Hmm I need to find good gifts for my 👸 and both of our 🐈🐈 who all have birthdays coming up soon.
I'm thinking something other than jewelry because that's my standard go-to.
Probably it should be ocean-themed.
The challenge is I'm rarely out of the house on my own unless I'm going to work so I can't just pop up the road 30 minutes to where a bunch of artists are to do shopping without giving away the surprise.
@douglasvb Ah I get it, that's your tradition. Have to keep it going. I get that. I but your co-worker will enjoy being part of that kind of conspiracy!! Good luck. Can't wait to hear how surprised she is! Her best gift is you.
sigh I really need to come up with a reliable and inexpensive way to power cycle some equipment remotely.
My #raspberryPi is up and running but the two #SDR software defined radios aren't responding even after rebooting the computer. The computer was involuntarily power cycled twice yesterday when the power went out and when the backup generator transferred the house back to the grid after grid power was restored.
Or maybe the SDRs need to be reseated in their USB ports? 🤔
I had looked into various ways of remotely power cycling the last time I had issues and lots of folks had good ideas but I never identified exactly what I should use.
At least this Raspberry Pi doesn't cook SD cards when it gets involuntarily power cycled.
Hmm I wonder if we should pop out to #Bodie this weekend to check out the #GhostTown... The paved road is open. I wonder how the dirt roads are doing. It would be nice to get to the east side.
@douglasvb LOL... I am the only person in my family with interest in that kind of thing. (albeit, my son has been ending up in those kinds of spots, working on the search/rescue copter, LOL). Pets are indeed the problem (love them, but arranging care and feeding is always the PITA).
I caught the start of a #rodent nest in my #Toyota#Tacoma engine bay. They were using the insulation from the underside of the plastic engine cover and stuffing it between the intake runners and the top of the engine.
What are people using as rodent deterrents these days?
From what I've observed at our previous rental house a few blocks away, these rats usually pass through in the spring and are usually gone by summer. So hopefully I won't get any more trouble, especially with traps I'll keep set.
@douglasvb We started hanging Fresh Cab botanical rodent repellent sachets in the engine compartments of our cars a few years ago after some nibblers got to our firewall insulation. Seems to keep them away, though we have to change them every month or two.
Oliver was a big jerk and decided it was his time to shine at 330am. For about an hour he was running around the house to various different windows and batting at the blinds. There was a neighborhood kitty outside that he had to make sure knew that this is HIS house and there's no more room for stray cats here. Never mind that Oliver was a stray who showed up and came inside after being invited by our two since passed elderly kitties.
sigh I've got a faint positive #COVID test today. So either I got it from my wife and mother in law who both had it last week or I picked it up while traveling.
I'm not feeling very bad. Just congested.
This is the first time I've had COVID as far as I'm aware since the start of the pandemic.
I managed to be on my feet for about 12 hours yesterday with only routine bouts of nausea and fatigue plus some weird sensations in the skin on my face.
I'm taking it easy today and am working slowly on things. I've still got brain fog and some fatigue. No more congestion.
The immuno compromised partner of one of my students just got #covid (not from me) so it's definitely active here on the #Monterey peninsula.
I ended up sleeping most of Saturday. Sunday I felt pretty good and I was able to work on my truck for several hours, and went to Costco. Today I woke up with a headache and brain fog. This is pretty annoying.
Currently at MRY listening to the flight crew complain that the gate agent isn't at the gate yet.
Now the pilot is trying to operate the gate computer.
Now he's trying to get the gate desk phone to work to call the check in desk to get the gate agent (who is also the check in agent) to come so she can let the flight crew out to the plane.
#ForkedMeadow#California received about 4" of ice pellets and snow overnight although it's a bit hard to tell with certainty because the ground was warm at the start so much of the early precipitation did not stay frozen.
The overnight low was 19f and it's currently 26f.
There will be heavy thunderstorms today which would cause more snow for the meadows. It will be interesting to see just how much we get.
It's currently 24f and there's about 2 ft of new snow on the ground since yesterday at #ForkedMeadow#California which absolutely outstanding for the water year.
This is a relatively late and cold storm for the central #SierraNevada where for the last decade or so the snow usually has let up by April. But things aren't normal with the weather anymore in the #Sierras and the mountains are having odd weather just like everywhere else 😬
@Lizette603_23 the trees definitely are enjoying it! They're still recovering from a very long and deep drought. We need one more good winter before they should be recovered. Or at least the trees that made it through the drought... Mortality was quite high.