Basic report is O.K. on health, blood panel should have results tomorrow. That’s the real reason I brought her in - to have her thyroid, kidneys, etc. checked out.
She’s a bit chunky and vet recommended she lose a few ounces, but since I own the furry beach ball with feet, I coulda told you that.
ETA: thx for reminding me about Squeezy Crack, she has had a long day and I meant to give her a little something. Split with Monkey, obvs.
Betcha my beach ball with feet is chunkier. We call her “Pudgebutt”. Her biological, litter mate brother got all the svelte and graceful and, for the most part, he got the lion’s share of the litter’s brains.
Hmmm, thought it was all built up around there, may have to see if I can find that park (same with the Battle of Nashville, what was open spaces in 1865 are all built over now).
Well, managed to get a new Dental Card after getting registered, so that small mission is completed.
BBBoo, shoe, after seeing what you call your cats, kinda glad I’ve never met you in person…
Press on.
I’d be much nicer to you.
Please don’t avoid us, we’re nice dammit! My other cats are Salvador and Moxie. Pudgebutt has come by her name honestly, she didn’t start out with it. If the truth be known, I’m a human Pudgebutt, but I wouldn’t want to miss a chance to meet you. I promise to not sit on you and squish the breath out of you like she does and I would never pee on every stack of clean laundry I see, like someone furry I could mention.
STANDARDS!! We haz them.
Cats are endlessly entertaining. We have a very large Spider plant that Ralphie considers to be his property. My wife took it out on the porch to re-pot it last week and he followed her very closely. He stood in the doorway and watched every move. I picked him up and held the door open when she brought it back in. Ralphie wiggled out of my arms and walked beside her and jumped on the back of the couch to supervise the placement back on the plant stand. Here is Ralphie guarding his plant:
My cats are like that. The boys (Caelan and Tango) are both muscular masses, while the two old sisters (Havoc and Pixel) are a moo-cow and a wisp, respectfully. Guess which two yell at me all the time? I think Pix got all the brains and Havoc got all the mass. Luckily it’s the light one that insists on sleeping on my hip early in the morning.
Tuesday started grey and gloomy, so my mood fit perfectly. But the sun came out, it’s a beautiful day outside, the flowers are blooming, the birds are singing, I wonder if they can tell I’ve been self-medicating again, the veggies are growing, the…
Alex Catt, AKA “The bowling ball”
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Ralphie is adorable.
Doggio I couldn’t get the link to work. 
Me either.
doggio, me three.
Mooooooom, unless I have a realllllly bad run of luck, my water heater should be good (knock wood). It was replaced about 3 years ago.
metal mouse, no rain as of yet, but it smelled like rain when I walked Nelson. If you want a short weekend trip that involves ACM history, come up to Nashville’s Mt. Olivet Cemetery for the annual cemetery walk in October. They have re-enactors playing the parts of some of the famous folks buried there, mostly of that era. It’s interesting.
hippy, Ralphie is adorable! I love ginger cats.
After being a bit firm with the answering service yesterday, I finally heard back from the dentist this morning. At one o’clock, I had the tooth yanked. It’s a little sore right now and I have to go back next week to check the progress. I will also have the impression made to get the front tooth crowned that was next on the list pre-pandemic. I pulled mostly soup and other soft stuff from the freezer to eat this week (tonight was red lentil - carrot stew) since I’ll be taking it easy on the mouth for a bit.
Stay safe and healthy y’all!
Howdy Y’all! I got stuff done with relative ease this mornin’. Seriously. Appointment, over to the church house, and back home within two hours! I like it when stuff works out like that.
MOOOOOOM all the gazillion thermostats (OK, there’s only nine) at the church house are programmable. Durin’ the plague time, when we weren’t at the place and groups were not meetin’ at night etc. they got programmed to run minimal amounts of time, cause why run HVAC units and run up the electricical bill if’n the place is not bein’ used. So, with the return of the AA group, I needed to reprogram the thermostats in the Parish Hall so they will be all comfy whilst there. I’ve also reprogrammed the thermostats in church proper as we have started havin’ services again. Still not on pre-plague schedule but gettin’ there.
Speakin’ of church house HVAC units, I got a call from the HVAC folks today and they will be there tomorrow mornin’ to install the special wires for the two snowflake HVAC units in the Parish Hall. That will be over, FINALLY!!! So I get to do the usual church janitor Junior Warden stuff and hang around while that is done. Hopefully it will not be an all day adventure.
I have 3 spider plants that Taz considers to be his personal salad bars. Then he pukes up what he eats. So when I bring them in for the winter, they go in a locked room, and the rest of the year, they live on the front porch. He’s an indoor cat, so they’re safe.
Back from the ball game. We made it thru 4 innings before FCD had to leave - he was hurting. Plus our team was down 5-2, and the first baseman sucked. The weather was mostly nice, but we watched the clouds thicken, and it was raining on our way home. He’s in his recliner now and I’m going to plop in mine shortly.
I’s tahred…
Ooookay. Grandboss has yet to be replaced and someone noticed a posting for great-grandboss’s job on Indeed. Granted, GGB is in her 70s and apparently has some health issues, but the headlessness is worrisome.
Dinner is roasted garlic hummus and tortilla chips. May be an odd combo, but I like it.
And the Canes season is over. 
So you’re in a Lord of The Flies situation?
Terrible night - I didn’t fall asleep till almost 3 and I woke a bit before 7. It’s gonna be a long day. But I am determined to get the painting done and get the basement set up and organized. First thing is tending Roxy at the playground while her parents go for a prenatal appointment. Then home to finish downstairs. Then collapse. 
The ballgame last night was a bit of a disappointment. “Our” team was making really stupid mistakes - like no one was covering 1st base when the other side bunted, like a throw home from the outfield when there was a force at 2nd, like the catcher letting a pitch get past him to the backstop, allowing the guy on 3rd to score… I’m pretty sure they lost, since they were down 6-2 in the 8th. And, no, I couldn’t do better, but I never could. These guys have trained, were hired, and are paid to play this game - you’d think they’d have a handle on the basics. But we’ll still go again.
Thus begins Wednesday - may it not suck too badly. 
PS - just checked - they lost 12-2!!!
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up, caffeinated, rumbly tummy fed, purtified, and have donned acceptable bein’ about the public attire, so no YAWN 'Tis 71 Amurrkin out and cloudy with a predicted high of 94 and cloudy for the day. So, steamy and icky is the forecast. Just as well as I may or may not be over at the church house most of the day. Had 'puter issues (stoopid forever update!) earlier, but I’m here now. OYKW is tasked with procuring comestibles today. Since who knows how long I’ll be with the HVAC folks today, we do not know what sup will be. It could possibly be a McSup. Thus shall be the day.
Happy Hump Day Y’all!
I hope it’ll be that civilized.
Good morning. I did NOT want to get out of bed today which is surprising because I went to bed at 9:30 last night. That’s a pretty early bedtime for me. Still, I managed to roll out of bed and shower and was downstairs by 0425.
Yesterday was super busy with moments of frustration, but that’s work. I was required to participate in some government purchase card training. So, 90 of us are sitting there waiting on Teams for the presenter to start and we’re all wondering what the hell is going on. Finally, some people emailed team members in PMO, and the initial response, "No, that training doesn’t begin until something thirty. Our response was, well 90 of us can’t be wrong. Our calendar invites said 8:00 pacific, 10 central, 11 eastern. There was back and forth and finally nearly 30 minutes after the training was to begin, someone came on to start. THEN, the training wasn’t even about the subject in our calendar invites. Many eye rolls and PMs ensued. All of this has been a total shitshow from the beginning and none of us even LIKE purchasing anyway. We all have a gazillion other things to do, they’ve lowered our limits, although everyone else in the Fed got their limits raised, and we’re just hamstrung by all of the new rules, which they haven’t sent out to us. One of the presenters commented that some of the documentation requirements have been in place since 2018, at which point I spoke up and said a good many of us weren’t working for this organization in 2018 and did not have the regulations, guidance, and notices she was talking about, and, furthermore, NO ONE had ever sent us that stuff. They were asked if a SharePoint site could be created that would have all the guidance, notices, and regs, along with an FAQ and the presenters were fighting back. Every other Branch has a SharePoint site. They’re not hard to create and all of us were asking each other (privately) WTF?? Such a joke! I hate purchasing with the fury of a thousand suns. Bleh.
Later, I had to attend a Branch Chief meeting to be introduced as the new Associate Enterprise Director. I signed on a few minutes early (if you’re not five minutes early, you’re late) and the branch chiefs were chatting. I know them all, and one of them was discussing the shitshow from that morning. I laughed and commented that the training was indeed a farce. She then commented on how she appreciated all the questions I asked and how I kept digging and probing. I laughed and said they should all know that I have no problem asking questions, especially when something is completely bonkers. They all laughed and said it’s true, but they like my questions because it promotes critical thinking and some of my questions have actually resulted in improvements. 
I sometimes think I ask too many questions, and I’ve learned to let the petty stuff go, but if something impedes efficiency and there is no logical reason for it, I’m all over it. None of us have the time or bandwidth to deal with stupidity.
Yesterday, I pulled down my training plan!! 
Three pages front and back of training that I have to get done; some in 30 days, some in 60, some in 90 days. I’m going to ask my boss if the training I already had taken for some of these subjects will count because there is no way in hell I’m going to get it all done AND work and not work credit time. I’m not complaining, but I want to know what the parameters are and I want to make sure I get the training done because it’s supposed to aid me in the performance of my duties.
Well, it’s time for another cup of coffee. I need it today!