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Thursday – 1/12/2017

Snowman has melted completely. Breakfast at Bob’s Diner. Delayed by phone call from Albany Med about next week’s surgery. Breakfast a bit rushed by sudden call from Ole Breuning in Denmark. Walmart shopping because Karen needed to visit pharmacy. 

Wrote Program Marketing Process piece for mrktg comm. Revised UTM:IPS pricing sheet for Ole. Took nap. 

Karen taught first class of her online photo course. 6 – 8:30. Nine students. 

Poached pork loin  Very good method.  Watched Youtube video on installing vinyl flooring. Wish I had seen this before I did the office floor.

continued to watch documentary on OJ Simpson    

 

 

Wednesday – 1/11/2017

Late start. Snowman has suffered significant melting over night. Angry about mess in house and packing up DOG shipments. Worked on notes from HAL mrktg comm meeting yesterday. Went to library in the afternoon. Got new history of the American revolution, Common Cause. 

Saw Ted Dewsnap and Anne in library. Discovered that I was scheduled to play tennis that night. 

Got to tennis early. 15 minutes of extra warm up. Played very well. Last tennis until the end of February. 

Tuesday – 1/10/2017

Snowman still standing. Missed call from Albany Med for presurgery checkin w nurse. No call back all day. 

Talked with JoeTheGrower Giangrande. Very negative guy. Sent email to Mary Ann Johnson at HVADC about the call. Ball is in his court. 

Continued work on new DOG virtual website. Very successful HAL marketing committee mtg. Late lunch at Cascades. 

Talk witb Brigid Dorsey. She will probably go out of business. Bartlett House people not responding. 7pm reconnect with Susan Weseen about her granola business. She is smart and thoughtful. 

Watched an hour of tv series OJ Made in America with. Then Obama’s fairwell address from Chicago. 

Sunday – 1/8/2017

Got up late at 8am. Snowman still standing. Breakfast with Sunday Times.

Worked on finding lightbox plugin for new DOG website. Finally Foobox Pro. 

Took walk up to 7th St. ran into Joe Ahern who lives in 200 block with his wife. I met him on Thursday at Bard. Have not bumped into him since the dinner at Dewsnap’s last spring. 

Fingers were cold even in heavy gloves. 

Defrosted beef stew. Added hot sauces. Very good.

Watched last of Danish Tv series Dicte. Watched second episode of 30 Rock. 

Saturday – 1/7/2017

Left for NYC at 7:40am. Breakfast at West Taghkanic Diner. Was snowing heavily by the time we got to Mt. Vernon on way to Queens Museum. Somehow we had not checked the forecast. Turned around. We’ll skip Noah’s basketball game. Back in Hudson just after noon. 

Spent most of afternoon working on lightbox plugins for new DOG site. 

Took walk up Warren in what seemed to be really cold temperatures though it was only 22 degrees. Went to art opening at 510 Warren. George Spencer. 

Drink at Spotty Dog in honor of Pauline Decarmo’s 51st birthday. 

Ended evening watching the pilot for TV series 30 Rock. 

Friday – 1/6/2017

PT w Anna Marie Zeitsmann. Reviewed my home exercises in detail.

Talked w Matt Almeida. UTM meeting with Seth and Ole cancelled because David A went home early not feeling well  

Hudson HS Girls basketball at Coxsackie-Athens HS at 7pm.  Score was 25-4 after first period,  final score 79-27. Game over at 8:05pm  

Stopped at Rive Gauche in Athens for drink with Dave Drake.

 

 

Thursday – 1/5/2017

Snowman still standing. 

Meeting at Bard with Ole Breuning. Safety Committee. Joe Ahern, Warren St neighbor we met at Ted and Anne’s house last Sprjng was there. He is working on risk management. Very good meeting. They are actively envisioning what building to try out.

Directory at Bard Admin Bldg.

 

Stopped at Otto’s in Germantown on the way back. 

Ole dropped me at the library. I worked on new DOG website. Had lunch at Red Chopstick. Long nap. Karen went to see movie The Harder They Fall at Bliss Tower. 

Wednesday – 1/4/2017 – vertigo, snow man melting, and work

Vertigo on waking up. Fell over in bed. Luckily didn’t bang my head. Took several minutes sitting on edge of bed to get going. Looks like more severe type of what I had 25 years ago. Where is Stanley now that I need him again. When I lie prone and hold my head in some positions I get vertigo. Will have to go to doctor about this. 

Took repeated pictures of snowman melting in backyard. 

Met with Seth Lachterman about CMH project. 

Then talked w Anita Harris. 

Tennis at night. 

Ed called. They will come for a visit Sunday. 

Sunday – 1/1/2017 – Cambridge and back home

Breakfast with Esther followed by a walk around Riverside neighborhood. Our old house and King School.

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