May 21- I wrote a page or so just a few minutes ago and had a printer problem (not connected with this), but it cut me away from the blog page long enough that I lost it all! Here we go again!
Anyway, it is hard to believe that it has been almost 3 weeks since I wrote anything here. Not sure if it is lack of motivation or not enough to talk about. If anyone is actually reading this, please give me some feedback.
I am also thinking of starting a blog on the topic of emission factors and perhaps other technical topics with the long list of state/local contacts that I have accumulated over the past several years. It is a pain to keep up, but perhaps some good can come of it and we can get some action stirring around. I might do that on ghg inventories and registries just to get some additional feedback also on the article I have been asked to write for EM. It seems that there are a lot of holes and confusion whether addressing the national reporting requirements, the TCR, the DOE/EPA efforts or whatever. The states are going blindly down several paths that will converge on further confusion if not organized and thought through carefully. Everyone seems to be going their own course. A recipe for non-solution of the problem(s).
The first week of the month, we spent most of it on yet another round trip to Tennessee. Joan's bachelor brother was having eye surgery again and needed help, so we were there primarily for that.The surgery went well and he was able to get a temporary pair of glasses so he could see (better than in a long time) the day after we left. However, during the week, I also tore off about 2/3 of the faulty siding on Joan's old home getting it ready for further repairs and painting. It was not that hard to do except for cutting myself now and then with nails and sweating a bit, except for the part of being up on a ladder a lot. I don't like heights, especially on ladders with no one around.
I also got to spend quite a bit of quality with mom who is going to be celebrating her 87th birthday in July. She is fairly healthy right now and I have to keep reassuring her that it is OK to pay my cousin in-law who has a lawn service, to mow her 1/2 acre of grass. She still wants to climb on the riding mower and do it but I fear the result would be a fall at some time in the future. She can be stubborn. We did some small repairs, bought flowers, planted a few, talked, watched TV and took several naps. It is good to be able to take a nap when you feel like it!
We had to leave the day before Mother's Day, but got home so that Joan could have a small bash with the kids here. We cooked up some good beef on the barby and enjoyed the evening.
The middle of last week, our 89 year old former neighbor/friend who is in a retirement home in Black Mountain was able to get a ride down with her son in law who was coming to Burlington to baby sit with grand children while the parents went to the beach. She stayed for a week and is quite a pistol. I wish I had her memory, though it seems to be getting a little more distorted over time. I can't discern that very well as mine won't let me keep up. We took her back to Burlington today so she could ride back to Black Mountain.
Well, I have to stop and go eat because the boss is calling time on dinner. I will try to get back to this process more later - just as soon as I get some sort of feedback.
JimS
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