OK, I got nuttin’ here folks. Just that I noticed we don’t have a new MMP yet. This is unacceptable. How can we hijack sump’n if’n it ain’t there to hijack? I mean really!
So, here it is. I’ll start off with this…
<AHEM> CLEARING THROAT <AHEM>
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HAAAPPPYYY BIIIRRRTTTHHHDDDAAAYYY TOOOOO YOUUUUUU!!!
HAAAPPPYYY BIIIRRRTTTHHHDDDAAAYYY TOOOOO YOUUUUUU!!!
HAAAPPPYYY BIIIRRRTTTHHHDDDAAAYYY DEEAAARRR MMMBBBGGG!!!
HAAAPPPYYY BIIIRRRTTTHHHDDDAAAYYY TOOOOO YOUUUUUU!!!
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There. Hijack away!
Happy Birthday MBG!!!
I’m up and I’m heading to work. I actually work 8-5 today. I’m looking forward to it. 
See, it’s 3 freaking PM, and I had to wait until now until one of you lazy 'Merkins got your ass in gear!* :mad: :rolleyes: 
And since I’ve been waiting for the new MMP to do this…
Happy Birthday, MBG!!
It’s just after 1pm here, so this is really the MAP instead of morning…and I said happy buffday to MBG in the other MMP. Does that mean I get to do it all over again here?
Happy buffday, Bus Dude!
It’s cold and frosty here today, I don’t think the temperature’s crept much above freezing all day. So far it’s been a bit of a strange day, there are very few people in the office, in fact I’m the only one of my team who showed up this morning. Tin Knickers came round early on her rounds, and hasn’t been back at all since I sent her my comments on her draft of my performance development review paperwork. I guess she doesn’t like being told she’s a nit-picking numpty.
My first post to MMP and I don’t know who MBG is. Happy birthday anyway, whoever you are.
I’m working. There’s not much more to say.
Wecome aboard, JustThinkin’. The more the merrier!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MBG!
It’s my Firday! Woohoo!
Aww, gee. I’m blushing.
You’re not buying that huh?
Well thanks one and all, and future one and alls as well. Not a lot of festivity-ness today, a lunch with a few friends from work, including one of my co-bosses whose birthday was Friday, then I’m blowing off the day to screw around.
I mean, kill time aimlessly…
There’s a Bears game tonight on MNF, but (A) they’ll lose cuz they suck this year (we love them anyway), and (A,1b) our favorite (mine anyway) favorite beer/wing/hanging out place will be MOBBED tonight. Tuesday is our regular night there, so we’ll go tomorrah and have a faux birthday there and then. Y’all are invited, e-mail me for directions. 
So, yeah, to work now, for my…oh about 3 hour workday.
This has got to be a first! The MMP got snowed in. 
Happy birfday, mbg, and many, many more!
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas! Well, at least it’s cold enough. High 30s here this AM with an honest-to-Og wind chill factor. Brrrrrrrrrr!!!
We had our neighborhood luminaries night on Saturday and I am here to say it was definitely The. Best. Ever!! It was still warm so walking around was a pleasure. There were lots of activities and a good time was had by all.
I made a nummy beef and mushroom stew last night. The recipe came from the newspaper so I will have to write it down to post it. Tomorrow! I promise!
Any Mumpers buried in snow?
Tupug wants to know!
Waitaminit, it’s an AMURKIN bus!
Happy birthday, Bussy One!
Back to having a Nasty Cold ™ and trying to find out what-all these people of mine want for Christmas… you guys think they’d take some papiroflexed Kleenex? They’re made with all the wuuuuv of my stuffed nose!
Not buried in snow, but a max of about 0ºC, min of -7ºC. The sun’s been hiding. And it isn’t raining or snowing or anything! Too many reservoirs are below 20% capacity, but of course we still want to build golf courses in the deserts of Almeria and the Vegas of Europe in Los Monegros :smack:
'Cuz she lives in Flarduh and wants to gloat…
BBBobbio when did Mayberry become the Gates of Hell? I always did suspect there was evil lurkin’ beneath all that love and happiness.
Welcome JustThinkin’! A suitable (or not) nickname will ensue shortly. Sorry you had to have such a lame OP for your first MMP. It’s all I could do with just two cups of caffiene in me at the time.
I made the famous company smashed N.O.T. for tonight. Actually, made, as in they’re ready to go into the oven to get the cheese all melty. I used some cream cheese and some sharp cheddar this time. Should be nice and rich and nummy!
It’s cold here. We had frost even.
ETA: Sorry about the cold Nava. Feel better soon.
Hippos and birdies, MBG! May your roads be clear and ice-free.
Hey, Mister Bus Guy (aka MBG)–Many Happy Returns of the Day to You!
I am up and now coughing. Is this thing a two phase cold? First you’re in bed for 3 days (basically) then you feel fine for 2 days except your nose is disgusting and now I’m coughing.
What the hell? I want to speak to the Management!
Have to go buy one more Xmas present. I swore I was done. But then this pesky friend from UK sent me something in the mail… Just kidding–she’s not pesky at all. I just clean forgot about her. :eek: We haven’t emailed in at least 6 months.
And I need new printer cartridges. My glamourous life…
Happy Birthday, MBG!!
Glad to see you back Nava. We were getting worried about you. (And if you reappeared in the end of last week’s MMP and I missed it… sorry. Busy weekend!)
We went to one coworker’s Christmas party on Friday night. Good time.
Saturday morning I did a cookie baking thing through one of the local community ed types of things. They had the dough all made so all we had to do was scoop the dough onto trays and decorate and bake the cookies. Each pair of people made 1 kind of cookie and then we all got to go home with a dozen each of 10 different kinds of cookies. Good time and a great way to get all your baking done at once!
Saturday night was a different coworker’s Christmas party. Again, a good time and lots of good food. And **KeithT **got to play Guitar Hero again, which was good. We have GH, but I don’t play so he doesn’t have anyone to play against. So it’s good when he gets to have a little competition.
I knit way too much over the weekend too and now my hand aches. 
I’m really upset because I wanted to start on a new baby blanket for a friend.
Our work Christmas party is this Friday. One fashion question: are halter style dresses still ok? I’ve got a red one that’s very Christmas-y, but I don’t want everyone to be staring and thinking “Oh, that’s SOOO last year!” :rolleyes:
Now back to work. How much work do you think will actually get done this week before Christmas?
Happy Birthday, MBG!
I’m off for my lab work and ultrasound. Here’s hoping they see/find/figure out whatever it is, so I don’t need a biopsy.
Whatever are you talking about?
You are among the select few who know where I really live, and it’s a play on that name.
Hey, Mumpers! We are being defiled and demeaned in the What “What Rules Do You Break” thread! They are accusing us of being sickeningly sweet! :mad:
I figured I would stroll in here and see what all the MMP fuss was about.
Sooo…Yeah. Good morning.
Since this is the MMP and we’ve been accused of being sickeningly sweet, I just wanna say (in general),
BITE ME!
Besides, y’all see me grumpy on a regular basis. I have grumpy for breakfast.
But we’re allowed to be sickeningly sweet in the MMP – it’s to spare the rest of MPSIMS the sickening sweetness! Well, except for the kitten threads, or the cute children threads, or…well, anyway, we’re doing the rest of MPSIMS a favor, I say!
Good to see you again, Nava! And welcome to the MMP, **JustThinkin’****! Love offerings of chocolate go to FairyChatMom, although I’ll always take any leftovers should you happen to have any.
I’m up, but that’s about all I can say. I woke up with Papa Tigs’ headache. So I am sitting here trying not to move anything but my fingers, and hoping caffeine will help.
And as they say, no good deed ever goes unpunished. Papa Tigs asked me last week to make him an appointment for a periodontal dental cleaning, and I was able to make him one for 2:30 today. But he also needs to see the ENT to get a new sleep study ordered, and the man is impossible to get timely appointments with. So this morning he goes into the lab for a blood draw for something unrelated, and since it’s in the same building he stops by the ENT’s office, and they tell him, “Oh, we can see you today – at 2:30.” :smack: