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Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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Up from naptime. Having a Mai Tai for cocktails, and Smoked Paprika chicken and cheesy potatoes for dinner. Spot is somewhere being cat and mysterious.

Possibly weird for humans, a comfort for bonded animals so they can still smell their departed friend.

“We need a bigger boat.” - Chief Brody, Jaws

He doesn’t mind smooches, hugs, paw touching, and he loves when I rub my goatee on his head. But he gets weirded out by being picked up.

I hate when I get the whisperers shift on the Help Desk. Great English, but I can’t hear them over the belts, buzzers, and assorted banging.

{{{{WetOne}}}}

They closed Brown’s Worldport Air hub yesterday for the first time ever due to weather.

:rofl:

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Oh, I want one. I want a cast iron wall in my kitchen just like all the cool kids in the neighborhood.

Hubs thinks that would be too much weight on our walls. I think he’s been eating too much of whatever he’s putting on the grass to make it grow.

The wall and pan will happen after we repaint the kitchen. One room at a time.

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I completely, utterly, thoroughly agree. Bad, bad, bad times a’coming.

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Party pooper.

Would he even notice if - oopsie! - something happened to it?

I’m already home :grin:

They had two big-ass orders to pickup super late (one was I think 15 larges?) so I did not mind hightailing it outta there.

That’s all kinds of weird. I wouldn’t want that, either, and in fact, it would probably make me break down weeping, to see that unique fur color again.

Ashes in a box, sure. Paw print impression, yup. But fur NAW.

Dooooooo ittttttt, then look up the recipe for No-Knead Bread.

That’s hilarious. A dollar for the whole bag, maybe.

There’s some Pinterest ideas for them, which basically amount to “candle holder” “sand art” and “candle held up in layered sand art.”

Sometimes, ya gotta do what it takes to get it out.

Sounds like you did!

I hope your fainting couch was close by.

I haz so many happy’s for both of you. I’m sure she enjoyed knowing you were right there with her.

Gotta keep a girl on her toes, I guess.

Well, hello back, darling.

That must’ve made her day.

I’d quibble about the waste of water/energy for something that’s about to be outside, in the elements (unless she’s bringing it back inside every night?) but hey, eff it. She’s making a good gesture.

(Okay. Tiny quibble.)

Some grocery shopping needed to occur, after work. I budgeted forty bucks, and spent $40.56.

Even I’m impressed with my mental math skillzzz. (And self restraint.)

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Late night final here. Never did here from the tile person, so will contact some other sources tomorrow and try to get that job done. Had a brain fart and went to the wrong field for soccer practice, fortunately I figured it out in time to make it over to the right field and we had a good practice. Then home for more calorie consumption and will be heading off to bed here shortly.

flyboy, might try that.

JtC, maybe it’s just family in the area that has turned Hubs so house-conscious. Stand your ground and let him tidy up the rest.

wet one, great news on the ride today. Keep on working on the PT and doing the rides more often if you can. And it’s your call if you want to go to the wake or not.

That’s less than 2 hours from me, so if you ever go there, let me know…

nellie, I’ll be sad to see your friend and Mr. Max go, there are such good stories there.

Near the viaduct?

And time to retire to some crossword solving and reading before bedtime. Take care all and I’ll catch up again on Firday.

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I spent a couple hours with my sister today going over some family tree information she has sorted out. It’s fascinating how much real history one can learn just by tracing your family. We have one line that I didn’t know goes back so far, to the early 1600;s, or maybe the late fifteen hundreds. And I was bent on memorizing the links from one line to the present.

Adam, William, Robert Sr, Robert Jr., Mason, Archibald, Wilson, Esther, Sharon, Denise. Adam was born in 1681, I was born in 1954.

Robert Sr is the one courtmartialed during the Revolutionary war. Archibald and his father Mason both fought in the Civil War.

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Up, caffeinated, and sheveled. Off to heave.

My sane Aunt Mary had a song she’d sing:
:notes:Every party needs a pooper,
that’s why we invited you,
PARTY POOPER!:notes:

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That is wonderful news! Glad the PT is helping.

My dad’s known to his friends for buying cast iron cleaning it up, and gifting it to someone. His friend mentioned they were interested in a Dutch oven, in case my dad saw one. My dad he never sees them, but a week later he found one at Goodwill, so he bought it. He’s thrilled that he found one.

I want to be an ostrich. Most of the time I have lots to do so I don’t think about the near future.

Work computer is installing Windows 11, so there’s not much for me to do. It’s late enough, maybe I can convince hubby to go to lunch.

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Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. YAWN ‘Tis 67 Amurrkin out and clear with a predicted high of 87 and cloudy. Yahd irk will be accomplished this mornin’. I must as the neighbors on either side did so yestiddy. We are in danger of bein’ the worst in da ‘hood now. Can’t have that! The rest of the day will be spent in RDOS inactivities as is our wont. Sup will be majik intartoobz pizza and sallit.

Now I need more caffeine and to feed rumbly tummy. Then, yahd irk and the day await! Rah.

Happy Firday Y’all!

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One of my cousins on my dad’s side went to Poland a few years back to the village where our grandparents came from. She was only able to trace as far as 1818 but only the names, nothing more. But boy-howdy, do we have cousins!!! Our grandparents plus one of my grandfather’s brothers came to the US in the early 1900s. And among all the names, there are maybe a dozen vowels… I’ve never seen so many W, Z, J, and K in one family tree! I might be able to pronounce 3 or 4 names without help.

A cousin on Mom’s side did some digging, but only in this country, so again, only from the early 1900s. And that family tree grows skinnier. Two of my grandfather’s brothers had only one daughter each. And while I have 4 sibs, among us, we’ve only produced 4 offspring, one who has died. My brother is the last male to bear the name, and he never had any kids. That really bothers my mom, because, yanno, the male bloodline is the one that matters. :roll_eyes:

We slept with the windows open - it got down to 68° this morning! We could use lots more nights like that! It’s already rained a bit and more is promised on and off thru the weekend. On Sunday, we’re supposed to help Daughter and SIL install the mini-split we bought for them - dunno if the weather will stop that.

And being Firday, it’s time again for laundry. Rah. I can’t do any more sewing till my thread and my fabric arrives. Last night I did take the mesh panel with the zipper out of the old cover from the experimental cushion I used yesterday. It was lots easier than I expected, so that bodes well for the other cushions. I suppose while I’m downstairs, I can do a bit of organizing around the table where I have my sewing machine. It’s a bit of a random mess at the moment.

I’m going to make another chickie-grape-etc salad today - I should get the chicken cooking so it’ll cool before I’m ready to assemble it all. I’ll get it into the toaster oven shortly. Not sure how much more excitement I can handle.

So, a Happy Firday to all!!

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Good bet that’s a bunch of it.

The other issue is that for many people from the green part of the country, the arid deserts are just so damned ugly there is no point in even trying to gussy up your place; you live in a hellscape, so just close your eyes to it and soldier on.

I’ve lived in the arid southwest. I don’t find it hellish, but I do know lots of people who did/do. And I did find that even when young and ambitious I wasn’t real interested in trying to prettify the outside of my house, especially not with plants. Growing stuff in the desert is right up there with bailing the ocean with a teaspoon in most folks’ view of futility.


Yaay!!1! That’s got to be so satisfying.


Happy Firday to all. And a special welcome back to Nellie.

It’s a bit after 8am here, so almost an hour post-sunrise. Through which I joyously slept for once. Go me! Breezy today with many puffy clouds, but the sun is shining fiercely between them when it can. Presently 79/26 on the way to 85/25. Might be a good tanning day, probably not a good beach day unless you like your skin being sandblasted.

Plans I have none. Regrets I have a few. And more for the future than the past.

Time to RDOS. Cheers!

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Mr. brown has said that he hates flowers and doesn’t like that a lot of artwork in our house depicts flowers. But since we retired, he has a lot of time on his hands and is noticing my planters with assorted flowers in the yard, and now he wants to add to them. They do look good: a big planter of bright blue lobelia, another one with a snowy white azalea, bunches of yellow and purple pansies, and bright pink lorapetalum. Yesterday he proposed getting three more planters and filling them with flowers, so we went out and got them plus plants to fill then - a ruffly pink azalea, a magenta bleeding heart plant, and white begonias. The backyard is going to look like a florist’s shop.

We’re off to another nursery today so I can find an herb starter that I can’t find here in our town - Thai basil. I love a Thai stir-fry made with lots of Thai basil, and it’s about the one Thai recipe that I can easily do at home. I want to have a couple of prolific Thai basil plants in the backyard for this reason.

Then we’ll treat ourselves to a pizza at Eataly, which, despite its reputation as a fancy-schmancy eatery, is actually pretty reasonable if you just order a pizza to share.

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another dreary day in philly. the trees are blooming and sakura is this weekend. hopefully the weather will clear up for the festivities.

retro fest is sunday and set up will happen saturday and sunday before the event.

last night storms were in and out of the area so i kept waking up.

my get up and go has gotten up and gone away.

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She wanted to get the creases out. Hang it outside, and they’ll come out; but I’m not going to say anything. She brings the flag in if it starts to rain, or if it’s going to rain. She’s been bringing the UA flag in, except for the past couple of nights.

Flying a flag?

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We lost our younger cat last night.

He was meowing weirdly, like he was distressed (it takes a lot to get a cat to let you know they’re distressed), and he was clearly having trouble breathing. We bundled him into his carrier and rushed to the emergency vet. He stopped meowing about ten minutes before arrival and had no pulse when they pulled him out. They attempted CPR but there was never much hope.

They suspect he probably threw a clot. They said even if he had been at the vet when it happened he likely wouldn’t have made it.

He was just shy of 14. Big lug with a high-pitched meow, clumsy but lovable. Hated being held, but cuddled nightly on the bed.

Here he is sitting on me when I was recently sick.

His name was The Great Catsby. He will be missed.

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I’m so sorry. Hold the good memories close and hang on to each other. Remember especially what a good life you gave him, safe and cherished.

I’ll be holding The Great Catsby and you in the light.

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We had that happen to 2 cats, tho it caused paralysis in their hindquarters, and we had to have them both put down. As with your situation, the vet said there was nothing that could have been done. Doesn’t make it any easier. But you can remember the good times. Hugs to you and yours.

Hereabouts, chicken is cooked and cooling. I’m showered and dressed. Laundry has been sorted and the first load is in the washer. FCD has headed to the boat to, theoretically, clear the last of his tools and miscellany out of there. Looks like the plans for tomorrow involve sorting hardware - screws, bolts, nuts, washers. Most are stainless steel - too valuable to just toss. So I have that to look forward to.

I was looking on line for deck chairs. Since our bimini now covers the entire flybridge, we’ll want a couple of seats for the back deck where it used to be too sunny to sit. I’d love to get lounge chairs, but I don’t think there’s enough space. We’ll want something that can be folded for easy storage, and that eliminates a lot of options. So I search…

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:crying_cat:

We lost Harvey at only eight years old from sudden respiratory distress.

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How are cats so wonderful?
Rhetorical question.
Someone got me a bus card so until it comes, I’m walking. May as well go to the library.
Its pleasant weather, supposed to rain tomorrow.

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Good morning all. Up bright and early and decided to do the Great April Shopping immediately, so I could be ahead of the kids going to school but before the 9am traffic rush hit…and what the heck, it worked! Not only that, just the one store needed to be visited, managed to pick up everything on my list and a few extras, so the major shopping for the month is done. Some bits of green paper were exchanged with various numbers on them, so have a lot less cash than before. Was successful in my freezer tetris and everything is where it is supposed to be.

Hopefully my wall gets painted and finished today, have my exercises to do and need to work out my soccer lineups for Saturday. Actually have turned the AC on for a bit, it was 77F inside my house and they are predicting in might get to 88F today and 85F tomorrow…however rain is due late Saturday/early Sunday and that will cool us down a bit.

Cupcakes, that’s quite a family history.

Dicey, can’t blame you for wanting to be an ostrich, I am too to some extent, but please do raise your head up now and then to see how things are going…

lucky, that’s nice..only took him what, 20-30 years to come around to liking plants…. Happy basil searching!

flyboy, mea culpa, was referring to the Wooftrax for measuring walking and mowage stuff.

Pavo, sorry to hear about you loss. Seems to be a bad run for cats here lately on the MMP. Lovely picture and great name.

And need to breakl fast here while awaiting phone calls. Have a good Firday all.