Monday
Got up early and made a batch of boiled eggs for breakfast.
Made some easy contacts using digital protocols.
Checked in on the Waterway net this morning and sent a message to CF about adding a date to their gift portion of the website. There’s a cutoff date that the gift is delayed four weeks until the next rollup. They also don’t tell you what day of the month they are going to withdraw funds.
Spent a good part of the morning checking in with Emory and sending test E-Mails to the family.
Lunch was pork tenderloin and veggies. We forgot to turn on the Crock Pot server, so we improvised with a couple of bowls.
Added water to my garage UPS batteries, I could not find where I added water last in this blog. Boo! I did a run test using the microwave as a load and got good results.
Checked my sugar level and it was 130 mg/dL, I grabbed a couple 10Lb weights to burn off to 124. 132 is the Green/Orange line.
Tuesday (Emory)
Woke about 820 and managed to get checked in on the Waterway Net. Paul called and we chatted about doctors and appointments for a little while.
No breakfast today, my Sugar level was 120. Lunch was leftover Pork Tenderloin and veggies. We warmed up and ate the entire dinner in less than 30 minutes. WOW I was thinking it would take 30 minutes just to warm everything up… No word from CF today, their website has been underperforming for years.
She put the laundry detergent in the bleach compartment today.
My cell phone gave me a huge warning yesterday.
YOUR external SD CARD IS READ ONLY.
Bowl of soup for dinner with rye bread instead of crackers, it was quite good. Watched the election until wee hours in the morning when Trump came on stage and gave his victory speech. I updated a couple of my GL.iNet routers that new firmware was released. I was surprised though that all the router models were not upgraded, especially the “Mango” router which is all over my network. I bought a license for my FortiGate 60E and had a difficult time with getting back onto their website. The FortiGate 60F is at a reasonable price and I bought one to replace the 60D that’s on Comcast’s network.
I’ll still have to get a license for the firmware, but the appliance will get here tomorrow.
I did a speed test on AT&T fiber today. I am getting over 900Mbps symmetrical (up and down) speeds, pretty handy working with the video files on the website.
Wednesday (Trump Day)
One America News Network – Your Nation. Your News.
We happened upon OAN while we were in Las Vegas and we’ve watched it as our primary news source ever since. She’s even given up the Nightly News at 18:30 which was a staple in our home. I’ve had three cups of coffee, time to check my blood sugar. (My feet are complaining.)
125, not too bad, that’s about my average.
By A.F. Branco November 6, 2024 at 7:57am
Took a huge nap after staying up all night watching the election.
We had Ham for lunch with potatoes and veggies, we drove to Emory and had tests taken after that. Soup and a nap before attending Wednesday church.
Thursday
Got up early, we had a Dr. Appt at 8:30 so no radio today. It was that misty kind of rain this morning that dust your windshield just enough that you have to run the wipers. He sprayed a couple areas on my hairline, and we headed back home. We did a few errands and took a quick nap before heading out. We headed out to outback S.H. Lunch was pretty terrific, they were out of Modelo though. Had to drink Fosters instead. The waitress that brought us our food last week was fired over the weekend, I didn’t ask why.
Back home, we needed a nap before we went shopping.
I found out how much we have to pay for the blood test on Wednesday!
(They estimated the cost between 4 and 500 dollars, they missed!!!)
We got some meat and dairy at Kroger this afternoon. We are running late on our grocery run with the two appointments in the morning this week.
Friday
Two of my routers GL.iNet Slate are no longer supported. I replaced them with GL.iNet Opal routers this morning. I mount a 5V DC-DC converter on top of the router so that it can be run on 12V over long distances. (Replacing wall warts.)
With retiring five Slate routers, I don’t have any spares. Opal routers are only $38 which is just over a “Mango” at $29, but have far greater speeds.
Checked in with the HAM guys on the Waterway Net this morning, the noise level was a little high and copy was weak.
My mg/dL was 117 this morning
We had Grandma’s chili for lunch, we only ate about half of it. I also cooked up some red potatoes to have with my can of soup at 17:30. We emptied the van of all the stuff I pulled from the garage. (I can almost see the floor.)
Saturday
I dropped a gallon (Full) on the floor in the kitchen and the sides broke off making a HUGE mess this morning. There was only one egg left and without milk that ended up to be my breakfast this morning.
Warming our plates for dinner while getting our server tray ready.
Testing ways to warm the bowls in the winter too.
Upgraded the Mango VPN router to a faster “Shadow”.
I use that VPN to run my HF radio and build network components. Sometimes the network protection interferes with downloading firmware and other software that I need. It also keeps data away from ISP (And other) prying eyes.
I have a new project, replacing my aging Fortigate 60D that’s not supported anymore.
The good thing is that the major user of that network is the TV and I can move the TV onto AT&T until I get it up and running.
Met online with my children for the first time in months. My son has a new job in Colorado, and it just snowed 10″ out there.
Sunday
I was in terrible pain this morning, slept in until well after the HAM Waterway Net time. I need to reorganize and prioritize my time. The new firewall firmware is much like Microsoft and their Windows operating systems, things are often moved/hidden from obvious places. The network seems to be functioning this morning, yesterday the computers were having difficulty reaching the Internet.
Had leftover grandma’s chili for lunch and we took an hour nap. Edited the Sunday service and which was a cinch with Gigabit Internet.
Upgraded the firmware, it took several hours to figure out how.
Someone asked me If I voted for Trump. I was taken back by the question because we just elected our president, and any debate about who to vote for can be set aside for several years. To me if I were to decide to ask someone who they voted for, I would tell them who I voted for FIRST! Otherwise, the “Asking” who you voted for in this tribal world is setting up an unequal power conversation where one is taking the position of judging the other. I am certain he understood all this before he asked.