Morning, all (barely). I’ve been up and caffeinating for a while, but have been too lazy to do anything except sit here and veg. It’s lovely and cool this morning, so it’s a perfect day for that. I had all kinds of ambitious plans, but I will probably put most of them off until tomorrow and just enjoy the day today.
I’m not a loud music fan, either, and I’ve turned into the nasty ol’ lady who demands the music get turned down – at least at the community hall next door. I don’t mind it being loud enough to hear it; it’s when they crank it up so loud that the music travels out through their walls, across the intervening space, and proceeds to make the quite thick walls of my house start vibrating and buzzing that I complain. Also, after 11 pm. Fortunately, I complained regularly enough for a while there that I think the folks who rent out the place got a stern talking-to by the cops about the local noise ordinance, and have been warning people about keeping it down. Which works for me. If people want to rent out a hall that’s smack dab in the middle of a residential neighborhood, they have to expect that people won’t be thrilled to have thumping music going at all hours.
Off to caffeinate some more, and maybe get some knitting done.
Good morning everyone. I’m up, but just barely, and caffienating.
My daughter had a good time at that party yesterday, and looked pretty damn cool in her costume.
I only like the music loud when I’m alone and in the mood for it. I do not see the point in having it so cranked up you can’t speak to each other at parties. Like rigsy, I prefer the music be my music.
I should finish caffienating and get to choring. My MIL is coming over today.
It’s a bit too windy, which makes it feel colder than it is, but it’s not intolerable. Last night was worse. If the wind dies off it might even be nice.
Got my caffeine finally. There’s some sort of horrific cooking miasma wafting violently out of an apartment near mine that smells like Satan’s own goatse. I’ve never smelled anything so wretched that didn’t involve human decomp. It might be some kind of fish thing, but that only fits if the fish had been allowed to sit in the sun for a week. Sealed in a baggie. That someone puked in. Then added butter and anise to.
And now it’s starting to leak into the apartment. Thank Og I have plenty of air freshener.
Rigs - You know, I have a nice collection of very bass-heavy music if you are ever in need of some retaliatory sonic ordnance.
So our apartment is still standing, and Cloud Maiden and I are both more or less alive. The party was actually pretty low-key - mostly close friends, a few random acquaintances. After midnight the level of drunkeness grew by leaps and bounds, ending up with a car covered in guacamole and a carved pumpking wearing fake eyelashes. And someone stripping to show off his undershirt. And making out in the kitchen.
Now excuse me while I inhale copious amounts of coffee.
Anyone want one?
I’m off to work in a bit more than an hour, to hang out with Driving Husband, and mock anyone who suggests I should be doing real work for my last five shifts. QD brought me Trader Joe’s loot yesterday, so I have gingersnaps, trail mix, and a bunch of their excellent dried fruit. She neglected to get any cocoa almonds, but I’ll bear up under the strain somehow. While stuffing down handfuls of Dried Berry Medley. Why don’t we have a Trader Joe’s in Toronto? They’d make millions and millions.
Oh, I forgot- a new Idiot Co-Worker story: he spent all of his shift yesterday sitting down, because he believes that he dislocated his hip. Which means that it hurts a little.
Dislocated his hip. And still walked to work. And out for smoke breaks every twenty minutes. Yeah, right, buddy.
I have the happiest tootsies! I recently was browsing through an online store that has foot stuff, and I ran across slippers that you can heat up in the microwave! It’s a lovely cool 58° here today, and so I’m toasting my tootsies with delight. I can see this is going to be a lovely warm winter for my feet!
LiLi, isn’t there some management-type person who sees what a layabout Idiot Co-Worker is and tells him to take a hike on his dislocated hip right out the door, never to return? Because he sure sounds like a less-than-stellar employee. To put it mildly. :eek:
Wow,** LIsslar**–that guy is a piece of work. I’d like to really show him just what a dislocated hip looks like. What a moron.
I’m watching ROTK now. I am also freezing for some odd reason. I was quite warm, but now I 'm cold. I did some yardwork, We passing on the pumpkins until tomorrow. Too much homework for the highschoolers today. They are back from the retreat; everything went well. (unlike a few years ago when one of the staffers–a HS senior) told my daughter’s group that masturbation was extremely selfish and a waste of time–one could be doing something productive with that time. She stopped short of saying God didn’t approve. The Director stepped in quickly and said, “Not everyone feels that way; thank you for sharing.” :eek:
I WANTS SOME!!! Can you send me a link, please??? I can do puppy dog eyes if necessary!
My sister is going to love the mugs I’m doing for her gang. Today I did the skin color, the fingernails, and added a nice, squiggly Frankenscar on each one. All that remains are some moles/freckles randomly placed, and the lettering, done in bruise colors. Yeah, her idea - my sister is, um, something else. And she’s getting all of these at cost - like $30 for 6 mugs. I think at a sale I could get $20 or $25 for each mug. Oh well, she’s my baby sis…
Can’t believe I have to go back to work tomorrow! Which means I should probably get in gear and write the MMP I’m s’posed to post, ya think? Off to be creative. <poof>
I’m up from a nap. We went to see the Big Ten Cross Country Championships this morning. It was fun. Michigan State’s women took 2nd place by one point. The men didn’t do well - 7th of 10, but the Buckeye men took third, which surprised me. It was a beautiful day and the course was nice and the races were short enough that we kept moving.
What will Idiot Co-Worker come up with next? Maybe he’ll be gone by the time you go back to work after tinyninjachef arrives, LiLi.
No puppy dog eyes are necessary. They’re from a website called Footsmart.com, and I’d send you a direct link to the slippers but the website is “experiencing technical difficulties” and can’t get past the first page. But they’re called Cosy Soles, and they are just wonderful. I highly recommend them for the chronically cold of foot, like me!
I need to find something similar for my hands – sometimes when I’m working my hands get cold and then my fingers get stiff and I can’t warm them up unless I stick them under hot water for a while or something. I think I really need to get my thyroid checked…
ETA: Oh, duh, you can go straight to the source. And they DO make hand warming mitts, yay! Off to order some!
ETA yet again: Maybe not – $18 for shipping? :eek: Yeouch! That’s what I get for wanting to order from Canada!
Lessee…doggio getting old aint for sissies. Sorry about the arthureyetus.
fcm, those are some kee-uuuute pieces. Sucks about the ones that broke.
rosie, I recommend much practice of The Look for stoopit cow-orker.
mamatigs, boy could I have used those slippers when I lived up nawth. My feeties were always cold. It wasn’t unusual for me to dangle legs under steaming water in the tub.
Speaking of consuming road kill. Back when I was still married (just barely) to the Klingon, he hit a doe one night leaving a friend’s house. He went back and picked up the friend who was a hunter and they hauled the deer back and butchered it. I have to say, that was some mighty good venison and it was well, erm, tenderized.
There’s a front sitting smack over the I-4 corridor that is responsible for a totally grim weekend. Not a glimmer of sunshine. And there’s a possible tropical low forming near Puerto Rico. WTF? I know it’s still season, but really!
That’s all I got till tomorrow. Have a good evening all.
Home from “defending my country” against… well, against the “Red” forces in the large exercise I’m participating in :o … and from going to a friend’s wedding – which was considerably more fun, as I got to meet quite a few people with whom I used to work at a previous employment.
Off to sleep, and probably offline for most of tomorrow as well. No internet at HQ…
Thanks! I’ve got it bookmarked till payday, when I’ll be ordering me some red ones. YAY for warm toasty toes!
OK, the next MMP is all writ up. I need to stick a note on my purse so I post before I leave in the morning. Meanwhile, I’ll wait for the jeans in the dryer. The house is all closed up and the thermostat is set to heat, although it’s not on just now. But if it drops below 62 in the house, the ol’ furnace will spring into action. I guess it won’t be long till I have to drop the storm windows in place.
Oh crap - I just remembered I was supposd to make some phone calls today. Now I don’t feel like it. Maybe tomorrow??
Arrrgh, my homepage still won’t come up! I can get to it using the computer upstairs, but for whatever strange reason, when I type in the address, the number 6 shows up after www down on the bottom bar, where it’s telling me it’s searching for the site. So, the internet searches and searches and can’t find the site. It’s doing it on both computers down here.
I don’t know what to do, I’ve tried everything I can think of, even doing a system restore to a week ago.
I’ve been busily taking care of chores and just about have the downstairs totally spiffed up.
I need to do some laundry, though. I hate doing laundry.
I guess I should quit putting it off and just do it.
I made it through the weekend and am back home now. I got quite a bit accomplished this weekend, so it was worth it. Although I didn’t get much sleep. I took a nap when I got home. Odd dreams too. Hate those.
Took me forever to get caught up here. Lots of new posts!
Could there be spyware on your computers downstairs, Taters. I think a system restore might not get you past that.
Welcome back, Lunch.
Road kill doesn’t sound exactly appetizing, I have to sy.
Back from church and done with dinner (chicken and potatoes). I’m gonna read a while and then fall asleep - early, I hope, since I didn’t sleep very well last night…
But they’re called Cosy Soles, and they are just wonderful. I highly recommend them for the chronically cold of foot, like me!