Game On! A Hockey Roadtrip MMP

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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Hi guys!

We got so burned by the frickin’ Texas Lottery today. I hear Mr Rebo whoopin’ and hollerin’ and gigglin’. “WTF?” I ask. “Look at this scratch-off!” I look, and it appears that he has won $100 - no $200 - because he has the “stack of money” symbol. “If you get this symbol, double your prize!” w00t! Then he gives me my ticket to play. I hit $1000!!! But no - double it! We had just won $2200!!! OMG. Then we keep reading the tickets. We couldn’t believe it! The symbol they had in the instructions looked like stacked bills. The symbol we had looked like stacked coins. Our symbol had the code word “stack” under it. Mr Rebo took the $200 winner to the store, and they said it wasn’t a winner. Bastards. (The Lottery Commission, not the store.)

What a fuckin’ rip-off. I sent a complaint email that it ain’t nice to tease people like that. I’m still pissed.

But we had dinner at Salt Grass Steakhouse, and it was frickin’ AWESOME. Today is my baby brother’s 49th birthday, and even though he’s in Denver we celebrated, and called him to share a toast at a designated hour. Dad got a little drunk! :slight_smile: He was kinda cute.

See y’all tomorrow…

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I hope we did well at the Food Drive, I could only work the morning shift this year. Pics to follow shortly. something happened tonight that hasn’t happened in over a decade(not that you pervs! :p). I had to change a light bulb.:eek:

Pie, :smiley:

Sorry about the friend, FCM. I’ll pass on the crap legs, too.

swampy, my PC has already sprung 25 hours forward.:dubious: I ain’t changing it until I see the next Powerball winning numbers, just in case.

gt, they’re building a Trader Joe’s a quarter mile from my apartment. Envy me.

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Wedding rings… they use their wedding rings to open bottles. DH threatened me with bodily harm if I attempt such a stunt. The funny thing is our rings are carbide, so I could probably just score a line on the bottle’s neck with my ring then crack the glass.

Now to see how this pegs your fascinated and aroused meter - DH and I bought new balls today and a friendly guy held them.

New bowling balls. 'Twas time to graduate away from nasty house balls and get spiffy new “reactive” balls. The process of fitting and measuring bowling balls is much different than the last time I got a bowling ball - lots of work with calipers and protractor-like things and a bunch of math. The final part of the fitting was for me and the pro to hold the ball at the same time, then he assessed how it released off my thumb while I let go of the ball.

Haven’t had a chance to try them yet, but I managed to get a “turkey” today while using some random house ball. Hopefully, I can only do better with one that’s been fitted to me.

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Haha! I don’t have to worry about DST! My computer is my alarm clock and it adjusts automatically! I’ll just have to change my watch.

I’ve redrawn the header for my website. Now I have to scan, ink, and color it. And I’ve done most of the studying for my midterm. I need to write out notes and study my flashcards, but I’m not real worried.

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Morning all! Up and caffeinating here, yes, early but it’s DST now so 7:25 AM.

Sending healing thoughts to CutiePie’s foot–hope it’s not broken!.

Aww, how cute that Haze’s parents have taken such a shine to Miss Olive! It’s nice to know Olive is doing okay. And good on you, Haze for having such a good time at the party. :wink:

Didn’t make it out to Tarjay yesterday so am headed there today–and my daughter found an ad in the paper for the 50th anniversary Barbie doll. At the price of 50 years ago too - $3.00 ! :eek: I’m wondering how many will be left when we get there?! The Barbie looks like the one from 1959 too, btw. Darn I wish I still had my original Barbie!! LOL

After Tarjay it’s the grocery store - and maybe a side trip to Aldi’s. There, my life is less exciting than FCM’s! :wink: It’s already nearly 60 degrees F and supposed to go up into the 70s. I am going to enjoy the temps while we have them. :slight_smile:

Happy Sunday all.

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gotti had given me an excuse to trot out one of my favorite lines.

I gave up bowling for sex. You don’t need special shoes (well, unless requested) and the balls are lighter.
:smiley:
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffienatin’ today. It’s my Monday. It’s seven thirty in the a of m and it’s just starting to get daylight out. I hate that about dst.

Guess I should go forage some brekkies and get purtified for churchification.

Later Y’all!

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Up for the second time today. My bladder woke me at 4 (really 5) and I turned the TV on for a little while. Both kittehs came for skritches and I thought about getting up and doing stuff, but instead, I turned off the TV and fell back to sleep for another hour anna half. That time Scruffy was barking insistently, so I donned my robe and slippers and took the dogs out.

All critters, human and otherwise, are crashed again, so I’m having some quality board and comics time. Lots of household chores today - vacuuming, laundry, dusting, general tidying - while waiting for the cable guy to come look at the kids’ digital box. They’ve only had it a couple of months, so it shouldn’t be dead. I expect he’ll just bring a new box in and swap them out - easy-peasy.

**FCD **was feeling sick last night. I think he’s overdoing it on the boat. Like he’ll listen to me… :rolleyes: I told him we need to set money aside so next time the hull needs to be sanded, we can pay someone else to do it. As I’ve often said - sometimes the best tool for the job is a checkbook!

Speaking of time change, a coworker was telling me about his watch - it’s a Casio that receives a signal from the Naval Observatory or something and it resets itself automatically. In fact, he says it adjusts daily if required to stay within a few seconds of “official” time. How cool is that?? I want one, even if it does cost more than my crappy $10 WalMart watch.

I need caffeine. Or a return to bed. Decisions, decisions…

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I’m up and caffienating. Unfortunately, the coffee will not pack the punch it needs to, because my husband made it weak. Bleh. I like my coffee rich and flavorful!

It’s snowing and starting to stick. Hopefully, it won’t be snowing for long. It is coming down gangbusters though.

Dinner with our friends was nice. We had good food and good conversation. They wanted us to come back with and hang out, but we opted to go home and just chill.

I need to find a shoe repair place today. My heel taps on my pumps are toast and I don’t want to ruin them.

I guess I’ll cruise the boards some more. Laterz!

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The rest of the fambly is at the marina. I’ve got my 3rd load in the washer, and I’m defrosting some ground beef so I can make a big batch of sketty sauce. I still need to run the vacuum and do some tidying. I’ll get to that while the sauce is simmering.

Windows are open, and the kittehs are enjoying the windowsills. I hate to think that it’ll be down near freezing again by next weekend. C’mon spring!!!

I need to make a grocery list, too. Don’t wanna, but I gotta. I’m thinking I’ll pass on the marina today. Just not enough hours…

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[whine] I don’t want to start studying. [/whine]

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It is officially spring. I pulled the first tick of the year off my hip last night.

:mad:HATE:mad:
:mad:TICKS:mad:

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Ewwwwww… ticks. <shudders>

I was going to go for a long walk, but God is throwing buckets of water against the house right now (seriously, we have flash flood warnings right now), so that’s out.

I slept for 12 hours. :eek: The sad thing is I could go right back for a nap. This Lexapro is kicking my ass–I never had this side effect before. I do hope it lightens up a bit soon.
Have a good Sunday, all.

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Tomorrow is a public holiday. Yayyyy me!

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Trivia Night sounds like it was fun, Haze. Yay! Glad Olive is doing well.

Sorry about your marina friend, FCM. Alzheimer’s is such a sad and scary disease!

Did anyone save brownies for me? ::Looks hopefully at CD drive::

We’re getting the beginnings of the rain you’re getting right now, I think, rigs. It’s just barely sprinkling so far, but it’s supposed to thunder eventually.

Sorry about the tick, Spaz.

Decided I was too tired to go into work yesterday, so I went in right after church this morning, speed-scanned what I needed to look at and then discussed what I needed to with the group that was there. Got out of there within my planned timeframe, too. Wooooot!

Now I need to work on something for my volunteer group and then I’m invited to some friends’ for dinner.

Haven’t really eaten much today, so I’m having some improvised soup (chicken broth, leeks, ginger, gyoza, soy sauce, sesame oil) that should tide me over until dinner.

I had late, very sleepy people in front of me at church. Parents + 2 tween daughters who were clearly not ready for it to be time to go to church. I was tired, too, but at least I remembered first thing when I woke up that I needed to change clocks. I’m not done with them, but the major ones have been re-set.

Gotta get moving on a few items…

Back later.

Hugs.

GT

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What she said. Anyone wanna take a Physics exam on electric fields, flux, lines of charge, and other similar material for me? I’ll be your bestest friend!

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Sorry, Moonie, been there, done that, graduated in 1979, and there’s no way you’d want me to take your exam based on my ancient memories. Cowboy up and get you ass to work! :stuck_out_tongue:

Last load is in the dryer. Dishwasher has been emptied and refilled, and big pots have been handwashed. House has been vacuumed. Critters have been fed. Pile of crap on desk has been organized. Trash is out. Recycling is out. 3 bags of sketty sauce are in the freezer, plus one smaller container in the fridge.

I have no idea what to do for supper. We did pizza on Friday, so that’s not really an option. I guess I’ll see what they want when they get home…

I must say, I like when the place is tidy, but I hate what it takes to get there. I need a maid. Yeah, that’s the ticket. 'Cause goodness knows, I can’t be neat all the time.

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The rain has stopped and now the wind is wuthering. It must be at least 40mph out there. It swung the basketball hoop (one of those on a stand ones) over TH’s car. It didn’t dent the car, thank goodness, but :eek:
I am wasting a day online. I can’t be arsed to do anything, really. Taking Daughter et al out to dinner later. That’s about it.

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Howdy, all. I spent almost all the hunnert. Yay me.

I springed forward and now my car clock will be right again. (Yes, I know I could reset it if I RTFM but I never think about it until I am in the car going sommers.)

fcm, that is so sad about your friend with the early onset Alzheimers. I sure wish they could get to the bottom of that despicable disease.

Ticks are the spawn of satan. :mad:

moonie, you better be done studying! Don’t make me come up there!! :wink:

I decided on chickie boob parmesan (N.O.C.) for dinner tonight. Just cause.

No winners in the ten tickets we bought yesterday. Guess we gotta work for another week.

Tupug

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Worked on my ribbed hat (to go with my ribbed scarf) for a while. Finished my meeting minutes, I think.

Need to leave for dinner in about 20 minutes and need to stop for wine and antihistamines before that. Don’t worry; I won’t be taking them together.

Back later, maybe.

GT

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I had to go into work today. Only 7 more days till hockey vacation.

: cracks whip at Moonie :