Have no fear Mindude. Third shift commences anew come Monday night. I just took a night off is all. Know what though? It’s kinda weird that I’m sittin’ here postin’ havin’ just waked up a bit ago as opposed to postin’ in the mornin’ before goin’ to bed.
There is no recipe gt. It’s really glorified mac & cheese. All the stuff that goes in it is just thrown in. Except I do saute the onion to soften ‘em up. I use the pimentoes in a jar. I have found some that are spicier than regular pimentoes if you like spicier. I cube the ham cause I like the chunky bits o’ ham. So, just use your basic mac & cheese recipe and have at it.
Ok, Ima go purty up cause we’re goin’ to Waffle House for breakfast. Nuttin’ but the classy places for us!
Um, thanks, rosie, but you’re a couple months too soon. It’s my spousal unit’s b-day. And I think I solved the dinner question, provided he doesn’t mind driving almost to the southern tip of the county. We’ll discuss it when he drags his aging butt out of bed…
Happy Birthday, FCD!!! Dinner on the waterfront sounds like a nice idea. Is the neck pain at least getting better? (Is this the same pain the surgery was for or a different problem?) on the pain, in any case. (Noel is an extratropical storm now, according to weather.com, btw.)
I’m awake, getting ready to do stuff such as mail my White Elephant. I actually slept mostly well. Didn’t wake up till 5:30 and then fell asleep for another hour or so.
So, when will rainman<8 be posting here to entertain us? Or at least say hi?
rigs, I’m more awake now. Are you just using flickr’s upload page or did you install one of the upload tools? If you’re just using the upload page, browse to the Pictures folder and then find the iPhoto Library. In the version that I have (5.0.4), I just see folders organized by year and month. If I click down through the layers of folders, I get to the pictures I want to upload. I don’t have everything uploaded to flickr and my pictures have their default names, so I don’t know what I’m uploading till I hit the individual pictures. I’m pretty sure that the iPhoto version that my brother has shows him his pictures organized by albums, which would work much better for me.
As for resizing, you can resize width and height when exporting out of iPhoto, but that won’t necessarily get what you want. I use an application called resize! to shrink pictures. You just put the pictures you want to resize in a folder, point the application at that folder, set up the sizing you want and hit a button. It creates a new folder with your resized pics. I usually go through this a couple of times before getting to the sizes I was actually looking for. I don’t see it on the Apple download page any more, but here’s a similar one that’s also free.
Hope that helps some (and doesn’t confuse). Not sure how much I’ll be online today, but if you have more questions, post them or PM me and I’ll try to help. (I’m still relatively new at this, but can generally figure things out pretty quickly.)
Good morning everyone! I got out of bed a while ago. I’m slow waking up this morning for some reason. I really should get moving since we are going out to do some Christmas shopping today. I think a nap is in my future today.
Afternoon all! The party was great fun, we didn’t get home until about 3.30am so we slept in. A lot.
Just got up, fed the mogsters and am just contemplating what to do with the rest of the afternoon. 'im indoors thinks it might have to involve a pub for hair of the dog. He’s obviously suffering far more than those of us sensible enough to drink water and take headache pills before going to bed!
Tonight there will be fireworks in the park round the corner from home, I think we might go as the display’s due to start around 8.30pm so there will be time to do other Saturday night things afterwards. Or just come home and keep the mogs company as they don’t much care for all that noise.
I didn’t get really drunk enough for a obligatory drunken post. Besides, if I had, I’dve just have tried to post, known I had a million typos, and gotten frustrated that I couldn’t type right and give up in disgust. It’s happened before. I’m a bit of a perfectionist. Besides, at this altitude, alcohol puts me to sleep really fast.
Morning everyone. Happy birthday to FCD. I feel like I already wished him a happy birthday, but that may be my lack of caffeine.
I usually throw a lot of extra stuff into mac’n’cheese, too. Ham and peas is good. Or extra cheddar, black beans, and salsa. Yum.
Time for tea and whirlwhind chores before my second last shift! Yay!
Haze–I see what you mean about posting pics here to feel good. (now, I’ll have to ONLY find flattering pics of me and post them!). Thanks, all.
My problemo with flickr is this: I go to the upload page. It says to select photos. I am linked to my Finder/whatever. I access iPhoto. I access the photos I want. There are two button within this screen (on my end of things). One says “cancel”, the other says “ok” or “select”(can’t remember which). The OK button is never highlighted in blue–IOW, I cannot select it.
Attempting to drag and drop INTO the flickr page just gives me a HUGE jpg–it exists only on my desktop, not in flickr or online (that I know of).
So, I downloaded the flickr upload software (which I probably don’t need, but I don’t know what I need)–it’s in my Applications, taking up bytes, and I still got nothing.
Also, on the flickr page–the next button after “select photos” never highlights either–so my pics are not coming through.
I didn’t initiate this account (it’s my husband’s) on this computer, but that shouldn’t matter, should it?
Essentially, all I know is that there is a misconnect between my hard drive and flickr. And that’s where it stays for now.
Off to grocery store, then yard work, then homework. Yippee! not.
**gt ** - the pain is just part of the recovery. They did a lot of hacking in his neck area, and the Dr said it could be 6-12 months before he’s back to what passes for normal. And it’s compounded by the hours he’s been spending in his workshop building a cabinet. He’s not the world’s best patient, you know.
We went to breakfast at a new place - called the DooDah Diner. It’s decorated in a hippie theme, the servers all wear tie-dyed t-shirts, and there are 60s and 70s era quotes all over the walls. I got an omelette that wasn’t completely cooked - not too impressive - but they made up for it with the burnt toast. :rolleyes: We’ll give them a few more weeks then try again before dismissing them. It’d be nice to have another breakfast choice around here.
I’m about to descend to my studio and get messy for a while. But, to quote the Governator: I’ll be back!
You’re welcome
So, I guess I should try and help you with the iPhoto/Flickr problem then, if I want to see any more?
On the off-chance you haven’t tried this yet – have you tried bypassing iPhoto alltogether and just browsing your computer for the JPEGs? Don’t bother with any upload clients, nothing… go to Flickr, go to the upload page, and use the Browser Window that will pop up when you choose the “Choose Photos” link.
Eh, just post a drunk picture of yourself. You’ve seen the reception female pictures get here.
or even a non-drunk picture, while you’re still drunk enough not to worry about it
HOW’S THE HEAD, BOO?
**McUNE **-- *Christmas *shopping? I guess you did your Thanksgiving preparations around Labor Day?
Happy Birthday, FCD!
In about an hour I’m off with the family to the yearly rally in memory of Itzhak Rabin. This year is all the more important, because the vile murderer, after having been allowed to marry and have private time in jail, has just sired a son, and the Right Wing Lunatic Fringe is hyping it all in a very Rosmary’s Baby-ish way. So it’s important to sort of shout them down in the marketplace of public relations… I’m generally as far as can be from thinking this way, but I wouldn’t mind at all if “something happened” to this baby :rolleyes: – it’s not like they’ll let him grow up to be a normal (or decent) human being anyway; they’re already grooming him to be Yigal Amir’s “heir” – to do what needs to be done when somebody they don’t agree with is in power 20-25 years down the road. These guys plan long and big… :mad: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
I forgot to say that that is a lovely pic, rigs.You’re pretty. And your kids are cute, too.
Half of chores done. Time for brunch. Mr. Lissar has run off to the dojo, where he’ll probably stay until this evening, because there’s a grading this afternoon and he’ll probably assist.
My nose is all runny. SOme kind of fall allergies. Doesn’t matter. It’s be-you-ti-ful outside. All cool and sunny.
Heh. That’s what I always do. (the water and pills) Works like a charm.
Olive woke me up today in a frenzy of I WANT LOVE! DON’T YOU LOVE ME ANYMORE? Which she always does on a morning after I’ve been out late. I think she’s jealous.
Well, so much for trying out a new restaurant. **FCD ** wants Mexican for supper. I hate Mexican food, but there’s one place in Waldorf that had something I could tolerate, so we’re going there.
Lest someone accuse me of hating Mexicans, let me clarify - I don’t like the spices used in Mexican food. I don’t like chili powder, I don’t like peppers, I don’t like cumin, I just don’t like spicy food. I can barely tolerate the smell of chili powder, which makes chili-making interesting, but I’ve managed to deal with it.
FCM–I also dislike Mexican food, to the point that I will go hungry rather than eat it. I also don’t like peppers, beans or corn.
So, I don’t go out for Mexican food. I’ve survived this long–I think we’ll be ok.
I have winterized most of the pots, did all the roses. Need to do the irises, the peonies and the hostas–another weekend.
I have spent mucho money at the store, providing for my family.
Now, I have to do homework. I am avoiding housework, although I did take down all the halloween decorations (all 3 of them).
It is gorgeous outside–warm in the sun, cool in the shade, brilliant blue sky. I’ll take it!
Today I ventured into the newly opened Fred’s conveniently located three quarters of a mile from da cave. I bought house cleaning stuff. What? They got good prices on that kinda stuff and now I have one located nearby.
Other than that and Waffle House we have done nuttin’ all day long. Pizza Hut is makin’ and deliverin’ dindin tonight. So nice of 'em!
I lurves Mexican food! I’d be all in favor of goin’ to get Mexican except that means I’d have to change out of my lovely lounging pants and tshirt and that ain’t gonna happen.
Special1 I’m one of those people who likes to be done with Christmas shopping early so I don’t have to deal with all of the crowds and people. Plus this year with me going part time we are doing most of the shopping before my paychecks are less. Oh and as far as Thanksgiving, this is going to be my first year cooking Thanksgiving dinner. I know what we are having and am waiting for sales to get what I need. I’m looking forward to cooking the meal.
I LOVE mexican food. Hubby not so much. He has a very bland palate much like FCM. He can’t even handle mild salsa! I love it when we go out for Mexican. There are a few places around here that have mexican food and then burgers and chicken tenders It works well for us. I get my mexican craving out of the way and hubby gets what he wants thats not Mexican.
It’s Georgian food for us today. One of our friends, Mr. Cheerio, has invited us to sample the cuisine of his homeland. I’m very excited. Love trying new food.
I know because that’s what I was waiting for:D
on the pain, in any case. (Noel is an extratropical storm now, according to 
:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: