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Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. YAWN ‘Tis 42 Amurrkin out and clear, with a predicted high of 56 and N.O.S. for the day. Not a lot doin’ for the day. I am back in possession of the church janitor Junior Warden Bible binder so I should peruse that to refresh myself about what needs doin’ when and so forth. Sup shall be boxed lasagna (don’t judge!), sallit, and cheesey garlic bread.

Nellie a gin and tonic or a good dry martini can solve a lot of problems. Or make one forget a lot of problems. Either way is good.

Now I need more caffeine and to feed rumbly tummy. Then, onward into the day! Rah.

Happy Thursday Y’all!

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nellie - my youngest sis was a bartender for a gazillion years. I never saw her polish a glass, but I saw photos of her dancing on the bar. She’s a… um… character to be sure, while you come across (here at least) as a relatively normal person, so I don’t know if you’d succeed as a bartender. :wink:

Awoke to a dusting of snow - I didn’t know it was forecast. I do know the weather guy last night was saying the DC area may get hit hard early next week - is this a practice run? Maybe I should get french toast fixin’s today?

:rofl:

I need to get in touch with my credit union. I did an on-line transfer to pay my VISA but I accidentally sent it to the account that has been canceled, and for now, the money appears to have disappeared. I sent a message to the CU from which I sent the payment, but I also need to contact the receiving CU. My own stupid fault, but since it’s virtual money and not green-stuff-in-the-hand, I’m hoping it can be straightened out easily and soon. Dammit.

The curtains should be delivered today - I need to hem them to valance length - it’ll be nice to have the bow window finished. It’ll be nicer when the recliners are delivered. Finally.

Stay safe, stay warm, stay relatively sober! Happy Firday!!

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Afternoon all.

Still got the boiler people in- having a bit of a :roll_eyes: moment- I hadn’t actually been notified about this work being done, I just heard from someone else in the house, who got an email from the landlord (which claimed everyone was being notified). This email apparently said the workmen were going to need access to all the radiators in all the bedrooms, which isn’t possible in my room without turning my room into one of those sliding puzzle things, due to the quantity of stuff in there. Not something they can just pop in and do. Yesterday though, they told me, and I quote ‘Oh, we’re not going to need to get into your room, no’ and the tenant who told me about the work in the first place also tells me ‘They don’t need to access the rooms any more’.

Today, I just went to ask the workmen about what the noise situation was going to be today, as I have a phone meeting later, and they said they were mostly done, there wasn’t going to be any more loud work, but they’d just need to come in my room for a bit to get at the radiator… :face_with_raised_eyebrow: Apparently they’d just gone round telling everyone that they didn’t need to access rooms any more, when they just meant they didn’t need to do it right then. They subsequently started hammering on the pipes, which is incredibly loud. I think they have trouble with the concepts of present and future, or just English in general.

Looks like I’ll be having that phone meeting sat in the car then…

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Nut, thinking about sending you some noise-cancelling headphones, but by the time they would get there they’d probably be done. Maybe listen to some Blue Man Group, at least they beat on piping in rhythm…

Nellie, you’d probably be a great bartender for the listening part of the job, but the pouring might take some work. And I am happy you haven’t been run over.

FCM, hope they find the money in the midst of all the circuits. Probably need to talk to 4-5 people though…

flyboy, that’s a fair amount of firewood. And never run out of wine!!

Up about 7am, didn’t sleep well but will try to avoid nappage. Nothing to go outside for (and only getting to 43F), but might do so anyway just to get out. Need to break fast here shortly.

All y’all take care.

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I sure would love a good kamikaze.

Freezing cold outside this morning, but the sun’s coming up. When I took overlygirl to school this morning, the air had contracted in my tires, so the light was on. Hopefully the squashiness is temporary.

Today, in between meetings, I’m gonna find a GP, make an appointment for my women’s visit and check in the status of the glass I ordered for my window, which is still not fixed. I absolutely loathe talking to people on the phone, and I avoid my doctors like the plague, particularly preventive health doctors. It’s a terrible thing, but I hate going in to be advised I’m in great shape, good numbers and oh, by the way, have you thought of losing about 15 pounds? Most of us who could stand to lose a few are well aware of that fact. Having someone say, “Welp, overly, let’s just say you can’t have your butter and your jam at the same time,” is not helpful. First of all I think I know what that means (everything in moderation I assume), but it’s practically nonsensical. Second, yeah, I know that maybe a handful of croutons does not a healthy lunch make.

Hope your meeting is as quiet as can be, Filbert! I remember at one point hiding in the closet on a snow day to give a presentation because my daughter would hunt me down and dance around in her birthday suit yelling about being naked. I hope the guy working at your place doesn’t do that.

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Speak for yourself, lady. Especially since it’s { double checks } Thursday.

What a charming phrase. It sounds vaguely British?

“All things in moderation. Including moderation.”

  • Oscar Wilde

Electrician is supposed to wander by in an hour or so to give an estimate, for my parents’ mission to have my basement re-wired to allow use of my dryer.

After that, who knows.

Shamelessly, I may see if I can sweet-talk a co-worker into a smokefest at her place. She has a hot tub, and my shoulders and back are SORE today.
I splurged, finally, for a brief massage yesterday, and asked that she work on the problem knots around my shoulder blades. Heaven help me, she put her elbow and body weight into the chore. (That much pressure is needed.) She warned me that the area would be tender for a bit

Anyway, I feel like I got used as a punching bag from behind this morning. A hot soak would probably help.

I have fresh sammich bread, so toast may be in order now.
All y’all have a peaceful and safe day.

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Tell the other people in the meeting you’re having an MRI done. :rofl:

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So it did snow. And dispite it being 53 yesterday, it stuck to the roads. So people called out. And since we were shorthanded, I was in secondary sort all shift, heaving way too heavy packages onto non running belts. Ow.

I hate when the pipes make strange noises.

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Afternoon, mumpers! It’s very late afternoon as I’ve had a very busy day. It’s nearly dark outside and it’s been dismal all day. The weather app says “Thinking of phrases for mild, overcast nights is fucking hard. It’s mild and overcast. The end”, and promises me 10C/50F up to 11C/52F for the day. That’s not bad considering we’re being threatened with significant snow again at the weekend.

nut hope you got a relatively quiet meeting in the end. I had a 3hr workshop on “Conversations with a Purpose” today which was not entirely a waste of my morning, but it could have been a much shorter session.

gotti sorry to hear about the surgery, please keep us updated on your progress, we need to know you’re ok.

shoe you’re more likely to hear us muttering about having your cake and eating it too!

I’m not sure what I’ve done but my leg hurts. I suspect I got over-enthusiastic with some exercise earlier in the week but my hip hurts and so does my knee, and all points in between are sore and achy. My boss said sciatica, but since I’ve never had it, I don’t know. I suppose that means a couple of days rest from exercise or at least the low-impact version for a bit.

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Toast (and other snacks) assimilated. Electrician gave his estimate. I have a fresh rat tub all set up - hides and food ready to go and everything - but I keep losing all motivation to get. up. already.

There’s a buncha trash to gather up, including dumping the auxiliary basement litter box & refilling it. Really, that part would take ten minutes, tops.

But … I don’t wanna.

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No clue why my fingers thought it was Friday…

FCD needed something at Lowe’s and I needed some stuff at WalMart, so he dropped me off, got his stuff, and came back for me. While there, SIL texted and asked if I’d take Roxy today - I’m guessing he was dealing with a migraine. Since they live down that way, we picked her up on our way home. I just now put her down for a nap - blissful peace!!

It’s freekin’ cold here - too cold to take her outside - and a high-energy toddler indoors is a challenge. But if she naps for an hour, her mom will get here shortly thereafter. Meanwhile, I need to figure out supper. Ham steak, maybe?

My curtains have been delivered, and the recliners will come between 2 and 5 tomorrow. And that pretty much sums things up. For now.

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Morning all.

Maybe your danger noodle pics could be spoilered? I’d love to see your snek.

I’m sorry that the surgery is necessary. Fingers, toes, etc all crossed for the best possible outcome.
flyboy I’m glad your wife is doing better. Take it easy on your back. Stock up on the wine too! You should see the supply of bourbon that my husband. I think we’re safe for awhile. (Ignore those gin bottles. I’m not saving them. I just collect new types. Mine, all mine.)

Brandy Alexander for me please.

I’m with you. See bottom of my post for a recent example.

I have always admired him.

OK - here’s my medical saga from yesterday. As background, I’ve hurt my back badly. It’s extremely painful, and one of my legs a) hurts and b) stops working unpredictably. I’ve seen my dr and have been sent on to the next layer of drs.

Yesterday, I was in so much pain that I caved and went to urgent care. My leg collapsed and I fell while I was walking into the clinic. They helped me up and brought out a wheelchair. Despite that, I left with a recommendation to take turmeric. No exam even. I suppose the next step is the Emergency Room, but I really, really don’t want to do that. I’d also bet that they wouldn’t do anything either. At the moment I’d have to say that the medical system is pretty darn useless.

Anyhoo - it’s raining here and the dogs have discovered the magical wonderful of mud. Snow level is apparently quite low, but I can’t see any of the hills at the moment, so I can’t check and see.

Happy Friday-Eve everyone!

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EEeeeeEeeEEEK! I just had a panic. I was at the lab, bleeding for science, when I realized my ring was missing. It’s a big carbide thing, so if it fell off, I’d have noticed and heard, or so I thought. Wasn’t in my coat pocket, so I was hoping it was by the sink at home. If I’m messing around with icky stuff like raw chicken or breading something, I’ll take it off, but I didn’t cook anything last night… Got home, no ring by the sink. He’s gonna kill me…

Maybe it fell off while cleaning the gutters, doing a rough prune to get a huge tree branch off the roof, and chopping up the branch into the green bin. I don’t want to dump a huge bin of branches and wet leaves out… I checked the piles of glop on the grass that were in the gutter…shiny! YAY! Cold, wet hands = ring takes a vacation from me. It’s back where it belongs, on my finger, for now…

Perhaps not sciatica per se, but the piriformis muscle in your butt might have gotten annoyed and is kicking your sciatic nerve. It’s probably the most common mis- or missed-diagnosed reason for pain like you’ve got now. Did you stretch before your new exercises? Have a look here for the basic piriformis stretch. https://www.spine-health.com/conditions/sciatica/piriformis-muscle-stretch-and-physical-therapy

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TURMERIC!? Was this some homeopathetic clinic? Sorry you can’t walk - go have some mustard. :face_with_symbols_over_mouth:

At the least, you should have been put in for a lumbar MRI to investigate disc herniations, broken bits of vertebrae, whatever. Inability to walk is sERious, vERy sERious. DangERous.

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As it happens, I got my Thursday salad on Tuesday when I got my Tuesday salad. (Now that I’ve discovered the Trader Joe’s in Burien is quicker and easier to get to than the closer-but-unreachable-by-the usual-route one in West Seattle, I needn’t get lunch for both days. But I do.) Maybe I’ll hop over to Costco, which is very near, and pick up a few bottle of Kirkland cabernet.

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Hey, I could dance on top of the bar. Of course, with my vision, you’d have to clear off the drinks and drunks first. And even though bartenders don’t have to polish glasses any more, I think it’s a good visual for customers.

doggio, I make a pretty good Old Fashioned, if I do say so, myself. At least, people really seemed to like them and requested them when they came over. Technically, I veer from the recipe a bit, but I can do the legit version, too. Gee, I miss having people over. Anyway, here ya go.

Oo, Sunny, a brandy alexander! I haven’t had one of those in years, and they’re so good! I think the Terribly Correct Eighties, where you were only supposed to order white wine or beer, did in a lot of good drinks.

OK, folks, clearly our imaginary Mumpers neighborhood needs a bar…tavern…saloon…pub. What shall we call it? Cheers M’Dears? Whoa Nellie’s? The Vestry? Or…?

sunny, turmeric? Seriously? That’s a terrible urgent care. How long before your appointment(s) with the next layer of docs? You can’t live with that kind of pain and the constant danger of falling. Listen to Gotti.

gotti, did you get the call from the surgery scheduler yet? YAY for finding the ring!

The washer is chugging away. I always think of women in centuries past scrubbing on washboards or river rocks and how incredible it is that I just have to dump in clothes and soap and 30 minutes later, I have clean, damp clothes. My mother had a wringer washer when I was little and hung clothes to dry in the basement. It was a great day for her when she got an automatic washer and a dryer. Six people generate a lot of laundry. Now there’s only me. I have it too easy.

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Spoilered works just fine for my purposes.

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Wise advice-perhaps checking with a PT first to avoid scorn and virus hordes at th ER. Sometimes a request from a PT to your doc generates a little more interest and urgency. I avoid ERs at almost all costs and costs is definitely part of it! The urgent care probably couldn’t get authorization from your insurance so didnt even examine you. Insurance (at least mine) never agreees to an MRI until multiple other things are tried first and MRIs often run more than $1500 so they balk big time.

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Two 1.5 litre bottles of Kirkland cabernet sauvignon ($7.99 each) have been procured.

Also, a 1.75 litre bottle of Bulleit rye.

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The washing machine saga continues. We braved the germy minefield of a local laundromat to get four loads done, then scurried home to use our own dryer. Reread the home warranty information and realized that since it’s less than 90 days, we would have to pay $150 service call plus all parts and labor. Cancelled the appointment and now we have to wait until February 10th to make a new one, which will likely not be until two weeks after that. Then they’ll have to order parts and reschedule another appointment, so I’m thinking we’re looking at no washer until the end of February. :unamused:

On the bright side, the Cleaning Out of the Basement (COB) is going very well. We’ve managed to fill three or four paper recycling bins with paper and cardboard; literally hundreds of pounds. Some of this stuff is my wife’s tax returns going back to the 80s. :dizzy_face: Sorted a bunch of stuff out for garage sale, if that can ever happen. Next step is to order shelving to store the ton of stuff that’s still down there that we (apparently) can’t do without. Wheee!