Won’t be much snow left anywhere after today, especially with the rain showers, not that there was a lot locally. But also not a lot up north, though most of the roads are closed for the winter. But it will be nice should I decide to head out this weekend. The thing I need to watch for is the risk though of snow come Sunday.
Today. Feels like … October 29th.
Showers likely, mainly after 5pm. Cloudy.
South wind 3 to 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
and
56 degrees
,
4:23 sunset.
Tonight. Feels like … October 18th.
A chance of showers, mainly before 9pm. Cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy.
Calm wind becoming northwest 5 to 8 mph in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Good morning! What day is it? A Pseudo Friday for Me, of course. ☺
Work weeks go by much faster when you take off Thursday and Friday. Of course the real payback comes January when I am super busy with work.
Cloudy and 53 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☁️ There is a south breeze at 6 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 52 degrees. Temperatures will drop below freezing at tomorrow around 11 pm. ☃️
Lots of people out walking 🚶 on this very mild day. Nice start to the day though rain is coming later. Another dark morning to start the walk but getting brighter now. Running a little late but I am hoping if I can shower 🚿 quickly I can still get the express bus 🚍 downtown.
Glad the heat is off and the windows open. 🔳 Fresh air is always nice and there is something about paying for heat that I really despise. Maybe it’s because I don’t control the efficiency of my apartment outside of adding extra sealing to the door but more that I feel like every dollar 💵 I spend on heating is stealing from my future. But I can’t control winter ☃ but I can keep the thermostat down. Do look forward to eventually heating with wood harvested from my own land.
Spectrum sent me yet another ad for cable TV 📺 and internet. I find it hard to believe after all these years they’re still trying to get me as a customer. But these days with low cost unlimited data plans virtually being the norm and smartphones 📱 virtually being able to do everything – plus 5 gig Hotspot for free each month, I can’t imagine getting internet at home, especially living through the pandemic without it.
Got paid yesterday, and listened to Godspell’s Day by day. It’s just one more check, one more buck or thousand odd to go into retirement and investments. It’s been a tough year on the markets, and while I’ve worked to invest more, it’s hard to override the pull of the drop in both the bond and stock markets. 📉 Things will improve some day I tell myself, all the stock and bonds I’ve bought over the years will eventually add up once the markets recover. It is kind of disappointing though to watch the numbers slide in the wrong direction though, as you hope for a better tomorrow.
Need to get my truck inspected fairly soon. 🔍 At least by the end of the month. 🚚 I didn’t want to do it this week as I planned to head out of town. 📞 Maybe I’ll call on Friday, after I find out if I have jury duty next week or not. Of course that in part depends if I head out of town too. Wednesday is a good day for me as I’m working from home, but I don’t know if I can get an appointment that soon.
Continuing to work on the Free Code Camp class. 🖥 Still learning a lot – I think the things I’m learning about the grid model now will greatly improve my productivity when it comes to web 🕸 design. That said, learning isn’t always fun. 😤 Sometimes the class explains things and when it’s time to code I can’t get it to work without multiple tries. Sometimes I just feel plain dumb. Other times I wonder why the class is boring 💤 me with the same old shit I learned years ago. But I get its part of the learning process. The class though is giving me neat ideas 💡 for a new blog theme. I want to learn more from the class before I start writing it but I’m thinking a fresh new blog theme would be of order for the new year.
Definitely leaning towards heading out of town for a few days. ⛺ Thursday and Friday I have off. Not a lot of snow up north or even in Central New York. The thing is I need to plan on being somewhere on Friday that I can check on my jury status for next week 🧑⚖️ and let my employer know and plan what days to take off next week, namely Thursday. I think I’m going to take off the week before Christmas.
The weird shit they sell at the Empire State Plaza Christmas Bazzar 🎁. Every year I have to think how odd that stuff is. The things marketed by crafters to civil servants though is particularly odd. That said I’m not into that whole Christmas thing, I think it’s kind of silly.
But then things should improve for the days I have off. Rain is holding off for the morning but I’m not sure if I’ll be able to walk in the park at lunch or will be relegated to the Concourse. Probably have to take the local bus home.
For the days I have off it looks decent though I’m not sure what my plans are. Regular season is done up north but there is still some snow around and most of the seasonal roads are closed for the winter. I’d rather wait another week to do any camping in the Southern Zone when things are quieter. Probably take off all of the week before Christmas assuming that I don’t have jury duty. But I guess it doesn’t matter as I’m going to loose the time regardless at the end of the year as it doesn’t roll over.
Today. Feels like …
November 8th.
Rain, mainly after 10am. High near 52. South wind 5 to 8 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
and
52 degrees
,
4:23
sunset.
Tonight. Feels like …
September 27th.
Rain. Low around 48. South wind 8 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
and
48 degrees
,
7:10
sunrise.
Wednesday. Feels like …
November 1st.
Rain likely, mainly before 1pm. Cloudy.
South wind around 6 mph becoming light and variable in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
and
55 degrees
,
4:23
sunset.
Wednesday Night. Feels like …
October 15th.
A chance of showers, mainly before 10pm. Mostly cloudy.
Calm wind becoming northwest around 6 mph after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Dark start to the morning as the sun rises later and it’s starting to rain. Got to get out before it picks up later.
Light drizzle and 37 degrees in Delmar, NY. 💧There is a south-southeast breeze at 6 mph. 🍃. Temperatures will drop below freezing at Friday around 1 am. ☃️
Backon plan with the steps. 👣 Yesterday did 16,400 steps and this morning I’m out walking 🚶 in the drizzle well before dawn so I hit my goal 🥅 and then some to make up
Walked past a Dead Skunk 🦨 in the road. 👃 Amazing how sensitive human noses are to sulfur. Apparently somebody must have reported it as animal control was picking it up when I was heading down to the express bus 🚍.
Continuing to study responsive web design. 🕸 There is a lot I didn’t know about the CSS Flex model. I am finding it a bit of a challenge to learn but it’s so much cleaner and better than the old CSS box model I’ve used in the past for responsive design. I’ll finally master it and pass the test. The thing is it’s a free class and a computer 🖥 is grading it so no pressure. I knew some in the beginning and probably my eyes 👀 glazed over on the class while I was learning new stuff. Next is the CSS Grid model which also seems useful to master than on to Javascript and eventually D3js. The more advanced classes seem really interesting in part because they are things I know absolutely nothing about but could make great visualizations and be major time savers.
Maybe thinking about refreshing the blog theme. 📝 I hate working with the old box model for multiple columns which is why my current blog is mostly one 1⃣ columns. The box model sucks for responsive design which is why I’ve avoided more complicated designs. But with the things I’m learning I can do something much lighter and nicer using flex. I like full screen pictures – they seemed to open a window on the world 🗺 during the pandemic but like everything time marches on.
Happy Pay Day. 💸 I haven’t gotten the text message that the pay check has hit the bank account yet but last week was rent week and my insurance bill also was the same week and I need to pay my credit card 💳 which has extra on it because I needed to replace worn out clothes. I am trying to build up checking, as I want to do one more extra stock market buy before the year is over — to expand my investment portfolios so I can get closer to buying land. But I need to make sure I have funds cleared before I can do that, though I’m a bit concerned that I’m not going to get the deal I want because the market lately has been on the upswing. 📈
On again off again I look at property and land on Internet. 🚜 It’s kind of a fun activity to do when I have some downtime to see what’s out there on Landwatch and Zillow. Mostly undeveloped acerage, but also smaller sized-homes and farms. Things that are small, easy to clean and maintain, and can be heated with wood — and possibly fully off-grid, up in mountain somewhere. With at least 20 acres, preferably more — and enough distance from neighbors so I can do lots of shooting 🔫 and burn things 🔥 without pissing them off. It’s just interesting to see what’s out there. Much more affordable the more rural you get for more acerage. But truth be told, I’m not really wanting to buy a property in New York State but it’s interesting to watch. Time buys more time to save and investments to grow, which has kind of been on a downswing lately.
Need to think about getting boots. 👢 It’s getting to that point with all the walking that my boots are really worn out again. Happens every 6 months or so. I wish I could get boots that hold up better but I’ve spent more for fancier brands and they don’t seem to hold up much better. At least lately I’ve been doing more to keep them waterproofed and dry which helps both with the foot stink 🦶 and keeping the leather from ripping.
Not sure about the weekend. ⛺ I am thinking about going up north but only if it’s decent. 🛻 Big game season is done up north, and there isn’t that much snow, but I don’t want to freeze. But I also need to figure out about how I’m going to find out on Friday if I have jury duty the following week, 👩⚖️ so I can let my employer know and plan appropriately. I feel like I am more likely to get called next week, as I’m juror number 189 in the system, and I figure they probably call in like 100 or so a week. But that’s just a wild guess.
Joined this funny welding group on Facebook. 🥽 Some people do some real crap welds, but it’s apparently also a skill. It’s tough to be steady and land the dimes perfectly on the metal, getting a good solid bond. But it’s a good skill to have, as it means you can fix a lot of things you might otherwise just throw away as garbage. Essential skill certainly on the farm 🐮 and in more remote county. I’ve always thought it was a good skill to learn, maybe some point I’ll take class at a local community college. It would be cool if I could built a really awesome incinerator with metal that burns hot and completely, without much smoke, stink or pollution. 🔥
In four weeks on January 2 the sun will be setting in the west-southwest (239°) at 4:35 pm,🌄 which is 11 minutes and 11 seconds later then today. In 2022 on that day, we had snow showers, cloudy, mild weather and temperatures between 49 and 23 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 34 and 18 degrees. The record high of 61 degrees was set back in 1890.
Rain ☔ and clouds ☁️ for Tuesday into Wednesday. Then hopefully better for the second half of the week. So far so good, I’d like to get up to the Adirondacks later this week. Days are getting short as we approach the first day of winter, but so far fairly mild. Regular season is done up north, and there is not much snow up there. So it might be nice to get away for a few days, though I need cell service come Friday so I can check if I have jury duty for the following week — so I can let my employer know, plan future days off, and figure out when I can get my truck inspected.
Today. Feels like … November 28th.
Increasing clouds.
South wind 5 to 10 mph.
and
44 degrees
,
4:23 sunset.
Tonight. Feels like … November 7th.
A slight chance of rain after 4am. Mostly cloudy.
South wind 6 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
and
34 degrees
,
7:09 sunrise.
Tuesday. Feels like … November 16th.
Rain, mainly after 10am. High near 49. South wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
and
49 degrees
,
4:23 sunset.
Tuesday Night. Feels like … October 1st.
Rain. Low around 46. South wind 6 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
and
46 degrees
,
7:10 sunrise.
Wednesday. Feels like … October 29th.
Rain, mainly before 4pm. High near 56. South wind 5 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
and
56 degrees
,
4:23 sunset.
Wednesday Night. Feels like … October 18th.
A chance of rain, mainly before 7pm. Mostly cloudy.
Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
I’m happy it’s only a three day week for me. I took the second half of the week off.
Clear and 24 degrees in Delmar, NY. 🌅 Calm wind. 🍃. Heavy frost, the air has that acidic taste of corn 🌽 silage on it. Things will start to thaw out at around 9 am. 🌡️
Crisp morning today ☀ but expected to warm up quickly into the mid to upper 40s today. Going to need to close my window shades when I get into the office as it’s going to be sunny. Chilly for the morning walk 🚶 but should be nice for the afternoon walk.
Saturday was the Save the Pine Bush Hike 🌲and Sunday went out to see the folks for Sunday lunch 🍲 which was a nice big pot of turkey 🦃 stew. Didn’t do as good at getting my steps 👣 in both days, only did about eight 8⃣ miles between both days. Hiking in the Pine Bush Preserve was quiet 🐦 but I didn’t stay too long as it was drizzle and heavy rain and severe weather was predicted for the afternoon.
Spent a lot of time working on the freeCodeCamp. 🖥 They are pretty intense but are very interactive and give you a lot of experience and practice coding. Right now I’m working on the responsive web design course – which wasn’t my first choice but they recommend doing all the courses in order and I’m learning a lot as I’ve not kept up with all the latest in responsive web design. 🕸 The advanced Javascript and machine learning classes are far more interesting to me. But all my skills need brushing up as I’ve learned from the class. Doesn’t use much bandwidth on my laptop which is nice too.
