A horrible murder told in verse and pictures. I like it! 
It is already warmer today than the high from yesterday. It might or might not rain. Temps could be from mid 50’s to mid 60’s Amurrkin. That is for real the forecast for my little corner of the world today. Tres strange.
Oh…
IIITTT’SSS FFFRRRIIIDDDAAAYYY!!!
Today, VWife and I go see our mortgage guy about refinancing the house. We have two things in mind: a home improvement project where the kitchen is updated, the front door replaced, and the master bedroom gets drywalled; and getting the money back for VunderKind’s edjumakashun that got sucked up into the real estate deal.
I’m sure VWife has ideas for burning the dough on other frivolous items 'cuz that’s what she does best, but I’ll do my best to make sure they don’t happen.
Grrrrrr. Round 2 of the shower door saga: Installation dudes come (only an hour and a half late). There is much tape-measuring and murmuring in the Master Bath. Then head installation dude (that sounds really weird) calls me in and tells me that the “glass company” sent the door with the wrong measurements…again. How long till another one comes in? Don’t rahtly know, mam, but seein’ as they made the same mistake twahce, I 'spect they’ll put a rush onit. :rolleyes:
This morning I’m going to pay my traffic ticket, then depending on the time I get done, go by Mom’s and see what pics of Dad she’s got. I have certain ones in mind but should probably go through all of them.
bobbio, THEY say that updating your kitchen and bath(s) add the most value to your home. Exactly what fripperies does vwife have in mind?
rosie, why is letting your tenant take care of the cat a bad idea? You’ve already got the person living in your home technically, right?
Guess I need to hop into the “doorless” shower.
Tupug
Good luck on the refi Bobbio. I’ve actually considered a home equity loan to do some house stuff. It’s just that in four more years da swampcave is mine all mine and that keeps me from doing it. Good for you for replacing VunderKind’s edjookashun funds.
Alright! Who sent the snow here? Come on, fess up! It wasn’t f$^&#ing snowing an hour ago, but now that I’m ready to go to work, there’s white stuff everywhere. Whoever you are, you’re on my list
Electric dog polishers, gasoline powered turtleneck sweaters… You know, the usual stuff.
Since we’ve only made 6 payments on the mortgage so far, going in for another $20k isn’t going to make much difference on the projected payoff date.
but, but…it’s
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ssssnowingggg
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Rosie, if you can send some over here, the Swiss would like it back.
There was supposed to be a big storm here yesterday. I went to lunch with one of the other two women in the team (we’re about 100 total); I remarked that I’m fearing that when winter finally remembers to come it will be “all together, right now!” I keep remembering the snowstorms we got in the US just before Presidents’ Day of 2003; Philly had been snow-free and then in a few hours there were cars covered in snow. My coworker said she fears the same and she was so glad I’d said it because other people tell her she’s just being a wuss. So maybe we’re worriwarts but at least we’re in it together!
As my brother once said: “why do you women always have to think about the future!!!” Me: “because otherwise agriculture wouldn’a been invented, shush.”
I got BC yesterday. Popped it in, dropped by the grocer’s while Disk 3 did its thing, didn’t go to bed until midnight. If I hadn’t had to work today I probably would have skipped that whole “sleep” thing and just taken a nap today 
Lilbro’s flat was finished last summer, it’s new construction. He’s in the first floor (second Ammurkin) and knew about one in five neighbors from before; as it often happens, the majority are in a pretty narrow age range. So there’s current coworkers, former coworkers, people with whom he’d go out for tapas at some point or other, school classmates…
Two of the flats have been put up for sale as soon as the owners got the keys, a strange phenomenon that’s been happening in Spain for a while. People will buy a house before the ground gets broken and sell it unused. Most of them ask for way too much so the houses don’t sell as fast as they’d like to. Luckily, none of those is adjacent to Lilbro’s. There were a series of minor(ish) repairs that needed to be done, he didn’t move in “for real” until they were fixed. A french door to a balcony that didn’t close properly, a light switch that didn’t work…
And a waterfall in the small bathroom. EEEEK! The neighbors above him had moved in very fast but, being a married couple with no kids yet (the flats are 3/2s, enough room to have kids), had only used the big bathroom before. One day they had a guest who used the shower in the small bathroom and when Lilbro arrived, bringing a couple boxes of stuff, he saw water spouting from the vent in his bathroom.
Turns out the plumbers had forgotten to attach the bottom of the shower to the pipes. Interesting, to say the least. Since it was discovered within one year of the transfer of ownership from the construction company, they had to fix it “yesterday”. If the flat above his had been empty (or that shower unused) for a whole year, Lilbro’s neighbors would have had to get and pay the plumbers themselves, directly or through their insurance.
They spread the news so people would make sure to test Every Item In The House.
I’m here, I’m tired, it’s Friday.
Bleh.
Morning, everyone.
Need tea.
Morning, all. I slept well, and am actually feeling pretty good today. Today is Gym Day again, so here’s hoping my energy keeps up long enough for that.
It’s cold here, but we’re not supposed to get any more snowy type stuff (probably a rain/snow mix) till Monday. But it’s supposed to be really windy later on. It’s also going to be cold enough this weekend that even though it’ll be clear and sunny, I suspect Papa Tigs won’t take the pups to the Bestest Place Ever. Not that they’d object to swimming in cold water, but he’s not real fond of standing around with wet dogs rubbing up against him and getting him all wet, too, for some strange reason.
And now to work. Or something.
[Dr. Emmett Brown]
Damn!
Damn damn!
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It looks like despite my best efforts I’m catching MindWife’s cold. Gah! Icky. It’s only just starting, and in my nose and top of my throat at that. (Hers started in the throat) Further to rigs’ suggestion, my morning supermarket trip included a bottle of zinc. They had the tablets or lozenges. The lozenges only contained 5mg of elemental zinc per lozenge (even though they were fortified with vitamin C and echinacea), and furthermore were artificially flavoured with lemon. I hate artificial lemon flavour, and the tablets contained 25mg of the good stuff, so rather than have to take 5 lozenges a day, I bought the tabs. At least I only have to take one a day with a meal. So, I’m going to have a breakfast of Mr. Noodles doused with pepper and Tabasco. If there is any justice, this will help minimize the symptoms I present with and give the accursed virus a damn good reason to vacate the temple post-haste.
But at least it’s FRIDAY! This doesn’t mitigate the cold, but at least it’s hitting at a time when I can stay the hell home and fight it with a mighty arsenal of NyQuil, Tylenol Cold & Flu (daytime caplets), Zinc, and whatever else I can find to mix up a nice antiviral Molotov cocktail.
rosie - We just started getting a bit of snow. The temperature is fairly mild though (-1c, or about 30f) all things considered, so I’m okay with that. Unless it starts getting serious about dumping it on us. Then I might have to complain. On the other hand it’s good for business, so maybe I shouldn’t…
Y’know, beef Mr. Noodles with Tabasco is very nice indeed.
Take a lot of vitamins. Mr. Lissar has a miserable cold that’s making him throw up in the mornings. He says he feels fine except for the intense coughing fits. Which make him puke.
Off to do laundry.
Oh, I introduced a co-worker to the joys of Sriracha hot sauce, and now, two weeks later, half the 1 litre bottle is gone. Ha! He’s addicted! Does anyone else not know about this delicous chili-garlic spicy sauce?
First MMP post on the new server!!!
Yay for me!!!
Drat. Second post, anyway.
“Winter Vomiting Disease” perhaps? (I didn’t even know this was a real thing)
Yeah, I’ve popped some Zinc already, and may browse my local drug store for some good pharmaceuticals. I’ve got plenty of cold medication at home, so that’s covered. I’ll probably need to pick up a skid of Kleenex, though.
At least the virus was considerate enough to wait 'til payday. I’m still going to kick its ass just the same, though.
Thanks for the encouragement!! I sorely needed it. A good night’s sleep has convinced me that it won’t be as bad as it initially seemed. It’ll all work out wonderfully in the end. ::chanting mantras to self::
Get-well vibes to Mr. Lissar. I had a terrible cold last month with coughing fits so intense I gagged. I sounded much sicker than I actually was (I didn’t have a fever or anything, just coughing fits). It’s a pain in the arse more than anything else.
Off to precept. This week we get to tear each other’s proposal drafts apart. Yay.
Gah… It STINKS in here!
Not just “ew, what’s that smell?” but IT STINKS!!! of burning plastic sorts of smells.
As the floor safety leader, people were coming to me asking what the smell was, if anything was burning, and so on. I call the building office. Reading between the lines, it appears they were testing the generator, but forgot to close the building’s air intakes, so generator exhaust has been sucked into the building. Dipshits…
At least nobody panicked and pulled an alarm.
I really should do some laundry today. I’ve been sending it out, but it’s hard to justify the expense when there’s no opportunity cost for me now to do it myself. But I really, really don’t want to.
Then again, Screaming Neighbor makes staying home rather unattractive as well.
What I’d really like is to be able to do laundry without getting in the car.