Three good things for today: 10/1/2026
- Survived the dentist. First appointment in getting a crown replaced. 🦷 🛠️ 💰
- Continuing nice weather.
- Watching the sporadic lava flows from the Kīlauea 🌋 volcano.
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Three good things for today: 9/26/2026
- After 3 days, the Moderna COVID vax side-effect headache is finally fading out.
- First time since Wednesday I was able to sit out on the patio and enjoy the afternoon sun. (See No. 1 above)
- Got the branches that came down in yesterday's windstorm picked up, cut up, into the yard waste bin.
Bonus: 4. Bacon 🥓 and eggs 🍳 for brunch. 5. Did I mention the vax side-effect headache is fading?
Three good things for today: 9/24/2026
- Did my semi-annual, at the equinox, furnace/air conditioning filter replacement.
- Watching the live stream of the Kilauea volcano's north vent spitting out the occasional small lava flow.
- Hot coffee on a cool morning.
Three good things for today: 9/27/2026
- Made Peking Duck Breasts for diner. 😋
- Pots and pans all washed up.
- Watch yesterdays really good Formula 1 auto race.
Three good things for today: 9/22/2026 - Autumnal Equinox edition
- Got out and exercised (walked).
- Made the appointment to get vaxxed (flu & COVID).
- Grocery shopping done.
Bonus: 4. 'Tis the autumnal equinox. 5. Sitting on the patio, cooling down after walking. 6. Big ole moon in the September sky.
Today's exercise: 2.54 mi walk in 47 minutes.
Three good things for today: 9/21/2026
- Overslept, got up and realized I had a dentist appointment in about 10 minutes. Got there only a couple of minutes late.
- Slept well, I guess...
- Had burritos for lunch.
Three good things for today: 9/23/2026
- Got vaccinated for flu and COVID. 💪
- Dropped some cardboard off at the recycling bins.
- Took care of an errand.
Three good things for today: 9/25/2026
- Got up relatively early.
- Today's headache is as bad as yesterdays (weather change vs COVID vax side-effect?).
- Morning coffee.
Three good things for today: 9/20/2026
- A fuchsia from last year did survive the extremely mild winter! Normally they are annuals here. It has come up and is blooming! (Since nothing sprouted in the spring, I had planted begonias on that spot.)
- Grilled up some steaks.
- Being serenades by a northern flicker while grilling.
Three good things for today: 9/19/2026
- Met my weekly exercise goals for the first time in a long time.
- Got out and exercised (walked). 🚶♂️➡️
- Bacon 🥓 and eggs 🍳 for brunch. 😋
Today's exercise: 2.54 mi walk in 46 minutes.
Three good things for today: 9/18/2026
- Benadryl with decongestant.
- Sitting on the patio in the afternoon.
- Figured out how to get MacOS Numbers to do print I needed.
The Maltese Futon
#FurnitureMovies
#HashTagGames
The Jungle Bookie
#SelfDealingAMovie
#HashTagGames
Three good things for today: 9/15/2026
- Grocery shopping done for the week.
- Put the new license tag on the old pickup truck.
- Set out a new wasp-hornet-yellowjacket trap.
- Spayed two wasp/yellowjacket nests tonight. (Not sure I got the 2nd one good enough. Was running out of spray.)
Three good things for today: 9/14/2026
- Got out of the house and got lunch from Jersey Mike's.
- Got out and exercised (walked).
- Did some necessary adulting tasks.
Today's exercise: 2.55 mi walk in 47 minutes.
Dog: We're smarter! Look at what we can be trained to do.
Cat: Ha! Look at what we train humans to do for us.
#CatsAndDogsDebate
#HashTagGames
Three good things for today: 9/12/2026
- Got out and exercised (walked). Working on getting back into regular walks.
- The usual bacon 🥓 and eggs 🍳 for Saturday brunch.
- Watch Formula 1 auto racing practice and qualifying.
Today's exercise: 2.55 mi walk in 46 minutes.
Three good things for today: 9/13/2026
- Watched a good Formula 1 auto race.
- Took a bunch of cardboard in for recycle.
- Ran an errand.
Three good things for today: 9/17/2026
- FedEx delivered my package. 2 days late, but it got here.
- Picked up 2 new cans of Wasp & Hornet spray this afternoon and used some this evening. 😈
- Marinated and grilled up some lamb 🐑 for diner. 😋
Three good things for today: 9/10/2026
- A Mastodon filter wasn't. So I deleted the old one and re-entered the items. It's now filtering.
- Placed an order for some interesting stuff I've been eyeing for a while.
- A much more mundane order was delivered.
Three good things for today: 9/16/2026
- The wasp-hornet-yellowjacket trap hung up yesterday is doing a good job trapping what are some type of paper wasp.
- Lawn mowed.
- Sitting on the patio after yard work.
Today's exercise: 1 hour and 13 minutes of yard work.
Three good things for today: 9/9/2026
- Watching the eruption precursor activity at Hawaii's Kilauea volcano. 🌋
- Quality time sitting on the patio at twilight.
- Did some necessary adulting.
Three good things for today: 9/7/2026
- Lawn mowed
- The impatiens survived the issue with the sprinkler valve and one has flowered.
- Finally picked up all the 1-inch PVC fitting that I had spilled in the shed a couple of weeks ago after replacing a sprinkler valve.
Today's exercise: 1 hour of lawn mowing and yard work.
Three good things for today: 9/11/2026
- Blooming backyard blooms: begonias, impatiens, snapdragons, and dwarf plumbago.
- Spent some time on the patio.
- After having the a/c on yesterday and last night, it's cooled back down. So the a/c is off the the windows are open.
Three good things for today: 9/6/2026
- Got out and exercised (walked). Trying to get back into regular walks.
- Quality time on the patio. Temps are still 10F below normal.
- Watch Formula 1 auto racing practices and qualifying.
Today's exercise: 2.55 mi walk in 45 minutes.
Three good things for today: 9/8/2026
- Sitting on the patio in the shade, warm afternoon sun in a cloudless sky, birds singing, occasional neighborhood sounds, while sipping...
- Mercer Brothers 2021 Reserve Cavalie Blend. 🍷
- Grocery shop[ing done for the week.
Three good things for today: 8/23/2026
- With the air quality in the 'Good' range and milder (upper 80sF) temp, I was able to spend a bit of quality time chilling on the patio. At some point, single malt Scotch whisky may have been involved.
- Watched a pretty good Formula 1 auto race.
- Disciplined a misbehaving popup sprinkler. 😜
Gone With The Schwinn
#BicycleMovies
#HashTagGames
Three good things for today: 9/2/2026
- Made a Denver omelet for lunch. Not sure if I've ever had one before. 😋
- A new Nick Zentner geology video came out today.
- Doing research on the extent of glaciation in Oregon's Wallowa Mountains.
Three good things for today: 8/2/2026
- No new fires in my area of the Nevergreen part of the Evergreen state (aka eastern Washington state).
- Only a few small branches down from last night's winds.
- With below normal temps (mid-80sF) and good air quality, I spent a lot of time on the patio: lunching, chilling, reading, sipping wine, etc.
Three good things for today: 8/8/2026
- Air quality has improved to 'Moderate' (yellow) after 5 days of 'Unhealthy' (red).
- Cut up yesterday's fallen branch and cut down and cut up 1 of 3 problem branches.
- Bacon 🥓 and eggs 🍳 for brunch. 😋
Bonus: 4. Watched IndyCar auto racing practices and qualifing.
Today's exercise: About 1 hour yard work.
Three good things for today: 8/9/2026
- Cut down and cut up some of the branches from the sycamore tree.
- Chilling on the patio after yard work.
- Watch IndyCar auto racing.
Today's exercise: About 1 hour and 20 minutes of yard work.
Three good things for today: 8/4/2026
- Morning coffee.
- Grocery shopping done for the week.
- Tweaked a sprinkler so it's no longer trying to water the house.
Hairy Plotter
#SpoofAFictionalCharacter
#HashTagGames
Three good things for today: 8/1/2026
- Another new Nick Zentner geology video came out today.
- Slept in.
- Bacon 🥓 and eggs 🍳 for brunch. 😋
Replying to
@raineyday@mstdn.games No worries. While I posted first, a couple of others also posted it.
Great minds think alike!
🤔 But I'm not sure how that applies to me... 🤪
Replying to
@SmudgeTheInsultCat@mas.to So, so true. I never got all the way through the manuals for my 2023 Subaru Forester.
Truth is a three-edged sword.
#TVShowProverbs
#HashtagGames
Three good things for today: 10/2/2026
- Watch the first of this fall's geology lectures from Nick Zentner and Central Washington University (CWU). This was on the Alpine Lakes Wilderness in WA from a now retired ranger.
- Got out and exercised (walked).
- Quality time on the patio after walking.
Today's exercise: 2.58 mi walk in 47 minutes.
Gary Paull - Creating the Alpine Lakes Wilderness and Protecting Glacier Peak Wilderness
Three good things for today: 10/6/2026
- A very entertaining HashTagGames.
- Grocery shopping done for the week.
- Watched a couple of interesting YouTube videos.
Three good things for today: 9/28/2026
- Lawn mowed.
- Quality time on the patio after yard work.
- Load of laundry washed and in the dryer.
Today's exercise: About 1 hr 10 min of yard work.
Replying to
@paul@oldfriends.live Yeah. I had to send some extra tax info to the IRS this year. They wanted it faxed. 🙄
The UPS Store has a fax machine, but the IRS's line was so busy it couldn't connect. Sent the info by US mail with delivery confrimation.
Some government orgs need to learn about e-mail and pdfs... 🤦♂️
Three good things for today: 10/5/2026
- Slow, smoke-cooked cooked a beef brisket to gnaw on for the next week. 😋
- The slow-cooker Cowboy Pinto Beans turned out OK. The dried beans (properly soaked in water) took twice as long as it should have to get softened up.
- Did some necessary first-of-the-month adulting in the 1st week instead of in the 3rd week. 😜
Three good things for today: 8/31/2026
- Went through a pile of stuff on the side table.
- Folder laundry.
- Streaming jazz.
Three good things for today: 8/5/2026
- Watch the latest Nick Zentner geology video on YT.
- Finished up some left-overs.
- Port Charollet
Three good things for today: 8/15/2026
- The usual Saturday bacon 🥓 and eggs 🍳 for brunch. 😋
- The package that was lost by an intermediate shipper was delivered by USPS today.
- Washed, dried, and put away a load of laundry.
Bonus: 4. Watched IndyCar auto racing practices and qualifying.
Three good things for today: 9/30/2026
- A package was delivered on time.
- Quality time on the patio.
- Today's pots, pans, and dishes washed and drying in the rack.
Three good things for today: 9/29/2026
- New Nick Zentner geology video came out today.
- Benadryl and acetaminophen for finally getting the sinus headache under control.
- Grocery shopping done for the week.
Three good things for today: 10/4/2026
- Quality time on the patio, sipping whisky, and listening to the birds
- The asters have started blooming.
- Watched F1 auto racing.