Friday, it is, it is!! Jan, 6 2012

Yea, I know it's 7ish.. So what? I been up well over an hour. Been reading install and setup instructions on my new toy!! I have had these ole cheap B&W security cameras up here at home since about the time I moved here. I did upgrade once  when my first monitor failed. I have wanted to go to a color system that I could put on my big screen AND monitor online.

So I finally bit the bullet and ordered a new system.  THIS ONE . I got a hard drive I can put in it and will , ONCE I get all the old cameras down and run the new ones.  BUT first I got to figer out where I want to hang the new ones!!  Basically I guess in the same place as the old ones, so I can monitor the cars, driveway, front door and walkway,back porch and door ( cat play area)  and then I don't now what .   Figered out that I'm gonna have to get another router ( I gave away my last one when I went with AT&T high-speed cause it's gone it's own. )   But they ain't expensive.  And once it's up,IF it works like I expect it too, you can monitor cameras while I'm gone and call 911 for me. :-)

But this install ain't gonna happen lickety split!  Going to have to run all the new cables ( tie onto the old ones and pull in the new in some cases)  I looked at wireless systems and just didn't see any I liked for a decent price.  I guess the scariest part is drilling another hole to get under the house to pull up new cables.
So that's what I been doing this morning. Trying to find a printable instruction book from the manufacture web site. ( gotta run IE and I friggin hate IE )

BUT today, IF the weather holds like they saying. I'm gonna take a run at the back field/yard with BIG JOHN.. Knock down the winter grass and weeds.
52.6 °F
Mostly Cloudy
Humidity:     79%
Wind:     5.0 mph from the South
Wind Gust:     8.0 mph
Visibility:     10.0 miles
Dew Point:     46 °F
Pressure:     30.01 in (Falling)

Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 71. South southwest wind between 10 and 20 mph.

On another note, Buddy Bob called last evening.  Eventually he had missed the post about getting rid of that millstone  ( camper) and wanted to know what the hell I was doing. He had gone with me when I got that thing and was all PO'ed that I was being such a scatter brain , like a blond girlie girl he said!!   But like I tried to explain to y'all, I just made a mistake and am correcting that mistake now.

Find me one person who says he never makes mistakes and I'll show you a liar!!
I've made mssteakes over the years, we all have. I bought a car or two that I shouldn't have, sold a few that I should have kept,  Turned down a job or two I should have taken and quit a couple I should have kept!

All in all looking back on it, I guess I really can't complain. Hell,I've had fun, seen a lot of places and things that as a kid I never expected to, or even considered. Met a lot of nice interesting people .

There was one mistake I made back as a Senior in High School I made that I regret to this day. I started smoking!! Absolutely the worst decision I ever made.Don't know why I did it now. Too be cool like the rest of the kids my age?  I don't know, But I will tell you this for fact.  Quitting is not as simple as laying them down and walking away! It is an addiction just like Heroin or Cocaine. Once you are hooked you are  dependent on that Nicotine  it effects your brain and gets it's claws in you like vise grips. I do know people who say they just laid them down and walked away , but I'm nor sure I totally believe that. I did quit once by accident. I was sick in bed for over a week and when I finally recovered from that I picked up my pack but decided I just didn't want one. Went 3 years without one. Then one night I lite one and that was it.. Hooked Again!!
Seriously , I've tired acupuncture, hypnotist, pills , life style changes, Nicotine gun ( works temporary but ruts you teeth) .  All sorts of things.
Not advocating smoking BUT I did quit buying cigarette, I found little cigars that don't have all the additives and they really help. My Chest ex rays are clear, my smokers cough went away.   And even my BM's are changed.

Enough about that ,, open the curtains and get something to eat. Gotta go get mower gas in a bit.. OH,that reminds me ,take my stable with me when I fill the gas can .

BBL.

Opps !! Quick update . Earthquake in Dallas !! 

Well, whoopee!!!  1:30ish  and I not only been to the PO, got gas for the mower BUT gassed said mower and topped of the genset , THEN mowed the back !!  Didn't manicure it you understand. Just knocked down the tall ugly stuff.   Gourd up a lot of leaves for mulch as well. I stopped and looked at a branch on the peach tree next door?  That dang thing looks like it has ittybitty buds trying to form.. Nutzo!! It ain't the right time of year.
Time for a couple of Corney dogs and kick back , my back's tired.


6+ PM, quick note while my left over pasta's heating up.  Got bored sitting here so drug out one of my new cameras and cables and controller and the Kitchen TV.  Opened the book up and managed to get it hooked up and working. Inside here it had a good picture. So, Maybe tomorrow , weather permitting I'll figer out how to run the wires from inside to where I want them outside and hook them up. ( hopefully I can tie them onto the ole cables under the house and pull them that way)   Thinking I am going to put one in my bedroom, I can monitor Tiny while she's in there and if I can ever figer out how, you could check on my den/office cam once I get it on line.
Smelling the pasta , must be that time!!

Long bout 9PM, finally remembered to open my Netflix envelope to see what movie had come in. 

In My Humble Opinion it was the absolute best version of Charles Dickens "A Christmas Carol"   the 1984 version with Oscar winner George C. Scott  as penny-pinching miser Ebenezer Scrooge in this critically acclaimed television adaption of Charles Dickens's holiday classic.

Honestly, if you've never seen this version of the Classic,, rent it next time. Scott is the epitome of Scrooge, Without a doubt the best Scrooge ever.

Think I'll make up the coffee pot after I put away the few dishes from lunch and supper  and call it a night.   IF I can keep my gitupandgo moving tomorrow I think I'll start of running the wiring for the new cameras.  Gonna have to move some stuff and most likely drill a new access hole for the cables into the house. Think I'll come in straight through the wall as opposed to under the house and up the floor like the old one is.  Seal it with silicon caulk and some foam  ,  then I can cut a patch to glue over the siding using some of the pieces I got out back.