Hippo, birdies, two ewes...

... to penngwyn!!! Have a great one!!

Wishful Wednesday

It's Wednesday. I decided over the weekend that "Wishful Wednesday" might be a good day to post a link to the Caregiver's Wishlist that I've been working on.

Thanks to moshez, Ali, and Marty, and of course the YD, who are already taking on several of these tasks.

I'm a little fuzzy on how often to post this. Is once a week too much? I could make it the first Wednesday of each month. Comments?

I have to add that this wasn't an easy list to make, and wasn't an easy post to make -- it amounts to a public acknowledgement that there are lots of essential chores that I originally thought I could do, but can't even get started on.

Done yesterday (20090901)

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It was, on the whole, a very good day. Busy, occasionally frustrating, but good.

It started badly -- I overslept, somehow thinking it was Sunday (maybe because I often sleep in on Sundays, and that's what I wanted to do). Luckily the YD gets up early these days so she can call her BF before he goes to work.

The goodness started a little after noon with a Call from a Cheerful Callie, followed by a good walk. I then got back on my head in the code, trying to update two new devices to the point where they would run my demo. Fortunately, I saved the state of the one working device before I started, because it turned out that somebody broke the svn tree. Oops.

I finished the day around 7pm with three working devices, declared victory, and went home. (Extra points if you know the origin of that phrase.) Just as I was pulling into the exit I got a delightful call from N's kids, thanking me for the paper dolls and sticker book I'd brought up to Seattle last week.

When I got home dinner was ready. Also, Colleen made it through the entire day without ( TMI )

incidents, which after a solid four months was welcome news indeed. And her PCP apparently lit a fire under her gastrointestinal specialist; she has an appointment next week.

I took a bath around 10pm and we went to bed at 10:30. We both woke around midnight and had a full hour of lovely Snuggle. I was awake for another hour or so, but it was worth it.

The link sausage for the day is Gizmodo's gallery of houses built from unusual materials.