more than just an outdoor guy

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My best bowling score yet. Too bad it was in practice

Winter Blues

Ahh, wind and cold. I don't really mind them that much if they didn't come at the same time here. 28 degrees with 30+mph winds produces some unbearable weather. Somehow my dogs don't seem to mind the icy conditions. The go out for walks with me with the same reckless hapiness that they have when it's 75 degrees and calm out. I wish I could share their enthusiasm. It's not happening though.
Hope is on the way, less than 2 weeks til I roadtrip for 2+ months.
Temps are looking pretty good in Phoenix right now.
Phoenix Weather

Computers and bad weather

Today I discovered what happens when your laptop falls 5 feet onto it's side corner.

Miscellaneous hard drive failure problems.

After spending 4 hours of dealing with a computer that kept locking up and rebooting every 5-10 minutes trying to backup all the files that I wanted (still could not get all my documents as they were in corrupted locations) I decided the effort of refomatting the drive and then hoping that the errors did not continue requiring a new hard drive was enough to consider a new laptop.
Into town I went in driving through a blizzard. Found what I wanted at a reasonable price, and drove back through the blizzard home with my new laptop. Lighter, faster, brighter, and much more memory and hard drive space.
The Vista Home operating system is a bit different after being used to XP Professional all these years.

I can't wait to be on the road to the Southwest. This has been the worst winter I have seen since I've been in Wyoming. Snow, wind, cold, and more snow. It got up to a high of 30 degrees (and 40 MPH gusts) today. That's the high til Wednesday where we are forcasted to hit 40.

Jobless II

Well, it's been since 30 November that I'm unemployed. Not that I'm complaining or anything. I've been able to ride outside during the week, wake up when I (or my dogs) want, work on my bathroom, and otherwise relaxed while others drove through the nasty weather that we have had in the last week.

The state requires that I apply at 2 employers a week to draw unemployment benefits. Any one want to vouch for receiving my employment application?

Oh Yeah,

Merry F'n XMAS

more snow

It's snowing and 23 degrees outside. So much for outdoor activities involving anything less than a full winter setup with face mask. I'll stay inside and watch TV and workout on the trainer/weights.

Jobless

The short story is:
I'm on vacation for a while.

You don't have time to hear the long story.

Now if I can only afford to go somewhere with on unemployment.

Snow on the ground and 35 degrees used to keep me indoors for workouts. As this may be my final week of work for a while I'm getting used to riding when others are enjoying their hot mochas and fires. It sure beats indoor riding, and the dogs enjoy it too.
As for work, I should know Tuesday if I'm to continue working this winter or "vacation" it out.
Cyclocross season has been fun but for me It's over with more pressing items in my life to focus on.
I've just about finished my rear entry/washroom remake. A few more touches and I'll start on my main bathroom, or not. That is to say, if I'm out of work -bathroom, still in work -new kitchen countertop.