Vacation Day 2

Yesterday I woke up after 7 AM, a little later than the day before. On the scale I was 235, a pound less than the day before. I tend to eat more sensible when I'm home rather than during the work week, because I usually just eat out at lunch during the week, or on the way home after work.

I had Eggo Special K Waffles for breakfast with Smuckers Sugar Free Syrup. Sarah has some non-healthy butter coming up for expiration in November, so I splurged and used some of that.

My first chore of the day was to work in the garage. I sorted through materials I have from Gordon Scott, a chess player who passed away in 2004. Gordon had copies of Chess Life magazine going back to the 70's. I contacted the US Chess Federation via email to find out if a collection that old is considered rare or not. I'd like to find a good home for the magazines - something better than my garage.

Gordon has a variety of older chess books, all in descriptive notation. I could eBay them and put the money in the Mississippi Chess Association bank account, but I'm not sure if they are worth much. I think I'll offer them to Steve. He likes old chess books and I know his brother has expressed interest in some of them.

I threw away a few things in the garage and put some more on the dining room table for Sarah to sort through. I started working on putting together a dining room chair that had fallen to pieces once when someone (not me!) sat on it. There was a piece to be glued so I did that. It'll be a multi-step process.

Sometime during this time Sarah and Connor woke up. They went and had breakfast with Sarah's family and Sarah's mom kept Connor most of the day.

After finishing up in the garage I started catching up on media. I catch up enough DVR material to get everything to 3 days or more until expiration. Then I watched a Doctor Who serial The Sontaran Expirement, which is one of the earlier Tom Baker serials. It made me remember what wonderful companions Sarah Jane Smith and Harry Sullivan were. They had great chemistry, both with the doctor and with each other.

Later in the day I started working on another project that has gone on for a while. My fence is 20+ years old and I've been replacing it in sections. The posts are in good shape, so I'm replacing 2x4's and the fence boards. I finished up the last two sections of the original fence line in the side yard. I'd estimate that all together the last few years I've replaced about 30-35% of the fence, and the rest still needs to be replaced. I ended up using 23 boards for the sections I worked on yesterday. I had to use a single screw in them in last night, because it was getting dark.