Our new computer arrived Friday, I put it together Saturday and turned it on for a few minutes to make sure everything was okay – it was. Today DH had his first lesson. Before retiring he worked for a privately owned company, efficiently run and very productive. It was a good target for a much, much larger corporation that bought this well-run, productive, and-did-I-say-profitable company and changed just about everything. One of the first things they did was bring in lots of guys in three-piece suits and computers for everyone. DH learned a few computer basics but work just wasn’t as much fun for these corporate types and he was glad to retire when he did. Bad news: DD’s car is gasping its last breath. Good news: There is a buyer for the car, breathing or not since he’s a VW fan who has eyed this car ever since it belonged to DGS. I asked DD if she could take the bus to work but she didn’t think that was very funny. Tomorrow she starts work at 4:00am and will be driving in Hemet three days this week. They bid on these bus routes by seniority and she knows it will be a couple of years before she gets a good schedule. She enjoys it though and the benefits are worth hanging in for.
DH and I are starting to get some things done around the house that had been postponed while the boys were here. This weekend I removed the wallpaper in DGS’s room and we will paint it next weekend. I’d like to add wainscoting in the computer room, and in the kitchen – well, the cabinets need to be refinished. And now that I’m thinking about it, our bedroom could use a new fresh coat of paint.
Want to major in bagpipes? Last fall UC Riverside began a degree program in bagpipes and Scottish drums. The chairman of the music department is convinced that once word is out as to the who their pipe and drum directors are, people will flock to the program. And what do they consider a flock? Ten students in the program three years from now! Apparently music tastes and numbers constituting a flock are subjective.
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Steve was my computer teacher and an impatient one at that. So, I just started clicking stuff and figured out most of what I know by myself. I do wish I knew more creative things to do tho....
This weekend the sun was out and it was 60!!! Still lots of snow here but the sun did a good job of melting some and the rain today will do the same.
I have several projects going on in the house...wood along the stairs, covering my grandmother's chairs, fiddling in the bathroom...new faucet, waiting for the shower door to go up, paint test spots on a bedroom wall...it has been a long winter.
As for the pipes. We have two groups here in our little town....St. Joseph's and Albini Falls. Honestly, the pipes are beautiful to listen to...and to watch the lead piper use footwork to indicate sound changes is fascinating. There is a mix of young and old pipers and drummers...some high schoolers. I do have to wonder however and the rush to take that class...in Riverside. My youngest son is a grad of UCR. great place.
Does DD have an idea for transportation?
Redecorating a newly emptied nest can be such fun. There are so many possibilities. I look at our house now and wonder where we put all the kids that grew up in it. Have fun!
Mom, we are having more fun than we ever imagined just thinking of all the things we can do to our empty nest.
Rosemary, husband loves the pipes but I haven't learned to appreciate them like he has. UCR is a wonderful place - looks good for getting a medical school there soon. Re our daughter, we've loaned her money to get a car so she isn't stranded.
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