John and I decided to play chess.  Rufina and Maria went to visit their sister RC, so we decided to do somthing different.  I have not play in about 15 years, but John has played with his son in the last couple of years.  I do have an little experiance playing, so I thought it would be a good match between both of us.

Well, it looks like I do have more experiance than John, as it turned out, and I will have to help him with it. :)  We did have fun for 2 hours though!

 Finally got my new graphics card for Christmas.  It was hard to find.  Most of the ones I was looking at, were sold out.  I wanted the Geforce RTX 3080, but the only one I could find was $1500.  No way was I going to pay $1500 just for the card. It looks like the DRAM's are in short supply.  I read that the high end graphic cards will even go up in price in 2021.

I managed to get the Geforce RTX 3060 TI for $700.  They retail for $400, but the price has really gone up in the last month.  When I installed it, it works NICE!

Now I am also ready for VR games too. :)

Hello everyone.  I have not be on the blog for about 1 year. WOW.  Will try and update it more.

This last week I have been updating the office.  Rufina is now working at home more, and we bought her a new desk, chair, keyboard and mouse.  She really likes pink, lol.  I had to move the desk from the middle of the room and put in against the wall.  I also bought a 32" monitor.  

She is using my other computer and the two 23" screens.  She needs both of them for her work.  She really likes it.  I am going to move the picture of the Golden Gate Bridge and put up a picture that Rufina likes.

Yesterday I mowed the front lawn, and cleaned the patio.  Today I will work on the inside, will have the house ready for tomorrow's Thanksgiving day.  Will have about 30 people over and will have a lot of FOOD!  

Cleaned the driveway

Patio is done

Will be cold tomorrow, not sure we will be outside

Front is done!

3 weeks since I last posted.  The chiropractor did not do much good.  I pain is not from the spine, or the sciatic nerve.  I thought it might be my thyroid, and had the doctor who watches the thyroid do a blood test, and it came back normal.

I will get with my primary care physician to figure out were all the joint pain is coming from.  Advil is the only thing that makes me feel better.  Just can't keep taking that.

Yesterday I sprayed the weeds to get rid of them.  Getting ready for the Thanksgiving day.  A lot of Rufina's family will be over and I have to get the house ready.  On Tuesday I will mow the front lawn and finish up the outside to make sure it ready.  We will have rain on Thursday, so everything will be inside.

The last couple of weeks, I have had problems with my hips and pelvis.  They are very painful and it is hard to even get up.  I saw my primary doctor and she suggest I see a chiropractor.  So today was my 4th time seeing him.  He is making adjustments to my back and pelvis.

Now it feels worse than it did before, lol.  He said it just takes time to relive the pain.  I am doing stretches and a heat pad on my hips and pelvis.  I will see him again at the end of the week.  If it does not improve I will probably take a week or 2 before I see him again.  Hopefully it will get better!

We are having people over on Friday, and I wanted to put up the lights on the patio.  Took me longer than I expected, just have to realize that it takes me a lot longer now than when I was younger.  The back also is still hurting.

Lights are in!