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16 Monday Dec 2019

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today I started to make some of the needed changes around the house…

I’ve changed the schedule on my Nest thermostat so that the temperature stays the same throughout the day… previously I had it lower the temp while I was at work…

I am going to update the programming on my Google Home… used to have 2 different set ups in the morning… one provided information for a work day, and the other for “the weekend”… no more work days;-)…

my automatic timers currently turn the lights off at 8 am… going to need to change that too, lol… I cannot get those timers to cooperate no matter what I do…

today I changed from those automated timers to a TP-link smart plug… now I can tell Google when to turn them on and off…

and I finally got the tree lights to respond to commands as well…

next up I am going to check into lights for the chandelier and bathroom that will respond to verbal commands;-)…

so much to do, but lots of time…

clicked…

14 Saturday Dec 2019

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woke up the other morning to have my buddy Google Home tell me she wasn’t connected to wifi…

irritating… although I figured I could actually flick switches if I had to…

but then I walked past the thermostat and realized that it wasn’t connected to the wifi either…

it’s one thing to flick switches… a whole other thing to not know if the house was being heated on a -31 degree morning… particularly when you have to leave for work…

I freaked out and texted my son-in-law… while I was waiting to hear back from him, I calmed down a bit because I could feel heat coming out of one of the vents…

stood at the thermostat and clicked through until it asked me to enter the wifi password… doing that right on it was a bit slow, but I figured it out… after that was done, it showed it was connected and displayed the temperature… yay…

not sure which of the hundred clicks I tried later in the evening fixed the Google Home, but all of a sudden it was working again;-)…

phew… technology is wonderful, particularly when it is working, lol…

I am looking forward to spending time getting to know more about the latest and greatest technology that is out there…

nametags…

03 Tuesday Dec 2019

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I’ve been having a bit of a giggle thinking about nametags…

when I started in my position, one of the most difficult things I had to do was figure out how to make nametags for events and I thought it was going to make me go out of my mind…

I can still remember walking back and forth to the printer again and again in an effort to get them done correctly…

last week I made my last set of nametags… the funny thing is they gave me about as much trouble as those first sets of nametags did…

for many years I haven’t had any trouble with nametags at all, so that made it even funnier as I thought about it…

there is always something that catches you up, lol…

bread…

30 Saturday Nov 2019

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busy but productive day…

started with an early morning meeting to do some work on a program that I am looking forward to learning more about… was great to catch up with the other two participants… we had some lovely snacks while we worked…

once that was done, I was picked up by a good friend and we headed to PTE…

on the way we stopped for bread and had lunch at the Pho Hoang… not sure why I look at the menu, because I always choose the steak and brisket pho, lol…

had leftovers to bring home for tomorrow…

we enjoyed The Wedding Party… amazing what 6 people can do;-)…

home to take it easy for the evening;-)…

viewfinder…

28 Thursday Nov 2019

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my camera fell off a table at work at the beginning of November…

the viewfinder popped off… this camera doesn’t have the old-fashioned type of viewfinder, only the electronic version…

I tried to stick it back on, but the screen remained black… can’t really take photos when you can’t see what is in the viewer… was so upset that I didn’t even get a shot of the before, lol…

called the photo store only to discover I purchased the camera last September… so, no warranty, sigh…

then I called the camera hospital and sent it over by courier so that it could get repaired before the holiday season…

it has been a long time, but this morning it returned to the office… put my memory card back in and took a few photos right away…

so happy to have it back… I enjoy my iPhone camera but have really missed this one…

camper…

26 Tuesday Nov 2019

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I am a very happy camper today;-)…

rushed home to be here in time for my appointment with MTS… they were coming to fix the PVR and I didn’t want to be late because it hasn’t been working since last Wednesday…

my new friend Anthony fixed the main PVR in the basement and then sorted out an issue I’ve been having with the main floor tv… he had already done some work online during the afternoon to help the wifi work better… finally, he had a recommendation to make the tv picture better so I need to pick up a different cable…

this little box is the solution to my viewing problems… hurray…

and there was a parcel in the mailbox… it had a few items for other people, plus lots of chocolate for me… and a package that I get to open on the first day of Advent;-)…

pretty fine day…

strip…

23 Saturday Nov 2019

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great time with my boys today…

we went out for lunch, did some shopping, and emptied and refilled the hot tub in under an hour…

that was pretty amazing because usually it takes about five hours to do this… think I will use this process in the future…

found out that the PVRs are broken, which explained why neither I or the guys could get any of them working… set up an appointment for someone to come out and do a repair during the week… missing a number of shows, sigh…

finally, we added a light strip along the staircase… it is going to be a great addition to my Google Home…

much cleaner looking than the twinkle lights were;-)…

ended our time with dinner in, and then they were off to watch the Jets game at home…

exciting…

18 Monday Nov 2019

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well, I did it…

sorted out all the information, and there was a lot of it… decided to take the step… and announced my retirement as of the end of the year…

excited and a bit scared… going to be a new path on the journey…

reminds me of all the years I was at home from the time the girls were born until they were in high school…

going to take some time recharging and spending time with family… more opportunities to smell the flowers, lol…

will have time to get caught up on the newest technology, woo hoo…

then thinking of doing some volunteer work around social media and proofreading;-)…

fun times ahead…

wrote more about retirement a few years ago…

those big girl pants, lol…