Saturday October 14, 2006 7:50 am Lethbridge Sunrise 7:51 Sunset 18:44 Hours of daylight: 10:53

A. Morning Musings

7:50 am It is -2 C at the moment and foggy. The forecast is for a high of + 14 C.

My weight is steady at 184. A bit surprising given yesterday's dinner but I am grateful. The walk in the coulee may have helped hold the weight even.

I have 3 ongoing projects that I would like to finish in the next few days. One is to paint the bathroom vanity cabinet. Two is to get my North American birds data base up to date. Three is to get my iPhoto database keyworded. I would also like to get back to making progress with my model train layout. I would like to tack down the track for the outer mainline and get it fully wired for DCC.

From rear window	South patio
Both images taken at 11:30 am

B. Plan

Immediate
Health	Walk & exercise	1 hr
Chores	Paint new bathroom vanity cabinet	1 hr
Birds	Add September birds to North American data base	3 hr
Mathematics	Read & make notes for "Fearless Symmetry" chap 4	1 hr
Literature	Begin reading "The Major Plays" by Anton Chekov	1 hr
Later
Chores	Investigate water softeners for home
Technology	add keywords to iPhoto records	1 hr
	Read manual for cell phone
	Make notes for chap. 4 of "Switching to the Mac"
	Begin reading "iPhoto"
	digital photography - learn about using the various manual settings
Literature	Read "The Art of Living" by Epictetus
	Read "The Song of Roland"
Mathematics	Larson "Calculus"
	Read "The Computational Beauty of Nature" Chap 3
	Gardner "The Colossal Book of Short Puzzles"
History	Continue reading "Citizens"
	Watson "Ideas"
Model Trains	Continue wiring outer mainline
	Build oil refinery diorama: add ground cover
	Assemble second oil platform kit
Puzzles	The Orange Puzzle Cube: puzzle #9

C. Actual/Notes

9:10 am I have the doors off the bathroom vanity and have put plastic wood into the nail holes. I plan to paint the undercoat later today.

Now to put a solid hour onto my North American bird database.

12:50 PM I have my North American birds database up to date. Here are the new totals:

Year	Unique for year	Lifers
1994	14	14
1995	8	18
2003	53	63
2004	30	80
2005	1	80
2006	68	113

Now we are in a position to know when we see a new bird (either for the current year, or as a lifer). I am relieved to get this particular file up to date. I still have a little work to do keywording the iPhoto records.

D. Reflection