Sunday, Feb 5.\u00a0\u00a0 This was a quiet day as I remember because I was still recovering from a busy week, and having some fluid in my lower legs.\u00a0 Finally, I gave myself a Bumex (diuretic) late this night.\u00a0 It worked and I was doing better Monday morning. Monday, Feb 6.\u00a0 Went to town today to pick up my old computer that died and the external drive with all the data files rescued from the hard drive.\u00a0 They charged me $35 for the work, which I could not have accomplished myself.\u00a0 This computer was a dual processor MacBook, and they had to go through the Mac side to get to the Windows side.\u00a0 I had never used the Mac side at all.\u00a0 I had intended to learn it for the graphics capability and the nicety of no viruses entering from the web through email or surfing, but sadly I never had time while teaching full time.\u00a0 All the courses I taught in the past 20 years used only Windows.\u00a0 Once I did teach a GIS course with Mac software, but that was LONG ago.<\/p>\n
On to exercise class where I led the last 20 minutes because our teacher had to be at a doctor\u2019s appointment; boy, do I understand that!\u00a0 Then on to visit the hospital for a blood draw for checking my INR.\u00a0 It was down lower than it should be (1.6) so my Coumadin dosage was adjusted.<\/p>\n
Tuesday, Feb 7.\u00a0 John went with me to town and shopped while I went for a massage.\u00a0 He was able to get my meds and buy a lot of grocery stuff on sale.\u00a0 Turns out we were both in town and could have easily picked up John\u2019s Subaru, but the message was left on the home phone while we were in town.\u00a0 We\u2019ll get it tomorrow.\u00a0 Tonight I had to go back in for music at Hearthstone.<\/p>\n
Wednesday, Feb 8.\u00a0 Food bank music and exercise and dropped off my new Toshiba at CWU for some software to be added that I need to be able to help students with their masters theses.\u00a0 This new machine has enough memory not to bog down as the old one, but when one transfers files from a hard drive, the previously loaded software does not come along; nothing on the desk-top does.\u00a0 That is a good reason not to keep folders or files on the desktop, plus your profile becomes very large that way, and it takes longer to start your machine.\u00a0 I managed to work on music transcription off the computer while John used his tonight, because I was able to download a second copy of my Finale SongWriter software to the new laptop. I still have to move files using a jump drive to the home computer to print anything out, but what a pleasure.\u00a0 This laptop is 2.1 pounds lighter than my last laptop; amazing!<\/p>\n
Thursday, Feb 9.\u00a0 Sadly, a morning message brought news that my 77 yr old third cousin once removed (on my dad’s side) in GA died of cancer.\u00a0 I’m happy I got to visit her last May while in Atlanta for my high school reunion.\u00a0 This morning I was up early to work on music to take to my group today.\u00a0 I only succeeded in getting one song in, and the other was too simple and had a strange timing, for Sweet Betsy from Pike, which I got from a new campfire book I bought with 100 songs.\u00a0 Another lady in the group brought me her copy of the music today, so I will check that out to replace what I gave out today.\u00a0 I never had time, but will make it soon, I hope.\u00a0 Also I tried to put in I’m An Old Cowhand, but I could not get the timing correct.\u00a0 I need to work with it some more.<\/p>\n
Today was otherwise fruitful.\u00a0 Got to the Rehab (where I was in 2010 for 7 weeks), and we had a good bunch of musicians there–10 !\u00a0 We enjoyed ourselves and the few people there to watch and sing along, did too.\u00a0 After that, I went to the University to retrieve my new computer.\u00a0 Then I stopped by our computer gurus place (who provide our link to WordPress for the blog) and who had copied my old stuff from the hard drive to the external drive, so they could help me pull in (import) my old email files from nancyh@ellensburg.com that go back to 2007 when I first transferred to that machine.\u00a0 I use software for email handling on that account that is Thunderbird by Mozilla.\u00a0 It took over an hour but Jason finally figured out how to change and transfer the old profiles for messages and address book to the new machine.\u00a0 He did not charge me, so we need to pay them off with Choc\/Nut Cookies made with our own walnuts.<\/p>\n
Friday, Feb. 10.\u00a0 I did not go to town today.\u00a0 Figured it was not worth burning a gallon of gas for 45 minutes of SAIL exercise.\u00a0 I helped lead the class both days this week (M & W) so I figured I would stay home and work on getting more software loaded on my new laptop.\u00a0 It’s getting all fixed up nicely, but it all is so time-consuming and I need to get to tax preparation.\u00a0 Talked to a bunch of people by phone about health problems of our two neighbors.<\/p>\n
I finally finished I’m An Old Cowhand.\u00a0 I just have to make some adjustments in the lyrics on the first line.\u00a0 They are too close to the notes and obscure them.\u00a0 Got that fixed, and then transposed for our clarinet player.\u00a0 Oh, I don’t think I said, I also changed the key for the whole band to play in C because I could sing the melody better.\u00a0 That’s easier to do with the software than the transposition from the band’s key to the one for a B-flat clarinet.\u00a0 I still have to do that manually.<\/p>\n
Saturday, Feb 11.\u00a0 Normally we try to post this blog on Saturday, especially early when we are headed to an evening function.\u00a0 We did not make it because we had two functions yesterday, and I’m just finishing this today on Sunday.\u00a0 We went to town, and John went shopping, and then he came by for the last part of our music and the food.\u00a0 They didn’t put on quite as much of a spread today as usual.\u00a0 There were chips and French onion dip, salsa, guacamole, and deviled eggs, of which I had 3 halves.\u00a0 The rest was desserts, muffins, cookies, and cake and breads.\u00a0 I only had a peanut butter cookie and some other neat cookie also with peanuts–it’s good not to be allergic to nuts.\u00a0 Three other spouses of band members came along and we had nice visits, plus with several of the newer members of the group in audience.\u00a0 On the agenda in the evening was a trip to George, WA<\/p>\n
http:\/\/www.ci.george.wa.us\/<\/a><\/p>\n . . . to hear a 5-piece band called Custer’s Grass Band from 7 to 9:00 p.m.\u00a0\u00a0 We drove my Subaru because John’s car’s new paint job is too overpowering to my nose.\u00a0 I knew I would be miserable for 45 minutes over and 45 minutes back.\u00a0 I was in bad shape, even with the window open and the AC on, going 12 miles to town in the afternoon.<\/p>\n Okay, here is the neat recount of tonight’s show.\u00a0 Nice cold and clear driving over to George, WA, out of the Kittitas Valley, over Ryegrass hill, and down across the Columbia River, and up to the Quincy Basin.<\/p>\n http:\/\/quincyvalleytourism.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n We made it there fine (after missing the turn on the only boulevard in the small town),<\/p>\n Copy and past this : \u00a0 \u00a0 “montmorency blvd, George, Wa” \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0. . . .<\/p>\n . . . .\u00a0into Google Earth and zoom in (note names of streets and the tree lined Blvd.) and zoom out (note the surrounding irrigated agriculture). \u00a0We\u00a0parked in front of the George Community Hall.\u00a0 Paid our $3\/each entry fee (to help with the utilities of the center).\u00a0 We were entertained by a group that has been playing since the early 1970s, with members from the Spokane area, mostly.\u00a0 A Dobro (or electric resonator) \u201cguitar\u201d player is from Montana.\u00a0 All the players have day jobs.\u00a0 We sat on the front row with the girlfriend of the mandolin player and she gave us some history.\u00a0 She and he are from Cheney.\u00a0\u00a0 She said the band first started playing under the name of Custer’s Last Stand.\u00a0 We bought their oldest CD, which was previously put out on a long-playing vinyl record, in 1972, and they are playing with a 17-yr old Marc O’Connor fiddle player.\u00a0 They originally met him when he was 11.\u00a0 Now of course, he is quite well known around the world.<\/p>\n http:\/\/markoconnor.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n The group does not have a fiddler, but they are composed of a bass player, dobro, guitarist, mandolin, and banjo.\u00a0 The banjo player also plays the mandolin, and the mandolin player plays the guitar, and the guitar player (lead singer) plays the banjo as well.\u00a0 All members of the group join in singing along at certain places in the songs.<\/p>\n They did some Flatt & Scruggs songs<\/p>\n http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=i8wZ8U5wQi0<\/a><\/p>\n Dobro player at 43 seconds in the above;<\/p>\n http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0_XAPku7SgE<\/a><\/p>\n They are really good and I hope to hear them again someday.\u00a0 They do not do a lot of presentations now.\u00a0\u00a0 I plan to keep in touch with the gal I was visiting with, and I just found her connection through her job at Eastern WA Univ.\u00a0 We made it back home by 10:00 p.m. leaving in fog, which cleared in just a few miles.\u00a0 The total trip was 99 miles.\u00a0 I will close now and send this to John to post.<\/p>\n Hope your week was great and this one will be even better. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 From Nancy & John<\/p>\n on the cool, sunny, with no snow,<\/p>\n Naneum Fan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sunday, Feb 5.\u00a0\u00a0 This was a quiet day as I remember because I was still recovering from a busy week, and having some fluid in my lower legs.\u00a0 Finally, I gave myself a Bumex (diuretic) late this night.\u00a0 It worked and I was doing better Monday morning. 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