{"id":12496,"date":"2026-01-29T03:16:55","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T08:16:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ttgnet.com\/journal\/?p=12496"},"modified":"2026-01-29T00:27:49","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T05:27:49","slug":"thur-jan-29-2026-yada-yada-yada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ttgnet.com\/journal\/2026\/01\/29\/thur-jan-29-2026-yada-yada-yada\/","title":{"rendered":"Thur. Jan. 29, 2026 &#8211; yada yada yada&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cold again.  Or still.  But it did get into at least the mid 50sF yesterday.  I took my jacket off but kept my long sleeve shirt on for a while in the afternoon.  It would be nice if today got even a little bit warmer, as long as it stays clear.   Soon I&#8217;ll be wishing I had more cold days to work in the attic&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>I spent the morning at the doctor&#8217;s office.  Details are in yesterday&#8217;s comments, but the short story is- more testing.  At least with testing we aren&#8217;t guessing.   Much. Spent the afternoon doing auction stuff. Pickup, sorting, etc.  Found a couple of things I didn&#8217;t realize I&#8217;d moved.   Good thing I was too <del datetime=\"2026-01-29T05:16:39+00:00\">lazy<\/del> <strong>busy<\/strong> to need them during that time.<\/p>\n<p>Dinner was  a pork loin roast frozen in 2022.  It was tasty, but like most modern pork, too lean.   I was careful to get it just barely cooked enough, but it was still a bit dry without the pan juices.  <\/p>\n<p>Oh, I captured a mouse in the kitchen too.  Saw the little bastage on the counter, trapped him, and got him in a box.   Took him outside to meet Mr. Shovel, but he escaped.   So I set an electronic trap.  I&#8217;ve got to do a deep clean now and I still haven&#8217;t figured out how he&#8217;s getting up to the counter or where he goes.  I don&#8217;t want vermin in the attic or on the patio or in the garage, but I can&#8217;t abide them in the actual house with us.  Time to refill all the bait boxes too.<\/p>\n<p>There is always a new thing that needs doing.  And I&#8217;m the man to do it. <\/p>\n<p>Stack all the things.<\/p>\n<p>nick<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cold again.  Or still.  But it did get into at least the mid 50sF yesterday.  I took my jacket off but kept my long sleeve shirt on for a while in the afternoon.  It would be nice if today got even a little bit warmer, as long as it stays clear.   Soon I&#8217;ll be wishing I had more cold days to work in the attic&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>I spent the morning at the doctor&#8217;s office.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ttgnet.com\/journal\/2026\/01\/29\/thur-jan-29-2026-yada-yada-yada\/\">&nbsp;&raquo;&nbsp;Read more about: Thur. Jan. 29, 2026 &#8211; yada yada yada&#8230; &nbsp;&raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,83,27,85],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture","category-decline-and-fall","category-msm","category-march-to-war"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ttgnet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12496","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ttgnet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ttgnet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ttgnet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ttgnet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12496"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ttgnet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12496\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12497,"href":"https:\/\/www.ttgnet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12496\/revisions\/12497"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ttgnet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ttgnet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ttgnet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}