January 21, 2006

The End of Day 21

I felt pretty good today. My only complaint is my low aerobic capacity and numbness in my feet.

We did some raking out in the yard today and I found it rather strenuous. It made me huff and puff. I wanted to rake out the flower beds because the spring flowers will soon be blooming. I want to be in a position to take some nice photos this spring.

Later today I finally hooked up my scanner. I bought a Canon CanoScan LiDE 500F scanner a few weeks ago and today I finally got around to hooking it up. It works pretty well. It will scan directly to a PDF file. One of the things I want to do is scan all the manuals for things I buy like VCR, etc to PDF and then store them on the computer instead of losing them around the house.

On of the TV shows I like to watch is “Clean Sweep” on TLC. I like it partly because I’m not as messy as some of the people they have on the show. But the neatness bug has started to bite me.

Today I started clearing off my bookcase. I have books that have been there for years. It’s time to clear them off and through them out. I’m not sure what I’m going to do with all the empty bookcase space.

Posted by The Vorlon at January 21, 2006 8:35 PM
Comments

Some of the new scanners are right nice. It is a good idea to scan the booklets although it is time consuming. Wouldn't it be great if the companies kept the manuals online in PDF? That would be wonderful and a real help. Does the scanner have a feeder? That really helps.

Books, books, books - that's an issue in our house. Nora and I have a huge amount of books, so many that I must keep many of them in the attic, then struggle to get them when I need them. We're going to make room in the space bedroom by getting rid of the day bed. Instead of having 2 book cases, we'll probably increase to 6. That will help out a lot.

Posted by: Reb Orrell at January 22, 2006 10:18 AM

No ADF on the scanner.

I'm biting the bullet and trashing probably 80% of the books in my bookcase. I'm going to be ruthless about it. If I haven't touched the book in two years, it goes. What with the internet, most reference books are worthless.

I may have a struggle with the Vorlon Wife. She has genetic predisposition to pack ratitis.

Posted by: Ted at January 22, 2006 10:33 AM

As soon as I throw out a book, I find myself needing to reference it and I can never find what I need on the internet. FWIW.

Posted by: Ned Swift at January 22, 2006 8:34 PM