At least I have

screen rec working with Cubase pro 11. I get audio with my vst's and mic now. As long as the webcam isn't interfering in the process. One mystery out of the way.

Looks like we have well into the first week of next month with -14's and 12's, stuff. At least its not -20. Even then, that's not too bad. One good thing from all of this, is that its getting lighter later. 

Not much going on for today. I'm staying inside as much as possible. The new cases of Covid are dropping. We're like +3% infection rate and something like 110 cases in the ICU. Anyway, that's all for now.    

It wasn't exactly obvious

why I was unable to record from my mic into my Focusrite audio interface in Cubase pro 11. I tried everywhere there was a red recording button but one place: Transport. Mystery solved. Next up on my month shopping list is to get Groove Agent 5 drum plugin before my demo fades off into existence.

The Oilers won their first game on the road this season. Their only game on the road so far. Game time tonight 6pm. I'll be an Oilers 2021 believer if they can win 3 back to back games. The way they are playing is 1 step forward, two steps backwards.

I'm enjoying my time off, lots of You Tube and Facebook, social media in general. Sleeping in until 11am is routine. Other then the above, not much going on except I'm looking to get Apples USB C multiport adapter, so I can plugin my usb keyboard instead of that touch pad on my iPad pro. Anyway, that's all for now.  

The Oilers are down by one but were tied in

the 2nd period. A sloppy play in the defensive zone, got the Leafs ahead of us by one. Leon D got the opener, so that's good news. We got the 3rd to tie it up.

This has been one of the first times in a long long time, I have not penned a diary entry. I've been so busy trying to get .dll files into my vst plugins/Steinberg into Cubase Pro 11. My main headache now being, that Cubase does not support 32 bit plugins and that's the bulk of Komplete. Native Instruments says that Kontakt Kontakt 6 (the feature program in Komplete) is 64 bit but not according to Cubase. The plot thickens. 

Yesterday I managed 9,334 steps of the 10,000 daily step challenge. most ever. All inside here at home. No treadmill. So, its now 3-2 Leafs, Oilers are going to lose this one with 4 minutes left in the 3rd. Three wins in 6 games. Yeesh. Sunday they are in Winnipeg. We lose 3-2. The Oilers played sloppy. 6 Games 2 wins. Anyway, that's all for now.   

What's the matter with the Oilers

they win one game in 3. So now we're in Toronto for a couple of games. It's early yet but this is crazy already. We need better goaltending then what we got.

The big story last night here is this wind, gusting near 40K. Its been uprooting trees, fences. I've seen worse. What's interesting is that, this is a wind coming out of the West. 

I'm enjoying my time off but would be enjoying it more if the Oilers could win a couple of games FFS. So today is Inauguration day in the US. Cant say I'm sorry to see Trump go. Other then that, Anne bought some of this memory foam for our King size bed. Yesterday I got a pair of blue tooth headphones for my iPad. I'm about ready to upload a You Tube video over the next few days. Watching hockey, and Facebook. Anyway, that's all for now.

Still hanging in there

amidst the virus. The good new is the Oilers play tomorrow.😀now if they can keep healthy, they've got a good chance at making the playoffs.

I've got 3 days this week and that works ok for me. Gives me time to watch some hockey, hopefully on Bilasport. Anyway, that's all for now.  

I was happy when I heard the news at the time of

shift login last night, I'm not scheduled in for today. I have 2 days off 😀. I'm ok with that and I have a full 5 shifts ahead of me next week, which works out great. 

Earlier this last week, I had my dental for a filling and denture fitting. Wednesday I walked there and back at 9am to pick up my denture and make a payment and the denture fit really well. I walked home with the denture in my mouth and it felt good but I took it out when I started my shift for work and left it in some water for a few days and when I put the denture back in my mouth, it pinched and hurt like hell. I left in some water for another day and tried it again it still pinched but felt better the longer I kept it in. Without some adhesive eating with this denture might be difficult.  I have some here, so I will apply it later before I eat lunch.

Right now its -10/-15 but should warm up to  about -2. All week our local temperatures look like above zero on the thermometer/ Feels more like Spring then winter. Next week, I start a full work week. Five more days and the Oilers begin their 2020-21 season. I'll be following that, I get a small pay cheque as I work out the week. Other then that, I've got another idea for a small upload to my You Tube channel using Garageband on my iPad pro hopefully for next weekend. Other then that, Anne, Skippy and I are doing well despite missing our virtual lodge meeting for work We're all good over here. Anyway, that's all for now.  

I walked up to Belmont dental yesterday

for my 3pm. I got a filling, and impression for my upper denture. There was enough left in the insurance for that at least. The impression was the rough part. At first I felt like I was going to gag. The denture is (at this time) at the lab to be picked up at 9:45am tomorrow. I should be out of there by 11am for the walk home.

In all my married life, I have never been obsessed with anybody. As for putting YOU in a bad spot, its not like YOU didn't have a choice. YOU could have called for your ride to pick YOU up. Yes I lied to keep my friendship and marriage at the same time. I was not trying to hurt anyone. I didn't think I was doing anything wrong. After the 3rd lunch "I never thought you would be interested in another woman." I wasn't. Talk about coming between a marriage. Real friends work out differences and challenges with each other. Real friends don't run away when the going gets tough. Real friends are in it for the long haul. So when things got rough YOU ran, leaving me with lose ends and more questions then answers. We've known each other for over 25 years and now YOU run away like a sniveling child. How "mature" of YOU.

Odds n' ends: What with all that walking yesterday there and back to the dental office, I did 9034/10000 step challenge. Which worked out to be just over 6.8K. That's been twice this year I reached that step milestone since I've been doing this, late 2019. In the Spring, I'm going to try and do that every day. Walk up to Belmont, get my morning coffee walk back. If I can do that every morning, that will never hurt me. I'm back at it tonight with work. My work schedule is tonight, Wed, Thur, Friday. Five hours each. I'll have my laptop open and set up for 4pm this afternoon. Anne and I are both working from home Thurs and Friday. Anyway, that's all for now.

😀My first post for 2021 and

I'm glad 2020 is behind me. Financially however, 2020 has been pretty decent. I got lots of hours. A nice tax return. I was able to get the Nintendo Switch and a m.2 ssd, plus my iPad pro. Also I had some dental work and a major scan for my CVI. One of the main changes has been working from home, both Anne and I. Plus I watched an NHL Stanley cup game here in Edmonton without the Oilers. To top it all off, I got Cubase pro 11 at a heck of a deal, and I uploaded my last video of the year Thursday.

Not much is happening tonight. Just you tube, Facebook, that sort of thing. Anyway, Happy 2021 everybody. That's all for now.