Hippo, birdie, two ewes...

... to filkerdave!!! Have a great one!!

Upgrading Argo: Grump

Well, the flakiness seen yesterday expanded into full-blown falling-apart today: I couldn't even boot. And I'll note in passing that an 8-day-old install CD of Hardy alpha required 600-odd updates. I don't think it's stable yet. I'm going to assume both that the drive is unhappy, and that Hardy Heron isn't ready; I put the old drive back.

On the plus side, I found the install disk for my 802-11g wireless card, and it worked in the Win98 partition. So the machine will be usable regardless. At some point I'm going to try both Gutsy (from the text installer) and Lenny. But not right now: there's a lot on my schedule today.

Saturday wrap-up

It's been a fairly productive day. A short walk in the morning, followed by a trip to Gilroy to a jewelry store to get wedding rings. Looked for amethyst stud earings for the Y.D., who just got her ears pierced a few days ago. (The timing for that is a family tradition: my mom gives each of her granddaughters a pair of diamond stud earings on their 16^th birthday. Hers is later this month.)

Came home and installed a little key-holder to go next to the front door; this replaces the cup-hooks displaced by the new curtains. Basically just a 11" piece of pine 1x6 and a handful of assorted cup-hooks, but it matches the decor and gets the job done.

After a quick lunch (the flower_cat made chicken salad for sandwitches and to make some room in the fridge) I took off for Kohls, which is having a sale on dress shirts. Found one that exactly (to these old ursine eyes) matches the Wolfling's wedding dress. Score! No amethyst earings, though.

A couple of assorted stops, followed by a stop at the bank for cash. No other joy, though.

Came home to find the Cat about to order Chinese from a place we've been meaning to try for a while now: they're about 2 blocks from the house on W. San Carlos, and they deliver. Not my favorite, but acceptable.

Finally, I lowered the bed by 2" by removing the castors from the headboard end, and chopping off the bottoms of the foot posts to match. Nearly made a mess of it by assuming things when I should have measured, but it worked out in the end. Much improved, especially for the Cat.

Modulo the earings, which I never did find, it's been a pretty good day. I'll do some practicing next, and then probably go to bed a little early for once. Possibly quite early, depending on how the Cat is feeling.