Tuesday, August 12, 2025
Three good things:
1. Had work done in the yard that should keep the lake from forming at the base of our front porch during heavy rains.
2. Spent some time video gaming with hubby.
3. Watched an episode of Would I Lie to You that had us laughing out loud.
Nice guide to retiring in the kingdom. I love living here. Found this person here I thought I would never have again. She has to put up with me. Our days are spent just the way #cambodia intends them. No rush. Just the speed of moments. #today I’m grateful for what I have. Also for what I do not have. The America I came from years ago seems a broken memory. Now is now. I’ll try to not frustrate my wife but I’m a barang. It all comes with the territory. Thanks Cambodia. Next week my friend David from Hanoi visits for a week. Have not seen him for almost 3 years. We will eat and drink and repeat as needed.
Take care all.
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501737470/guide-to-retiring-in-cambodia-in-2025/
1. Powered through a panic attack today.
2. Got some beet juice.
3. Have Cozi TV on with light hearted comedy.
#ThreeGoodThings #3GoodThings #Today
Events for the 13th of August from Wikipedia:
• 1990: A mainland Chinese fishing boat Min Ping Yu No. 5202 is hit by a Taiwanese naval vessel and sinks in a repatriation operation of mainland Chinese immigrants, resulting in 21 deaths. This is the second tragedy less than a month after Min Ping Yu No. 5540 incident. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Min_Ping_Yu_No._5202
• Holiday: Radegunde https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radegund
#history #events #historical #today @histodons
I had a quiet day #today. We are all processing some org changes that were announced yesterday at $dayjob so my 1:1's were a bit more subdued even if only one explicitly wanted to discuss the changes.
Good Evening from the English East Midlands
What a day!
I think it's been exhausting because of the temperature more than anything else.
I went to TaiChi this morning as usual - she's got us doing it to music now (dreamy plinky-plonky oriental tune) which gives the form a totally different vibe.
We're also making progress with the new form she's trying to teach us (possibly called 'eight methods')
I dropped off another two big bags of books at the charity warehouse.
No allotment today because there was an online meeting with Social Services about Kasa's previous failed placement.
I don't think I've ever been to such an unprofessional ramshackle get together before. A separate meeting is being planned.
The rest of the afternoon I was wandering around the Amateur Radio bands listening but not transmitting.
After tea watched some rubbish on the TV and added some more details to our holiday plan.
Slack message from my manager this morning: "Sorry to see you go..."
Took me a rather uncomfortable moment to realize she was talking about my transfer to another team, and not the next anticipated round of layoffs. #today
It's amazing how my MS attack just ups and goes away. Yesterday, yeah, I'm still wobbling about gingerly, being clumsy and sleeping a lot, as I've been doing for a week.
Woke up this morning, thought, right, I'll get on with today then... Workout, walk the dog early to avoid the worst heat of the day, come home, get straight on with a labour intensive job in the front garden I can do while it's in the shade of the big ash tree. Feeling good.
Then it caught up with me after sitting down for lunch and I snoozed in the relative cool of indoors most of the afternoon!
It appears that we are between rain drops raining lightly on us for my lunchtime #today. The clouds have even parted a little to let some sun shine briefly down on us. 
But it's still wickedly muggy-sticky, and one can witness clouds of wet billowing up outa the distant line of trees. So, I'm still not stepping outside to investigate it for me.
Instead, I'll busy myself munching on a fabulous summertime tomato sandwich for my lunchin munchin again #today. I think there is even a few grapes for dessert again. 
I just can't get enough garden goodies filling my mealtime eats. Especially straight from the garden to my lunchtime sandwiches. 
Heather has promised to wait until after my midday meal munching to start her household Honey-doin hollering. So, I get to munch n sip n such in relative peace n quiet #today. Though, I know that terrible Tuesday tub&tile task still awaits me. 
AUGH. The terrible trials n tribulations of the modern house husband. 
Every day I'm on #Mastodon I like to jot down #3goodThings #threeGoodThings for #today... things done, things to do, or just a good thing 
1. <geek> Having moved full time from Mac to Raspberry Pi, managed to get to grips with loading some bigish data (~18m records/table) using the command line rather than handy tools. A bit flumuxed by only half the lines loading, found to be the line ending. </geek>
2. Self-employed accounts done and a bit of tax paid. Good to keep on the right side of HMRC, wouldn't want them taking the place apart.
3. Two more days then off to the New Forest with the family, three generations, for a fortnight. On current forecast I won't be straying far from a shady spot with a good book and a cool beer. They can rush around on the kayaks and paddle boards.
Every #Tuesday morning, I stand on a street corner carrying flags and signs of #protest against the #Republican regime.
And I’m joined by a few friends and neighbors, as I was #today.
#RhRR is something hyperlocal I can do, so I do it 3x a week. https://rhrr.us
Here are a few shots from part of our group in front of the US Immigration Court in #Phoenix this morning.
10:11 —
I'm off to a really slow start to #myday #today.
Of course, I got the usual morning musta-doins attended to. Coffee fixing for morning and kitchen clutter cleared. But not much else. 
Not that I'm complaining or anything. I'm sure Heather will start hollering about some other Honey-doins that need attending to, soon enough. 
But right now, it's still sitting n sipping and listening to some music on my comfy couch until she does.
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So, I figure I might as well fill my time to bore y'all with more tooting about nothing. Lucky you's!! 
Haven't done my morning walking n stretching stuff #today either. My trust dusty step counter bit the dust, and so I've somehow misplaced my motivation to get off my seat n shuffle my feet. A replacement is enroute n should be here by Thursday. So, I suppose a little extra sitting n sipping until then won't hurt.
Hope y'all are having a lovely day. 
08:30 —
WOW. #myday has made a surprising morning turn to the better #today.
The wife was up sorta early for her and offered to fix me my bagel breakfast to go with a morning coffee refill. She even offered n shared her brick of cream cheese to smother all over my breakfast bagel with.
That's a real treat not often experienced. 
Kinda beginning to wonder what she's up to and when the other foot will fall. 
But, in the meantime, it's a happy chewing and coffee sipping morning munching start to #myday. 
#today #photography #nature #bloomscrolling
Any colour you like
Well...up and on the bike before sunrise today to get the rides before the rain and almost made it...about a minute after I took the second photo, it started to pour rain and I had to ride the final two miles in the rain...it was still fun and we sure need the rain...might go out for a swim after the rain stops...the temp dropped about 10 degrees when the storm came through and we needed that, too...good morning!
#today
07:32
Good Tuesday morning, y'all 
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It's a wet, lightly raining but still an extremely muggy-sticky start to #myday #today. The humidity is 100% ( of course it is, it's raining! ) with a horribly high dew point, matching the temperature at a nasty 76deg.
So, I'm sorta sitting n sipping and thinking my plans for doin are not gonna be including any outside in the rain n wet and ugly muggy #today.
I'm not sure what that leaves. But being terrible tub&tile cleaning Tuesday, I can venture a wild guess what Heather will have in mind.
Welp. Onwards n upwards. 
It's off to my morning coffee sipping and waiting to see what #myday brings my way today. Y'all do your best to have a decent day of dutifully doin' your gotta-doins today. OK.
A new day. A new chance to succeed.
A rare night. 8 hours sleep. Starting the day with the sun. A light day with few tasks after a busy day yesterday. A forecast that doesn't include 3 digits.
The year of Practice seems to be bearing fruit finally. I've been able to settle into a new, more or less stable, equilibrium this month so far.
Sometimes a simple change in perspective works wonders.
I hope you find an interesting outlook in your day #today
Good morning. Summer summers along. #Photography #Today #Summer #Chicago
Good morning and TZAG, friends.
The humidity as almost as high as yesterday but I am going for a run regardless. I need the exercise and time in the green. #today
My team at $dayjob has started to break up as new teams and work are starting. I have fewer 1:1's today. I may start on my next coding task or continue some writing I started yesterday to map out parts of my next larger project.
Good morning! Back to the heat and humidity today. The cooler weather was fun while it lasted.
I'm out to get a haircut soon and am on band camp pick up duty late this afternoon. What happens in between has yet to be determined.
We'll probably get some ice cream after camp pick up. These last summer days need to be celebrated. (Who am I kidding? I'd go for ice cream any time!) Seriously though, any chance to inject some fun and joy into the day is necessary nowadays.
