Howdy all. Been busy. Managed to irk all week. Looks like I may start telework for two days a week. I figure Tuesday and Thursday since Moandays are hell and Fridays I have payroll. Well every other Friday.
I was sleeping soundly and the dang dog started barking because the cat needed fed. Dammit.
Memorial service at 1 tomorrow. Worried about distancing. I intend to spend the bare minimum inside and any mingling shall be in the parking lot. I have told dozens of ppl that I will certainly understand anyone who chooses to not go. Hoping for low turnout personally. The friend made a beautiful oak box to hold the ashes. I am ready for everyone to go home. Granddaughter decided to stay one night with me and a barking Buddy so she’s been staying with her parents. They’ve been coming daily and fixing small things for me. I like my solitude. I dread tomorrow. After a short slideshow and a few words from the pastor I’m going to be doing any mingling in the parking lot. There will be noshing and stuff.
Doing a full week at irk kicked my butt. Freaking cat. Y’all have a good weekend. Have not read so Rosie’s sig.
And The Crown is back so I’m binging that new season.
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. YAWN ‘Tis 53 Amurrkin out and partly cloudy (partly moony?) with a predicted high of 78 and mostly N.O.S. for the day. Another day of not much planned here at da cave. We might go grab a burger for N.O.L. or not. Sup shall be steak, sallit, scalloped N.O.T. (makin’ enough for tonight’s sup and Sunday’s sup), and cheesey garlic bread. Sloth, however, shall rule the day!
Nellie yay for the great checkup at the doc!
{{{Butters}}} glad you have had a relatively good week. I’m sure the service will be beautiful. Hopefully folks will leave instead of linger.
MOOOOOOM y’all have a safe trip!
Now I need more caffeine and to feed rumbly tummy. Then, onward into the day! Rah.
Ugh. Woke up at 2:30 and couldn’t get back to sleep.
An odd thing: I have a top sheet and light cover that are tucked under the mattress, but two lightweight throws (not tucked in) on top that I add or subtract depending on how warm/cold I am. When I woke up, both of those top throws were on the floor. As far as I can tell I woke up in the same position, facing the same direction as I was in when I fell asleep. IOW I wasn’t restless. I wondered if maybe my dog Sweetie had pawed at the covers and dragged them off the bed in an attempt to tell me that she needed out, and I slept through it? She has never done that before. No evidence of doggie accident. I can’t ever remember waking up and finding my covers on the floor. Ghosts?
Finally sleepy. I think I will go back to bed now. 'Nighters.
@Buttercup_Smith, I’m so sorry for what you’re enduring. Such a painful, stressful time-- on top of everything else and the holidays approaching. I wish you the best that is possible.
Emmy!! <tacklehug, but properly masked and disinfected…> Good ta see you (I do see your posts on Facebook).
{{Butters}}, what Thel said. Make it though this day, take a deep breath, and carry on.
shoe, congrats on the shelf hanging. I put one up several months ago, but I measured poorly and it’s overlapping my window frame, but so far it hasn’t been worth the bother to change it.
50F now and there is a 50% chance of rain tomorrow according to the weather shamans, so I’ll probably mow the yard today; it’s supposed to get near 70F, so I think I’ll let it warm up outside a bit before getting to it. Outside of that nothing much planned.
All y’all have a good sattiday (and hope FCM/FCD’s drive is safe).
Well, lawn has been mowed (4 bags of clippings) and will shortly bathe to wash off all the excess particles. Temperature made it to 71F and plenty of sunshine, so might eat out tonight rather than my usual Sunday dine-out as the chance of rain for then is up to 60% now. Outside of that no major activities are on the agenda.
All y’all (wherever all y’all are at) take care now.
I slept long and hard, which ate up too much of the day. I have odds and ends to do here, then will venture forth for a long walk. It starts getting dark here around 4:00, and while I tell myself it’ll be an adventure, it does get confusing and between the night blindness and flaring lights, maybe not too safe.
Butters, hope you got through the services OK. I hope somewhere in the midst of the ordeal there were moments of comfort. On an entirely separate note, I love that the teamwork between dog and cat.
Thel, I’m mystified. I can only think maybe you got hot during the night and threw them off without waking up enough to notice?
MetalMouse, do you miss the kids now that soccer season has ended?
Glad you had a nice day for outdoor chores. I’m impressed with everyone’s industry. I’m worn out from watching/listening to my favorite Cornhusker football team thoroughly lose. Ah, well. They are still my team.
Next Friday should be interesting…cringe. Playing Iowa, on the road in a white hot rivalry decades and generations old. Born and raised in Iowa so it’s a bittersweet game to watch. Traditionally played the Friday after Turkey Day and I enjoy the build-up. This year, if all the boys can hobble back onto the bus afterwards, we will have won, regardless of score.
Working up to try a curb pickup at a local cider microbrewery tomorrow. Probably a grab bag of several different ciders, to sample for a couple of weeks. Need to break my funk. Learned yesterday that can not go to spend my cherished traditional Sunday with my treasured grand daughter. She is in strict quarantine for two weeks (so at least two lost Harriet~grandma Sundays) because a classmate in her small preschool class tested positive this week. The staff and 3 year olds wear masks scrupulously and 75% of their day is in the outdoors classroom, but it is a child development laboratory school on campus. Her parents are now also at home (mom, my daughter, is WFH as it is-dad, my SIL, was on campus, distanced in his private office), all 3 of them are wearing masks around each other, except when eating. Financially they will be fine, even with SIL taking family sick leave, but both of the grownups live to work so stress will quickly build there. Hattie’s exposure happened after I was last with her, so I should be ok, but being with her for Sunday is basically my reason for living. So this gives elderly, isolated and lonely a new definition for me. And I was seasonally depressed as well as Covid fatigue depressed BEFORE this.
On the glass-half-full side, I could care less not getting together with anyone for Thanksgiving. That’s not bothering me at all. Have some fun Trader Joe’s entrees and dim dum in the freezer and hoping to score some local ciders for a laid back pajama day Thursday. I’ll have a couple good library books to read and waste lots of hours Netflix and Huluing. Sounds good. Plus, of course, spending as much time mumping as I can-means I won’t really be alone. Eat your Wheaties Mumpers!
The one thing I’ve really noticed here in our supposed ‘lockdown’ is that Saturday mornings are really quiet- almost no traffic- which is my excuse for sleeping in really really late. As it’s also grey and gloomy, I took a lazy day, though I did run the vacuum round a bit and made a little progress on the quilt that’s been on hold for months. It’s a first attempt and I’m making it up as I go along, so it’s not exactly perfect, but it gives me something to avoid do.
I live in cider country Boo, shame I can’t post you some of the local stuff, we do it good round here.
Sorry you are going to miss your special time with the granddaughter. That hurts. I know it will be better someday, but I wish we had some idea of when someday might get here.
What TJ’s entrees do you like? I haven’t been there since March. Might be due a visit.
Thelma, I had the same thing, only opposite. My sheet and weighted blanket (the bottom two) were at the bottom of the bed and the quilt and other blanket (top two) were still on me as though nothing had happened. I’m not sold on the weighted blanket. I’ve had it a little while, but haven’t used it much. It’s supposed to have like a duvet cover and I don’t own one. But my current bed setup is sort of hodgepodge and I didn’t have enough clean warm blankets, so I added that.
Anyway. Food stamp calls yesterday yielded the same results as the previous ones. “All eligibility specialists are busy…” Hell, I wonder if they’re hiring. They clearly need people and if I had a paycheck, maybe I wouldn’t need help with food. In the meantime, I’ll definitely look into food banks.
Landlady brought over a couple meal kit sort of things yesterday. She’s going out of town, so they were going to go to waste. So I had a lovely squash/farro/chard bowl yesterday and have, of course, more for lunch today and some to freeze. Tonight (and tomorrow and as long as it lasts) is “Mole roasted carrot bowls.” Fancy.
Still actively fighting against lack of energy. Shoe, you’re an inspiration. Enjoy that shelf. Put useful and beautiful things on it. Or just admire it in its unadorned glory. The shelf doesn’t have to have anything added to it to be worth something. It is valid just as a shelf.
The only thing about fancy meals is that they generate a lot more trash/dishes than what I would otherwise have had for dinner last night (can of vegetable soup), which resulted in a pile of dishes I found overwhelming last night…
but typing that led me to go and do them between that sentence and this one. I have to very intentionally remind myself that putting energy into getting stressed out and shame-spiraling over specific undone chores makes less sense than just… doing them. This only works for certain limited and specific things, though. Dishes is one of them. Cleaning the whole kitchen… isn’t.
Anyway, time to work on some graphic design stuff. This is, weirdly, one of those areas I think ECT has really had a negative impact- I can barely remember how to use Illustrator and it’s a pretty complicated program. I spent a lot of time and energy figuring it all out and now I’m struggling. But hey… I’m not going to fix that by dreading/avoiding the whole process. Only by jumping in and figuring it out the way I did before, but with the benefit of whatever vague recollections I do still have.
SIL and BIL are still awaiting their test results. They both report feeling better though. Mrs W told her sister we’re not coming either way. She had been worried about hurting her feelings (SIL is a very hostess/caretaker/nurturer type), but apparently the conversation went OK. She said she’ll bring us some food if they both come back negative.
{{{Butters}}}, I’ve always found funeral services to provide a healthy sense of… “closure” is not the right word, but maybe “transition” or “acceptance” describes it better. The ritual helps me move from a feeling of loss to a feeling of moving forward without my loved one. I’ve never lost a spouse though, so what do I know? Let’s just say I hope you are able to find some comfort today, and that the days to come are as good as you can make them.
One of the ciders I’d like to come home with is listed as an English style. I assume that means tasty and has some body. Will let you know.
A wide range of their pasta dishes and Indian ones. Fun raviolis. Their Peking pork dumplings and steamed shrimp buns are great. Yet to meet a mac and cheese of theirs that wasn’t good-there is a butternut squash one that is great. I have learned, though, to just browse and bring home what is in stock the day I’m there. Their system for rotating items means pick from what is there and don’t count on it being there every time. It’s better to love and lose than to not have ever eaten it. I look at their Fearless Flyer on-line ad brochure every month and get some novel inspiration there too. It will print off a custom shopping list for you. The seasonal ones are lots of fun-speaking of which, the Christmas/Hanukah/New Years one is about due.
Howdy Y’all! We got productive today! We cleaned behind the stove and both refrigerators. ICK! Especially behind the stove. DOUBLE ICK! We got it done though. Also cleaned baseboards throughout da cave. We spiff the place weekly, but stuff like that is on the occasional list, as in, we need to do it, so let’s get it done, like today. Nappage occurred after that. Sup has been supped and now chillage ensues. Oh, and I cooked a poke tenderloin in the slow cooker for tomorrow’s either N.O.L. or sup. Plus also, Mr. Turkey is now thawin’. So, Go Us!
(((MG}}} like metalmouse said I see your posts on the book of faces, but good to see ya in here. As to the snow, well, better thee than me.
Dots you did a thing. That’s a win.
Thel covers have been known to take on a life of their own durin’ the night around here, so I know the feelin’.
{{{Boo}}} so sad you won’t get to see your COTU for a while!
Nellie hope you got your walk in.
Wheelie y’all made the right decision.
I like hard cider. Mayhaps some shall be purchased for in cave consumption.
Are these the frozen stuff or the ready-to-eat? I like the sound of shrimp buns. I used to get the Fearless Flyer at home in the mail, but now that I think of it, I haven’t seen it in a while…
I got a weighted blanket-- 12 lbs. Made me feel suffocated.
These I listed are all frozen. Lots of good ready to eat stuff too, though. Main dish salads, burritos, wraps, sandwiches-most of these are all over along the wall of the produce area (in my store). I forgot to mention the frozen pizza selection is mighty good fun also.
I discovered that I needed to resubscribe to the Fearless Flyer-must be that after a certain period of time you need to re-up. I just googled Fearless Flyer and signed up again, you can choose online, mail or both.
We haven’t been to TJs in months. And there’s a Penzey’s in the same little mall. It’s on the list of things to do when the plague is over.
I didn’t get a shower yesterday after all. Had to touch up some caulk spots.
Showered today instead. It was almost an orgasmic experience. Wifey even says we could put on the shower head with the flow restricter. (The shower head we have on there is one I got at the Restore and tore the flow restricter out of.)
Got started on my copy of Battle Ground last night. That should keep me busy for a few days.
Hi!
I used to get the Fearless Flyer at home in the mail, but now that I think of it, I haven’t seen it in a while…
And there’s a Penzey’s in the same little mall. 
It’s on the list of things to do when the plague is over.