While the wife and daughter mostly rested, being down with mild colds, I was busy, busy, busy.
After taking care of some financial stuff that had backed up while I was in Mission Viejo, I then turned to other business. First, I scanned some out of print Speed Circuit tracks for a fellow in France. These have been shipped off on a CD, and hopefully I’ll get a game back in trade: either Tigris and Euphrates or Modern Art. Yet again, Board Game Geek comes through. I then went off to the post office to mail the CD, thence to Trader Joes to do some grocery shopping. Those of you that don’t have the pleasure of a Trader Joes are really missing something.
I then toddled off to Best Buy to pick up some new CD Storage Units. These puppies are wonderful, soaking up gadzillions (well, up to 756) CDs. I got two units; I’ll probably be getting one more tomorrow to make a more uniform look. This is allowing us to get rid of a batch of mismatched CD and Videotape storage units. ellipticcurve may be the beneficiary for some of these. I spent the afternoon and evening loading these up. With what, you ask? I came back from Mission Viejo with a load of CDs that were my dads that didn’t fit with my stepmother’s musical tastes. Some didn’t fit with mine either; I’ll be putting those up on Amazon Marketplace.
I also had to fold in the shipment that came in from Amazon. This shipment included On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen for gf_guruilla; Follies (1971 OBC Highlights); Side by Side by Sondheim (1976 OLC); Sweeney Todd (1979 OBC); The Best of Randy Newman; How to Succeed In Business Without Really Trying (1961 OBC); Sherry (2004 Studio Cast); and Lucky Stiff (2003 OOBC). It also included the DVD of The Great Race—now I can introduce ellipticcurve to this movie. Push the button, Max.
We were able to get the roof repaired today. Looks like we’ll need to put on a new roof (2nd layer) this summer. Today’s roofer gave a verbal estimate of $5K with 30-year shingles. I don’t think we need 30-year shingles. Our 20-year shingles lasted 15 years (I don’t understand it either), and I can’t see being here another 15 years… plus they would be a 2nd layer. We’ll get some more bids as the spring comes.
Time to finish another mug of tea, and then go to bed. If the weather is better, perhaps tomorrow I’ll organize the donate pile in the middle of the garage so we can call National Council of Jewish Women for a pickup; alas, I don’t think it will happen before the end of the year. Can you tell I’m the son of an accountant?
