Fall Rainbow

I was driving across 26 Mile in Northern Macomb this past Saturday when I spotted this rainbow. Not that you could miss it. I stopped to take a couple pictures in different places along the way home. The colors are a lot more brilliant, but I’m not sure if a better camera would have captured them or not. I drove over to the water front in New Baltimore, hoping to see it over the water, but it didn’t reach that far.

You can see more images in this Flickr set.

101 Degrees in the Shade … and Living Room?

Hi there. I’m your digital thermostat. Instead of keeping the house a nice steady temperature, I’m going to break today, and keep running until you get back home and do something about it. Farewell.

Now, if I had gotten a note like that yesterday before I left the house, I never would have left. But it seems the thermostat, which was acting a bit wonky earlier in the week, shorted out while I was gone. So, when I walked in the house yesterday from an afternoon of running around, I was hit in the face with heat. The furnace was running on full tilt, and the thermostat was completely blank. Unbelievable. The house was so hot, the doorknobs where warm to the touch. The thermostat was reading 101 degrees. I have no idea how long this was running for, but must have came on shortly after I left. It took almost 2 hours with the fans and windows open to clear the heat out of the house.

I guess you never know what’s going to happen when you leave home. I’m just glad I didn’t have any pets. Well, I know what I’ll be working on this afternoon.

It’s Fall Again…

I guess that means it must be time for me to dust off the old blog again. Strange behavior at best.

I know what you did…
Did everyone have a good Summer? I had a list of things that I wanted to do, some got done, while others, not so much. Over all I thought it was pretty good season. I don’t recall breaking any records in the weather department, which I think is a good thing.

Crazy Stuff
For the past two weeks, my sleeping schedule has done a full 180. After years of not being able to fall asleep until the wee hours of the morning, (remember I work 2nd shift), I’m now finding myself up and out of bed by 7ish in the morning. (2 or 3 days last week, and 4 in a row this week) Even crazier, is the fact that I’m liking it; I was never a morning person. We’ll have to see how long this goes on for.

WordPress
I updated WordPress today. Had a crazy widget grab all my Tweets and publish them as individual post, even though I told it not to. Hopefully I was able to delete them before they ended up in the feed.

Speaking of upgrade, have you upgraded your WordPress recently? I went from 2.6 to 2.8.4 today, so I know I was a bit behind. As they say, the cobblers kids have no shoes. I use it for other places and clients, but it’s good to have the latest set up on my personal space too. Up next will probably be a new theme.

Have a great day. Or, a great year, if I wait until next October

Monday, Monday…

Just doing a quick update today. Hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving this past weekend. Mine started out great, and crashed with a major cold early Saturday. It’s been awhile since I’ve been sick, and as usual, most of my cold supplies were expired so I had to replenish again.

I did manage to go out to a few stores on Friday, but not until late in the Afternoon. There was nothing I wanted, needed or couldn’t find online. Too many crazy people in one place is never a good thing.

On a more positive note: After a year of looking, and kicking the tires, I leased a new Dodge Journey this past Wednesday. I wanted to take a better picture of it, but I don’t think the sun ever poked it’s head out this weekend. It’s pretty roomy, even for someone of my size; There’s at least 4″ – 6″ above my head, depending on how I sit. Lurch is still sitting in the driveway. Hopefully he will go to a good home by years end.