Up, caffeinated, and sheveled. Off to work, another double.
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. YAWN ‘Tis 55 Amurrkin out and clear with a predicted high of 86 and N.O.S. for the day. Mowage will be achieved this mornin’. Really. I shall mow. I shall. This is Memorial Day weekend and I did not plan for a soiree out at the cee-mint pond this year. Just not into doin’ it right now. OYKW and I do plan for some quality cee-mint pond time however.
Now I need more caffeine and rumbly tummy demands sustenance. Then I shall brush my teeth and shave my face. Afterwards, mowage awaits!
Happy Firday Y’all!
I slept in (mostly) till almost 6. Higgs has been tended to, dishwasher has been emptied, and I’m breakfasting. **FCD **has left for the office - so much for him taking the week off…
I need to get Higgs to the groomer’s by 10, but other than that, nothing planned for the day. I may clean something if I feel particularly motivated. 
I found out that because I don’t work a full schedule, I don’t get full bennies (duh!) so I’ll only get paid 7 holiday hours for Monday. However shall I survive?!?!? <pose of woe> I also earn about an hour less of vacation time each pay period, but I’ve got enough saved to cover our cruise, so I really don’t care. The biggie about working reduced hours was being able to contribute to my 401k, which I can since they consider anything over 30 hours a week to be full time. So yay for that.
Thus beginneth my day. Happy Firday!!
**FCD **came home all happy and stuff - his heat analysis model ran and the results were better than his hand calculations predicted. Turns out the problem was their software package didn’t have the necessary upgrade to handle his massive model. So he’s beyond relieved. I am too - I’ve watched him struggle with this analysis for weeks. It’s great that he was, in fact, doing it right - the software just couldn’t handle the complexity without the upgrade. So YAY!!
We just got back from dropping Higgs at the groomer, and my sweetie is taking a nap. When he gets up, we’ll go for lunch, then pick up the dog.
After I showered, I cleaned both bathrooms, except for the tub in the guest bath - I’ll get that next time we expect company. I also vacuumed everything but the 2 guest bedrooms (same reason) and loaded the few dirty dishes in the dishwasher. I’ll mow tomorrow - it’s supposed to be dry all day and overnight. While **FCD **naps, I’ve got some stuff in the blue bedroom to sort out. There are a bazillion framed photos plus a bunch of empty frames - some never unwrapped. I’ll decide what to keep, what to offer to my kid, and what to get rid of.
Good times!!!
[Nelson Muntz] Ha ha [/NM]
I’m away for the weekend, in the pax seat now. Interwebz is spotty/non-existent there, so behave yourselves & make sure to use coasters (as Frisbees!)
Iffn the weather improves a bit & I get the shot I’m hoping for, (& steal some MiFi intertubes early Monday) I’ll start the new one with a good story. (HINT: read up on your fairy tales.) No promises because of connectivity (& possibly sleeping in if it’s rainy), though.
It was. That was the prettiest flopping shot I may have ever seen. Classical way to do everything slightly wrong to make it work!
Celebratory riots. Trash cans set on fire, drunks filling the streets, the odd car flipper over here and there. Not unheard of on the South Side but more concentrated and predictable for a Big Game. When you have 2-3 packed bars on every block for a mile, stuff happens.
My bet is the Predators, with their windowless vans and ice cream trucks (oh ---- you mean they aren’t that kind of Predator?) will probably take the Cup in 5 games.
In other news, raining again and more predicted through Monday. We still have plans to smoke several kinds of animal Saturday or Sunday and get a lot of yerd-like things done and house-puttering. Work today but I think I’ll be TDR again so that isn’t totally a bad thing. The OW has a short day so I can maybe pick her up and have her keep the car while I work.
Afternoon all.
Tis hot over ‘ere in ol’ Blighty today. I don’t know what’s going on.
First day back at irk today after my trip. I got an anti-rant, which is nice; the Uncle’s Birthday Problem has been sorted, the chef (who is quitting in a few days) is coming back just for that day to do my job. I said he was nice.
We now do appear to have a replacement for him. Looks to be pretty good at the cooking, if not as fast, but not so easy to work with. It’ll be interesting anyway.
Samantha Cat has decided it is time for me to stop writing and serve as her perching spot. I think she’s scared–they were blasting at the quarry earlier and the house was shaking for a while.
Mowage has been achieved. I also showered, put on presentable to be in public attire, and went to the produce stand nearby to get some ‘maters and a water melon. Burgers and oven fries for dindin tonight. Water melon is gettin’ chilled to be dessert. YUM!
I foresee nappage shortly.
Higgs is home and clean. **FCD **bought her a new toy, which she’s ignoring at the moment.
We lunched at Bad Chinese, and it wasn’t too terrible. Dunno what’s ahead this afternoon.
Happy Firday!
The sun is peeking out, so maybe we’ll have a nice day or two. Maybe, since it is supposed to rain through next Toosday.
I had a busy morning.
Nothing special, just stuff to do, always stuff to do.
Be honest. You’re a bit of an over-achiever. 
I think you’ve got one of those watches that stops time. I have no idea how you get so much done so quickly. 
Nuts Hope the new cook works out.
BigKitty Hope Samantha-cat recovers from the shock and horror that is a moving house. (Hey, I’ve been there. Could have used a head scratch or two myself. Went with alcohol of some sort.)
Ruble reminds me of home, except instead of flipping cars. They went in more for firing guns into the air. Idjits. Fortunately the home teams have sucked for a while now. Cuts down on the accidental shootings. Gravity is such a bitch.
Happy Firday all!
**Sunny **- if it makes you feel any better, I haven’t done anything particularly useful since coming back from lunch. I did sort thru an old shoebox full of photos and I tossed about 2/3 of them in the garbage. I’ve got a large pile to give to my daughter and a few my husband wanted to save.
There’s one more box to sort, but it’s mostly my old pics from high school and my early Navy days, pre-FCD. I may dig thru them later, or tomorrow. Or eventually…
This is what I am talking about…
All I’ve done is have some coffee, pay some bills and hang out on the Internet. I will proceed to laundry and a meeting at 'Beamer’s school.
Burgers have been ingested. Facebook transported da cave to Valdosta, GA a little while ago. I may still be there. I went outside and it looks like Lee County, GA. There are no feet stickin’ out from under da cave so I reckon it didn’t land on anyone. Just as well, I think ruby slippers would be tacky.
Well, fine then, I’ll just talk to myself. I’m glad I looked up the schedule for trash pickup next week. Moanday is a holiday so no trash pickup for da cave until Tuesday. When one retires one forgets holidays can mess with one’s trash pickup. See how hard my life can be!
Did you hear something, Dogbutt?
Pretty lazy day; stayed home and made it a ‘clothing optional’ day (I did but on pants to go fetch the newspaper). Got a fair amount of reading done, and got a lot of phone calls, only one of which I was interested in (one of the guys who did an estimate for my windows was checking back). Rest were listen 5 seconds and hang up" types.
Got a load of dishes washing right now. Life is good (but mowage is on the schedule for tomorrow).
This is why I don’t answer the phone unless I know the number. I’m not really all that good at listening to voicemail either come to think of it. 