Up, caffeinated, off to work
According to Butters, the Keys have been extremely dry this summer and they need the rain. According to my MIL, Ocala has been missed by the storms that drowned Tampa and other areas. Some parts of FL are in bad shape, rainwise, so this storm is welcome relief.
Except by my daughter - she says people get stupid on the highways in Orlando when it rains - kinda like in DC.
Another up-too-early morning, thanks to Higgs. **FCD **is still feeling bad, so he’s not going on the bike ride today. I didn’t do anything yesterday, so I’ve got some laundry to get out and some topsoil and grass seed to get down. We’ll see what gets accomplished.
Thus it begins. Happy Saturday!
My nephew is in Pensicola. Erica won’t be directly affecting him, but storm swells might cause flooding there
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. YAWN 'Tis 75 Amurrkin out with a predicted high of ONLY 82 and stormy for the day. We shall see. 'Twas supposed to be stormy last night but nada.
The big plan for the day is to funeralize Dave. As I mentioned earlier, I get to ush which means I get to be there early. A largish crowd is expected even if it gets stormy cause he was well liked with many friends. Other than that, no other plans except grillin’ steaks for dindin.
OK, I need more caffeine and rumbly tummy is hongry. I may or may not go back to bed for a little bit.
Happy Sattidy Y’all!
Happy Friggin’ Saturday.
People are stupid.
At least the weather is still nice, until it gets back up into the 90s this week.
SSDD only with more irritation.
So much for my plans today. **FCD **just left to take his bike to a local car and bike show. I’m supposed to join him there. So, no laundry, no grass seeding, no nothing, but I do get to walk around and look at cars and bike. Oh boy. One of my favorite ways to spend a day. Yeah.
I was going to make up a picture book for him to display with his bike, but my printer is a piece of crap, so that’s not happening. Of course, it might not be the printer - it might be the refurbished cartridges I bought. What a racket.
Anyway, shortly I’ll head out to go look at cars and bikes…
Indeed. The local Cartridge World breaks various pins off so that cartridges will fit. Probably a racket in turn by HP so that cartridges will not be used on different models. It does seem to me that seller and buyer would benefit from cartridges being the same.
I went back to sleep for a bit and had weird dreams that included some minor silly looking demons, a dragon, and Will Smith with his entire family.
Mooom, I agree that the ink cartridge thing is a racket. I use a printer a lot in my studio. I’ve found that refurbcrefurb cartridges do ok for text, but you want manufacturer ones for pictures, which are about half of what I print. A full set of ink for my current printer costs as much as the printer itself.
I need to clean house today before heading to Choo-choo town to listen to a friend’s band tonight.
I went back to bed for a little while as well. ‘Twas nice! Now I am all cleanded up and have picked out suit and tie for funeralizin’. Hot dawgs for N.O.L. I grilled ‘em yestiddy whilst grillin’ burgers. That’s the excitatement from swampland.
Bad dreams from greasy latkes?
Up and pilled. Dogs fed and pottied. Everyone else in the house is off camping this weekend, so the DIL’s dog is laying on my feet. Watered the son’s hanging garden. Haven’t put the Saturday to do list together yet, but should soon.
Yawn. It’s nice and quiet here.
Must be a nap morning and I feel better since having one.
I have a lot to do today and the kid has two papers due tomorrow. I told him I would help although all I do is edit them. If he wasn’t so damn anal about his work the process would go quicker but then again I’d be having trouble with his assignments as well.
You would think that having to respond to two classmates would be easy but it’s not. There’s a lot of fluff but not much substance in most of the posts.
Back for a bit - the car/bike show is pretty pathetic. FCD’s is the only bike there, and there **might **be 10 cars, 2 of which are current models rather than restorations. BUT one guy who came to look was really impressed with FCD’s paint job and he wants his bike done, so we shall see.
I came home to let Higgs out, and I’ll take more ice and soda back with me - there’s a nice breeze, but it’s still hot out there. Needless to say, nothing will be accomplished today. Oh well…
Saturday is Youth Soccer Referee Day (at least until November), and I did 08:30, 11:00, and a 1:45 games today (Under 10). went well, albeit the third games was playing in a rainstorm (the players and I were happy in it; parents and coaches may have been less pleased. Had to end it 7 minutes early due to thunder in the area (the league takes lightning safety very seriously), and I am currently drying out.
Trying to decide between a nap and a bath; may compromise and do both.
Home at last - long day! **FCD **has a big trophy and he handed out several cards - perhaps he’ll get some work?
I’m eating 'mater sammiches. Then I need a shower because I feel icky.
Howdy Y’all! Been an innerestin’ afternoon. Dave got properly funeralized with a nice crowd in attendance. After that, our friend Sammie came over to hang for a bit. Y’all would like Sammie. She has a voice and a mouth like a Marine Drill Sargeant. 
We had a couple of gin ‘n tonics, then grilled steaks. So we had steak, a green sallit, baked new N.O.T. and carrots, and sto’ bought (don’t judge!) 'niller pound cake with ice cream and stewed apples. We drank, we ate, we laughed and carried on. 'Twas fun! Now it’s chill time.
I worked, I came home. I found Hatch chilies at Harris Teeter ,so I get something new to play with. And I have to drive out to another store to grab keys. At 10pm. And be back at 9:30 tomorrow. 
Congrats to FCD!
Tahred. Closing in on bedtime. MWAH!
I’m grumpy.
I told Sah-son this is it - he’s going to start doing this on his own.
It should not take fucking hour to format a reply to a message board. Now we are working on an essay and he agonizes over every GD word. I told him to write something, anything and stop over thinking it. A two page essay should not take hours just to get a rough draft.
Especially when you are writing about yourself. Just answer the damn questions and do it.