I went to Kroger and picked up a Sympathy card for Joe Bruns who lost his wife. Spent more time on the AMD Media center - got Win 7 installed and stable using the Windows Loader which authenticates it and removes WPA. Watched a few sample movies on it then spent the rest of the dayon the MAAVS convention booklet. Dinner was beans and corn with corn bread. Very yummy.

It was supposed to be light eating day but I didn't. Went to walmart to look at costumes but I struck out. I did get a remote controlled outlet however. I want to hack into this and control it from a Raspberry Pi for my sunrise/sunset lighting control. Not sure if I will use the RF feature or not. Probably not if it's simple enough to activate the relay directly since the RF path does not have any feedback. Dinner was Salmon, Shiraz with broccoli and squash. We had Lemon Meringue Pie for desert. It was a rescue pie from yesterday.
Also today I got Win 7 successfully installed on the new computer. It really flies along. i tried watching several movies over the LAN and it works very well. The darn AntiVirus program on Traviata removed Calibre because it was deemed suspicious. It scans clean by Total Virus. I nuked AVG anti virus and installed Ad Aware AntiVirus. I can't have this behavior on my server not to mention the darn thing rebooted the comouter several times in the past few weeks for updates. Bad news.

We went to the greenhouse and picked up a trailer load of plastic and took it to the dump. We then used the trailer to bring the ladders and lawn cart home. At home I took the shade off the backyard greenhouse and picked up the pine needles that Libbie raked off the driveway. I need to repair the electric fence which is badly damaged by running deer. I was able to get the new AMD CPU mounted in the new Motherboard tonight and get the computer to boot it's BIOs. This is a big step forward. Next step is to install an OS. We had a very good dance lesson with Robert. He was under the weather but I finally learned the right and left turns of the waltz. Dinner tonight was pork chops, apple sauce and squash with a glass of Shiraz.

I did the grocery store and deposited the scrap yard check at the Credit Union this morning. We left shortly after 11 for the State Fair. We did our usual circuit. First the gardens and Horticulture, next the Villag of Yesteryear then the hobbies, lunch on the grass, the arts building, the commercial stuff and commercial tents outside, the cow judging and then the fruits and veggies. On the way out we stopped in the Hunt horse pavillion and tasted wines from Duplin Cellars of Cary and a winery in Rocky River. Then it was the easy drive home with a stop in Trader Joes to get some apples. Dinner was angel hair spaghetti with cheese and garden basil.

I stayed home in the morning working on MAAVS stuff. Right after lunch I got a phone call that the driver was at the greenhouse to pick up our dumpster. I went over there and followed him to the scrap yard. It was interesting watching him get a gross weight, take the aluminum off, weigh it again, take the steel off and then weigh yet again. We had 1,000 pounds of aluminum and 7000 pounds of steel. After a $100 dumpster charge we netted $925 for the scrap metal. I was relieved it was all gone. Dinner tonight was out at La Cocina. I had a quesadilla and Guiness draft. Yumm.

This morning we went over to BB and finished loading the dumpster with the gutter sections and closed the door. Mission accomplished!!! We left at 1 for the Ballet. We enjoyed Balanchines Rubies. When we got home Libbie had to make a pizza dough from scratch since she didn't thaw one. It was yummy as usual.

Went over to Sams around 9:00 and watched them put plastic on the 2 houses. They didn't unroll the roll on the roof but instead hung it like toilet paper and unwound it. I got some moviees of this. We had subway subs while there then went to our own greenhouse and loaded all the pipes into the dumpster. I was happy that we got all the pipes done in one day. Dinner was ribs, sweet potato, broccoli and shiraz wine.

I went over to Sams to see the end wall framing. They still don't have the ridge beam finished. After I left there I stopped into Trader Joes and got wine and apples. Libbie and I went over to the greenhouse and put all the bows into the dumpster. We had a dinner of Briyani and then went to Carolina Ballroom where our cha cha is pretty good but the rest needs improving.

I stayed home working on MAAVS and then got a call at 11:30 that the dumpster arrived. I went over and guided it in place then started taking down the two remaining sections of greenhouse - 4 gutters and all the bows. Lib and I loaded all the heaters and FanJets into the thing. This was the biggest part of the job. We ordered Chinese takeout with a glass of wine and skipped dance class. I want this dumpster filled up by next week.

Libbie burned wood while I worked on the front wall of the greenhouse cutting down the remaining deadmen and rolling up the plastic. This completes taking down the walls. There is one section remaining we are using as a carport covering all the equipment. We had a very good dance lesson with Robert learning about the cross body lead in cha cha. I did some video taping of him dancing with Libbie. Dinner was angel hair pasta. We took a wlak today along the golf course. The vegetation has really grown in. We also have a lot of golf balls on our property.

It was another greenhouse clean up day. I took down the back door and door frame. that thing was really solid.I took it down but left it laying there. Most of the day was spent moving pipes, bows and gutters to the pile in the back for eventual pickup. Dinner was squash with pork chops, homemade apple sauce and butternut squash.

Libbie worked on packages with joy while I worked on the MAAVS booklet instead of going over to the greenhouse inn the morning. After lunch we both went over where Libbie burned wood and I disassembled gutters in the front house. We were both exhausted so we opted to go over to La Cocina for dinner. I had a guinness draft and Libbie had a Margarita with our Quesadilla La Cocina.

We went to the greenhouse around 10 this morning. Libbie burned wood while I took the footer out of the West side of house 1 and cut down the deadmen standing there. While the fire died down I took some time and cut up the plastic pipes from the cool cells. I made 6 foot lengths so they could be trailered to the dump. Came home very tired and worked on the AVSA directory some more. I finally have the public directory and chairs displaying correctly. Dinner was Libbie super pizza. She really jazzed it up with an overabundance of fresh tomatoes. Very nice. We had Bluebell Mint chocolate chip for desert.

Arrived at Sam's around 9. I spent the time laying out the ridge poles and discovered he is one short. We put up 4 bows before lunch and tied them together with a piece of ridge pole to serve as a template for the rest of the greenhouse. The workers dug holes and poured concrete into the deadmen posts. I met Sam's girlfriend, Lauren, who is an extremely attractive blonde girl who seems to fit well into the family. We had Subway subs on the porch and chatted.
On the way home after lunch I stopped into Trader Joes and got wine and blueberries. Dinner tonight was ribs, sweet potato and Shiraz with Mint Choco chip ice cream for desert.

We did burning this morning of wood scraps. I took down all of the gutters in the front of house 1 on the tank side of the garage builkding. It was easier than I thought it would be. Once I unbolted all of them I pulled the end one out and they all fell down. Nice!! Libbie worked on neatly folding up the plastic from the front.

We went to the Friday night ballroom party later, leaving around 8 since we were both tired. We had a dinner of BBQ sandwiches and a glass of wine before going to dance. We made it all the way to the end at 9:30.

Another rainy day. We loaded up the car with all the wires in the garage as well as some pipes and electrical boxes. Libbie came with me so she could experience the scrap yard with me. It was amazing - all these guys with carts full of junk waiting to be weighed and loaded. We took two carts and loaded all the wires from the trunk and the back seat and got issued a bar coded ticket which we took to the ATM machine and received $289 cash. Pretty cool. We next went to the Farmers market and got our veggies and then to the Asian lady for our pansies, Salvia and mums. We had Salmon and butternut squash with Shiraz for dinner. After dinner we went to Carolina ballroom of Cary for a lesson in Rhumba Foundations. We learned some pretty complicated steps from Andrew doing a Spot Turn in the Rhumba.

This morning I worked on looking at membership software for AVSA. It's a big task. Later in the morning I went to the greenhouse and completely cleaned up the downed metal in house 1. This was the mess we took down last week and left there. I got it all taken apart and sorted by type into piles in the back. Little by little it's all coming down. We had lessons in Cha Cha this afternoon with Robert. We're learning the timing a little better or different so we can have time for the extra manuevers. Dinner tonight was Curry spaghetti with chicken. Very tasty and spicy.

Libbie vacuumed and I went to Kroger then came home and made Cole Slaw and Broccoli salad. I also cleaned the driveway and garage floor. Violet group came at just before noon. We had lunch, Sheila brought tuna croissants, then I presented the Meet the Commercials DVD. Everyone seemed to enjoy it. For dinner I made Fall Vegetable Curry which had broccoli, sweet potato and chick peas in a tomato and curry base.

Good, it's raining outside. Can't go to do labor at the greenhouse. I stayed inside at my computer working on the rest of the AVSA directory. I now have the committee chairs listings and the committees the chairs are in charge of in the database using the FEEDS module. Libbie worked on shipping many plants today with Joy. I ran over to Kroger and got some Salmon which we had with Broccoli for dinner. The album depicting the life of BB Greenhouse came late today. Why is it when you want something the mail always comes later? Dinner was the Salmon and broccoli.

This morning I worked on the AVSA directory a little before going over to the greenhouse and taking down 2 gutters in house 1 to get the 6 inch gutter extension for Sam. I didn't stay long at Sam's. Came home and got the AVSA directory running on Drupal which was today's goal. We still don't have committee members but it's a lot closer. Dinner was Libbie's excellent pizza once again.

Brought the pipes to Sam's from yesterday. They had two runs of columns standing and started drilling the third run. Meanwhile they had 2 guys putting gutters up. I got pretty dizzy in the heat and began seeing double. I had to sit down for a while to recover. I had a 6 inch subway sub for lunch then stayed around a little while longer before heading home. I stopped at Trader Joes and picked up McIntosh Apples and Shiraz wine. Dinner tonight was some ribs from the freezer with broccoli and Shiraz. At home I took my blood pressure which was fine, I was afraid it was going to be too low. I also looked up stroke symptoms but all is well now.

Went over to Sam's this morning around 9:30 with the splice plates. We started drilling holes in the pipes and got one run done. Went home to get more pipes. Libbie came back with me.
We went to the greenhouse and took down half of the gutter run in house 1 to salvage the pipes in the ground. It exhausted both of us. I had to practically crawl back to the car. Dinner was pulled pork BBQ sandwich. We skipped dancing tonight.

Went to the greenhouse this morning and took down the ridge pole and the rest of the bows in house 1 except for the center covered section. I'm going to abandon the idea of covering the equipment and just take the whole thing down. I came home very very tired but rallied to the cause and got cleaned up for dance with Robert. Our 3:30 class was great again since we added to our cha cha. tomorrow night is Waltz foundations.

This morning I went out and did the groceries around 9. I had switched to NBC but found out that Dishnetwork and NBC were having an issue with costs. Received several calls from Libbie as I worked on the AVSA website. Her flight from Baltimore to Raleigh was cancelled but she got booked on another one an hour later. I picked her up then after coming home for a while we went out to dinner at La cocina where I had a Guiness Draft and a La Cocina Quesadilla. Libbie had the smae Quesadilla but with a Margarita.

It was an early morning breakfast today then I worked some more on the Bluebird photo Album. My coupon for free extra pages runs out tomorrow. Got going by 8 AM. Traffic once again was light except for all the trucks in SC until we hit 16 (or is it 26?) Lots of traffic gets off there. I had one stop at Santee for bathroom and coffee at McDonalds Stopped again North of Florence for gas at 3.15 per gallon and got home by 12:15. The WSJ was not stopped but somebody nicely piled them up next to a tree by the driveway. Disappointed in WSJ delivery. I spent the rest of the afternoon finishing up the album and finally ordered it in the late afternoon. Yes!!!! Worked a lot on permissions for the AVSA website and finally solved the restricted access issues. Search was revealing restricted items to those not authorized.