My cleaner/helper came to scrape and paint yesterday. At least that was the plan. But she was tired, so I told her to come back when she was better rested. We did go over what I was expecting, at least in terms of scraping and painting. But we did not talk about how long I thought the rest of the job should take. I really have no sense of time when it comes to painting since I do it infrequently. And I dislike doing it so much. At least she came, though! We shall see when she will return. I am guessing not until May.

I’m not sure if I have mentioned this before or not, so I will mention it here. My boarder has a penchant for leaving lights on. I don’t know what the deal was in China or in her home, but the desire to have lights turned off when not in use is sort of baked into my habits. So when she leaves a light on, I often turn it off. Not in her room, though. Anywhere but there. I don’t go in her room unless she asks me to.

It was really easy to set up the printer that SM gave me. I guess since I am her printing guy, she has no need of one anymore. And now I have a scanner downstairs. And one that I can move onto the porch if I want to. Or anywhere. And Preview scans from it just dandily. As a test, I took an envelope that said Karl and (Au)Gus(tus) (parentheses mine) kid pictures and found 10 pictures. Mostly of Karl though there I was there in one and had one of my own. Off to a good start!

Karl and (Au)Gus(tus) Ages 5 and 2 maybe

The day started off a little shakily. I think I had a bit too much fun last night. But I rallied.

First task, picking J up from the Center over in Canandaigua. I had forgotten how long it takes (20 minutes), so got there early. After dropping J home, I headed to Tractor Supply and bought some hummingbird flower seeds. Not that I am growing a hummingbird. But I hope to have some flowers that hummingbirds might like. I think I have to wait a little while longer before tossing them on the ground and spraying them with some water. Come the apocalypse, I hope I don’t get asked to grow things…

Oh, forgot a stop at the library. I picked up the two books I put on hold last night. That was zippy of them. I guess they had copies available in the Geneva library.

Then to Tractor supply. Then to the grocery store to get the ribs and things for tonight’s dinner. I also got some snackage that I really didn’t need. I am a bit over-snacked right now. This too shall pass, though.

At home, I played mostly. Though I did take the time to make a delicious grilled cheese (sharp cheddar with a little bit of blue cheese, pepperoni slices and a bit of banana pepper) sandwich for lunch. Then more playing. And a bit of work on the GLO spreadsheet. It is going to take a bit more work than I had anticipated. It is way longer than previous versions (maybe 400 more names?) for some reason. not sure why. Since I don’t really want to go through the actual management of the list in the detail that LL did, I simplified the sheet. Sadly, Numbers doesn’t have automatic functions for date created and date modified. (We so need a database for this mailing list.) And there are some bits I don’t understand. I will work on it some more tomorrow and Sunday and then touch bases with SN on Monday to see what his thoughts are.

Cooking time! Making BBQ ribs. I boil mine first. Does anyone else do that? Ribs, coleslaw, baked beans and french fries. That’s the dinner plan. Wish me luck!