Wow lots of new blood! Who knew bumper stickers would be such a hot topic.
Da cave is gettin’ pressure washed on the outside tomorrow. Thus, I had to move all the stuff off the back porch as well as all the stuff off the concrete around the pool as the concrete is also gettin’ pressure washed. It will all be shiny and gleamy! Of course that means all the stuff must be put back where it belongs tomorrow evening. It’ll be worth it to have everything all clean though.
I even made a meatloaf to bake tomorrow. I envision meatloaf, steamed cabbage and mac & cheese for dindin tomorrow. Num! I shall refrain from deep fryin’ my clothes.
BBBobbio you are the only one who can offer me beer and cockies.
Heh. Lovely typos. amusing anecdotes and all kinds of newbies. Yay!
I think I’ve added all the linked recipes to the blog.
I’ve had some din-din (yogurt with multi-grain cereal that was supposed to be for breakfast). Now I feel like making hot fudge. Opened up a jar of it last night and decided it wasn’t very good. So now I’m going to make some real hot fudge sauce.
Car is home. The clunking was the front brakes. The rotor(s) were rusty, so they didn’t do the appropriate alarm squeal and instead just knocked. :eek: It wasn’t horribly expensive, which was good.
And we’re back. **FCD **got a pair of pants and a shirt at Penney’s. Then we drove down to Lexington Park to find the building where his interview will be held. Next stop was for soup-n-salad for supper, and finally to the boat to pick up some clothes he left there last week. I’ve ironed the new clothes, he cleaned the cat boxes, and we’re both chillin’. In theory, we can sleep in tomorrow - his interview isn’t till 9. So Yay!!
I harvested my first cherry 'mater and my last cucumbers - they’re real mutants… We’ve got a bunch more cherry 'maters out there, and several big ones, but all in all, my container gardening hasn’t done well. I think I need bigger containers.
No time to read, but here is the Espresso Frosting Recipe:
1 egg yolk
4 Tbs unsalted, softened butter
1 cup powdered sugar (sifted)
2 squares unsweetened chocolate (melted)
1/2 Tsp vanilla (optional)
1 or so Tsp ground coffee (to taste)
Cream sugar and butter, add egg. Add melted chocolate (do NOT melt the butter). Mix well-- hell, whip it, if you can. Add coffee to taste. Makes enough to frost one layer cake. To frost a double layer cake, double this recipe.
Off to do stuff. Am off tomorrow, but working the rest of the week. I’s busy!
I don’t have any bumper stickers, but I do have a decal along with a year and month sticker that grants me access to the military installation I work on.
I’ve seen bunches of those “In Memorium” things around here.
Even though I got off work on time, it seemed like the day was really long. I don’t know why, because I basically hit the door running and didn’t stop until about 10 minutes before I left.
There isn’t much else going on, just the same ol’, same ol’.
I have a BU sticker on my car (for my daughter) and a GB one (for me–I like to pretend I live in Great Britain. Maybe someday it’ll happen) and I have a Colbert Nation decal.
Other than that, I have a workplace sticker, a village sticker and that’s it. None of them are garish.
I find bumper stickers fun in a weird way–they’re fun to read, but the thought of condensing my views into one pithy remark dismays me. YMMV.
First day on the job and already none of the managers are on the same page. Oh joy. Apparently the GM didn’t know that one of the AGMs had told me to come in this morning. Plus the guy training me is leaving in a few weeks. And the training–two hours of BS marketing videos and endless computer training. It’s such fun being a cog in the wheel.
Do I sound depressed? I am. I had an application for a full-time teaching position at a community college ready to go and then I realized I need an official college transcript. And it’ll take 48 hours to get one from SleazyU. And the application is due at 4 pm tomorrow. And it’s my fault because I slacked off on it this weekend.
And I went over my calorie allowance today because Irish Brother, his Crazy Sister and I went out to TGI Friday’s today to celebrate their father’s birthday. And I hadn’t had anything to eat since 8 this morning (didn’t take a break during training because they kept throwing stuff at me) and I didn’t divide my dinner in half like I should’ve. Oh well, I’ll work it off by doing yardwork to earn my keep around here when I get a day off.
In good news, the Admin Assistant position I applied for seems to be progressing apace. I got an email from the seach committee asking me if the salary range was acceptable. Folks, I’ve never made over $15K a year in my entire working life. Hell yes it’s acceptable.
Also, I found out my thesis defense date today. Hooray, I can get my damn degree done! Now time to write my abstract and start working on margins.
no bumper stickers, and other than those required by law, the only window sticker I (currently) have is an American Flag which has been there since 9/13/01. I say currently because I have a window sticker promoting Sweet Adelines but I haven’t gotten around to slapping it on the glass yet.
Morning all! We had some fantastic thunderstorms yesterday evening, one of them got started as I was on the way home but luckily I had just got to the bus station and under some shelter before the heavens opened. It hasn’t done much to cool the air though, today it’s humid and sticky. It’s already almost 80 degrees in the office so it’s not going to be a great day here.
muppet, I won’t even begin to tell you how fab the Pendulum gig was on Friday because I know you don’t want to hear it. I also won’t mention anything about watching their performance at Glasters on Saturday, and I certainly won’t be saying anything about seeing them perform at the Sziget festival in August either. I shall content myself with getting excited about the Rock Werchter festival in Belgium this weekend and the fact that Metallica are headlining on Sunday night.
morning all, up and caffeinating! Hey there, Swampy and BooFae, up before me. One down, three to go, since Firday is a holiday for me. Whee! Happy Tuesday all.
Can you submit the application anyway, Spaz and give them your transcript as soon as you get it? I’d try that, even if they say they won’t ever ever accept it that way… Also, try talking to someone and explain that you don’t have it yet, but reallly really really want to apply for the job.
Up, barely awake, but need to get going…
Off to find breakfast.
Is it Firday yet? (Really, Thursday will do as we have Firday off!!!)
Since I’m several hours ahead of you, I’d be worried if you got up before I did! Not sure about Swampus though, I think it was the mention of burly butchers that got him all hot and bothered…
Holy cow - we slept in till 6:30!! I was having a weird dream involving Dr. House and ninjas, and I was trying to take a shower in the dream. **FCD **just left for his interview, in a tie and everything!!
The dining room is empty and the animals are confused. Shortly, I will vacuum and shampoo the carpet - with luck, it’ll take care of the assorted puke stains. I also took a clothing rack downstairs to pick up daughter’s stuff off the floor. So, yeah, exciting morning.
Temps in the low 60s this morning, so the house is open again. YAY!
I’m gonna miss the deadline anyway because I’m working until 6 tonight. The state budget’s supposed to be approved today, so hopefully education jobs will start picking up. If not, there are other jobs that’ll open up I’m sure.
Morning. Up, caffeinated, breafast-ed, and at work but grumpiness from yesterday has carried over and I still feel like telling people off.
[rant]Ya know if you don’t care about working 12-hour days, that’s your business. But maybe, just maybe, you could do the work that others are waiting on during regular business hours and save the stuff that other people don’t need until the evening. Or the stuff that doesn’t go directly to the bottom line, like the forecast. The stuff that I work on directly affects our income. So maybe you could prioritize this stuff and leave the not-so-directly-income-generating, doesn’t-involve-other-people stuff until later. That’d be great. Thanks. [/rant]
I’m here at work trying to clean out my electronic mailbox. I’m over limit again. I go over limit every few days. I receive way too much friggin’ email.:rolleyes:
I have another busy day ahead of me, but I’m not feeling too motivated. I have to get the stuff done though, because it’s only me here.
I guess I should start my work. I don’t want to, but I guess I’ll be a good little employee and do it.
One down, three to go, since Firday is a holiday for me. Whee! Happy Tuesday all.