Monday June 19, 2006 5:50 am Lethbridge Alberta

A. Morning Musings

5:50 am The temperature is + 8 C with a high forecast of + 21.

Tonight is game 7 of the Stanley Cup final. The rest of the world is watching the World Cup of soccer.

It is time to get back to the yard work. The ground under the sidewalk appears firm and I am going to foego the tamping. Thus today will be parging (this should be fun - it will be another first for me) and sand. Perhaps, even, I will start on the patio stones.

As near as I can tell from the Web, both my MacBook Pro and iPod have been shipped from Tennessee. The days ahead should be interesting as I learn to use both.

B. Plan

Immediate
Chores	Apply parging to front basement wall	2 hr
	Buy sand and lay on foundation
Health	Walk & exercise	1 hr
Model Trains	Add blue backdrop to layout	2 hr
History	Continue reading "Citizens"	2 hr
Literature	Continue reading "JPod" by Douglas Coupland	1 hr
Mathematics	Gardner "The Colossal Book of Short Puzzles"	1 hr
Later
	Buy patio bricks and install
	Buy sealant for join between garage floor and wall
	Buy muriatic acid for removing mortar from blocks
	Clean mortar from cement blocks in rear fence
	Take 5th wheel in for maintenance	2 hr
	Investigate water softeners for home	2 hr
	Paint door frame white	1 hr
Technology	Read manual for cell phone	1 hr
Technology	digital photography
	try using extender lens and monopod	2 hr
Mathematics	Larson "Calculus"
History	Watson "Ideas"
Model Trains	Visit Lethbridge model train club on Tuesday evening	2 hr
	Review layout for under the table turnouts
	Wire lower mainline track for a power block
	Fasten lower mainline track to layout
	Draw schematic diagram of track layout	2 hr

C. Actual/Notes

12:40 PM The parging of the front wall by the sidewalk is finished. It turned out to be fairly easy and it looks fine so far.

2:30 PM The garbage bin for collection has just been delivered. We begin using them this Thursday. I consider myself an expert on this, having years of experience in Australia. I have decided to let the parging dry overnight before I begin to add sand to the sidewalk base. A quick check of the weather web site: 60% of showers today and showers again tomorrow, then sunshine. I may wait a couple of days before starting on the sand. I will wait and see what develops.

5:15 PM I have just finished reading "JPod". The hockey begins in 45 minutes.

9:15 PM It has just begun raining heavily. The game is over and the Carolina Hurricanes have won the Stanley Cup with a 3 - 1 victory. The game was well played by both teams. Now to move on...

D. Reflection