I think Lorena is actually going to be kind of sad when the house is all organized. Right now she is playing Mrs. Fixit. First, she wanted to water the lawn, but the hose ends were loose and leaky so we ran down to Home Depot and bought a couple of repair kits to fix that. Then, she wanted to set up her computer desk in the master bedroom so we pulled the beautiful walnut desk we are keeping for Christian and is not, quite happily, putting that together–I get to set up the computer when that is done, but she will not let me touch anything that has to do with screw drivers, wrenches, pliers, and hammers. She is just amazing. Who knew I was marrying a plumber these many years ago.
Day: March 29, 2025
Christian helped me pick out a new printer/scanner today. I found a Brother wireless monochrome laser printer/color scanner with Linux drivers on Walmart for $4 less than the cheapest thing on eBay. It comes with a 700 pages toner which means there is some very good chance we will never have to buy another one.
With our new plan for Lorena to start taking over a bunch of the financial management stuff, we have decided to set her up with her own office/desk/computer in the bedroom. To that end, I got the little i3 Windows laptop running that I use for those few things I cannot do on Linux (do Windows builds of the GRIME2 Open Source software package and update the firmware on our Garmin watches). Hopefully I will be able to get our file server and a Linux computer running so we can implement the plan. With our Starlink setup I am still pretty sad with the upload speeds, but very happy overall with the service.
We are getting close to having a somewhat cluttered but operational house.