Did the grocery runs today - went to Trader joes then Winn Dixie. Afterward I walked the full 4 miles. Need to keep working on the weight. Finished a story for Ruth for the AVM. I was going to work on the MAAVS web site and convention but got derailed. Joyce is still very much on my mind - it's so sad. I fully expected to see her again some day and now I never will. Dinner was the pasta I picked up in Trader Joes today.

Where does time go. It flies by too fast. Received my Schwab card so I started transferring all my online bill accounts to the Schwab card. It pays 2% cash back so I'll use this one and see how it goes. Did more research on Joyce today. Did not uncover too much additional info about her. She doesn't have much of an online presence. Dinner tonight was leftover pork chops, apple sauce and more broccoli. I'm glad to see that we're getting more greens into our diet. I could do without the meat and just have the vegies.

Went into Krogers today for bread, cheese and the paper. The cashier helping me was very pretty. I liked her tight white jeans. I'm still a little listless over Joyce, Scanned a few yearbook pics of her and then found her partners name, address and phone number. Need to get over this because she was just 3-4 years of my life and it was 45 years ago!!!!! She and I have had so much more of a life since then. Wow, it's amazing when I think of all that happened in the past 45 years. Moving to Ninth St, going to FIT in Melbourne, summers on the railroad and the plastics factory, deaths of grandparent, parents, aunts and uncles, graduation, sisters weddings, Libbie coming into my life, 38 wonderful years of marriage, Owego house building and farming, Rosecommon in Cary then Downing Place, my IBM career, retirement, consulting. So much and more. My weight today was 222.5, a new record. Even WII agreed when I stepped on. It said I lost 5.5 pounds since 11 days ago. Tried walking today but got a ride back with Libbie so I only did 3 miles.
Updated the MAAVS History on the web site. Libbie made her excellent pizza as is usual on Sunday night. Still in a Joyce funk. If she were alive she wouldn't even know who I was. Got to stop this.

While reading the email this morning I clicked on a Classmates email I regularly get. Randomly I read a story about William Barry retiring as an accountant then opened my eyes when he stated he was married to Joyce Morrissey who passed away. They divorced in 1985. I did some online searching and found her obit where I was even further shocked. Her spouse is a woman!!!!! Whoaa.
I spent the rest of the day moping about. Even though I haven't seen Joyce in 45 years, there was always this hope that I would run into her again someday. Now she's dead. So sad.
Dinner tonight was salmon with Broccoli and Shiraz. Very very nice but the sadness over Joyce remains.

Did some reading about the Denise Lee trial, heard the verdict at 2 PM before going on my walk. He was guilty of killing her. Good, I hoped he didn't get off the hook. After my 4 mile walk I went to BJ's with Libbie. Picked up some frozen fruit and salmon for dinner. The Salmon was excellent, we had it with Broccoli from Krogers I picked up the other day. Weight has been stuck at 225 but after todays walk I saw 223.5. This is good news. Today is Mom and Dad's anniversary. I never really celebrated the day in the past but I thought about it today because of research I did on Dad for Jessica's sake.

Did some scanning today of Dad's Army book, book 2. I decided to scan the whole page intact at high resolution. It seems to work OK. Weight is still flat. Did the 4 mile walk today, also picked up lettuce and Broccoli on sale at Krogers. I also got some AAA batteries for my recorder to record the coroners testimony in the Denise Lee trial. I tried doing this via the computer but no luck so I hooked up the recorder in front of the speakers. This worked OK. Dinner was pork chops, apple sauce and Broccoli.

Weight is still flat at 225 to 226. This is disappointing. I had a BLT for lunch today then Libbie made scallops and pasta for dinner. Very very nice.

Went over to BJ's in Cary and joined since I needed dishwasher soap and laundry soap. On the way home stopped at Trader Joe's and Krogers for the normal Tuesday groceries. Walked 4 miles but it seemed a little cool today. Dinner was bean burger with Vidalia onion. Today I put together a timeline of Dad's military service in table form on Tom's Life bits. I retraced some official documents as well as the dated army pics and created the timeline.

Went over to the greenhouse in mid-morning to repair the shelves. Took the two lower shelves down and got them level then extended the lower shelf with a double wide for dandy boxes. I used the old sewing room closet shelves to make the new shelves. Did not need any new materials which was good. Heard from Joe last night - they are looking at a house that is priced at $700k. He said they need another $15k to avoid PMI. We can lend them that from either interest earnings or a line of credit. Not sure which is more advantageous. Went home for more materials and had lunch then worked some more on the shelves. Finished up at around 4 PM. Went home to take a shower and had a nap. Very relaxing! Dinner was my favorite bean burger with Vidalia. I put the new 65 gallon recycle can at the street today. We filled it with lots of stuff from the greenhouse - cardboard, papers and bottles. It was overflowing out at the street. Also did a greenhouse garage cleanup to fill up th regular trash to overflowing but at least the greenhouse garage is nice and clean and now needs organizing.

I weighed 225 this morning which was good. A nice solid number despite the wine for dinner last night. Finished up the DVD project. Marjorie looked at it and didn't like the zooming in designs but it's too late to fix, my opinion. I did my 4 mile walk and got back in time to get cleaned up for RLT. It was a relatively cool 77 degrees. This is unusual for this late in August. We saw "Lost in Yonkers" which was a nice play about 2 young boys having to live with their strict grandmother and wacky aunt Belle. So sad and such a nice characterization of a family. Dinner was Libbie's outstanding pizza. After dinner I packed up the DVD and Cd and dropped them into the self serve kiosk priority mail to Denton.

Worked all day on the DVD. Did not walk, it was raining in the PM anyway. Dinner was scallops over pasta with Sauvignon Blanc from 2 buck chuck. Pretty nice. I finished the DVD this evening but need to do some touchup tomorrow.

Today when I weighed myself this morning I was 225.5 After my 4 mile walk it was 225 even although I don't think it will be this good tomorrow morning but I'm happy. Worked on the DVD today - installed the software then got going in earnest. Built the main menu then started putting shows together. We got a call at 2 PM that our car was never inspected. Went over to Fred Anderson and had the thing inspected. This dealership is bad news. I hope I never buy another car there again. It seems to be screwup after screwup. Dinner was bean burger and some really nice corn we picked up in Krogers on the way back from the car inspection.

I was happy to weigh 226 this morning. It's been a long time stuck at 228 but things are finally falling in place. Built the slide show this morning then picked up my Highwaymen scans from Walgreens. I was very happy with the result and took them to Nicoles with me. Did a 2.5 mile walk instead of 4. I cut it short at the lake going down this side instead. Arrived home at 12:35 after leaving at 11:31. Took a shower then went to Nicoles Gallery. Rocky really helped me paint the clouds and sky in my painting. The key was knowing which colors to mix. She has an eye for it. Worked until 4:30 then took it all home including the palette. The big news of the day was my weight after the walk. I was 224 which won't last until morning. I'm hoping for 225 in the morning. Dinner was a BLT. We have lots of garden tomatoes so it was very appropriate. Done up on wheat toast, it was also very good. I was hungry of course. My other food today was an apple and slice of watermelon.

Renumbered the MP3 files then built a new MPG movie file with new pictures and new MP3's. Started over with everything. Also sent the 3 slides to ProDigital after changing the numbers in the corner of the slide. This is the easiest way of dealing with the misnumbering. Redo the slides and don't mess with anything else. I weighed in at 227 this morning which will be the official weight. After the 4 mile walk I weighed 226. This is great news. Dinner was reheated eggplant Parmesan which was excellent. Nice meal!!!

Did the grocery run this morning. Still weighing in at 228. This is a long flat line. Did a 4 mile walk and took it easy on consumption today. No snacks, healthy or not. Watched an Opera show featuring Dr Oz and the Eat This guy. The feature was obese kids. Some of these kids were almost 400 pounds and were only 11 years old. They showed the horrible diet these kids ate with no exercise. Dinner tonight was Eggplant. Found an almost disaster with the slides - I thought they were all screwed up but it turns out only 3 of them were out of order.

Went to Jerry's this morning and got more paint and some palettes and palette knifes that were on sale. Stopped by Trader Joes on the way back. Still no Mangoes. Did not walk today - cut the back lawn instead. Dinner was pasta. Had a lot of responses on Facebook to the AVSA 2010 convention pages. worked on a promo for the MAAVS Memo. Wrote the promo for the MAAVS convention to be published in the MAAVS Memo. I have it on Google Docs for others to contribute.

Weight this morning was on the high side of 228 after the wine last night. I was looking for 227, but I'm not going to get there this way. Went to Krogers at 6:45 for the paper, a loaf of bread and a 9v battery for our clock. It was flashing yesterday after the power went off for 5 minutes. The generator started but Apex came back pretty quickly. Did the 4 mile walk and came back in time for a thunderstorm. Libbie made a great pizza. I was tired so went to sleep after dinner. Talked to John Glembock who called during our pizza. He had privacy concerns with Glembocki.info. I'll look into password protection.

Weight this morning is still at 228. No loss in the past few days. Worked on hooking up the DVD player which came yesterday. Using the component outputs it looks like herringbone so I used the composite. The problem with composite is the sound from the TIVO on s-video is hooked to the channel. Maybe if I kill the sound during DVD playback and use the Surround sound audio instead it will be an acceptable solution. Did the full 4 miles today. While out I was studying the sky and clouds for a potential painting. I like the Alfred Hair painting in the front of the Gordon Highwaymen book. I may try to replicate that. Watched the Bob Rankin video lesson on mixing colors on the palette then I watched a second one about the color wheel. Studied some of the paintings obtained from Google Street view then I studied Google street view imagery. Dinner was frozen salmon from Trader Joes along with steamfresh peas and, oh no, 2 glasses of Shiraz. The shiraz is a huge no no on a diet. Will atone for my stones early this week.

Worked on slides all morning, renumbering and adding the number in the lower left corner. Finished the thing up and uploaded everything to Pro Digital for slide making. cost will be 1.19 each plus 5.95 shipping to Anne. So glad this is out of here. When Libbie came home we went to Jerry's Artarama and bought some oil colors by Lukas as well as a palette knife and palette paper. After this we went to the Farmers Market where I got an outstanding watermelon for $6. When I got back it was too late for a walk so I chose to mow the front grass instead then took a shower. Dinner was crab cakes with lettuce and tomato on a bun. I had watermelon afterward for desert.

Worked on the AVSA photos this morning then got cleaned up and gathered my stuff to go to painting class. I picked up a case in Lowes ad also a two pack of S56 chains for my chain saw. I got to Nicoles at 1:15, they said I was early but I really wanted to get there early to get settled and not waste time. The lesson went very well. I really learned a lot, I want to go back next Thursday and do it again. Maybe I'll learn to paint clouds. For a beginning lesson I leaned to mix paint to draw the sky then painted some water and a sandy beach. I added grass and a palm tree. It really worked well, I was pleased. Dinner was Beanburger which I really like but Libbie is bored with. Aunt Helen is remarkably doing much better. Anne and Richard recorded 4 more segments which I added to the show before going to bed. Will work more on this tomorrow morning.

228 this morning!!! I was 227 after yesterdays walk so I expected a nice number. This is great. I'm averaging 3 pounds a week since June 1. Did not do a full walk because it was lightly sprinkling. Went down this side of the lake for an estimated 2.5 miles. I had a BLT when I got back. Heard that Aunt Helen is having problems in NJ. She's back in the hospital again. Dinner was a beanburger. Spoke with Vicki this evening. She didn't get my eMail.

Still at 229. Hit the dining room with the tape and finished taping the crown moulding. Went out for groceries to Krogers but first ran over to Walmart to pick up my microwave. It took a long time to find someone back in the Customer pickup area at the back corner of the store. Did my 4 miles today in the 100 degree heat. I had trouble getting around today - I was a little exhausted. Got home and was surprised that my weight was now 227. After a shower and a little rest I popped open the paint can and started rollering. I like the look of the slate gray in our dining room. It makes the room look a little more elegant. Stopped at 4 PM for an iced tea break. Started up again when Libbie came back from the pool. Instead of jumping into the painting she instead ran out to Home Depot for another can of paint. I did a second Krogers run tonight, this time for batteries and bins. Dinner was a BLT and then some of the fruit I picked up instead of Mango because Trader Joe's was out of frozen Mango.

Got up and stepped on the scale after peeing. My weight is now 229 officially on the Fat Ass Chronicle!!! Did the 4 mile walk this afternoon, it's supposed to be 100 today but I don't think so. It felt fairly comfortable walking the lake. The second apartment pool had a bikini fest of lots of nice looking women. We spent the rest of the afternoon prepping the dining room walls with spackle, sanding and masking tape. Did not get the paint out. We stopped before all was taped. Still have the crowns to tape. Dinner tonight was pasta with some of Joe's spaghetti sauce that a little bit of heat in it.

We got up at 5 AM this morning to see Christa off for her 7 AM flight. Joe drove her to the airport and then came back here to pack his stuff for his trip to Mark's and then on to TN. I went out at 6 AM while he was gone to buy a paper at the McDonalds newspaper machine. The paper is now up to $2. Worked a little on the Dining Room wallpaper. Libbie finished the job with the rest of the wallpaper. I did a 4 mile walk in the heat although it didn't feel too hot. There was a nice breeze. Joe called in the morning from Mark's house. They rode bikes for an hour, he wanted the Lapworths phone number to let them know Christa's plane was late. After my walk I was down to 229!!! Libbie and I went to Home Depot to look at paint. We wanted a slate gray color for the walls. I think it will look elegant. Dinner was leftover pizza from the party last night. We had pesto, bbq, ricotta, and sausage pizzas. I went to Trader Joes today but they were out of Mango so I ended up with Mangolicious which is a mix of Mango of berries.

Checked my Visa account online and the $1,000 to Fred Anderson was finally credited to my account.
I weighed in this morning and I was at 130.75 which wasn't bad considering we went to First Friday last night. Hung out on the back porch this morning with Joe and Christa. Even though I already had breakfast, I had some of the blueberry pancakes that Libbie made for breakfast. They were great as usual. While Joe and Christa went shopping I did the 4 mile walk. It was supposed to be hot but I didn't think so. It felt cool to me. Came home, took a shower, weighed myself. I'm at 129 after the walk - woo hoo!!!
Took the big A/C unit out of the shed and hooked it up in the dining room for pizza making this afternoon. The Pizza's took all day, Joe was done at 5 PM which was an hour late for dinner at Josh's house. Lib and I sat down and were deciding on dinner for us.
We ordered a pizza at Cabarras, the Rustica which has eggplant and sausage. It was yummy. Price was 9.50 plus tax and tip.