Augustus

IRS Lives! Another night of less than optimal sleep. I hate setting an alarm. I get so anxious about not waking up on time. Sigh. When I am president, I think I will have my assistants call me or knock on my …

IRS revives sooner than I expected! - gusssr.wordpress.com/2025/11/20/i...

Brunhilde! Our Childhood Dog! We had Brunhilde from 1971 until 1982 or so I think. Partly my dog. Mostly my mom’s dog since I went away to high school in 1974. Great dog! So sweet. She spoiled me for al…

My ex woofer - gusssr.wordpress.com/2025/11/18/b...

Oh Deer, and Phew! While dashing down the back road towards Waterloo and Seneca Falls, I saw the car in front of me get into an accident with a deer. From my vantage point I saw the deer jump onto the road, almost in…

Missed it by that much - gusssr.wordpress.com/2025/11/18/o...

And all the other crap he has tried to sell - sneakers, steaks, education...sigh

Blasts from the Way Back Past Lots of old pictures The pictures I scanned yesterday were all of people related to my mom. And some of mom herself. I scanned at least 40 images. I think some of them might have been duplicates. A…

So Old - gusssr.wordpress.com/2025/11/16/b...

Starting Scanning! Does anyone recognize this photo album? I have decided that I need to start scanning pictures. This is an older album, maybe from the early 1900s So the people who know the people in them might not…

Yay scanning! - gusssr.wordpress.com/2025/11/16/s...

48 hours? That’s good to know! I guess overnight parking is ok… Yay for productive mornings! Well, mostly sort of productive. Like, I didn’t create a great oeuvre, but I did complete a few …

That's a long time! - gusssr.wordpress.com/2025/11/14/4...

Why the hell are they getting any tax breaks?!?

Last Night of Leftovers (for now) I don’t ever remember my mom yelling at me and using my full name. I wonder if that happened to my brother. Most people who have nicknames or even better middle names, apparently, when they w…

There will always be leftovers - gusssr.wordpress.com/2025/11/13/l...

Pool Night! Any guesses what in these packages? (Answer Below) I have added pool night at the Cracker Factory to my calendar. Not that it happens every week, but it happens frequently enough to add it. Last we…

Where's my suit? - gusssr.wordpress.com/2025/11/12/p...

Yes please!

Cameron’s Bakery My pizza from Saturday Today I did two dash shifts. Both were ok. The second was a typical Tuesday in my dashing experience. Too much distance (90 miles) for too little money. Oh well. I survived. …

Yay baked goods! - gusssr.wordpress.com/2025/11/12/c...

One Egg Omelette Or is it omelet? I don’t know why, but I am old school. Ok, I know why. I am old(ish). And the more letters the better, imho. Dinner last night was pretty tasty. I forgot to add the bacon bit…

One egg was plenty - gusssr.wordpress.com/2025/11/11/o...

Step by Step Progress Three helpers came yesterday and worked on the back stairs for a few hours. It is looking really great, imho. I don’t know that the steps actually need a second coat at this point. I will see…

Inch by inch - gusssr.wordpress.com/2025/11/09/s...

No Apples for Me! Today I did not pick apples. My friend SM asked me to help her get a few more apples off of her apple trees, the apples that were too high up for her. I was going to go help, but ended up not makin…

No Picky - gusssr.wordpress.com/2025/11/08/n...

Am I a Nerd or a Geek or something else? Despite being Christmas themed… I think I am both a nerd and a geek. Not a geek like a carnival geek. But a geek in terms of interested in things. Sometimes too interested. And though I didn’…

Geek and Nerd - gusssr.wordpress.com/2025/11/08/a...

I used to Work There! About time! I wonder why it took so long… Wow, what a weird start to the day. I rolled over, pulled up my iPhone, which I had left charging overnight and started to do some Duolingo. Yay. Exc…

The Smith is Historic - gusssr.wordpress.com/2025/11/06/i...

Absurd Number of Visitors I have no idea why so many people visited this blog site the other day. About 400 views on a large number of pages. I wonder if it was some sort of bot doing a download of my blogs. It sure has mes…

Eeek - gusssr.wordpress.com/2025/11/05/a...

Red Bush Pretty Bush! I’ve been playing with computers since I was 11 or so. Maybe a little bit before that. In that time, I have resisted, so far successfully, learning how to communicate with databa…

One Bush Two Bush... gusssr.wordpress.com/2025/11/04/r...

Yes

Christmas in November? I seem to have lost another file. Maybe even more than one. It was my list of who I knew in which states. I can’t remember what it was called and I can’t find anything that even looks l…

'Tisn't the season - yet - gusssr.wordpress.com/2025/11/04/c...

Weren’t They Adorable? Today has been a quiet one. I got up in a leisurely fashion, not really rolling out of bed until nearly lunch time. I spent the between waking up and eating doing various tasks. Duolingo – wh…

So Cute! - gusssr.wordpress.com/2025/11/03/w...

That Wasn’t Particularly Fun I am slightly superstitious. I would hope most people are. Not sure why, but I am and I do. Anyway, I didn’t say Rabbit Rabbit last month. Which meant, according to the lore, I think, that I …

Sort of Oh No - gusssr.wordpress.com/2025/11/01/t...

Ominous Weather on All Hallow’s Eve! This is just about the worst weather that little kids and parents could have for Halloween trick or treating. It is a Friday night, but…if I were a little kid, I would say “hey mom or d…

Grinching Out! - gusssr.wordpress.com/2025/10/31/o...

Rainy Day! Rain all day… It continually amazes me that I can find answers to so many questions so easily. I was having a small issue with my keynote presentation, so I wrote a query in regular English in the search bar of …

Rain in moderation is good - gusssr.wordpress.com/2025/10/30/r...

SNAFU

Lots of Random Thoughts – You’re Welcome I am conflicted about wearing my Grinch costume this year. I do have the fun leggings. But I am not working on Halloween. Maybe I will get dressed up if I go to Trivia on Thursday. Probably not. Bu…

Missing a witch? - gusssr.wordpress.com/2025/10/29/l...

Personally I'm irate! What other countries fund Israel, I wonder...

My Current Obsession For some reason, I think obsessions are better than addictions. I am currently obsessed with pepitas! EC gave me a few to nibble one day when we stopped at a farm store/stand and I liked them so mu…

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When I am elected in 2028, changing the name of that ballroom and wing will be one of th earliest things on my Agenda.