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Lexi at work
My work and week was relatively uneventful: just computers, patching, rebooting, yardwork, and shopping, so I'll share Lexi's work week with you instead. Before I get onto the elliptical, I'll generally do a repeating series of stretches, alternating with exercises like squats, sit ups, and push ups. Above, you can see how helpful and encouraging Lexi is during this phase of my workout. Her prone position, her near-perfect lack of motion is extraordinarily motivational. Frankly, I couldn't do it all without her. * * * When she's not "helping" me exercise, or outright sleeping, Lexi likes to guard the house.
Continue reading...A Princess and her Pea
Lexi, protected from peas There's better be a pea under there... * * * Last night, when all was quiet, I finally got a around to putting together the Metal Earth Dragonfly model that I picked up from Amazon weeks ago on a whim, inspired by Jenny's 1000 Ferris Wheels post. It's good to have a focused distraction from time to time. The work took me away from myself for a double handful of minutes, and reminded me that I can focus when I make the effort. There's been so much going on that I'm spending more time putting out…
Continue reading...Cold Holiday
It was colder than 6° F when I got up shortly after dawn this morning, with about two inches of snow that was drifted and icy. No real fun driving out for the groceries today, as a result. The temperature had warmed all the way up to 15 by mid-afternoon. According to the NOAA, we're not supposed to see the fun side of the freezing line until next Sunday or later, and we have some snow coming again in the mid-week. So, an utterly normal President's Day weekend, then. * * * Being cute: * * * I managed two…
Continue reading...Late Summer
With three weeks to go in Summer (proper), summer in terms of weather and humidity finally arrived this week. A few days up into the low 90's brought us some unpleasant heat and occasionally lots of rain. Last night we had 1.3" here alone. I didn't look at the weather radar at the time so I don't know how broad that front was. But we had lightning and rain for the best part of three hours. Leading up to that, I spent about 5 hours working out in the yard. Some of that was regular stuff like mowing and cleaning…
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