Monday at 1:30am. Getting ready to get ready to gol

Nikon charging cable,
Get meds,
Get haircut,
Pack bags and go,

Great breakfast at Lancer's and a good day at vdm.  Now to focus on New York, here I come.

Off to Lancer's for breakfast and then to work...

Get meds at Kaiser,

Take hairbrush,
Take iPad charger,
Add items here as you think of them,

Hi Sunday! Called Inga, Terry, and Marie...

I'm on the Screencast and their is a notable delay between the time I type this and the time it is displayed on the screen of my 27 inch monitor.  This shouldn't be a problem when watching movies, but it is disconcerting if doing regular computing stuff.

Now to go eat breakfast and go to work.  Pick up meds first too.

Excellent Saturday. Good round trip to Palmdale..

Took Jessie to visit his family in Palmdale.  Good drive.  Computers and xbox and stuff upon return.  I cleaned up the apt mostly and they did not replace the sink fixtures they said they were going to do.

Now Saturday. Cleaned apt mostly, ready for drive

to Palmdale with Jessie to see his family.  Slept from 5am to 9:30am and now I'm getting ready to go to work.  I bought a nice 21 inch roll away bag for checking on the flight to NYC in three days.
Good day at vdm.  Halloween events but they went well.
Don't forget to bring:
Check book,
Hairbrush,
iPad charger,
Xacti camera and batteries and charger,
Take nail clippers out of backpack and put in checked bag,
Socks, underwear, tshirts, outer shirts, extra shorts, long pants, two jackets, and add to this list later,

Now Friday, after 8 hours of REM sleep...

Got my tires rotated finally.  Breakfast at Henri's and I had a swallowing problem.  Nothing serious.  To work almost on time.  Took James and Aaron to ILP and forgot James' meds and had to to a UOR.  I will get new kitchen sink faucets Saturday, so I need to clean up the apartment. 

I still need to pick up meds at Kaiser,
Buy or borrow a roll away bag to be check in to the airplane,
I think I will take the black backpack and put the computer in the stowed bag.  With an iPad, an iPhone, an iPad, I should be ok for 5 hours on the plane, particularly on a red eye flight to NYC.  We'll see.

All other items can be handled when I get back.

Up at 6am, internet, then rotate tires...

buy checked bag roll around suitcase, get haircut before trip, and pick up meds and have a good breakfast.  After 8am now.  Time to roll.

Wednesday to work on time, good day overall.

Caring theme dinner, but not implemented for Nick or Aaron, both of whom were not allowed to go to the dinner event.  So much for deeds matching words.

Otherwise, I got my car washed well.  My wrist feels better due to the heat and wrist bands, I guess.

Good pm shopping and eats at Lancer's...

Bought electronic kit and helicopter at Frys, dinner at Lancer's, got my oil and filter changed, but no car wash or tire rotation, or heater or engine idle adjustment yet.  Tomorrow is another day.  I must be at work at 1pm.

Reading Issacson's book on Jobs, and it reminds me of my life and the turns I could have taken.  How different would my life today have been, but for a small change here or there.  Good book, any how.

I also got three wrist bands or heat things and my right wrist feel better now than it has in two weeks.

Pick up meds, pay bills, pay State Farm, buy checked bag for the flight next Tuesday, and remain happy, healthy, and as wise as possible.

Awake at 11am, got Jobs book, now chores...

Pick up 2 meds at Kaiser
Get blood drawn again,
Pay SCWD, AT&T, property taxes,
Get Taurus tires rotated and change oil and wash wonderful car,
Ask Jay Taylor to increase the heat into the cabin of the Taurus,
Eat well at Henri's or Lancer's,
Buy check able bag for the flight to NYC,
Pay my LADWP bill,
Continue to be happy, healthy, and as wise as possible,
Always look on the bright side of life,

12:52pm, awake well rested and doing chores.

Call back Flip this house at 800 840 6724 for a free local seminar after my return from NYC.

Now to complete chores.

Still bothered by my irritation at Aaron's neediness.

I'm not sure why I can't deflect Aaron's neediness for instant gratification all the time.  Am I harsh with him because I can be and he will take it?  Does he bring it on himself by his insistent pleading for what he can't have now?  He is later content after he has changed his focus.

Otherwise a good pm.  xbox on earth and ocean shared.  Computers used constantly.  Fatoma got his WD external hard drive filled with music and videos.  I also cleaned his computer a bit.  Next week for more. 

Lots of things to do before NYC.

Found Harold's number, called Inga, getting ready for work.

Quiet Sunday am.  Taking printer to work.  Fatoma's drive is ready.  I ate well last night at Bob's, slept mostly well, and feel pretty good now.

A # 1 Day. Worked Earth, xbox, computers, iPad

Dinner at Bob's after work.  Excellent.  Got tripod mount case for iPhone, finally.  Now to rest and only have 9 days until Departure Day, November 1, 2011.

Slept until 11am. I feel more rested than usual.

Goals for today;
Change oil and wash car,
Call the lady about the Honda,
Get a sandwhich from Mick's,
Be at work on time,
Pay the Edison bill,
Make a list of things to do before the big flight to NYC on Evernote?

A week from Tuesday I fly to JFK for 11 days. Yes! Winning!

I had best husband my time.  Hi, Terry, if you should chance to read this.  Welcome, and please let me know you read it.

Get luggage and make plans for to go.

I was not always cooperative or cheerful, twice.

I was angry at Andrew for teasing and lying  about a Gatorade he was teasing Jamie with.  Then James stated he was going to use the iPad and 7:15 and I said No you're not." and other words.

Often the kids regard me as a free Best Buy and electronics warehouse.  I'm not, but the balance between being helpful and cooperative is a difficult one to find.

Other than that, I have a new case for my iPhone, that I like a lot, and my car is wonderful, and I can do a bunch of chores tomorrow am, like balance the tires and wash and oil change the Taurus.  Good idea.

Close to a perfect day. ILP, xbox, and computers

Slept a lot in hopes of ending this cold that just keeps hanging on.  I moved the Honda 5 feet back and love the Taurus with all of my heart.  What a fine machine.

Best sleep in a while. 12:30am to 8:30am. Good

I feel better but am still fighting off the last effects of my weeks long cold.  I am eating well to give my body nourishment to heal itself.

Pay the final bills to SCE, scwd, and all pure pools.  Get my car heater adjusted and oil changed and washed.  Deposit the check for $178 and get $100 in quarters.

Now to get going.

Wednesday am, vacation is on, breakfast at Lancers

Talked with Inga, Terry, and Marie.  Paid for the tickets.  Now to plan and pack.  Late at work again, but a good day.  Took Gabe to Ortho and got Andrew's glasses fixed.  All else was ok.  I can't seem to remember the pin.  Try harder.

Excellent breakfast at Henri's. Shopped at WalMart

Bought lots of food and supplies.  Feeling well due to the good rest I got this am.  I used the reminder to ask siri to remind me to call zyggy when I wake up.  My 3gs still works well on wifi.  Now to try skype and I'm going to get the 5StarResponder to use as my personal gps, 911, and assistance needed device.

Getting ready to go out and wash the car and eat.

Stayed home and tried to call Michael with no success, got data on how to pay scwd, all pure pool, and soon Edison as well.  Pay them and then do the property taxes and the accounting with Howard.

I need to know if I can go on the vacation in two weeks.  Find out tomorrow.

I have anemia and need a new blood test.  I should open up an email contact with Ackerman.

I am still a bit tired, but feel better today than a lot of the past 7 days, physically.

Now to go and wash and service my wonderful Ford Taurus and eat very well.

Out with AJ, Alex, and Rey Monday night.

We went shopping with AJ, and had burgers in Old Pasadena.  AJ was mugged recently by three local wolves.  Rey spent the weekend with his day in Sun land-Tujunga, and Alex spent time in the hospital for digestive illness recently.

Tuesday morning goals;

Call the lady about buying the Honda,

Deposit the $178 check in CCU and get $100 in quarters,

Eat breakfast at Henri's?

Return the laptop p/s to Frys;

Call Ackerman's office again;

Change the oil and get the Ford Taurus washed well in Encino;

Pay scwd, Edison, and the all pure pool company.  Settle the property taxes if possible.

Be healthy, happy, and as wise as possible.

Good Monday. Hard to get going, but almost there.

Called back Kaiser, Angel of the escrow company, AJ (texted), Rey, Playboy canceled, and All Pure to be sent a check for $47.50 to close account.

Now to shower and go get my glasses repaired, eat well, and see the guys in the East Valley and such.

I don't sleep well these days and wake up after about 4 hours still feeling tired.  Sometimes I can nap and then feel well, but not always.  Time will tell.

I am looking at flights to jfk and back for the two weeks I may get off, or going to see Harold and Les as an alternative.  I'll call to check on the vacation tomorrow.  Now to have a great day.

Wonderful Sunday. Talked with Inga for an hour.

vdm was fine.  I worked with Chris, Rob, and all was fine.  The kids had a great evening, they completed all pm routines on time, there were no fights, and all chores were completed.

I am thinking about a round trip to JFK on Jet Blue for a week or two of my vacation, if I get it and they can put me up in NJ and or PA.  I'll call tomorrow to check on it.  I could also go to Northern Ca, or just stay home and rest.  I wish to be done with this cold.

Fix glasses
Pickup house closing documents
Pay Edison, scwd, the pool guys, and all other bills.

Get my car's heater to heat more and the engine to run slower, and the tires rotated, and the car cleaned and go see Alex, Rey, and AJ tomorrow night.

Keep up keeping on.

Very good Sat pm shift. All kids and staff were well.

Dinner at Ralphs of chicken, almonds, avacodoes, cheese, milk, and bread.  Feeling well.

Sat am up early, napped a lot, ios a lot, then to work

My cold is almost gone.  Ate leftovers for breakfast. IOS5 is installed and running well on the 3GS, the iPad2, and the IPhone 4S.  Now to test the hdmi mirroring out on the iPhone 4S.

Got the iPhone 4S at 1pm, but unable to activate it.

Others have the same problem.  I am discouraged but will try again now that I am home and have more time.  Great day at vdm, except my phone went off in a meeting with Lukas.  Otherwise all was well.  I have a lot of chores for Monday am as usual.

Almost 11am, still waiting for the iPhone 4S...

and getting ready to do laundry and such.  Keep on keeping on.

Friday am, waiting for my iPhone 4S from UPS

The iPhone is out for delivery from 6:20am.  I hope I get it before 1pm.  I also want to do laundry and make some bill payments.

I'm still fighting off the effects of the cold.  My throat hurts and I cough a bit, but I seem to be getting better.  Let's hope.

Thursday night at ILP, quiet pm, no Zyggy tonight.

I'm thinking about asking for a two week vacation before 2012.  I could go to Los Gatos, Monterey, San Francisco, or just stay home and rest.  Time will tell.

Wednesday night at vdm. Eric is leaving and more.

Sequin now works mostly am shift, Armando no weekends, and I remain the same.  I think I will ask for two weeks off before the new year, and go up north?

I only want to take one computer to work at a time.  The HP is fine.  The Fujitsu is a luxury and not needed.

$25 pizza and it slipped in the trunk and is now all on one side.  Still tastes good.  Be of good cheer.

Notes after the physical...

Ackerman was almost an hour late for the physical.  I would have loved to chat but I had to stay focused.  He did all the required tests, he cautioned me about my kidney function, he ordered an ultra sound and an occult blood test.  I should ask for a colonoscopy again, just to be on the safe side, particularly since I have diverticulitis.  I am not sure now about the benefits of juicing, except for juicing of vegetables which I don't want to eat, such as rutabagas, turnips, parsnips, and other such.  He said if it tastes good it isn't good for you, as in orange or apple juice, rather than simply eating the orange or apple.  I wonder about spinach and celery and tomatoes and carots as a drink.  To much sugar, since it tastes good?   I'll look into this.

Excellent dinner of liver and onions at Lancer's.  All was close to perfection, just as last night's patty melt was excellent.  I bought laundry soap, toilet paper, Kleenex, and frozen food at Wal Mart.  Too tired to do laundry.  Now reading reviews for the iPhone 4S and waiting for iOS 5 and my new phone.

Notes prior to my physical

Overall I feel well.  My biggest complaints are the difficulty I have swallowing at times, and my sore knee joints.  I suspect that my plan to lose at least 50 pounds via juicing and exercising will have a significant effect on this.

I stopped taking the Sertraline and the Etodolac more than a month ago after I was ill for a week due to food poisoning, I suspect.

I plan to stop working six months from now, and visit friends, relatives, and memorable places all across the USA via a road trip in my car with and without various friends and relatives, as available.

Now Monday almost 1pm, physical at 3pm

Returned Crucial memory via UPS last night, canceled xbox live, ate a big delicious patty melt at Bob's Big Boy in Toluca Lake.

Slept til 11 am this morning and now to get ready for the physical.

Goals:

Buy more clothes washing soap, pay off and cancel Edison, SCWD, All Pure Pool Service, and any Santa Clarita bills due.  Then do the accounting with Howard and settle the estate.  Now to go.

How thankful am I for this excellent 27" monitor?

I thank my lucky stars.  It has excellent color, brightness, no blur, and seems excellent to me in all aspects.  Thanks be to God, and to me for being brave enough to buy it.

Canceled the xbox live account effective 11911.  Now to return Cruical and make the deposit of the EEOC check and return the laptop power supply thing and then eat a good breakfast and wash clothes.

I slept until almost noon, and thus felt a lot better.  I hope the dr apt tomorrow will go ok.  No bad news.

Time will tell.

Good Sunday pm at vdm. xbox, ipad, and computers.

Felt well.  To Canters Deli for corned beef and cabbage.  Difficulty swallowing so took it home and ate most of it there.  Now it is Monday am.  Slept from 3am to 7am.  List of things to do:

Return Cruical memory to Crucial.

Deposit $178 check to ccu.

Return external laptop charger to Frys.

Pay and close out All Pure Pool Service, Edison, and Santa Clarita Water bills.  Close out Santa Clarita bills and such.  See if I need an accountant to complete the Estate's account.  Check with Howard.

Wash clothes after buying more soap.

Be ready for physical tomorrow at 3pm at North 3.

Call NetFlix re charges for The King's Voice.

Continue to be happy, healthy, and wise. 

Try to sell the Honda to the sanitation truck lady.  Call her.

Up Saturday 9am feeling fairly well.

Elaborate dreams of VDM, Josh, James, Amy, Aaron and others.  No nightmares but fairly close to recent reality.  Frustration with James for over soaping and over loading his washers, as he is wont to do.

My cold still seems to be winding down, I hope.  I don't have to be at work until 3pm today, so I hope to do laundry a lot, and play the xbox somewhat as well.

Monday I want to complete Marion's bills and such,  see Howard regarding things yet to be done, try to sell the Honda, and get ready for my physical Tuesday at 3pm. 

Keep up the good work, an keep on keeping on.

iPhone 4S to be here a week from today...

I am trying to use vlingo to see how web search via voice works.  So far pretty well, actually.

Now to go eat at Cupids.  I love the hot dogs and I don't want to do laundry or other chores now.

Awake at 6am, ordered iPhone 4S Now laundry...

Hard to do but spending lots of money again.  Almost $500 on the new iPhone, including the $45 data and tethering plan I signed up for.  I really want the hdmi output and the personal assistant feature, if it works as I hope it will.

I should be able to simply say:

Google the average family income in the usa for the last ten years...

Or

Bing the history of the Eifel Tower, including its cost to construct and yearly maintenance costs...

or

Play a youtube clip of Dirty Harry saying "Make my day."

Or

Find the closest Tommy's hamburger stand,

or

Use Drive  MotionX to guide me to the Nixon Library.

Or

A dozen things I haven't thought of yet.  Time will tell.

Good day at ILP, picked up meds, wash clothes...

Reading Don't sweat the small stuff again, and it is great.  Taco Bell is very tasty as well.  I love the new alarm and the door opener and locker.  Now to read, watch, and play xbox and have a great night, followed by laundry tomorrow, I hope.

At ILP in Marina Del Rey. Eating dates and such...

Good day so far.  Two people offered me $1K for the Honda when I moved it out of the garage today.  I will call the sanitation truck lady tomorrow if I don't get a call from the other guy.

Nothing of significance is going on here.  The boys went across the street for their supermarket walk through and I chose not to go with them.  I hope nothing untoward happens.

The Fujitsu works well with the 8GB but I can see no real difference is speed due to the doubling of the RAM installed.

Now to read "Don't Sweat The Small Stuff"

Slept well, still fighting off cold. movine Honda today

Escrow may close soon.  I have to move the Honda and give up the key, although they will change the locks first thing.  Now to find the CA agency to sell the Honda to for $1K and get rid of the car.  Then to check out the Santa Clarita and such bills, if any and pay them.  Keep healthy and have a great day.

11:50am, almost time to go to work.

Installed 8GB of memory in Fujitsu, and adjusted the new replacement power adapter, and all works well.  I should be eternally grateful for all the wonderful things I have in my life.

I am working on fighting off my cold, I am sleeping better, most of my test results at kp are in the normal range, I still haven't fixed the billed issues with Marion's house, but I will as soon as possible, I have to find that $178 check and deposit it, and now to download the Don't sweat the small stuff book, for both me and Nick, and anyone else who will read it.

Awake at 3am feeling better. Sweat a lot in sleeping

I'm still fighting off my cold.  I slept about four hours and woke up with my pillow half soaked in sweat.  I couldn't go back to sleep, so here I am charging batteries, getting ready to install memory in the Fujitsu, and feeling good about my life. 

I still need to pay any bills Marion had or has on her house as soon as possible.  I also want to sell the Honda to the state of California for $1,000, which makes my actual out of pocket cost of the Ford Taurus to be $2,700, and it had a new water pump, a new timing belt, and a completely cleaned cooling system.

I should get xbox Rage at the door Thursday morning.  I'm thinking of eating eggs and italian sausage for breakfast, or a chicken pot pie, or going out to Lancer's, or what ever.

I'll pick up and resume my blood pressure meds today or tomorrow. 

I want Jay Taylor to try to increase the heat output of the Taurus's heater, slow down the default idle speed, and try to block engine fumes from entering the cabin.  Ford can also evaluate this issue.

I need a change of oil, a new filter, and a good car wash, and the tires rotated and checked soon. 

Keep up the good work, baby love.

Busy day, but a good day. New alarm and door unlocks

Thank goodness I was able to find a place to install the basic Viper anti-theft and door unlock system for only$200 cash american.  I think I need new batteries in this keyboard.

l also got a new power adapter for my Fujitsu and new memory as well.  Now I can cancel the Crucial order.I also ate well at Henri's, and filled my car up and now to eat Chili and Frosty from Wendy.

Slept from 3 to 10am, or so. Still fighting off cold.

I feel well, overall.  Hungry for breakfast at Henri's.  Check out auto alarm places in Northridge and Reseda.  Considering buying a new universal laptop charger.

Considering buying an iPhone 4S for the camera, video camera, faster processor, 64 GB of storage, perhaps video mirroring via hdmi cable I already have, and I can use it to record my trip across the usa when I retire. Time will tell.

Busy day, Kaiser labs done, bought GOW 2, and

Broasted chicken at Lancers was good and healthy.  Almost done with Sixkill, shopped a bit at Wal Mart, and xbox exploration.  Ordered Rage for $50 from Amazon in two days delivery.

Take meds and get refills, watch Apple iPhone 5 release tomorrow, finish Marion's house debts tomorrow, and continue to be happy, healthy and wise, at least as much as possible.

Up at noon, feeling more rested and less sore.

Complete Santa Clarita city issues regarding Marion's house,

Install Fujitsu memory,

Continue to live a happy, healthy life, as much as possible.

Do the blood test at Kaiser first thing out of the house.

Good pm, Nick flipped, but all else was fine.

Nick attacked Adam during a video game match.  Otherwise, no big deals.  Nick trashed his glasses and still feels he was wronged.  There were lots of computers, xbox, and play station and iPad goodness to be held.

Tomorrow is the last week to complete the house escrow, I hope.  Get on it, please.

Slept from 2a to 9a, more or less. Feeling well.

Ordered a Kindle Fire for November 15, 2011 for $200, and two Segway tours of LA, Beverly Hills, and or La Brea Tar Pits.

I'm hungry but not desiring any of the food I have here, and yet I have no strong desire to drive to the nearest food source, or walk to Denny's or else where.  Oh, the problems I suffer.

I think I'll make garlic toast and eat blue cheese, Braunsweger, and stuff.  I really want a chocolate malt but see above.

Monday to do:

Correct any bills on Marion's house, pay everything necessary to pay.
Check to see if the title is clear.
Sell the Honda for $1,000
Call Terry, Harold, Les and Allan and Inga.

Call Howard and Larry to see if status if ok.

Install memory in the Fujitsu computer.

Talk to Crucial regarding the delay in shipping the memory modules, unnecessarily to me.

Oh, wait.  I have tomatoes, cucumbers, and can make a tomato, cucumber salad, which would go well with the garlic toast.  Now to get to it, and find the power  cord for the Fujitsu.

Slept 2a to 7a, Frys, and napped some more.

No memory from Cruical, great pm at vdm, ocean, feeling almost like I might be coming down with a cold, but otherwise very well.

Love my electronics and stuff.