Howdy Y’all! Been a nice slothful day here. OK, dealt with some stuff via text, but those I could ignore when I wanted to, so there’s that. I have adopted the “I am retired. I don’t have to. I don’t want to. You can’t make me.” philosophy.
{{{red}}} sorry you had such a bad night. Hope you’re feelin’ better soonest.
BooFae re performance evaluations, better thee than me. Yet another thing that makes me glad I am a retired drain on society.
bumba apparently I missed this earlier, but sorry for the loss of your friend.
Taters that’s a whole lot of work drama and yet another thing I do not miss since becomin’ a retired drain on society.
PB, mayo, and banana sammiches are da bomb! Like cookie said, this must be on white bread.
talky sorry that your mom’s treatment was so looooong. Safe travels to Iowa. I am sure you will be a fashion hit no matter what you wear.
shades I second that motion.
shoe sorry about InCrPoo leavin’. Go after his job. If you have a chance do the kiss outside of irk hours and away from the irkplace. Then again, you could just smooch him on his last day at the end of his shift if’n you’re there.
I grew up with peanut butter being the okay to snack on without permission any time list, so we tried a lot of different combos. One of my favorites is peanut butter and dill pickle on honey wheat bread, but PB and mayo is good too.
I’m feeling a bit better after taking something to quell the rumbly intestines. I can tell that I’m getting an appetite back by the sink full of dirty dishes, so KP is in order once I finish surfing.
Evening all. Exercise was completed, 9.6 miles on the bike in 45 minutes, may shoot for 10 miles on Sunday. The water folks still haven’t dug up my property for reasons, not that I’m complaining, just wondering why they bothered to mark it all up. We’ll see tomorrow. Beautiful day, hit 77F but inside it is still cool, almost wish the insulation didn’t work quite as well as it does…
shoe, be sure to lay a big, wet, sloppy one on him his last day–give him something to remember–and go for that job!
FCM, maybe talk to the bank (not the teller, someone with a desk) on how to handle it. $500 will always be a help somewhere down the line.
Cookie, wish I was close enough to take advantage of your free books. Of course, I don’t have any spare library space, but that’s never stopped me before…
OK, back to the internettin’ and later readin’. All y’all take care.
We went thru this a year ago right after we closed the business account - they gave us a one-time exception to deposit the check in our personal account, but told us not to try it again. So there’s that. I suggested FCD call the agent who sold us the policy and see what he suggests.
I think it’s time for chillage to end and sleepage to begin. We worked in the shop about an hour before supper, and we’ll be back out there tomorrow. I’m just tahred from the whole week, so I’ll read till I can’t focus.
Got rid of the LPs today. Music Millennium bought some of them for $84 (Aretha, Bob Marley, Patsy Cline, etc.) and I put the other 150 on FB Market place for free. I was swamped with responses immediately. One guy got here first and took them away. He was thrilled to get them. We also gave a bunch of clothing to the Transitions Shelter.
When I listed my LPs for free on Craigslist, someone picked them up so quickly that I’ve always thought that they must have known something I didn’t. Of course, there were a few things in the stack that I haven’t been able to replace in non-vinyl formats. I might have to start playing records again…
Absolutely. Hands and tongue. Then while he’s staggering mindlessly around, have him sign the letter of recommendation you just happened to have handy. You are probably a shoe-in for his job already, but every little bit helps.
Hey guys, I think that someone used my name instead of someone else who lost someone, I’m all sorts of fine, but thanks for caring!
I haven’t been posting because I’m so bothered about Ukraine and don’t want to fill this friendly place up with my whining. I’m old enough to remember learning to hide under my desk from a nuclear attack, I’m scared to death right now.
I started a new piece last night and have been so focused that I’ve already made three mistakes (two of which I will be able to ignore). I blame Putin.
nellie I hope that your friend is OK. Things are very fluid over there and communication has been compromised.
I went to surplus produce today and was slightly disappointed. I know I shouldn’t grumble about a free box of food, but we are picky eaters so most of it went to my old office. My friend and I had lunch and really enjoyed sitting in the warm sun. I think spring is here. It’s really early for us, but the weather has been really strange this year.
I just posted exactly this in another thread. I remember the Cuban Missile Crisis and the rest of the Cold War all too well. Being a history major the first two years of college didn’t help.
And this is the rest of my whining:
…… Been futzing around getting police report done and insurance claim put in since the cat converter was stolen off of Tiff’s (my roommate) 2006 Prius, parked on the street in front of the house. Just discovered that last Saturday. Now we’re waiting for a State Farm inspector to come and inspect it and give us an estimate. Then State Farm sends the money and Tiff gets it in to get fixed. It’s on my insurance since it was the only way she could get coverage as a new driver without it being $400 a month. Mind you, she’s owned it 18 months and still has only a learners permit. Kind of an expensive paperweight parked out front but I’ve given up trying to figure out the psychodynamics of it. She’s a big ball of anxieties about driving, a holdover from the abusive, controlling domestic situation I’m sure but that’s for her and a therapist to figure out. The police officer was very empathetic but had no practical remedies except to only park it in a locked garage. Duh, the garage the city made me demolish 2 years ago? Hopefully Honda Civics aren’t as easy of a target..
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. YAWN ‘Tis 41 Amurrkin out and hazy (controlled burn goin’ on) with a predicted high of 87 and mostly N.O.S. for the day. Not much doin’ today. I have a LJS coupon so we shall let them make sup. It’s Lent. It’s Firday. That just screams eat fish to me.
Boo sorry about your roomie’s car. Hope she has an easier time of it than flyboy.
There are people in Switzerland who are no longer stocking their cellars due to COVID, now they are stocking their cellars due to the current situation. That includes buying iodine pills.
I already have some, but that’s because I live within 50 km of a nuclear plant. The Swiss government provides new ones every 10 years. I wouldn’t go out and buy them, but I’m optimistic like that.
Sort of screwed up, that I’m cooking lunch two days in a row. Today is tacos, so lunch break will be 1.5 hours again. Not so good for getting the work day done with by a reasonable time. But it means future lunches will be quick, since I can just reheat things.
Last night, FCD said he wanted to go to breakfast this morning, so I’m just caffeinating, waiting for him to get his butt in gear so we can go eat. I’ve never been all that crazy about breakfast out, but it’s one of his favorite things. And there’s a new IHOP across from Cracker Barrel that he’s been wanting to try out. I’m hoping it’s not owned by the same folks who had the old IHOP in Lexington Park - that place was gross. But we shall see, guess.
It’s a stoopitly brisk 25° but if accuweather is to be believed, it’s the last of the sub-freezing temps we’ll see. That’s from the I’ll-believe-it-when-I-see-it department. Still, one can hope. We’ll continue organizing the shop today. I’m going to try to sort the stuff on the shelves that I moved. All I can do is make a best guess as to what should go where. And once my sweetie runs out of steam, we’ll chill, because that’s what retirees do!
Afternoon, mumpers! It’s a balmy 7C/45F, the weather app describes today as “overcast sadness”. It’s actually not too bad out there, bit grey but it’s not raining which is a bonus. I logged into work for an hour then went to the gym for the usual Friday BodyPump class, just 'cos I like it. Tomorrow will be bootcamp and spin to start the day. Tonight we are off to see a couple of bands, it’s a gig that was rescheduled from last December, the support acts have changed but it’s still a good line-up.
shoe I’m with everyone else, give the guy a big sloppy kiss before he leaves, and definitely go for his job!
BBBoo sorry to hear about roomie’s car too, I hope she gets it fixed easily. Cat convertor theft is a big thing around here, I am grateful that my car’s not on the target list (yet).
Mooom can you talk to the people who issued the cheque and ask them to send a replacement made out to an account you can actually deposit it in? I had several cheques that came as refunds for things after mum passed away, that were made out to her, and had to get them made out to the solicitor handling her estate instead. Seemed to work out in the end, despite the faff.
It’s around 40 degrees and damp outside. We have an expected high of 48 degrees with cloudy to partly cloudy skies.
I am glad today is Friday. It’s been a long week and I just want to get through my “short” day. Drama from the other day was resolved and the PD apologized to the MPA. Most of the stuff at work is minor, it’s just annoying stuff, really. This place is nothing like what I left at DoD, but there are days when I’ve just had it up to “here”, know what I mean? And, after sitting in on a regional State Director meeting yesterday, I’m really glad I don’t work in Hawaii. I felt really bad for my counterpart there and really know that I am very lucky for the most part.
Plant a smackaroo, shoe!
I see your husband and my husband subscribe to the same newsletter, FCM. This is how my husband “deals” with things too.
Sorry about your roommate’s car, BBBoo.
I used to like going out to breakfast on the weekends but didn’t so much like the getting ready and getting everybody together part. Unfortunately, most of our favorite breakfast spots have closed down. With COVID, we gave up the hunt for something new, but I imagine we’ll start the hunt once things lighten up a little in these parts. My Dad LOVED going out to breakfast. I miss him so much, even though he’s been gone for several years now, and going out to breakfast makes me think of him.
Well, here’s hoping dumpster arrival goes smoothly and we can get going on filling it up. I just want this project DONE!
I was in Catholic elementary school at the time and our air raid drills were to crouch under our desks and pray the rosary. This was all seven miles as the crow files from SAC headquarters at Offut AFB.
