It’s 5:30 a.m. in Ye Olde Western Mitten State and the world hasn’t quite blown up yet, but stupid’s gonna stupid so we’ll see what the coming days bring us.
Meanwhile, we’ve got Mumpers (and Mumper parents, pets, partners, etc.) to tend to & nurse back to health. Last week brought plenty of pain and bad news, so gentle {{ huggzz }} and smushy {{ huggzz }} all around - take as needed, according to preference.
First! It’s good to be juvenile!
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. YAWN ‘Tis 53 Amurrkin out and cloudy with a predicted high of 65 and cloudy. Positively frigid compared to the last few days! Not to worry though cause the 80s return mid-week. Cleanin’ lady comes this mornin’ to spiff da cave. That is the big item on today’s agenda. Sup shall be country fried steak ‘n gravy, peas and butterbeans and okra all cooked together, squishes, rice ‘n gravy and cornbread due to a gnawin’ and a cravin’ for some downhome cookin’.
shoe I agree. Stoopid is gonna stoopid. I hope things calm down and the idiot goes on back to Moscow.
Now I need more caffeine and to feed rumbly tummy. Then I suppose I must needs make myself presentable before cleanin’ lady shows up.
Happy Moanday Y’all!
Good morning!
It’s 50 degrees and raining and the rain will continue all this week. Today is supposed to be practically a monsoon. All this rain is making me rethink my Wenatchee trip Thursday and Friday. Rain here means snow in the mountains and I need to get through two of them to get to Wenatchee from here.
I am sending gentle hugs to all those who have received bad news regarding their parents, pets and partners.
My son came down to visit on his way home from my daughter’s place and my daughter, son-in-law, and grandkids paid us a surprise visit. We had a great time visiting with them and playing with the grandkids. While we were expecting our son, we did not expect the rest, so seeing them was really nice. The grands wore us out; Adam is just into everything and we have to watch him every minute. He cracked me up though; I was telling him to stay out of the garbage and said “No, we don’t play in the garbage”. He kept trying to open the lid on the garbage and I’d repeat myself. He started wagging his finger at me and would say Nooooo. All the while he would smile and laugh and then go right back to trying to get into the garbage. Zoe was definitely easier at his age, lol!
Anyway, it’s back to work today. Blech.
I hope you all have a good day.
I want some but ill pass on the okra and squish …i have mental trauma about okra and squish,
Another wakey-sleepy night. I went back to bed around 8:30 figuring to read for a while. FCD came back and put Eddie Izzard on the TV, so I had to quit reading - you can’t ignore Eddie! But you can, apparently, sleep during his routine - next thing I know, it’s 9:40 and FCD is turning the TV off. Then between my bladder and him getting out of and into bed several times, I kept waking up. At one point, I even grabbed my book again. Gave up around 6:45, so the day has begun.
It’s 30° but sunny and it should be a nice, if chilly, day. I need to go back to the eye doc. Yesterday, I noticed the right lens in my new specs is popping out at the top. They screwed something up when they did the adjustment on Sat. I hope I don’t have to wait for another frame… we shall see. I’m also going to call to resked my Dr appt for next week to the week after. And today is laundry day, so I’ve got that going for me, too! 
And who knows - I might even dust.
Taters - I know what you mean about the grands. One is work enough - two is a veritable butt-kickin’! I’m hoping it’ll get a little easier when the baby is a tad more independent, but if he’s like Hurricane Roxy, I’ll need to call up the reserves if I have both of them at once!
My sister posted pics of my niece’s new babby - big chubby cheeks and bald head! My daughter and her cousin had their kids fairly close together - Roxy is 3 weeks older than Grayson, and now Toby is 3 months older than Colby. I wish they lived closer together so they could really grow up together, but they’re 2 hours away.
Oh yeah, and this morning, we’re going to e-sign our tax returns and get that done. I need to designate which account I’ll stash our spare change (HAH!!) so we have it all together on Apr 15. We’ll be on our cruise that day, somewhere in the Atlantic, when Uncle Sam and the Comptroller of MD grab what they demand of us. I think I’ll concentrate on the cruise and not the taxes.
Happy Moanday!
Mornin’ y’all. Tis a rousing 11 deg F here, and there appear to be some flakes falling from the sky. I’m ready for spring. Onward to the week!
Stay safe out there folks.
Beautiful sunny day here, which is unusual for this time of year. Since we have the the patio glassed in, it’s VERY warm there, so I’m sitting in the living room where it’s a bit more temperate.
Tried a new recipe for lunch, which will not be repeated, as it was pretty bland. We added some parm for flavor, so at least the food didn’t get wasted.
This afternoon is a local holiday, for the carneval parade. Going to go talk a walk and vege out - sort of like the weekend. Would have taken this morning off as well, but I had to finish my yearly review, which is due today. Seems to be common theme, as my previous boss tended to do it at the last minute as well.
Trying to limit how much I look at the news. I can’t help the situation much, so at least I can try to manage my own stress level.
Hope this week ends better than last week.
Howdy all. Happy Moanday. I am ensconced in new home but hardly moved in. I have boxes stacked everywhere. I am trying to stay off my broken leg/ ankle/ foot so am unable to do much about unpacking. The realtor is sending a cleaning lady today who didn’t get a chance to go over the place before I moved in. It was clean enough just not spit shined. I shall have her/them do the best they can to irk around the boxes.
My cat Scooter is occupying a bedroom and is not happy. She is eating and using her box so she is OK just used to being an outdoor cat. I let her into my room last night for a while just to see the other parts of the house. I ordered a huge cat tree for her from Chewy and expect it today or tomorrow. Here on the mainland deliveries are much faster.
The house is nice and I did get some some furniture already so no sitting on the floor. I also got a washer and dryer as I left my old set at the Keys house. Buddy loves his big fenced yard but he is unsure of grass and prances like a little pony through it but he is starting to roam around a little more. He’s never been off leash much so it’s all new to him. The weather is pleasant. Nice and cool in the mornings and evenings. It is a very quiet neighborhood. I think we are expecting rain today. My sonny boy and his girl make sure I am fed and have all my needs met. They are working and have no time to unpack so I shall just do it slowly. It’s not a chore anyone can really help with anyway.
I guess the Paralympics start in a couple days so I have that to look forward too. I miss football.
Have a great week everyone.
@Buttercup_Smith , how did I not know you broke your leg? Can I ask how it happened? It’s sunny with a predicted high of 43. Yeehaw! It’s spring. Which brings mud. My foot got sucked into the mud in Ariel’s pasture. Fortunately I was able to get out before I went under.
67 days til retirement.
This is how I feel. However, spousal unit keeps switching over to news channels periodically. Or worse, opinion channels. (not Fox, tho.) It’s overload…
That, at least, should help you stay off your leg a bit - just turning him loose rather than having to walk him. I love having a big fenced yard for the dog. Have fun unpacking…
FCD is up, dressed, and out running errands. I’m about to hop in the shower myself before hauling the dirties down to the laundry room. Guess it’s time to get productive. Dammit.
We’re working on prepping DH for going back to irk tomorrow, after a four-month layoff. I’m running his work clothes through the laundry to freshen and de-dust, and some minor erranding needs to happen (feed the car, etc.)
Morning all. Spent a lot of time tossin’ and turnin’ in bed, finally got up about 7:15am so we’ll see how the day goes. Need to do my sammich and shopping routine, and work in time for Loew’s (one of my cabinet shelves fell down, so will try new pegs) and banking and need to get my swimmin’ in there somewhere, so a busy Moanday. Still cool (38F) but heading for the mid-50’s and due to get warmer as the week goes on.
Butters, good to hear from you again. Glad the move was accomplished with as little stress as possible, given everything that has happened. Hope Scooter and Buddy settle in with you.
Dicey, like you I’m not watching the news a lot…probably get most of my current events updates from the Dope (not sure if that is a good thing or not…). Enjoy carneval.
Taters, don’t be surprised if Adam stays that way; I remember the antics of my youngest cousin in this youthful days, he’s always be told not to do something but you could tell by looking at his eyes he was going to do it anyway.
swampy, have no idea was squish is (squash?), but I probably won’t like it…I’m a fussy eater. But just more for you and OYKW.
shoe, hugggs right back at ya; although it sounds like you’re getting your share already…
OK, onward into the day. All y’all have a good week now.
I’m so sorry to hear about your leg, Butters. I don’t know how I missed that, either. I hope it heals up right quick.
It’s a chilly 27 F this morning, but it’s gonna be around 60 F in the afternoon. I sincerely hope I have the fortitude to make myself take a walk. I’m having trouble not obsessing over what’s going on in Ukraine. My family there is many, many times removed, but it’s hard to pull away nonetheless.
Weekend was good. Got to spend some time with overlygirl. Yesterday we went to a movie, swung by and got my mom for afternoon donuts and that wound up being dinner. I guess everyone needs donuts for dinner sometime. It’s a chemo week this week, and my dad’s memorial service is on the weekend. It came up on us really fast.
Other than that, I’ve got nothing. Boring is bliss.
I recently transferred to the Design department at work, and they shipped me a brand spanking new Macbook Pro. It is a really nice, elegant yet sturdy piece of equipment. I have used Macs before, but it’s been an adjustment for me in the little things. I’ve also found that Mac users continue to be somewhat elitist about their preference of machines.
For instance, I tried creating a subfolder in Finder by right-clicking on the folder and choosing new folder. It created the new folder in the root directory, instead of the folder I chose. I googled and went to a forum where this issue was brought up, and the general response from Mac Users was “Open the folder and then create the new subfolder. We’ve been doing it this way for 25 years and that’s final!”
Don’t dare suggest the PC does it better. In their minds, the PC will always be an inferior machine. It was that way in the 1990s-2000s, but the PC has vastly improved since. Windows now operates directly from hardware, instead of as a shell for DOS. They use the same chips and processors as Macs, and besides, Microsoft and Apple realized it was bad for business to have incompatible operating platforms. Besides, nowadays Apple doesn’t place their home computers as high a priority as they do iPhones, so they’ve arguably slouched in evolving them.
In the Design department’s last meeting (over MS teams, I might add), they started discussing how they could get extra storage for their files. I’m thinking, have they not heard of the Cloud? I said “Hey guys, how about the company’s OneDrive? I managed to transfer all my old files to my new machine because of it, and all it took was creating a login on the company’s Office account.” Awkward silence ensued. Then they started grumbling over limited space, issues with the IT department not understanding that they use Macs, nightmares about IT taking a week to answer their job tickets, etc. Then one guy said “I think we can rule out using OneDrive.”
I sent an email to the Design Team after that, explaining that MS is light years better than it used to be, the OneDrive account stores 15 gigs, and it that’s not enough, they could get access to 15 more free gigs storage through Google Drive. The only response I got was a YouTube link to a compilation of Mac vs PC commercials that showed the nerdy PC guy trying to justify his existence to the cool Mac guy and failing. Sigh, OK, I tried.
I dumped some Comet on the shower floor, wet the scrubby sponge, and scrubbed before I showered. It’s lots easier to use my foot to scrub than to get on my knees and try to work thru the shower door opening. So that’s clean, and so am I! The first load is in the washer, the cat box has been scooped, and the dishwasher has been emptied. When I swap out laundry loads, I’ll head to the eye dr and get my glasses fixed (I hope.) Then there will be one more load to wash. Still haven’t decided if dusting will ensue.
Morning all! Somebody on the Dope recommended baking soda and vinegar for a clogged drain, so I gave it a try. Worked a treat! I’ll never use that toxic crap from the store again.
Today the stagers come to give us estimates. I’m astonished at how expensive things have gotten in the last few years, but the realtor says she’s a big believer in staging the house for showing, so I guess we’re going to do it. Remains to be seen if we recover all the sunk costs on the sale.
Glad that you got moved butters.
Still sick, but have a doctor’s appointment at 2:20 this afternoon. Even not being the plague, maybe they can give me something to ease the raw throat and cough.
Now back for a morning nap.
Stay safe and healthy y’all!
Some jamoke (RHS Print Management in Voorhees New Joisey) made an unauthorized TWENTY THREE CENT charge on my debit card. Now I have to get a new debit card and remember everything connected to that card. Grrrr…
Howdy all.
Have got all the running around done, even did my good deed for the month (guy at Loew’s was asking me if I had seen carpet tacks while I was looking for (and finding) the shelf pins, I politely said I didn’t know, but as I was leaving the aisle I saw two employees talking and pointed him out and they went to assist him).
Pounding has been occurring since early morning (perhaps one reason I got up early) and it’s because the next door house is getting a new roof. The owners have been renting it to a variety of folks (most whom I never see and none staying for all that long). It has not been maintained well, the yard is a mess of weeds and part of the fence has fallen down (fortunately not on my property), so maybe they sold it to some developer and I’ll get a constant neighbor sometime in the future.
red, hope the Doc can prescribe something to help out.
wet one, all that for a $0.23 error? Seems penny-wise and pound-foolish to me.
FCM, never knew Comet was good for cleaning showers; I only use it on my kitchen sink.
talkie, glad you had a ladies day with girl and Mom. And boring can be bliss…swampy and I can both attest to that!!
OK, need to finish the Jersey Mike #3 and let it digest before heading to the pool for swimmin’–will try to get 700 yards in this time.
Last night I noticed that I’d made a huge mistake on my piece. This is NOT a stealth brag, I am seriously distressed AND I haven’t decided what to do about it yet. I’ve called Mom, but she isn’t home and can’t see the pic yet. So, what do you guys think, do I rip it out (I can’t just rip out the mistake, I’ll have to take out the surrounding area too) or leave it there and turn into a cat*?
Look at the blue centers of the top right and bottom left square. The stitches are going in the same direction, but I started at the top of one of them and the bottom of the other one so they look upside down to each other.
I’m blaming this on Putin, it happened while I was checking the news. I keep wondering how Ukrainians can walk considering the big brass balls they all have. I wanna grow up to be that sunflower grandma. She is amazing.
That bites. Thank goodness it was caught on the fishing try cause the next charges would have been scary big.
How many days left?
*Of course I planned it that way!