(Old) A Drinking Problem in the MMP

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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Morning, all. Cheddar had full run of the house last night for the first time. I woke up around 1am to find my big ginger tom, Caelan, curled up next to me. When I reached out to pet him, he had grown another head! Seems Cheddar decided that the big doof would make a perfect pillow and crawled on top of him to sleep! Caelan was a good boy and allowed this transgression into his personal space. Miracle of miracles! I made sure he got extra skritches this morning as a reward for his sacrifice.

Going to be a beautiful day today in SoCal. Temps in the low 80s with not a cloud in the sky. Hope everybody is staying warm/cool as needed.

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Oh bother. Stupit Lowes mis-labeling things. I got a panel to make a thing, claims to be 24" x 48". It’s actually 23" x 48".

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Scoop it up and brew it anyway. It’s a sin to waste good :coffee:coffee :coffee:. You’re going to pass boiling water through it anyway.

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TIL that a seagull can swallow a squirrel whole. (Unless it’s fake.)

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My main drinking problem is that I seem to have a tendency to spill it on myself especially milk and water. Oops.

Hopefully today is the end of the really warm weather. Today’s high was 28C/82F - too warm for me, and the plants are really taking a licking. Currently watering part of the back yard, and might water some of the front yard as well, depending on how long I want the water to run.

Should clean out the fridge or buy plane tickets, or something productive. Got a serious case of Idonwannas.

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I have a whole assortment of grown-up sippy cups for just that reason.

I’m a very boring drinker. I get a cup of coffee in the morning and then its ice-water-with-lemon for the rest of the day. We used to have to fill large jugs at the water sto, but now we have an under the sink R/O system which makes life much easier.

@LH75 I looked at your wonderful quilt pics, thanks so much for sharing!

I’m happy to have the next set of instructions for the piece Mom and I are doing, but I’m getting pretty aggravated at the designer.

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That empty section with all the colored spaghetti hanging all over? The designer has sent out three corrections for that piece which hasn’t fixed anything because the thread count and the pattern counts do not match up. I’m going to have to work all of the areas around that section before I am sure what the thread count really is and then adjust from there. I fought that area all weekend because I hate working on the inside like I’m going to end up doing, but at least I was able to stop Mom before she started stitching.

I’m so glad the designer is finally married. Maybe now that she’s getting laid on a regular basis, she will be able to get her mind back on her work, because this class is so not her.

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A catio is a patio for cats. Some are small, so that they’re exclusively for cats. Others are cat-safe patios, like ours.

When it was completed.

With Wifey’s lights I got her one Valentine’s day.

Goo and Abbey hanging out.

In other news, I’ve become frustrated that the supermarkets are out of Huy Fong Sriracha Sauce. I thought I’d just get some from Amazon. I go there, and… Two bottles for $100? What the everlovin’ freak? Turns out Huy Fong suspended production because of a pepper shortage or something. I’ve seen other brands (I occasionally get Trader Joe’s), so I may have to try them.

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Try Yellowbird’s Blue Agave sriracha. That’s the only one I buy any more.

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Ended up with a couple of tablespoons of loose coffee, spread thinly everywhere in there. Had to wash all the clean clothes as well as the dirties; don’t want to be grinding brown stains into white shirts for the next week. Wiped out the bag and letting everything dry now. I think the vacuum-sealed plasti-foil bag had loose grounds caught in its folds from a different leaky package shipped to the store in the same box.

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We live in a seaside holiday community. The year-round residents tend to be older and Caucasian (like me). The corner market is owned by a Korean family, though everyone there but them are Caucasian. I thought, ‘Hm. Korean-owned market, mostly White clientele… Maybe they have some Huy Fong.’ Just got back and, alas, they did not. They did have one brand: Sky Valley Sriracha Sauce. With a 2.9 out of 5 rating at this site, it tied at number six out of nine Sriracha sauces reviewed. I liked the protective lid when I opened it, and I think it’s acceptable. (They expected a new sauce to be Ichiban, they concluded that Huy Fong was still the best in a blind taste test.)

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They didn’t test it against Yellowbird. Trust me on this one. My brewing partner has observed on more than one occasion: “Dude, you’re wrong about a whole bunch of stuff, but I’ve never known you be wrong about food.” Or ask @pulykamell. He’ll vouch for the stuff. I think.

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Goodness, no - I was a month shy of 30 when we eloped. He married pretty much right out of high school, and the day before their 7th anniversary, she left with his best friend. I spent the first few months of our marriage terrified that she’d show up again. But a few years down the line, FCD found her via Google and called her. She’d married the guy she left with, they had 3 kids, and they’d moved to the PNW. That phone call was the last contact he had with her. Meanwhile, December will be our 40th anniversary.

Can’t believe I posted in the old MMP. Dammit.

Anyway, mowage accomplished. Third load of laundry in washer, second in dryer, first put away. We took bean soup and lasagna to MIL - it wasn’t my best lasagna, but it’s edible.

FCD is lying down again - I’m about to pound him upside the head - he needs to get to the Dr and get blood drawn. Something ain’t right and he’s being pigheaded again. Maybe if I ask him how much I should charge for all his shop equipment after he’s dead, well, perhaps he’ll get the hint??

Not sure what supper will be, but there are enough leftovers that I don’t need to do anything but nukelate it. So I got that going for me.

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Some people have luck with “Please do it for me because this is making me very anxious.”

Best of luck!

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Guess I lucked out. I was getting low back in May, so bought a bottle on Amazon. I see now that it’s out of stock. This bottle will last quite a long time, as I usually only use it on my egg sandwiches, mixed with mayo.

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Howdy Y’all! Da cave got spiffed and we had quality cee-mint pond time, nappage, day drinkin’ and sup. Not a bad Moanday at all. Then again, we have seven day weekends, so what do we know.

Lucky that cartoon is nightmare inducin’! Just disturbin’. Not that that is a bad thing, of course.

Cookie hope things turn out OK for the grandson.

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It sounds like you have your priorities straight BooFae. About 15 years ago, I woke up one Thanksgiving morning and dropped / broke my coffee carafe. There was no way I was going to battle insane Black Friday crowds the next morning, so I used a pan until a coffee maker came in courtesy of da Jungle. These days, I use an old school stainless steel stovetop tea kettle to boil water for tea or French press coffee.

I hope that a bone marrow transplant works for your hubby cat glove.

Well wishes for your grandson to get grown up without anything serious going on his permanent record cookie.

Hugs to you carnut. I’ve been in your shoes trying to get back on my feet and having had to surrender two cats (I lucked out, they both went to the same home and the new guy allowed occasional visits).

I have two nieces who have birthdays today. One is 43 and the other is 20. The elder is one of my big brother’s daughters (he got his family started young) and the younger is baby Sis’ youngest, so a 14 year age difference in sibs, one starting early, the other at 30 means that the elder niece’s kids are older than the younger niece. :stuck_out_tongue:

Irked, came home, walked the dog and et. Now to do KP and some studio work.

Stay safe and healthy y’all!

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CatGlove, I’m adding my hopes that everything goes well with Hubs!

Cookie, I’m really sorry about your grandson. Kids do make foolish mistakes. I hope it isn’t something that will follow him through life.

metal mouse, I found one of my back braces, so that helped a lot today. I just may need to wear it for awhile.

VanGo, I regularly forget my glasses, but part of that is that my vision has changed and I have more trouble when I wear them with anything close up. (They’re even bifocals.) Hope you get plenty of drawing done.

And boo on the mislabeling. When you need precision, that doesn’t help. Can it be returned for one that’s actually the right size?

I haven’t been working in an office in about 14 years and I regularly have dreams like that. My mind mixes up all of my office jobs into one which gets… strange.

carnut, I’m sorry about the cats. I can only imagine how difficult that could have been, but I do think that was the right choice.

pilot, coffeed clothes sounds like it may just be the new fashion trend.

Niner, I’m glad that you’ve got those prospects. You’ll rock in it and know you’re moving in the right direction.

rc, those are my least favorite days. As much as I miss Philly and would love to be back there, clammy is not it! Stay unclammed! (And I’m a Diet Dr. Pepper fan myself. I really like the strawberries and cream.)

Shhhh, it sounds like the cats had a good night. Good job Caelan on allowing himself to be used as a pillow!

I have the same problem. I spilled water on myself this morning, as a matter of fact. Trying to take my meds and they started disintegrating in my mouth so water ended up everywhere as I tried to spit them out. Blech!

I had a serious case of the idonwannas to. I was at least a little productive.

Storytime was good today. We had a substitute librarian running it and, while it was very different than how MY librarian runs it, it was good. Got my reading materials while I was there, made a stop at the grocery store and now I’m ready to do some Adulting. Which is not something I’m looking forward to but needs must.

Apparently, I wrote all of that a few hours ago, thought I’d posted it and then FORGOT THAT I DID SO. It’s just one of those days. Now it’s time to reply to everyone that I missed and update me.

FCM, I’m sorry that FCD is being such a pain in the rear. It’s got to be a male thing. My dad and Hubby are both the same. Hopefully you’ll be able to talk some sense into him.

red, my family had something similar. There was 7 years between my aunt and my dad, 7 years between my dad and his next eldest sibling, and then 2 years between 3& 4 and 2 years between 4 & 5, totaling 18 years between eldest and youngest. My aunt started early, so her eldest daughter was either a year ahead or a year behind. I can’t remember which. But she loved to tease her uncle that was so close in age to her.

My 'dulting was fairly productive. I managed to get the living room, dining room, entryway and bathroom finished before my back seized up completely. I spent a little time talking with a friend and now I’m cleaning out a bunch of stuff on Facebook - removing groups I barely even look at, letting people know that I’ll be removing a bunch of people and if they want to stick around because they do like to read but not comment, then to let me know so I can keep them on. There’ve only been a very few people I’ve chosen to drop in the past. But Facebook is getting harder and harder to read what you actually WANT to read instead of ads that I’m hoping weeding out those I don’t even remember may help. Probably not, but hope springs eternal.

I was going to play a game on my computer tonight, but I think I need to be away from my computer chair and my computer for a bit. I think it may be a “watch Doctor Who and read a book” night. Seems like a good way to spend a Moanday evening.

Hope everyone else is having a great first day of the week! I’ll be back with more inane babbling tomorrow!

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I have sausage-and-cheese frittatas a couple/few times a week, and often scrambled eggs on weekends (SWMBO hasn’t wanted potatoes in a while). I generally cover the tops of my eggs with Sriracha.

Vacation: Day Three

  • The lawns are mowed.
  • Decades ago (possibly before the house got running water), there appears to have been a well in the back yard. There’s a poured concrete block with a pipe sticking out of it. Adjacent to that was a stump, topped by a concrete washbasin that’s filled with soil, a strawberry plant or two, and weeds. It’s hard to mow around. The stump was almost all rotten. I moved the concrete basin, which I estimate weighs about 13 elephants, eight feet to the back of the yard (between the shed and the greenhouse). I used a couple of 2x4s to slide it on, and a long crowbar to inch it along. I attacked the stump with an axe, but I’ll need to get in there with a pick-axe.
  • I’ve moved all of the wood out of the wood stack to the near end of the deck, and moved the frame for the cover next to the house at the near end of the deck.

That’s enough vacation for one day. I’m dirty and sweaty, and I’m going to jump into the shower in a few minutes. Tomorrow I’ll buy some deck paint and paint a little more than half the deck. Wednesday (which is the new delivery date for 'Yakwife’s cockpit cover) I’ll plan on moving the wood stack back to where it was, and maybe paint the other half of the deck. Maybe. May do it Thursday.

The Post Office answered my email today. They’ve had a talk with the replacement parcel carrier, who says he’ll double-check addresses, and who will continue this route going forward.

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I recommend that you get in contact with a certified Personal Trainer. They should be able to do a health assessment and give you an exercise program that would strengthen your back as well as your core which likely is as important to a healthy painfree back. Will not comment on chiropractors other than to say if someone offered me a million dollars to go to a chiropractor, I would turn the offer down.

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I’m somewhat relieved to report that my bank was very nice about the Zelle transfer mistake and will contact the bank of the (wrong) recipient to see if the person who received the money will return it. I’m hoping she’s an honest person.

And good news: the new management had the buildings power washed this morning. For the first time, our balconies got done, too. (They’ve always been ours to clean.)The bad news: they sent a last-minute email to tell us this, so I and many others missed it. I’m sure people who left windows open before heading to work will not be happy. I closed my windows when I heard them start washing, but I didn’t know about the balcony, so the book I left out there got drenched, and my chair cushions were soaked. They’re going to paint this week, too, including the walls by the balconies, so I’m not sure when I’ll get out there again. I sit out there in the late afternoon and look at the lovely woods and listen to the birds and the children playing, and then I read. It’s very soothing.

T minus 3! I usually dread MRI’s. Not this time. I can’t wait to find out what’s wrong so it can get fixed. Hurry, Thursday!

BooFae, I hope you had a small, moving service for your dear departed kettle before a burial at tea. I have a Keurig, and the hot water is perfect for brewing a nice cuppa, but electric kettles seem like a good idea. How do you do coffee? French press?

CatGlove, I hope you don’t mind that I said a little prayer for your husband. How’s he doing? And how are YOU holding up?

Cookie, I’m sorry about your grandson, and I’m hoping for whatever is the best consequence for him and others, including his mom.

I still have occasional dreams that the tardy bell is about to ring, and I can’t find my classroom. I can’t leave the kids by themselves, so I’m panicking. This actually sort of happened once–not that I couldn’t find my room but that the school screwed up and forgot to get a sub when I was out, so the kids were by themselves. A secretary and the principal realized it halfway through the period and dashed over. My students were calmly reviewing for the next day’s test. They’d found the Jeopardy! questions on my desk and were taking turns asking and answering them. I was so proud of them! Sorry, I got off track there. I’m sure the anxiety dreams will lessen as time goes by. I find I tend to have them when stressed.

And thank you for the link to Tea Pot Town! I LOVED it! I sent it to my daughter, and she loved it, too.

I have to do the former today, but I’d rather do the latter.

I have great difficulty imagining you boring in any way.

flyboy, I’ve said this before, but I love your catio, and the lights are great! Glad your search resulted in siracha.

Life hack: stick the socks in the coffee maker. They’ll come out nice and clean, and you’ll have a delicious cup of cotton-polyester water with overtones of coffee. :slight_smile: Look for my new book, The Lizzie Borden Treasury of Hacks.

Brilliant. Tell that beloved numskull the Army of Mump will invade and carry him off if he doesn’t go willingly.