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Oh no, I hope he isn’t too terribly sore today!

I’ve never heard this before - what’s it mean?

flyboy that’s a nice looking greenhouse!

Do you already have an air fryer? If not, I would recommend a toaster over/air fryer combo.

cupcakes I’m glad you got to use that gift certificate!

You know what they say - if you look around and everyone else looks normal, you’re the weirdo :wink:

Also, great news about Muffin!

Sounds like that nice young man in the stitching circle might have some new material to learn how to work with…

FCM while a bit morbid, I do think it’s better to go ahead and have a plan in place for something like that. If she did pass it would be a terrible and stressful time made even more so by not having already thought out what to do with the siblings all gone.

It’s going to be a lazy Saturday here today, other than a quick trip to gather some provisions. There’s a chance of thunderstorms all weekend - and while I hope it doesn’t ruin anyone’s holiday at the lake, I do hope they come through. I just love those loud and rumbly thunderstorms, and luckily the cats don’t care as long as it isn’t rattling the windows too much.

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And it’s almost noon here and I haven’t posted today…sorry about that, decided to sign up to referee a soccer game about 50 miles away (it was the only place playing), drove an hour in the rain to get there, found out it was cancelled, and drove home an hour in the rain. So not an exciting morning but at least it got me out of the house and I found the place without any problems, so if I ever go back there, I can find it, and I guess that’s something. Celebrated homecoming with bacon sammiches and will probably head off to gym some more in a little bit.

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Except for those I converted to energy…

boo fae, enjoy the time bonding while banding… and good news with Muffin, slow steps but going the right direction.

FCM, when I travel, I always send my itinerary to my brother and give my neighbors a POC to him, just in case…been holding steady around 200lbs for the past 3-4 months, glad to hear that your both dropping lbs. And yeah, cruises have a way of messing up diets, just pick your days and try to get walks/gym work in somewhere.

And looked at that cruise you mentioned, per day it’s close to what you would pay for a ‘normal’ cruised, but 3 months on a ship…would have to think hard about that…

JtC, at least you do have transport available; not sure what I would do in your situation, probably depend on Uber and my neighbor, but would probably be even more a hermit than I am.

Taters, even if you forgot a few things, you apparently got enough to keep you occupied.

flyboy, hope the neck is doing better, wonder if Wifey let you start the mower for participation points…

Oopsie, slothing is almost always wonderful..just ask swampy or me…

Ok, onward into the afternoon. Already have the gym shorts and socks on from soccer, so just need to get a sweating shirt and shoes on…maybe a little later…take care all.

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My nephew relocated to Bellingham last fall. As a gay man he was afraid to stay in Florida due to teh prevailing politics there.

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We have a Breville toaster oven that really works well. I use it more than the oven in my range.

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BTW - just exchanged a couple of messages with shoe - she’s fine, but very busy. Apparently, Memorial Day Weekend is a big pizza time where she lives. Who knew??

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Supposedly there were plenty of loaders today. Which is why I spent half the sort loading 6 package cars on 300 South. TPTB are apparently anticipating a really slow Tuesday, 20 drives oare on layoff that day, and they asked everybody in building if they’d like a layoff day Tuesday. I said no, because I need gin money for Spot. I stopped and got a frozen pizza for lunch, cooked and ate that, and am having a gin&tonic befoe naptime. Clothes are tumbling in the dryer.

Every once a while the Screwup Fairy collapses from exhaustion, and we have the semblance of a good day.

I mosh to the beat of a different xylophone, so you could borrow me.

Yay!

I don’t know if I’d pay that much to spend 3 months in a region where 99% of the life is venomous, and 80% of the rocks are poisonous.

Fall back after Dad incinerates the burgers after one to many Busch Lights. Glad shoe is good.

I avoid those by being socially awkward and dumber than a brick.

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Big laundry day here. First load is in the dryer, second load just finished spinning, third load on deck. I seem to have taken over hippie’s neck issue. Been to Lowes to get soil and some new pots for the 'maters and basil, but it is pouring, so’s no playing in the dirt today. Gonna make some beef stew instead.

doggio I resemble that remark. Dumb as a brick.

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But you come across here as so debonair and suave and crap like that! :wink:

Dishwasher is emptied, critter fountain is clean. I’m thinking of dragging FCD to the thrift store just to get out of the house for a bit.

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Got all our flowers, herbs and our tomato plant into pots this morning. Now we’re both ready for a nap. Took some precautionary Excedrin for the aches that are coming. Looks like lamb chops, broccoli and saffron rice for dinner. My daughter is coming over for a visit tomorrow, so yay for us.

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He definitely does! It elevates my street cred just to know him.

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missred, I worked at Guide Lamp Div. of General Motors in Anderson, Indiana, which went through a number of realignments and name changes, including Guide Division, Fisher Guide, Guide Corporation, and finally, extinction. There’s now a plastic recycling plant on the site where my factory was.

I will second Hippie’s good review of the Breville toaster oven. Ours works fine.

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Must be pizza day in more than the mitten state. I pulled the last pizza (personal size) from the freezer for supper. My mission right now is to draw down the freezer and pantry before moving.

Pop, my godfather, likely retired before you even worked there then. My godmother retired from Delco-Remy, so GM was what raised their family. I used to work for a GM subsidiary building (I actually spent more years inspecting them) electrical harnesses for the C and H body cars. Occasionally, we’d be sent up to the BOC campus for training.

I actually vacuumed today for the first time since I was in the horspistol. Sis did it while she was here, but it really needed it and so I did a half-assed job (didn’t take any of the on board tools to get in the tight spots). One of the things that I would like to see in my next home is no carpet. I’m good with throw and area rugs and reducing my floor tools to broom, dustpan, mop and bucket.

I did the cut work for three cards that should come out to be kind of cute when they’re done and will do the assembly this evening.

Tomorrow, I’m going to devote the day to making broth. After that’s done, I’ll not save any veggie trimmings or bones back in the freezer for it until after I’ve moved.

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Just the usual brush and floss plus fluoride treatments.

Definitely not. It was very strange that I had to drive today when we went out because he was having difficulty using his arm.

I read that last word as ‘psychotics’ and was wondering what you were really doing at the gym!

Me either. I always have a take out box after eating out. Today was no exception when I ate what looked like less than 1/4 of my food. Speaking of the surgery, do you prefer eating leftovers and some other foods in general cold after having had it done? I eat many foods cold now. They seem to go down better that way.

Today we went out looking for something for one of MusicMan’s old computers and never did find it. Then we had to stop at Michael’s and pick up some craft/fabric glue and I just happened to find some nifty little diamond-shaped mirrors to use on my pillow.

Then I came home and got glue everywhere while gluing said mirrors to the pillow. I changed my shirt before I started working, but wasn’t expecting to get it on my good pants. After I noticed what was on them, I took them off quickly and tried to clean them. I’m hoping that it was actually just water. Ah well. They’re just pants and they’re only the good pants because they’re a pair that I bought since I’ve lost weight.

Now we’re just sitting watching the Murdoch Mysteries and each of us are fiddling with our respective computers

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Howdy Y’all! We had a glorious day at the cee-mint pond. It was hawt out but the water felt so good! We laughed. We ate. We drank. We made merry. The ribs were superb if’n I do say so myself. So were all the fixin’s. The watermelon was ice cold and surprisingly sweet for an early melon. JDD and Partner have been gone for a while. We are all showered and in chill mode. Methinks an earlyish bedtime is in order. Also TWPTB say we could have rain for the next six days. There may not be any Memorial Day quality cee-mint pond time. Or could be.

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Jarrad said he knew someone who spun a husky sweater. He said the short fibers are not easy to work with and that you can’t wear such a thing in the rain unless you are a fan of Ode a la Wet Dawg.

I found the shedding brush today (I knew it was here, just didn’t remember where I’d stashed it) and got handfuls of fur off him, but not enough because he’s begging for more.

I’m the one who hung my keys up because I knew I wasn’t safe to drive anymore. And…I really shouldn’t be whining about this anyhow. I will be driving again by this time next week, it’s not like poor nellie who probably will never be able to drive again.

I think a lot of my grumpiness is just impatience caused. I have a number of ways to get around, bus, hubs, friends, medical transport shuttles, uber, etc., I just don’t want to have to mess with it because I’m too bored to bother.

We did go to the capital and I waved my sign around for four hours. Hubs spent that time walking dogs and visiting the Hatfield distillery. He also did some toaster oven shopping but nothing came home with us.

Thanks for the recommendations for the Breville combo, I will look closer at that brand. I’ve always used our T/O more than our regular oven in the summer as well.

I did look at the reviews for the T/O’s with air fryers and they didn’t seem too impressed. We do have a nice big air fryer with a rotating cage for the best french fries ever, so we won’t be looking for that feature. Mostly I just want something basic and easy to clean.

That is happening even with transport easily available. I need to get better at asking for help when I need it cause I’m not going to get any younger.

We did pick this place because of the public transport system as well as the short distance to town, stores and doctors, the nice neighbors are a super bonus!

Today the FedEx guy showed up in a van and was afraid to pull into our driveway so he pulled up in front of our fence and blocked the driveway to bring our package to the door. Our UPS driver showed up and started HONKING his horn and making a big fuss about the van being in the driveway. The FedEx driver ran to van and pulled it forward enough for the UPS driver to back his big truck to our porch without hesitation. Then he got out and flipped the FedEx driver off.

I really never thought that the delivery drivers had enough company loyalty to do that sort of thing so I’m guessing it was personal? (The UPS driver didn’t have a package for us, he just ran up and got a bottle of water out of the snack box and left again.)

I watched everything from my stitchin’ room while laughing my ever-expanding butt off.

You certainly do deserve a nap after all that. How’s Mrs Chefguy’s vertigo doing? Better I hope cause gardening involves a lot of bending over.

Emptying our freezers were the hardest part of moving for me. I had spent so long building up a good supply of home cooked meals and freshly blanched veggies. I was able to give it all away, but it really hurt my heart.

Plus, I didn’t know how food insecure I would be with an empty upright freezer. I’ve never missed a meal due to lack of money and we have a comfortable retirement income.

Of course, now that our food chain has been destroyed, my insecurities make sense, but they didn’t a year ago.

Our first home had carpet. Avocado green shag carpet that had been there for twenty years. I wanted to pull it up and replace it with laminate room by room as we had money and time. That plan lasted until we pulled up the first corner and saw what was under it. :face_vomiting:

That was the last time we had carpets and it also broke my habit of walking barefoot in hotel rooms.

Laminate and vinyl have come a long way over the years, I hope your new landlords feel the same way.

I understand that feeling. Hubs has been my driver for thirty years, it always feels strange to have him in the passenger seat.

I hope MM is feeling better today.

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No, no better. She zonked for a couple of hours this afternoon. I made her lamb chops, etc. for dinner which perked her up, but she’s heartily fed up with this dizziness. Nearly two more weeks until her appointment, which is aggravating.

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I’m having chips and dip cause someone mentioned it upthread.
Church tomorrow.
I am hoping someone invites me for a cook out Monday. Memorial day makes me sad, my son died on it 8 years ago.

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And evening all. Back from the gym where I got a fair amount of calories sweated out of me and played with some of the weight equipment on my own, so tired and sore for the evening hours. Still raining lightly outside and a 50-50 chance of more rain tonight and tomorrow. Nothing much planned for the evening, might watch some basketball and have a half-dozen You Tube channels awaiting my viewing, so that should keep me occupied. Temperature is down to 65F so it’s a cool (for N. Ali-bama levels of ‘cool’) so sleepage tonight should go well.

Have read all but the old processing unit ain’t processing, so take care and I’ll see if I can reboot later tonight. Big Bowl of pasta is done and had C&C (Cookies and Cheetos) for dessert (it’s my belly!!). Best be about my Tube watching.

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Small protest. It only lasted an hour. Lots of honking and waves and peace signs and thumbs-up, and a few middle fingers.

After, we went to the tiki bar, but it didn’t open until 16:00 so we walked around. Inside the bar, The Missus had a Bahama Mama (Coconut & White Rum, Pineapple, Orange, Grenadine, Dark Rum) and then a mai taii, and I had ‘chicharrones’ (really, pork belly) and two mai tais. Fun day.

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I ubered to and from the ortho the other day because of their parking situation and me having a particularly gimpy day. I just wasn’t up for a half mile hike to and from the parking lot.

I don’t know why this made me laugh so much.

And what was that?

When I move out of this apartment, they’ll rip up the living room and hall carpet to put laminate in. They will likely replace the bedroom carpet (I’ve been here 9 years) and put new kitchen cabinetry in like they’ve been doing with the remodels for a couple of years.

I finished up the three cards this evening. They were kind of a fun set.