Basement is ready for drywall. Worker said call him after the holidays. I need to get the electrician in for a couple of outlets (like the one just hanging there) and get those cleaned up.
Moving along. One dumpster full of paneling, carpet, old flooring, and junk has been removed. I could not believe I had 7 old PC towers. Seven! I think 3 were mine. The rest were systems that family/friends brought to me but could not be saved and were never picked up.
I removed the hard drives and placed the rest in the dumpster. I'm looking at the old EIDE Hard drives. They aren't even SATA for crying out loud. I have a device that can read SATA. I think I have a device that will read the older EIDE, just have to find it.
It is mid December and there is too much chocolate! As you get older, for some reason, people seem to think you need more sweets. Somebody brought a torte and it had not been touched during the visit and they left it! It is about six inches round and six inches tall. It tastes like a fudgy (what fudge cannot be used as an adjective?) chocolate brownie with cream filling on the inside and iced with a gooey chocolate icing. It is much too rich and will end up in the trash or the garbage disposal.
Petit fours! Next time I want petit fours!
Years ago when I was young and living in Virginia we (my beau and I) did not have much money. I had not eaten all day and a co-worker/friend had gifted me a box of petit fours. Well, I'd never eaten those before. On the way home I ate a few. I swear I was drunk on sugar by the time I got home. Now I can order or eat petit fours all day long if I want to. I don't. The only place I've seen them served is at the Holiday Inn where we would have our Thanksgiving dinner buffet.
Edit: I almost forgot the reading. I finished two fiction stories so far this month. "The Midnight Library" by Matt Haig and "The Family Upstairs" by Lisa Jewell. I enjoyed both of them.
And movies. This week I watched "Christmas with the Kranks" a favorite of mine. I'm not sure I will get all the Christmas movies watched by Christmas but I suppose there is nothing to stop me from watching them into the New Year.
I am still blessed with being able to work from home. There is not much reason to go to any schools because most of them are working remotely and the equipment has been humming along. Hah! Which does not mean I have nothing to do. Far from it. I have a lot to do - I just enjoy it more because I can do it in the warmth and comfort of my own living room.
Oh, how about that snow storm? Eastern Ohio got a bit. But with the "working from home" there goes the once in a great while "Snow day" where you could go sledding with your kids or bake cookies.
