I’ve mentioned this here before but ------- as the Ducks Unlimited representative to a conservation group I was asked to attend a planning meeting to plan a planning meeting. I withdrew at that point.
No but true on multiple levels. 
I, too refuse to belong to any organization that would accept me as a member.
Howdy Y’all! I have laundered and even ahrned. Go Me! Also I have decided upon baked sweet N.O.T. and sautéed zucchini and summer squishes with onion as vegetative matter for tonight’s sup.
Spidey I gotta say, if anything could get me to run, bacon as a prize would probably be the thing. 
Supper will be meatloaf, cauliflower, beets, seasoned fries, and maybe pineapple.
I’s hongree - 15 more minutes…
Cleanup crew has been through and the painter painted the vanity in the hall bathroom (cheaper than putting in new cabinets). Started re-stocking my kitchen today and need to go shopping for some household items. Also christened the new bathroom and am running the first dishwasher load. Getting my washer/dryer back from storage on Moanday, so that will get all my appliances in place.
Only glitch I see is one of the drawers is loose and there is no doorknob on the utility closet, but I’ll bring that up with the remodeler tomorrow, along with a couple of other minor issues. But by 1 October I’ll be back to normal (whatever normal is).
Only problem I see is that I like how it looks so much I’ll hate to use it, because then it won’t llo as nice (new car smell syndrome, I suspect).
Waiting to see if the fields are closed for soccer practice (just looked–they are). With rain expected tomorrow, might have a 3-day holiday from coaching.
flytrap, I agree–I wouldn’t join any organization that would have you for a member, either…
Sunny, the joys of a bed (familiar or not), often don’t kick in until the second or third day, IMHO. And sleeping on the plane will be an adventure too.
I have leftover shredded buffalo chicken… so we’re having homemade pizza and I’m having buffalo chicken pizza. The kids… well, they don’t like 'picy food, so I’m making them a pepperoni and olive pizza. Yep, that’s what they like.
Sup has been accomplished. Plus leftovers for two N.O.L.s tomorrow. Win-Win two days in a row! The Pubic Sto’ has a deal on shrimpies so tomorrow’s sup shall be shrimpies 'n grits and some kind of vegetative matter.
MetalMouse go on, let your inner Iron Chef out!
That is all the news from swampland.
swampie was only 9th in the Feud!
Our new Director has ordered weekly staff meetings. Our old Director rarely had meetings. Weekly is a bit much. Anyway, had the first one today and since I was closer to home than my office I came home and took a nap. Maybe that will become a habit on meeting day.
Still very tired and sleepy.
MetalMouse the missing employee said she had a female emergency.:eek:I let her know I was displeased more that she didn’t let me know. Said she didn’t want to bother me :smack:. Whatever. Being a boss is so not fine anymore.
juliet, I’ll take a slice of your pizza. I’m one of the weirdos who doesn’t like pepperoni on pizza and if the olives are green, no way.
The sun actually peeped out on the way home from irk today. It was the first time that I’ve seen it since Thursday. 
Watching the debate for our state senate seat right now. Anybody need fertilizer?
Butters, bosses are there to be bothered; if she does it again I’d write her up.
Did a fair amount of grocery shopping and can now start eating in rather than out. Lot’s of lightning overhead, kind of pretty in a way but good reason to be inside. New dishwasher was on for nearly 4 hours and never did finish it’s cycle, need to re-read the instructions. I suspect the machine is smarter than I am…
swampy, my Iron Chef is retired and prefers to use the microwave…
I’m still coughing. I’m wondering if this is my usual winter bronchitis, come one season early.
Of course, having bronchitis now doesn’t mean I wait a few weeks, it’s overwith, and then I don’t worry about getting sick for the rest of the winter. No. Last year, I got my winter bronchitis, recovered, and then got bronchitis again. So… worst-case scenario this time, I have bronchitis until March or so. Hmm.
I’ve heard the best medication for bronchitis is penicillin. I guess I’m lucky to have hardly any allergies at all - but guess what’s the one medication I’m allergic to. 
Anyway, I’ll see how I feel in a few days, and then I’ll go to a doctor if I think I need to.
My roommate hates my coughing, but maybe I can get a white-noise machine or something. That might also be useful in blocking out the noise of her late-night phone calls.
Hey ho.
Oh,You can bet I am documenting all her BS. I just can’t even imagine what her thought process was.
I shall try to get some sleep. Here”s hoping for a decent night.
Worked. Canes beat the Preds in meaningless hockey.(sorry, Red). But the Preds Foundation raised $20k for Hurricane Florence relief. So they won anyways:). Made fiesta mac n’ cheese with chicken for dinner. Gordie got stray cheese sprinkes on his dinner.
Night, Butters.
Feel better, Midget!
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. YAWN ‘Tis 74 Amurrkin out and fair (since it’s dark I can’t tell that so Ima give that one to TWPTB) with a predicted high of 93 and a fair to middlin’ chance of rain/tstorms/apocalypse this afternoon. We shall see. Tomorrow and Firday are supposed to be stormy. We could use the rain down here, but I also need to accomplish mowage. Woe. Today is lay in provisions day and I also have some other errand type stuff to accomplish. Shrimpies 'n grits along with bacon wrapped spareguts shall comprise sup.
{{{Midget}}} feel better soonest!
Butters stoopid employee! Also, ick on weekly staff meetin’s. Yet again another reason why I am glad I no longer have to deal with irkaday stuff.
Now I need more caffeine and rumbly tummy demands sustenance. Then, alas and alack, I suppose I shall purtify and don goin’ about the public attire. Such bother!
Happy Hump Day Y’all!
I read the thread somewhere around 3 a.m. when I got up to go to the bathroom and couldn’t get back to sleep. All of my pertinent comments got lost as I lay there contemplating the meaning of life. Yesterday was no fun at all; it included flying furniture, gnashing of teeth, and perilous climbing. I am so tired. I hope today is calmer.
I figure Mumpers are authorities on creepy, so I have to ask if this qualifies: I’m thinking about writing to the current residents of the house where I grew up. My dad had built in a couple of storage units about 60 years ago and I’m wondering if they’re still in use. I figure showing up at the door to ask would be lots creepier. Hence my question - would you find such a letter to be weird or unnerving?
That’s all.
Happy Wednesday!
Happy Hump Day!
It feels warmer out, as least as much as I could tell from letting the dog out. Supposed to be in the low 80s today, with rain.
We need to go to the grocery store, I was hoping to wait until Saturday when it’s not supposed to rain but I think we will need to go sooner than that.
I’m sleepy, my bladder woke me at 2:30 but instead of getting up I fell right back to sleep. So my bladder woke me again at 4. Then Ripple started barking and woke me up, then a little later he shoved his nose into my belly and woke me again. He insisted on some petting but as soon as I sat up he jumped up into my place, curled up and went to sleep.
So far the morning has been most annoying. I have run vinegar through the dishwasher twice, ran a cleaner through once, cleaned the filter, switched detergents and my dishes are still not getting clean.
I have been slothing it for the last few days, the house is a mess and making me crazy.
I’m sick of coughing and all I want to do is sleep.
Not creepy to me FCM.
Sort of, I’ve been in it for five weeks which feel like five eternities, but thankfully the contract is over next week.
Right now I have two companies with very similar offers, both yelling at the lawyers to “get that contract ready NOW!” because it’s a matter of “whomever gets the contract to me first, wins.” Lyon or Milan? Milan, or Lyon? What’s a pity is that I can’t tell them “listen guys, just go rock-paper-scissors, whomever wins goes first and then I move the other, ok?”
You know that game people play with little kids, “he’s got his Mom’s nose but hid Dad’s cheeks and those are definitely his grandfather’s ears”? Makes the kids sound like some sort of Frankenstein’s Toddler, but it’s fun, specially if you’ve got an adult around who hates it (hey, as grown-ups, it’s one of the very few times I’ve been allowed to push 1.Bro’s buttons with that level of abandon).
Anyway, I like to play it with American Culture. Y’all got your love of meetings from the Scottish.
I had a project there and yep, they’d have a planning meeting to plan a planning meeting for the project-planning meeting. And when we started having weekly project meetings on Fridays, they wanted us to have a weekly-meeting planning-meeting every Wednesday, because hey, deciding which sandwiches to get needs appropriate levels of care. The Basque Team decided that nobody knows more about food than we do, by definition*, and that therefore we were perfectly capable to decide which sandwhiches to get with exactly no meetings at all.
- Anybody who disagrees is welcome to feed us. Please make sure you’ve got enough for about 16 million, we’re inviting the whole family and also the neighbors.