Wednesday, January 1, 2020

2019 Recap


No medical ills this year, but was in a deep funk till I received an unexpected promotion in November. I was pushing for it, but was expecting excuses. Had a whole list of grievances ready that went unused. Nothing to complain about at work now it seems.

Things Done:
  • Maker Space: Drill Press safety class, January
  • 2 Cassoulet dinners (February and October)
  • Maker Space: 3D Printing Class, March
  • Repaired a Reel to Reel tape recorder
  • Repaired a 8mm film projector
  • NJ Farm Tour with lunch, May
  • Eddie Izzard at the Beacon, May
  • 2 Cousins gatherings (May on SI and August in NJ)
  • Australian Visitors, June
  • Participated in Travis 4th of July Parade, July
  • Le Tour bike race, most of July
  • Yesterday movie, July
  • Spyscape Museum with James Bond exhibit, July
  • NYC Tenement Museum, July
  • Outstanding in the Fields, September in NJ
  • London Trip, October
  • Union Square Holiday Market, Bowling Green Holiday Market, December
Food Joints:
  • Osaka (not the current name, just what we call it), our sushi place on SI
  • Corner House BBQ, SI
  • Meatball Shoppe, Manhattan
  • Valhalla, Manhattan
  • Cheese Grill, Manhattan
  • Veselka, Ukrainian food,  Manhattan
  • Surf, SI
  • Barca, SI
  • The Richmond, SI
  • Mizuumi Ramen, SI
  • Asbury Festhalle and Bier Garden, NJ
Garden:
  • harvested 75 garlic bulbs
  • Early tomato crop stolen by squirrels
  • Later summer tomato crop outpaced squirrel's consumption
  • Squash yellow and green were poor performers this yea
  • Melange of new plants planted and forgotten noticed after they bloomed.
  • planted garlic for next spring
House:
  • Painted Living Room (Benjamin Moore Persian violet 1419), LR Shelves (BM yukon sky 1439) and front room (BM bistro blue 1421)
  • bleach on driveway concrete to kill moss, too much CO2 in the air, but that is a good thing I am told. Once most scientists say it is too late to do anything about it, all of a sudden people will believe what most scientists say.
  • Minor house and garage paint touch-ups
  • A garage and basement clean out
  • plus this stuff done earlier this year here and here.
Maybe Next Year:
  • pig roast/work reunion BBQ
  • smoke some bacon
  • smoke/dry/cure some duck
  • minor garage exterior siding replacement
  • new backyard gate
  • rolling 19 inch audio rack to consolidate equipment
  • guitar effects box pedal board
  • digitize some reel to reel and cassette tapes
  • clean out basement


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