Yesterday I had a great little evening bike ride. I ended up going to Clark Park to see what it looks like now that the fence is down and the park is open again. It looked rather spiffy. Besides new grass, there were new paths and lighting. I then took Chester Avenue up to 49th Street and turned up Walnut Street. Walnut Street took me to the ( Read more... )

Today is the big move. The shop is going from from 6th and South to 2nd and Market in Old City. As of yesterday at 6 o'clock everything in the store was packed. The movers were a godsend, giving us a boatload of flat art boxes in various sizes that were very much needed ( Read more... )

It rained in the bathroom last night. Mullica's toilet acted up or did something, not quite sure, but water was coming down like a rainstorm above the sink and shower. I ran upstairs and called to Vaclav. He came down and was as shocked as I was. However it turned out to be the OTHER apartment, not his. Despite having to clean everything up at ( Read more... )

This week things are pretty set for me. Today I'm at the shop but would like to do the gym before that. Tomorrow is the same story. Since I worked Thursday as well, today actually feels like a Sunday. I'm up at this hour since woke up around 6:15. About a minute after I woke up, the dustpan apparently fell off its hook in the cabinet under the ( Read more... )

I would prefer today as an honest to goodness day off. I'm not working for anyone until tomorrow and I just went to the gym Monday and Tuesday so I see no real reason to go today. After I finish this entry I'm going to have breakfast, wash up, take a shower and dress. After that I'd like to upload the pictures I took of the street and finally ( Read more... )

On Tuesday I did in fact go to the gym after finishing at Jane's. It was probably the best thing I could have done because by that evening I felt ten times better, even after biking home. Whatever sinus infection I have was pretty much sweated out of me on the treadmill. Now I just have a lingering amount of stuff up there that could probably be ( Read more... )

Today I'm working for Jane. Despite having a slight cold and not feeling up to it, I'm going to force myself to go to the gym afterwards. I won't do anything too strenuous, just running on the treadmill for half an hour and then some abdominal exercises. Later I have to send Albie an invoice for the survey and drafting I did yesterday. It's ( Read more... )

At noon today Im going to Albie's house and survey the first floor gallery. It shouldn't take more than an hour. I'd like to actually draft it today. Between survey and drafting I think I can charge for about 3 hours of work. Drafting also won't take that long, although I'm factoring in the time for making a new project file and title blocks. ( Read more... )

Laundry right now and then a bath with Epsom salts. Later Downton Abbey is on at 9pm. it's like Upstairs Downstairs on crack. Actually it's like looking at what happened with the social climbing American heiresses who married penniless English aristocrats in Edith Wharton's "The Buccaneers" only thirty years later. They've got electricity, ( Read more... )

The temperature is currently 15. I'm wondering if it's a good idea to bike down to the shop. It's really my hands that are bothering me and making me not want to ride. No matter what configuration of gloves I've used in the past it never seems to work and about halfway into my commute they begin hurting. Sometimes though if the ride is long ( Read more... )