Monday June 26, 2006 6:30 am Lethbridge Alberta

A. Morning Musings

6:30 am The temperature is + 9 C with a high forecast of + 28. There is not a cloud in the sky. Perfect.

I am dragging a bit this morning. Maybe a coffee will help. Today, with a little luck, I will finish the sidewalk. I need to rent a "brick guillotine" and cut about 40 bricks to size to fit the edges. That will be a new experience for me. Then I need to sweep some sand over the layout to fill in the gaps among the bricks and to help stabilize the complete layout. I am looking forward to completing this task as it has been occupying much of my time for the last few weeks.

But first I have my scheduled coffee at 8:30 am.

B. Plan

Immediate
Chores	Install patio bricks	5 hr
Health	Walk & exercise	1 hr
Technology	Familiarize myself with the MacBook	2 hr
Model Trains	Add blue backdrop to layout	2 hr
History	Continue reading "Citizens"	2 hr
Literature	Begin reading "Seeing" by Jose Saramago	1 hr
Mathematics	Read "The Computational Beauty of Nature" Chap 2	1 hr
Later
Chores	Take cement blocks to landfill	2 hr
	Paint door frame white	1 hr
	Buy sealant for join between garage floor and wall
	Take 5th wheel in for maintenance	2 hr
	Investigate water softeners for home	2 hr
Technology	Read manual for cell phone	1 hr
	Transfer music to iPod
	digital photography
	try using extender lens and monopod	2 hr
Mathematics	Larson "Calculus"
	Gardner "The Colossal Book of Short Puzzles"
History	Watson "Ideas"
Model Trains	Review layout for under the table turnouts
	Visit Lethbridge Model Train club at 7 PM on Tues	2 hr
	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

7:30 am I continue to be amazed at the ease with which one can use the Internet to accomplish certain tasks. Just before we left Australia I noticed a book about Virginia Woolf in a friend's home but I forgot to note the details. I recently emailed her and she replied with the author and title. I have just ordered it using the Web (plus volume 3 of "The Story of the Stone" which I could not find while in Australia.)

8:3o am Coffee with Frank & Lance. A great way to begin the week.

9:30 am I rent the brick cutter-upper and begin to learn how to trim the bricks along the edges. I work slowly and steadily and am finished by 2 PM. By 3:30 I am finished sweeping sand into the gaps. The job is now officially finished, although I have to add a little dirt and grass seed along one side. The celebratory beer certainly tasted good. Tonight we will have a nice meal of pork ribs at a local restaurant. Then another deep sleep.

D. Reflection