THE LED (AND LASER) MUSEUM'S HOUSING IS NO LONGER CRITICAL!!!

Update 06-10-14 YIPEE!!! WE FOUND A PLACE!!!
It is in Shelton WA. USA and we can begin moving our {vulgar slang term for caca} in by 06-14-14!

Update 03-29-14 My housing situation has just become very critical!!! My stepbrother, who serves as my late aunt's POA, has just announced that this home is now being sold!!! Since the lease was in my aunt's name, there's really nothing that can be done to stop it. We have until June 01 2014 to find new digs.

None of us have sufficient incomes or credit scores to get a new mortgage or even rent an apartment.

We're going to look for & hire an attorney this coming Monday (03-31-14) to try and get things straightened out, but there are no guarantees here.

My aunt Voni has become worm food. :-(

Update 03-16-14
My aunt Voni quietly passed away Thursday morning (03-13-14) ; I went into her room to give her some meds at approx. 9:10am PDT and noted that she had no respiration or palpable pulse, and the skin on her face felt unusually cool to the touch. I attached an automatic blood pressure cuff "just to be sure it's Westinghouse" (as my deceased best friend used to say) and was not able to obtain a reading of any type. I quickly got on the blower with my mother and had her come right away.

Guess I'll be coding another memorial web page within the next week or so.
I really hate having to do that; but doing just that ensures that memories of her will live imperpetuity {yeah, I'm sure I spelled that one correctly!}

Guess what? :-(

During my dr. visit on 10-30-13, I learned that I have Type 2 diabetes. He started me on metformin (a diabetes med), and prescribed me a glucometer (blood glucose meter) plus lancets & test strips. Apparently the doctor knew this since 11-15-12 (just a couple of weeks short of a year ago!), but the appointment I was supposed to be at got missed because that was the day my aunt had her heart attack.

Update 09-11-12 The possible move I mentioned in late-July is off the table; looks like my housing situation is quite stable for the forseeable future.

The LED (& Laser) Museum may be moving yet ***AGAIN!!!***

Update 07-29-12 Looks like I ***MAY*** be "on the move" again within the next six months. The reason is because my sister is moving out, and our incomes will be insufficient to pay the mortgage and bills -- let alone food for us & the cats. Moving is not a certainty, but it ***IS*** a distinct possibility!!!

Update 02-27-12

Update 02-27-12 A number of you have emailed me asking if I can perform spectroscopy of the sun from my new "digs"...the answer, unfortunately...is no. Here are a couple of photographs taken out my window...drumroll please...and viola (or "walla" if you prefer to be incorrect) (Looking straight out) (Getting closer to the window and looking toward the left)

Update 11-12-11

Update 11-12-11 I must have spoken too soon regarding the last entry being my final one on my website (and in this weblog)...the buyer of the home (my stepmother's sis) and my stepmother are now arguing about various things concerning the house, including such things as rights of survivorship and the lease my stepmother signed -- we could now be legally evicted at any time.

Just a couple of "fotos"

Here are a couple of photographs from home -- my NEW home that is:

Update 10-04-11

Update 10-04-11
This will very likely be my last entry on this particular weblog using the title "THE LED MUSEUM IS MOVING SOON"...the move went swimmingly, and only one thing of mine became broken.

Update 09-23-11

Update 09-23-11
I guess I jumped the gun a bit...THIS will be my last entry from my present location; if everything progresses as it should (and so far, so good), I will be at the new location in approximately 35 hours as of this writing (5:01am PDT 09-23-11).

I'll be dismantling the computer system a bit later today.

If there's an unsecured wireless connection that my receiver can pick up at the new place, I may be able to post an "I've arrived" update on my laptop computer sometime on Saturday 09-24-11; but anything that involves money (such as Ebay, Paypal, my bank, etc.) will still be unavailable, as I would never input passwords to financial institutions and other sites that deal with anything "money" on an unsecured network. But if there is no wireless connection that my receiver can get, then you won't hear from me for at least several days.

Update 09-22-11

Update 09-22-11
This will very likely be my last entry from my present location; if everything progresses as it should, I will be at the new location in approximately 60 hours as of this writing (4:09am PDT 09-22-11).

Internet access at the new location should be established relatively quickly; as my sister needs it rather badly for her schoolwork and (of course) I have a large website that has daily updates.

Update 09-18-11

Update 09-18-11
No new testing or analyses will be done on flashlights, lasers, LEDs, or other products on my website (www.ledmuseum.org) until well after I've moved into the new place and gotten some things unpacked.

This is primarily because I've already packed up my test instruments for transport:

Spectrometer
Beam cross-sectional analyser
Photometer
Laser power meters
DMMs
etc.

Update 09-17-11

Update 09-17-11
The move has been moved back (yes, sooner now) to 09-25-11.

This is because the house is finally "closing", and we'll save some $$$ on rent here by moving in a week earlier.

Update 09-16-11

Update 09-16-11
The move has been postphoned again until 10-01-11 due to some minor complications with the lease on our current residence.

The move ***WILL*** still take place; it has simply been delayed by two weeks.

Update 09-09-11

Update 09-09-11
The deal is off the table -- therefore, the move will not begin early as had been planned for a brief time.

Update 09-08-11

Update 09-08-11
The move could begin as early as later this afternoon; the buyer is in negotiations with the seller to allow us to begin moving in approx. a week early.

Update 09-04-11

Update 09-04-11
Internet access could be lost at ***ANY TIME*** now; it is very likely going to be early-October 2011 before I can get back online. So if you emailed me after today and have yet to receive a reply, this is the probable reason.

Update 08-29-11

Update 08-29-11
Here is an exterior photograph of the new place:


This location is *SOMEWHERE* in western Washington; that's about as much info. I can divulge at this time. So the move will not be a long-distance pain in the diodes as it were.
This is a single-story home; no stairs for anybody to deal with.

The only possible fly in the ointment here is that I'll have to park my scooter on the covered patio; when winter comes I'll have to wrap the batteries in an electric blanket and turn the blanket to "low" so that the batteries don't freeze and subsequently become queered.

Update 07-21-11

Update 07-21-11
The date range for my near-future move has been bumped up to early to at latest mid-September 2011; the location is to be approx. 1 mile (~2.20km) from my current location. The new place will have limited space; however I'll be able to store things I don't need right away instead of disposing of them like I had to do last time.