, and I don't even have any attachments - I make breads and cakes (mostly with regular unbleached wheat flour, which, alas, contains gluten) both for daily consumption at home, and as gifts for friends. (Have I mentioned that I do "unconventional" wedding/handfasting cakes? I can easily incorporate pagan/Wiccan religious symbols, and I was making cakes for same-sex couples long before it got popular.)

...a purple, brand-new KitchenAid mixer...*sigh*...

[mdlbear]

We only have the one my parents bought for us as an early anniversary present; we were thinking of giving that one to Chaos...

[acelightning.livejournal.com]

Assuming she cooks/bakes, definitely!

[montemplar.livejournal.com]

I just donated some money to help out Naomi. Sadly, she joins a growing list of people I know who are going through similar trying circumstances... :(