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Morning, mumpers! It’s currently 8c/47f with a predicted high of 18c/64f and partly cloudy. Weather app says “It’s a great fucking day for naps. Followed by fucking naps.” Yes, I agree, it would be a good day for napping but I have irk instead.

Sometimes that just feels so good, doesn’t it?

That’s not good at all, I hope he gets a quieter week somewhere else!

{{{{{J-Bats}}}}} I hope you can make contact with your sister, he sounds like was a good guy to know.

Long may it stay that way!

I’m sorry to hear that, I hope her recovery is swift and not too painful. Perhaps she feels that coming to you to be waited on hand and foot while she recovers is too much to ask of someone she met so recently?

I’m sure swampy will make sure there’s no chance of you suffering from either while you’re in his neck of the woods. What a shame you can’t magically transport the mythical RV over water and visit us too :slight_smile:

I have exciting news, of a kind! Our most recent failed fosters, Blossom and Cherry, are still sometimes unsure about being close to us. Blossom will get on the middle seat of the sofa and allow me to fuss her but won’t touch anyone. Cherry hasn’t been near the sofa although she will use the arm of the other sofa to get up onto the radiator. Recently, Blossom has been putting her paws on my arm and booping my nose :slight_smile: Then yesterday evening, Cherry got on the sofa, laid down beside me, rolled over and let me rub her belly!

I wondered if that had anything to do with Muffin being upstairs and them being able to hear the hissing and growling from her. She’s still hiding away in a corner, won’t let me come anywhere close, and yesterday she got so freaked out that she wedged herself under a small shelf unit. She’d had a poo in the corner too, so she might have been scared that it meant trouble. It didn’t, of course, I cleaned it up and put a puppy pad down there in case of more accidents - I think she was too frightened to come out and use the litter tray.

I sat in the room and talked to her for a bit, she growled and whined, so I left her alone. I took her a plate of treats and some ham when I went to bed, and she’d eaten all of that. She was next to the plate this morning, and hissed at me when I had to reach over her to remove it, then she bolted back into the safety of the space between the bookcase and the wall. That cat’s going to take a lot of work! I’ve left her in the room with the door pulled over enough that the other cats won’t be able to push it open, and sprayed a bit of Feliway around to calm the savage beast :slight_smile:

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So sorry for your loss.

After reading forward I can see why this might not be as appalling to you as it is to me, but I still think it sucks.

No.

They basically shoot themselves in the foot. They can’t/won’t hire enough people because of the working conditions. Yet, they have no flexibility to make things easier. MusicMan likes his job, but he’d much rather just work like four days a week, or Tuesday through Saturday, or something that would be more accommodating, but there are no options. It’s all or nothing. Even the VA appointments that he’s had to take off for count against his vacation time. He literally does not have the option to just take a day without pay.

I made cheese tortellini with Italian sausage, peppers and onions, in a red sauce. It’s kind of funny because both my mom and MusicMan loved it and my mom even had seconds. I, however, thought it was absolutely disgusting and didn’t make it past a couple bites.

The sirens were going off here from about 2:30 to 3:30.

Hurray!

Currently I am sitting here with a lovely little poodle on my lap. She’s about to be disturbed, though, as I haven’t had breakfast yet and it’s about that time. Today I’m going to tackle the dining room table which is, of course, the catch-all for the things that I don’t know what to do with. Otherwise, I’ve got a couple AI exams to take for some potential work. And given that I was awake half the night (exaggeration), a nap may be in order.

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Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. ‘Tis 68 Amurrkin out and mostly clear with a predicted high of 87 and mostly cloudy. I feel less sinusy today, so yay for that. New push mower (did I mention the old, ancient one gave up the ghost last week?) was delivered via UPS just before I posted last, so we shall assemble it and I will give it a go this mornin’. Other than that, we shall be our usual RDOS selves. Sup will be steak, sallit and cheesey garlic bread.

Now I need more caffeine and to feed rumbly tummy. Then, onward into the day! Rah.

Happy Thursday Y’all!

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Sounds like she was a one-person cat and you’re not that one-person. Poor kitteh. But if anyone can get her to chill a bit, I’m certain it’s you. Calming thoughts coming her way…

Weird dreamage continues - part of last night’s adventure included us ordering drumsticks (wooden ones, not chicken legs) for FCD’s aunt. No, she doesn’t play the drums, nor does any of her clan. I dunno.

Today’s plan is to use a hunk of old fabric to “upholster” the seat cushion that FCD brought home for me. I think my idea will work, but I want to test it before I order the fabric. I know I’ve got a large enough scrap in my notions basket. Or a hunk of old sheet if necessary. Once I figure out the dimensions, it should stitch up really fast. Fingers crossed. :crossed_fingers:

It’s overcast and dreary out with a slight chance of rain today and a greater chance tomorrow. But warm - close to 80° today. I guess we’ll see what develops. In fact, I can say that about the whole day today.

Happy Thursday!

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Hello, Mumpfolks, it’s 52F, and clear here in Elkhart. My computer tells me it’s World Aquatic Animal day. If you get to a body of water today, wave and smile at the critters in it. They probably don’t know it’s their day, nor why land animals are baring their teeth at them.

We had some little shrubs planted in front of the house last year. A bird built a nest in one of them, Mrs. Nott heard a ruckus of loud chirping, and she later found some broken branches around the now-empty nest. Natural selection happened right here in my front yard. The low-hanging meat became prey, and all that Darwin stuff.

I gotta go. It’s a busy day today.

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Well, FCM does have a boat….

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J Batts I am sorry about Dave. Some deaths are harder to take than others. I hope your heart heals soon.

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Woke up all happy, rolled over to go back to sleep thinking today is my Blessed Day Off.

Then I remembered … that was yesterday … :frowning:

Dammit.

Ah, it’s alright, I’m “early out” tonight, so it’ll be a short shift, plus Alternate Manager is usually lotsa fun to work with.

She’s kind of an ADHD Squirrel herself (she would absolutely describe herself like that) but her mom is the G.M. and she literally grew up in the kitchens, so she knows. her. shit.

… when she remembers what she was doing. :grin:

Storms rolled through here without too much damage (that I can see between Monkey’s airplane ears at my bedroom window) but the Oracles are grumbling about snow (?!?) early next week.

Apparently lotsa damn sun between now & then.

Currently finishing off a fancy yogurt, in bed, cuz I’m secretly languishing in the 1800s lazy A.F.

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A boat that is definitely NOT suitable for crossing the ocean. Yeah, I know, Kon Tiki and all that, but NO NO NO. Sorry. However, Holland America and Princess and Royal Caribbean do cross. Just sayin’.

My practice sewing session was chock full of lessons. Mostly that the thread I was using was crap. It might be suitable for hand stitching a button or a bit of a hem, but it’s crap when going thru my machine. There are little bumps of imperfection that catch where they should slip thru smoothly. When I got a proper spool of polyester thread, all was well. So crap thread will, probably, be tossed. It was one of those “4000 colors in one handy carrying case for all your sewing needs.” Yeah, crap.

In addition, besides checking my measurements against the cushion, I caught myself doing a bone-headed seam on the corner for some stoopit reason. No idea what I was thinking. But I corrected my stoopit seaming and I’m pretty sure what I’ve got now will work. The next thing to do, and I need to figure out a way to practice it, is attaching the top to the mesh bottom piece. I think I can just cut a flat piece sans zipper so I can figure out the best way to attach it. Later. I need a break for a bit. In fact, it’s close enough to lunch time that if I extend my break… :wink:

It was while repairing FCD’s t-shirt hem that I discovered the thread issue. Luckily, it’s a paint-covered, faded, stretched-out old work shirt, so the boogered up hem stitching doesn’t matter. Honestly, I don’t know why he didn’t just toss the shirt. He’s inscrutable sometimes.

I also need to think about what to do for supper. My life is soooooo hard!

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SWMBO ‘suggested’ that instead of going on a walk at lunchtime today, maybe I could ‘mow the front lawn’. Actually, that sounds good to me; only I’ll do the back lawn too.

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it is a dreary, rainy day in philly. no one is interested in it being thursday. we are preparing for the retro fest on sunday. 85 years of being a multifamily building.

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Thousands of people have been fired from the National Park Service. Even Smokey Bear is out on the street. They took away his hat and his shovel, poor guy!

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The crap tariff news and crap stock market is making Mr. brown surly and snappish. We’re trying to do some mild yard work but I would rather give him a very wide berth today.

On the other hand, the weather is clear and chilly and lovely, probably the last cold weather of the season, and I’d like to enjoy it.

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Good morning all. Got up early and did my braunschweiger run, so stocked up on lunchmeat for the next six weeks. Came home to a big bowl of cereal to break my fast and am now waiting for tile repair man and/or wall repair man to text if/when they are coming by. Long as it’s before 5pm, when I coach the 9 year old soccer players.
Pretty day and already 77F outside, so thinking about putting the room heater away, but this is Ali-bama in April, so I may wait a little bit before storing it.

And onto the news of the day…

BBBoo, I provide the Billy Joel to keep the fire always burning so we don’t have to start it…

JtC, the sentence “Sisters and I were great friends until they found meth and I found work.” says so, so much with as few words as possible. My best to you.

boo fae, glad Blossom and Cherry are settling in better, my best wishes for you and Muffin. She sounds like she is really traumatized with the changes around her, hope your caring for her leads to a positive change.

Sticky Buns, damn, that place Music Man works sounds more like a sweatshop than a place of business. Best wishes to him.

FCM, hope the fabric works out for you. (Apparently it will)

Knots, used to have birds build a nest inside my recessed front door entrance, but removing the often failed nests (and the dead chicks inside) made me put in some barriers so they can’t roost there anymore.

shoe, enjoy the short shift.

flyboy, it’s April so I must needs do my first mowage of the season, was going to do it Sunday but they are predicting rain Saturday night/Sunday morning, so it might have to wait a bit. Flad I got the mower serviced early.

lucky, I think a lot of people will be looking at their finances the next couple of weeks and become surly and snappish…we’ll see.

And no calls or texts yet, so will soldier on with my readings for the time being. Take care all.

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Dragged my ass out of bed around 0700, which is what happens when I take an Aleve before bed. Without the med, my creaky joints keep me awake after an exercise day. 34F upon arising, half a bagel and some scramble for breakfast. We were supposed to go to hear Beethoven’s 5th today, but have decided to cancel. Wife’s niece is coming over later.

Speaking of bagels, I’m goin to plug a business here. I’ve ordered bagels from several different “big name” NYC delis over the years and been disappointed in what I receive and choked at the cost. I’m including Katz’s Deli in that. An ad on Facebook for New Yorker Bagels caught my attention recently, however. A dozen bagels for $32, with free 2-day shipping. In addition, they guarantee freshness, as in the bagels you get are freshly made on the day of shipment. Well, I got my dozen today and they are absolutely fresh and fragrant. Me so very happy. :grinning_face:

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Proof of concept cushion - my idea works!
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That is not the fabric I’ll use - it’s some scrap I found in a basket. But I can do it the way I want to, including a few tweaks I figured out while making this one. We’ll reuse the foam and the mesh backing (that has the zippers) and I can make the top and sides from a single piece rather than a rectangle and a long strip for the sides. Now all I need to do is calculate how much fabric I need to do 8 cushions (4 different sizes) as well as a band that joins the backs together over the seat back. Shown here:
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And you can see the old weather cloths behind me - the new cloths will be Cadet Gray, and the seat cushions will be gray with white shells (the link I posted the other day.) So, anyway, time to order the fabric.

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The usual running around, and screamings by The Supreme Shouting Officer. I did my Senior Day shopping, TP was on sale so I bought even more. Just in case.

:slight_smile:

It makes me glad that the only stock I own right now is chicken.

The penguins would like to know why the land animals have started a trade with with them.

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I’m very sorry for your loss.

He and Mrs W would get along. Sometimes it feels like I live in a cave.

I really hate this for you. When Mom died, my brothers and I (we all live in different time zones) vowed that the three of us would all get together at least once a year. Five years on, we’re still keeping the promise.

We got Chloe’s ashes back yesterday. They included a little framed ink paw print and a 2”x2” plastic bag of her fur. The paw print is adorable and is now on display in a curio cabinet. I wasn’t sure how to feel about the fur, but Mrs W immediately declared it creepy and weird, and said she wanted to throw it out. I didn’t object. Not sure if it was just a bag of hair, or if there was skin attached, like a pelt. We didn’t open the bag to find out.

Mrs W recently acquired a potted lemon tree that lives on the patio. We put about half the ashes into the pot, and this will forever be known as “Chloe’s Tree.” The rest we scattered among the landscaping outside a window she liked to look out from. It was, of course, very sad, but also a nice bit of closure.

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Seven yards of fabric are now on order. That will do all the cushions with some extra for whatever. And if FCD doesn’t like it, tough. Sunbrella would have cost something like $250 plus shipping and, frankly, it’s a pain to sew on flat pieces. I can’t imagine assembling the stuff I’m going to sew. Oh, and including tax and delivery, I just spent $75, so I win!

< victory dance >
:woman_dancing:

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Had a lazy start to my Thursday, but about to start my teaching day (University #1). A few hours here, then home for a private lesson. Nothing else exciting going on. Weather is dreary, but not trying to kill me, so that’s good.