Nobody likes slobs in the MMP!!

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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Boy, howdy, did we have a mega-T-boomer come thru last night!! One particular lightning strike seemed to be right across the street, it was so loud and bright! On the news this morning, I heard that a lot of trees came down and a bunch of people were without power, but near as I could tell, our county wasn’t hit that badly. Just lots of noise and rain.

**FCD **said nothing else about driving to FL. He has a Dr appt on Monday - I’ll see if he’ll ask the doc when he can make the drive. I know he’s bored and frustrated that he can’t do anything, but sheesh!!

Years ago, I had a dream that my boss came over to my house and stole my socks. Last night, I dreamed that this guy who sings on cruise ships, among other places, came to my apartment (?? I don’t live in an apartment!!) to bring me some socks. I needed some to go with brown or khaki pants and all I had were white athletic socks. So he showed up with several different pairs of socks in his assorted pockets. I’m wondering if someone spiked my popsicle last night. Bizarro.

Thus begins my day. Happy Tuesday!

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Blurf

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Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. YAWN ‘Tis 75 Amurrkin out and cloudy with a predicted high of 92, partly cloudy and maybe rain. Rah. Today I shall do some cave cleanin’ (dust and vacuum even!), some laundry, and make beastloaf for dindin. Actually the beastloaf is already made it just needs to be cooked. Perhaps that will be enough to keep me outta trouble. :smiley:

Now I need more caffeine and rumbly tummy wants food. I suppose I should purtify a bit and then get started on stuff.

Happy Tuesday Y’all!

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Up, caffeinated, and sheveled. Back to the salt mines today.

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Bartender, I’ll have what she’s having…:cool::p:D

Up at 5:15 in ay-em, get to go to lunch with some guys where I worked today, so don’t want to eat much to break fast (it’s 5 Guys, and I tend to do great damage to my cholesterol levels there). Still need to sweep and clean…I’ll think about it some more.

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It’s my moanday. Blurf.

Car’s in the shop to fix a couple of dents, amazing what fixing a couple of dents can cost :eek: Insurance covers it, but dang! Both happened within a few days of each other last month, I guess I shouldn’t take it off the fancy insurance yet…

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Well, since the one singer/songwriter died last week -------------

Great minds think alike. And so too do ours, it seems. :slight_smile:

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OK, something I do that is slightly slobbish now that I give it more thought. I basically live in t-shirts. Mostly amusement park and/or motorcycle ones at that. But as soon as one has a stain or bad wear it goes; at the annual swap meet or for rags. I don’t mind dressing like a slob but I refuse to look like one too much.

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I don’t know how to do pics. Do I have to get some account and upload??? I’m a total idiot at that sort of thing. Actually, here’s a link to our pics on my horsey bulletin board . Scroll about halfway down I cantered! - DefinitelyDressage.com

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Happy Toosday!

It’s a sunny 76 outside, going up to 91 later today.

Glad you made it home safely Doggio

Congrats to all of you who moved, and unpacked. I’ve been here for almost 2 years and not only have boxes upstairs yet to be unpacked, I still have stuff in the armpit that needs to be moved.
I need to get down there and get the rest, but damn I hate to go.

Can I tell y’all a little story?
I’m going to tell you anyway.

Several years ago I was driving up Mountain Rd in Pasadena. Mountain Rd is an old country road that used to twist its way through woods and farm land until the area got discovered and built up with mini mansions. Used to be two lanes, but now it is three, with a suicide lane in the middle. However much it’s been built up, there’s still a lot of woods that can’t be developed for ecological (watershed) reasons and there’s a lot of deer. A lot of deer. Most of them are pretty smart, I’ve seen them stand at the side of the road and look both ways before crossing.

As I’m driving up the road, off to my right, I see a man on a bicycle riding the wrong way on the shoulder. I also see a stag leaping through the woods. I can tell by their speed and direction that they are going to collide, probably right in front of the car that is in front of me. I hit my brakes, and I’m wondering why the car in front of me is not slowing down, because can’t they see this coming?

So I’m watching this, I have visions of deer crashing into cyclist, hooves getting tangled in spokes, cyclist getting stabbed by antlers, both crashing into the road and getting hit by the car in front of me.
And there’s not a damn thing I can do to stop it.

Fortunately, at the last second the cyclist saw the deer, jumped off his bike and held it up as a shield. The deer saw the cyclist, did a 180, and ran back into the woods. Driver in front of me didn’t even slow down.

This is how I feel with a few of my friends right now. They are on a collision course, and there is not a damn thing I can do about it, except hope they will pull themselves out before it gets to late. :frowning:
Pretty horse WetOne, and English saddles make everybody’s butt look big.

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Sorry, but I can’t go along with t-shirts and being slobbish in and of themselves. If they’re torn and smelly and stained and being worn any time apart from cleaning out a septic tank, yeah, that’s definitely a slob marker. I think it’s safe to assume that most of us have ratty t-shirts that we wear for ratty jobs. But a clean t-shirt that fits is perfectly acceptable casual attire. I wouldn’t wear one to a funeral or a wedding, and probably not to a coronation, but for most of life’s moments, I :heart::heart: my t-shirts!

Pajama pants, on the other hand, should never be worn outside the house unless you’re a patient coming home from the hospital. I have spoken! :stuck_out_tongue: Sweatpants, however, are OK, if they meet the “clean and they fit” criteria.

I need chocolate. Unfortunately, the only chocolate in the snack cabinet are some nasty Little Debbie things. Ick.

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I just had a terrifying moment where I became convinced that somebody had stolen my credit card number and spent exactly $200.00. Then I realized that even if they HAD, I got a new card with a new number this week because the bank is upgrading to chips.

And then I realized I spent the money myself to help my friend fix her bathroom floor before her shower fell through it. I’m glad I ran that quick search of my emails before I called the bank and spent the afternoon tracking it down.

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I’m definitely a slob at home, but my minimum grooming standards for public appearance is real pants (or skirt, dress, muumuuu, whatever,) and proper undergarments. I refuse to be seen in public wearing sweats, yoga pants, pajama pants, etc.

Spent the morning making phone calls and sending text messages, trying to help update the south Louisiana rescue map so that resources are being sent where they’re needed. Happily, everyone I could get in touch with had been rescued. But the stories broke my heart. I am taking a break before volunteering for another list, because I need to steady myself for the next round.

Hoping the auto shop calls soon so we can go get the little truck. I need to haul off trash, and I don’t really want to put it in the SUV.

Had a similar moment last week, Drae: had a fair amount parked in the checking account, waiting for transfer to another account, and then couldn’t find the debit card! (Had used card on Friday, discovered it missing Monday! Eeeek!) Finally found it in the dryer lint trap. Duh.

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There is no Heat Advisory today, since the Heat Index is “only” 104. O_o And when I was dropping off the rental car, a cab whipped around three cars and tried to t-bone me as I was going through a green light. How did I piss off all the cabbies on Earth?:confused:

If you’re in the mood for Hawaiian Bachelor Food, go for it.

Horsey!

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wet one, you got yourself a nice looking horse there. :slight_smile:

As far as slob standards go, I’m pretty much in the same place as peaches when it comes to dressing. I have to force myself to keep house to a standard where the board of health doesn’t shut me down. Since I moved, I have set a housecleaning schedule up so that I can get into better habits on a routine basis.

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Spidey I hope your vacation plans hold up for something fun, even if it’s just a Tequila Sunrise.

Wetone Ariel is very pretty! I love that color on horses. Truth be told, my hair is sorta that color right now too. :smiley:

Guess what, guess what! We have an offer on the CA house! And two more are being written! We’re not out of contract with money in the bank, but we’re getting closer! Wheeeeeeeeee!

Also, Internet guy is here and the truck will be here in about an hour with our stuff. The excitement - it mounts!

I will now go inspect the spam meal. I like spam. I have nothing to cook with, but I can dream. :smiley:

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I like spam, I make it with beans instead of using hotdogs.

We’re having a thunder-boomer right now. I’ll wait to start cooking dinner in case the power goes out again.

The dog lost his blanket again, ahhh … happiness, he just found it. He drags it all over the place and then forgets where he left it. The look of joy on his face when he finally finds it.

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Howdy Y’all! I have been productive. Da cave has been vacuumed and dusted, and three loads of laundry are now complete. Plus some quality cee-mint pond ensued. Now the beastloaf is cookin’ away and da cave smells yummerific! Next up, cabbage, mac 'n cheese, and cornbread. Can’t wait!

wetone purdy horsie!

sunny yay for offers on the old homestead!

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FCD wanted salad so we ended up going to Olive Garden. Not my favoritest place, but the soup and salad is OK and I don’t have to do dishes, so there’s that. :smiley:

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Well fine! I’ll just talk to myself then. :smiley: We have supped, the kitchen is all cleanded up and chillax mode ensues. OYKW is at his place tonight cause he has to do a home monitorin’ at six in the a. of m. and where he has to go is closer to his place than da cave. Thus I am sans adult supervision tonight. To celebrate I’m eatin’ peanut butter and 'niller wafers.