Another very good show, though I’ve only seen one episode. The books are good, too. (The author also wrote the books Vera was based on.)
I love hummingbirds. Their wings beat so fast they sound like contrabass mosquitoes.
Presumably “… but now that I knew [it had been a lie,] I’d fixed it.”
We watch the Brit shows with the captions on, but more because of my hearing* than because of their accents. I very seldom hear the sound effects that are described in the captions (doors, footsteps, squeaks and clangs, &c).
Lady SCAdian does cross-stitch – she’s making new Xmas stockings for her parents. I’ve found a cross-stitch kit of Thelwell ponies on line and am ordering it for her.
Finally got my car back this afternoon – over $2600. They replaced the cracked fuel pump and the also cracked flex hose (the latter, I think, being the main reason it was failing emissions tests), fixed all four brakes, and did a couple of minor jobs while they were at it.
* Too much time in engine rooms without hearing protection.
I called my sister to wish her a Happy Birthday, and we had a good talk, and I can see that my main issue now is that I’m in a sort of limbo, with one doc saying one thing after another said something else. I’ve been here before, and it always makes me wish they’d talk to each other instead of using me as a messenger. Eye docs are particularly bad about this.
Then my other sister called because she’s having problems all over the place, and I’m her go-to person. All God’s chilluns got problems, nellie, so buck up, huh?
swampy, I think you were responding to me and not the fabulous nettie. I’ll skip doing a Google image search for Brunswick stew in a hog’s head. My experience with a hog’s head is limited to the time a dog dragged one into my yard as a gift (Someone had been butchering.), but it doesn’t seem like you could make Brunswick stew for a big crowd that way. Have you ever made it in a hog’s head?
Yikes. I hope it runs in good health for a long, long time now.
flyboy, I love Seattle, but the traffic is ridiculous–one of the downsides of the rapid growth, I guess. Sounds like an aggravating lunch hour.
Survived the day the usual chaos, plus there is a system glitch. In addition to our share of the 100k+ packages, the stuff for Doors 57-68 came up “300 slide” , so we had to rescan those too. And I won’t say that the smalls bags are rough, but the work gloves I bought last week already have hoes(<—hell of a typo) in them.
{{{{Thel}}}} Gordie is the same age.
Yeah, I avoid red shirts for w
: re routes live bees to England, adds “rile up before delivery” to notes :
Well, a 75lbs. anvil, or 75 pounds of Amazon Prime Black Friday packages…
Nope
Checked for The Wire and Broadchurch too, but not available on my Netflix or Hulu, but please keep the recommendations coming. I did find Murdoch Mysteries and have already watched 6-love it. Nicely paced, gorgeous sets and scenery and costuming. I love historical settings with likable characters and this show has it all!
I will keep watching Hinterland also-the scenery is beyond gorgeous. I’ll get better at the accent. I’m part Welsh (well, the part that isn’t Scottish) so you’d think it would be in my bones…
That is called Cat Law. Best law and order there is, along with Dog Law.
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nuttie (hope I got the nickname right) I’m an incorrigible attention sink, so I already PM’ed you my address.
Sorry about the new staff member, that’s going to devolve into nothing good. And what a shame that the adult learners have to have her-that is probably exactly what they are trying to get away from. Maybe you could anonymously send them all a graphic of “Don’t let the bastards get you down”? Use my email as a return address so nothing comes back on you. I’m bulletproof-what are they going to do? Fire me?
In my nursey experience they are all bad at it-but specialists are the worst, usually because they are over-impressed with themselves. It seems like a giant round robin ego thumb wrestling: “my time is so much more important than yours so you have to call me.” I’m lucky in my Neuro-ophthalmologist, he is an exception though. Triple-boarded, neurology, ophthalmology and micro surgery-14 years (!!) of residency after medical school and he’ll say “I’ll call Dr. XXX to get you in the end of this week because I don’t want your eyes waiting any longer” and then he does it, personally, while I’m sitting in the room. Definitely a keeper but sadly, a rarity these days.
Brunswick Stew is done, cooled, and in quart containers in da freezer except for what I kept out for eatin’ on tomorrow. I tasted and I done good! Nellie got it right this time, yes, I have had a part in makin’ it with the whole hog’s head on my uncle’s farm as a young’un. It was an all night affair and included the imbibin’ of adult beverages. Why yes, my cousin and I (juvenile delinquents and hardened reprobates that we were) did sneak beer whenever possible. Mind you, we were in our teens and well, that’s what teenaged boys do. We also smoked wacky tabakky behind the barn. Then we became responsible, moral, upright, adults and pillars of the community. How borin’!
I decided to uncork the Shiraz. It was OK - it made me sleepy, so I’ll be moseying back to bed shortly. I guess I’m just not a wine person. Frankly, I’d rather drink water.
Anyway, before I faceplant on the keyboard, I shall sign off.
swampy, do you put squirrel in your Brunswick stew? (I remember that part from Granny)
Thelma, It’s sweet that Sweetie gets her spa day. I’m sure that you’ll get another few years of companionship from her.
metal mouse, as noted above, your mail may be a bit slow because USPO employees are either testing positive or having to quarantine from COVID right now.
shoe, when you go to FB, search for mildly offensive and you’ll get groups of papercrafters (I follow that one), fiber arts, etc. Thank me later.
I actually left irk before dark today. That was a relief, given the tech issues I battled all day. My desktop took two hours to update this morning. The next empty computer wasn’t connected to a printer, so the hard copy irksheets that I needed to have to be out on the floor by 7:45 had to be put on a shared drive for my office mate to print. Almost as bad, the ten key was inoperable. Then, when my 'puter finally got finished updating, one of the systems that I use throughout the day was unfortunately uninstalled. I submitted a ticket to IT and my manager submitted one to get me a new desktop. I’ll lose the third monitor, but a desktop that actually works the way it’s supposed to will be worth the trade off.
On the upside at irk, my leadership team recommended me for a Star award, which comes with a primo parking space for a month.
Nelson is doing pretty good with his indoor voice training. I’m not sure if he realizes that his “treats” are nothing more than single pieces of his kibble right now.
Evening all. Shopping was done this afternoon and bills (water and electric) were dropped off this evening, along with filling the gas tank. Since I was so industrious, I awarded myself a Jack’s cheeseburger and fries instead of a healthy salad (Salad will be consumed tomorrow, promise). The little room space heater is toasting nicely, since the computer is in the room farthest from the heating unit.
nellie, thanks for the hug. I am still planning for my West coast vacation in 2021, COVID-permitting, so I’ll have to make time to buy you lunch and help you run errands, at least for one afternoon. And happy birthdays!
doggio, no idea what a ‘300 slide’ is, except I’m pretty sure it doesn’t have anything to do with bowling. Take care.
flyboy, been about 15 years since I was last in Seattle, don’t remember it being that bad…but 15 years can be a long time…
Nut, I haven’t taken a class in 25 years, but I just love for Ms. CEO to try and give me the ‘naughty kid’ act–being 67 I don’t care that much anymore and would share my thoughts with her…
Thanks for the reminder. This is utterly hilarious, and any/all laughs are much appreciated in a psycho cesspool of a year.
DH and I had to handle one errand on the way home, then let Miniature Emperor cater dinner. There’s enough left to cover tomorrow as well, which is nice.
I should NOT be having to train other departments on basics of software we ALL use!!!
My med card (MMJ a.k.a. medical cannabis) arrived today!!
Ooooh, and tomorrow is payday. It was set to be a particularly thin one, but eff it, I’m pullin’ out some fun money. Besides, now it will go further! (Med stuff is waaayy stronger AND cheaper than recreational.)
Huh. I did not know that, but maybe that’s also part of the fact that every state has its own rules. I know in Washington state the recreational was legalized along with medical. That meant, that when they shut down all non-essential businesses, the dispensaries could stay open as well.
Nothing special today (Friday). The last two days were full of meetings and today I have the day to myself to get some work done.
Made a loaf of fig and banana bread last night. Saturday’s weather forecast is a bit ominous so I might make springerles tomorrow, now that I found the anise seed.
And the store has cinnamon 30% off. Definitely getting some of that.
Have to get ready to go to the store now. I do have one meeting at 8:30 and the store’s less crowded before 9:00.
Enjoy your Friday (or Thursday evening for those in the western side of the U.S.) and stay safe!
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up anc caffeinatin’. YAWN 'Tis 45 Amurrkin out and foggy with a predicted high of 70 and rain/tstorms/apocalypse predicted for this afternoon. Looks like a band of green and yellow is headed our way from Alabammy on the weather map. Fine by me, as there are no plans to leave da cave today. Matter of fact, much sloth shall ensue. Sup shall be, surprise, Brunswick Stew and rolls. I could make a sallit so I can say it’s all healthy, but don’t know if’n I want to get that radical.
red no squirrel in this stew, but I have had it with squirrel. I have even had grilled squirrel. Squirrel
is actually pretty tasty. I wonder how many times one can write the word squirrel in one post. Squirrel.
Die happy cookie bakin’! I could bake sump’n today or make a peach cobbler. I just might. Or not. Willy-nilly am I.
Now I need more caffeine and to feed rumbly tummy. Then, onward into the day! Rah.
The wine did its job - I mostly slept thru till after 5. But I figure I must be missing a wine gene or something. If I came across a glass of this stuff and, dying of thirst, took a drink, I’d think it was spoiled. No hints of floral or pear or chocolate or anything - just a slightly acid twist and a meh taste. So I probably won’t become a wino in this life.
Today is our HVAC check/servicing. The guy is supposed to call or text with an approximate time. Not that it matters - I have no plans other than continued destruction of the basement. I’ll do what I can while I can, because once I have Roxy again, I won’t be able to do anything. In fact, I need to find out when I’ll have her again so I can plan. SIL is still on admin leave, but they’ve given him extra hours at his second job and that’s what I have to help cover.
We want to order a variety of k-cup coffees for FCD’s folks for Christmas, sent directly to them, and I don’t know if I should do it now or wait and risk having the package show up late. Early is better, right? I was going to get them a subscription, but they don’t drink that much coffee - maybe 4 cups a day between them. Plus the clubs seemed really over-priced to me, but I don’t drink coffee, so I have no idea how much it costs. Such a dilemma!!! < pose of woe >
What does the day hold? Tune in to find out! Happy Firday!!!
Morning all. The paper has been rescued from the rain (it has been raining most of the night) and looks like it’ll move out in a couple hours or so, heading for Georgia. Oh the other hand, temperatures are not expected to climb above 50F, so like swampy I plan to bunker up and stay inside.
Tomorrow indoor soccer starts at a nearby school gym and I’ll probably be there for 4-6 hours (with breaks) to help out. At least I’ll get some exercise.
FCM, I always go the ‘earlier is better’ route when it comes to Xmas gifts ordered over the internet.
swampy, I have a friend who has ‘adopted’ a squirrel to the point it comes into her apartment, sits on her shoulder, and accepts nuts from her hand. She’d be mighty upset to learn that you consider squirrel to be one of the secondary food groups…
nettie, at least they should be paying you a bonus for doing the training–it will require extra time and effort, I presume.
shoe, good news on the Med card. I look forward to your…um…medicated posts…
Just got a call from Cook’s Pest Control, they messed up the billing and will now switch me back to annual, should be corrected next week. So that problem is solved, I hope.
Traffic is really bad with both bridges out of commission. Instead of just hopping onto the low bridge to get to West Seattle, I have to drive the U-turn route because left turns are a bit problematic. East Marginal Way to the 1st St. bridge, then over to West Marginal Way where the speed limit is 30 mph and there are motorcycle cops just lying in wait. (They get a lot of customers, too.) Repeat on the return trip. Oh, and the 1st St. bridge may be up, so you have to wait for the ship.
The bridge situation has really fouled things up. Maybe if we were still in Belltown it wouldn’t be so bad. (I parked in Northgate and took a bus in.) Being on Harbor Island where there’s only one way in or out, and that way is often packed with semis picking up or dropping off loads at the port, and no bridges, makes driving hell.
I guess we’re moving to Bellevue next year. I’ll ask the boss if I can just telecommute.
Crap - my whole life. My whole life had been a lie. (Did I mention I’m also prone to being a little dramatic sometimes?)
Anyway, today is off to a roaring start. Sorta. Coffee has been had. Overlygirl is off to her only in-person day of school for the week - she was almost late because she forgot to dry her laundry. I already busted overlyboy, who was watching YouTube during class. He’s since sulked off to his room with his chromebook (he’d been using two laptops - his personal one to “work” (aka, watch YouTube) and his school issued chromebook). Since his school requires that he have YouTube access, I’m debating on whether to follow him or not. Leaning toward not - hopefully his guilt will take care of the rest.
The good: overlymom is able to manage her own meds and feedings with her feeding tubes now (yay!) so I don’t receive constant calls asking me how to do things. I still have to do my magician’s trick with her neck, but that’s fine. The sun is shining and the room is quiet. And it’s Friday. A week ago today I was starting to become extremely concerned and would’ve unknowingly been about to take my mom to the ER. And, saving the best news for last, overlymom does NOT need chemo. We were so relieved last night when we got in the car that we both burst into tears.
They replaced the cracked fuel pump and the also cracked flex hose (the latter, I think, being the main reason it was failing emissions tests), fixed all four brakes, and did a couple of minor jobs while they were at it.
to England, adds “rile up before delivery” to notes :
nope, don’t get it
Then, when my 'puter finally got finished updating, one of the systems that I use throughout the day was unfortunately uninstalled. 
I’ll lose the third monitor, but a desktop that actually works the way it’s supposed to will be worth the trade off.
It’s starting to cook a lot like Christmas…
