Did I mention that my bathroom scale broke and I finally bought another one? It appears that I\u2019m up at least five pounds, though my doctor today said I look fine. I suppose he\u2019s the only one who ever sees me with my shirt off, but he also only sees sick people.<\/p>\n
I must say that two weeks after getting the Nest working it seems to be working just fine. A little too well, since the thermostat is in a room that we don\u2019t go through that often and it thinks we\u2019re out a lot of the times. You just have to walk around through that room and it figures out you\u2019re not out. I think it\u2019s probably a good thing, really.<\/p>\n
I was bragging that I didn\u2019t buy anything on Black Friday but I think I lied. I bought a light bulb, several electrical boxes, and a bore scope. I thought I\u2019d use the bore scope to look around inside the ceiling to put in some smoke alarms, but I got very, very lazy instead. Heck, it took an hour to put in the one where I had access to the crawlspace above it which involved some crawling around in an attic. But now my 2nd floor has two smoke detectors and one combo smoke\/carbon monoxide detector. The basement has a carbon monoxide detector now. And I still have to put in two smoke detectors and one smoke\/CO detector on the first floor.<\/p>\n
On that weekend I also bought an Apple TV. I think I\u2019ve been duped, though. I just watched \u201cThe Expendables 2\u201d on it and thought the image was kind of crappy. So I switched to my Chromecast, which was much cheaper and simpler and the picture was much better. Sheesh. I sure hope the iTunes movies look better.<\/p>\n
Oh, and the fat guy (me) also didn\u2019t go to the gym today. I feel sore and tired and isn\u2019t that a good reason to take an extra day off? It\u2019s also 32\u00baF outside which is nothing for most people but butt-cold for an Oregonian. It\u2019s even supposed to be down in the teens this week. If I wanted to live somewhere that cold, I\u2019d move to Canada or Nebraska or something. Yeesh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Did I mention that my bathroom scale broke and I finally bought another one? It appears that I\u2019m up at least five pounds, though my doctor today said I look fine. I suppose he\u2019s the only one who ever sees me with my shirt off, but he also only sees sick people. I must say that two weeks after getting the Nest working it seems to be working just fine. A little too well, since the thermostat is in a room that we don\u2019t go through that often and it thinks we\u2019re out a lot of the times. You just have to walk around through that room and it figures … Continue reading Things that work and things that don’t.<\/span>