BOO! It's A Hallowe'en MMP

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Happy Firday!

No park today, I don’t feel well and so we are staying home.
The pups aren’t happy about it but they’ll just have to get over it.

The sun is coming out now, but it was wet and gloomy earlier. Supposed to get up to 50 today.

How scary for you Spidey!
We must have had some pretty good wind last night, some things are knocked over.

I have a feeling not much is going to get done today.

My son just came to let me know the dogs got through the hole in the fence again.

Guess it’s time to get somebody out here to do some repairs. Probably the father of my niece’s younger boys. I don’t know what to call him anymore. They both live with my mother; he waits on my niece hand and foot, breakfast in bed, the works, but she is dating somebody else.
Doesn’t make sense to me.

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Spidey, pretty sure from the description you had your first tornado; been near a couple, be glad you and home are ok, they are nasty. Not the season for them here, but they do test the tornado alert every Wednesday at noon, just in case…

Sari, family be complicated. Hope you get to feeling better.

Had about a dozen T or T’ers, weather got near freezing so that kept the numbers down. Need to go to the library to work on my soccer lineups for tomorrow (6 games to coach) and somebody will not show up to mess them all up (I asked twice for any playing who were going to miss any games to e-mail me).

Heading to 52F today, but down below freezing tonight so need to bundle up for tomorrow’s games. Have told the kids to several times, but some will be freezing because they did wear enough.

Need to get presentable for the library trip now. All y’all take care.

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Back! We had a good talk with Dave about our financial plans, and we’ll meet with him again in January when I have my 401k to roll over. At that time, we’ll discuss the best way to set up a 529 for Roxy.

Speaking of whom, she fell asleep in the car and stayed asleep as I carried her in and popped her into bed, still wearing her hoodie. Hope she doesn’t get too hot - I did turn the fan on in her room.

At the CU, I got the right front of my car hung up on one of the concrete log-like thingies in the parking lot, and it tore some of the plastic under the car loose. Dammit. It was rubbing against the tire making a gawd-awful noise, but I managed to yank it away. I’m due for an oil change in about 400 miles, so I’ll just take it in on Moanday and have them patch up the undercarriage at the same time.

Just what I need - another bill… dammit.

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Took the car in for an oil change and to get something tightened. I suspected we had a small exhaust leak and something hinky in the one ball joint — and I was right. Most expensive oil change ever for me! :smiley:

(Hell, I knew it was going to need it so what the heck; nothing to bitch about, just pay.)

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No tornadoes here, but weather certainly happened. Glad y’all are okay, spidey!

Did TorT early-ish to try to beat the weather. Managed about 45 minutes before the bottom fell out. The girls were slightly mollified when the last house we stopped at had full-sized Snickers and Twix. (Lily was Catwoman, Michelle was an angel. For the book character parade earlier at school, M was Charlotte, of Web fame - felt capelet with a web pattern painted on, along with “Some Pig.” Glued on some spiders. Added a few small spider hair clips, and made her hair bun look like a spider with some netting, googly eyes, and pipe cleaners. Managed to see the book parade after teacher conference with Lily’s teacher, so that was nice.)

I also learned a bit: admired the landscaping in one gentleman’s yard, and he told me that his azaleas are a (newish?) hybrid called Encore. They bloom three times a year. Pretty, but a little weird to see azaleas blooming at Halloween. (I also twisted my ankle in the same yard, but that was my own fault. I didn’t see the footpath, and stepped in a hole in the grass.)

Today was the last day for Red Ribbon Week at the school, and the first coolish day of the season, so “Tacky Day” was pretty simple: dressed the girls in clashing patterns/colors, layered. Then went back to bed after the school bus came. I was tahred. And cold.

My hometown football team managed last night to upset their (ranked) greatest rival for a second year in a row. So that was pretty nice. It was my boy’s 22nd birthday - and his last one at the university before he finishes his degree in May, so he was stoked. I haven’t heard from him since the end of the third quarter, but I suspect a hangover and won’t bother him. (He got his birthday/Christmas gift last month anyway. New shoes for the car. I’m the least sentimental gift-giver ever. Ask me about his graduation gift, which he has also received…)

And Girl 2.0 seems to think that every day is “Transfer $ to your daughter’s checking account Day.” She’s changing jobs, and lost her debit card, and high maintenance. I had to tell her that today’s small infusion is gonna have to last until Christmas money time. The grannies and aunties have more money than I do!

Meanwhile, time to spiff the cave and make another pot of coffee. And decide what’s for dinner tonight. Any recommendations?

Rosie’s sig to all!

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NWS confirmed the twister there.

You mean something kinda like this, but for a car instead of a bike? :confused:
:smiley:

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Stopped at CVS for a script, and no leftover cheep chawklit. The shelves were already stocked with Christmas candy. Boo hiss.

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Well, it’s a Mazda 3, so not much more than that!

(The Boy had a flat the week before his financial aid was released. He called me to find out where to buy a used tire. I told him to call around a price new ones and let me know how much. Four new ones, mounted and balanced, cost about what two cost for the pickup or my daughter’s SUV. I told him that the fronts were birthday and the rears for Christmas, and to have his best old tire mounted on the spare rim, and that’s for Valentine’s day, I guess. The car needs to get him through to gainful employment, so new tires seemed like a good plan.)

For graduation, he received a furniture trailer (for his band, but it is titled to him. He can sell it to the corporation, or not. It’s his.) And he’ll get the title to the Mazda in May. Along with the insurance policy!

Bought cheap chocolate at the grocery a little bit ago. Supper turned out to be BBQ sandwiches, onion rings, and cole slaw. Chocolates for dessert.

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We Harley people call those Shoesters.

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Last day of vacation (except for the weekend).

We went to Fairhaven and walked around. We stopped into Fat Pie Pizza for a slice. Along with the pizza, I had two local ales (Wander Uncommon Ale), and Mrs. L.A. had a sangria. We went up the street to The Black Cat. We each had an oyster shooter (really good); and I had a sazerac and Mrs. L.A. had a mai tai. On the way home we stopped at Starbuck’s.

Nice outing.

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:eek: spidey!

sari, you would call that guy your great nephews’ dad. That’s how I introduce family exes anyway.

Irked long enough to get month end reports out this morning, then went to the CU to see what damage was done (none) and get a new card. After picking up a few groceries, I spent three and a half hours cancelling cards and changing passwords. Went to Tar-jay for printer ink (cheaper than Staples), mouthwash and razors, made an appointment at the optical place at their store for Sunday and swung through Discount Tires because the low tire thingy on the dashboard was lit up. I had to wait in line because of the weather change (everybody’s light comes on then, I guess) but it was free and I didn’t even have to get out of the car.

Once home, I got a few things done and took Nelson to the dog park. There was a whole mess of little brown dogs on the small dog side and he had fun.

Gotta prep a couple of packages to mail tomorrow, but otherwise, sloth is the order of the evening.

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Finally getting things back to normal after the weekend I don’t want to relive. They shut off the power on Saturday and I was in the dark until Tuesday evening. Lost all of the stuff in the fridge but thanks to some friends with freezer space, I was able to save almost all of the stuff from the freezers. After missing two unplanned days of work, Wednesday was a lot of playing catch-up and saying “sorry about your project’s schedule, but I was evacuated due to the wildfires.”

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Irked all dang day. Still not finished with EOM/FOM but close since October is our slowest month. So glad tis Firday. Really Tahred. Had take in salad from the good place. Hubs had a nice steak. I still have my shrimp macaroni and cheese which may or may not last the night. Still kinda hungry. Also sleepy. Food or sleep? Or both. Food probably gonna win out. Or not.

Happy Weekend all!

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Butters your food sounds good. I guess I’m hungry…

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now were taking down all the halloween deco well at least all the horror themed stuff the general fall stuff will stay up until after turkey day …

i just realized for the first time in decades i didnt carve a pumpkin

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Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. YAWN ‘Tis 42 Amurrkin out and clear with a predicted high of 68 and mostly N.O.S. for the day. I shall head over to the church house this mornin’ for a meetin’ to discuss next year’s budget. Fun! :dubious: Also I will assist in settin’ up the Parish Hall for tomorrow. The Bishop will be there so we’ll have a combination brunch as well as reception for the new Confirmands. Also it’s All Saints Sunday so there will be all the hoopla that goes along with that. I shall make a corn casserole, cook some fresh green beans, and make a gallon each of sweet and unsweet tea when I get back to da cave. I reckon that’s enough to keep me outta trouble for the day. Any need to feed today will be via forage.

Now I need more caffeine and to feed rumbly tummy. Then I suppose I should purtify and don appropriate bein’ about the public attire. Bother and woe!

Happy Sattidy Y’all!

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No big surprise that I woke early, definitely surprised that it’s THIRTY-THREE-FREEKIN’ DEGREES out there!! I thought we were only going to hit the upper 30s. Nope.

But critters have been tended to and the cat box has been scooped - I forgot to do it yesterday, so there was much scoopage. When **FCD **gets up, we’re going out for breakfast since we haven’t done that in a while. And today’s plan is laundry, of course, but not a lot else. Tomorrow, I’ll drag the mulcher/vac behind John Deere and clean up the leaves.

Happy Saturday!!

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What I just shared on Facebook:

So, if crime detectives were to break down my door and spray luminol around, they would be convinced a murder had just occurred. A pool of blood on the kitchen floor, with drops leading to the upstairs bathroom, and yet another pool before drips leading to the shower.

All of this because I had an itch on my back and scratched it. BOOM! Blood everywhere: on my hand, dripping down my back, soaking my shirt, leaking to the floor. What in the hell?

After a very unneeded shower at 6:00 AM it seems to have coagulated. I won’t be scratching my back anytime soon.

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Happy Saturday!

Up too early this morning.

It’s a WTH has mother nature been smoking 28 degrees outside.
Supposed to be clear and N.O.S. with a high of 54.

Ripple is clinging to me, determined that we WILL go to the park today.
Probably, my tummy is acting okay so far this morning. Maybe.

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**Leaffan **- maybe you need to trim your fingernails??? :eek: Hope it’s just a one-time happening.