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Status: Pi Aware receiver is doing very well and weather is good.

Plans: Get up at 07:00 and do the best I can.

Narrative: I was terribly tired so I slept in until 07:20 before eating breakfast and taking a shower. My wife cooked me eggs and toast for breakfast, that helped a lot to get me out the door. Found the windows were frozen so it took a minute to thaw them. (I didn’t think it was that cold, but there was frost on the roof as well.)

Church services went pretty well this morning, audio recordings were also pretty good. Came home and took a good nap.

Checked the Pi Aware receiver throughout the day, it seems to be performing as expected at this point. I need to collect a baseline data set so that I can make a couple difficult decisions. (Do I raise the antenna further up and do I mount the Pi on the inside of the fireplace wall.)

Had an excellent dinner and we watched a movie before retiring for the evening.

Tomorrow: Get a haircut!

https://www.verywellfamily.com/feelings-words-from-a-to-z-2086647
From the book “Triggers” by Marshall Goldsmith
Did I DMBT set clear goals for the day? No
Did I DMBT make progress to those goals? No
Did I DMBT make my wife feel loved? Yes
Did I DMBT help my wife today? Yes
Did I DMBT fix something today? Yes
Did I DMBT improve something today? Yes
Did I DMBT be happy? Yes
Did I DMBT be fully engaged? Yes
*Did My Best To
Injuries: Arguments: Exercise: Feeling words: Travel: Noteworthy: Accomplishments: Purchases: Engineering: Project: Theme: Engineering: Repairs: Pi News:

Status: Rain has stopped, it’s a beautiful day.

Plans: Meet up with the spiritual family and watch the grandkids.

Narrative: We packed up the coffee pot and plenty of fixen’s for the meeting this morning. After the meeting we both took pretty long naps to prepare for watching the grandkids.

Checked the Flight Aware receiver throughout the day, it is cooler than I had expected and doesn’t seem to mind the 1A power supply. (2A is the recommended minimum.) The 1A USB lighter adapter can support a 24V power source, so it’s preferred because the house Solar Power is wired for 24V.

We arrived after they’d already had eaten so we didn’t interrupt their meal this time. We had a good time with two very energetic children and headed home a little after 10PM.

Tomorrow: Get up at 07:00 and run the church service.

https://www.verywellfamily.com/feelings-words-from-a-to-z-2086647
From the book “Triggers” by Marshall Goldsmith
Did I DMBT set clear goals for the day? No
Did I DMBT make progress to those goals? No
Did I DMBT make my wife feel loved? Yes
Did I DMBT help my wife today? Yes
Did I DMBT fix something today? Yes
Did I DMBT improve something today? Yes
Did I DMBT be happy? Yes
Did I DMBT be fully engaged? Yes
*Did My Best To
Injuries: Arguments: Exercise: Feeling words: Travel: Noteworthy: Accomplishments: Purchases: Engineering: Project: Theme: Engineering: Repairs: Pi News:

Status: Yep, it is STILL raining. The PiAware is still on the chimney and it has the long antenna attached to a wooden orange crate.

Plans: Mount the Flight Aware antenna on a mast and secure it to the chimney.

Narrative: The afternoon turned out to be nice enough to work on the Flight Aware antenna. Went to Lowes and picked up two pieces of chain link fence top rail to use as a mast. When I got home I pulled all the pieces I’ve been using for a week out of the plastic tub that has survived almost two weeks of rain. I mounted the Pi, receiver and a car lighter USB power supply in a metal box (That I thought was a bigger, there’s not much room left in the box.) I also installed two antenna mast mounts on the side of my chimney and put the antenna on top of one top rail pipe. The top rail kinda stands out because of the shiny galvanized coating.

Performance looks pretty good, it’s at least as good as it was on the 4′ pipe attached to a plumbing vent. There was a marginal improvement when I removed the 2′ SMA extension. (But I need it to get through the box surface for now.)

Tomorrow: Get together with my spiritual family in the morning.

https://www.verywellfamily.com/feelings-words-from-a-to-z-2086647
From the book “Triggers” by Marshall Goldsmith
Did I DMBT set clear goals for the day? No
Did I DMBT make progress to those goals? No
Did I DMBT make my wife feel loved? Yes
Did I DMBT help my wife today? Yes
Did I DMBT fix something today? Yes
Did I DMBT improve something today? Yes
Did I DMBT be happy? Yes
Did I DMBT be fully engaged? Yes
*Did My Best To
Injuries: Arguments: Exercise: Feeling words: Travel: Noteworthy: Accomplishments: Purchases: Engineering: Project: Theme: Engineering: Repairs: Pi News:

Status: Christmas tree is ready to be stored and it’s still raining.

Plans: Make progress on a permanent install of the Pi-Aware receiver.

Narrative: Woke up and I felt miserable, abnormally high body aches and pains. My sweetheart must also be a little under the weather because we slept most of the day today.

The short SMA extension cable came in for the Pi-Aware receiver, but the antenna didn’t show up until 8PM. I found an extra Cat-5e cable run to the master bedroom this afternoon. I pulled it back into the attic and ran it to the roof access box. On the roof I terminated the cable and connected it to the Pi-Aware receiver. The next piece of the puzzle is the Power Over Ethernet to power the Pi using the Ethernet cable.

I attached the long Flight Aware antenna to an wooden orange crate then to the Pi-Aware receiver in an attempt to reproduce the poor performance found by my son in Tampa. It looks like antenna doesn’t perform very well without having a ground plane at my house either.

Tomorrow: Garbage doesn’t pick up until Saturday so It’s going to be just another rainy day.

https://www.verywellfamily.com/feelings-words-from-a-to-z-2086647
From the book “Triggers” by Marshall Goldsmith
Did I DMBT set clear goals for the day? No
Did I DMBT make progress to those goals? No
Did I DMBT make my wife feel loved? Yes
Did I DMBT help my wife today? Yes
Did I DMBT fix something today? Yes
Did I DMBT improve something today? Yes
Did I DMBT be happy? Yes
Did I DMBT be fully engaged? Yes
*Did My Best To
Injuries: Arguments: Exercise: Feeling words: Travel: Noteworthy: Accomplishments: Purchases: Engineering: Project: Theme: Engi

Status: It’s wet outside, not really raining.

Plans: Drive to Emory Hospital and have the cancer removed from my ear at 07:00. Church tonight at 19:30.

Purchases: Need to buy a part for the guest toilet and a new voltmeter.

Narrative: Drive to Emory Hospital was uneventful even though we went to the wrong building at first. Procedure took about three hours to complete and cancer was about the size of a quarter. They cut away the cancer and drew the loose skin together with stitches. (I won’t know how it looks for a few days.) I do think I’ll have to do this one more time with another nodule on the same ear. I told the Doc about it, but we didn’t communicate the correct location while I was in the office.

We took a good long nap after getting home. I have antibiotics to take and my ear is a bit sore. Hard part for the next 48 is I have to keep the dressing in place and dry. (I sweat easily.)

The Pi-Aware cable from the antenna to the receiver came in today. I am waiting on the antenna, that is the key part to the upgrade and a permanent installation.

Tomorrow: All the parts for the Pi-Aware come in on Thursday.

https://www.verywellfamily.com/feelings-words-from-a-to-z-2086647

From the book “Triggers” by Marshall Goldsmith
Did I DMBT set clear goals for the day? No
Did I DMBT make progress to those goals? No
Did I DMBT make my wife feel loved? Yes
Did I DMBT help my wife today? Yes
Did I DMBT fix something today? Yes
Did I DMBT improve something today? Yes
Did I DMBT be happy? Yes
Did I DMBT be fully engaged? Yes
*Did My Best To
Injuries: Arguments: Exercise: Feeling words: Travel: Noteworthy: Accomplishments: Purchases: Engineering: Project: Theme: Engineering: Repairs: Pi News:

Status: It’s New Years Day, it’s still raining.

Plans: Build a box for the Pi-Aware and have some fun with our friends.

Narrative: Slept in and had my morning cup of coffee while checking my phone and E-Mail for traffic from Florida. Punched a hole in my project box for the Pi-Aware and sealed the joints from the weather.

J&J came over and we cooked two “Home Chef” meals, they were quite delicious and terrific fun to do together. We played a game of scrabble before they retreated to their home.

I checked the network wiring for the Pi-Aware and there is a spare Ethernet cable to the network patch box from my cave. I also have a POE injector and a POE receiver for the Pi. I am uncertain if I’ll power the Pi from the network patch box or my cave. The POE receiver can supply 2A @ 5V which is sufficient for the Pi-Aware receiver.

Repairs: The guest toilet handle is broken and Lowe’s was closed today.

Tomorrow: Undergo the MHO procedure to remove the cancer from my ear.

https://www.verywellfamily.com/feelings-words-from-a-to-z-2086647
From the book “Triggers” by Marshall Goldsmith
Did I DMBT set clear goals for the day? No
Did I DMBT make progress to those goals? No
Did I DMBT make my wife feel loved? Yes
Did I DMBT help my wife today? Yes
Did I DMBT fix something today? Yes
Did I DMBT improve something today? Yes
Did I DMBT be happy? Yes
Did I DMBT be fully engaged? Yes
*Did My Best To
Injuries: Arguments: Exercise: Feeling words: Travel: Noteworthy: Accomplishments: Purchases: Engineering: Project: Theme: Engineering: Repairs: Pi News:

Status: New Years Eve, rain all day.

Plans: Work on mom’s budget and make plans for a permanent installation of the Pi-Aware.

Narrative:  Played a game of Scrabble with the sweetheart. Watched a romantic comedy that was a take of the 6 Days/ 7 Nights, it was in the wintertime woods on snowmobiles in this movie.

Plotted my son’s radio performance after permanently mounting the antenna in his attic and moving the Pi to his closet.

Engineering: The Pi-Aware on my house needs a better antenna and a place to put the receiver that is cool and dry. I’ve ordered replacements for the larger antenna and coax that I gave my son this weekend. I have a box that will work as an outside container for the Raspberry Pi. It needs a hole for the watertight conduit. I also need to construct a power supply to power it over the Ethernet cable from my cave. I also intend on giving the Pi its own network, because we don’t have control over the software being used.

Tomorrow: Company for New Years Day.

https://www.verywellfamily.com/feelings-words-from-a-to-z-2086647
From the book “Triggers” by Marshall Goldsmith
Did I DMBT set clear goals for the day? No
Did I DMBT make progress to those goals? No
Did I DMBT make my wife feel loved? Yes
Did I DMBT help my wife today? Yes
Did I DMBT fix something today? Yes
Did I DMBT improve something today? Yes
Did I DMBT be happy? Yes
Did I DMBT be fully engaged? Yes
*Did My Best To
Injuries: Arguments: Exercise: Feeling words: Travel: Noteworthy: Accomplishments: Purchases: Engineering: Project: Theme: Engineering:

Status: Early Monday morning, should rain again today. It’s been several days without bright sun so solar batteries are showing the drain.

Plans: Stay loose, have to work a budget modification for my mom in the next couple days. Need to strengthen my emotional state and continue to recover from the chaos moving my mom this year.

Narrative: I read somewhere that it’s better to sleep with it cool, like 68 degrees. In the summer that would require a bit of power, but now in the winter it’s just a click on the thermostat. The first thing I’ve noticed is that it’s terribly comfy under these comforters, but is now very chilly to make a trip to the bathroom. The heat pump has to work pretty hard in the morning since we’re recovering the inside temperature to 70 during the coldest part of the day. (May have to change that.)

Tomorrow:
https://www.verywellfamily.com/feelings-words-from-a-to-z-2086647
From the book “Triggers” by Marshall Goldsmith
Did I DMBT set clear goals for the day? No
Did I DMBT make progress to those goals? No
Did I DMBT make my wife feel loved? Yes
Did I DMBT help my wife today? Yes
Did I DMBT fix something today? Yes
Did I DMBT improve something today? Yes
Did I DMBT be happy? Yes
Did I DMBT be fully engaged? Yes
*Did My Best To
Injuries: Arguments: Exercise: Feeling words: Travel: Noteworthy: Accomplishments: Purchases: Engineering: Project: Theme: Engineering: Repairs: Pi News:

Status: Raining and cold this morning. 07:00 was a difficult wake up call today.

Plans: Run Sunday service, take a nap and get my laptop.

Narrative: Alarm went off and I was too groggy to get up yet. Set the alarm for 15 minutes and took a nap. Second alarm I was feeling a bit better and my sweetie offered me breakfast to get me up.

Arrived at the school before about anybody else and put out the Handicapped / no parking signs in the rain. Service setup was long since there was only two of us working the hardware. Service went well with no real hiccups, equipment pack up went pretty good with a couple of helpers speeding things up.

Arrived at the house about 1:00, had a ham sandwich and headed to the bedroom for a nap. Woke up two hours later and found my sweetheart warming up leftovers for dinner. Dinner was pretty good, some of these casseroles are better the second day. We headed out to retrieve my laptop from my son’s house about 4 and got back home around 7PM. We had a pretty good time playing with our grandkids for a couple hours.

Tomorrow: New Years Eve, no big plans. We are beginning to enjoy being home together without worrying about traveling next week.

https://www.verywellfamily.com/feelings-words-from-a-to-z-2086647

From the book “Triggers” by Marshall Goldsmith
Did I DMBT set clear goals for the day? No
Did I DMBT make progress to those goals? No
Did I DMBT make my wife feel loved? Yes
Did I DMBT help my wife today? Yes
Did I DMBT fix something today? Yes
Did I DMBT improve something today? Yes
Did I DMBT be happy? Yes
Did I DMBT be fully engaged? Yes
*Did My Best To
Injuries: Arguments: Exercise: Feeling words: Travel: Noteworthy: Accomplishments: Purchases: Engineering: Project: Theme: Engineering: Repairs: Pi News:

Status: Been raining all day, Internet died while we were sipping our coffee this morning. It just started working at Noon.

Plans: Build a Flight Aware receiver for my son and start building some elder care documents.

Narrative: Not much motivation to do much of anything today. It rained most of the morning and with the Internet being on the fritz, I couldn’t do the research for the documents sis wants. I did do some performance checks on the cellular Internet which is currently on the roof. I also managed to write the Micro SD card for the Raspberry Pi for the Pi-Aware we’re going to install next week.

We had a very good casserole dinner and both of us laid down in our living room and listened to music for about an hour to relax. We’ve not done that in years…

Tomorrow: Saturday, maybe a haircut?

https://www.verywellfamily.com/feelings-words-from-a-to-z-2086647

Douglas Jacoby https://www.douglasjacoby.com/ Am I going forward in my faith, it’s easier than you think to slip backwards…

From the book “Triggers” by Marshall Goldsmith
Did I DMBT set clear goals for the day? No
Did I DMBT make progress to those goals? No
Did I DMBT make my wife feel loved? Yes
Did I DMBT help my wife today? Yes
Did I DMBT fix something today? Yes
Did I DMBT improve something today? Yes
Did I DMBT be happy? Yes
Did I DMBT be fully engaged? Yes
*Did My Best To
Injuries: Arguments: Exercise: Feeling words: Travel: Noteworthy: Accomplishments: Purchases: Engineering: Project: Theme: Engineering: Repairs: Pi News: