A Light Day / Snacks And A Korean Drama

 

Song:  No Direction (main theme to One Spring Night)

Artist:  Rachael Yamagata

I started out late morning with a craving for tacos once again.

I decided to eat the below package I had gotten from 

Cripple Creek Market.

These were also so good.

For today's light project...

I had earlier spilled some epoxy on the tiles in the great room...

and so...

I first spread on this solvent and let it sit for an hour.

I then used this scrubber to get all of the epoxy off the floor...

that I could see.

I then sprayed on general purpose cleaner over the area...

and wiped it up.

I will wait until I have the morning sun directly beaming on the area 

to ensure I had gotten everything up.

For the rest of the evening...

I decided I would just watch a Korean Drama

(One Spring Night)...

and eat some snacks.

I don't usually eat sweets or chips...

but for movie night...

I splurge.

My favorite popcorn so far.

It fully pops in 1.5 minutes.

I have been buying many types of popcorn to test to see which one I favor...

as once I set up downstairs as a movie theater...

I will keep a stock of it on hand downstairs for easy retrieval.

Bandi settled in for movie night on my bed.

I put on the drama...

and Bandi and I started out eating chips and dip.

After we finished the bag and dip...

we finished off two fruit pies.

As we were still hungry...

we then started out on the large bag of popcorn

(we ate about 1/3 of the bag before finally filling up).

I greatly love Korean and Japanese dramas.

'One Spring Night' is on Netflix...

and like almost all of the Korean and Japanese dramas...

they are just so entertaining and heart warming...

that once you start one...

you just have to binge watch it until you are done.

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Today was just a lazy day for me.

I am still awaiting my Birth Certificate...

so I may then apply for my passport.

My wife and I have been in contact via texting...

as she is planning our destinations and tours while in Japan.

I am as of yet...

undecided as to what tomorrow's project will be...

I usually just go by how I am feeling in the morning.

Summer Clean-up / Steak Fajita Tacos

 

Song:  Take Me Home

Artist:  Phil Collins

For Today's Project...

I gathered together 13 large garbage bags of things from my moving boxes

I know I won't need here (I hate clutter)...

as well as some packaging from some deliveries I unpacked today...

and an old printer which stopped synching with my computer

(I cannot stand things upon which I cannot depend)...

and a couple of other items that were just cluttering up my room.

I threw away the trash bags into our community garbage collection point

at the community center...

and I threw away the printer at the Cripple Creek trash transfer station.

As I had done a bit more today than I had planned...

I treated myself to some tacos at The District.

I, again...

just sat at the bar as the tables were full.

This time I tried the steak fajita tacos.

They are tied for first with the BBQ brisket tacos.

These were so good.

Their Southwestern sauce and the grilled peppers really add so much flavor to these tacos.

On the way home...

I stopped in at the Cripple Creek market.

I saw these tacos which you make at home.

I am looking forward to eating them in a couple of days.

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I have many...many projects lined up to do...

but as with everything in my life...

I just take it a little at a time...

all on Toller time.

An Italian Restaurant For A Lifetime

 

Song:  A Pillow Of Winds

Group:  Pink Floyd

As I had completed my window project a few hours earlier...

I decided to treat myself to a restaurant.

I played this song over and over...

as this beautiful day just made me so mellow

as I drove to Manitou Springs to satisfy a craving I had for Italian food.

I decided to try a new place...

and I was very glad I had.

Just after exiting my mountain ridge...

this small fox was just standing on the roadside...

cute.

I drove with all of the windows down...

 as I normally do...

but...

for some reason...

the summer breeze just felt extra serene today.

I just played the above song over and over as I let it take me away.

What a beautiful day.

What a beautiful drive.

This particular Italian restaurant is just 10 minutes up the highway

from my other favorite Italian restaurant...

except this one is more rustic and inexpensive.

The other Italian restaurant has my favorite Italian dish

(Shrimp and Scallop Fettuccini)...

while this one doesn't.

I will be going to this restaurant for Chicken Parmesan...

Pizza...

and I've got to try their hot Italian sandwiches in the future.

I love this place.

They have one of my favorite appetizers...

battered mushrooms with Ranch dip.

This meal of Chicken Parmesan had two large chicken breasts...

spaghetti...

and two bread sticks.

It was so good...

and it was served in a man sized portion.

I also just had to try a slice of their cheese pizza...

which was absolutely fantastic

(I will be trying some of their many toppings in the future).

This pizza had everything going for it...perfect:

crust...

sauce...

and cheese.

Everything was in perfect proportion...

and the spices used made this one of the best pizzas I have ever had.

From now on...

whenever I want a perfect pizza...

I will be going there.

I now have two excellent Italian restaurants to return to...

for the rest of my life.

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I took the above picture from my computer station in my bedroom.

The sun was just setting as I began typing up this article.

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A little while ago...

a quick thunder shower rolled in...

with hail.

And although it had only lasted half an hour or so...

it was still so nice...

as the air suddenly dropped in temperature...

and the wind picked up.

I just lay on my bed and enjoyed the pitter patter of the hail and raindrops.

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Today was such a mellow day...

and everything just seemed to be in the flow.

Tomorrow...

I will start another project...

but nothing too heavy...

or extensive.

I will just keep things light for a while...

as my back is still not fully healed.

Project Blackout Completed

 

Song: The Eye Of The Dragonfly

Artist:  Friedemann Witecka

I had started assembling the other three window blinds this midmorning...

and had finished everything by late morning.

I had emplaced the blinds...

and did a final test for complete darkness.

The only light in the room after closing the blinds...

was my power strip underneath the computer desk.

Once I stood back to take a full room picture...

it was pitch black.

I then set about modifying my portable air conditioner window mounting bracket...

as I had been using it on a much larger window.

I used these snips to cut into part of the heavy duty plastic...

and I then snapped the unused part off.

I then used Gorilla Tape to create light blocking wings on each side of the bracket...

as the plastic bracket needed to be small enough to fit inside the blind frame...

and then be able to spread out to fit the window frame beyond...

and so...

as these tape wings were flexible...

it fit perfectly.

Just give a man some basic tools...

and especially...

some thick duct tape...

and he will be able to fix or modify about anything around the house :)

Although I won't need this air conditioning unit for much of the year...

as the air conditioning window bracket is easily removed...

I can just then roll my portable air conditioning unit to the inside of my closet

when not in use.

Again...

it is only because I am nocturnal that I would even need an air conditioning unit...

as I will close all the windows and the blackout blinds during my sleeping hours 

throughout most of the day...

and 65 F (18.3 C) is the temperature I feel most comfortable during sleep

(but usually anywhere between 60 F and 65 F - I am quite comfortable).

As you can see...

there is still plenty of room at my computer station with the chair in place.

As I have been trying to sleep at night...

most of the time I still end up staying up until almost morning...

and then with the old blinds still allowing a glow of daylight into the room...

I have not been sleeping well...

and so...

for much of the day...

I have been tired.

But now...

I will be able to sleep in great comfort until I naturally awaken

(my natural sleep cycle is from sometime after sunrise...

until not too long before sunset).

I still have a ton of projects to complete...

but...

I will just take them one at a time...

and a little each day.

I had gotten behind on my projects due to illness and injury...

but now...

I am back in the flow...

just where I like to be.