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Week of 24 October 2005

Latest Update: Saturday 30  October 2005 12:40 p.m.


Monday, 24 October 2005

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Cold weather has finally decided to make an appearance in the Triad. I think I forgot to mention on my page yesterday that the fairways at the golf course had light frost. Although the temperatures did not get below forty Saturday night, the golf course sits in a valley.

Last night it was down in the low 40's again and did not make it out of the 40's all day. It was cloudy and windy with Wilma sitting just off our coast. We did not get any rain from her on her way by. In the meantime they had spotty reports of sleet/freezing rain/ snow in the mountains of NC and VA today with freeze warnings in the mountains for tonight.

I finished up Murder In Hell's Kitchen which also brought a temporary halt to reading of my TBR pile. I picked up around 8 to 10 reserves at the library over the weekend. Bob started on them while I finished up the Lee Harris.  
I am now reading the newest Ayelet Waldman, Cradle Robbers. Juliet Applebaum finds herself trying to solve the mystery of missing babies who are taken into foster from moms serving short term sentences in a nearby prison. The babies are supposed to be in temporary foster until the mother is released from prison or handed over to a relative. Instead, the babies are disappearing without a trace. Waldman injects her humor as a mom trying to have a sleuthing career with a four month old and two other small children, marriage to a horror film writer who works all night and sleeps all day, and their live in a rambling old house. Her partner, libertarian and former cop Al, adds his own brand of humor while trying to make enough money to keep the practice open which runs out of his rat infested garage. If you have not read this series I strongly recommend giving it a try.

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Tuesday, 25 October 2005

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Not much in the way of news. I sat up reading last night until I finished the Ayelet Waldman. I am now reading another Peter Robinson, Inspector Banks mystery, In A Dry Season. I am just several chapters into it at this point. Banks has been sent to a nearby small town to investigate some old bones found mired in the mud inside an old out building. The funny twist on the location of the bones is the small mill village where they were found was flooded back in the last 60's to make a reservoir. It has now dried up revealing some of the buildings the engineers did not take down before the creation.

 Although I am covered up in projects at work things are not nearly as grueling as they were last week...so far anyway.

We had a little frost on the pumpkins this morning otherwise it has been cloudy and windy all day. We are to have these squally fronts come through all week before things warm back up a little by the weekend.

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Wednesday, 26 October 2005

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Thursday, 27 October 2005

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Not really much in the way of news thus not post last night. Other than work, busier than ever, reading Inspector Banks, and going to the gym it has been just another normal week.

Please, everyone keep your fingers crossed for us regarding the weather for this weekend. So far, we have decent forecasts for observing but they so often go south by the time Friday evening and/or Saturday evening roll around. It has been awhile since we have had the scope out and I am ready to get some in some observing.


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Friday, 28 October 2005

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Saturday, 29 October 2005

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The weather, as usual, went south on us last night. So, instead of observing we stayed home and watched the first season of The Vicar of Dibley. Oh gosh, is this show funny. The British can get by with so much more on TV than we can, believe it or not. It is not so much the words but the inferences and second meanings. If you have not seen this series I highly recommend it. If you do watch, be sure to let the credits role to the end. At the end of each show the lead character and her side kick tell a joke.

This morning I tidied up my office then ran errands. After lunch I vacuumed and mowed the lawn. Hopefully the weather will hold up for tonight. If so, we may try to get out under the stars. Other than a little windy the weather has been great so far today. Coolish, with temperatures in the high 50's to low 60's but that is still shirt sleeve weather for me.

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Sunday, 30 October 2005

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I trust everyone has a good night's rest with an extra hour of sleep. We did a two hour session at Bullington last night arriving home by 11:30. After setting the clocks back and playing some ball with Malcolm I was in bed by 10:00. I finished reading In a Dry Season before calling it a night.

We only managed to bag a few objects last night. Working on some very hard to find objects located in the Milky Way made things rather difficult and slow. Plus, a couple from the club came up to do some visiting and looking at constellations. Between taking time to talk with them and looking for objects we had a rather slow night.

The temperatures were really nice, chilly down into the 40's but no wind.

The dogs let us sleep in this morning until 8:15. No golf. Mom and dad took a short weekend bus trip with Frances and Al. Instead I ironed a load of work pants and shirts I washed yesterday, brushed the dogs, and cleaned house.

This afternoon I will watch the NASCAR race from Atlanta and catch up on some mail and reading on my side table. I am supposed to have dinner with a couple of friends tonight but am waiting to hear on time and location.

We had toyed with the idea of doing a short observing session tonight either at Bullington or in town at the soccer field but I do think so. We can start doing week night stuff thought when it is clear now that it gets dark so early.

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