Our family version of “Hi Bob” which may actually predate “Hi Bob” by several years. My Dad, Gramma, brother and I all loved bad horror movies (I’m talking some stuff that made Plan 9 From Outer Space look Oscar worthy). We were watching a movie called the Giant Claw and noticed we were each basically taking a drink when people said “battleship”. Once we noticed that we started doing it on purpose. Since they call the monster “big as a battleship” plenty of times it gave us a chance to “ingrain” it. And start laughing and hooting about it. My brother and I still automatically make a drinking motion whenever we hear the word “battleship” and my wife caught the habit as well. Part game and part tradition.
We have shared it with others at a local thing called Bad Movie Monday so the family expands. And the worst movie monster in history (after the Creeping Terror) lives on.
FCM, my sympathies for the hard decision you’ve made hug
Purple, hug to you as well, I’ve had dreams that have instantly brough the long distant past back to me, it’s very bittersweet.
We used to play Padiddle. (Spotting cars with one headlight) In addition, there were semididdles (semi trucks with one headlight) and Diddleaps, cars with one rear light gone. And that was one of the more normal games we’d play (I still play this!)
Back from the vet’s. For the first time in about 21 years, we are a dogless household. And we’re agreed that we’ll stay that way… probably. It’s funny, that 21-year run began and ended with little black dogs rescued off the street - first was Freeway, who wandered up to our inlaws’ building site in FL and immediately adopted our daughter. He was a great pup…
Anyway, it’s snowing. I doubt that it’ll stick, but it’s coming down pretty good at the moment and the ground is wet. I’ve got a fire going because it’s cold - the kind of cold that creeps into your core. Thank goodness for a big pile of firewood!
Poke sammiches have been ingested and I realized why they tasted meh - I neglected to cook the roast with onions. How stoopit is that??? I did add some reconstituted onions to the sauce, but it’s not the same. On the other hand, the slaw I got from Food Lion was really full of onions, so there’s that.
No one played a rousing round of “I’m not touching you!!!” ??
After last week’s episode of no heat, on the coldest day of the season so far, the landlady had our fuel oil tank cleaned today. That’s good, but there was so much crap in the tank that we went from an apparent half tank to a real quarter full when the crew was done.
Now, I have to buy heating oil. :rolleyes: Oh, and I hate snow.
I’m sorry you had to do that Mooom. Purple mentioned waking up in tears - I wake up in tears when I dream about the need to put one of my doggies to sleep. I HATE those dreams. Luckily they only come once a month or so.
I think my house is haunted. Last night, I was straightening the covers to get in to bed and Sweetie was coming through the door. I distinctly heard someone say, “shhh, shhh”. He came in the room and asked who I was talking to. I said no one. He said he heard someone say, “shh, shh”. Creeped me right out - to the point that I checked under the bed and in the closets.
About 10 minutes later, I was in bed, with my earbuds in and he came in from the bathroom and asked what I had said. I said I hadn’t said anything. He said he heard someone say, “HEY!” - followed by something else, while he was in the bathroom.
The only reason I wasn’t too creeped to sleep was because the dogs weren’t bothered by any of it. Still though, I need to go in the basement and I’m still thinking about robbers hiding out in my basement, telling each other to be quiet so they don’t get caught.
My financial aid changed between Friday and Saturday an I don’t know why. The extra money I was looking forward to for helping with household expenses has gone away. I still have a refund coming but it’s way smaller than it had been and will give me enough for textbooks and not much else. We’ll get by without the refund but it’s going to be a lot harder and it’s very frustrating.
However, I did managed to tweak my schedule enough so that I have 4 classes I’m actually looking forward to taking. I have Intro to Conservation Biology on Monday and Wednesday and on Tuesday and Thursday I have Physics of the Environment, Climatology, and North American Prehistory. Should be an interesting semester.
FCM, I’m sorry for your loss. The hardest thing to do is often the best. Your puppers is now running around with the rest of them, eating people food and sleeping on beds.
Just came back from the doc. I got eczema. And a script for steroid cream. I feel so icky.
Din-din is chicken breast with teriyaki rice. My sister was cleaning her cupboards and found about 5 of those rice side dish packages so I took the teriyaki. I’ll doctor it with green onyums and other stuff. And sallit.
RIP Scruffy. I was just thinkin’, Scruffy might be the first and only MMP named pet. I remember MOOOOOOM talkin’ about the scruffy little dog FCD found and brought home and we started callin’ her Scruffy and it stuck. Hee.
OYKW has the creepin’ crud (self diagnosed). His doc called in a zpack (or whatever it’s called) and Ima go pick it up for him and take him some chikin noodle soup in a bit. The pharmacy said the meds would be ready around five and it’s on the way to his digs. Poor thing.
Ok, off to doctor the sickie from a safe distance natch.
Back from deliverin’ chikin soup and anti-crud AKA Z-Pack medicine. Rosie OYKW explained to me what it is. I asked him just what it might be that I was deliverin’ to him. Sometimes havin’ a nurse around to explain stuff is a good thing. Anywho he has been souped and medicated and is settled in for the night in bed, remote in hand.
Heh - Rebo, some of those pics looked familiar, at least similar to places I drove when I was in Houston way back when… I will never understand why people insist on driving forward into deep water. Cars are not invincible!! Sheesh. Darwin at work, or it would be if teh stoopits weren’t always getting themselfs rescued. :rolleyes:
We went to the good Chinese place for supper and I’s stuffded with shrimp and broccoli. Yum! The snow has stopped, but it’s icky cold out. Toasty warm in here, tho. I my fireplace insert!! Off to knit!
You know, my post came across a lot more morose than I meant it. I started by talking about car trips and segued into that, but mostly because I was still enjoying memories of a supremely lovely weekend.
So, to lighten things up: I was given a fluted “vase” for the holidays that’s a perfect big ol’ betta bowl. Brought it into my office last week, and went out on my lunchbreak today to buy a lovely rust-orange half-moon guy. He contrasts beautifully with the light and dark blue glass marbles I put at the bottom (which is why I didn’t want the typical blue/purple betta) and he’s staring quietly at me through the glass as I type.
Monday is overwith thankgoodness. Long ass day doing yet more crappy power point slides. Havn’t had time to go grocery shopping after work and quite frankly I won’t be home til 7.30 and I can’t be arsed. mr ems has agreed to purchase supper for me at the height of fine dining that is Logan’s.
Tomorrow is the all day conference call from hell then Thursday is the all day meeting from hell. Yay!
I need a drink…
rebo we got sent a tornado alert for Sugarland through the company emergency alert system…2 hours after the storm blew through. Effective or what?
my fireplace insert!! Off to knit!