Monday
Got up around 7 and clicked on the coffee while I chatted with the folks on 2M. I switched over to 40M and checked into the Waterway Net. I didn’t hear my uncle Paul on the net.
I powered up the orange Fender amplifier and I changed the colors of the 2nd Red amplifier to green. I had to use the parking lot service speaker wires since all the Fender speaker wires were not in the amplifier’s compartment. Lisa said that she has them at her home. Both amplifiers are working, and their fans appear to be normal. If I remember right the speaker that dies has no identification tape on it. Trouble is that two of the amplifiers didn’t make it back to storage, so I didn’t have access to them.
We had grandma’s chili for lunch and we built a grocery list for tomorrow.
Checked in with the guys on my HF radio and we went to Wally World to get groceries already. Took a good long nap and had Ham & Pea for dinner.
Tuesday
Paul’s home is without power for at least several more days. He does have a camper with propane powered refrigerator. He’s in Portland Washington until tomorrow. His friend that’s watching over the house won’t have power for a very long time. Power and Gasoline are a difficult thing after a storm, they are both in short supply. Conservation and solar are good choices.
Checked the eight batteries on the refrigerator backup by running the refrigerator for an hour on battery, two were bad. Replacements were on hand and were installed restoring the full run time of about 8 hours.
Paid the AZ land taxes, I need to work this once I have my house in order.
Wednesday
I had an awful night, apparently the salad dressing was a little old or got left out a little too long. I’ve been burping that awful taste all night long. I did manage to get onto the Waterway Net this morning, the propagation is mixed, but I heard madam secretary just fine.
Gwinnett county taxes finally paid. I need to submit the form for that. 3400 is TOOO Much! Charging my EcoFlow power station for Paul, it was down to 60%. Pulled the bed apart and bent the frame so that it would hold the mattress until we got the frame from Wally World.
We didn’t end up going to church tonight, we Zoomed it. My shingles is still at my side, it doesn’t hurt very much this time around.
Thursday
Up about 7AM this morning and listened to the guys on the HAM radio. I checked in with them on the Waterway Net before starting to work on my failing cameras. Two of the cameras on my DVR have just stopped working and they act like they’ve been reset to factory. The interesting thing is the back yard camera that’s always given me trouble is working perfectly!
It’s been solid for days, and that’s unusual.
I’ve not been able to revive the Reolink camera, so I replaced it.
The Amcrest 8M Pixel camera has a good view, but no sound.
Only one Reolink camera with audio on the front side of the home.
After about six hours I finally got all of the cameras working. There are two Reolink DVR cameras that are losing their passwords. I’m wondering if the lithium batteries in them are depleted and need to be replaced. I’ll leave the porch camera unplugged overnight and see if it forgets the programming. Then I can disassemble the camera and find out what kind of battery is used.
The other oddity is the back yard camera is fickle only when all four cameras are working. If there’s just one camera, the back yard camera doesn’t seem to struggle at all. (And the A/C camera is the only other camera on the DVR competing with the back yard camera bandwidth.
Dinner was leftover round steak from the Wednesday crock pot dinner was delicious today. We’ll have to cook one more round steak tomorrow. The trick is to talk about what dinner is tomorrow tonight so that all the details are discussed beforehand. I often walk into the kitchen and realize that she put the leftovers on the stove before she put the frozen veggies on steamer. Even then she didn’t peel the potatoes before pouring the veggies into the steamer. Potatoes, then veggies, then leftovers which only takes about 5 minutes to warm up.
After a long bit of turmoil, I’ve decided that any requirement I make will be on myself to fulfill. Asking her to do anything a certain way is resulting in severe emotional consequences. Her bipolar has come back and rears its ugly head when even a small discourse arises after she’s had a wonderful day. So, I am left with the version of a marriage where hubby and wife are just “Nice” to each other. We stay in our own corner and if any preventable crisis happens, then we just pick up the pieces without discussing prevention measures for next time. (She’ll either forget them or resent them.)
Friday
Day 1 of being nice.
I have not figured out what that bright spot is above the windshield.
Our shooting friend is back, he noticed the additional lights and sped off.
I got onto my HAM radio this morning and checked in with the guys. I’ve not heard from Paul since yesterday, he’s in good shape cept for a leaking shower drain on the 2nd floor.
I had two eggs and breakfast sausages for breakfast. I didn’t get much accomplished this morning other than looking at the Toyota Camry that drove by last night. Lunch was a miss since the round steak would be done about 15:30. We went to Longhorn’s for lunch just because I was hungry for more than a bowl of soup.
We had a good nap after getting back and I did do some organizing while waiting for Lisa to call me. (Which she didn’t do, what a waste of time.) Supper was ham and a couple eggs.
Saturday
Up at 8AM and listening to my HAM radio this morning. She brought my coffee to my cave, but I think I’ll move to the kitchen table this morning. Dinner plans were not laid out in the Daytimer, so we worked on the timeline. The round steak was cooked yesterday and so were the mashed red potatoes. All we had to was warm up a pot of frozen veggies and the two leftovers in the fridge.
Now that dinner was planned, I grabbed a shower. I looked for the washcloth on the soap tray but could not find one. I found a washcloth across the tub so I used that one. After I was done, she told me that she had brought a clean one and that the one on the tub was dirty. I mentioned that we’ve discussed this in the past that if she takes a washcloth out of the bathroom it should be replaced? It’s not a huge deal to step out of the shower and get one from under the sink, but the floor gets wet and I’m uncomfortable in the cold air. We got into one of those uncomfortable discussions where she is trying to please me when I said that I’ll just get one out of the cabinet every day. Simple solution, I add it to my procedure page in my personal Daytimer and it’s done. She was offended that I would take such a stance and away we went.
We recovered from this morning and the rest of the day was calm. We had canned soup for dinner with whole foods crackers. I bought a care package for my mother in Florida, there’s a hurricane headed directly over her.
Mom’s home in Citra is marked with a red circle. I could not find out how to secure a lithium solar generator if you are evacuated. They have five dogs and Ricky is Nancy’s caretaker. It will be an interesting conversation if they are asked to evacuate with Ricky owning FIVE dogs.
Sunday
Tropical Storm Milton will arrive as an H3 late Wednesday
I’ve sent several care packages to my mom in Florida ahead of the next hurricane headed for Florida. I am hesitant to send too much because she’s on Medicaid.
Checked in with the HF guys on my HAM radio this morning. There’s a little bit of static with the lightning in the gulf. I had two cups of coffee, and I’ll probably jump back into bed until we get close to church services this morning.
Church services went well cept for the lead microphone died. Ricky is not preparing for another power outage. She is waiting until I come down there to rewire the solar trailer. I cannot go to Florida 2 days before a hurricane arrives. She apparently knows that they’ll be fine, and she gets to sit and watch TV. (Even though she’s getting paid to take care of her.) I am waiting until Marion County says to move into hurricane shelters with her five dogs.
Lunch was leftover round steak and fixens.
Worked on my taxes most of the evening, we owe another 3K in capital gains taxes from the sale of my parents’ home. We have the money since we’ve stashed money for the Estate Taxes.