What's on your agenda for today?

I worked my fingers to the bone. What I have to show for it is, of course, bony fingers.

Classic, karaoke? Post of video of the two of you!

Hollydolly...free my eye! You had to extend your contract, right?

I haven't changed my hairstyle except for a couple of times in the past 50 years. No kidding. And each time, I hated it and changed it back. The only thing that's different than it was 50 years ago is that now it's silver. For a while in high school, I wore it very, very short, then let it grow until it was about shoulder length, cut it again in my early 20s and it's been like that ever since...except for the time I got a wild idea that I'd like an Afro. Um. I looked like Little Orphan Annie! Back to very, very short! It's thick and coarse, and I'm asked from time to time if it's naturally curly. Nope. It just sort of goes in and out and up and down with the bumps in my skull.

It's a perfectly lovely day here again. Cool, a bit breezy, with maybe...just maybe...a little rain during the night tonight. Or not. If we do get some rain, I may play in the garden for a while tomorrow.
 

Got up early to catch the vote in Scotland. I didn't vote but I won. It came out the way I wanted. I mean all you have to do is look at Australia and just know the scots want to remain in athe union. I took care of most of my running around yesterday so all I have left is go to the library. I'm out of reading material and it's supposed to be rainy this wekend, so I need to stock up. I am going to the Farmer's Market to morrow. I buy tomatoes and sweet, small onions there and I'm looking for some homemade chou chou relish. Other than that my week end is free and clear. Well, I do have dishes to do and sweet the floors but I can pace myself doing inside chores.
 
Went to the see the doctor one of girlfriends is coming by soon to take me to the store to return a tv. I love these new tv's still weighty for my back, but, at just 9 lbs it sure beats yester years tvs weights.. :)

Hope the rest of you have a nice evening, afternoon or morning whatever the time it is in your area of the globe.
 

I remember "when" and "why" I changed my hair style. All thru high school, the Navy, college and into the late 80's, I parted my hair on the side. Back in the Disco days of the mid-late 70's, I would actually use a brush and electric hair dryer to curl the sides of my hair over my ears. At the time, I thought it looked cool, but, apparently I was the only one who thought that way (LOL). In fact, my hair was a little too curly for my liking, so I used Hair Straightener on it a couple of times. That took the curl out that I didn't like! Anyway, around 1992, the gal I was seeing, after taking a shower at her place (won't say anymore than that), told me to comb all of my hair straight back......to see how it would look after it dried. We both liked it and that's the way I've been combing it since. I do have a little "flair" on both sides/in front as well. Wife and I think it makes me look younger.

The "side part" really made me look "Nerdy" back then. Sure glad I changed it.
 
I've been a "backup singer". Never had a Lead Singer's type voice. But, we'll see how it goes.

GeorgiaXplant said:
I worked my fingers to the bone. What I have to show for it is, of course, bony fingers.

Classic, karaoke? Post of video of the two of you!

Hollydolly...free my eye! You had to extend your contract, right?

I haven't changed my hairstyle except for a couple of times in the past 50 years. No kidding. And each time, I hated it and changed it back. The only thing that's different than it was 50 years ago is that now it's silver. For a while in high school, I wore it very, very short, then let it grow until it was about shoulder length, cut it again in my early 20s and it's been like that ever since...except for the time I got a wild idea that I'd like an Afro. Um. I looked like Little Orphan Annie! Back to very, very short! It's thick and coarse, and I'm asked from time to time if it's naturally curly. Nope. It just sort of goes in and out and up and down with the bumps in my skull.

It's a perfectly lovely day here again. Cool, a bit breezy, with maybe...just maybe...a little rain during the night tonight. Or not. If we do get some rain, I may play in the garden for a while tomorrow.
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Grumpy Ol' Man said:
Tomorrow, the 17th, is our 48th wedding anniversary. My wife is scheduled for a vitrectomy the 18th. Have to have her at the hospital at 6:30 a.m. that morning. So, I was planning on taking tomorrow off to get everything ready to "babysit" her for a couple days after surgery. Meeting scheduled for tomorrow morning at 11 a.m. at work. You would think adults could conduct a coordination meeting, coming to logical decisions on how a specific project should move forward. Nope!! Four different contractors involved and "That's his responsibility!" "I don't want to build it that way!" "Why should I have to do this and not him?" Just like having a house full of teenagers. So... I will stay over and "referee" the meeting. Then, drive the three hours home... pick up the wife and drive another 2 hours to our daughter's home. Our daughter and her family are 35 minutes from where she is scheduled for surgery, instead of the 2 1/2 that we are.
If anyone looks cross-eyed at me tomorrow morning, they best well be prepared to see that this mild-mannered old man can show his teeth.
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Wife's surgery went extremely well. Follow up with doctor this morning and everything looks good. Back home, today, after two nights at daughter's home... daughter, son-in-law, three grandkids, four dogs and one cat. GREAT time, but the quiet of home sure was inviting!!! :>) Forgot just how loud and fast moving a housefull of kids and pets can be. I suddenly feel old!!!!
 
Glad to hear your DW's surgery went well and glad to hear that you're home to peace and quiet. I love my g'kids but the commotion still gets to me, even now when they're 14 and 16.

Today is going to be another beautiful day. No rain during the night...ever notice how often the meteorologists get it wrong?...so it looks like I'll be spending the morning watering the flowers. It's not like there are other demands on my time:) I usually drive down to visit my DS on Saturday mornings. He's got work he's trying to knock out so I'll be leaving him to it today.

It's probably time for this cleaning lady to do a deep clean on her own digs. Ugh. I clean all week long for other people so it doesn't exactly bring up warm and fuzzy feelings to clean my place on my days off. Okay. So I'm a slug!
 
I'm feeling beyond virtuous because I cleaned this place. And I do mean clean! Even washed the baseboards that usually only get dusted. Used the steam mop on the bathroom and kitchen floors. Let's hope I don't break my arm patting myself on the back.
 
Drat. A cancellation for Tuesday:mad: At least she let me know; clients often wait until the last possible minute to cancel. I've actually turned up at the door at the appointed day and time, only to be informed that the client "forgot" to tell me.

This client said that they'll be out of town next weekend and asked if I'd be up for coming then. Yes. Need the money and need something to do.
 
Today? .. a shopping trip this morning, and then lots of football to watch. I'm waiting for a soggy lawn to dry out so I can get some mowing and yard work in. ...:chores:
 
Have been away for part of the week-end, but having got back home found squashy black grapes all over the path leading to the house, so will have to get a pair of scissors soon and cut all the bunches down [otherwise they tread in the carpets when visitors arrive.]Lovely day here, blue skies and sunny.
 
Brother-In-Law and I are going to be working on the car we are restoring. All of the parts for the front suspension have finally arrived, so we will be assembling that today and maybe start working on tearing down the motor we bought. We started with wanting to do a '62 Chevy, then decided to do a '64 Chevy and finally have decided on a '65 Chevy Convertible.That's why it took so long to accumulate the parts. Hopefully it will all fit together OK. We bought the parts from different manufacturers, which may prove not to be the smartest thing to have done.

After this, next up will be the motor. We went to a car and vendors show and bought an old '348 cu. in. engine that will need to be completely rebuilt.
 
Oldman, you're not doing ALL of that today, are you?

Many years ago, I worked for Porsche in Stuttgart. It took a week to build one car, and they started from scratch...didn't have to tear anything down first. Well...a week to build the entire car including the interior/upholstery/finishes.

Also many years ago, DS decided to rebuild a Volkswagen engine. He kept it on an engine stand in his bedroom. There's a memory I could happily live without!
 
GeorgiaXplant said:
Oldman, you're not doing ALL of that today, are you?

Many years ago, I worked for Porsche in Stuttgart. It took a week to build one car, and they started from scratch...didn't have to tear anything down first. Well...a week to build the entire car including the interior/upholstery/finishes.

Also many years ago, DS decided to rebuild a Volkswagen engine. He kept it on an engine stand in his bedroom. There's a memory I could happily live without!
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With the two of us putting the front suspension together, it should not take more than 6 hours (we hope). maybe you're not thinking of the same thing as me. We will just be putting the torsion bar, center link, ball joints, tie rod ends and those parts together. Not the struts and so on. We just want to get enough together, so we can mount it and then go from there. Our problem is that we bought the parts from different manufacturers and I have been hearing from people that have done this that we could run into some fitting problems. But, we will take it one step at a time. We also want to at least get the crank out of the motor to find out if we can have it rebuilt or if we need to buy a new kit with bearings. If we can just get the journals reground and have it balanced, maybe we could save a few bucks and buy just the bearings to go with it. As you know, once we have the journals reground, say .010, we will need to buy new rod bearings and also the mains will have to be reground and then buy new bearings for that as well. Nothing like getting your hands dirty and go home smelling like grease and oil. We are using YouTube for a lot of our information. We may end up just buying a crate motor, like maybe a '383 stroker kit.

Like my BIL asks, "Are we having fun yet?"
 
Hope you've stocked up on GoJo! And here's Gramma's helpful hint for the day: squeeze just a drop of liquid dishwashing detergent into each palm and work it into your cuticles and fingernails. It won't interfere with using your hands at all and will make cleaning up the grease/grime a whole lot easier when you're done for the day.

There's no charge for this hint;)
 
GeorgiaXplant said:
Hope you've stocked up on GoJo! And here's Gramma's helpful hint for the day: squeeze just a drop of liquid dishwashing detergent into each palm and work it into your cuticles and fingernails. It won't interfere with using your hands at all and will make cleaning up the grease/grime a whole lot easier when you're done for the day.

There's no charge for this hint;)
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Thank you. I appreciate the suggestion.
 
It's Sunday afternoon and I am watching a SF 49er football game. This morning I played Pentanque from 9AM to noon with my Pétanque group, came home cooked a piece of salmon and made a salad for my lunch. I will go for a swim after the ball game, take a bit of a walk and settle in for the evening and finish a book I am reading, maybe watch a bit of TV.
 
Maggie! You were up and doing that at 3 am?

I'll be off in just a little while to clean a very large house. Ordinarily I wouldn't have agreed to take on such a big one, but this client had been a client a few years ago that I quit because she lived on the other side of the county and getting there in traffic was a major undertaking. Since they moved just a mile down the road, and since I really like her, I said I'd do it...there are days when I'm about halfway done and regret saying yes, but the paycheck is as nice as she is:)

Carry on, boys and girls. Happy Monday and try to behave until I get home.
 
Good morning! Today's client, who rescheduled on Sunday, called and re-rescheduled back to today. Is re-rescheduled a word? Anyway, glad for the work and gotta get a wiggle on. It's a big house and requires a 50-gallon drum of elbow grease and my magic wand:)

Hope everybody has a great day. Try to behave while I'm out...my Perfectly Good Cat will be taking names!
 
I'll soon be setting off to the nearby library where the Creative Writing Group will be reading some of their short stories, poetry and prose. Coffee/tea and biscuits will be served. Should be okay. Later on my two granddaughters will be coming round to my house after school for a couple of hours of fun and games. ;):eek:nthego:
 
Good morning, Pam, and everyone......we've been having beautiful weather lately, not much on my agenda today, I've got to get my new phone up and going and pay a few bills and that is it......have a great day.
 

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