I suspect having two people involved makes for more calorie burning. Er, in my experience anyway. YMMV. 
Such a night! A couple of our friends had a party at their place, and everyone there was from our program, either '07 or '06. So much drama. People disappearing into rooms, other people nearly coming to blows. At one point I found myself standing in-between two guys who were saying something about anal sex and golf balls. It was surreal. But fun!
Obligatory drinken hugs and kisses to all.
I’m willing to help you undertake a scientific study of this topic. Experimentalism, it’s the only way to go 
Hi Rebo! You really should get some sleep, you know! Then it will be just **Haze **and I here…
Heh heh heh.
Morning all! Happy Saturday! I have to be up and making the most of it today, finally we have some sun. Of course it won’t last but at least it’s giving the morning a good start.
Not much planned for today, I have to go to the library and do some errands in town and then the evening is mine to do with as I please. 'im indoors is going out with the lads on someone’s stag night so I will have the place to myself for a change. I’m really looking forward to a few hours of peace and quiet. A gnome-free zone!
Apart from that, I got nuthin’.
It’s a cool and glorious morning for, um, chores. We were able to open the windows last night, which was great. I’m leaving them open while I’m running my morning errands, but I expect the air will be on before noon. Oh well…
Doggies get cleaned and pressed today… no, strike that… cleaned and shaved. In about half an hour, we’re taking them to the groomer’s en route to the grocery store. Then home to finish packing and stuff. I am so ready for vacation!!
Special Guy - I’ve already raised the spectre of his and their future, and I will again. I think his future plans are along the lines of “Maybe something cool will happen…” :rolleyes:
I need caffeine.
Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffienatin’ here. We had some nice storms last night with a buncha rain. It’s been drizzly a bit this mornin’ which is fine with me, especially since plans for the day call for such excitement as gettin’ a haircut and lookin’ for a sturdy pair of work shoes. I hate, hate, hate shoppin’ for shoes! However I need too.
BBBobbio, Doggio, Sean, welby and you other beer hounds may not want to read what’s comin’ up.
Yesterday I worked on what is called “beer dump”. I suppose that it comes as no surprise that there is some waste. Sometimes it’s from cans and bottles that don’t get quite filled up and have to be dumped. Sometimes it’s bottled beer that for some reason needs to be destroyed due to either not enough or too much pressure. The pressure is CO[sub]2[/sub]. Not enough and well, the beer doesn’t fizz and that’s no good. Too much and the bottle could explode. Thus it must be “dumped”. At first I thought, “what a waste” but after a while it was no big deal.
Ok, y’all can start readin’ again…
Monday I start on second shift, 3 p.m.-11 p.m. I will be workin’ on one of the can lines (C7 to be exact). At first I’ll be moved around to learn the whole process, then I’m told the plan is for me to be doin’ QA/QC stuff for that line, after I learn how to do that of course. Oh well, gotta learn, right?
I told ACBG that he may have to smack me across the mouth every once in a while cause I’m liable to develop potty mouth. There are some big time potty mouths in that place! He said he’d keep a bar of octagon soap (do they even make that anymore?) on hand in case he needed to wash my mouth out with soap.
FCM give your kid some time. I’m willin’ to bet she comes around and starts to see the fiance for the big overgrown adolescent he appears to be.
Herbs I’ll be keepin’ you in my thoughts and prayers and crossing all appropriate/inappropriate appendages as may be needed.
Ok, off to purty up and face the day. Later Y’all!
Good Saturday morning, everyone!!! I’ve been awake since 6:15. Really wanted to fall asleep again, but couldn’t manage to. Maybe later.
It’s very pretty out, so I’m going to an arts festival with some friends later this morning. I’m also hoping to get a bunch of stuff done in the garden.
Guess I should get moving.
Happy vacation, FCM!
GT
I hate leaf blowers! I have been awakened before I wanted to be every morning this week by leaf blowers.
Send some of that rain this way, Swampy. We’re still dry.
FCM, I remember something my mother told me once when I was dating a guy she didn’t care for. She said “you know that if you two get in an argument you can’t come and tell me about it.” I was floored. “Why not?” “Because you might forgive him - but I won’t.” I am so glad I am not a parent. A friend of mine’s 18 year old daughter is dating a real jerk - she could do so much better - and there is nothing to do except be there.
Lots of laundry to do today, guess I’d better get started.
Good luck with the Kid, FCM. I’m truly stumped on how you might persuade her this is a Really Bad Idea, but I trust you’ll figure out a way eventually. At least you have lots of time, as others have said.
I’m glad your friend is feeling better, SCL. I’m sending all the good thoughts her way I can, and I know she appreciates having good friends like you!
Good news on the stressed-out Papa Tigs front: He was able to sleep lying down all night for the first time last night! Okay, maybe not all that exciting to you, but it was for him; he’s been sleeping only so-so sitting up, but lying down hurt his neck too much. He’s starting to feel better, thank heaven. Except when he comes home stressed out of his gourd, obviously. And Rosie, I wouldn’t have poked the bear except I didn’t want him heading out with his bare tummy visible through his shorts since <TMI alert> apparently he was going commando! :eek: </TMI alert>
We had a thrilling evening yesterday. Went out for a bit, and on the way home got stuck in a sobriety checkpoint. They had the three-lane road shut down to one lane, and after 45 minutes of crawling, we finally got to the front to discover about the biggest cop convention I have seen in a loooong time; apparently it’s some statewide initiative, and they had turned out in force. What made it worse was that we ended up having to keep the car windows closed and the AC on even though it was nice and cool out because there was something that was setting of Papa Tigs’ allergies so badly his eyes were watering to the point he could hardly see. 
And, of course, neither of us had had anything to drink for a lot longer than that day (since neither of us drinks at all these days), so it was completely pointless. And wouldn’t you know, we got stuck next to the car with the throbbing music for about 35 of those 45 minutes.
Anyway, it’s a lovely day, although already too warm to open windows, even without Papa Tigs’ allergies, so I guess I shall enjoy looking out the window at it whilst I work. Got an over-the-weekend rush job to do, lucky me. I may take a break to join Papa Tigs in taking the Idiots out later for a swim; while the dog beach in Annapolis is usually mobbed, there’s a far less populated one in a park north of here a bit, which also has the advantage of being right on the Bay itself, so lots of nice waves to tire the Idiots out faster – the closer one is on a river just before it feeds into the Bay, so it’s still tidal and salty but not many waves except from boat wakes. And watching the Idiots dive headfirst into the waves is well worth the extra drive!
Good morning everyone!(Good afternoon to the EuproPers). Maggie has strolled, and I have a load of sheets in the washer. I think 'll sweep and mop the kitchen before work.
Herb, one of my healthy snacks is frozen grapes.
Special1, Haze, get a room. With a webcam. For purely scientific purposes(It’s the Dope, gotta fight ignorance 
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BooFae, so you’ll be gnome alone?
swampy, poor little beers, stuck down in the prime of their lives.
A beautiful and cool Saturday. Grey, but a lovely temperature. I kept waking up and then deciding I was comfortable and there was a cat nearby and… well, I slept in way late. Mr. Lissar got up for class at eight. No one should be awake for 8:00 class on Saturday.
I agree. Also, maybe how he’s going to support them if she gets pregnant and has to stay home for a bit? 31, not fully employed, and lives in his parents’ basement. Oh, dear. Will they be getting a civil ceremony, or in a church? A lot of churches require premarital counselling that can be helpful, because it forces couples to talk about things like finances and financial expectations. There’s got to be secular agencies that do similar things- do you think she’d be willing to try that? As marriage preparation?
It sounds like a bad situation, and like he might make a decent boyfriend but a terrible, terrible husband.
tarra, continued prayers.
Drae, how are you feeling?
No puking today. I woke up hungry. It’s time for breakfast and then chores.
Well aren’t we all a bunch of busy beavers this morning?
I was up early - early to bed and all…
Ate some cereal, had some coffee and was thinking the lawn needs to be mown, but they’re saying it MIGHT rain on and off today, but tomorrow’s going to be nice. And of course, with the philosophy of never doing anything today that can be put off til it’s a lot nicer out - I believe I’ll sit in here a bit.
I have some work-ish work to do - grunt work, poring over the general ledger for the year, spotting and totaling reimbursable expenses to include on the state claim report. Most of the money it takes to run my department comes from state aid, but the report I have to file each summer is the most god awful train wreck of a report you EVER saw. Seriously, takes me a solid 9-10 work days at full steam ahead just to get it all done right.
So I’ll knock some of it off at home when I have nothing better to do. Fact is, I DO have better things to do, I’m just being lazy is all.
Wave/awww/hug/laugh/smirk as appropos to all.
Hi all! Saturday is my “day off” from mothering duties - hubbie takes care of Noor for the day while I have lunch with the girls.
Today was “Spa Day”! They recently opened the Banyan Tree Desert Spa and Resort here and are offering a special Summer Indulgence package at the Spa - US$105 (including tax) for a 90 minute hydro-massage session followed by a 3-course lunch in the Spa restaurant, called Tamarind. The hydro-massage session was wonderful - shower first, then steamroom, followed by a couple of different hot and cold rainmist and massaging showers. Then a divine jacuzzi foot-bath, followed by more hot and cold massaging showers. A bout in the sauna, finished off with a round of the hydro-therapy pool (back, arm, butt and foot-directed jets, as well as a pause in the middle for fresh slices of pineapple with white tea, sweetened with honey. Sigh …
I really did not want it to end!
Unfortunately, the lunch wasn’t quite up to the same standard. The entree I chose was called “Vegetable Moussaka”, so I was expecting something resembling moussaka. What I got a pile of raw, slightly warmed tomato, interwoven with some slices of chargrilled courgettes (zucchini) and roasted aubergine (eggplant), sitting on a small piece of wholemeal toast, bathed in a warm tomato sauce. The pile of veges was topped with a withered clove of roasted garlic, a 1/2 teaspoon size blob of what I presume was supposed to be bechamel/white sauce, and a slightly charred curl of what looked like leftover carrot peelings. Blech!!! At least the main course of tiger prawns on a bed of white bean mash was more palatable. The dessert of flourless chocolate cake was fortunately very tasty, although it was served with a small spoonful of what looked like mashed peas and cubed carrots. Turned out to be Green Tea Sorbet over papaya salad!
All in all, an interesting day!!! Next time, I will stick to the spa treatments and skip the bodgy healthy choice spa food!
FCM, I went though a series of really BAD choices of men when I was in my early 20’s, the worst of which was a 30-something guy with a criminal record and a dubious sexual past (none of which I was aware of at the time). He eventually dumped me for a 17-year old boy. But that’s another story.
I had another boyfriend who I kind of got engaged to when I was about 22. He was a casino croupier (I was working at the casino as a bartender while I was at Uni), but his true aim in life (I kid you not) was to save the world (he wasn’t sure how, but he just knew it was his destiny - maybe it had something to do with his Mormon upbringing!). I just think he spent too much time reading fantasy novels! 12 years on, he is still a casino croupier, but is now fat and bald and working on a cruise ship.
I would suggest that you tell your daughter what you think, but then respect her intellect and common sense enough to stand back and let her make her own decisions. That’s what my parents did, and I realised sooner rather than later (fortunately) that hitching my wagon to a loser was not the best way to get ahead in life!
Good morning everyone.
Whew! You’ve all been busy these past few days.
Tarra, best of luck with the biopsy. I hope they get things figured out sooner or later.
Rosie, yay for you! I’m glad to see that your knee recovery is going so well and that you’re able to be more active with more stamina.
Dottie, wow…just wow! It’s a wonder you didn’t haul off and slap that doc at first. I know I would have. However, I’m so glad they figured out what was going on and I hope that baby will get to come off the meds.
Meeks, that is indeed sad news about your SIL. I hope things work out. Hang in there.
FCM, it’s like walking a very fine line, isn’t it? I guess, if it was me in your shoes, I’d outline my concerns in a calm, non-confrontational manner, and let her take it from there. You’ve raised a good kid; I imagine she’ll see the light sooner, rather than later.
Today we’re going to see our friends out in the boonies. It’ll be a day of BBQing, croquet, horseshoes, rowing around the lake, frisbee, chatting, etc. It should be a nice time.
Other than that, nothing too exciting going on here. Just another day.
Morning all. I spent the morning in the bathroom–and that’s all the info y’all will get. Strangest thing. But I do feel better…
Another gorgeous day here-I’m starting to wonder if we will pay and pay and pay for this come August. It’s been (overall) a very lovely July-cool and sunny and low humidity. 
Not much to add here. Need to do some homework. Got a decent night’s sleep for a change-that helped immensely.
enjoy your weekend!
Patience and willingness are sure to bring you many rewards.
<snerk> away!
I’m shorn, shod and fed. Meaning, I got a haircut, bought work shoes and then we at at the good Chinese place for lunch. I bought work shoes at Wally*World. I was pleased and pleasantly surprised with both the price and the look of the shoes. They are steel-toed, oil and slip resistant yet still look like regular casual shoes. I bought two pairs because of the price and seein’ two that I really liked. Besides I should be set for work shoes for a while.
Snakes it’s gettin’ a little cloudy out right now like we could get some more rain later this afternoon. I’ll try to shoo a little your way. It does appear to be comin’ from the southwest so maybe some will go west and north up your way.
I’m actually considerin’ nap time. Since it was stormy last night I did some spiffin’ up of da cave which already looked pretty good so I’m thinkin’ nappy and goof off time with some etc thrown in since ol’ y’all know who is hangin’ around.
Break time. Doggies are at the groomers, **FCD ** is doing the dump run, and the “kids” are watching a movie. Apart from grocery shopping, I made cucumber salad, sloppy joes, cooked some turkey bacon, and I chunked up a cantaloupe. My kid made some egg salad. I found all the bed sheets for the boat, and I’ve started gathering the galley stuff together.
Still need to get towels and toiletries together, and pack clothes. I should probably dig out my lists to make sure I got everything we need. And we’ve got to get all the non-perishables loaded tonight.
I talked with my daughter this morning. I explained my concerns and she understands and shares some of them. Still, there’s something in him that she apparently sees that we’re not seeing. **FCD ** thinks the fiance is living in a fantasy world, and he’s at a loss. When they got engaged, I told them I wanted them to go for counseling - I think we need to insist upon it now. They need to hear from a non-family member. Oh well…
Lazy Saturday. So much [del]shit[/del] work to get done, and VWife and I are going to see Harry Pothead instead. 
Later, Cool Kids and Swampy. 
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You’re old!
Patience and willingness are sure to bring you many rewards.****…in bed <snerk>
abso-freakin-lootly gee-or-gious day out today. I went out around 9am, took care of a couple of financial erraands, got the car washed, and sat in the park while I ate lunch. And I get to go outside again a little later too.
Plus dinner with friends at the Habachi place in town. And if I feel up to it, I may join them at the Bobby Vinton concert (free - park venue - seating arrangements will be a deciding issue for me - but it’s gonna be a nice night so I might go anyway)
I’m all showered up, hair dried and straightened, and I cleaned out the Expedition. I cleaned the windows on the inside too. It still needs to be vacuumed, but screw it for now. It’s getting hot out there and I was working up a bit of a “dew”.
I still need to put my face on, but that’ll take me all of five minutes. We’re supposed to be leaving in 30 minutes to see our friends, but somehow, I don’t think we’ll make that deadline. Mr. Taters is still out in the garage lifting weights.
We’ll need to stop at the grocery store on the way out and pick up some chips, dips, mojito mix, and sodas. After that, we’ll stop at the liquor store to buy some rum, and then we’ll finally be on our way to the country to see our friends.
He’s got wings and buffalo to grill. It should be tasty. I like buffalo. It’s nice and lean and is great if it isn’t overcooked.
I guess I should get going. Have a great day everyone.