Puttering

I spent most of the morning at home waiting for the painter to arrive, and the rest of the day waiting for him to leave (he's still here). He's painting in the back bathroom, which has no window -- the only ventilation is a fan. So no recording. (Could have done some this morning if I hadn't been expecting him to arrive any moment, but...)

So instead I've been puttering, which has its own rewards. Installed the top shelf in the upstairs hall computer TV nook, put in the bottom brace (once I tracked down the hardware, which of course was right where I'd put it and neatly labeled); washed the dishes, and installed two power strips in the office. One's an wide 8-outlet strip, mainly for chargers, the other's a narrow 6-outlet strip which I tucked out of the way and plugged into the UPS. Really cuts down on the cable clutter.

Let's see; what else... Installed a heftier support plate for one of the removable corner desk pieces, did some cleanup in the front bathroom, tried (without much success) to catch up on my reading, installed a 200GB drive in my new USB enclosure, emptied out a file crate that I'd tossed stuff into ahead of the repiping job last fall...

Quite a bit of work, in other words, with very little to show for it. Still, it had to be done sometime.

Tracking...

Finally a decent take of Silk and Steel [ogg] -- one glitch in the break, but if I can't live with it I'll re-record that section. The rest of it works, I think. Opinions wanted.

Tomorrow I hope to get a solid take for Demon Lover, which is even more difficult than S&S (especially since it's a duet and I can't sing both parts). Hopefully a couple of the easy ones, too.