John, are you disassembling books and scanning them that way? I hope at least it feeds them in and does it at a high speed, like in my library? And are these books not available digitally via Google Books, etc?

Plumbing bills can gut your savings. Good luck in managing repairs. I have a drippy faucet in the kitchen that could use a new cylinder of some sort ("washerless" doesn't mean they don't need some mechanism to keep them from dripping, it just doesn't have washers) or replacement. The sink has had a crack since (I think) the carpenter stood in it to work over the sink. It hasn't grown larger but one of these days . . .

New phone in hand, I spent the evening decluttering default settings and working on how to streamline it so it doesn't ding and whistle and try to alert me any time someone sends an email. And it doesn't need to monitor facebook and Google+ and such. I turned all of that off on the last phone, this one I hope to set so it won't try to do all of that beyond WiFi range because I've picked up the lowest data plan. I expect most of my phone activity will be in WiFi range.

I didn't get the baking done, except 2 sweet potatoes, but I did make a batch of my taco filling for meals this week.

The dog bedding is back in the dog houses in the garage where it belongs, and they were happily curled up in their area last time I checked, though they've been indoors enough this winter they often ask to come in at night even though they don't need to. They are outdoor dogs for the most part, with their cushy digs in the garage available anytime they want in there.

Those of you with treadmills or exercise machines, good job getting going! We have two computer desks at treadmills in the library and I keep meaning to go up and work there for some time during the week in addition to my exercise of climbing stairs. I haven't yet, but I will and will report back.

SRS