I’m gonna play Skyrim until bedtime. Why? Because it’s July 7th and [vile profanity] this day.
I didn’t tell y’all that there’s a new girl at irk, did I? Since I haven’t been around in a while and all. She’s pretty cool–talks a lot, but not annoyingly so. She also mentioned she lives in front of a hill full of blackberries. I went on a couple of walks today and discovered the blackberries are ripening. I may have to become better acquainted with Scottish Lass so I can make me some blackberry jam.
Long day at irk but I survived. Diet continues. I am down 6 pounds in three weeks. Slow but I am lazy and hate exercise. Starving.
I have a dr appt tomorrow to get a couple of things burned off my leg. Doc said it’s just a keratin overgrowth but I don’t like them so off they must go.
Baked fresh snapper and salad for supper tonight. I guess it will get me by until the next one.
I really enjoyed my three day weekend and did not want to go back to irk this morning but I did and was productive even. I got the OK from boss to do some half days here and there to use up some leave. I have too much. I can’t really take a vacation because we are soooo busy.
Glad you were able to go back to irkBobbiooo. Don’t overdo it though.
Blurf. Spent the day working on a PowerPoint for a talk I’m giving tomorrow. I worked on this when I wasn’t distracted by everything else. Then taco salad for dinner - ground turkey, light tortilla, fat-free cheese, plain Greek yogurt and lettuce and 'mato. Yum! I finished off the small container of yogurt (mixed with a little Splenda) and had a couple of small nectarines for 'zert.
Glad to hear that y’all survived Moanday. Tomorrow’s another day.
Hello to all. I have been lurking a bit and would like to join in the MMP funnity if that would be ok. What is the due process? Back to irk for tomorrow after a nice stay-cation with the kidlets. Blurf. And big sighs.
But yay for the paycheck. Lookin’ forward to chatting with everyone. :o
Although unnamed, it is believed the farm is in the area of North Little Rock, Arrrrgh-Kansas
I guess no brownies then, either?
Just remember the old rule is to imagine everyone sitting there in their undies. $5 says Swampy is wearin’ a leopard-print thong. :o :eek:
Din-din was sesame beef stir-fry. Why? Because they had sesame seeds in the suppermarket this weekend. They had an 8oz container (which is enough for every mumper to have some, with leftovers.) in the ethnic aisle. So I walked over to the cooking aisle cause I didn’t want a lifetime’s supply where I sawa 1oz container, by a certain famous spice company in Moooommmm’s home town. However, it was the same price as the 8oz container in the ethnic aisle. :smack:Can one tell the difference between 'spensive & cheap sesame seeds???
I have a lot of neuroses and anxiety, but public speaking isn’t one of them.
It’s just a short talk I’m giving to a local Rotary club tomorrow about amateur radio. The president of the club is a friend of mine. He’s always looking for entertaining and interesting speakers. I guess he couldn’t find any so he asked me. (In all seriousness, I’m an awesome speaker.)
Arkansas.
As in the Torah, “Bible” for you goyim people, you know, that book where everything Jesus (a nice, Jewish boy) said is printed in red, “Noah looked out of the Ark and saw…”
First, you must pay the initiation fee (currently made payable to the SLF or Spiderman Lunch Fund).
Next you must make offerings:
Beer to Doggio, Cap’n, & me.
Chawklit to Moommm, Sari, & Rosie.
Then you must take a test; however, there is a study guide.
After you pass your test, there is an initiation ceremony; this involves a squid & a goat & is quite enjoyable (well, at least for us it’s enjoyable) & finally, the bestowing of your nickname.
I have trouble sleeping, getting up two or three times a night for hours at a time. This morning my plans were to go to breakfast, kiss my hubby (Jim) goodbye when he left for work and go back to bed. Apparently I am a mouse, as my plans went all agley.
First his car wouldn’t start. We had to jump it yesterday and cleaned the terminals off before we did but this time we required a visit from AAA. Towtruck Man told us to get the battery tested before we turned the car off again. So I got to drive Jim to work, then head to Advanced Auto where I ended up getting a new battery installed. Le sigh.
Got home, grabbed the library books, put the phone on vibrate and headed to the library. While there, my phone went off. I almost didn’t answer it because it was a number I didn’t recognize. Plus, I hate it when people use their phones in the library. Lucky thing I did, though. It was Jim’s boss calling to say that Jim was having tachycardia and was waiting for the ambulance to pick him up. So I jumped in the car and headed for the local bone barn, where I waited for an hour for the ambulance to show up. He only works about 30 minutes away but this is PA so there’s construction.
He’s being kept overnight after being given meds through is IV along with* 4 liters* of saline. He’ll see the cardiologist in the morning. Odds that I 'll sleep tonight are not looking very good.
SpiderMan Hmm. Suspicious I am.:dubious: what forms of payments does this initiation fee take? Chocolate is possible but seems usurious (because, Chocolate!)
Nickname - I had d-day once upon awhile. The remains are still in my user name. Or there’s my user name.:D. Or is it more organic than that?
Welcome to MumpLand, Sunny! There, now you have a nickname, unless someone comes up with something better. Not you, tho - current Mumpers get to nick the names of n00bs!
And **Spidey **is a liar, liar pants on fire! You don’t have to send him anything. In fact, the original rule was that I got chocolate love offerings. Period. Everything else had been piggybacked on me and I think it’s time to stop - so sayeth I!!! OK, you can buy the guys a beer if you want, but please be sure they use coasters! Are you sure you want to stay??
I just figured out a big reason I’m looking forward to the cruise with my mom - four weeks of no critters! No cat in my face wanting skritches when I’m trying to watch TV, no dog hogging my recliner footrest. No feline sleeping between my knees and trapping me in bed. No canine waking me at stupid early hours to let her out. Four weeks of sleeping as long as I want, except for the demands of my bladder - that sounds like bliss!!!
Today is supposed to be the hottest for a while - 97° is the predicted high. Not to mention the humidity. I may weed the back gardens till it’s too hot to take. The rest of my time will be spent indoors. And this afternoon, the furnace/air conditioning guy is coming to do our annual service. I hate that we had to wait so long in the year to have it done, but apparently I should have called in November to make an April appointment. Better luck next year… Anyway, that means I need to get down to my studio and clear a path to the furnace. My pottery cart is in the way and it’s got a delicate piece sitting on it, so I’ll move it to prevent possibly disasters.
Quit envying my life! You can’t have it - it’s mine!!!
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffienatin’. YAWN 'Tis 73 Amurrkin out with a predicted high of 95 for the day. The weather PTB say we’ll get rain on Thursday and several days next week. We shall see.
Welcome Sunny! Chawklit for MOOOOOOM and beer for me is all you need to know. Just ignore Spidey, that’s what we do.
Yinz hope the hubby is ok and gets sprung from the horsepistol today.
Spidey why would I be wearin’ my Sunday underwear on a Toosday?
Twenty years ago today, we were in the midst of a massive flood. It actually started on July 7th. The place I irked at the time was flooded out and due to the river floodin’, you couldn’t get from the west side of town to the east side of town. I was not livin’ in da cave at the time. If I had been I would not have flooded just wouldn’t have been able to go anywhere. As it was the little house I was livin’ in was high and dry. It was a weird time. After the water subsided there was a massive cleanup effort. I spent my 40th bday doin’ flood cleanup. So many people lost their homes and everything they owned. I hope to never experience anything like that again.
Thus endeth today’s history lesson.
Now I need more caffiene and rumbly tummy wants sustenance. Then, alas and alack, irk purtification must commence.
Good morning and thanks for the well-wishes. I’m up, the animals are fed, and once I finish breakfast, I’m off to see my man. What usually happens now is the doc comes in, pronounces him fine but his meds in need of adjustment and we sit around for hours waiting for his discharge. The tech who ran his labs last night told us that Jim had the lab results of a 16yo and that aside from that pesky dying thing back in September, he’s healthy as a horse.
Yes, I know where you live, but in the Bible, it goes by the historical name “Gomorrah”. Sunny, Good beer! Micros are typically considered good beer. Coors Diet is not even considered beer as it’s more like making love in a canoe.
As for the squid & goat, as they’re being applied, you might hear something like, “This won’t hurt us a bit”, but that’s all we’re allowed by the (lack of) bylaws to state in advance. :o
When you answer first, you get to make the rules, but remember, early to bed, early to rise & your girl goes out with other guys.
Iffn it’s your bladder waking you up, I’m pretty sure the ‘b’ in your last word is upside down & the ‘l’ is a typo.
One more thing to know,(but you’ll figger it out pretty quickly; Swampy is the KING of TMI!
Day II of this heat wave. It’s already over 80° w/ 60+% hoomidity, meaning the air is thick. I dropped my chain on the bike; it only takes 5 seconds to fix, but did it have to happen right near the trash plant. It smelled soooo lovely. :rolleyes: That’s one job I do not want - on the back of a trash truck in the summer!
