Libbie did her jury duty appearance while i stayed home and got my actions loaded into photoshop on the new machine and completed the 2 missing photos for the horticulture section of the convention DVD. This was the tour slide and the library group shot. I added Penny, Marjorie and Janet to the mix. She was excused from jury early and brought back goodies from the farmers Market. for dinner we had hamburger with fresh tomato and watermelon for dessert.

Looked at another bicycle in Walmart to switch my bike over but didn't make a decision. Finally got around to mowing all the grass today including using the small mower to do trim work. Now I need to put down some herbicide. We went out to Pittsboro at the Roadhouse for dinner and the NC Revelers, an 18 piece band. The dance floor once again was very crowded. For dinner I had the fried flounder with bacon and remouloude and slaw. Very tasty. I had 2 beers with dinner. We left early since I was tired and Libbie had jury duty.

I have a squirrel eating my tomatoes. i ended up putting up netting covering the plants but it didn't work. He was sitting on the fence eating another tomato after the netting. This is unhappiness. I set up the trap and finally caught a squirrel. Late at night I went out and dumped him at Kroger. Dinner was Libbie's wonderful pizza. On my half of the pie I put pepper and onions. Yummy pepper from the garden!!!

Rode my bike some then updated the Bluebird website which meant having to switch the computer over from the new one to the old one because Vbasic doesn't run on the new one even though i tried. Got all the updates done. For dinner we had shrimp with corn from kroger and a bottle of red wine they were sampling in Krogers.

Finished up the design section of the AVSA DVD. Now I need to review it and the horticulture and make notes. Still have to edit 2 pictures in the horticulture. Kroger's Friday Freebie was awful. It was a Yummy Tummee which is a red fruit punch with no fruit juice and all chemicals.
Went to ride my bike around the block through Vintage Grove. Love the bigger bike from Florida but the motor may not have enough battery power behind it because it keeps cutting out when I demand power at low speed or standing still. After a salad for dinner with tuna over it we went to Dance at 8. It was a fun night, we did a lot of dancing then went out to the Cary Pub afterwards. Our wings and second beer order got lost somewhere so Tom took it off our bill which was nice. I kept our tip the same $6 for 2 beers since I didn't think the waitress should be penalized.

Fence not working again. I cleaned up the contacts of the plug on the back porch and got it working. Finished up the horticulture section of the DVD with the exception of 2 pictures, the library group shot and the tours shot that needs the Truman library added. It's pretty hot and humid outside. I was disappointed that my order from ambient weather came and it only included the soil moisture sensor. The temp sensor which I really need is drop shipped from elsewhere. Dinner was Rigatoni with the good imported wine and sausage sauce. Earlier today I ran out to Lowes and got a new shop light for my workshop which i installed and also a 6 outlet wall outlet for behind my night stand which is now in place as well. I feel productive!

Had a normal breakfast and worked on AVSA some more. Lost all of yesterdays debugging Mel's addressing problems with earthlink. I think everything is now fixed. Picked Lib up at 10:15, her fight was early. She kept texting me from 6 AM on as to where she was. We went to our 3:30 dance lesson with Robert and once again it was another good one. We brushed up on the spot turns and chase turns. After dance we went to Staples to look at desk chairs. I bought one for $129 that looked cheap but it was comfortable. I have to put it together. Dinner was leftover chicken rotisserie with a can of bourbon and sugar baked beans.

It was hard getting going today after the long drive yesterday. Worked on the electric fence since there were deer inside the azalea fence yesterday. Cleaned the charger, used WD40 on the terminals and assembled everything again. Plugged and unplugged the main power cable on the porch which seemed to be the real problem, not the charger itself. Dinner tonight was the rotisserie chicken and beans and also a few Klondike bars as a treat. Threw the rest of the package away. Need to stay away from that stuff.

Up at the normal time and started packing the kitchen. Watched GMA and waited for 8 AM to avoid Tampa traffic. Took all the icemaker ice and put it in a kitchen garbage bag and tied it at the end for my ice chest. Filled the thermos and put the ice chest with fruit in the front seat and got going at 8:21. Up around Tampa it was raining so hard I could hardly see in front of me. When I got to I-4 I decided to go East immediateley to try to get out from under the rain. It worked, the drive was good and the sky was blue and sunny. Had a problem at Disney World. all lanes were stop and go due to an accident in the left lane. Once clear of that it was flying all the way. Did a rest stop before Jacksonville and a gas stop around Brunswick. Hit heavy downpours of rain once again in Brunswick where I couldn't see in front of me. A few miles of this and it cleared permanently. The temp hit an even 100 in Manning, SC and stayed there for several miles or about an hour. Next tank of gas was at a BP around Florence where I paid too much. Pilot across the street was cheaper since they don't have a surcharge but I was staying away fromPilot. Got home at 7:45 without any problem. Bought a rotisserie chicken in Kroger along with baked beans and potato salad for dinner.

Up very early this morning. Watched GMA while working on this journal. I had not put in an update since last sunday. Did all the catchup. Forgot to mention that yesterday I erased all files in the glembocki.info web site and installed PMWiki which seems to be a wikipedia clone open source software. I'm probably even going to use the mediawiki theme to really look Wiki like. It's still raining outside this morning.
Got a good deal of work done with the AVSA DVD. I was wavering over whether to go home tomorrow or not. In the end I decided to go and packed up a suitcase. I purchased fruit earlier in Walmart for the trip. Dinner was the other half of a BLT I ordered for lunch from the grill. The side accompanying it was apple slaw which seemed like regular slaw but a different dressing, not sure what apple has to do with it.

The rain continues. It's coming down pretty heavy, Anne called and said she heard Sarasota will get 8 inches. Tampa already has over 10 inches. Went out in the afternoon to Venice and also to Walmart in Osprey. Had a nice time, visited the auction market in Venice on Tamiami. The place has eclectic furnishings. I liked the carved wood pelicans all over the place. If there was a carved wood Flamingo I would have bought it. I did find a metal sculpture of some Sand Cranes that I really liked except it was $229. I have been looking for a sculpture or painting to I might measure the wall and go back and measure the object again. Dinner tonight was cheese toast with some of the garden tomato I brought down with me. I had Raspberry-Chocolate Roadrunner ice cream for dessert.
It was a Wagner day on the radio. While working on pictures I listened to Walkure from the Met. In the evening they played Parsifal. I was transported!

Rain today all day. It's pretty miserable out. Stayed inside all day reading online. Discovered the You Now app where kids broadcast themselves live. It's amazing, it seems to be mostly young girls. I like the dance channel since some of the dancers are good, others are horrible. Most of them are very young, 13 to 16 with a few 19 year olds. Dinner was the rest of the ribs from yesterday. I accompanied it with a Klondike bar for dessert.

Not much going on today. Set up my computers and copied the flash stick with all the AVSA show pics onto the old laptop then started a ProShow project for the pics and audio. Took a walk outside today. Dinner was a full rack of ribs which I only had half of. It came with house salad, veggies, baked potato and rolls. I picked it up at the bar and they did not ask for my card which was good because it's at home. I finished the wine from yesterday which I had with the meal. The ribs were tender and delicious.

Got going a little after 7 after having a normal breakfast. Loaded the car and took off. Did a gas stop just before Florence. Next stop was in Baldwin, FL where my card was declined at a Pilot truck stop. Used the CU card to make the purchase. Arrived in Sarasota at 6:15. Got on the phone with Cap One and found out that Pilot pre-authorizes a $150 purchase which cap one doesn't allow. The theory is that it's a truck stop and gas purchases are usually for higher gas volumes. Went to Walmart for supplies then to Publix for a chinese dinner from the buffet. I had gen Tsao chicken, some sweet and sour and an egg roll with some rice. Also picked up a bottle of St Michele Cabernet Sauvignon.

I still wasn't keen on traveling to Sarasota. Did a little more work organizing the pictures for the AVSA library. Took the other bike out of the shed and pumped up the tire then I did 2 rides around the block. The first time it was with the Walmart bike. The second time I used the mountain bike. I certainly prefer the Walmart bike and will look at getting another one. The mountain bike has more power, it probably has something to do with the homemade battery pack. The only problem with the homemade pack is the lack of a BMS which can be detrimental to the batteries over time. Dinner was cheese on bread with tomatoes. This was the same thing I had for lunch. Packed up everything for the trip tomorrow.

Went to REI and got rim tape for the wheel. I also went to the DMV offices and stood in line for a long time to straighten out my lost registration.Came back and fixed up the front tire with the new tube then did a test run. All is well. For dinner I got some more of the imported sauce and sausage and made some Rigatoni. It was pretty good.

Took Libbie to the airport this morning for her 9:55 flight to Rhode Island. Meanwhile I continued working on the bicycle and replaced the front tire. Took it out for a test run around the block. In the evening the tire was totally flat. Discovered the rim wrap is important, it wasn't there so I got a hole in the brand new tube. Dinner was BoJangle chicken dinner with dirty rice, biscuit and iced tea. Dessert was breyers vanilla with hershey kisses ice cream. didn't feel too good after this combo. Ran out to Walmart at 11 PM and bought two new tire tubes.

Worked on the bike and did the first test runs with it. Not happy with the rattle in the back which is the battery compartment and a really bumpy ride on the front tire. Measured the front tire with calipers and discovered a 1/4 inch difference from one side to the other. Will have to replace the tire which is hard since I tied the cable down with cable ties. The cable goes from the controller to the wheel hub. Dinner tonight was leftover Rigatoni with the nice pork and wine sauce.

Worked on building my eBike today but stopped in the afternoon to rest and clean up. We went to dance tonight for the first time n a long time. there weren't many people there this evening. We had a salad with tuna on it before leaving. After dance we went to Brewsters and had a beer and wings. Got home around midnight.

Started building the eBike in the garage. It's kind of hot and I'm not really that much into it yet but i'll recover. We wanted to use some garden tomatoes so for dinner we had tuna fish sandwiches with tomato on them. The heirloom tomatoes are awesome and plentiful. Changed the oil in the Corolla today along with the filter. This is in preparation for my Florida trip. While looking up the number of quarts in the manual I discovered that I only to change the oil every 10,000 miles.

Worked outside tying the tomatoes. They're getting big and we have a lot of ripe ones. Practiced a little Rumba today then went to our lesson with Robert. We did Foxtrot promenade spot turns and also some Rumba open breaks leading to a spot turn. This worked out pretty good and we thought we had a successful lesson. Dinner was imported rigatoni and imported sausage, wine and cheese tomato sauce I bought with a couon. It was really good.

Finished up the photos today for AVSA then posted them on a new subdomain I created. Did a short grocery run then we had spaghetti for dinner.

I hooked up the new computer again, disconnecting Manon 2 and now running Manon 3. I installed Photoshop 5.1 and a host blocker file to prevent the program from calling home then started on the AVSA photos. I first thought the photos came out horrible but then realized the monitor was tilted at an angle to stop reflections from the light stand. The photo exposure is quite good although I am glad that I used bracketing. It was not necessary to shoot the raw pictures that I did but I left them in the mix anyway. I may move them to a separate directory. I worked all day on photos but only got a third of them done.
At 6:12 PM we left for the Roadhouse in Pittsboro. Mr Wonderful and a 5 piece band were playing. We went for dinner and met Ken and Lana there. I had a fried flounder sandwich and slaw. 1 1/2 beers topped it off with water for the rest of the night. It was a nice evening of mainly foxtrot and a very easy drive home.

Went outside and put up all the remaining trim on the shed. Later I used caulk and finished the job. Now it needs some touch up paint. Libbie made her super pizza from scratch today. When we were lying in bed tonight an eMail came from Richard with the list of plants attached for the convention DVD. Here we go again!

Went into the attic this morning to diagnose the blower which is not working on the AC. I swapped the old blower for the new one I installed 5 years ago. It didn't seem to work. Checked the web and found the RE Michel closes at noon on Saturday. It was 11:05. I cleaned up and jumped into the car and drove down Tryon to Garner and got there in about 20 minutes. I picked up 2 caps - one for the old blower and one for the new. While it was out I tested the blower in my shop by hooking up a line cord to the leads. It started immediately. In the middle of the afternoon I went into the attic wearing only jockey shorts and swapped the blower yet again. It was pretty hot and I dripped all over the floor. After about an hour I got it all wired up again and sealed up. The blower worked with the new starting cap! yeah. I took a shower to cool down then lay on the bed while the AC cooled the upstairs which had only gotten up to 82. Inn a while it was cold while I continued laying on the bed nude and reading a book on the iPad. Libbie had a great plan for dinner. I had previously purchased Shiraz at Trader Joes. She suggested we have Chinese takeout. We picked up Szechuan 3 flavor and 2 eggrolls from the Chinese takeout next to Kroger. After dinner I went to bed early with the AC upstairs working nicely, it was pretty comfortable!