Scattered Thoughts . . .

For days, we had planned to head to Lowes and Home Depot on Thursday night. We need some building supplies so I can begin renovating another bedroom. This particular renovation project was down fairly low on my "to-do" list but was recently moved to the top. I bumped five or six other projects so I could start renovating this bedroom. Heading up toward Burlington on Thursday night fit into our schedules without having to change anything and the weather was forecast to be beautiful. The building supplies would be on the roof of the car, exposed to the weather, so we need good weather for this particular purpose. Actually, for an activity such as this one, we need good weather to coincide with good health. Last night, some miserable health changed everything. My health had been teetering on that fine line between "okay" and "poor" all week. In hindsight, I should have been more aggressive at adding extra medications to my daily medications. I did add som

Currently, I am in the final stages of being chosen for a long term research study for Sony. As some of you may already know, I am a big fan of Sony electronics. In particular, I feel Sony is the world leader when it comes to digital imaging and televisions. As such, I have a Sony Bravia television mounted on our living room wall which we find stunningly crisp, vibrant and realistically colorful. I am also slowly swapping my photography gear to all Sony as well because I find Sony's cameras and lenses leaps and bounds ahead of all other manufacturers' cameras.  Sony has always been a leader in the television world going all the way back to the popular Sony Trinitron televisions in the late 1960s. In my opinion, Sony still leads the way with their televisions. The truth is, when it comes to imaging in general, Sony is leading the way.  I've been slowly swapping out my photography gear, piece by piece, and purchasing photography gear in Sony's new mirrorless e-mo

Even though I had great difficulty breathing again today (it is my 'new normal', I suspect) , I managed to start working on a new project this morning. I didn't get a whole lot done but it was nice to have a fairly productive morning, for a nice change of pace. Our old bedroom has been relegated as a temporary storage facility rather than a nice bedroom since we moved into our new bedroom just before Christmas. This morning, I started moving things out of this room so we could begin renovating.  I needed to take a lot of breaks to catch my breath... used my inhaler about three times... got a little dizzy a few times... but, slowly, I managed to make a slightly noticeable dent in clearing this room of clutter.  After lunch, I went outside and started excavating for a small foundation for a small three window alcove we plan to add to this bedroom.  The good news is I did not encounter any buried utilities. I started this digging by hand with a plastic shovel just in

We've had a very busy weekend!  We started our weekend by spending Saturday in Burlington with Liza and John and then Frank and Christine joined us later in the afternoon. As are all our visits to Church Street in Burlington, we had a really nice time... Ri Ra's was comfortable, fun and the food was delicious... we ate far too much... and we had some really tasty drinks and desserts! On Sunday, we celebrated Lukey and Kenzie's fourth birthday at Nan and Pop's house. As I wrote in my previous blog entry, everyone had a great time at this little party.  My health held up through the weekend thanks to plenty of rest beforehand and a lot of extra medications but I'm left worn out... I slept a solid 12 hours last night and I'm looking forward to sleeping through this afternoon.  I already posted a short video from the kids' birthday party... now, here are some photos too... well, far too many photos for a single blog post but here they are anyway!

Yesterday, we went to Nan and Pop's house to celebrate Lukey and Kenzie's fourth birthday! The weather was great and e veryone had a good time, especially the birthday kids. Here is a very quick edit of a very short video I threw together... some photos will follow soon... PS... Kenzie's CBA has been repaired and is now operational (Candle-Blowing Actuator).