by CJ | Aug 1, 2014 | Journal
Woke up this morning, and the thermostat was saying 78, the outdoor compressor installation was hot and its fan wasn’t going; the vents were blowing warm air… And it’s a Friday. And it’s August. Temperature forecast for today, 98 degrees, much...
by CJ | Jul 30, 2014 | Journal
…we squeaked in. Or will, when I figure out the state business tax. Our tax stuff is on a different computer, not the laptops; and we don’t get money in some quarters, so we can forget the date, and we’re always having to count on our fingers...
by CJ | Jul 28, 2014 | Journal
This book has been a bear. So much is going on.
by CJ | Jul 28, 2014 | Journal
…has their own line. Shepherd’s Pie, good; Cashew chicken: needs spice…etc, and we were both hungry after having same, which is not good. But—there’s also an orange chicken sort of thing. The line has promise.
by CJ | Jul 27, 2014 | Journal
It’s possible. I didn’t see any tracks. We also have a new black Persian-type kitteh out and about, so I’m not 100% sure. Jane went out and heard a furious scramble of something large or at least noisy getting over the back fence, where the garage...
by CJ | Jul 27, 2014 | Journal
It’s possible. I didn’t see any tracks. We also have a new black Persian-type kitteh out and about, so I’m not 100% sure. Jane went out and heard a furious scramble of something large or at least noisy getting over the back fence, where the garage...
by CJ | Jul 26, 2014 | Journal
…was a bit of a haze. The night before, Jane and I and Lynn blasted numerous waves of undead (Guild Wars 2) and then Lynn, on the East Coast, went off sensibly to bed, while we, on the West, decided to watch a little TV. Jane and I discovered, on Tivo, the...
by CJ | Jul 23, 2014 | Journal
We’re just getting poured upon, uncommonly heavy rain. Usually here, it just mists. Jane has some hope of straightening out her computer: software guys are suggesting a power management adjustment. Crossing fingers.
by CJ | Jul 23, 2014 | Journal
http://www.amazon.com/Orthaheel-Womens-Bronze-Metallic-Vionic/dp/B00D984Q96/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1406130471&sr=8-3&keywords=vionic+sandals+bronze Arrived yesterday. I’d ordered a size 10, which I wear in some Asian-made shoes; but the 10 was too...
by CJ | Jul 22, 2014 | Journal
It is drizzling rain, which is the best kind. It’s due to rain most of the week. This is real help for the firefighters. Jane just spent 3 weeks with her laptop in the shop. HP rebuilt it, sent it back, and now it glitches on some software. An attempt at an AMD...
by CJ | Jul 21, 2014 | Journal
I’m working on the ending of this book. I need a clear head. Pul-eeze. Air. Air would be good. Yesterday I got some work done with a Benedryl and 2 Sudafed. I think I am going to have to do the same today. I hate to do it. My stomach hates it. But breathing...
by CJ | Jul 19, 2014 | Journal
I’m trying hard to work on the ending of this book. I’m ready to write it. But I have no neurons that aren’t affected by this stuff. The cats are cranky. Impatient. And stupid. Shu nearly killed us both by throwing a body block on my feet as I headed...