An Artsy-Fartsy Aftermath MMP

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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‘Mornin’ kiddies. I’m tired and cranky this morning. Hubby stayed home from work for no good reason. Then he took a benadryl, so now he’ll sleep all day. :rolleyes:
FCM, nice OP. I can relate. I haven’t done a glass show in a while. I guess I should search some out for the summer. The little bit of extra cash is nice, the attention is too.

I’m having some oral surgery on Wednesday. I’m not looking forward to it. In fact, I’m scared to death. It’s been put off three times, but I’m afraid, I’ll have to go through with it this time.

I’m going back to bed. If he can sleep all day, so can I!

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Thanks, but I have no problem in NY humidity! Only out there in Colorado.

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Afternoon all! Today has been quiet so far, but I think it’s the calm before the storm. I got the rest of my assignment this morning, so we’re having a meeting tomorrow morning to discuss it. For whatever reason, they couldn’t make the change until today (I suspect that had something to do with the person who thought I was replacing her.) Anyway. I have a nice quiet cube on a relatively quiet hallway and no neighbors. Yay! I’m all anti-social like that. Of course, that could change tomorrow, too. The life of a [del]temp[/del] contractor!

FCM, my mother collected a dozen pottery mugs from a gentleman who had way underpriced his wares. He was charging about half what he should have been. Raise those prices! I know I’ve skipped buying things because they just seemed too cheap - there must be a flaw, right? I have seen some truly hideous paintings and “art” at art fairs. I prefer juried shows just for that reason.

taxi, sometimes companies can be fantastic to work for - as long as you’re not in a support role. That’s not always the case, of course, but sometimes companies think of admin types as interchangeably replaceable. Of course, it’s also possible that they were walked out due to some shenanigans you’ll only hear rumors about. (Once a receptionist “resigned” because she had been threatening the office manager - on the company computer! They walked her out, and said she’d resigned.) Or really, who knows? My last firm was very good at “disappearing” people, and you’d find out someone was gone when the email bounced, which was disconcerting if you’d talked to them just that morning!

Best of luck to interviewing folks, all appendages crossed!

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welby - Ewww! Sweaty coleslaw!

SCL - That’s no fair for you to have to sell SIL’s friend’s stuff, too.

LiLi - Monster factory is the jakiest! And I’m so glad you only puked once today. How was lunch?

MBG - Wassamatta?

Mika - At least you got to see your family! What is up with Picasa? I can’t see pics on it from my work 'puter. I’ll have to look later. I couldn’t believe how dry it is out west. Both Vegas and Denver had me sucking down gallons of water. Even though I hate it, I guess I need humidity. To a point. Today it’s 94°/34C with a heat index of around 100°/37C. Yuk.

Mork - That hearing sounds crazy! Glad it was resolved somewhat. And hugs for MindWife.

Scout - HiYa!

Morgyn - Welcome (back?) 3000-4000 books? Man-oh-man! You should start a liberry or sumpin’.

Taxi - We had a sudden departure last week, too. I think the guy asked for more money or he would walk, and they refused! Oh well, I didn’t like him anyway. :wink:

Special Guy - cool on Mama Tigs colors! I’m too lazy… :smiley:

Nava - that would piss me off to no end…

gottie - Gorillas! In a race! Squee!

Swampy - You better get a good job soon! Do you know how hard it is to type with all these appendages crossed? I’m cramping here! :wink:

{{{Picu}}}

I went to Tarjay today and bought the sweetest little outfit for a baby shower on Wednesday. Little shortie overalls and a striped shirt. It’s itty-bitty! I got the three month size so the baby (it’s a boy) will be able to wear it before summer ends.

I’m being asked to do some work. Harrumph! Can’t you see I’m busy, people???

Later, folks.

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picu what are you going in for? I’ve had a couple of oral surgeries over the last couple of years. And since I’ve had a toothache a;ll weekend, I’ve got to schedule more surgery to get posts put in my jawbones so I can stop the rest of my teeth from moving around.

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Oh swampy, your post makes me realize how I’ve missed reading your accounts of you and ACBG. I love the tone of your posts.

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Whatta Monday,

First day of summer school, my special ed coordinator is getting crapped on by the Co-Op that runs our special ed, the other supervisor that’s supposed to be helping her is pouting because she’s mad at me for writing her up for something incredibly stupid that she did, two drivers are on my list, my head hurts, the A/C is out here, and I have too much to do tonight before I take a half day tomorrow to play golf.

Hi mika!! Sorry we missed coffee!

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Congratuations on the attention and the compliments for your art, FCM! My mom is a potter as well, and she’s constantly surprised by how much her pieces can sell for. The artist always has the most critical eye for their own work, it seems. (Except in the case of your neighbor, that is… shrugs) I’d suggest paying attention to the photographer’s suggestion of raising prices – of someone likes your piece enough to buy it, they’ll most likely be willing to shell out a couple dollars more for it. Don’t worry about it.

Well, hello again, MMPers. I thought I’d pay a little visit to y’all and see how things were going. Hope everyone is doing well.

I, however, have somber news to bring here. My maternal grandmother died this Saturday. She made the decision to let go a couple weeks ago, once all the complications from her many diseases got to be too stressful. For the last week or two, all the talk in the family has been about Hospice programs, as the family was expecting her to live to late June – but she decided to go almost immediately after the priest visited her and performed the rites. So now the visitation is tomorrow, and the funeral on Wednesday.

Although I didn’t see Grandma very often, she was a stabilizing force in my family; she kept her many children and grandchildren in contact with each other, and she would be the first to tell you “It’s not a big deal, don’t worry about it, just buck up and deal with it.” She was a great matriarch. I’m going to miss her so much. If you still have living grandparents, I’d suggest going to visit them sometime soon. You never know when, or how quickly, they will pass on.

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My four bottom front teeth have been subjected to a great deal of movement, from a bridge that was replaced twice. It made one tooth loose, causing a bone infection. So, all four have to be removed. There isn’t enough bone to put posts in, so, it’s another bridge. :rolleyes: I have an abnormal fear of dentristry in general and extraction in particular. (I had teeth pulled without anesthesia when I was a child.) I’m probably not going to sleep much between now and Wednesday.

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**LiLi ** - monsters!! What an inspired idea!! I can have a ball with that! You, my dear, will get first pick from my future monster gallery. MWAH!!!

**gotti ** - you brought back memories of a trip I made to SF in the mid 70s. There was a guy in a gorilla suit playing guitar on the street. I’ve got a picture of it somewhere. Thanks for an unexpected smile!

Welcome back, scout!!

{{{meli}}}

OK, OK, OK, everybody, I’ll go ahead and double or triple my prices. In fact, for the cheapie little ones, I might go ahead and quadruple the prices, then slash thru and halve them and make a “Stock Reduction Bin” - ya think?

Fingers and toes crossed for all interviewees! Youse peoples need to get your lazy butts back to work like the rest of us, dagnabbit!!! :stuck_out_tongue:

For the records, my Mondays now suck swampwater (N.O.S. :smiley: ). I have a meeting that starts at 2 every Monday. Normally I get off at 2. Instead, I have almost an extra hour at the office - on the other hand, it’s a credit hour, and I can accumulate them and use them almost at will, so there’s that.

Tonight’s supper is leftovers. We have sketties, chickie tits, pork tenderloin, and dibs and dabs of veggies. It’ll be a mini buffet!

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Lunch was edible, and stayed down. I should probably try to take my prenatal before I leave for work, since afternoon is my generally-no-puking time.

I’m sorry about your grandmother, meli. Hugs.
My MIL phoned Mr. Lissar last night to say she’s met someone, and they’re talking marriage. Stay tuned. Apparently he’s wooooonnnndddderrful and everything is perfect! They’ve only known each other two weeks. We’re a little on the sceptical side about immediate fireworky perfect romance and instant marriage.

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{{{{meli}}}}

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Way cool Tiger colors there, Special One! Also way too much hassle to do more often. But I like it!

I am seriously pissed right now. :mad: A few months ago a bitchy neighbor went out of her way to deliberately her dog right in front of Isaac as Papa Tigs was playing with him in the big empty community center yard; tail waving, Isaac went over to sniff her dog hello with his Kong in his mouth the entire time. So what does she do? She immediately starts screaming that our dog is attacking her dog, and calls Animal Control and makes a complaint! Right, every dog who’s going to attack another one is carrying his large toy in his mouth, with his tail wagging happily. :rolleyes: Apparently she didn’t want us playing with with Isaac in the community center yard, even though several times the county sheriff had stopped by and visited with Papa Tigs while he and Isaac were playing – you’d think if it was a problem, he might have said something about it. :rolleyes: And the nice Animal Control lady pays us a visit, and just makes sure the dogs are properly licensed and innoculated, since last we heard, playing with a dog in public isn’t illegal.

Then Saturday, as her husband was handing our mis-delivered mail over to Alice, Papa Tigs was just getting home in the car with the dogs. As he opened the door, Rusty leaped out to go say hi to the man – and Isaac, who has a habit of jumping on Rusty as soon as they both get out of the car (it’s a dominance thing that he only does in our own driveway, nowhere else, and only to Rusty, never to a human, but he does it to Rusty every. single. time.), did his usual thing of running over and jumping on Rusty right in front of the man. He still had his leash on him, and he definitely didn’t try to bite the man. Both Alice and Papa Tigs saw the whole thing and told me about it in detail.

So what does the creep do? He calls Animal Control and claims that Isaac tried to bite him and he has “an abrasion” on his elbow. Which, according to Papa Tigs and Alice, Isaac never even got near. I’d really, REALLY like to see a photograph of that because I don’t believe him for one single instant!!! He and his wife are hated by the entire neighborhood, according to our really nice across-the-street neighbor who’s lived here longer than they have. And I can certainly understand why.

So I just get a call from Animal Control. Now poor Isaac is on a ten-day quarantine, limited to the house and back yard. He can only leave the house to go to the vet’s office, and he has to have a “health inspection” before he can be released from quarantine, even though he just had his shots last month. And if the Assholes make another complaint, he could be impounded! Frankly, I think the aggression problem is on the part of the neighbors, not our dog!

And considering that the Asshole couple illegally keep a flock of chickens in their yard, I’m becoming more and more tempted to have a very fresh chicken dinner one of these nights…

Aargh! Why do people have to be so nasty to their neighbors for no good reason? The only thing we’ve ever done to them is leave them alone! When we walk the dogs by their house, they like to sniff their dogs through the fence. I guess they’re not even supposed to do that?

I’m definitely going to have to figure out how to get my revenge. Legally. Like checking if their animals are properly licensed and innoculated. Hey, if the Animal Control lady is willing to come out to our place on their spurious complaints, I might as well make a real one, right? :smiley:

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Mama Tiger you live in a non-rural area, right? And someone from Animal Control has got to come over to your house to check on the dog inthe next few days, right? There has got to be some kind of city/county code concerning livestock (such as, can’t have farm animals as pets, or medical/licensing requirements for same animals if allowed.) All I’m sayin’ is, check that out and make a reference to avian flu, and you’re in like Flynn with Animal Control.

It’s not revenge, it’s showing the appropriate level of concern for the wellbeing of your neighbors and family.

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BioTigs asshole neighbors keep chickens, thus, fear of avian flu! Go for it! I ain’t kiddin’ either. Plus chickens are nasty so there’s the health hazard angle. Oh and the smell. Go get 'em!

{{{meli}}} I am so sorry for your loss. Your family and your grandmother are in my thoughts and prayers.

Awwwww… scout, shucks! I’m glad you like my posts. And to think, they make picu think of oral surgery. :stuck_out_tongue:

Thanks for all the crossed appendages y’all! They are much much appreciated.

Mindude I’ll be keepin’ MinWife in my thoughts and prayers too.

LiLi yay on keepin’ lunch down!

ACBG is the only one allowed to do that. :smiley:

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Alas, the first time the nasty bitch complained, I asked the nice Animal Control lady about the chickens, and she tells me that in our part of the county, it’s not covered by her department but is a zoning issue. I’ve called the zoning board on it, but haven’t been able to get anyone to return my call. Technically, we’re not in a city, but considering that this area is completely urban in terms of houses and small businesses, we should have rules restricting poultry. I’ll keep trying, never fear. They have pissed me off waaay too much this time!

I forgot to mention, Mork, my sister hs polycystic ovarian whatever. In her case it was apparently caused by our mom being given a synthetic hormone they were testing out, DES, when she was pregnant with TigerSis; it turned out that it caused far more harm than good, and was quickly withdrawn. But DES babies have a history of nasty ovarian stuff; TigerSis is glad she just has polycystic ovaries and not cancer like so many of the DES babies got! :eek: (At least the hospital where our mom was given it – your alma mater, U of ChicagoHaze – kept records and tracked her down many years later and paid for her to get examined and treated for her problems!) But you guys are enough younger I doubt that’s the cause. Anyway, she went through a variety of stuff with it, most notably seriously painful periods, but did manage to have two successful, albeit high-risk, pregnancies and two great kids. She had a hysterectomy a few years ago and now wishes she didn’t. So hopefully they’ll be able to take care of MindWife properly and it won’t cause her too many problems. I’ll be sending lots of good thoughts her way!

Eww! You keep your appreciatin’ to yourself, young man! :smiley:

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:dubious: Isn’t it a tad early in the week for your customery TMI? :wink:

meli, what a woman she must have been. My condolences.

biotigs, that just rots. Any way you can contest the complaint?

Imma go home now. Hopefully, before the Thunder and accompanying rain get here.

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If they complaint again, Pugs, I’m going to take 'em to small claims court for harassment, I think. Because they’re definitely harassing us, just through our dog. :frowning:

I forgot to say how sorry I am about your grandmother, Meli. Both my grandmothers were amazing, strong women, and I still miss them both a lot.

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Sorry to hear about your grandmother, meli. Hugs. On a lighter (I hope) note: are you still hanging out with that McCello guy? Tell him we[del]'re nosy and he owes us a visit[/del] asked about him.

Hey, scout! Welcome back! Please note that swampy has already provided just a tad of TMI, just to keep you interested, I’m sure.

Hope your procedure goes OK, picu.

Mork, that hearing sounded like no fun at all.

MamaT, I think you should probably seek legal advice at this point so that you know all of your legal options with the neighbors. Gotta hope there’s some type of process that will allow you to prove that your neighbors are full of it.

Meeks, glad you made it home safely. Sorry you didn’t get to meet up with **MBG ** and Hank. MBG was all ready to sing for you and everything!

Cool OP, FCM. (Add me to the list of MMPers sorry it didn’t pan out exactly as you hoped.) I think gotti is right; you’re building up your name by attending these fairs. Next year there will be kids who really want to see “that lady with the pottery wheel” in addition to kids you’ll be new to, for example. Also, if there are any fairs at all where people are selling pottery, you should go see them and see what their pricing looks like. We have a small fair at the end of July that I’m hoping to get to. It sounds like it may be comparable to the shows you’ve been in. I’ll see if there are any similar vendors there and get an idea of how they’re pricing their wares.

Work was exhausting. I spent all day in what amounted to one meeting. Brain currently mush. I’m tired. Guess I should consider dinner.

I’m sure I missed someone/something…I read it all; really I did.

Back later.

GT

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Thanks for the well-wishes, ever’body. I’ve read up on PCOS, and it looks rather frightening when you take it all in – 10x risk factor for endometrial cancer, much higher risk for adult-onset (Type II) diabetes, pregnancy problems, and other fun things. It’s also incurable at the moment, short of an oophorectomy, but that’s not even a consideration right now. However, its various symptoms are treatable. Evidently, fertility drugs, in addition to restoring the production of ovum and a normal menstrual cycle, also helps treat some of the other symptoms as well. And she doesn’t seem to have some of the more serious signs – though her white blood cell count is elevated (apparently an expected result), her blood glucose levels are fine, and there are no signs of tumorous growths, so this is some good news at least. Plus, the diagnosis is just preliminary. We’ll know more after the bloodwork done and processed.

Yes, the hearing was fairly moronic. But for that one unreasonable idiot, we could have been over and done with the whole process within an hour. I’m glad that he was brought around in the end, but idiots who seem to think they’re experts at bloody well everything (“I negotiated union contracts with Ford! I know how this works! They’re just greedy bastards that want to squeeze the little guy and we’re not going to take this BS!”) always make things way more complicated than they need to be because they just won’t take their damn fingers out of their ears and stop yelling “BLAH BLAH BLAH I’M NOT LISTENING NAA NAA NAA NAA TFBPTHPTHTHTH.”

I almost expected him to toss his bottle at the arbiter and throw a fist-thumping tantrum.

BioTigs - Man, your neighbours really need a whack upside the head with an attitude adjuster. (I suggest one from a company called Louisville) Did they ever have any problems with you before that they’d want to find any lame excuse to piss you off?