I love those port-o-lets. Maybe the best thing about the whole place, and that’s saying something.
Not that I understand or follow much of the rest of your OP.
You say that like it a new or unusual thing, Shibb.
The cheese lady says “Hi”. Ha! I kid. We didn’t even talk to the cheese lady.
And I didn’t talk to the little old ladies who thought I worked at Jungle Jim’s either. It was because they didn’t look like nice, sweet little old ladies. It looked like they were mad about something, and we were in the wine aisle (the happiest aisle in the store!), and seeing how I don’t know nuthin’ about wine (I now know Ohio makes ice wines. That’s about all I know about wine.) I didn’t want them to vent on me when I couldn’t help them.
And it was the way the head little old lady (the other one was her minion I think) said “Excuse me! Do you work here?” She should have just went with “Oi! You there! What this about (this thing that’s bugging her right then)?” It would have been more honest and I might have been inclined to try to help her out. Or just lie to her for fun. Either way.
I dunno swampy, ACBG may be trying to get you to conk out, after carbs and warm water with a jet lag kicker. He’s after your wardrobe again!
And thank you for mentioning that nyquil makes you barfy, I was sure I was just a medicine wimp. I’d have never made in the old days when people took snake oil. Hey, what part did they get the oil from anyway?
My mole flavored tortilla chips are pretty good, though they could be less stingy with the mole flavor.
Air conditioning scout, that and selling my soul to amazon in order not to die of boredom. And San Diego Dopes, those are my life line!
Here I am! Whoo, I’ve been a busy little bee all this morning. Database issues, people not reporting their data to me, having to have a little chat with peoples’ bosses, remapping drives, putting out reports and now I’m cramming lunch down my throat.
Rue, Tornadope sounds like it was a lot of fun.
taxi, that was a very cute story and you and keith make a very cute couple.
Swampy, I smell all red clovery too! I brought the lotion to work with me because the soap in our bathroom here at work is very, very rough on the hands.
I didn’t do anything exciting this weekend. The weather wasn’t exactly conducive to boating, so we didn’t go. I did go to the Coscto and spend too much money on Saturday morning and Saturday evening we had to go to MIL’s for dinner. Yesterday I bought some new shoes and took a three hour nap. Then I was in bed before 9:00. It was a very ho-hum weekend, but peaceful anyway.
I’m gonna finish my salad now and tackle some database issues.
Oh yeah. Amazon’s got part of my soul as well. In fact, there’s an iPod Mini that’s on the road from Vernon, CA to San Diego right now. HURRY UP!!!
heh - I’ve seen the pics, because I’m special… and because I saw Skip’s LJ. Love the shirt, Rue - it brings out your eyes! And the Little Woman is lovely - her hair is gorgeous!
My weekend started well - I got to bring home my pots from class - at least the first batch. I’ll be picking up the last 3 some time next week.
Yesterday, we went down to the boat, and my sweetie removed the two gross and disgusting fuel filters with a little of my help. I put some pillows out on deck to air, and I brought home some stuff that was aboard, including my slinky (which was a gift from a secret admirer…) I also finished planting my marigolds, and eventually, I’ll mosey out and take some pictures. Maybe when I’m done posting, if it isn’t raining.
I should have gone to the party at Weirddave and Ginger’s, but an old friend was supposed to come by. So we waited and waited. I got an email from her this morning - she wasn’t feeling well and she was sorry she didn’t call. So we didn’t do anything exciting on Saturday night. Alas.
Today, I was looking for an old VHS tape I could use for taping stuff I want to watch once and dump, and I came across a tape of my daughter’s 2nd grade Christmas concert at the Orange Park Mall. She was soooooo cute. So was the little girl who is now her roommate. Now they’re just annoying teenagers. What the heck happened?? Who stole my baby???
That’s all I’ve got today. Go oooh and aaaah at my pottery. Thank you for your support. 
Or, maybe, he’s after some of my special Bumba soap he’s been eyeing just a little too much! I am going to have to keep an eye on that one. If my oatmeal/grapefruit soap goes missing, he’ll be the prime suspect.
Taters ain’t that red clover lotion sump’n! The Bumbas have got to get that website thingy going soon! We need our Soapy Bear stuff!
swampy, I found that Bumba-soap bars are very generous - maybe you could slice a bit off, if you’re feeling generous enough to share with ACBG. Or not. Just a thought.
Which reminds me - Bumba - My mom likes the hazelnut soap (me too - it feels good and smells yummy) - so you better get your site up and running before Christmas shopping season! Don’t make me get all stern with you!
Nothing special going on here over the weekend. It actually was 112 degrees both days, but our humidity is less than 10% on average, so “it’s a dry heat” (definition - blast furnace).
I’m in training for the great hip experiment, lifting some light weights to get my upper body strong and removing all clutter from my condo (ha!). Also, I am learning how to sleep on my back. I am a face down or side sleeper, and after surgery I’ll have to sleep on my back with a large thing wedged between my legs
(oh grow up, it’s a pillow to keep my hip from dislocating) for a few months.
I ordered a T-shirt from the official FDNY store that says something like “Keep back 200 feet”, so when I’m walking the hospital hallways people will know to steer clear of me. I have to decide whether to learn how to walk with crutches or a walker, I guess insurance only pays for one device. I’m leaning toward the walker. I’m not actually leaning right now, but you get the picture.
What is that waffel thing? I bet it’s yummmy.
taxi, those pictures are great. You two make a great couple!
OK, I’ve done the garden pics - lots of marigolds - 96 in all, although some aren’t blooming yet. Alas, I didn’t spell out Rue with them, but in my heart, each and every one whispers “Rue” to me. No, really, they do. Talking marigolds! Go figure…
Anyway, here they are.
Great happy pictures Taxi! I’m so glad everything turned out swell!
I had an Organizational Weekend. I have been assigned Spices and Coffee. My husband and I combined households (well over a year ago) and have not really organized our duplicates. So we have stuff we Need that is still boxed away, far out of reach … and stuff we don’t need, all handy on nearby shelves. So clearly, organization is badly needed.
With a crawler at my feet, I gamely organized Spices. Coffee and Tea will have to wait for another day. (Does anyone have a nice large cupboard above their stove? I do, and it’s stuffed with coffee and tea. We badly need to downsize, especially since I’m off caffiene and have been for quite some time. Maybe someday I’ll go back to my coffee habit, but not until Nurse Shark disengages.)
Hubby’s job was to organize his CDs, an ongoing project. Some move was made to organize the DVDs as well. I’m embarrassed to say how many of these there are.
Installing shelving was discussed for the hall closet, and some progress toward solving the Eternal Recyclables Problem was made. There were discussions about the flooring that needs to be installed in the attic, which fizzled out when the topic of running wire in the garage ceiling (which also happens to be the attic floor) for better lighting was broached.
So it was a good weekend for organization. About 50% on the execution, but overall Progress Was Made, so we are happy.
Then we wated CSI for a few hours, so it was all good.
It’s a Dutch (?) cookie thing. It’s a round, skinny waffle a layer of syrup (a real thin layer of real thick syrup so it doesn’t ooze out and another round, skinny waffle. My last bag said “Stroopwafel” (with a picture of Stroopy Stroopwafel on the front), but actually looking at this bag of them, it says “Siroopwafels”. I’m going to go out on a limb and say that means “syrup waffles” in Netherlandian.
Doesn’t the phrase “Jerry Orbach in a silver jumpsuit!” sound better than “Great Caesar’s ghost!”? I think it does.
I met TellMeImNotCrazy this weekend. We had dim sum brunch with her mother in NYC’s Chinatown. Always cool to meet Dopers and their parents. She’s moving to RSA today, with a longish layover in Madrid. Hope she’s having a good trip. And we went to a wedding where not one, not two, but three different people passed out at some point. The last one was the groom’s father and he had to be hospitalized for observation, but AFAIK he’s okay now. Just a lot of people hitting the ground.
Wow! That looks like a lot of work! Love them marigolds. Mr. Anachi has had great success with them this year around the Baby Oak Tree.
Oh, and can we get a link to the pics in Skip’s LJ? Or doesn’t it work that way?
I’ll never be able to watch *Law & Order * reruns the same way again…
I’ve been thinking about doing the art car thing for a while, but my car’s a little bit too new. Give me a couple more years, and I might be ready to start decorating my car. It’s almost 10 years old, and it’s starting to look a little shabby, so it needs a little face lift. The bottle caps sounds interesting. Any other ideas? I don’t want to glue really heavy stuff on it–I’m afraid it will fall off and I’ll get arrested for littering.
I didn’t get the gargoyle. I stopped at Concrete World on my way home (very interesting place–if you ever find yourself on Route 29 south of Lynchburg, stop and check it out). The gargoyle is almost 5 feet tall, solid concrete, and $275, which is more than I can afford to spend on a hunk of concrete. I think a gargoyle hood ornament would be a good compromise, but my hood is too slanty, so I’m not sure a hood ornament would look right. But I have some really strong magnets, so if I can find a little gargoyle, I’ll see if I can make it work.
K-I-S-S-I-N-G!
Ashes[sup]2[/sup], I hope you feel better! I always feel yucky when I take Nyquil, so I never take it at all.
Hee hee. V-Bob has a butt problem!
Why yes, yes it does. Far scarier.
Sounds like TornaDope was lots of fun. Sorry I couldn’t be there (next year, really; or if the BBQ Elysian mentioned works out…).
I worked (mumble grumble stoopit project mumble July 11 grumble), got some work done in the garden during the non-rainy part of the weekend, and did laundry. Pretty durn exciting.
taxi, those are great pictures! It’s always nice to see people who are really happy together. Congrats to both of you. Also, the squirrel and moose were hilarious.
I won’t tell you 1) how long it took me to realize the squirrel wasn’t real (have I mentioned I’m tired and not very focused?) and 2) how long it took me to get why having a squirrel and moose in the same set of pictures was funny (REALLY tired). Nope, not a word about that.
Nap. I need a nap. Now.
GT
Well, how about that? My weekend has been all planned out for me without a word of my input. :rolleyes:
Friday: Apparently, my nephew has invited himself and couple of our other friends over for dinner and cards. One of the “invitees” called my husband to ask if I was making my lasagna. My response to my husband was, “Are you smoking crack? I’m probably working, and I certainly can’t come home at 5:30 and prepare lasagna that takes at least 8 hours to properly cook!” Sigh, it’s nice to know everyone likes my lasagna, but sheesh! I’m thinkin’ BBQ and tater salad.
Saturday: Boating, skiing, tubing all day with kids, husband and nephew.
Sunday: Boating, skiing, tubing all day, kids, husband, a couple we’re friends with, and their two kids.
Monday: Boating, skiing, tubing all day with kids, husband, the couple that are coming over on Friday and their eldest child.
I was hoping for at least one day of schlepping around the house and working in my much neglected back garden. Doesn’t look like it’s happening though.
I was also hoping that I would be off on Friday because it’s a DONSA (Day of Non-Scheduled Activity) or more commonly known as a Training Holiday. This usually means a liberal leave policy is in effect for us silly-vilians; however, this STOOPIT project is really shaping up to be a pain in the ASS and nobody is cooperating. Grrrr, grrrr, grrrr. Look, I’m usually a real sweetheart, but I can feel the witchiness in me rising to the surface, and trust me, it ain’t purty when I’m good and pissed. I’m thinking the velvet glove is going to have to come off and people are going to see the iron fist. Sigh, why can’t people just be good and cooperate?
So, that turned into a big whine-fest. So sorry.
I’m sure the boating part will be fun and I enjoy the company of my friends and nephew a great deal. I’m sure I’ll laugh my kiester off and the hubby wants to take pictures of us while we’re tubing, etc. Maybe I’ll post them…and NO… nobody on this board is seeing me in a bathing suit, it’s just too scary and my legs are blindingly white! My wetsuit maybe, but definitely not the bathing suit.
Hmmmm… I think you need to stock up on bottle caps, candy tins, small antlers, and happy meal toys Magic Eyes. Also costume jewelry, religious icons, bobble head dolls, and baby shoes. Plus some nice light weight plastic flower pots and genuine polymer gargoyles. Assorted novelty lights, belt buckles and bowling trophys, too. Then, when the time is right, you’ve got an art car baby!
Y’know swampy, if that grapefruit and oatmeal soap goes missing, you’ll just have to conduct a very thorough body search. Hee! Plus yes, I want clover soap. Which button do I press for soap? SSSS no soap. Bumba! Get in here so I can find you.
Ahem, hem, hem. As the official art teacher of the MMP I dub FairyChatMom pretty darned good at throwing on the wheel. Take more classes, get into the wild stuff like raku, go on, I dares ya!
Bet my legs are whitern’ yours Taters. Mine glow a little bit after the lights are turned off, which is convinient I suppose… for reading I mean.
Today at a meeting I called our bosses greasy weasels.
I have lots of costume jewelry and happy meal toys, but no bottle caps, belt buckles, or bowling trophies. Doll heads are out, because there’s someone else in Chapel Hill who has a car with doll heads and plastic horses all over. I’m avoiding the “random-crap-glued-on” look–I need to come up with a theme and a plan. Maybe underwater, with fish and mermaids and stuff. With lots of stuff that glows in the dark. Or maybe I could go with something more subtle, and just paint my car with designs that you can’t see during the day, but they glow in the dark.
Still have a job?