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Happy Firday!

It’s a chilly 19 feels like 10 degrees outside, but the sun is shining and that makes me feel happy.

I should have gotten my ass out of bed and gone to the park this am, but when I saw the temp I thought we can wait another day. I’m turning wussie. Echo’s bits are still a bit swollen, so another day without park might be better anyway.

They were wild last night, and they are wild again this morning.

Tomorrow for sure. Even my son is telling me to take them to the park. Driving us both (and the cat too) crazy with all their energy.

I have to call the vet today for the cat. He is running out of pills, I called for a re-fill, and I have to bring him in since it’s been over a year since his last checkup. Joy and Happiness. He will complain the entire ride and usually loses control of his bowels right before we get home. I learned a long time ago, do NOT stop anywhere on the way home, make that ride as quick as possible, get ready to open the door to the crate and the truck door as soon as I am on the parking pad.

This board would be a lot more fun to post to if it didn’t time out all the time.

I get my new computer on Sunday. I ordered it from Best Buy since I could get somebody to help me pick one out. My son has been cussing at this one and it is so strange to hear that. He never cusses.
I should have listened when the sales guy told me I wouldn’t be happy with this computer.

I hear you** FCM**, I have been thinking about getting somebody in to clean my house, maybe once a month, just to do all the heavy stuff.
My son should be doing it, however, right now he has so much school irk I am letting it slide.
I can’t move furniture by myself anymore, and getting down on the floor and climbing on stepladders is not my thing. I’m afraid to look at the top of the fridge.

He is ahead in all the classes that let him irk ahead, so that is a good thing. He is busting his butt to get done. I’m debating ordering announcements for his graduation. No need for a cap and gown though, he’s not going to go to the ceremony. I know my mother would love to go, but it’s not going to happen.

I think there is very little that could persuade me to drink a shamrock shake.
Hope you feel better Nettie

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So you’re gonna be a pain in your own ass? :stuck_out_tongue:

Consecutive posts. Related posts?
Sari, I’ll take your shamrock shake.
I had a recruiter reach out to me earlier this week; talked to her yesterday, set up an in-person interview for Moanday. This morning I got an email - “Don’t come, the position has been put on hold; I’ll get back to you when we open it up again.”
Whiskey.
Tango.
Foxtrot? :confused:

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Spidey, yough luck; hopefully whatever roadblock the company encountered will be removed and you can interview.

Sari, yea to the new computer and son graduating, hope you get the dogs to the park before they drive you crazy.

nonacetone, yikes! on the count. But chocolate has a way of beguiling us, doesn’t it?

FCM, trust me, you’ll get used to it; and with Roxy and pets in the house, you’ll never have trouble figuring out where you’re at…

I actually got dressed and out of the house early, went to Wal-Mart to pick up stuff I ordered on-line. Pulled up the the kiosk, entered my name, drove to the spot they told me too, and 5-6 minutes later, stuff (2 folding chairs, a folding table, and a 36" breakfast nook table) was delivered and put in car. Still have to put the table together, and between that stuff and book boxes, I’m rapidly running out of room for all the cardboard in the garage.

32F this morning, going to get to 45F and N.O.S., but probably will stay in most of the day.

All y’all take care.

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A happy Friday to everyone!

Not much going on here, Still babysitting my thumb. Looks like it is coming to a head, If it breaks open, I will go to the clinic and get a culture.

Mama cat didn’t show up for breakfast again today. She was a feril cat. The locals say she is looking for a birth place. I have a nice fleece place for her. And would like to keep an eye on her, in case she needs a mid wife.

And Nelliebly thanks for your concern. Don’t know what I am gonna do with the off-springs. Kiko, the doggie dad, wants to interview the prospective new home. He raised them. If the new home is successful, I want to encourage them to take a sibling also. It was so entertaining watching mama cat and her brother growing up together.

The antibiotics I am taking for my thumb are giving me the dry heaves. I will continue with the rum treatment to ward off the pain and allow me to forget about it.

I will keep you deformed on mama cat.

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**Spidey ** I will happily give you my shake in exchange for your deviled eggs.

My son tried one the other day. He didn’t throw it away but he said he never wants another one. He loves milkshakes, but not a shamrock one. He does like icky ones, like strawberry/banana, where the smell alone makes me gag.
But I don’t like milkshakes anyway.

I’m slowly being assimulated into the company’s new website. Not cussing nearly as much today as I was yesterday. My frustration level is a lot lower.

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I wound up taking Roxy to the Marine Museum. Unfortunately, there was a busload of kindergarteners there for a field trip, so it was noisy and crowded. But she and I got there before them, and we managed to go to her favorite exhibits before they descended, so it worked out. While there, I got a call from my finance guy’s assistant - I needed to sign one more piece of paper, so we detoured by their office on the way home - just a small detour. Then a quick stop at Aldi.

Roxy’s napping now and I just finished a bowl of soup. I need some chillage.

As for Shamrock shakes, never had one, never wanted one. End of story.

**nona **- I wouldn’t ask SIL to clean - it’s not his strong point. Better for me to suffer and know it’s done well.

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Spidey!!(:))

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FCM, that makes sense. I’d rather do that stuff myself, as well. It won’t be quite up to par, if someone else ends up trying to do it.

MetalMouse, beguiling? Ooooo, yeah! Stupid diabetes. Humbug!

So, I got the hovel cleaned-ish, this morning. Because of all the talk of those dang deviled eggs, I made some. It’ll be one of the sides that we’ll have with dinner, tonight. I think I’ll make round steak with onion & mushroom gravy, and some steamed veggies. I’m really hungry for some roasted fart blossoms, though.

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It’s not really a bizness anymore. I just make it for family and friends these days and sell the excess. Unfortunately, I’m addicted to the stuff and will never be able to quit entirely. But when we finally move to central Orygun I’ll cut back a whole lot more and get rid of most of my equipment.

Going to the Portland Symphony tonight, or more correctly, they’re coming here, or at least to the university auditorium. We get free tickets every year on account of being friends with some of the sponsers’ family. The highest-end stereo equipment in the world cannot compare to listening to a good orchestra live. We’re looking forward to it, as we do every year.

Tomorrow night we have to go out to one of the casinos for an annual awards banquet for the company Wifey works for. It’ll be good food with some good friends.
Something I’ve noticed though: you know how when the ads run on TV for the casinos everyone in them is smiling and laughing and appears to be having a grand old time? (usually at the craps table). Well whenever we walk through the gaming rooms to get to the banquet room it’s like walking through a morgue. A bunch of grim faced people desperately spending their money as quickly as they can. There ain’t no happy in those faces.
I’m not a gambler anyway, and nothing I’ve ever seen in a casino makes me want to become one.
Jest sayin’.

Rosie’s sig to all.

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I was going to order pizza for supper, but the website was acting up, so we just ate assorted leftovers. Which is probably for the best.

I just finished flushing my ice maker with vinegar - it does a great job breaking down the hard water deposits. Now I shall knit the evening away.

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Bumba, I was by a casino two weeks ago. I stopped to take pics nearby on my way home from a meeting. There’s a (very small - < 20 stores) outlet maul attached. I started to walk into the casino (I’d love to take long exposure pics inside but I’m sure security would be on me before I could even set up.) As I approached I could smell it. I ultimately took about two steps past the guards before turning around. The stale cigarette smoke odor was awful!

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{{{nettie}}}

Moooooom, you’re retired, everyday can be a Saturday. :stuck_out_tongue:

Awwww…sorry about the job flaking out on you spidey.

metal mouse, my last move, I was stopping at the convenience center every day for a while with a load of broken down cardboard boxes.

Irked, knocked off around lunch, bought groceries and took Nelson to the dog park. There was an Australian Shepherd pup there who played for about 45 minutes with him. They absolutely wore each other out.

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I’m looking forward to tomorrow evening. There’s an event at my church called now “Bites and Beverages” It used to be “Wine and Cheese tasting”, but they’re trying to be more inclusive as to drinks. This is always held on the weekend bnefore Lent starts, kind of a party for those who will be taking on Lenten obligations. I usually give up meat, it’s harder for me than sweets even.

So tomorrow I’ll be preparing Russian piroshki, small pastrie cases with a filling consisting of lean ground meat, dill, boiled eggs amnd sauteed onions. I haven’t made them in a while. I also bought a bottle of wine.

Folks vote on a people’s choice for the bites, and for the beverage. I’ve never won for the beverage, but I have won for the bites. Last time it was for baklava, and one time it was for spanakopita. It’s fun to make more exotic items, as I live alone and don’t always get the chance.

This will be fun, and take my mind off of my mom. I’m worried for her. She’s always been prone to migraines, but they have started coming more often. Today she had a really bad one. I’m told there is no way to prevent migraines, just to treat them, and I feel bad that my mom is getting sick with them more. If anyone has advice on how to help someone deal with this, although I don’t know what it could be, please let me know.

Bumba, I love home made soap. Wish I could try yours. I used to buy some good soap from a guy who sold it at the farmer’s market, it smelled heavenly.

For all those commenting on shamrock shakes, I like them myself, especially the ones from the local Arby’s. Sonic’s are decent too, but I won’t shop at Spangles(Long story) although I’m told their shakes are good.

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Howdy Y’all! I shall attempt to post yet again. My posts keep gettin’ et up by the hamsters! OYKW went with me to do church chores and then we, ever the gourmands, had N.O.L. at MickeyD’s. My favorite thing there is their little cheeseburgers. They always have been and I guess always will be. Then we came back to da cave and achieved nappage. Sup was last night’s leftovers. Thus was the day here.

CupCakes YUM! That sounds like a good time. We shall have our annual Shrove Tuesday Pancake supper on (duh!) Tuesday. We are also participatin’ in Ashes To Go on (duh!) Ash Wednesday. I’ve never done Ashes To Go before so 'twill be an experience. EYP reminded me that I am not released from my obligation to attend Ash Wednesday services. I must receive my ashes the traditional way. OK, plus also, I agreed to serve. :smiley:

ETA: In case y’all haven’t seen it yet, there’s an update on Ruble. A good one, even!

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The ruble news is good. That makes me happy. :slight_smile:

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Good evening. Nappage became sleepage this afternoon (anything over 90 minutes is no longer nappage, IMHO) so some things didn’t get done, but there is always tomorrow. Found a place to take all the knocked-down cardboard boxes I have accumulated (recycle place only picks up once a month and it would take until June to get rid of it all. Will load up car and take it over Moanday. Tomorrow is soccer registration and the local Dick’s (Sporting Goods, that is) soI’ll probably spend some tme over there.

If you haven’t stopped by this evening, the Old Wench (ruble’s wife) updated his status on her thread. Pretty good news, but a ways to go yet.

Bumba, been to Vegas a number of times, they ain’t grinning there either…albeit the ‘smaller’ tables ($10 and less) can be pretty companionable (hey, we’re all losing, might as well be sociable).

moon unit, hope both cat and thumb do well.

Never tried a Shamrock shake and have no plans to do so in the future.

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At least I can get DH to take in more calories in Shamrock Shake form, and we both actually like them :). Currently, we both seem to have whatever plague is currently going around at my job. His immune system seems a good deal weaker since his accident back in early September. I wouldn’t have expected a broken leg to have that particular side effect.

He’s lost some more weight, now down to 133-134 at last check. This is NOT good for a man in his 50s who’s 5’9". He’s got a phone conversation with the pharmacy specialist who’s managing his diabetes care on Monday, and has asked me to participate. I WILL be asking about the immune issues and the continuing appetite issues/weight loss/heartburn.

Leave it to ruble to keep us guessing. :slight_smile: At least he’s headed in a good direction, it seems.

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Bye bye fellow mumpers!
Check you out on the other side!
:smiley:

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Are we back or were we never really gone??

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I couldn’t get on the site until a bit ago. OK, true confessions: I didn’t have a chance to try until this evening, and THEN I couldn’t get on. Today was insane: phone call after phone call. And I had to go to a friend’s house because she was scared about some vision symptoms and I’ve had so many vision issues, she thinks I’m an expert. Then when I was there, yet another phone call from an old friend. I finally got to the grocery store and the gym, in that order.

CupCake, my priest used to say, “God doesn’t want you to give up chocolate!” In other words, Lent is a time of sacrificing something that will lead you to become a better person. Since then I’ve given up things like rolling my eyes at people behind their backs or interrupting people. YMMV.

I’ll PM you about migraines, but it absolutely IS possible to prevent them.

Swampy, whatever you eat sounds yummy to me. I get cravings for things from reading your posts. :slight_smile:

Moooom, I have someone who comes in to clean every 2 weeks. I just can’t see well enough to get things really clean. She does a better job than I could, and she’s very reasonable–so much so that I tried to talk her into raising her rates. She said no, she loves to clean. :eek: You’ve done enough cleaning on your knees!

OK, people, true confession time: what’s the appeal of a shamrock shake? I always thought they were vanilla shakes dyed green. No?

Argh! Ringing phone!!