Thursday, August 16, 2007

The Fortress of Solitude.

I recently rearranged the basement, yet again, with K's help. It wasn't feeling as cozy as it did before in the 'living' area. We grabbed a couple more bamboo blinds and hung them up, smooshed things a little bit to the far end of the room, and created a much more private work/living space for myself. This also had the effect of enlarging the exercize area as well. A win on both points.

The only problem I encountered was with moving/adding the electrical outlets. It turns out that the ground was never connected. Now, I have grounding at all points, but that first outlet was a beast to connect. Ugh.

Strange, though, that the first one would present the problem. It's usually the last item in the list that presents me the greatest difficutly. I'm not sure why that is.

K is, at the moment, off at Lowes purchasing shrubs for the front flower bed. I have a feeling I'll be hard at work when I get home. Hopefully there'll be time for a little sudoku before bed tonight. I'm finally completing the 'master' level puzzles with no hints. Though, I am still using pencil marks.

The Sudoku game I have is Zen of Sudoku. You can win little trophies for your accomplishments in the game. So far, I've won a few for completing x-amount of games. A couple though, can only be won by completing the more difficult puzzles without aid. (No pencil marks, no hints, no highlighting, spotlighting, or revealing of mistakes.) There are 4 difficulty levels; Easy, Novice, Expert, and Master. So far, only the finaly Master level trophy eludes me. Maybe tonight is the night?

If I'm not too tired from planting, anyway. :-)

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