We had friends over for a social. The excuse for this was some communal Christmas baking. but it was a social thing. Maggie and Molly out for the evening with their friends. Nana, Valerie, Mavis and I holding down the fort.
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Christmas Shopping
Valerie and Molly headed off to Vancouver to get Maggie at the ferry terminal – and to do some Christmas shopping. Nana, Mavis and I are ‘holding down the fort’.
TV
The new TV arrived. It is an entry level OLED with webOS. It is also a bit bigger than the old one. This new TV has loads more going on and it will take some time to explore its features/content. The remote is also something to get used to. I put the old TV in…
Christmas, Home, Maggie, Molly
Christmas Max and Molly made a ginger bread house. I think it came out nice. Made me wonder if they could build a real house/home together- hmmm. Home One of the water heater tanks went. Was able to get someone out to replace both tanks the next day. This turned out to be an expensive…
Nana
Nana arrived the other day. I picked her up at the airport. I ran an errand in the early morning and that left me some time around mid-day. So hunkered down in a mall and did some coding. Nana arrived on time and we were home in short order. Nana is driving the Jag so…
Coding, Christmas, Euphemia II
Coding Worked on the custom color dialog. I needed to create this in order to allow for the custom global color palette, I created a few days ago, to be incorporated. It also gave me the chance to add a slightly fancy circular Hue/Saturation picker. Refamiliarized myself with Cartesian and Polar positioning along the way…
Girls, Coding, Mavis
Girls Valerie had a ‘Girls night out’ last night and did the same (in Vancouver) today. Happy to see her get away from work for a bit of a good time. Valerie booked a trip for the March break. We are to be heading to the Bahamas. Unfortunately; Maggie will not be on this one…
Office, xpaint, Girls
Office I am spending a good chunk of the day on the boat/office. Its cold now so I have moved my home office from the outbuilding in the driveway to the office in the garage – an annual thing. xpaint I felt like coding on something new for a bit of a break. I have…
Maggie
Maggie is now 20!
Septic, Deerhorn, Girls
Septic The septic system backed up. This became the priority for the morning. I called the septic guy (he happened to be pumping a tank nearby and said he would come after that) and I called the pump guy. The pump guy arrived first and it turned out to be a pump problem. Seeing the…