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It’s gonna take some getting used to, but I think you’ll adapt just fine! 
Dang, I should’ve paid more attention. I decided to stroll on over to the Dope for my daily dose of amazing and it was unrecognizable (but not in a bad way).
On a completely mundane note, I need to get off my ass and go to bed earlier. I also need a new pillow. And a pony (which has nothing to do with the pillow or lack of sleep). I also need to remember that apparently getting old for me = ice cream and wine on the same night is a big nope and if I skip a work out for just one night then my joints will want to explode.
Also, someone needs to explain to me why I keep breaking drinking glasses. I seem to have this magical ability to inexplicably break them while washing them, drying them or just looking at them sideways. I don’t particularly like our drinking glasses - or our plates for that matter. I guess it’s time to give our plates the hairy eyeball and maybe they’ll slowly disappear.
Happy Monday, everyone! I feel like I’m stumbling around in a foreign city where I can’t read the signposts. Since I can’t see the signposts in my own city, this is not surprising. But I’m so glad I stumbled into the MMP. So nice to be here with you kindly people!
I walked the two miles to the P.O. to pick up a parcel they said was too big for my parcel bin. It wasn’t: they delivered the exact same size parcel from the same company a month ago. Then I had to stand in line 45 minutes. The guy in front of me wasn’t wearing a mask because, he told the clerk (who hadn’t asked), he didn’t believe in that stuff, and besides, he’s a biker. Because that’ll magically protect you. 
But then a had a nice conference call with my sisters. 
Too much sun for a lupus person, but oh well, it’s done.
Mooooom, I’m impressed you installed the attic fan by your lonesome. I wish I were better at that stuff. Glad you found the remote!
Nona, so sorry about the tragic losses. I hope this week brings nothing but good news.
Sunny, I hope the headache eases.
None of my emojis showed up after I hit Reply. There was supposed to be a roll-eyes after “Because that’ll magically protect you.”
Okay, first post on the new Dope. I just upended my whole damn life, this is relatively small potatoes, I guess.
Man, am I glad to see you guys! I have a big day tomorrow: I am having a long awaited chair, well, pappazzan, delivered. I’ve wanted one forever, I have my own house now and can sit on whatever I please! Also, I am having a real life cleaning lady and will be paying her myself, for the first time in my life. I shall unleash her at the kitchen first, while I deal with the furniture delivery folks as they may be overlapping.
Then, I have not one but TWO friends stopping by! On the same day! Such an embarrassment of riches. One is the guy who gives me eggs sometimes, and who gifted me a plant on my birthday - I think he may be bringing me more. The other is the girl who let me crash with her while I first got settled up here. She hasn’t seen the place since my refrigerator was still stranded outside on the driveway, and she is also a judgmental bitch - her assessment of herself! - so I am excited for her to see my newly improved home. I fully intend to pretend I’ve been keeping up with cleaning myself!
So today is a lazy day, in anticipation of tomorrow. I am currently on the patio of a nearby tavern, because I had a hankering for chicken and dumplings. It was so good I ordered bruschetta to go with it, and will definitely be returning.
Storms incoming. They’re making me kinda muzzy-headed and the humidity needs to fuck off.
I ordered one of those magnetic screen door thingies because I am tired of flies the size of Dobermans zooming around. Had one set up in the last house - why the HELL did it take me so long to think of buying another?!?
Had a surprise for PWAISDN today. San Francisco is hoping to reopen barbershops two or three weeks sooner than planned.
Weird - we now have a live preview of our post right next to the window where we type it.
Done irking for the day. dinner making , intertoobz and phone gabbage are pretty much the rest of my evening. The emoticon can see sometimes/can’t see other times is the most annoying thing about new board so far… and no big/colored text? BAH. I’m slowly getting used to the rest.
Rosie’s sig to all… and to all a good moanday evening.
I’m a southern gal, but I had to knock over a statue of Lord Baltimore before I was worthy of turnips.
^ This is what I’m getting using the site’s quote function. Weird.
I hate, hate, hate, hate all of this so far. I will try to get used to the awfulness that is now the dope and be back to read, reply and be my normal delightful self eventually. Probably.
Afternoon, friends.
Thinking lots of good thoughts for Butters today.
Well, blood draw was successful. They always comment that I have great veins. … Thanks? I guess everyone has to have one good feature. Also, I learned when vet teching that you NEVER say someone has great veins until you’ve actually hit them and done what you need to do.
DMV, though… ugh. I’ve been trying to get someone to take me to the DMV for ages for my disability tags. I get it. Nobody wants to go to the DMV. It’s painful and tedious and uncomfortable and it sucks and all of that is even more so with COVID involved. Nobody wants to go to the DMV for their own stuff, but they do it because they have to. Doing it for someone else? Big ole nope from pretty much everyone. Finally got a friend who would do it today, though, so I went and waited for about two hours (mostly outside) and finally got my number called and… the signature on the paperwork is expired by 2 days. It said that the tags were good til the end of the year, but apparently the signature’s only good for 90 days. Coooooooool.
Have I mentioned lately how much I hate being disabled and dependent on other people? Because I do. Oh my god do I.
So then I heard from the person who normally takes me to PT and she’s not available this week. Asked another person who said she would if need be and… she’s busy, but can make it work if I really can’t find someone else. I know this is a super small thing and not nearly an impossible problem, but I want to cry. I know “burden” is a loaded word and implies that everyone wishes they didn’t have to deal with you and that’s not (or not always) the case. But… that doesn’t change the fact that I’m a lot to deal with.
Who are you, and what have you done with Swampy? 
Nellie - are you using the Discourse-Classic theme? I know emojis work on that one. It’s under Preferences-Interface-Theme.
It got DARK and the sky opened and there were thunderboomers and now I don’t have to water tomorrow.
Supper was good - shrimp Florentine over tri-color rotini and broccoli on the side. Roxy snarfed down a LOT of broccoli and kept looking for more. I love that she’s a big veggie fan. And fruit - this morning, first thing she asked for was an orange. Of course, she’s also been known to ask for cupcakes.
I’ve decided to make the effort to walk every morning. It’s about a mile anna quarter around our block, with ups and downs, so a reasonable workout. I should probably carry weights as I walk, too. Let’s see if I can manage that 3-4 times a week.
Now, time for chillage.
Yeah, I’m still trying to figure stuff out.
Don’t be a grumpy old geezer!!! You’ll get used to it. 
This is a test of the emergency emoji network. This is only a test. 
Yay! It worked! Thanks so much, Moooom!
I finally found you! I had to jump through several rounds of “forgot my password” (no, I didn’t), click on this, verify that, wave a chicken over your head. I hate change but I suppose I’ll have to get used to it if I want to keep playing with my imaginary internet friends. I am also tired of icons that I have to figure out (not only here, but all over the internet). Why can’t I switch the random pictures to words, dammit? It’s getting to be just as bad on clothing care labels. More than once, I’ve had to go the internet to figure out how to properly wash something, can it go in the dryer, can it be ironed (like that was ever gonna happen!) or whatever else the alien hieroglyphics were trying to tell me. I am too old and cranky for this crap. Okay, rant over, breathe … I feel better now. Here’s a random octopus just because I could.
Evening all. Got my Big Mac for dinner and made it home before the rains finally came, so my mowed yard is nice and wet. Outside of that and a short nap, not much to report.
I think I have the basics worked out (even figured out how to use the hyperlink, which seems more friendly than the old place), just was used to be able to go to the last page, and they were numbered, but I’ll adjust. Swampy, you can do this…it’s not like keeping the kids off the lawn, after all…
Dot, wished I lived close enough, I don’t get out anywhere near as much as I should, I could probably help some. Hope your friends can come through.
Purp (only thing I really miss is that I can’t color names and it looks like swampy’s birthday songs may be less dramatic), I like those chairs, just not sure I could get my hulk out of them. Enjoy your friends.
nellie, glad you made it. And yeah, don’t have anybody sounding off, but fewer masks around here, especially in restaurants.
talker, I have a few more plastic glasses than I used to, just replace them as the glass breaks.
FCM, good thinking; if Roxy was around it, you should look there first.
Miss Owl, glad you made it. And octopods are also welcome at the MMP…mmmmm, calamari…
OK, sounds like the storms are past for now, all y’all take care this evening.
Happy Moonday!
Well happier than the suck ass weekend anyway, which isn’t necessarily saying much.
Got stuck irking late on Firday.
We have somebody new coming to the park in the mornings. I have dubbed him Mr. Asshole. 1) If your dog is too dog aggressive to let off leash, then you don’t belong in the dog park. Don’t expect us to run around behind you trying to keep our dogs away from yours. 2) If you don’t want Echo to lick your ears, then don’t sit down next to me. If getting your ears licked at the dog park is the worst that happens to you, shut up and count your blessings. I once had a dog cock his leg and pee on my foot, then present his ass to me for a good scritching. Talk about rude! 3) If you want my dogs to stay away from your dog, don’t sit down next to me.
My friend, Lily’s mom, got so pissed she left the park.
Then my computer decided to update itself and switched my browser from Chrome to Edge. I got Chrome back, but it still isn’t irking right.
Went to pick up my rocks Saturday. Home Depot told me I could pick up part of my order, got there, had to wait forever for the guy to come load it. It was so hot in there, and with a mask on I wasn’t sure if I was going to faint or throw up. Then I find out, no, they can’t split the order, I have to take the whole thing. One ton of rock is too heavy for my truck.
I asked if they can change the order to delivery, they can’t.
I call the 800 number, 15 minute wait until a csr is available. They can’t change my order to delivery, I have to cancel my first order then reorder it with delivery. Which means they will take the rocks back to the vendor, and then bring them back to my house. Sounds like a waste to me.
However, I can rent a truck. The price is good, so I try that. Nope, can’t rent a truck because my license is expired (due to covid closing the MVA) and their computer won’t accept it.
So I ordered the rocks, they will be here Thorsday.
I still haven’t canceled the first order.
Irk has been irksome, the website is all screwed up today.
I’m not too fond of the new layout, and I’d love to know where they hid the cornfield.