What are you working on now?

[Zkribbler]

Then a replacement panel for one of the doors of my seagate. I'll most likely put my two goddaughters to work fashioning cat toys, like fishing lines with feathery bait.

Upon my carpenter's return, duh-duh-dah we'll replace the huge nifa roof on the little house & carport with metal roofing.`

I'm contemplating a couple of complex cat trees, each with a litter box at the base, canvas "carpeting" for scratching, and a window-level lounge platform at the top for sea and/or bird watching.

We've replaced both sides of the seagate, albeit they still need painting.
The girls made the cat fishing toys, but somehow they've never made it into the house from the orchid garden.
We've replaced the nifa roof on the little house with a metal roof (painted blue to match the big house). I ran out of money before were could replace the carport roof.
My driver suggested that he move his motorcycle out into the carport and convert the motorcycle shed into a really big doghouse. For some reason, this year we've been getting swirling rains which soak the dogs. Now they can hide.
The girls like to sit out in the sunlight to do the hand laundry. We now built a roofed-over area so they don't get k'bonked by coconuts.

Both my carpenter and driver are taking this week off to work on other projects.
The following Tuesday, I get my pension money.

I have a twelve-foot tall Christmas tree. For a decade now, I've always had the same gold lights and ornaments. Nice, but I'm longing for the more traditional multicolored lights and ornaments. My hope is the next trip into Tag for banking, will also find Christmas has arrived.

Still to do:
Set up Christmas tree. [The tree already has guy wires, so as the cats get bigger, they won't be able to topple it. I don't use tinsel, which if eaten, can kill a cat.]
Build replacement roof for the carport.
Paint seagates
Build cat tree(s).

 

[Birdjaguar]

@Zkribbler How about a picture or two of your place?

 

[Cutlass]

Made a little mini-patio to put my trash cans on.

 

[Zkribbler]

@Zkribbler How about a picture or two of your place?

Only once, have I been able to figure out out how to post a picture. So I know it can be done...somehow.

 

[Birdjaguar]

Only once, have I been able to figure out out how to post a picture. So I know it can be done...somehow.

Start with only one picture to learn the steps.

1. Take a picture; If you use your phone you can email the picture from it to your computer
2. Get it to your computer through email or some other means (if that is confusing, then practice with any picture you have on your computer)
3. Find it on your computer and put it on your desktop where you can see it (not opened, just the picture file: house. jpg)
4. Open CFC and size the window so you can see the site and your picture
5. Go to the thread where you are going to post the picture and click on the post box at the bottom of the page
6. Write a few words of text
7. Hit return to move the cursor down a bit
8. Drag your picture from your desktop into the post box; you will see dotted lines and it may take a few seconds to load. You can drag more than one into the post.
9. Select either full size or thumbnail
10. Hit post reply

 

[Angst]

Just got my mastered mix back for my miditronica/8bit. It's very good. I think I'm going on Spotify. ._.

 

[yung.carl.jung]

@Angst Is that GY!BE signature new? that's my favorite spoken-word bit in all of music, maybe. "the skyline was beautiful on fire, all twisted metal stretching upwards". just reading it gives me chills. I am also very partial to the "coney island hobo" bit.

The style really reminds me of Swans "Soundtracks for the Blind" voice bits, the way it fades in and out and the voice having kind of an ethereal quality to it.

 

[Kyriakos]

Thanks for asking. I am working on what I was working on for the last two months.
And I still have roughly 3500 words (out of 60.000) left :/

 

[Phrossack]

I've pretty much achieved my weight loss goals, and while that's great, I no longer have progress to look forward to in that regard. I enjoyed getting on the scale regularly and watching the progress.

I'm trying to come up with a new goal that is:

1. Beneficial;
2. Actionable; and
3. Measurable.

So far I'm thinking of push-ups, and possibly finally getting around to calligraphy with the starter kit I got years ago. The ink may all be dry by now, so I may need to order more.

 

[Synobun]

I've pretty much achieved my weight loss goals, and while that's great, I no longer have progress to look forward to in that regard. I enjoyed getting on the scale regularly and watching the progress.

I'm trying to come up with a new goal that is:

1. Beneficial;
2. Actionable; and
3. Measurable.

So far I'm thinking of push-ups, and possibly finally getting around to calligraphy with the starter kit I got years ago. The ink may all be dry by now, so I may need to order more.

Yoga is probably one of the more beneficial physical things you could do that involves monitoring progress. Something like push-ups gives you the clear incremental gain, but something like yoga has differently skilled poses that are each unique in difficulty and ability to maintain.

A couple of these probably aren't realistic for a dude, but an end goal for you could look like this: https://www.doyou.com/10-insane-yoga-poses-you-wish-you-could-strike/

The plus side is that dedicated yoga is beneficial for other athletic pursuits. The physicality of hockey players, for example, became more robust and achieved a higher ceiling through yoga. It's a large reason why the style of play changed so much between the 90s and today. It also helps with martial arts, if you decide to get involved in any of those after COVID. So it meets your three conditions for a goal, and it's relevant for many physical things you may choose to do in the future.

 

[Kyriakos]

Yoga is probably one of the more beneficial physical things you could do that involves monitoring progress. Something like push-ups gives you the clear incremental gain, but something like yoga has differently skilled poses that are each unique in difficulty and ability to maintain.

A couple of these probably aren't realistic for a dude, but an end goal for you could look like this: https://www.doyou.com/10-insane-yoga-poses-you-wish-you-could-strike/

The plus side is that dedicated yoga is beneficial for other athletic pursuits. The physicality of hockey players, for example, became more robust and achieved a higher ceiling through yoga. It's a large reason why the style of play changed so much between the 90s and today. It also helps with martial arts, if you decide to get involved in any of those after COVID. So it meets your three conditions for a goal, and it's relevant for many physical things you may choose to do in the future.

Of those I can do the corpse pose.

 

[Phrossack]

Yoga is probably one of the more beneficial physical things you could do that involves monitoring progress. Something like push-ups gives you the clear incremental gain, but something like yoga has differently skilled poses that are each unique in difficulty and ability to maintain.

A couple of these probably aren't realistic for a dude, but an end goal for you could look like this: https://www.doyou.com/10-insane-yoga-poses-you-wish-you-could-strike/

The plus side is that dedicated yoga is beneficial for other athletic pursuits. The physicality of hockey players, for example, became more robust and achieved a higher ceiling through yoga. It's a large reason why the style of play changed so much between the 90s and today. It also helps with martial arts, if you decide to get involved in any of those after COVID. So it meets your three conditions for a goal, and it's relevant for many physical things you may choose to do in the future.

Yoga is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be...unnatural.

 

[Angst]

@Angst Is that GY!BE signature new? that's my favorite spoken-word bit in all of music, maybe. "the skyline was beautiful on fire, all twisted metal stretching upwards". just reading it gives me chills. I am also very partial to the "coney island hobo" bit.

The style really reminds me of Swans "Soundtracks for the Blind" voice bits, the way it fades in and out and the voice having kind of an ethereal quality to it.

No, it's been there for years, I think! But it's easy to miss. GY!BE is my favorite band of all time myself, it's always excellent meeting another fan. I completely agree with everything - well, except that I really only listened to Soundtracks for the Blind once, so I don't have a good grasp of it yet.

 

[hobbsyoyo]

We toured our fourth apartment complex this morning and are about to re-tour the very first complex we looked at this afternoon as a couple more units just came on the market. I don't want to get ahead of myself, but I think I'll be signing a lease on one of these new units this evening. I'll be glad when this little project is behind me for sure.

The big downside is that we'll be moving in a full two months before our current lease is expired which means paying double rent unless our landlord can find a tenant to take this unit off our hands before then which is not likely. The upside to the downside is that we have a full two months to make the move instead of being rushed, which is especially nice given the little bastard will drop in that two month time frame. Plus, it's just up the street from where we live so we can cart stuff between apartments as part of a dog walk, saving us a bit of money on the movers.

 

[hobbsyoyo]

There's this alley off a park that I walk to every day and for a long time I've been wanting to move into that particular alley. A couple of months back a leasing agent told me there were 0 dog-friendly apartments on that alley, but she was a liar because I just signed a lease on one that was not only in the alley but also checked all the other criteria boxes we were looking for. I'm sooooo happy and I hope I don't have to move again for at least 5 years.

 

[amadeus]

I’m going through a lot of old junk in my apartment still when I’ve got a few hours. It seemed overwhelming at first but chipping away at it, I’ve made some good headway.

Being in a small, poorly-designed apartment (do you like wasted space? You’d love it here!) the work is more tiresome and time-consuming than if I had an efficient way to keep objects out of the way while I handle some areas.

Also being an “efficiency” apartment there is no graceful way to hide my shameful hoarding of old electronics and stuff that rarely gets used but retains value, both monetary and emotional.

The location is really the only selling point of this apartment. I’d be out of here in two shakes of a lamb’s tail if I could find a place I’d actually want to live in and afford in this area.

 

[Socrates99]

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• Socrates99
• Oct 24, 2020

Finished keezer.

Figured I'd post a finished picture of that keezer I was building. The tap handles are just ones I had on hand, I'll find something better down the road. I've been slowly working on it since my first post. Rushed to get it completed before my ankle surgery. Two taps of beer, one tap for a homemade seltzer (current one is a ginger mule) and one root beer tap for the boys.

 

[hobbsyoyo]

Today is my first packing day for the move. I also have to fill out more paperwork for the lease and reach out to my current complex to have the unit re-listed before our lease is up.

 

[Kyriakos]

Nothing.

Just relaxing

 

[Zkribbler]

Monica is arriving later today to help us set up the Christmas tree. We've found a place in Jagna that has mediocre pizza which is far better than anything we have locally and is far closer than Tagbilaran. So we'll be honoring Monica by bringing in lunch.

We had our two kittens neutered. I insisted because I don't want them wandering off the property in search of lady cats and I don't want them marking their territory by peeing all over my house. Only one vet would do it, and he was in Tag, and was expensive.

I have yet to do anything with the planned cat tree. We've temporarily lost our carpenter, and my planned use of canvass is a bust because the kittens hate it.

We're priming the panels before painting them for the replacement carport roof.

Something's going on at the little house. I believe they're building a "bench" upon which to place newly purchased flowerpots. I am blessed to have a cook with a green thumb. This offsets my infamous brown thumb. My place is a garden because of her.

Today, I'll tackle the mess I've allowed my bedroom to turn into. Papers, papers everywhere.