Jody Baer

I finally gave in and hooked up a local Umbrel install of OpenClaw to my OpenRouter account and asked it to clean up my music library by removing duplicates, tagging all tracks with their artist and album, and sort into folders.

...Yup. Burned through almost $25 doing it. Holy crap, I can't afford agents.

Ugh. I probably shouldn't have had that second cup of coffee...

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Another milestone in this year. Today would have been my dad's 74th birthday. It's the first one without him. Surprisingly I'm doing okay so far. Hubby and I are going to go out to Dad's favorite little hole in the wall restaurant tonight (Best Steak House) to celebrate his memory.

Another week from now (11/12) will have been a full year since he died. I can and can't believe the time has passed. My dad was my very best friend, and so many times this past year I've wanted to call him and tell him about my day, get advice, and just listen to his voice. I still miss him very much.

Happy Wednesday, all.

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My coffee is gone already. :blob_nogood:

Cool-ish and rainy morning here today. Trying to have more light on in the morning to wake up my brain before work. I suppose I should probably dig out my sun lamp and get that set up before too long. Hello Winter SAD!

I wasn't prepared for DST ending on Saturday night, so when I woke up in the middle of the night to see two different times on my (dumb) bedside clock, and another on the tablet (wifi) we keep up on the bookshelf, I was so confused.

Lu is going back in tomorrow for attempt #2 to get her teeth cleaned. I'm worried for her, and not looking forward to being by my lonesome all day. Hopefully work is busy enough.

Hubby is STILL in a ton of pain for his back. Once in a while it would pop and feel better, but then he would twist or move in a way that brought it right back. I think I've convinced him today to get in and have the chiropractor look at it, if only to know what's going on. Hoping and praying it doesn't require surgery.

Anyway, this day is off to a peaceful start. Hope yours is too, and stays that way.

I don't know why, but I'm really proud of this photo.

GM Nostr friends. It's Friday!

Chilly here today. Was in the 30s when I woke up this morning. 🥶 My body hasn't yet gotten the memo that winter is coming, but pretty soon this will feel fairly warm.

Quiet weekend ahead, I think. Hubby is still hurting from either throwing his back out, or developing a pinched nerve. Maybe both. He refuses to go see a doctor - terrible fear of them, unfortunately. I hate seeing him in pain, but nagging him to go see someone isn't a great motivator.

Drink your coffee and have a lovely day all. Or don't, I can't tell you what to do!

😭

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Rest in Peace, Captain.

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It was so nice to go out last night. I really needed some time away from home. Had a great time with my friend, and we both enjoyed the movie, despite it being incredibly weird. Not entirely a romance, not entirely a comedy, but with sprinkles of drama and and even horror at the end. When credits rolled, my friend said, "What on earth did we just watch?!" 🤣

She also loved the package of instant chai and the electric kettle I gave her. As she will never be on here, I can safely say she was previously heating water in a mug in the microwave anytime she wanted tea, like a neanderthal. (Sorry European friends, I know that hurts you down to your souls.)

Another day ahead of us. Make Thursday a good one.

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I went a little too hard on the exercise bike yesterday. My hips and hamstrings achethis morning.

Taking my friend to see Wicker tonight as a belated birthday gift. I haven't been out to see a movie in a very long time. Really looking forward to going out. Other than getting groceries or going to appointments, I end up not leaving the house much.

It's also getting to be the time of year I dread. As much as I dislike extreme heat, I also hate winter. I always feel trapped and constantly on edge, just waiting for something bad to happen. It's gotten better since my doctor increased my anti-anxiety meds, and I now take a boatload of Vitamin D and sit in front of my sun lamp every morning. Still though, I dread winter. Cold and dark and often dangerous to drive in.

Anyway. I have to find things to look forward to. It's the only way to get through.

Happy Wednesday, all.

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For those who saw multiple posts of Lu last night, my apologies. Ditto has been acting up for me - not showing anything in my follow feed, and saying a post wasn't sent when in fact it was, leading me to try it four or five times. I switched over to Jumble for today.

Cold and rainy here again this morning. As much as I love Fall, this part is a bummer. Lu hates getting wet (I can't blame her, if I was 10" tall I would too), and the transition to snow is so close I can practically taste it.

Hubby's back is still really bad today, and he said he slept really poorly. And yet, he went to work. Different ethics between us - he's a Gen X and I'm a millennial. I would have stayed home and at least been comfortable if I were going to be in pain. (Granted, I also would've gone to the chiropractor first thing, too...)

Anyway, everyone's safe and warm here. We have stable jobs and a non-leaking roof over our heads. Pretty blessed in general. God is good all the time.

Happy Tuesday, all!

Dang it, Ditto. What's your problem tonight?

This girl is pretty great.

This girl is pretty great.

This girl is pretty great.

This girl is pretty great.

Ouch. 🔥🚒🧯

Pretty good sunrise today. 👍🏻

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I took the morning off to have breakfast with a couple friends. The hours flew by, and now I'm back at my desk for the afternoon.

Happy Friday all. For my fellow Minnesotans - get out and enjoy this gorgeous weather today. Hubby and I are planning on going biking later.

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Big balls on Proton (if a website can have them). I love this: https://www.cnet.com/news/privacy/proton-hosts-flock-surveillance-map/

I had to research the big PHP incident from yesterday to fully understand what was going on. Hopefully all you admins out there were able to get some sleep last night.

Happy Thursday!

Goooooooood morning, Nostr friends! It's another day the Lord has made, let us be glad and rejoice in it!

Whoa. Lutheran upbringing throwback.

I'm just feeling content today. No big emotional upheavals, no drama at work or home. Got some laundry to do, but planning on a quiet day otherwise.

Last night I was opening a can of (whoop ass) diced tomatoes for dinner, and sliced open the side of my thumb. Ow. Almost a cliche injury, but my finger got tangled with the pull tab on the lid. No, I did not contribute any blood to our meal thankfully!

Well, Lu lucked out. I got a call from the vet shortly after my last post that their machine was broken, and they wouldn't be able to work on her teeth today. She's happily curled up in her bed next to my desk now!

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I dropped Lu off at the vet for her dental cleaning this morning. I know they'll take great care of her, but I always get a sick feeling in my stomach. Logically I know she's 14 years old, and although she's in pretty dang good health, I could lose her at any time.

Anyway, gotta distract myself with some work today, as I won't be able to pick her up until this evening.

Happy Tuesday, all.

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Quiet morning here before we head to church in an hour. Just finished my coffee while browsing my Nostr feed.

I definitely have a pinched nerve in my shoulder. Gotta suck it up and get into my chiropractor and possibly schedule a massage to get it on the road to recovery. The pain has been eye-watering, and I generally have a pretty high tolerance.

GA Nostr friends. After rain all day yesterday, today is bright sunshine and WIND. 🍃

We had an amazing former coworker of Hubby's offer us the weekend at his cabin in Wisconsin. Since we already have plans with a mutual friend Saturday, we're just going to go up for tonight. His cabin has a real fireplace, and so we're going to relax, have some time together, and listen to the crackling flames for an evening and head back home tomorrow afternoon. So excited!

Happy Friday, all. Enjoy your weekend.

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I might be kind of indifferent to some aspects of my new job, but the people and the team building is insanely awesome. A couple months ago they were asking for proposals for our celebratory staff appreciation day, and I suggested a local (local to me, anyway) apple orchard.

Long story short, I'm getting paid to go there today and hang out with people, and then going into the nearby town for lunch, which they're paying for. Even if it rains, it's gonna be a great day.

Happy Thursday, all!

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So tired today. Woke up at 2am with severe aching pain from the left side of my neck all the way down my shoulder blade. Yup, I somehow pulled a series of muscles in my sleep. I sat up for an hour to let the pain meds kick in, and fell back to sleep. Alarm went off at its regular time this morning and I think I heard my entire body sigh. Still hurts now. 😣

Smoosh face. #Dogstr

I'm a heterosexual white woman, and this still made me laugh pretty hard. Who doesn't have Henry Cavill on their list? 😍

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Sitting on the couch with Hubby this morning looking at light bulbs online (looking for some WiFi-capable ones to work with Home Assistant) while I drink my coffee. I'm on the upswing from my cold - very grateful it was mild.

Church this morning, and then we're going to go pick up our pre-order of Booya from a local charity. Very excited for it! Hubby has never had it, and I want to see his reaction. Too bad it's hot out again today. This is a dish best eaten when the weather is chilly to truly celebrate the harvest season.

Happy Sunday!

GM Nostr friends. Happy Friday.

I caught myself a cold. Yay... Here I thought my seasonal allergies were just doing a number on me, but I just feel dragged out to the max today.

Anyway, enjoy your coffee. Do a little something joyful for yourself today. Step on a crunchy leaf, sing in the car, or whatever floats your boat.

#ProofOfCoffee

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So many thoughts in my head this morning, and not one of them wants to come out. Not a bad thing, just bleh. Brain on overload today.

Lu needs to get her teeth cleaned. Her vet ran a blood test and said she's healthy enough for it, despite her age. I'm worried both about the anesthesia and the cost. Hubby is not pleased about how much we've had to spend on her the last few months. I understand his point - she's 14 years old, mostly in good health, but I rebutted that we do this now, and it prevents an infection, pain, and a possible emergency visit in the future. We ended up having a good talk last night despite being on opposite sides of the issue. I love Lu desperately, but she is elderly, and I acknowledge that there will come a point when costly medical procedures just won't make sense. Dreading that future moment, but for now, she's gonna get her teeth cleaned.

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I dreamed last night that I went back in time, but somehow it was just before Satoshi published his whitepaper. I remember running around trying to find a miner and some sort of item to hold all my bitcoin in something like a Best Buy with a few other people. 😋

Bit of a bummer for Lu. She had her six month checkup with the vet today, and her right eye is bad again, so she's back in the cone of shame while getting eye drops for the next 10 days or so. Seems to feel fine otherwise. Our vet even recommended a dosage of antihistamine, and it turns out I already take the same thing myself.

Hubby discovered Home Assistant this weekend, so we played with that all day Saturday and part of Sunday. Turns out we had a bad SD card, so I bought a new one today, flashed it, and it's running smooth as can be on my raspberry pi. Nice. 😎

Happy Monday, all. Do something kind for someone in your life today, just because.

GM Nostr friends. It's Friday!

Getting cold enough here that I'm considering the end of my coffee cold brew season.🥲 Sitting wrapped up in a blanket right now while wearing my insulated leggings and a wool sweater.

Have a wonderful day and a good kick off to the weekend, all.

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Oof, it's been a day already. Lu pooped downstairs on the rug, when her potty pad was 10ft away. Got that cleaned up, and then had to head to a doc appointment.

From the time I walked in to when I finally got the heck outta dodge, it was over two hours. My doctor was running behind, we had a short visit, and then it was an obnoxiously long time to get my labs done, and the tech took her very sweet time getting two vials from me.

Meanwhile, my Alexa keeps sending notifications that Lu is at home barking her little head off, and there was nothing I could do.

It's over with now, and I'm happy to be back at my desk. Happy Thursday!

Gratefulness post: Stok now has a peppermint mocha cold brew (don't judge me). Lu is curled up snoozing in her bed next to my feet. We had a fan in the window and I was able to sleep with a comforter last night. I have a job to "go" to this morning. Hubby and I are relatively healthy. Found a good book to read, and have been slowly enjoying it the last few days. God is good.

GM Nostr friends! Up and at 'em!

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Reading my morning news, I came across a link to the red carpet looks from some music event last night, and started scrolling through. I think I recognized maybe two out of the fifty or so "stars". Man, I'm getting old. I'm actually pretty okay with that, but at the same time it is a bit shocking how little I know (or care) about mainstream media or celebrity these days.

Took Lu out for her morning potty earlier, and suddenly she started hobbling, favoring her left front foot. I picked her up to look - no obvious cut or swelling, no rock or piece of something caught between her toe beans. I carried her the rest of the way home, got some video of her hobbling around the kitchen, and then she finished her breakfast and ran up the stairs to my office just like normal. :blobspin: Going to continue to monitor today to see if I need to get in with the vet, but she's sleeping normally in her bed now.

Had an okay weekend. Binged Neagley on Saturday (loved it!), and then finished a book off my TBR pile Sunday. Hubby was busy playing around creating macros for his work, and then organizing some of his piles of stuff, so it was nice to do our own things.

Happy Monday all!

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Stuck in a webinar right now, and my brain has decided it has had enough. I have the "Manah Manah" song from The Muppets stuck in my head.

Doot DO duh DO do. (MAHNAH MANAH)

Doot do DE do! (MANAH MANAH)

Hey

ever thought about doing Christmas-themed products? Caramels, smaller jars of hodl butter for gifting, cookies, etc?

I love it when she crawls in my lap and snuggles in. I strive to be worthy of her trust and affection every day.

Anyone else running Umbrel and updated to the latest beta release? My device has been "restarting" for a good 15 minutes now, and I'm getting a bit nervous...

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I'm still exhausted after all the peopling yesterday. Definitely not used to that much "on" time. Thankfully back at my quiet little desk with a candle going and a cup of coffee in hand today.

What's up for everyone's weekend? Anything fun?

Have you ever had to pee so bad that you start rationalizing stopping on the side of the road, including any potential legal actions? Like, either I pee myself in the car, or the officer takes me in.

Yeah. Unexpected traffic + coffee = 😬😬😬

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I'm headed into the office for Team Day today. Kind of looking forward to a little adventure. Sometimes working at home I wonder if my social skills are getting rusty. (Then I go into the office and KNOW they are.)

Got another 15 minutes before I have to boogey. I just hate waking Lu up to throw her in the car and bring her to the vet for day boarding. It would be so great if I could bring her with me.

Anyway, tally ho. Happy Thursday all.

Thoughts?

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Feeling tired and kind of achy today. Had a headache on and off for a couple days now. Guessing it's just the old hormones pulling out their usual bag of tricks, but man, I could really use a break.

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It's finally starting to feel like Fall around here! I have the window cracked in my office to let a little cool air in. Got an apple-scented candle wafting its sweet notes into the room, and my sweet pup curled up in her bed at my feet.

Happy Tuesday, all.

GM Nostr friends. Coffee? Check. Oats & blueberries? Check. Sleeping puppy? Check.

Looks like today will be a good day.

Not a whole lot going on around here. We have Lu's follow up vet appointment this afternoon to see if her eye is healing. I'm praying that it's had enough time that we can take her cone off. She's had so many (literal) run-ins with the stairs lately that she's becoming hesitant to go up or down, leaving me to carry her both ways. Not that I don't love snuggling Her Fuzziness, but often I have my hands full already.

I'm remembering 9/11 from 25 years ago today. I was a freshman in college, barely two weeks into it when the planes hit the towers.

My radio alarm clock had some news announcements going off when I woke up that day, but I didn't stop to listen as I got ready for my day. Made it to my first class and barely anyone was there - our TA mentioned something had happened in NYC.

I left class and walked back to my dorm, where we had a TV room that fit probably around 200 people. The space was packed as everyone was gathered in clusters, watching replays of the planes hitting the Twin Towers. I found my roommate who was freaking out and crying, as she had family in NY and wasn't able to get through to them (they were in upstate NY, and were fine - phone lines were just tied up from everyone having the same idea).

The next days were just a blur as everyone tried to process what had happened while also staying glued to the news and trying to capture every bit of commentary. I went home that weekend, and remember my dad mentioning how weird it was that there were no planes overhead.

Life felt a lot less simple after that.

Lu is desperate for food, even though dinner time is still an hour away. I've tried to reason with her, but there is no reasoning with a furry tyrant.

Have I said this already? My dream would be to have GrapheneOS running on a Fairphone.

GM Nostr friends! It's Thursday. I'm ready to rock it, are you?

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Hubby and I went on a river cruise last night. While the boat was kind of old and in rough shape, the dinner they provided (advertised as fajitas, but really just taco fixins) and the views were fabulous. We had an amazing sunset, with pink clouds gradually darkening into cotton candy.

GM Nostr friends, happy Labor Day to my fellow Americans.

Quiet day here. Hubby is out putzing in the garage. Just finished my coffee and got a load of laundry in the wash while I scroll for a while.

Funny story from last night: I thought I'd try using a coconut lime exfoliating scrub I'd bought ages ago (that Hubby excavated from under the bathroom sink), and rubbed it into both arms and left leg. Quickly realized that it was slimy and wasn't washing off. Seeing as how I was in the shower, I wasn't really using my nose at the time, so when I did take a sniff, I got a rotten/sour smell and realized the oil in it had gone rancid. I then proceeded to take another shower, this time using a combination of shampoo and Hubby's body wash to rinse the stink off me. The smell was all over the bathroom and bedroom for ages. We had to use a liberal dose of air fresheners to get rid of it. :blobnauseated:

The expiration date on the container said the end of this month, so I thought I was safe. Lesson learned: always smell your shower products before applying.

Agreed! This is awesome.

Did you ever click the "I'm not a robot" box on a site to log in, and it spun so long you started to question your reality?

Ow.

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My dog has officially had enough of her cone. I have to step in and help when she tries to scratch her ear. Now she's attempting to lick my leg, and simultaneously scratching me with the plastic as she pushes closer. This week cannot go fast enough. :blobdisapproval:

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Awoken by Hubby around 4 this morning as Lu had a few accidents overnight. I cleaned up, but it took me forever to fall back asleep.

Welcome to September, all!

Good afternoon Nostr friends.

Well, Sunday turned interesting. Lu's right eye was watering noticeably after we got home from church, and she kept pawing at it, so Hubby suggested we take her to the pet ER. Turns out she has an ulcer on that eye, and has to be in a cone of shame to let her eye heal with the help of some ointment I rub in it 3x daily. Poor girl.

We still made it to the fair today, while she hung out at our regular vet's office for a few hours. I ate too much sugar early on and felt a little sick, and then the rest of what I tried didn't hit the spot. We got sick of crowds pretty quickly, so only spent about two hours there. It was pretty dang humid as well, so nice to be home and showered now.

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Quiet Sunday morning, sipping my coffee, waiting for Hubby to finish shaving and getting ready before we head out to church. (Yes, I am already set to go.)

Lu is curled up in her bed, and for some reason the AC is blasting, so it's freezing in here, and so I covered her up.

Enjoy your Sunday, all.

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Dark and rainy day here today. I'm all for it. Meeting a few friends for lunch later, but otherwise I am prepared for a quiet cozy day doing nothing.

Happy Saturday!

The pre-bedtime nap. https://jojobear.blossom.band/6248638e6646e8f89dc55fac9997060b9aee3ab11f67bf0926c6849c8443a20a.mp4

Sidecar doesn't seem to like leaving my profile alone. Just reloaded all my info, but can't find my old profile pic, so new one has been added. Enjoy...or don't!

Working on updates to get Stritchtunes (http://stritchtunes.shakespeare.diy) up and working correctly today. Please let me know if you try it out and find issues.

#TwoWeeks

StritchTunes (think Funkwhale without the pods, for Nostr)

Features:

• Upload individual tracks or albums from local storage or Blossom servers & cover art (also search for cover art with a link)
• Set track/album tags
• Create playlists
• Download and upload playlists in .json format for backup
• Favorite tracks or albums

All this, available in a PWA! Please give it a try, I would love for all my credits not to be a complete waste. I am not a developer in the least, so I get by with a little help from my friend Claude.

She's literally dying of starvation, minus the shredded chicken snack she had an hour ago, the extra chicken at lunch, and a big breakfast. Won't someone please think of the (fur) children! #DinnerTime