23-July-2009 :: Friends
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Still very hot
here, the past several days have reached 95°F, and that is inside
the house. Which is making it totally impossible to do anything. My
Roses bloomed very nicely for about a week then fainted from the heat.
Even my indoor Ivy suddenly shriveled up and died.
I have lost
contact with one of my oldest friends, Keith Williams. I am
not sure what is going on but his phone rings busy 24/7 for the past
couple of months. A little bit of worry here since he is getting up in
age.
I found out at
least part of what was eating at Ray. Apparently he has a
number of issues with his car and has decided to sell it. That will be
more than a little inconvenient for both of us as we aren't exactly in
central Reno. For me it means the only grocery market available to me
now is a two hour round trip walk in this heat and is very expensive. I
was a bit pissed as I had just spent a lot of money in preparation for
outings we were expecting to take; I had gotten a cell phone and had
just the day before all this ordered a new SLR camera. Now both are
basically worthless; I mean if I'm at home I have no use for a cell
phone and there are only so many pictures of my Roses and Cats I can
take around the house. Somehow, Ray always finds a way to throw
ice-water on everything ... **sigh** ... More worrisome though is He
has also announced that he wants to move out and get his own place. I
can understand but I am worried that he will bail out before our
mortgage is paid and that I wont be able to handle it. (He said he will
stick it out but since it will be at minimum 4 years I am wondering if
he will be able to.)
02-July-2009 :: Reno Weather / Leak
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OMG It has been
HOT here the past week and a half. It seems like it is either boiling
hot or freezing cold here in Reno. Very rarely "just right" for me. The
heat has caused me to miss one radio show so far, and I expect not to
be on-air for several weeks. When the temp goes over 85°F the
computers start to overheat and have to be shut down. The house has a
swamp cooler but it leaks badly, so much so that the water from it runs
under
the roof and soaks the ceiling in the utility room. So it can't be
used, except as a fan.
A Couple of weeks ago we sprung a leak under the house, which required
a visit by a plumber. Apparently we need to replace the main supply
line
that runs along the length of the house. That will have to be in a
couple of months, for now the leak is fixed as is the kitchen faucet.
(Which we now have pressure in.)
I have been
spending a lot of time playing Everquest with my
daughter Anna the past couple of weeks. It's been great being in
contact with her so much.
Father's day for me has always been just another day, but this year was
nice. Ray and I went out to breakfast at IHOP and while we were out
Anna Texted to me. I gave her a call and it was great to hear her
voice, even if just for a few minutes.
Ray seems ... hmm, pissed off at everyone and everything of late. Not
really sure what is going on with him.
25-May-2009 :: Sunday Outing
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Ray and I spent
Sunday Afternoon Geocaching, something we haven't done in about 4
years. Oh, man, I'm really out of shape! I've added
Geocache
Pages to
the Life/Explore section of my website to explain Geocaching and log
our Hikes.
Ray also bought a
new computer this weekend with his tax refund.
I've been enjoying being back in contact with my daughter Anna the past
week.
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13-MAY-2009
Cell Phone / IVAO World Tour Update
The world must be
coming to an end. It must be, since I finally got a cell-phone and I'm
really the last person in the world who would. I figured with summer
coming soon that Ray and I would be out and about and I need to stay
reachable to my office. Having mobile access to the net will be helpful
for Geocaching anyway. (Yes, it is an excuse, but a good excuse.)
We did go out to
the Reno River festival last weekend but it wasn't all that interesting
this year. At least not to me. Ray is more into boating and
water-sports than I am (for sure! He's took his kayak out to Pyramid
Lake as soon as it warmed up.)
I'm still doing the IVAO Formula-1 Tour, every Tuesday Morning. (See
06-Apr News for how to watch me.) I have also been keeping busy in
EverQuest the past month or so...
06-APR-2009 :: Cats / IVAO World Tour
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It has been a
really awful month for me: I have been having trouble getting to sleep,
and then only managing about three hours a day on average. I was so
used to having the cats sleep with me, especially Alaranth. Ping
stopped coming to me when Alaranth disappeared. Tippy though has
finally started coming to sleep so it is a bit easier now.
I am on IVAO's
Formula-1 Grand Prix World Tour; Flying cargo for the Williams team. It
had been quite awhile since I had flown a large jet but getting back
into it. The flights for the tour are on Tuesday mornings and you can
track me in Google Earth by adding the
network link http://bearclaw.rexx.com/jitar.kml
I'm also getting
back into EverQuest a bit to keep myself busy.
26-FEB-2009 :: Alaranth
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One of my beloved cats, Alaranth, died suddenly this afternoon.
I had been nursing
her for several days with a serious but routine geriatric problem, and
decided my home remedies were not helping. During the car ride with
Ray, she apparently figured out where we were going and started meowing
in panic... Moments after we arrived at the Vet's office, she had a
seizure,
collapsed and stopped breathing. Apparently so frightened of being at
the Vet's office that she had a massive stroke or heart attack. They
rushed her in back but the vet said her heart had already completely
stopped and that there was nothing that could be done.
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03-FEB-2009 :: IVAO World Tour Finished
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I managed to
finish the 2008 IVAO World VFR Tour (with only a couple of hours to
spare before the filing deadline.) I flew just over 35,700 miles in a
Mooney in three weeks! OMG! I am planning to do the 2009 tours, both
the IFR and VFR, although not going to rush through them like I had to
for the 2008 version. I am hoping that IVAO will also have a F1 tour
this year, as I would like to do that one. If they do, I will fly that
and also do the F1 on the N64 which should be interesting.
I have been kind of missing doing my radio shows because of the IVAO
WT, but will be back to them regularly starting this week. I did manage
to get out a show with new songs by Saffire week before last which was
really cool.
Ray is Working again finally. That four months of him being out of work
really squeezed us badly.
11-JAN-2009 :: IVAO VFR World Tour
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I have just
started the IVAO world VFR tour. I haven't really done anything with
IVAO for many years so getting off to a bang. You can track my Flight
over the next couple of weeks in Google Earth.
I am still
updating pages, although a bit slower than I originally expected. Lot
of work in the Games section.
01-JAN-2009 :: Website Updates / White Christmas
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I did manage to
get the Vids uploaded, as well as the Picture Gallery (and got the
buttons working on most pages now.) The Gallerys have !thumbs.html
files (With Thumbnails of course.) Still working heavily on the site.
Ray and I both really loved our first "White Christmas" but The Snow is
melting now. :| The view of the mountains around us is just absolutely
spectacular.
29-DEC-2008 :: New Year - New Website Design
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A new
year is upon us, so I decided it was time to finally update my
personal website. Seven Years does seem a bit long between updates.
Since it has been so long, I decided to completely rewrite the site
with an all new design.
I will be uploading the videos and downloadables over the next couple
of days and should have the whole site up and running by the 1st.
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