(Old) Can You Hear that Cranberry "Schloop"? - A Thanksgiving MMP

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Good post-Thanksgiving morning to all. Up and enjoying coffee, but not my normal solitude (guests roaming about).

The following is a post from three days ago that has been stuck in my somehow constipated reply window. For days it has refused being entered or removed – and I haven’t been able to comment in this thread. But only this thread.

So from three days ago (lotta stuff happened)…

Damn, I’m sorry I missed that earlier. Wishing you good memories and a good day, despite the inevitable sadness.

Real fish, glad to hear about the good care for your dad. Crossing that rubicon as we speak, and it’s difficult to evaluate and help from a distance.

I proudly proclaimed my wisdom and cleverness in avoiding the airports during this holiday – and the gods laughed.

Yesterday, my (handicapped) sibling was attempting travel to relatives with a changeover at DFW airport, and the wheels came off. After deplaning from the legacy carrier and attempting to board the small regional plane, the regional officials decided they didn’t like her ID – and refused to allow her to board. She’d been traveling with an expired driver’s license, accompanied by an official state document that it had been renewed but not reprinted yet. Legacy carrier was OK with it, TSA was OK with it, regional was not.

By the time various phone calls reached me, sibling was sobbing on the floor of an airport bathroom, completely overwhelmed. She was stuck mid-journey, with no way to return or go forward, and had become an involuntary skip-lagger (leaving flight mid way).
Since it’s an hour away, I headed for DFW to collect her, and she’s now comfortable with a warm place to stay, among family, with an affectionate dog in her lap. All is OK for now, but we still have to navigate the ID uncertainty and put together plan B (two days of driving to return her home – she can’t drive even if a rental were available this weekend). And, of course, I’m still on surgical limits as far as long distance driving. Sigh…

We’re not 100% certain she can rejoin her original flight in a few days to get back home. Airline customer service assures us all is well, but the opinion of someone in a call center in the Philippines may not match up with agents here.

So my arrogant plans to avoid all airports have been changed. I may end up spending quite a few hours there, as I need to help her get set up, and make sure all the parties agree the ID is acceptable. I’ll need to hang around until boarding is assured.

Never taunt the travel gods. They are vicious and vindictive.

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Sheer exhaustion allowed for a good sleep last night - well, that, and my overwhelmed gut needed to digest my over-indulgence - stoopit brownies… :stuck_out_tongue: So I got almost 8 hours uninterrupted!

Plans for today:

  • pack leftovers for MIL
  • empty dishwasher and wipe down all the counters again
  • return package to Staples (they shouldn’t be Black Friday stoopit, should they??)
  • drop off turkey carcass to Daughter (she forgot it yesterday)
  • gas up my car
  • strip beds and dining room table linens
  • take leaf out of table and restore dining room
  • deal with whatever else comes up
  • maybe chill a bit

The above is in no particular order, tho the Staples stop, the Daughter stop, and the gas stop will be part of the same trip. For a fleeting moment, I thought about running into WalMart, till I remembered what day it is, so big nope there. And I may or may not launder the sheets - MIL is going home today so that bed won’t be used, and we’ve got extra sheets for our bed, so no issue there. Anyway, we’ll see how it all progresses.

Oh, and back to my usual avatar, but thanks to all who noticed and commented. I’ve got another ready for Christmas, and I may create a folder of seasonal Minions for future use.

Happy Firday!

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When that happens, just close the tab. Then open a fresh tab, go to your profile, and choose “Drafts”. There it will be, just as you left it. At worst it’ll be missing the last sentence you typed. Discourse is MUCH better about this than stoopit vBulletin was.

Sorry you got roped into relative rescue mode, but darn good thing for her that you were there to do the rescue.


Mornin’ all. About an hour post dawn. Partly cloudy & 73/23 on the way to 81/27. Might rain later.

I’m up, sheveled, out, bought fuel, and fed myself at the better-than-Denny’s diner. Now lingering over coffee and y’all. This place has ~40 4-tops and I am the one and only customer. The greeter & 3 waitstaff are bored shitless and yakking.

Here in a bit I’ll head off for golf lesson #4: the “short game”, whatever the heck that consists of :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:.

Have a bit of administrivia to deal with later. Otherwise no clue. Her Ladyship will be librarying in the afternoon so I’ll nap either in bed or on the beach depending on whether it’s sunny or rainy.

As Hobbes once remarked to Calvin: “The days are just packed!”

Happy extra day off to those on conventional schedules. And good luck to those working today to keep civilization’s wheels wobbling forward another few hours.

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Good morning everyone.

It’s 30F and mostly clear. It will be sunny today with a high of 48F.

I, too, made STUFFING and am none the worse for the wear.

misnomer, I think you look terrific in BOTH photos but understand the journey you’ve been on is difficult. When I had lost a bunch of weight and was physically fit, it was a very freeing experience. I just felt mentally and physically better, so I do understand how that just sort of lifts one up.

I had my husband and son pack up the leftovers from yesterday’s meal and made sure my son took a lot of food. We didn’t even eat half of the turkey. My son stayed the night, but his containers are safely ensconced in our fridge for his return home. The bird was moist and flavorful, but again, I’m not a huge fan of turkey, so I ate a little thigh meat and called it good. My stuffing and the considerable pan of dressing were on point! I made too much, but my son was delighted to take a large amount of it home. The gravy was delicious, and the taters were creamy.

nellie, I’m sorry you got a migraine, but am pleased it didn’t ruin your day. I’m glad your son, DiL, and dogs got to come down too.

I have to go to Petco or PetSmart today and pick up a few last-minute items for the pups. I really don’t want to be out and about on Black Friday, but I won’t have time tomorrow morning because we’re leaving here around 9:00 a.m., picking up my son, and then meeting the lady who is giving them to us.

Oh, shoot! I also have to go to the laundromat to wash the big waterproof blanket. Technically I could wash it in my own machine (front loader), but the last time I did that, my machine walked and went ka-thunk, ka-thunk, ka-thunk. So, it’s obviously too heavy for my machine. I’d rather not have to buy a new washer (even though it’s 20 years old) right now, thank you very much.

pullin, I’m glad you were there to help out your relative but sorry for all the extra work involved because of the ID issues.

Well, I need some more coffee. I don’t have to worry about dishes because they’re all done, but I should probably unload the dishwasher.

Everyone take care. I hope the day brings what each of you need or want.

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Good morning all. One more night away from home and then I can sleep in my own bed again. At brother’s for more sloth today then an early start tomorrow for my 9:15am flight. Cool but not unpleasant and plenty of sunshine.

Have scanned all posts but have absorbed little so will try to do better next MMP. Take care all.

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Dishes almost done. We can feast for another couple of days on leftovers.

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nellie, sorry about the migraine. I’ve never suffered from them but my mother did, in the last few years of her life.

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I’d really like some new scrubby sponges. Somehow, the last one is wearing out. But i don’t want to shop today. Maybe the supermarket will be okay.

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Did a dump-and-wash on the litterbox. Within seconds of the jug of new litter being emptied into the box, Buddy hopped right in. He had had the option of going outside during that process, too.

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That or online (says the woman who broke a coffee carafe one Thanksgiving morning and ordered one online to avoid Black Friday shopping).

Up, caffeinating, breakfasted, kitchen and bath cleaned, a load of towels / grocery bags washed / dried / put away, a load of jeans in the dryer and a load of clothes in the wash. I’ll get sheveled later and go to Mount Juliet for a Marketplace buy. Other than that, sloth. :slight_smile:

Stay safe and healthy y’all!

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A friend regularly posts memes of fake potato chip flavors, and when I saw this one yesterday I knew I had to share it here:

https://i.ibb.co/fX5jX4d/image-123650291.jpg

Seems like everyone who observed the holiday had a great Thanksgiving! :smiley: I did, too. Wife BFF and I text each other daily but I hadn’t seen them in person for a while because she’s been ill, so it was really nice to just sit and chat with her and Husband BFF all afternoon.

I took today off work (yay!), and I spent two hours this morning putting my Christmas decorations up (no pictures yet; I’m sure I’ll do some tweaking over the weekend). I was raised Catholic but haven’t been faithful for quite some time, and back in the day there were a couple of Christmases when I didn’t decorate because I wasn’t sure whether doing so was somehow sacrilegious/hypocritical. Several years ago, though, I decided that I actually didn’t care: decorations make me happy, and so I put them up. :grin: I still need to put the battery-powered string lights on the crepe myrtle out front, but all of the inside stuff is done (and the big lighted wreath is on the storm door).

Time to head back to the living room, and watch a little TV while eating some lunch. My personal training session is at 2:30, which should be perfect timing: on the way home I’ll stop at the grocery store I pass, then after I put everything away I’ll take Bailey for a walk while there’s still some light in the sky. We’ll be back home in time for me to turn on the wreath lights (which starts the timer) at 5pm, and I’ll decide if I feel like putting the lights on the crepe myrtle tonight or whether I want to do that sometime over the weekend. Then, I’ll have nothing else to do this evening. Ahhhh.

Nice!! :slight_smile:

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So Smalls started at 0230, and were running wide open. For 15 minutes. Since the rest of the building didn’t start till 0330, we came to a screeching halt, and stood around staring into space for 45 minutes. Then we restarted. I was on the 200 Slide. And the 100 too, since some Blueberry thought that “Red 100” meant the 100 slide, and not loading Door 100 on the front wall.
But laundry is done, soup is eaten, leftovers are in the fridge for tonight, so naptime.

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So how many of that big batch have survived? :slight_smile:

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2, maybe. Tuesday’s small batch looked shellshocked just from being on the building tour.

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Of 50 about a month ago (I checked for your post about how many they got around 18 October), 4% survival, maybe? I don’t think I’ll be applying for a job there myself. The odds are not in my favor.

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I washed the pots, the big serving plate, Wifey’s wine glass, and the bit Pyrex bowl. The rest of the dishes are in the dishwasher. I was going to wash the roasting pan, but first the Spousal Unit wanted to take a shower. Then she started a load of laundry, and I need to wash the roasting pan in the utility sink. I’ll wash it later, along with the bowl and spoon she used for breakfast. Also, I gave her a birfday card.

Later we’re going to the next town to get a (living?) Christmas tree and a wreath.

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doggio What does it mean when UPS tracking says “delivered, met customer” but I didn’t get my thing?

Time to set up the window candles and turn on the Moravian star as it is now after T-day. It’s spitting snow outside, don’t think it’ll be enough to stick, and I’m fine with that. And it’s about time for a hot turkey sammich.

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Mi esposa and I take each other out for nice dinners on our birthdays. Since we just had a feast last night, she doesn’t want to go out tonight. We went to Haggens, and she got a little cypress to use as a Christmas tree, which will be planted in Spring. She also got a wreath for over the fireplace, about a gallon of yoghurt, and I had her pick out a birthday cake. It’s a single-serve fruit-covered torte. I paid for everything and told her Happy Birthday.

I’ve washed roasting pan, her bowl, and utensils. And it’s only 13 o’clock. What to do the rest of the day?

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Howdy Y’all! As promised, today has been a day of high sloth and general overall uselessness. Nappage, day drinkin’, and foragin’ leftovers were the big accomplishments. Oh and Netflix. Up next, more Netflix and chill.

Yanker awful about your relative, but yay for you for comin’ to the rescue. Hope it all gets sorted out with the best outcomes all around.

Oopsie there was a time when early (before Christmas Eve) Christmas decorations bothered me, Now, well, if it floats yer boat, go for it, I say! Then again, we are grumpy old men who don’t bother at all except for the twinkly tabletop glass tree which I shall have to remember to take a pic of and post.

Wheelie you have a piece of cake by your name, so Happy Doperversary! :cake: :champagne: :tada: :partying_face:

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oopsie, although I haven’t put up decorations for years, I still like to go out to see the lights.

I don’t know what GoogleMaps was smoking today, but when I went for my MP buy, it showed a 20 mile trip with a lot of zigs and zags. I was a bit aggravated by the time that I got there because, had I looked at the steps before leaving, I would have saved ~5 miles and a lot of time (the route that they used had a lot of windy roads). Oh, well, should I get out on the bike again this spring, I now have a fun ride locally. :stuck_out_tongue: