Sunday, March 19, 2023

The end of another trip


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Saturday, March 18, 2023

Final shirt du jour for this trip


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Hanging out with the big dragon at #sqlbits


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Friday, March 17, 2023

Geek party


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There be dragons here


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Shirt du jour


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Thursday, March 16, 2023

A very cool idea. Empty plastic water bottles and a fill station.


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Lego Steve found a dragon at #sqlbits


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Going with the official shirt for day 1


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Tuesday, March 14, 2023

Definitely not in Kansas anymore


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Sunrise on the plane and seeing land again


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Sunday, March 12, 2023

Calm before the storm


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Saturday, March 11, 2023

More drilling and tapping. I think this was the 5th one I've had to replace this winter


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Ranch Life

 I don't do a lot on the ranch anymore. With Tia's success, she has a few people she's hired, and the boys are pitching in since they live with us. That's great, and it reduces my stress. The boys have replaced trailer tires and the UTV throttle cable this year, which were a big help for me.

However, there are some things I still do. And some things that the boys don't know how to do. Today was a mixed chore day for me. Early morning yoga, then coming back and helping. An employee is out of town, so I had hay yesterday and today. A good hour of work there, and I noticed a few things, so that motivated me to fix a couple things today.

First was replacing a few of the threaded rods in the arena. These hold the fabric down by bracing a metal pole neat the bottom. Sometimes they get loose and the wind will wiggle them and snap one off. Learning to do this was an interesting chore, as I had to drill out the part of the screw that's in the base and then tap out new threads. Youtube to the rescue, and now I know to grab the drill, some oil, and the tapper.

I've replaced 5 this winter, 2 today. One was just loose and I could screw it back down. The other was quite a ways in there when it snapped, and I had to work to drill it out. Managed to make a nice blister on my palm, even with gloves.

Then it was off to replace a couple of the fence posts that were broken. We've started to fill them with wood rather than dig out and replace vinyl where possible. Two to fix today, dropping in wood and using some duct tape to brace the broken vinyl.

The last thing was resetting up my driveway markers. The ground is relatively soft now, but I do expect more snow before summer, so I picked up a few fallen ones and pushed the others deeper into the ground.

Not a huge day, but semi productive and I'm tired. Ranch work wears me out as I rarely do it and I'm not used to all the walking, bending, etc.

Saturday afternoon


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Friday, March 10, 2023

Working job #3 today


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Sunday, March 5, 2023

Great second day. Lost a close one and then 2-1 to go to the gold bracket tomorrow


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Getting ready for day 2


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Saturday, March 4, 2023

Warming up


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Thursday, March 2, 2023

Wellness day


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Tuesday, February 28, 2023

Monday, February 27, 2023

Made it to the middle of the country. Haven't been here in a long time.


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Usually I have to be careful with my phone around players. Apparently parents are no better


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Thursday, February 16, 2023

Working the dark side today


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Tuesday, February 14, 2023

A few ringers at volleyball practice tonight


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Friday, February 10, 2023

Dinner in Dallas. Hard Eight was excellent. Best brisket I've had


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Wednesday, February 8, 2023

Ce n'est pas bien


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On the road again. First of three this month


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Monday, February 6, 2023

How's your day going?


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Thursday, February 2, 2023

Monday, January 30, 2023

Bonus row. Back early from the mountains


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Coming home early because... responsibility


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Sunday, January 29, 2023

Day 2. Hanging out with these boys


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Love these young ladies. Looking forward to the season at @303vba


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Saturday, January 28, 2023

Enjoying a chilly day on the mountain


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Not a great start to our ski weekend. I guess everyone else has the same idea this weekend.


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Friday, January 27, 2023

Wednesday, January 25, 2023

Keeping out going tonight


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Tuesday, January 24, 2023

Completed the Rowing Challenge

 I joined the American Cancer Society January 62,000m Rowing Challenge this month, and today I completed the challenge. I logged my effort, and created a Power BI report to track my efforts. You can see it here: https://app.powerbi.com/view?r=eyJrIjoiODZmNTEyYjYtMTZlNy00ZDVlLTg2MWQtNTA3N2YzYzgwZDNkIiwidCI6IjIzN2RhMDYxLTRmNzctNDc4Mi04ZjU1LTk0MGYxOGI5NjJmNCIsImMiOjF9&pageName=ReportSection

Not the prettiest report, but it kept me motivated, by having me track against a goal.


The dark blue was the goal of 2k per day of rowing, which is about 8:30minutes for me. The light blue line was the actual distance for me by day. With some travel days, there some horizontal sections where I didn't row.

I tried to aim for 10 minutes where I could, and despite a slow start, I kept above the goal, and as of today, I'm quite a ways ahead.

We're out of town from Sun to the end of the month, so I have 4 more days to add to the total, hopefully getting to 70K.

 

Fastest row of the challenge. 2k/8:18 today and then a bit more to cross 62k for the month. Somewhere i missed a log in the fundraiser but I'll keep going this week and try to get past 70k Still raising money to fight cancer. https://ift.tt/U3I8HAL


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Saturday, January 21, 2023

Thursday, January 19, 2023

Not getting enough done today


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