RDC rebuilt the server, hence the absence. No spam!
We looked at the new weblogging software in the new operating system, but it would have required a subdirectory called /weblog/. And howevermuch this site has decayed into a log of my daily life, like a captain's log of weather and knots, it is, I insist, an online journal, and is not and never will be a weblog, not even in its URL.
The past two weekends we have done house stuff galore. I am working on a Project that I will unveil in due time. Otherwise, weeding, trimming, cleaning, baking. I washed and ironed the curtains in the living and dining rooms, the den, and my study. The ironing allowed some Buffy watching, which was fun.
The new server is in the closet-under-the-stairs, so I repacked all the Yule decorations to make room. Kind of. I have a stack of boxes in the way, hoping to block some of its noise, that only needs to be scooted to one side. The machine had previously on the other side of the wall, in the television shrine; now it's behind a wall but louder.
I got rid of a Cassidy-load of cardboard, junk mail, and phone books, and a bunch of stuff to Goodwill. I wrapped some hardware boxes in old plastic dropcloths and shoved them into the rafters of the garage. The books multiplied, and I put the tall ones--yearbooks, picture books, Tintin--on the lowest shelf of one case, where they're behind arm of the futon frame. The next step will be to add the last shelf to another bookcase, whereupon all the shelves will be set just a little too close for books to be upright. The real problem is nonfiction. I can't wait for the breakfast nook and its shelves.
The other cosmetic change was to remove the worn, ripped carpeting from the porch. RDC patched it, the steps, and the sidewalk steps. We wanted to paint the concrete, but the cracking was insane and the patches would show. So we'll recarpet.