Jody Baer

GM Nostr friends! Chilly day here. Brrr....🥶 I guess winter has arrived? Headed out to church for Bible class first, and then service. Hopefully they have power this week! Hoping for a quiet day today. I might try to do some meal prep this afternoon. Have a good day, all.

GM Nostr friends. Hubby's ACH silver payment came through this morning, so he paid off my new Umbrel server (excited!), and then split the remainder between our "fun money" accounts. Of course I then had to send an extra tithe to church, and buy some extra bitcoin during this dip! Lu was positively frolicking through the leaves during our morning walk. It was so funny and sweet to see. She loves the leaves! I need to get a video of it soon - so heartwarming. I'm feeling really good today. Not exactly able to pinpoint why, but I'm not going to question it either. God is (still) in control, there's nothing I have to fear. I got my coffee, and my pup is curled up on my squishmallow that she stole from me, and I have a job that pays the bills. My husband and family are all (relatively) healthy at this point in time, and it's sunny outside. Blessed beyond measure. Have a good Wednesday, all.

Dear Nostr, I love you. Truly, madly, deeply, jody

GM Nostr friends. I put on my knee-high socks today. They're not as much compression as they used to be due to me losing weight, but my shins are warm! No meetings today, but I do have to get some patch testing done. Not really feeling it, but I'm on a time crunch, so best get to it. Have an excellent day, y'all.

GM Nostr friends! Happy Halloween (and Dia de los Muertos Eve to those who celebrate)! And a very happy Bitcoin Whitepaper Day to all y'all. We wouldn't be here without it. We're not planning on doing much tonight. There are/were some bad actor kids in our neighborhood who stole my (retro!) pumpkin basket which was still half full last year, so I have no interest in providing free sugar to the little felons. Instead our friend is coming over for dinner and to watch a few episodes of Resident Alien with us. Should be a good time. I'm looking forward to it. Everyone else hand out candy? Am I just a curmudgeon? I found out last night why Hubby was freaking out over selling some of his silver coins. He was an absolute spaz about it during the day yesterday, and I found out last night (because he's terrible at keeping secrets) that he did the trade in so he could buy me a real Umbrel home server. Love him so much. I was so excited - my current setup is less than stellar, and I've quickly come to rely on it, but generally have to restart every morning as things seem to freeze. So excited for that to come. What a sweet thing for him to do. I am trying to encourage him to use the rest of the money from the silver sale to get a decent ice fishing rig together using his existing trailer. We'll see. Anyway, this turned out way longer than I planned. Happy Friday all!

GM Nostr friends. I feel stupid today. Got Fully Noded linked to my Umbrel's bitcoin node successfully, but the FN interface is very confusing. Am I just that dumb? It keeps telling me I have UTXOs to redeem, even when I'm trying to SEND funds to another wallet, and the confirmations are taking a very, very long time. Argh. Not much documentation to read either, so I feel like I'm going to just be out the sats I put into it. Ugh, I give up (for now). Anyway, it's Thursday. Cloudy and damp here today. nostr:nprofile1qqst5x9k23f40nlcu5c6enlp6cy6g8hnqglm5pcak89ltfn5frqeq3s2q9aeu was just talking about soup, and now I think I know what lunch will be! My nose and throat are still gunky, and every morning it's constant hacking for the first hour or so after I get up. Bleh, so over this...whatever this is. At least I have a new nostr:nprofile1qqsrrpqnq6nxwvmnncapuk74fzrd02478x9l7j40rclf7w3stcl2tqg45wjkx episode to listen to today! Enjoy your day all. Do something unexpectedly nice for someone in your life today.

GM Nostr friends. Trying to motivate myself to get some software testing done today, but all I want to do is read. Preferably on the couch, with a sleeping Lu by my side. And then take a nap. Maybe not in that order. Had to go into the office yesterday for meetings, and a Halloween potluck. Everything went well, but I am just not used to that level of social interaction, and I was wiped by the time I got home. Anyway, enough time procrastinating. Have a good Wednesday, all!

GM Nostr friends! I took some time this weekend to clean the house, touch grass, and do some reading. It was relaxing. Lu and I had some great snuggle time, too. I'll be sad to drop her at doggy daycare tomorrow when I have to go into the office. Found the app Fully Noded and got my Bitcoin & Lightning Cores connected via my Umbrel. That was an unexpected bonus. All the fun new ways to tinker! I also went all-in on nostr:nprofile1qqsth7fr42fyvpjl3rzqclvm7cwves8l8l8lqedgevhlfnamvgyg78sdv7ysa on my phone, which has just improved so much in a short time. (And saves me from having to have multiple separate Nostr-related apps & wallets installed.) Kudos to them. Happy Monday, y'all.

Ugh, I just ate some of my own baking, which was, in hindsight, definitely underdone. :blobnauseated:

GM Nostr friends! Getting caught up nostr:npub1xxzpxp4xvueh8836reda2jyx674tuwvtla927837nuarqh375kqsw4dm62 latest episode while I stumble around online for a bit this morning. Continuing to play with my Umbrel, testing apps that might be useful and discarding those that aren't. Rather annoyed I can't get an electrum server running because I had to go with a pruned node for my Bitcoin Core, but such is life. Otherwise, just a regular work day here. God is always good, the sun is shining today, and the cookies I made yesterday turned out mostly okay. Definitely won't bring them to my office potluck next week, but it was a good reminder that I absolutely hate baking!

GM Nostr friends. Did I miss the great AWS outage fun? Busy day Saturday. Made it to the gym to start working on building back some muscle, and then ended up helping Hubby clean out his mom's fridge at her house. Probably hasn't been cleaned since they got it ~25 years ago. Wasn't pretty. Sunday we had Bible class and regular church, and then just lay around all day. It was glorious. Now we're back to Monday again, which seems to come faster and faster each week. Have a lovely day, friends.

GM Nostr friends! As the weather grows colder, I think I've bought my last bottle of cold brew for the season. Sad times. Still tastes good though. #coffeestr It's Friday! Must make it through the work day, and then hoping to have time to read and relax this weekend. Hubby is pulling extra hours cleaning up his mom's place after work tonight, so it's probably going to be a very long day without seeing another human. Kinda dark and rainy here today, but I'm kind of in that mood so it works for me. Have a lovely day, my fellow Nostriches. God loves each and every one of you.

My view this morning from our rental cabin.