It was relatively warm outside. We made the decision to switch web hosts. This was not easy. First thing I found was Perl will not work on the Host Gator account. I submitted a support ticket. Second issue was to get the mail transferred. this went relatively easy. Next I attempted to purchase an SSL certificate. The first submit did not take. I had to call support to verify so that I didn't submit two purchases. Got the submission taken care of after filling a form. While I was filling forms I filled out the auto reimbursement for the SSA deduction. This involved printing verification of benefits letters from Social security for both of us. We put the lights on the tree bu put the plug near the top. To rectify this I went to Home Depot and purchased a green extension cord. While there I also bought two metal no trespassing signs for the woods. Dinner of course was Libbie's fantastic pizza from scratch.

This was a relaxing day at home. Did not do much. Dinner was leftover turkey with stuffing and potatoes. We had shiraz to accompany the meal. I started taking off the side panel on the hot tub. This is the only way I reasoned I could assess the leaking joints. I suspect the slip joints have improper washers which we obtained locally.

The Van Wezel 50% off deal was disappointing this morning. I was interested in the Viennese New Years but only the last 3 rows are on the deal. Not worth it.
I was also looking for a B4I deal but so far none, will check on Monday. There is a deal on NewIssue, the company that supplies PDFs of magazines. Their trial is half price for 2 months. i don't know if this is a good deal or not.
Doris, Carl and Carl Jr came over at 2. We had a very nice afternoon visiting and drinking the Pouilly-Fuissé she brought with her. It was a most enjoyable visit. For dinner we had turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce and a glass of Shiraz. I finished reading Wyatt Earp this evening. Loved it. I finished it on the iPad using the Kindle reading app.

Went to Kroger early but they had no newspapers. I want the Thanksgiving "biggest paper of the year" so I headed over to Sheetz next on 1010. This is a very nice convenience store and gas station. It smelled good with biscuits cooking. Bought a paper and got a free cup of coffee. She said any size but I took a small. The paper had tons of stuff but I found I was hardly interested. Lots of big TVs, tablets for $39 and $200 laptops. Communicated with Doris via Facebook, invited her for drinks. Talked with Vicki this morning during the Thanksgiving parade. Watched some of it but not all. Too many performances that scream and sound noisy. Am I getting old? Libbie made fruit cake this morning. We sampled one of them in the afternoon. Did a little scanning upstairs, catching up on convention covers. Had a nice turkey breast at 7:15. We had Shiraz, potatoes, snow peas, turkey, stuffing and gravy. No dessert! We had too much food to begin with.

This morning I decided to go to Mens Warehouse to check out tuxedos. They were having a Black Friday sale which started Wednesday. The deal was buy one get one free. I bought a $650 Calvin Klein Tux with accessories. The bottom line was $1043 but it included a second suit and I added suspenders, bow tie, shirts and studs. Wow. They all look great but I'm shell shocked. All will be ready on Monday evening for pickup. It's going to look great. In the meantime I went shopping for dinner tonight. I got a Cooking Light recipe for steamed chicken and veggies with soy dipping sauce. It was great. Dinner was chicken, snap peas, green beans, dipping sauce and Shiraz. Loved it and it was easy.

Did our Thanksgiving dinner shopping this morning then went to the liquor store on 55 by Home Depot for Brandy and Rum. We were there 7 minutes before opening so we went over to Foodlion for Libbie's plastic bags then hit the liquor store. I managed to successfully list the dropbox directories. Added this code to the FC4A app. Dinner was spaghetti with tomato sauce and cheese.

Worked a bit on syncing with a dropbox from FC4A. Had some success but no file transfer yet. Much to do here. For dinner we went out to chinese place and our 3 meat szechuan and a couple of egg rolls with Dreaming Tree wine. After dinner we watched Dancing with the Stars, it was the semi finals. Derek was eliminated. I had some black tea after dinner which gave me breathing problems. I suffered most of the evening until bedtime. Wow, I won't do that again.

hooked up the trailer after the CBS Sunday Morning News then Lib and I went to buy a tree at FoodLion of all places! Wanted to get it home before it started raining. Spent the rest of the afternoon figuring out the dropbox sync techniques to use as a tool for First Class for Android synching. Dinner was Libbie's super pizza. It's been a while since we had this great dinner.

Had a nice serie of note with a lady named Peggy Barbour in Colorado. She loves the Android app and wanted a user database and also a way of sharing data. I told her those were some of the top requests. I took a 12 hour cold tablet which is supposed to be non-drowsy at 11 AM. We left at 12:15 for Barber of Seville. It was most enjoyable with Isabelle Leonard and lawrence Brownlie in a real campy Rossini opera. What fun. Dinner was Shrimp peelers with a butternut squash and Dreaming Tree wine, a Dave Matthews Band wine. I resumed reading Wyatt Earp on the iPad downstairs before falling asleep at 9. Went uostairs and went to bed around then.

Studied IOS apps and also changes for the FC4A program. I think I figured out the font thing to address Brenda's issue with truncated text. I can etect the DPI and set the font smaller if it's only 160 dpi instead of the 200 as seen on both my tablet and Motorola X phone. Dinner was a bowl of soup and a few slices of cheese before going out to the dance party at 8 PM. After dance a group of us went out to "Spirits" in Cary which is a very nice and large bar. We had the wings of the month which is vietnamese wings coated with honey and jalapeno. They were quite good, even Libbie could eat them. I had a glass of Alesmith IPA to accompany this. We had a nice time and went home at 11. I had the sniffles which started just before we entered Spirits. They continued throughout the evening. I hope I'm not getting a cold, the Benzigers had colds earlier this week.

Apple approved my application. Pulled out my credit card and bought a one year membership. In the meantime, Google didn't want my app in the education category. I edited the listing and moved it to the tools category. It's a little cold out but I planted all the daffodils. Now I need to plant the tete a tete mini daffodils. Dinner was creamed tuna and peas over egg noodles. Listened to La Boheme live. they misspelled Puccini. I took a pic of the screen and posted it to the Met Opera group. It was quickly corrected!

Got a disturbing alarm this morning while in the shower. the greenhouse was cold. Ran outside and found the heater was off. Did some diagnosis but fired up the porch heater and used a fan to redirect the heat into the greenhouse. Later on I discovered that the igniter had failed. I put a replacement igniter into the unit and got it back online but not before the greenhouse had fallen to the 40s. Ordered a new one from Tennessee on eBay. I think I lucked out on this one. After that panic we practiced our routine a little more then had pulled pork for lunch. Had our lesson at 3:30 and screwed up pretty badly. Skipped the Foxtrot lesson with Andy today and took Robert's two step class. Tried registering for the IOS developer program. The $100 fee was approved by the AVSA EC. Had some trouble with D&B numbers which they reset after calling support. Next I need verification by AVSA that I represent them. Dinner was pulled pork with the baked beans.

Went out right away for groceries. They were $105 in Kroger. Had to buy the pork shoulder in Foodlion because they had a better choice. Started working on the roast rub right away. Got the rub made, meat prepared and in the oven at 11:06 am. Libbie worked on the baked beans. Mary and John arrived in the early afternoon after driving from Lorton. Lib and I went out and cleaned the leaves off the driveway after we had the roast in the oven. . The roast came out for dinner which we had on buns with slaw, baked beans and beer. Pumpkin Pie was desert. It's going to be cold tonight. We had a very nice visit with Mary and John.

Worked on IOS research and updating the MAAVS website. Built a basic foundation for photos, etc. In the PM my iPad arrived. Later in the day I went out chasing after a mac I found on Craigslist. Carlos in Cary buys computers off lease from schools and refurbishes them. I bought a Mac Powerbook witg software for $250. Dinner was salad with a slice of leftover pizza.

Went downstairs this morning at 6:45. Chatted with Jeff Smith, Paul Kroll and Mel Grice who were waiting for taxis. John and Judy came down at 7, we took them to the airport and came back to load the car and go. We got going at 8:00 then stopped for breakfast at Mickey Dees in Middletown. I had Hot Cakes and sausage. Had a pretty nice drive down 301 then decided to skip DC altogether and take 301 more. There were a lot of lights and we had to pay $6 for the Potomac bridge after $3 for the DE toll. Going North we only had to pay $6 for the Annapolis bridge and and $1 for the DE toll. We got to 95 below Fredericksburg which isn't too bad. Had a problem off 295 after Richmond. Stopped for lunch and gas and picked up a nail in one of the front tires. Luckily there was a tire place next to the gas station. They plugged the tire for $10 and 10 minutes.Lib took over driving. We got home at 3:45 PM which could have been worse. It started raining pretty good when we got in. Went back out at 7 and got Pizza next to Cary Pub. It's NY Pizza and it's pretty good.

We had the hotel buffet breakfast again before I got my camera and went into the showroom to do some photography. For lunch I joined Libbie for some crab soup. At our table were John and Judy and Ken and Susan. It was a nice relaxing lunch with friends before we went to the Jeff Smith species talk which was pretty boring but some of it was interesting. He gave me permission to put the slides onto the website. Next was breakdown of the show which I helped Libbie with. We then got dressed for dinner and cocktail hour. In the bar we sat with Vicki and Doug and Kitty who had finished stuffing awards envelopes. Earlier I took a look at Kitty's tablet which she said did not have the pictures. I found the pictures had not completed their download so she did not have the database. I wonder how that happened? The banquet went well. The hotel food was better than average, I had the salmon but the Filet Mignon which John had looked great. I did the MC duty and tried to move things along with an agenda I copied from Mary at Lonestar.

Breakfast buffet this morning, service in the restaurant was incredibly poor. We went back for Philly Cheese steak lunch. It wasn't much better. I enjoyed the talk today by the lady who visited Vladimir in Russia. Her light stands are LED. We had the costume dinner and of course the Philly girls were best in show. The board meeting went today as expected only Kitty wasn't there so we couldn't do financial stuff. We sat with John, Judy, Laurene and Walker. The dinner was a buffet with a very nice cheese steak desert. When I got back from dinner I found I had won an ipad 3 I made an offer on for $225 before dinner. I am now going to be an icrap developer using B4I. Still have much more to learn about how the process works.

Up this morning at 5:45. After breakfast and loading the car we were out the door at 6:40. First stop was exit 4 in VA for bathroom and biscuits. I had the coffee thermos so didn't need anymore. We stopped for construction a few times around DC before making it to the Bay bridge and hwy 301. We did a rest area on 301 before lunch and gas in Middletown. Arrived at the hotel at 2:30. It's a good sized show for MAAVS. The hotel is pretty good as well. Went out to the The Reef for dinner with John and Judy. I had Chesapeake shrimp which was shrimp in crab sauce over pasta. Yummy. It was snowing when we came out of the restaurant.

Got up early in the Comfort Inn and showered at 5:$5, breakfast at 6:15. I had eggs, sausage and a bagel then on the road by 6:45. Got more coffee and a BoBerry biscuit at Bo's in Walterboro, 60 miles up the road. Made a gas stop at Santee then again at exit 181 just past Florence. This was also a bathroom break. Got home around noon then went to dance with Robert at 3:30. Came home and soldered the battery packs together then did Foxtrot elements with Andy and 2 step with Robert. Robert had a nice female student earlier who basically only had painted on tights on her lower half. This was very nice to watch her wiggle her hips. Dinner was BLT sandwiches between the 3:30 and the 7:00 dance lessons. What a full day. We managed to pack suitcases as well.

I worked a little more on putting the lights on the diamond frames. i decided I need some more lights from Lowes. I currently have 100 light, will pick up another string of 50. Went to the board meeting at 10. I'm not happy with the situation with unit 2210. When the place is sold by the bank we only get one years worth of back fees. It currently stands at 2 years of money owed. This is the FL safe harbor law. Went out for the lights after the meeting and stopped into JC Penney and found a lightweight jacket. List price $60, sale priced at 34.99. I bought it. Also looked at Van Heusen tall man shirts - buy one get one free for $50. Did not buy but I should have. Left at 1 PM for the drive home. Got to I-275 where a sign said crash ahead, all lanes closed. Took an earlier exit thanks to my smartphone and eeked through Sun City but the trip wasn't bad. Picked up gas and a snack wrap in Ocala and got into Port Wentworth at 8. Stopped into the Sweet tea grill and had crabcakes with Tybee Island blond beer. Yummy.

Did a trip to North Sarasota at noon. Walked through Selby, lots of maintenance projects underway which is good. They replaced large sections of sidewalk and did some pruning in the tropical house. On the way back stopped in at Michaels, Publix and Hobby Lobby. Found my materials for diamonds in the Hobby Lobby. The costume party is this Thursday, theme of Diamonds are Forever. I played with some dowels in the condo and came up with a technique to use the tubing to hold the dowels into diamond shapes. Using twisty ties I fastened the LED strips to the diamonds. Tried lighting it up and it looks good. This is half the LEDs so far. At 5:30 I went to the pool party. Met some of the residents of the other buildings. I brought a plate of cheese and triscuits and a glass of Rodney Strong for myself. The horsedeouvers that others brought were amazing. Christa brought a sheet cake from Publix which was made to her specifications. Nice strawberry filling in a yellow cake with white icing. Dinner was the party food, did not have anything else except some of the pineapple I bought at Publix.

This was a very relaxing day. I replaced the flush valve in the main bathroom since the float had broken off at the plastic hinge. I also picked up some battery operated LED lights at an attractive price. They were a string of 50 for 7.95. I'll use this for my diamond costume. I picked up a toilet seat but had to return it since it was the wrong color. The fit was perfect but it was white. I need bone. I also looked at water filters. The current one is plugged solid. It may be cheaper to just buy a new one at Lowes which has been marked down to $79 from $99. While out I stopped in Publix and picked up dinner. It was a plate of Chinese from their buffet. It's 6.95 per pound no matter what you select. I picked bourbon beef and sweet and sour chicken and some fried rice. I had this at the condo with a glass of Rodney Strong. I watched 60 minutes in the evening then went to bed early at 8:30.

Normal wakeup then breakfast and out the door at 7:17 going to Sarasota. First stop was exit 181 in Florence for gas and bathroom. Next stop was in Darien, GA at 1 PM for gas and Wendys Single. Too much food and they put cheese on it. IT's a cloudy and glum day out. Traffic through JAX is pretty heavy. Stopped at 3 PM at a rest area. After bathroom got going right away again. Traffic near Disney was crawling past the TPK and remained heavy the rest of the way. Maintained 73 MPH using the Cruise Control. Surprisingly I wasn't too sore but my knee hurt from the fixed position. I stretched my leg in an unbusy section of road. Got to Palmer Ranch at 6:30 but first I stopped at Publix for wine, food and then subway for a foot long turkey for dinner. I had the sub with Rodney Strong which cost me 17.99 in Publix. Not happy, I thought it was 11.99. Found out later at home what the ticket said, 17.99.

Did a lot fo last minute chores today since I'm driving tomorrow. Took the shade off the greenhouse, did backups of Traviata onto an external drive for storage in Florida, in the late PM Libbie and I prepared the sauce and ingredients for a wonderful Chicken Parmesan which we had with brocdcoli and a glass of Cabernet. Nice. Packed up everything to leave tomorrow. I don't want to go. Too much to do around here.

Happy Birthday To me! It was a quiet day. Libbie had quilting in the PM, I talked to both sisters and then we ordered a Chinese dinner to go.Picked up a bottle of Rodney Strong Cabernet to celebrate. I'm now officially 68.