In Memoriam -- Nov. 4, 1995 -- Yet Another Depressing MMP

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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I seem to recall at some point, **Rue ** started including MMP in his titles, but for a long time, it was just assumed, and he was pretty much the only one who did them back then. Then somewhere along the line, we started to take turns, and eventually, **Rue ** deserted us - like his job and family are more important than this - can you imagine?!?!?

Pizza was yum. So was the Boston Cream Pie that somehow found its way home with me. :smiley: I did a little studio time, but I’m done for now. I’ll finish and fire tomorrow. But for now, I’m in the chill mode. Oh yeah! :cool:

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No fair! I haven’t met him. And for the longest time I was his #1 Special Friend! <sigh>

I did talk to him on the phone during his Dope-To-Your-Door adventure, and for one birthday, he sent me something slinky… :wink:
OK, so it *was * a Slinky, but still. I want to meet him.

On the other hand, I’ve been hugged by swampy, twice! And I know I’m his favorite cheap date! :smiley:

Other MMPers I have met: Rebo, MamaTigs, snowbunny, welby, Taters, scout, **Shibb ** (the long-absent), and probably some who I’ve forgotten because I’m old and the memory is fading. So if I forgot you, it’s not because I don’t love you. Although I’d probably be more inclined to remember if the Chocolate Love Offerings were more frequent.

This room is toasty-warm. Fireplaces are nice when it’s cold outside…

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The Pie Maker? Do you have an SO named Chuck? :dubious:

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I knew I’d forget someone - I’ve met, and been hugged by - **Bobbio ** also!

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I don’t get it. :rolleyes:

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And I STILL think of you as Harold because he eats nine kinds of pie in the book!
The LR is clean, dusted, vacuumed and roped off–the family is under pain of death to not go in there until Turkey Day. I have complete my homework. And I delivered the wedding present (only 4 months late).

Not bad for 9 pm. (did you know that spelling errors now appear underscored in red? WTF? wow…
I am off to bed soon. The food foraging commences tomorrow. I have not made the list. Daughter wants to come with me. Oy. It’s bad enough I have to do it. With her along it’ll be all “why are you buying that? That’s not good for you!” and stuff. She’s like a mom or something… :slight_smile:

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:smack: :rolleyes:

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Hee. You don’t LOOK like a Harold, if that’s any comfort. That’s just the way my mind works–when it works.

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I unloaded two trucks today. I went to the game, Canes lost again. I took the M-B:
Your Type is
ESFJ
Extraverted Sensing Feeling Judging
Strength of the preferences %
89 1 19 11

I haven’t met any Mumpers in meatspace, but I see Hockey Monkey at the RBC Center all the time.

I hope you feel better soon, taxi.

I think I’ve been Mumping since '06.

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I really should get to bed. I’m doing my first ever huge craft fair tomorrow. Lots of good selling vibes appreciated. :smiley:

I’m off to bed. Night.

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Howdy all. Slept in till 8am this morning - hardly worth it!

Just wanted to say hi and nice new name, Cutie Pie!

ETA: First on 8, too! w00t!!! :stuck_out_tongue:

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Yay Dotty! laughs Well, something to feel good about, eh? :slight_smile:

I don’t know how, but I totally missed the grocery shopping discussion! I actually don’t mind shopping, it’s getting there and back, and lugging bags (and bags and bags!) of groceries. And I really abhor those grocery stores where you have to pack your own bags. :frowning: I always ended up with my groceries overflowing the conveyor belt while I was trying to pack them!! It’s off to the grocery store later today (Sat.) to do my Thanksgiving shopping–I’ll definitely have a list with me, or I’ll make needless purchases (like a slice of cake or similar …).

Okay, I just took that M-B online test (one of them, at least) and tested ISFJ (at these percentages: 56%, 25%, 75% 76%). I do believe that I’d tested the same years ago, so I guess it’s accurate for me. It’s the guardian-protector. And according to them, I’m probably in the right profession (I’m an administrative assistant). The only thing about those tests is that the questions are usually couched in such absolute terms–always, never. Damn, I hate that! I can’t bring myself to think that I’d -always- do something (or want something) one particular way. Or that I’d -never- do something, et.al. They are interesting, though.

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I’ve been up an hour or so, after a not-too-restful night of weird dreams. For some reason, lots of my dreams are set in the house where I grew up, or a variation thereof (it was a small rowhouse, so sometimes it’s way too big in dreamland.) Last night, there was a flood in the basement which soaked into boxes of fabric (I dunno - we never had boxes of fabric in the basement) so I was walking around in foot-deep water, and for some reason, Idiot Stupidhead from work was there, and there was a flat screen TV in the basement. Then the scene changed to the county hospital (I know where it is but I’ve never been there) where **FCD ** was supposed to check in for the day, but no one knew where he was supposed to go. And it didn’t matter because he wasn’t with me. And whole sections of the hospital were blocked off from access. And on top of both of those weird scenarios, I kept thinking the cat was sleeping next to me thru the night.

Needless to say, I’m not well-rested.

It’s cold and dreary and overcast out today. No idea what our plans for the day are, but I will be firing up the kiln overnight. Two of my pieces, possibly 3, are still damp, so I’m setting up a loooooon preheat cycle to dry them out. I don’t need an exploding penguin ruining my works.

Exploding Penguin - dare I suggest Band Name?? :smiley:

And that brings you up-to-date with my life this morning. Happy Saturday!!!

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I had weird and restless dreams, too. I feel all groggy.

I came in at 80-something percent Introvert. Not very surprising.

It’s cold here, too. Below freezing. Mork will be thrilled. :smiley: I like it, and had the window open a little all night, with a nice warm cat on my feet. First to caffeinate and have breakfast, and then I should go pick up my stuff from work, go to a craft fair, and come home and finish the chocolate pie I bought yesterday. It was a big hit, but it’s extrememly rich. I think the filling ingredients are chocolate and heavy cream. Mmm.

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I think I’ve pretty much been here from the beginning of the MMP. I know it’s definitely where the majority of my bazillion posts have been made.

Up and caffienating here, though I’m considerin’ some more sleep time just cause. It’s cold here! We had a biiiiiiiiiig frost. When I got in last night I drug the rest of the plants in from the back porch. My living room looks like a jungle of sorts right now. I need to get the plants to the various rooms of da cave where they live during winter.

Ok, off to do ummm… sump’n. Or sleep.

ETA: Like the new name Cutie-pie!

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I took the test. It says thusly:

Your Type is
ENFJ
Extraverted Intuitive Feeling Judging
Strength of the preferences %
1 62 25 56

So, I intuitively judge people. :smiley:

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A’rtnoon! I’m just back from errands and stuff in town, time for a cup of tea before we get ourselves into Brum for a wander round the Frankfurt Christmas Market with some friends and then probably go for food and maybe a beerverage or two at the Welly.

Every year the Frankfurt market comes to Brum and sets up a load of stalls along New Street and into Victoria Square - most of them sell the same kind of stuff and you can be pretty sure the same vendors are there year after year, but there are gluhwein stalls and a big merry-go-round for the kids (big and small). Given the bunch of friends we’re meeting, I suspect there will be much sampling of gluhwein and very little shopping.

Tomorrow I’m going to a craft fair at Shugborough Hall with a friend so I might be doing a bit more hexmas shopping there. The trouble with this time of year is that I have to plan for at least a dozen birthdays between now and the 22nd December. And buy hexmas gifts for most of the folks I’m also buying buffday gifts for. It’s a lot for my little brain to contend with, especially as I’m also doing bits of shopping for our holiday in 9 days’ time. Woohoo! Did I mention I’m going on holiday a week on Monday?

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Evenin’ all! I have had a looooong day and am totally exhausted! Up at 8am, breakfast, caffeination, etc. then off to the one hospital pharmacy in the whole dang country where they stock HRH’s epilepsy medicine. It’s about a 30 minute drive from where we live (hard to imagine in a country this small!), but Noor’s doctor (who does not have a clinic at this hospital) told us we need to start gradually reducing her dosage, in the hope that she will be able to stop altogether. So, we need the pharmacy to stop giving us the tablets (which I just dissolve in hot water and mix with some of her formula) and go back to giving us a suspension/elixir, that they have to make specially (especially?), as they don’t have sufficient demand to import the ready-made elixir from the pharmaceutical company. The pharmacist (probably just some schmuck assistant) refused and told me (even though the script specifies suspension) that we need to go back to the doctor (another doctor, who has a clinic at this hospital) and get a new prescription which sets out exactly what we need! :smack: So the end result was that we wasted an hour’s return trip, because the clinic is closed on a Saturday and we need to wait until tomorrow to call the clinic to make an appointment to see this other doctor to get a new script to then get the pharmacy to give us what the old script already authorised.

We came home fed up and grumpy, hubby and I had a fight because we’re both tired and lacking personal baby-free time and both feeling guilty about wanting time-out from being parents! Noor was fast asleep by the time we came home, so fortunately she didn’t have to witness our tandem tantrum! I went out for lunch with a friend, but didn’t enjoy myself due to a cracking headache and a bad case of the guilts. Came home again and had a wonderful afternoon with Noor, who played beautifully, behaved like a proper princess (rather than the snotty little one she sometimes seems to be), ate all of her carrot and lamb mush dinner, plus 2 cooked carrot-sticks, then polished off 7oz (200ml) of milk before going to sleep without so much as a peep!

At the end of the day, I am ezzzzausted, but I still need to make up HRH’s medicine syringes for tomorrow, measure out her formula powder and wash some bottles. At least I don’t feel so guilty any more though!

BooFae, I love going to craft fairs and Christmas markets and such, but we don’t have very many of those here! :frowning:

So, some of you people are getting some cold weather, huh? We had a few nice cool days last week (down to 26-27, Celsius that is), but today was warm again - I think it must have been at least 32C! So much for turning off the AC until March!

Okay, I am going to cruise the Dope for a while, then finish my evening chores! Ciao for now!

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Aagh aagh aagh aagh aaaagh.
They sent my last cheque to work, but they didn’t send my ROE or holiday pay cheque. Which probably means it’s being mailed to my address. My old address, which was never updated (I tried back in October), where they never forward mail.
Whyinhell didn’t they send all the stuff to the same place? I was obviously going to pick up my pay there. They send our T4s there. Why the sudden bright decision to mail? Assuming they have mailed, and they’re not just sitting around staring at my request for my record and my second cheque. Even if the post office forwards it (which is really unlikely) there would be at least a five-day delay between mailing and receiving. Longer since it will be confidently sent to the wrong place. Much longer since I doubt it will ever be sent on.
So, bright and early Monday morning I call head office, and tell them I’ll be there in forty-five minutes, and they must have my fricking paperwork copied and ready. And to cancel the damn cheque they probably sent to the unscrupulous bastards at our old building, because I have a feeling whoever receives it will cash it.

If I weren’t pregnant I would have three or four drinks. Aagh.

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Ew, LiLi, that sucks. I hope it all gets sorted out.

Okay, I really need to stop hanging out here, because apparently we have some kind of mind-link - I had weird and restless dreams last night as well. I was in my bedroom with That Guy when MY MOTHER walked in with a switch I remember from high school, very ready to beat me to death with it. Cheetoes and the Bible were involved somewhere as well.

Last night was surreal enough in and of itself without having weird dreams to boot. I’ll post more later. Have a lovely Saturday everyone! (Oh, and Cutie Pie, me like new name :slight_smile: )