This is what Daughter’s church had during the time that their former Pastor/Reverend (not sure what the correct Episcopal term is) left to become the bishop of the Michigan diocese. When they finally hired a new Priest to be the head Priest, the elderly interim priest went on to a different parish who were in need.
Taters wow, that’s joyful news that you will be visiting your daughter, son-in-law and grandchildren! Enjoy!!!
What I hate when I do that is: I like to grow my nails out. What I hate is when they are all nicely the same longish length and I knock into the car door handle or the wood stair railing or my desk or any other hard surface chipping one nail… or when I rip one off like I did when we were kayaking on our vacation. My nails generally look their best in the summer (unless I go camping) because they tend to get a bit brittle when it’s cold.
They couldn’t repair my car and have it done by end of day tomorrow so it will be going in next week after I return from Chicago. I will definitely get a chocolate croissant then.
Daughter and I are going to a talk by Rachel Maddow on Thursday evening which will include receiving a copy of her new book which is just out today. Then she asked if I would be willing to stay and watch Bella on Saturday as she’s leaving for a wedding at noon and likely won’t be back until after midnight. So, I’m driving back on Sunday.
wheelie, glad that you got to see the better side of humanity and didn’t get too scarred. Two of my roommates when I lived in the House of Queens worked for an inventory outfit like that. If I didn’t have a dog, I would consider that, given my inventory background.
It’s good to see you back cat glove! Sorry about the car woes. I hope that the transplant is successful.
My idiot boss threw me a curveball today, but I’m in the process of making it into at least a base hit. It’s sad to be both dumb and mean (a really bad combo).
MetalMouse I was hopin’ it would be that version of The Weight. I do believe that is my favorite take on the song and I have loved every version of The Weight I have heard. This one, however, sends chills up and down my spine everytime I hear it.!
Cat_Glove Priest is the correct term. A Priest who retired from my Parish has been fillin’ in a lot for us. Some Sundays we do the service of Morning Prayer with music and a sermon from a site called Sermons That Work. I have been leadin’ those services. Matter of fact, I shall be doin’ this Sunday.
ETA: MOOOOOOMquelle horreur!!! However will you survive!
I’m the youngest of four, with a nine-and-a-half-year gap between me and the next youngest. My brother enlisted in the Navy a few days after my second birthday, and both sisters were out of the house by my tenth birthday. Not particularly close to any of them, though we did keep in touch; my brother came to my first wedding, and one of my sisters to my second, but other than that it was mostly snail-mail.
Evening all. Had fun with the soccer players, recruited a (slightly) older brother and sister of two of the players and played 5 v 3…the kids won, which made them happy, but then I forgot to return one of the boy’s watches he had given to me for safe-keeping, and had to run it over to their house. Dinner has been assimilated and have just a little more internettin’ to do.
Mailbox was overflowing, so let’s see what I got, shall we?
*Viva Medicare (local) Plan–Buy our Medicare Advantage Plan…Nope
*Operation Homefront–wants money–Nope
*Champion Windows–Please buy our windows–Nope
*UN Refugee Agency–wants money–Maybe later
*Vietnam Vets Memorial Fund–wants money–Nope
*Humana Health Care–Buy our Medicare Advantage Plan–Nope
*Meals on Wheel–wants money–Maybe later
*WLRH (local Public Radio–wants money–You get a donation from me in June and that’s it.
*Smile Train–wants money–Nope
*National Park Foundation–wants money–Maybe later (they did send me a nice 2024 calendar).
So…the shredder has some major work to do.
FCM, I could manage without a microwave for two weeks, but not comfortably…hope the shipment is early.
Cat Glove, that sounds like an interesting talk; hope the book is good reading.
red, nice that you can perform some bureaucratic ju-jitsu on dumb boss.
BBBoo, that was nice. Thank you.
OK, need to finish things up here and be thinking about bedtime. Did manage to change comforters so the heavyweight one needs to be properly distributed on the bed for sleepage tonight. Catch everyone on Hump day.
Up from naptime, having a Manhattan, and awaiting late night hockey.
dogbutler: < regularly walks on a moving belt, dodging large boxes while carrying a 80lbs box without falling >
Also dogbutler: < regularly smashes toes on furniture that has been in the smae place in the apartment since 2010 >
Adn then some, that’s 50% of Carmen’s value. But I had a tie rod snap(in a parking lot, thank OG), and that makes your front tires go knock kneed, which could be fatally bad on a freeway. I hope you can swing it.
Nah, WOCD plays the same song over and over, even if I do know 100% of the lyrics. *If you like pina coladas…
and getting songs stuck in your brain…"
Damn Cat_Glove that’s a bummer. OTOH, a steering rack that’s getting ready to fail is stoopit dangerous. You may’ve saved a lot of money & blood getting that fixed today.
As others have said good luck w the transplant in the extended family.
This. BTDTGT bleeding gums to prove it. Dentist crew can fix easy & quick.
I’ve always thought highly of you, but now you’re the best. Manilow is utter dreck!
I’ve got a similar one. Being able to fill your tire right now wherever you are is super-valuable. You can keep a slow-leaking tire going for a few days until you can find time to get to a repair place. Without running it long enough at such a low pressure that you take much future life out of the tire.
If you come out some time and it’s dead flat you can still get underway in just a few minutes and no matter how bad the leak you can get a few miles before stopping to fill it again. Being able to limp around town is far better than being trapped wherever you happen to be when Fate sticks a big screw in your tire and a big “screw you!” in your face. It’s the get-out-of-jail-free card for about 90% of the reasons a car won’t drive.
When mine died two months ago, a wise MMPer said “Yanno, for not much money the thrift store will sell you one to use temporarily. As will Target. Donate it back when you’re done with it.” My outage was about 4 days. You might want to consider JtC’s sound advice.
As to me:
Lazy day. Did mini-groc and carwash while Her Ladyship had her afternoon hair appointment. Probaby could have enjoyed a nap, but pushed through. Today being Tuesday we walked for our usual craft tacos and I had a habanero tequila margarita. Tangy! Her Ladyship had a mango margarita. Sweet!
Once back home she fired up a murder mystery DVD which I sorta watched while reading & posting. It got more convoluted than I could keep straight, but in the end all the dead people stayed dead. So not much of a surprise ending if you ask me.
Like Metalmouse, my bedtime is next.
Congrats on everyone surviving tacoday and good luck to us all on humpday.
Such a clever idea! It’s too late now, the twins came over to get their supplies and were pretty happy about the idea of maybe winning 25 bucks. They also knew that they were turkeys but when I said something about getting pink kisses to make boobies for February, their grandma gave me that look so I didn’t bring up eyeballs…
Sorry for the bad wording, I might have had a bit to smoke before posting and, well, you know.
I happen to know two of the cookie contest judges personally and I’m pretty sure that the kids will win. This is just because the judges will look at the effort involved and know that those turkeys made with candy and frosting took much more effort and self restraint than my cookies did. Plus, the kids are SO much cuter than me!
We have so much in common!
Did you guyz really think I’d ruin a perfectly good song by using it as a Halloween costume prop? Geeze Louise.
Blushing now. But yeah, cheap microwaves are easy to acquire and make life so much simpler.
I think the lip/cheek/tongue biting problems gets us all because once bitten, it is then swollen and in the way of being bitten again. I resort to swishing salt water through my mouth regularly to help heal it quickly. Does it work? Heck, I don’t know but at least I feel I’m doing something about it.
So finally joining you on Tuesday night because I started my new job Monday. Hardly mundane, but I’ve started so many new jobs (contracting gigs all run you through the new job stuff so that’s an average of every year or so) that it feels mundane. This place is gonna be interesting. They run on a shoestring. The facility lacks much, including warmth. The place is reputed to have bedbugs (no lie). But the people are encouraging and most are characters. I feel right at home. Except I don’t have bedbugs at home. Yet.
And bonus, nobody has yelled at me or said a harsh word yet. It almost makes me want to call up the old boss, laugh like crazy, and hang up. Almost. But I am truly happy to have closed that short chapter of my life.
shoe, I’ve done mac for breakfast. It works quite well. I add broccoli because that’s how I am. Do you add anything? Lately, I’ve been on a cheap breakfast burrito kick because not only is it cheap but it sticks to my ribs, and I can polish it off as I head to the elevator and car for work. That’s not so quick and easy to do with oatmeal.
metalmouse, what is N. Ali-bama cold like? I’ve never even been through there in winter so I’ve no idea. North Georgia, yes. Jackson, MS yes. But truly, what is winter cold like? Wet, dry? Does it dip below freezing more than twice a winter?
Personally speaking, I would never. Those doggone lever handles are constantly catching my pants pockets and either tearing the pocket edges or slamming the edge of the door back into my shoulder as I fight to open it.
Past my bed time with these new irk hours. The job won’t kill me but the schedule might. Goodnight/good morning all.
this place wasn’t on Facebook but might as well have been tho
but that’s whats happened here they tried to say I clicked that I wanted their “cleansing” pills too
and she bought the socks that will “reduce swelling " and this thing that looks like a Bday party prize bag toy wristwatch that has a tiny buzzing motor that"stimulates circulation” that’s rechargeable…and the footpads that help cleanse the feet and legs … yeah they see her coming … between Facebook and wish/geet/temu …
Now there are some nice jewelry pieces shes bought from places that advertise on FB tho
*If you like pina coladas…
