93985…and back on the ice.

by | Oct 26, 2009 | Journal

We went back to the rink today, trying to get our feet under us: again, pretty good: my sense of balance isn’t shot, but it’s kinda wobbly—instinct recovers when I let a foot drift ahead, and the leg strength is there, to yank that straying foot back...

How to propagate spider mums…yes, you heard it here first…

by | Oct 25, 2009 | Journal

We really, really want some of the larger, more fragile mums for the Japanese-garden pondside, and I have searched the web for spider mum or football mum *plants,* to no avail. What I did find was the way to propagate them from a bouquet. It’s really pretty...

Well, we finally did something about the fireplace…

by | Oct 23, 2009 | Journal

This place has 2 non-working fireplaces, one in the basement, one upstairs, and they’re a bit of an eyesore. We try to decorate the topside one to make it look less forlorn. But this year (and a really good discount at Electric Fireplaces Direct) means we...

Well, weird day…involving the police fraud division…

by | Oct 21, 2009 | Journal

…and a phone call from somebody representing herself as an agent of an insurer of ours. They need to meet with us about a really important new feature of our insurance, and could they do this tomorrow, oh, and we’re going to need our insurance papers....

Kicked AVG off, installed Norton 360.

by | Oct 20, 2009 | Journal

Hopefully this will stop the 2-DAY-long system scans and other small annoyances. I have wanted to boot AVG off for a year and a half now. Jane finally got 360, and I pounced. It’s taken me all evening to get rid of one and get the other installed, but those of...