Back from work, I hate my job. At least there is beer.
Spat, look on the bright side, the last girl I was interested in became a nun.
spats…it blows.
It’s going to for a while, then out of the blue, it’s going to hit you.
Spats, I’m sorry to hear that things didn’t turn out like you hoped they would. Nothing I can offer, except to say, hang in there.
Today was a lazy day. Or, I should say yesterday, as it is nearly 2:30 am Sunday now. I made pulled pork in the slow cooker and we had pulled pork sammiches topped with some cheddar and cole slaw. Sounds weird, but it’s tasty.
Other than that, nothing of note was accomplished. I’m glad I still have today and tomorrow to get stuff done.
Well, I think I’m off to beddy-bye. Night all.
The feline alarm clock jumped on me about 5:20, and while I got her to snuggle beside me rather than on me, I was up and that was that. So teeth have been brushed, dog has been walked and fed, and kiln has been checked. If you’re interested, it’s on Ramp 5 - 2073 degrees F on its way to 2100, and which point it’ll continue warming at 75 deg/hr to 2180, hold for 10 minutes, then turn off. Then starts the long wait for it to get cool enough to unload. I learned my lesson last time, tho - wait till it’s really cool. So tonight, maybe…
I need to go grocery shopping. Since we’ve decided to eat better, we’ve been going thru fresh veggies like crazy people!! So I need to stock up again. I’m already feeling better, so yay for that. And I’m getting into the cooking/lunch packing rhythm again. But it can still be a lot of work - lots more than just running to Bert’s for a burger and greasy fries and a hand-dipped chocolate milkshake… um, where was I??
Oh yeah - family. **FCD ** and our offspring were both members briefly. But neither got into it, which is fine. I don’t know of any of my RL friends or associates on here either. I pointed a few in this direction, but it didn’t stick. They just don’t know what they’re missing.
Spats, I know it’s probably not consolation, but I was nearly 30 before I found FCD. I was resigned to a life of singletude, then I took those sailing lessons, and the rest is history. So while it’s discouraging and all that, ya just never know.
And now for the weather - while I was out with Bernie, it began to sprinkle. It was supposed to rain all day yesterday, but didn’t. Same forecast for today - we shall see. If it holds off, we’ll be making a run to the convenience center - the trash and recycling cans are pretty full. Such is my *faboooo * life.
Good morning. I am getting ready for church. I think I will wash and wax the car today, it’s supposed to be a chilly 72 today. I have no goatee, so I am the good dogbutler. 
What they said, Spats - it’s not fair but one day it’ll be your turn!
It’s been a very traumatic night over here, 'im indoors decided to let Shadow go out into the back [del]wilderness[/del] garden via the catflap because he’d been showing interest in it. Unfortunately he went off on the wander and was promptly nowhere to be seen. What did he expect? It was 9pm, how do you fancy looking for a black cat in the dark out in the garden?
So last night we were vegging on the sofa catching up on TiVO stuff, periodically going to the back door and calling him in case he was somewhere close and just couldn’t work out how to get back to us. Trouble is, we’re not sure what he answers to! The people we had him from had been calling him “Sooty” but that might not have been his original name, and we didn’t think it suited him so we’ve been calling him Shadow instead. Life just gets so complicated…
Anyhoo, when I finally got out of bed and got dressed this afternoon, I went out to have a look around and see if I could work out where he might have got to because we were planning to walk around the neighbourhood to see if we could find him. I called his name(s) a few times and thought I heard the faint tinkle of a bell! Looking behind the fence between our garden and next door, there he was, curled up under a pine tree looking not at all the worse for wear.
I talked to him for a while to try and get him to move and then realised he just couldn’t work out how to get back into the garden. I had to move a few branches and stick my hand through a gap in the fence to show him where to get through, and eventually he did come back. I picked him up for a big cuddle and took him straight back into the house.
'im indoors is under strict instructions not to do that again!
Off to caffeinate and do grocery shopping this afternoon, and probably not very much more, although I do have a pile of loose-leaf recipe sheets that need attention and a scrap-book that might just fit the bill.
Good morning, everyone!!! Up relatively early because I was having weird dreams and finally woke up. One part of my dreams consisted of me getting up in the middle of the night and going for a walk. I was in a random German town (not where Far-Away Best Friend lives and none of the other towns I’ve lived in, I don’t think) and had developed a habit of getting up in the middle of the night and going to the center of town to see what was going on. My mom was there in the background (she’s never been to Germany) and I was, of course, trying to conceal the fact that I was going out in the middle of the night. This got mixed in with going to the airport and almost missing a flight. Weird.
I don’t know if I believe you, doggio. I guess we’ll be able to tell if you’re the good or bad dogbutler by the number of references to lemurs. 
Should make a plan for today, I suppose. I got home last night to three messages on my answering machine. Two were invitations. One was for today, the other was for yesterday, but might turn into something for today or tomorrow. Hmmmm. I’m supposed to remain at home and clean and stuff. But I probably won’t do quite as much as planned and go out and socialize instead.
I don’t have any friends or family on the boards (that I know of). Don’t think any of them would actually get it.
It’s been quite warm here, but it’s starting to cool off a bit. Friday I went out in a medium-weight sweater and turtleneck and was perfectly comfortable (that’s just unnatural for January). Yesterday, we definitely needed jackets, but still got out pretty comfortably, even though it was a little wet.
Congrats on passing, Bobbio! Yay!
Welcome back to the real world, palebunny! (Who needs more than a computer and an internet connection?)
Glad Shadow has been found, Boo! Sounds truly scary.
Off to plan my day and get ready for church…
GT
I started to fall asleep during the 2nd SNL sketch so I turned the TV off and was immediately out. a half hour later I awoke from a dream that as I think about it, wasn’t any scarier than any other chase/hide dreams I’ve had, but I awoke with a start and my heart was pounding so hard the bed was shaking. I had to consciously tell myself that I was safe, and in the company of a purring kitty but each time I closed my eyes, I was right back int he dream so I turned the TV back on a channel surfed a while until my heart rate was back to normal. I hate when that happens
Peapod is here - I’ll be back later
Woo hoo! EMT was fun. Lots of lectures, but the practical stuff was fun, and the ride-alongs were really neat.
Oh, Spats, that sucks. No chance any of the female friends are secretly dying for you to make a move?
The movie was very good. I think I was expecting more plot complexity, but it was still very good. All the trailers were for silly action/espionage movies. I was hoping for something science fictiony.
We’re up, and we went to church yesterday, so we’re lazing around until I go to work. We’ll probably watch Dr. Who or Battlestar Galactica, and eat some of our monstrous supply of chocolate. Does anyone else end up with way too much chocolate at Christmas?
Good morning, and a Keanu Reeves-calibre Whoa! There’s a blanket of snow on the ground. Not a few flakes or an inch-high curb drift. An actual can’t-see-the-ground blanket. And it’s [I[still snowing!* It may even stick around for a while.
LiLi - What is this “too much chocolate” of which you speak? Surely this is a euphemism or ironic statement.
BooFae - This is why I’m always afraid of letting a cat out of doors, especially one that hasn’t been an out-of-doors cat. I’d be paranoid they’d get lost or abducted or attacked by another animal. As such, my cats are indoor cats and I plan to keep them that way. I loves me kitties.
Spats - Oh, I went through years of hoping to find that someone special and getting naught but friends or people who just plain weren’t interested. When it did happen, it was quite sudden and unexpected-like. Apparently, this sort of thing happens quite a lot, so I wouldn’t go getting all down and such. It will happen, and in all likelihood it will do so when your back is turned and you’re paying attention to something else.
I’m very uninspired. I have a 3:30 dinner invitation and really ought to be cleaning up energetically. It’s not happening yet.
I’ve been surfing the net and doing not much of anything else.
Can someone say something inspiring please? Like maybe: “You can’t go out till you’ve cleaned your room! Or else.”
GT
I’m back from church and the car is washed and waxed. I even have on clean undies(Hi QD!) I am going to have a salami sammich and some iced tea, and watch football and/or hockey.
gt, lemurs? :dubious: That house ain’t gonna clean itself, get to it!
LiLi, too much chocolate? I’m sure FCM would take it off your hands.
BooFae, Lucretia got out once, and was gone for 5 days. She came back clean and fed, so she must have shacked up with someone.
Spats sorry it didn’t work out. Keep workin’ at it. Sooner or later… yeah, yeah, not much consolation for now, but hang in there!
Bobbio congrats on passing your course without eating any of your fellow students. What? Isn’t that what it was about?
Not much else to report here. Just quiet, warm and sunny. I’m hosting my church men’s group tomorrow, aka, steak night. Everybody brings a steak and whatever beerverage or beverage he desires. The host provides a salad, some kind of N.O.T. dish (I’m doin’ my world famous company smashed N.O.T.) and bread. Well, plates, knives and forks too. We grill steaks (also some sausages cause I got some from the burly butcher, so we’ll have a nosh), eat, drink, hang out. Just a nice time to be together. Plus, everybody pitches in a couple dollars for all the fixin’s. When we’re in our new building (by mid-February, YAY!) we’ll go back to having it at the church again, but it’s been fun having it at different people’s houses. This is my third time to host. I volunteered cause I’m off tomorrow and have all day to get stuff ready. I’m even making a salad instead of doin’ bag salad. I’m such a good host!
No. And even if they were, I’m not attracted to them, or I would have done something there already. (In at least one case, my ex, I did.) Anyway, thanks everyone for the support. I know it has to work out sooner or later, which just makes the failures all the more maddening. But you know me - I’m not a sit-around-on-my-ass type of guy. I’ll keep trying.
Mindfield, your advice in particular seems like the sort of strangeness I’ve come to expect from my life. But I’m not looking for The One. I’m just looking for a girlfriend.
Back from lunch and Lowe’s. Earlier today, we emptied the red guest room, then decided we’d finally build the closet. But we needed some stuff - like paint for the walls, ceiling, and trim, and some caulk to finish the basement bathroom, and a few other goodies, like the roman shades on clearance. (Hush - I need them for the room when we’re done painting!)
Of course, it was after 2 when we got back, so we’re going to start building the closet in the morning. For now, I’m finishing the laundry and waiting for the kiln to cool down. I need to clean the studio, too, so I can unload my latest creations.
When we were headed out to Lowe’s we saw the little black scruffy mutt who’s been wandering around the neighborhood. FCD pet him/her and said he could feel ribs and the pup’s coat is all matted and gross. If we encounter the mutt again, we’re going to see if he’ll come to the house with us, and we’ll try to feed him. And if he really seems to be abandoned, we’ll probably take him in. But he needs some time with a groomer for sure, and a visit to the vet also. We shall see what happens.
Meanwhile, I’m folding underwear and watching TV. Avoiding the whole clean-the-studio chore. Can’t put it off much longer tho. <sigh>
Hi folkses. Been to the grocery store and I’m about to go sort laundry for laundry day tomorrow. Mr. Rebo is at Best Buy buying a copy of Microsoft Office. We’ve never really needed it at home, but I suppose it’s time. He wants to make up a safety flyer for work.
We’re having NY strips and baked NOTs and sauteed fungi for dinner. And bag salad. I’m not as energetic as Swampy. It’s been overcast and drizzly all day - the front is coming in tonight. Maybe some freezing rain with that! Oh joy.
I’m back from dinner (early dinner) and contemplating a nap before going out to a late-ish movie with Local Best Friend. It’s never a particularly good sign if she’s asking me to the movies; I’m hoping that it’s just that she’s pregnant and completely uninterested in food (very unlike her) and just feeling weirded out. On the up side, this means, I’m going to be an aunt!!! Yay!!! I like being an aunt. And, unlike my brother’s kids this kid will be in town, just 10 minutes away for the forseeable future. Yay!!! Eeeep…this reminds me that she didn’t tell me how her parents took the news. They’ve been dying to be grandparents and have only had LBF’s stepson to spoil. This could be weirding her out too. Her mom is best taken in small doses and she may be threatening to come and “help” for a while when the baby is born.
I’ve cleaned some. Not nearly what I’d wanted to, but as I was almost falling asleep while driving myself home from dinner, I thought I’d prioritize the nap-taking.
Back later.
GT
I am moshing to the beat of a different xylophone. I had green beans, baked N.O.T., and poke chops. It was sunny and warm today.
Company smashed N.O.T. are made and in the fridge to be baked tomorrow. I even have all the plates, salad bowls, steak knives, forks and napkins all set out for tomorrow. All the veggies for the salad are in the crisper awaiting assemblage tomorrow. I went to the store and bought frozen biscuits to be baked. What? Did y’all actually think I’d bake homemade biscuits? That is to laugh! Frozen biscuits can be popped into the convection oven and done in ten minutes tops. Hey, I like these guys, but there’s a limit to the lengths I’m willin’ to go to after all.
Spats again, all I can say is, hang in there, bud. She’ll come along. I was in a relationship for almost thirteen years, but he decided there was a better life somehere else (**HAH! He learned better. Not that I’m goin’ NEENER! NEENER! NEENER! or anything.). Anywho… there was one relationship in between that didn’t work out, then along came ACBG and, well, who knows where it’ll end but since both of us are convinced that nobody else could stand each other, I think I might have found THE ONE. Ok, at least he’s mostly trained right… it might just work out.