Wednesday 23

Wednesday 23- I did my stretches.
Today’s Weather was: Temps of around 68 and 101 degrees, light breeze, humidity around 9 percent, clear skies.
According to the National Weather Service: “Thursday: Sunny and hot, with a high near 98. Light wind becoming south southwest between 11 and 14 mph. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 68. West wind 14 to 17 mph decreasing to between 5 and 8 mph. Winds could gust as high as 24 mph.”
I had to wait around the house for UPS to deliver my Kindle 2 E-reader. It finally arrived around 2pm and I started reading the manual. I wanted to see if I could go online with it to get my email. After fiddling around trying to get my password entered correctly with the small keyboard, I logged into my Gmail account and read and sent emails. It is slow; about as slow as dialup, but useable in a pinch. I then went to my CopperMountainMesa.com Website and it loaded correctly and the pictures on the site were viewable. On both the email and website the navigation was somewhat awkward but I believe that’s because I’m not used to the keyboard; in time I’ll have that down. I went to the Kindle site at Amazon to find free books. The Kindle was already setup with my Amazon account and I didn’t have to do anything. I found that it was difficult to find the section for free books and I ended up going online with my computer to get the titles I wanted, and then enter them into the Kindle books search on the Amazon Kindle site. I downloaded three free Star Wars ebooks in minutes and without any hassles. Tomorrow I’ll start reading an ebook. All in all I found that the Kindle 2 is all that I expected; and getting my email and the web, even being slow as it is, was a big plus!
I canceled my cell phone account with Sprint and will use Skype for now on to make long distance calls to landline phones and cell phones. At $30 a year for Skype vs. $32 a month for Sprint I’ll save big bucks. I still have a pay as you go cell phone from T-Mobile for emergencies.
I walked down to Ginger’s to see Dakota her son who is staying there for a few days. We walked back to my house where we sat and yapped for a spell. Ginger had called and left a message, I called her back using Skype on the Dell Mini 9 running Ubuntu. She came over with the rest of her family and we hung around outside for a few hours. It was kind of nice having her kids and dogs running around my place!
I watched "Star Trek: First Contact" (1996) on Hulu.com. It's one of my favorite Star Trek movies!
I did my stretches. I practiced my guitar, wrote to my journal, posted it to the web, and called it a night.

Thursday 24

Thursday 24- I did my stretches, ran a mile, rode my bike, and lifted weights.
Today’s Weather was: Temps of around 68 and 100 degrees, light breeze, humidity around 8 percent, clear skies.
According to the National Weather Service: “Friday: Sunny, with a high near 97. Northwest wind 7 to 15 mph becoming south southwest. Winds could gust as high as 21 mph. Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 68. Breezy, with a west southwest wind 19 to 22 mph decreasing to between 8 and 11 mph. Winds could gust as high as 31 mph.”
Ginger’s daughter Lala and friend Julie came by to use my Wifi internet connection. I cleaned off the table outside and setup two netbooks for them to use. After a while we went down to their house where Ginger and her boyfriend Steven were working on the cabin. I took some pictures of the two girls feeding Princess.
I got back home to read a chapter of “Star Trek: Lost Tribe of the Sith #1; Precipice” on the Kindle and fell asleep for an hour or so; I must have been tired. I woke up hearing a noise outside and went to check. It was Ginger’s dog’s Fredrick and another one I can’t remember her name, who ran away about four days ago. I quickly shut the gate cutting off their escape. The female jumped over the fence and split but I called to Fredrick tempting him with a sausage patty. I got close enough to feed him a few pieces but I wasn’t quick enough to grab his collar; he jumped over the fence and was on his way after the female. I called Ginger, and she and the girls drove around and finally found them and brought the dogs back home.
I went for my evening walk.
I watched an episode of “Warehouse 13”.
I read a few chapters of “A Game for Heroes” by Jack Higgins.
I did my stretches. I practiced my guitar, wrote to my journal, posted it to the web, and called it a night.