Chicken 'n dumplin’s are simmering on the stove. MMMMMMM… I also have a green salad to go along with 'em. It’ll be a good supper on a cool evening. ACBG will be here in about half an hour and then it’s supper time! I’m a hungry bear.
That’s all I got for now.
We had chicken pot pie the other night when it was cold here. It was goooood. Tonight’s lamb chops because they were on sale last week. Yum!
So busy here today! The $&*# hit the fan and 3 zillion things have to be done by yesterday. Ugh. At least the day went by fast!
OK I read page one and I am working on page 2 but I just wanted to mention that if anyone wants winter they can have some of our.
Case in point - the drive to work this morning occured in -20 deg F cold my car still was not warm when I got here. Monday was worse at -26 deg F
Brrrrrrrrrrrrr
I want May. May is nice weather
Hi everyone!
Glad to hear you’re hanging in there, Puggy.
Sorry about your puppy, Meli; I’m sure it was hard to say goodbye. Hugs.
I blame Nava for making me look at the Madonna Inn. Not sure what that was, but the Espana room looked neither Mexican nor Spanish to me. I haven’t been brave enough yet to look at the rest of it. Oh, and having SIL as her physician is a stroke of genius, I have to say. But geez, even I want to slap SIL and I don’t even know her.
Glad to hear you’re an inspiration, Jahdra. 
Yay for the exercise, Mama T! I have a friend who had both knees done last year. She’s always been in good shape, but got into even better shape before the surgeries and had a quick and excellent recovery.
Grad school stuff doesn’t sound too bad, Al. Oh, and sorry about the car. Yep, that’s major stuff. It’s never a good sign when they start talking about head gaskets. At least you have a back-up car to use in the meantime.
Neat volunteer opportunity, taxi! I always like volunteer work where you can actually see the results and be confident that stuff is getting to people who need it.
Glad to see Maggie is so ermmmm… well-trained, doggio!
I was the one who asked about your syllabus, Hank. Now that you mention it again, I remember that you’d told us you were taking a class about teaching at a Community College. That’s an interesting concept. What kind of graduate program are you in? It always sounds like you’re in some type of lit program but this class makes it sound like you’re getting an education degree (or like some humanities grad programs have finally started to connect to reality).
Guess I should head toward the kitchen and forage for dinner. Not sure what I want to eat.
GT
Ali – $1000?! That’s awful! (Though I am not surprised one bit that your car is much more messed up than you thought it was… 
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Congrats on that exercise, Mama T! Sometimes it feels like getting around to exercising is more work than actually exercising itself. (I think it must be all the rigors involved in combating the lazyness. 'Tis quite the challenging foe.)
Ouch, that cold has got to be bitter, Ems. I’m surprised (and glad) that your car even worked in temperatures like that.
Speaking of cold, today’s multiple walks to classes was not fun in the least. I live about a fifteen minute walk from the class halls, and it’s been hovering around 15 degrees Fahrenheit all day. And having lost my favorite fuzzy scarf doesn’t help matters.
I’m free! I finally escaped! I had the world’s shortest exit interview, over the phone: turn in your badge and asset management form to local HR person, any questions, thank you, bye. IT said I was only the 3rd person to turn in their encrypted jump drive, everyone else “lost” theirs, so I felt good about that. But it was all the goodbyes that I got hung up on. I welled up a couple of times, but didn’t actually cry. I sent out a farewell message to multiple distribution lists, so I don’t think I missed anyone.
I feel good - I left on a good note, with my head held high, and I don’t feel bitter. I won!!!eleventy1!
Yay, Jahdra! Sounds like you left the place just the right way. Congrats on having the guts to leave and leave with class!
GT
I should have gotten my hips and knees done back in '97, but I am phobic about surgery and so put it off. Now I can’t afford it, and there are times when the pain is…interesting in its intensity. So yeah, my knee is jealous.
DB Maggie is obviously a well mannered wonder beagle. Wonderful photo, do you mind if I share with some other dog people? Nothing large scale, just a few friends.
More snow and freezing rain here, we haven’t had a winter like this for several years, in fact last winter never happened. Spring doesn’t begin here until late April/early May, so I have notched back my outdoor activities. The damp/cold does bad things to me. I am looking forward to the thaw when I will be able to go out and track the growth of the ton of bulbs I did manage to get in before everything froze. It’s gonna be pretty, and I am not gonna be nice if the neighborhood dogs walk on them. Everything is in raised beds, so there is no rational reason for the critters to deliberately jump up there. My dogs are always on leash when they are out, or on the fenced in deck, besides being tiny dogs. I have a wolf hybrid, a Chesapeake Bay Retriever and a Springer Spaniel who consider my lawn their territory. They are nice enough dogs, but I am aggressive about my posies! I want a fence so badly, as soon as the indoor remodel is finished there is outdoor stuff to be done. Then I should, theoretically, be happy and stay here. I have found in the past that my feet get itchy after about five years though, so who knows? Maybe Exxon will suck it up and settle and we will be able to have the Kodiak home and a Western Washington home. Maybe pigs will fly.
On preview, YAY Jahdra!!!
#3 just walked in so I am going to enlist her assistance in the kitchen and get dinner started. Chicken tonight, last night was foraged left overs, as I predicted.
The living room is done! I still need to put the furniture back into place etc, but it is done.
I bought two gallons of paint (that cannot be returned, so I think this color will also be the master bedroom’s color…IF it looks OK. I painted the bottom of a box and will put it in the bedroom for a few days and see.
Work at the library tomorrow and then the hospital on Friday-where did the week go?
I took a very looooong soak in a very hot tub (but not a hot-tub, sadly)–it felt great. Off to bed soon-I may not even be able to stay up for Jon Stewart. But it’s a good kind of tired.
Not sure what everyone else is up to, but I hope whatever it is went well…
So you think my scar will be cool, FCM? I have to admit that’s probably not my #1 reason for the surgery, but whatever works, I guess…
Sorry to hear you can’t afford the surgery right now, kai. Here’s hoping things will change so that you can get it one of these days. Although yours will obviously be far more extensive than mine – I’ve only got the one bad knee, fortunately.
Loved the photo of Maggie the Wonder Beagle having her tea! But where’s her teapot with its tea cozy? A girl has to be properly equipped for tea, after all!
I’m looking forward to Brandy and Scruffy curled up together in Brandy’s former chair. You’ll have to provide the photographic evidence when it happens, FCM!
Gotta love federal civilian personnel. They gave Papa Tigs a login to get on the system and sign up for insurance. Only problem? They haven’t put him into the system yet, so his login is useless! Aargh. I only wish I could be there tomorrow to help him raise hell. It should be fun!
Well, Thai House was packed - not an empty table in the place. We walked down the strip maul to a little Japanese place - totally empty. Sad, as the food was very good. We both had tempura soft shell crab; then my friend had sushi and sashimi and I had tempura chicken and shrimp. It was yum and I am stuffed.
Went to Books a Million and picked up the book on Paganism(Drawing Down the Moon, by Margot Adler) I had ordered. Sadly there is only 28 cents left on my gift card.
I am sleepy and still need to bathe and get ready for my doctor’s appointment in the morning. G’night all.
So, when do we get to see pictures, rigs? (Isn’t there a rule about these things?)
Login mess-up sounds annoying, Tigs.
I’ve successfully sorted laundry and found something to wear tomorrow, which means I can get to bed early and not worry about starting to wash. I’ve gotten to bed really late the last two nights and really want to get a decent night’s sleep. Yee hawwwww!
Off to bed.
GT
Tigs, it’s actually contractors that run the benefits side of things. Yeah, you have to go through the CPAC/CPOC or ABC to get things done, but it’s the contractors who run our benefits. Try dealing with the TSP folks some time. Not fun at all.
Today was a hectic and stressful day at work. I didn’t get anything accomplished that I intended to. I was asked to do a very short fused data call. When I was first given the request, I did not realize that it had to be done by COB today. I had to go through a year’s worth of data. Next, it turned out they were looking for ALL referrals from our platform, sister services, and children MTFs, instead of just mental health. I didn’t find THAT out until 3:30 today. After I had spent from 11:00 to 3:00 working on it. Grrrrrrrrrrr. Finally, I got the data, but I’m sure there will be some questions. I did send out the info explaining, where I got the data, my rationale for the fields I used, etc. We’ll see. I got it all done by about 4:10 and I leave at 4:30. Whew!
However, I am now very behind on four other projects I needed to be working on. Three of them are due outs for a staff meeting tomorrow. The boss probably won’t be happy, but he was on the cc line for the data call I had today.
Jah, it sounds like you went out the right way. I hope that things for your future employment work out.
Speaking of employment; how’s the job search going Drae?
Our snow is sort of melting off…a little. I’m done with winter and ready for spring. Bring it on!
Off to WoW it up with my Blood Elf pally. I’m a geek, geek, geek.
I am so envious of those here who WoW. I want to, but have no time or talent. Plus, I think my son would kill me.
I haven’t taken any pics of the LR with the digital camera–indeed, I don’t know how to operate said camera. Even if I did know, I have no idea how to get those pictures here…Yep, I am one internet savvy gal.
If you Google Behr paint interiors, go to explore color and type in Arabian Sands, in latex eggshell enamel–that is the wall color. The trim is Linen White. I tried to link to the pallette but it wouldn’t let me. Sorry.
gt - I envy you your good nocs of sleep. I am sleeping well, but not long enough…damned alarm clock.
I got some good news–one of my classes won’t start until 1/29. Yeehaw! this is good, since I have a Burns night to go to next week and work and all…
We want pics, rigs.
Back from dance class. We did backwards camel walk (dunno why it’s called that. It’s a double backwards walking undulation) until my stomach muscles screamed, and then we did sharp accented shimmy walk.
In the second class we did Saiidi backwards walk, which is this… damn, I don’t know if I can describe it. You contract your stomach muscles, and push out hard, shifting your weight from your forward to your backward foot, twice, and on the second stomach accent you swing your forward leg directly back . It’s a one-two, one two kind of movement and it’s a huge amount of work. Your head has to stay level, but from the ribs downward you’re sort of skipping backwards.
And then we did backward released horizontal figure eights with layered undulation.
My stomach muscles hurt.
Lord, so do mine–and I only read that…
I can’t do pics. It’s real pretty. If I get pics, I’ll ask #1 son to find a way to post them. how’s that?
Ooh, made a new brownie recipe today-but I altered a lot of the recipe. They’re good.
Well, winter is here, There is a winter weather advisory out, looks like sleet n’ assorted crap, The boss picked a good week to be off. I don’t think I can cut enough hours unless I fire myself(hmmmm…). Frozen pizza and beerverages tonight.
Hi ems!!!
gt, Maggie is into creature comforts.
Glad things went well for you,Jahdra
kai, help your self, Maggie enjoys her fan club.
MamaTigs, my mom’s knee scar is barely noticable. Dad says he is getting a new wife, a piece at a time.
rigs, I think I would get “pwned” in WoW too. Or conquer all and rule the cyberworld with an iron fist(and cyborg lemurs).
LiLi, I think I pulled something just reading that.
another day of back pain - at least I had 18 episodes of Scrubs reruns saved up in the DVR to keep me company.
Good bless Intermittant FMLA - my job is safe in spite of these absences - but I am determined to go in tomorrow.
db - that’s an adorable photo - have you ever gotten Lucretia to pose like that?
WoW is addicting. It’s the only computer game I play. I don’t really play any others.
Rigs, it’s not like you have to be good at the beginning. You learn to play your character and his/her traits/spells/whatever as you level.
Besides, if your son is such an addict he can give you helpful tips and strategies. Our son reads all the forums and even though we’ve played a long time, he offers many helpful tips or tells us things we didn’t know.
Since we got the Burning Crusade, I created a Blood Elf paladin who mines and is a jewel crafter. I like being a pally because it’s sort of a hybrid character who can heal and tank. The pally shouldn’t be a main tank, but can be helpful. If we’re in a group, I heal.
My main is a level 59 human paladin who mines and is a blacksmith/master armor crafter. She’s just about to hit 60. She’s my favorite, but I don’t really get to play her all that often. I did take her to the new lands last night through the portal (your son will understand).
The only downer to playing Burning Crusade right now are the facts that the servers keep crashing and they are extra laggy. That’s because there are so many people playing right now. It’ll get better soon.
I’ve got an undead warrrior, and a few other alts as well.
See, I just totally freaked you all out with my WoW geekiness, didn’t I? I know I freaked myself out.
Oh! Sorry for the double post, but I forgot to mention that hotel. Good Grief! How the hell could anyone even sleep in one of those rooms?! My eyes! They hurt!
Ali, ouchee-wawa! I hate car repair bills. I well remember having bills like that. They always come at the worst time, too. I’m glad your folks are able to help you out that way.
Ems, I hope you’re not frozen out there yet. That is day-um cold.
Lissla, that step sounds…painful. You must have rock hard abs and mucho coordination.
Rigs, I want to see pictures too. Maybe I’ll be inspired to finish what we started two freakin’ winters ago.
Hugs to all that need them. I’m going to veg in front of TV for a short while.