AtomicMrX

Well, I’ve been very bad about blogging lately. I will work on changing that.

Saturday I cleaned out the gutters. My what a fun job. I’m still to chicken to get on the roof to do it. I’m afraid I’ll bend over to reach the gutters and roll off the roof. So I go along the edge of the house with the ladder resting on the gutter (exactly what I’m not suppose to do) and reach in about chest high into the gutter and pull the debris out. I thought I could use a tip for cleaning the gutters where you cut the bottom off a 1/2 gallon milk jug and use it to scoop out the gutters. My gutters are very old and too narrow for the milk jug. So I did it by hand like the other times.

That pretty much wiped me out. I had to take a nap with Jaki in the living room.

Saturday evening I went to my friend Jim’s house for a dinner party. It was a great evening! I brought Hummus and Pita for the appetizer; Ria made Salad; Matt and Adrienne made Cake for desert; Van made new potatoes ala rose mary, and Jim made the Asparagus and Filet Mignons. We had a few glasses of wine, a lot of conversation and where entertained by the Roto-Rooter Man from Blue Springs that was called to Jim’s clogged sink rescue.

Before any guest had even arrived, Jim’s kitchen sink backed up with milky “stuff” which happens a few times a year due to him living in a Condo and the upstairs folks put too much down their disposal. Jim handled it very well and the evening went without a hitch otherwise. The work of the Plumber didn’t even interfere with the dinner. We were in the living room with the appetizer when he arrived.

I brought my iPod with me to show Van. He’s thinking of getting one and wanted to see what it was like first hand and ask questions.

Jim had some great music from the early diso years that he played during the evening. It was very fun. Thanks Jim!

I have to get a move on to weatherize the windows today - while the temperature is decent.

I weighed 204 lbs this morning. My diet is not even a “diet” right now and I’m just going to focus on the gym and get my food in order when I have a bit more money in a week or so.

I was busy working out and also busy organizing things in my mind. I figured out what to eat on the new diet I’m making up. It needs to be very inexpensive, practical and easy to follow.

I also worked on what to add to my blog under the iPod section. This was prompted by the semi slow track I was working out to. I was hoping the new OrbitalGrooves podcast would be high energy music to help me work out but it was more middle to low energy music. Not bad but very slow to start and then never really hit the peak I needed it to. Plus I like more vocals and this was pretty much music only.

Look for some additions to the iPod section soon!

Apple came out with some cool stuff this week! A new iMac G5, iTunes 6 and a new iPod that has a larger display and plays video.

Here is the iMac G5:

That thing next to the mouse that looks like a pack of gum standing up is the remote. The new iMac G5 comes with a built in iSight (video camera) in the center of the top of the monitor. The remote controls video (DVD or downloaded videos), iTunes selections, iSight camera, and from across the room with a display that is large enough to read from anywhere. Very cool. All new Macs ship with the Mighty Mouse (which is what I use and love).

The new iPod:

I just bought my iPod 20 GB color display a month ago! Now for the same price I could get the new one! Argh! Such is the technological life. Always changing and newer stuff is just around the corner!