So I had a lot of fun over the past several days researching possible upgrades to our old surround sound receiver. It has been an educational week or so, and in the process I completely gutted our two entertainment center stacks of gear; vacuumed out the cubby holes where everything was, wiping it all down, […]
Tagged audio, HDTV, Music, receiver, videoThis is for all those audio/video geeks out there; I am perplexed by connectivity options for our audio and video gear, and have been overwhelmed by options. I think we may need a new receiver…. We mostly watch a DISH Network Dish DVR 508 that has S-Video, Composite video, RCA Stereo, and TOSLINK (optical for […]
Tagged audio, home theatre, videoWe had a fantastic Winter Gather with La Belle Compagnie warming and filling the house. We’ve used all the bedrooms before, but I can’t recall when we had need for more like we did this time. Planning was done for the Spring public shows (Military Through the Ages, Marching Through Time, and International Congress on […]
Tagged la belle, petsThe fun never stops at our house, we are cleaning the pantry and finding some… uh… er… rather old gems in the canned/jarred food category. Uh, a lot of stuff is getting disposed of since it is so old. Must develop a new habit of checking the pantry before going shopping or when in the […]
Erci rocks! She bottled the first five gallon carboy of Blackcap mead today while I cleaned the dining room and foyer, then we decorated the tree together and watched the cats pretend to be forest predators by stalking each other and us from under the branches of the artificial tree. We’ll have to get more […]
Tagged Holidays, House, meadThings are finally beginning to slow down from the frenetic pace of political campaigning, preparation for ballroom dance showcases, and launching a major new product at work. The election is over, and great progress was made. The dance showcase event is over, and we had fun and no dance partners ended up on the floor. […]
Tagged Music, PersonalIt was a pretty spectacular weekend. Friday night after work I hit The Ballroom Studio for one last practice for showcase routines with Michele and Cassandra and attended the dance party. Saturday, Erci and I hit practices with our different formation teams, and I snagged lunch with Pranu; then Saturday night was the big showcase […]
Tagged Dance, gardening, weekendI must be dreaming. Three days in a row with no need to close windows nor run the air-conditioning. Gorgeous weather, can it really be August near Washington? Temperatures are still getting up to 90 in the afternoon, but there is so little humidity that it’s comfortable to be active, work, or even exercise without […]
Katchmark came out and gave an estimate to fix the roof leak. At least it is going to get fixed in the next week or two, but it is not cheap. Broken pool baskets replaced too, yippea! Pool Boys (the company) rocks.
Nice gentleman from A&E repair came out and fixed the dishwasher this morning. It turns out that the Fisher&Paykel DishDrawers do not use a water level sensor, but they measure drag on the impeller to know if enough water is in the drawer to start the wash cycle. Our impeller was busted, spun too easily, […]
