Huh, I never thought about that. I always split the tuna water between lager and koritza.
Tonight should be the last meeting/event thing this week.
Lager just acted out and got put in time out. He will be happier when our evening routine is more normal.
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doggio, Spot is almost as much fun as GG.
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It’s almost better because Spot is smart. So it’s a Midvalle School For the Gifted moment when he does things. 
What I really want is a second story bar overlooking a Wally World.
When I was a kid, I would build the Lego set, and then immediately dissemble it to build a scratch built vehicle for my G.I.Joes/Star Wars figures(Because Gung-ho and Han Solo obviously needed a Mad Max style vehicle).
Well, he hasn’t killed me. Yet.
I’ve found The Vulcan Death GripTM is effective in calming cats down.
I went shopping. There was a packages, lot of packages of
Coke flavored Oreos.
Yes, I am not joking.
that was me too or sometimes I never built what was on the box…i think I even made a thread about box vs DIY a while back lol that’s the only problem I have the licensed sets is you cant really do that … i mean I’m sure I could do wonders with an x wing /tie fighter mash up …
those are good …
aunt used to use the mamma kitten handle lol when she did that fleabags knew they were in for it … and if they were hissy and used claws … well it didn’t end well for them
Evening all. Made it back to the gym and according to the machine’s computers burned an additional 400 calories for the day. And walking at 3.2 mph with a 6% incline for 11 minutes uses 108 calories, if the treadmill is to be believed. Home now and no plans to move anywhere except to bed Garbage is out at the curb, which means they won’t be around to pick it up until 2pm.
JtC, an Apple Butter festival sounds like fun. Just had a bowl of applesauce upon coming home from the gym.
FCM, guess she has to worry about something. I lived in 4 houses growing up and numerous apartments and this home on my own and never worried about them,
swampy, stay safe and dry (except when you need to wet your whistle…)
And that’s all for Hump day. Catch y’all tomorrow.
Tuna sangers for dinner. Mine was on half-‘buttered’ bread, with Romaine lettuce and plenty of jalapeños; plus a dill pickle spear, and Baken-Ets.
I am still worried about the hurricane and you two in Georgia. I mean, if, just maybe, you have to bug out are your prepared for that?
Someday I wish I could have just one day of day drinkin’ and ceement pond time with y’all.
Oh, naw, hun, I ain’t management.
I just closed for her so she could have my “early out” shift. Her shift today was normal crew duties anyway, not management.
So I get a couple extra hours’ pay, that’s all. (Plus her undying gratitude.)
Sadly, this isn’t a “feel better soon” thing. She has a pinched nerve? bone spur? something like that? in her shoulder, and some days it hurts her. You can see it on her face.
She’s a fierce momma and a hard worker. We all know, if she sits down, she’s very much not okay.
… and yes, she knows, she’s gonna hafta see a Dr. about it. Probably surgery.
Having owned been owned by two, I can vouch: male Maine Coons are BIG friggin’ cats.
With the possible exception of dessert, everything is better with more garlic.
I 
you. That was one of the best Far Side jokes ever drawn.
This is apparently a joint effort. I know that only because word around the kitchen is that mngmnt. ordered us a 12-pack of their unholy sibling: Oreo flavored Coke so we can all try it.
I fear for humanity.
Didn’t give the ratties water before work, nor pack myself any lunch, since I thought I’d simply be off in a few hours.
So I burned my 15 min. “lunch” break running home to refill all their water bottles & grab my treasured Stouffers to nibble on the rest of the night.
They may be livestock destined for a snake-y ending, but they’re living creatures trapped under my sole care. I owe them the best I can do.
We had TONS of “dead dough” towards the end of the shift so I had my pick of their “rat crackers” for tonight, the baking of which amuses management to no end.
… they smell pretty good fresh out of the ovens, too, sorta like bland pita chips.
Up, caffeinated, and sheveled. Off to heave.
Still nothing beats the Dune sandworm popcorn bucket for underestimating the depravity of humanity.
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. YAWN 'Tis 73 Amurrkin out and cloudy with a predicted high of 78 and hurricane/tropical storm/apocalypse. So far it’s mostly rain, which is soon to start again. Looks like more on the line of below tropical storm winds are predicted. We shall see as the day goes on. Needless to say we shall remain inside and dry. Long as the power stays on, we’re good, I reckon. Looks like gubmint orifices and skools all around the area are closed today.
Now I need more caffeine and to feed rumbly tummy. Then, onward into the day! Rah.
Happy Thursday Y’all!
Thinking about you, Swampy.
Today I’ve got a 30 minute ‘screening’ interview online for a job that I’m not completely qualified for, but then, they’re not paying as much as they should for the job either, so maybe somewhere in the middle it will be a good match. It’s something mental health related and working with kids which are two things that are important to me.
When I was a kid, there were no Lego kits - you made what you wanted to make till your bratty little brother went all Godzilla on it! Kinda like Roxy and Tobias, tho she does build kits.
OK, that sounds like a new level of disgusting. < shudder >
Very broken night, I think. I woke (did I really?) and saw the clock at 1:11. Then it seemed like just a minute or two later I had to visit the facilities, and it was 4:15. Then it was a couple of minutes later (?) and FCD was up, so it woke me a bit after 6. Maybe I slept more than I thought, or maybe not. Luckily, I don’t have to go anywhere today.
I’ve been watching a couple of documentaries made in England - one on shoreline archeology and one on Irish lighthouses - and I saw that Prime has one on New England Mysteries. HAH! It’s some ghost-hunting BS. So disappointing. I want reality, not some woman claiming the ghost of a chauffeur who committed suicide tried to steal her camera. I’m sure I can find something else worth watching while I crochet.
Today is our mostly non-rainy day of the week. Not that it matters - it’s too soggy out to do much yard work, especially not mowing. No idea what I’ll do. No doubt some mystery adventure will present itself, because my life is a mystery adventure… right.
Happy Thursday!
Mornin’ everyone.
It’s 51 degrees Fahrenheit, and our expected temperature is around 70 degrees Fahrenheit. We’ll have mostly cloudy to partly cloudy skies and light overnight rain. It rained off and on yesterday, too. I don’t mind the rain; it makes the mushrooms grow.
I am sending good thoughts to those of you in Helene’s path. I hope no one suffers any damage and everyone remains safe.
We tried the Coke-flavored Oreos. Um, not my thing. They just tasted weird and nothing like Coke, and I have no plans to try Oreo-flavored Coke. I don’t really drink all that much soda anymore. I drink Diet Coke and, at the most, have one can a day. I drink water mostly, but every once in a while, I do enjoy a good old-fashioned Sasparilla, Birch beer, or root beer.
The formal performance review went well, and we discussed plans for the upcoming year about both professional growth and plans for my program within the state. Some of those plans were the same plans I had last year but were shelved because of the extensive records management project, state meeting, hiring surge, and then trying to execute full-year spending in four months. I already have projects on my plate, like building a new state SharePoint site and coming up with a whole “local” onboarding program, training program, and various other modernization projects. BLUF: Review went well, and there was no criticism of anything I had done or planned. No bonuses. I did receive a 2500-dollar performance award over the summer for the year’s work.
The state is allocated a set amount of money to be used as performance awards. Technically, employees should be rewarded on a quarterly basis, but since they don’t allocate any money until late in the FY for awards, we receive our awards during late summer. I receive the allocation, prepare a matrix with projected award amounts for all employees, and then send it out to the supervisors for discussion. We make final decisions on award amounts or time-off awards, prepare the paperwork and matrix, and send them off to HR and budget for fund certification. I sent the awards matrix during the last week of August; by mid-September, everyone had received their awards.
I am a panel member for three interviews today that will suck up three to four hours of my morning so we can get the last of the hires in under the wire. I also need to check in with the new MPA, work with him if he’s still not wrapped up in training, design a new onboarding checklist, see if it’ll work as a Power App, and do some general housekeeping with my electronic files. Part of me wants this to be a spreadsheet kind of application because there are some things that are ongoing and require commenting and updating, and some forms don’t have the capability for that. I don’t know; I must figure it out and get those creative juices flowing. I haven’t really done much with Power app forms other than creating a survey.
I’m sure I’ll be interrupted a lot today, so the chances of anything actually being complete are low.
I need another cup of coffee.
Afternoon, mumpers! It’s currently 15c/59f with no predicted change, and mostly cloudy. Weather app says “It’s cloudy and probably a fucking good day to read a book. But if you have one, it’s also a fucking good day to ride a horse.” Well, I am a horse-free zone, so I can’t.
He, along with a lot of others, also take advantage of you - I hope that made it into your write-up!
Where you and the cats can continue to enjoy watching the lovely rain in comfort and warmth.
I think my local council should have done an instructional video for the recycling bins too!
One of the ladies my mum knew used to do that. She would be convinced she’d lost an item (or more likely be convinced someone had stolen it) but it would be something she’d given away many years ago 
But she would not be told otherwise.
Probably not, just meetings that are less tedious than others. There’s sure to be a sliding scale of tediosity 
Oh, you just know she’s got to look now!
It’s being busy keeping our Head RDOS safe! I hope the stormy nastiness passes you by without incident, and before the French Toast makings run out!
Sounds ideal then - appropriate and inappropriate appendages crossed for you. Do you have the right kind of hat for the interview?
Nothing exciting in my day so far, I went to a postgrad teaching assistant induction session this morning to do my little speech about what Education Support does, and I have a departmental meeting to go to in 15 minutes. That’s on top of the departmental meeting I was at yesterday, so tomorrow will most likely involve two sets of minutes to write. Oh joy.
Just scarfed down some lunch, need to make a cup of tea to take with me, and I need to get to the right room in time to set up for the hybrid meeting. More joy!
Good morning everyone. It is still raining! It is wonderful, everything is wet and drippy and the grass is practically growing in front of my eyes.
Something’s going on around the curve where the burned transformer was, I can see traffic slowing and pausing but I’d have to walk down the street (in the rain) to see what’s happening. Traffic is still moving though so I’ll just give myself a few more minutes travel time before I go to the Dr. I’m hoping to get a swim in afterwards, but the COVID shots have always kicked my butt in the past so I’ll see how I feel.
Well hell. I hope she has some sort of medical insurance, rotator cuff repair isn’t cheap.
He really looks like a giant next to dainty, petite little Jolene.
Everyone I’ve talked to about it has assured me that we will have a great time and I always enjoy that sort of thing. Most of the local arts and crafts will probably be too country for my taste, but there will be lots of people selling all sorts of different foods so I’ll probably spend a bit of money there. I’m not a huge fan of apple butter, but it is usually served on bread and I do like me some good bread.
Yet is key. Please keep posting daily or poor spot might be unjustly blamed for your demise.
Morning all. Up to micturate about 4:30am and then went back to bed until 7am. haver broken fast and will run the dishwasher here shortly. All we’ll get from Helene is rain and thunderstorms starting sometime this afternoon, so like FCM my mowage is on indefinite hold. Will probably try to get to the gym for a bit pre-rain exercise and since I’ve heard the trash truck pass by, I’ll bring the bin into the garage. We’re supposed to have a soccer game today but I suspect they’ll close the fields before we can play it.
Shoe, my Mom had bone spurs, they are not fun and my best wishes to SM.
And Coke-flavored Oreos (or Oreo-flavored Coke) are two tastes that probably go better as separate ingestions.
Hang in there, Swampy and OYKW
Sticky Buns, have a good interview.
Taters
Booo!! (not our BBBoo)
Yeah! Don’t think I ever got one that large. And you’ve earned it!!!
And time to do the morning stuff and be about things. Have a good (and safe) Thorsday.
I love Oreos, but Coke flavored Oreos sound gross. OTOH, Oreo flavored Coke would be chocolate Coke which isn’t bad.
Having allergy shots this morning followed by the yearly cardiologist check in. Then sloth.
So I was loading and split sorting in Blue 128 today. which while chaotic, is enjoyable. Except…someone in the sort aisle was heaving unscanned boxes onto Blue belt, and the mouth breather doing the pick off for Blue wasn’t throwing missorts and unscans down the missort chute, but just letting them ride to 128.
Loader looking at empty rollers: “Are we getting anything?”
Me: "No. Litterally none of this is scanned.
that took a while to unscrew. and I tore my pants. And i have a hole on my sock. And I just don’t feel fresh. But I survived it.
I did my Senior Day shopping, and when I was grabbing a box of cream for my coffee, I loked up at the non animal section:
The Simpsons, 1995:
Harris Teeter 2024:
ROTFLMAO
Edit to add: the noise I thought might be Helene nuking the other half of the building was just the A/C techs putting in a new HVAC unit for the neighbor.
: crosses appripriate and in appropriate appendages for sticky :
Irish.
Well, he has smacked me several times this morning.