Yaay! Glad you and she got together.
If your cat is anything like my cat midafternoon the cat is resting too.
I am so sorry. Please do try to remember the fun times, that always helps me on that horrible anniversary. Maybe think about carving him a spam statue (freeze it first and often)?
I’m glad you are feeling better today and hope that you will be fully recovered tomorrow morning at the latest.
Way back in the pre-cell days, one of my job responsibilitiess was to go to the different stores and inventory their freezers. I would go to each store once a day, in the morning well before the store opened so I could count and write up work orders without getting in the way of the real workers.
Since it was before cell days, the only way my boss had to contact me was to call me from where ever he was to the number of the store I was working. So…if someone didn’t leave a message a couple of times I would answer. “Pizza place, this is Jane, unless you are Boss, we are closed.” “Well, why did you answer then?” (Happily Boss loved me enough to let me be a jerk to idiots, plus at that time his were the only places that delivered so he was a big frog in a little pond.)
My answers to that stoopid question were many and varied depending on how much coffee and THC I had in me, but squealing OMG Dialing for Dollars might be trying to call me!!! was top of my list.
Good on you! Gettin’ rid of stuff doesn’t just declutter, we are of the age that folks like our old stuff because it is vintage and snap it right up at church lady sales.
Well, of course that just made sense! Did you get to see a bunch of neat stuff that you don’t know existed but suddenly can’t live without?
Some jobs just come with so many unreasonable restrictions. (I used to work for an Ophthalmologist clinic and we often slept our lunch breaks away on the gurney’s.)
Some people just have no sense of humor.
Happy Birthday!!! It’s all downhill from here 
Carb loading isn’t unheard of from folks who want to build muscle. I haven’t talked to any recently, mostly I just kept the body builders around when I was a floozy. They mostly ate meat and dairy but when they wanted to build mass, they would also hit the carbs like nobodies business.
And then after that stopped working, they would start with the roids…and that was when I would go floozy elsewhere cause I saw real roid rage once and that was enough.
I went to the Rec Center today thinking that I could maybe take my braces off and just bob around in the water for a while but I could hear the littles screaming from the parking lot so I just signed in (they get a few pennies from Medicare every time I do that) and left.
(I don’t hate kids, but when three or four of them get started the echos start amplifying the noise. I think it is good for children to be swimming and playing and growing up healthy, so if I am such a special snowflake that I can’t take their noise, I am the one who needs to figure things out. I will try again earlier next time.)
I probably shouldn’t do it anyhow, I’m fairly sure that if I asked my doctor, he would say no.
He’s just fussing because he doesn’t have anything else to fuss about. Ours is the best looking lawn in the neighborhood ATM, but the John Deer wars are only now getting started.
What a beautiful kitty. Poor baby is probably so scared and confused, it is so kind of you to take her in.
I would try to make time to do that every day. I’ve always made sure that I have at least ten minutes between arriving at work and starting to work, and many of those minutes were spent in random church parking lots just watching the birds play in the landscaping. Cemeteries were also an option when I was working in Prescott AZ.
I am super jealous, give her many hugs from me!
Ready to start sewing… tomorrow. I need to make sure I do seams in the correct order - ends first, then the pockets for the aluminum strips.
I used to read GoComics every day, but since they’ve changed and I can no longer have my own little selection without paying, I guess I’ll quit reading the comics. Oh well…
FCD doesn’t want supper. I’ll forage for something eventually. Guess I’ll go ride the bike for a bit.
Here are the pictures:
The three of us taken by the bagel lady
BBBoo and me
BBBoo & Sunflower
I’ve been seeing fewer UPS trucks lately. Sometimes I feel proud that our boycott efforts are showing and other times I feel badly about those of you who are collateral damage.
A properly sized box hasn’t shown up yet. It’s ok, I still have half a bottle of tiramisu moonshine to work through before I start thinking about other options.
I guess I thought that weather guessing was in fashion long before TV happened. They even built big things to help them keep track of the seasons.
Play more guitar. Learn to macrame. Learn how to spin thread out of cat fur. All of these things are much healthier for you.
Do it now, you don’t know how much longer you have.
I am so glad. And even happier that she is protecting her mental health by staying NC.
Oh gosh, you folks are so beautiful, and you look so happy. I’m glad you had such a wonderful visit!
So I"m really upset with Mom and feeling like the glass child again. It is a very long story and I am far too old to get upset when she does everything for my sisters and expects me to do everything for her and them.
Very long and boring story and I will get over it soon, but it is really hard for me to remember my place in her world when she treats me so nice most of the time. And then she does shit like this that just slaps me in the face.
I really do wish I could stitch my frets away. I took my brace off and tried to hold a needle and it hurt but if I get drunk enough, it might not hurt so much then and just a little stitching would help settle my thoughts.
Skip the stitching; pet the cats.
Trust me. It’s a better way.
It’s fine to boycott Amazon. No reason to boycott e-commerce in general.
I’m doing my damndest to keep my local UPS crew employed even as the Amazon last-mile package service is laying off.
Because they STIIIINK! Yeah, I know that’s inevitable, but every now and then I gotta give ‘em a good cleaning or we can’t even set foot in the garage without gagging.
Not an option here in HOA-land, I’m afraid.
I agree, but once I got out of the habit of buying shiny things from amazon, I kinda got out of the habit of buying online at all. We don’t need more stuff. Our stuff is perfectly serviceable despite not being the newest and latest.
Chewy delivers our pet food on schedule but most of our needs are filled locally nowadays. Tomorrow we are going to the dispensary and to the distillery as well as getting lunch at a pretty good Mexican place. We like living small town, just got out of the habit of buying local during covid.
On that small town note…the Martins have come back! Everyone misses them when they are gone and now there are big shiny black/blue birds swooping all over the place.
There are two confirmed Flying Squirrel pups in the nest and it is suspected that there is a different nest with pups as well.
I’m now officially drunk so please ignore anything else I type tonight…but tell me to put the needle down. Like I"m going to listen to that…
You mean the martens are back? Fun birds.
My late wife was a knitter. She said it took three hours of sober knitting to undo one hour of drunk knitting. I don’t know from personal experience, but her peers respected her knitting nous.
I don’t need more either. Just different. Made 3 separate orders just today.
Happy birthday shady!
She reminds me of one of our family cats growing up.
{{{wirrt}}}
Glad you and BBBoo enjoyed yourselves, hippy.
Can you kill some monsters instead?
Irked, survived and am now imitating sticky with a small beast in my lap, licking my arm.
Stay safe and healthy y’all!
Had my yearly physical. Dr. doesn’t know why I like to start sentences by leaving out I.
Everything was good-magnesium, potassium, sodium, blood sugar ( this from eating cake before my blood work), cholesterol.
She gave me referrals to get a mammosquish, bone density, colonoscopy.
I do have a sking tag by bra line thats uncomfy, going to ask the derm to remove it.
I feel well enough to get my first covid booster ( its been 4 years). She told me to get a pnemonia one.
She checked my gyno recent pap trst.
A few irregular cells she thinks may be from last years colposcopy ( not going to get another one).
No HPV! Woo hoo. Abstinence rocks!
Howdy Y’all! First, lest there’s worry we starved today, we did geezer sup (four p.m.) at the not too shabby Chinese hog trough buffet just cause. In other news, the candle crisis was averted and we did a little clean/straighten up of the Sacristy. That took all of forty five minutes. Had a little convo with child Priest and other Verger whilst there. I agreed to do a readin’ for the Vigil of Easter, which will be hosted at one of the other Episcopal churches in town. There are three churches and each church takes turn as host. I get to read the partin’ of the Red Sea. I was hopin’ for the valley of dry bones cause it’s fun to read, but oh well. Also CP lent me a book entitled “A Priest’s Handbook: The Ceremonies of The Church.” Why yes, it is as rivetin’ as it sounds. A thrill a minute page turner! OK, it’s a thing a church nerd like me finds fascinatin’.
Evening all. Did make it to the gym for a short time, then came home and changed and coached soccer…with 6 year old boys… I forgot how hard it is to train kids with attention spans that can be in the micro-second range, but I kept them busy for 75 minutes and the parents seemed grateful, so a good day. Then home for the usual 2sDay Mac-n-Cheese and am now sitting quietly as that assimilates. Nothing else planned, still waiting to hear from the tile installer and confirm the wall repair handyman will be here tomorrow, but closer to having the house back to normal. 64F outside so a good night sleep should be in the offing…
Hippie, those are wonderful pictures, thanks for sharing.
{{Pavo}}. I watched my dad decline slowly from the man I knew and loved to someone who didn’t know who i was…old age can be a real bastich…
nellie, pop in and drivel anytime. Glad Mr. Max and your daughter both brought some fun and joy to you.
JtC, I am old enough to understand the Dialing for Dollars reference. Thanks for the grin. And I’m just smart enough to keep track of my calorie intake, expecting me to mind the carbs and proteins and other stuff is a bridge to far…and no worries about roid rage, I merely want to shape up what I have, not do the Chares Atlas thing (albeit you should see some of the dudes around the gym…and the dudettes too).
See above with my soccer coaching…really could use FCM as an assistant coach…
Coppertone, good news on the physical.
Swampy, I’m sure you’ll do a great job with the reading. And as for the book, I’m sure it is a page-turner (and the faster you turn the pages, the better it is…)
Getting on towards 9pm and I have a few things to do before bedtime, so take care and see y’all on Hump Day.
The gym eye candy is a good motivator to get me into the pool just so I can walk by the windows twice.
Oh lord won’t you buy me a night on the town. I’m depending on you lord, please don’t let me down.
I loved that woman before I was old enough to know why I loved her.
Prove that you love me and buy the next round!
I never wanted a color TV, though.
Currently I can hold a needle, but I can’t use it. The fuzzbutts have been brushed and are in bed with Hubs. I’m almost out of weed and my moonshine bottle is almost empty. I have become comfortably numb.
Up from naptime. I’m having a Manhattan, Spot is killiong an ice cube. Dinner tonight is chicken tacos with lime cillantro rice.
Well, Ball ain’t gonna throw itself. Glad you had a good time with Daughter.
After, to hide any potential scuff marks.
{{{{hugs}}}}
Well, it’s not like we wouldn’t be collateral damage from policy anyways.
Yay!
Yay for the mini-Dopefest and bagel-stravaganza!
Home now, tossing Monks a few treats to chase, while awaiting my frozen dinner (a cottage pie) to finish baking.
I had to look up this phrase, but … oh, hun, I am so sorry.
Family dynamics can be really crappy.
Oh, that makes sense. Mines lives outdoors 24/7 so it can stink all it wants.
I initially mis-read this as the Martians have come back. 
Deeply missing my Other Shoe tonight. I guess it was some of the songs playing at work, but there were tears streaming down my face while I was closing up.
Nobody noticed, or if they did, they didn’t say anything. Fine by me, I usually cry silently for a reason.
Off to kill some zombies for a while.
Up, caffeinated, and shoveled. Off to heave.
Looking for the Iludium Q-36 Explosive Space Modulator?
{{{{shoe}}}}
Morning, mumpers! It’s currently 6c/43f with a predicted high of 15c/60f and sunny. Weather app says “This weather is fucking awesome. Sort of like a random stranger telling you about a fucking upcoming speed trap.” Really? OK, it’s definitely pleasant out there.
It’s a weird kind of form to complete. The old one kind of lent itself better to an employee completing it - it’s based around a set of values and behaviours, you have to evidence how you’ve demonstrated those, and provide examples. Then your line manager adds to it and provides their own comments. It was an absolute pain to complete, but it worked. The new one is far more objectives-driven and much less about “you” as a person, I don’t like it but I think it could be easier to complete.
That sounds like excellent therapy, I hope Sadie enjoyed the attention. And belated happy anniversary!
I’m glad you got so much joy from her visit, and that she’s made a good decision about her father. Sounds like a worthwhile visit for both of you.
She is very scared at the moment, all I am getting out of her is growling and hissing, and she bit me once as well. I’m bribing her with nice food and some treats. She’s in a room by herself, she’s hidden away in a corner that’s largely inaccessible to humans. She’s lost her home and her person, and she’s in a totally unfamiliar place with the smell of other cats around…we’re just letting her do her own thing, she will come out when she feels ready. As long as she’s got food, water and litter, we’re ok.
Lovely pictures, I’m glad you three got to meet up!
{{{{{shoe}}}}}
Not a lot of excitement over here just yet. Yesterday I irked, then logged off and made campus breakfasts for two days as I’ve got Friday off. Lunch today is with my friend so no need for food, and I will probably cook something tonight that will generate enough leftovers for lunch tomorrow. Fed the cats, cleaned the litter trays, had a conversation with Muffin (I talked, she growled), had dinner and some sofa time with Blossom.
I heard some growling in the night, I know Cherry was on the bed with me so I think possibly Blossom got into Muffin’s room and they’ve seen each other. I had left the door slightly ajar to let some air in, must have been just enough that Blossom could shove her way in. I’m out of the house all day so I’ve pulled the door closed a bit more in the hope that Muffin will get a quiet day to adjust a bit more.
Pub tonight with my friends, we are all fit enough to be out and about so that will be nice. I haven’t seen them for about 3 weeks after illness and their holiday got in the way. It’ll be good to catch up with them again. Staff reviews are written, I have my review meeting with the ADHD Squirrel this morning so perhaps I’ll actually get a clue on how these perishing forms are meant to be completed!