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Wow! I seemed hopeful last week that my computer trials were about over, didn't I? Well, generally I'm a positive thinker, and look for the sunshine in every situation.
Is that what you do too? Sometimes sunshine is hard to find.
There have been a number of stormy days though since last Tuesday. In fact, just now I'm hesitant to describe all that as some of the stuff has blurred in my memory. I could maybe put together a detailed history if I check my daily prayer Journal, as that is where I go when I need to talk it all over with someone who cares and can give me good advice.
Let's see if I can summarize it in a sentence or two. When Debian just would not install, I switched to Tumbleweed; it did install, but with problems. I spent a long day trying to format the hard drive to allow me to install two systems but it kept giving me error messages. After a lot of prayer, I decided the next day to install my OpenSuse LEAP 15.5 again, but to make sure to download the latest updates.
That went much better. I thought I'd won! I started setting up my list of emails the next day, only to see at the end that only my ISP address could send out emails. All the others were receiving only. Any replies went out only by my ISP email. NOT a good idea! I deleted KMail and all my work.
I took Sunday off to let my heaving heart slow down. Yesterday I researched what other email client software was out there, and settled for Claws email. (I'd tried it out years ago, and thought it was too new an idea; too much coding!) But now it has grown up, and it allowed me to set up my batch of emails that I usually check daily. I finished just after midnight. (I'll check today whether they all do work!)
Then I need to set up another smaller batch for the ones I used to check once a week in Thunderbird. I might try that again.
Back to hoping that in another day or two I can go back to my daily agenda of business hours on my 3 BIG projects.
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I was pleased to go out into the warm sunshine in the back yard on Saturday, and to realize that even though we my get the snow that is forecast for tomorrow and the day after we are in the spring season.
I decided that I needed rain water to water my indoor plants so I turned the rain barrel right side up again, and put some 2x4s underneath to keep it steady. Also I cleaned the eaves- trough and attached it to the downspout again, and the free end over the barrel. All set!
Does your mind turn to gardening now, as well? Or to cleaning up the yard. You probably did that in the fall, as did I, but lo, what mess the winter snows leave behind.
Unpredictable weather changes may continue here into May, however, usually we can start some yard work and maybe even dig up the garden soil, or start planting the most hardy of our plants so they get a head-start.
Much as I enjoy gardening, I'm hesitating a bit because I do not know for sure how much physical effort my body can take this summer.
I've lost height, weight, and where I had muscles in my arms that is all loose, wrinkled skin now. But I remind myself that I had that problem last spring too, and once I'd been working out in the garden at least an hour a day, I got muscles again in about a month.
Shall I try to cut back, or look for someone to hire for help with the garden? Can I even afford them? Waiting for answers to these BIG questions.
Have you had to face these questions as well? What answers did you come to?
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I imagine you also have a bunch of little extra jobs you're meaning to get to, but time keeps slipping away on you.
I've just decided recently to jot them down on a sheet of paper as fast as I think of these projects and write them down under some loose category headings, such as;
Long-Range Business projects
Business Housekeeping projects
(eg. bits of bookkeeping, reports to print out, etc.)Personal Projects
Gifts & Favours for others
Then, I plan to post these lists in spots where I need to be reminded of them. Hopefully, seeing them in a large enough font, I will spot them at convenient moments and make short work of one or two of those small projects. Then check them off!
I'm thinking I may become inspired to finish off these lists, so I can triumphantly drop those lists in the garbage.
(What are the chances we'll be making up new lists before the
first lists are all done?
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