Sunday August 3, 2008 6:50 am Lethbridge

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A. Morning Musings

I feel like a little musing this morning.

I recall creating a small table of "long term" projects a couple of months ago. Now to locate it and have a look at it. I am motivated by the tray of slides I have near the computer.

Long Term Activities	Planned Activities for Today	Cumulative Total
Cull professional articles	Review Psychology articles	5 hr
Prepare pdf files of my papers	Digitize 3 professional papers	4 hr
Digitize slides	Digitize slide collection	10 hr
Put away stamps		0 hr

The above table was copied from the June 28 web page.

I have a few other activities that need some attention.

check local hobby store for magazine article on making HO scale switching machines.
install DCC control for turnouts
develop an exercise routine
review and back-up my digital iPhoto files
continue to read about the manual use of my digital camera
refinish patio furniture
continue to practise using my GPS device
return to some mathematics
return to regular literature reading
buy floor mats for camry

This list turned out to be longer than I expected. Only the first and last items have a simple solution and a well-defined end.

Learning Category	Planned Activities for Today	Time
Literature	Begin reading "A Farewell to Arms" by Ernest Hemingway	1 hr
Puzzles	Solve puzzles from "Hashi" book	1 hr

B. Actual Learning Activities

5:30 PM

I finally began work on refinishing our patio furniture. This is a set of 4 chairs, a tete-a-tete, and a round table, all made from cedar. We have had the set for 20 years and it is still looking good. Or it will be looking good when I sand down and refinish some of the weathered areas. The round table top has been sanded down and looks good. I still want to try sanding the edge of the top and the legs. Then it will be ready for the first coat of finish.

I also, finally, began reading "A Farewell to Arms" by Hemingway.