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

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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This.

As to me:
Golf was good. Pitching is hard.

Got home at lunchtime in the mood for T-day leftovers. Turns out Her Ladyship had left everything except some garlic green beans with Daughter & Horde. Sigh. Made do with a ham sandwich and a mandarine.

Her Ladyship went off to library volunteer, and I took a fine nap while it alternately rained and drizzled…

Once up & re-sheveled she returned & I proposed Ruling Class Dinner. A fine time was had at a place we had not been before and now we’re home and reading / Doping. I ought to be full, but there’s nothing like eating too much to make you hungry again soon.

Glad to hear most folks had a fine time, whether it was traditional or otherwise.

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Pitching accurately is hard. Bet you’re a lot less creaky tomorrow vs a day of whomping away with a driver.

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My problem with every club is I tend to blade the ball. Which is bad no matter what, but is fatal in pitching. I’m very gentle with the grass; sometimes it doesn’t even feel the wind of the club going by at high altitude. I’ll get there.

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Up from naptime, had lefover turkey, ham, and stuffing, and non leftover green beans and some unholy jellied fruit obelisk. Having coffee and watching hockey before work.

SWAG: your package got misdelivered. Give 'em a call to double check.

Depends. Do you enjoying suffering?

Happy Doperversary, Wheelie!!

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As my dad said, “keep your head down, don’t look up, all you’re gonna see is a shitty shot.” I try to think of the swing as a big circle centered at the back of my neck. Keep that in the same place in relation to the ball and it should work out ok.

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Happy Friday!

Yesterday was a day of sloth.
Today was a day of frustration. There is nothing like starting on the ToDoList and hitting a snag about 3 items down.

All I can say is F CVS, F Capital One, F the USPS.

For good news, my son doesn’t have jury duty Moonday.

He finally put the dining room table together. It’s smaller than expected. It is supposed to seat six. Maybe if all of them are six feet tall and weigh 100 pounds.
However, the top matches the cabinets in the kitchen and the color of the base matches the rug, and better too small than too big.

It’s been a long day and I am tired.

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Come wash MY dishes, our family dinner is tomorrow and I have a mess toclean up.

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Nah, I’m done with dishes. (Although there are two plates, two forks, and a spoon in the sink now.)

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Woke up this morning in the mood for T-day leftovers and we didn’t have any either :frowning:

Hubs will be smoking our turkey tomorrow and we will have small amounts of the traditional dishes so leftovers will happen.

Hurray for sloth, dang for frustration.

Moving sucks no matter how much time you have. I think both of you deserve another day of sloth as well. The boxes won’t run away.

This morning Hubs took my car to get the wheels rotated and balanced, but they didn’t need to be balanced because I don’t make it a habit to bump into those concrete parking lot dividers like someone does. He also had it washed for me, but it didn’t work to make it rain. I told him he should have opted for the high-end wax job, but he said he was sure that just giving the car it’s semi-annual bath should have been enough for a good storm.

I’ll be dragging hoses around tomorrow, my baby trees still need watering, it is not advised to put them on drippers so I will be hand watering monthly for a couple of years.

It has been cold and cloudy, so it is possible that it will rain tonight, but I’m not getting my hopes up.

Some kitty managed to shove me around last night and I woke up with a stiff neck and back. I’m unkinking now, but plan to be more assertive in bed tonight. I’ll push both cats onto Hubs and let him deal with it, LOL!

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Did you accidentally buy the kids’ table? (That’s a belated-Thanksgiving attempt at a joke. It was funny in my head…) :wink:

On the plus side, having a small table is an excellent excuse not to host dinner parties!

I am low on brake fluid and FCD forgot to pick some up - he said he’ll do it today. When I finally take my car in for new tires, I’ll ask them to look for any leaks in the brake system. Like I need another expensive repair bill. :stuck_out_tongue:

I need to fill a couple of our gas cans, then I’m going to drive John Deere around, chopping up leaves. I’m not getting out the mulcher/vac - I don’t think I want to tax my knee that way, but just riding around shouldn’t be an issue. FCD is going with Daughter taking her kids to a movie this afternoon and I’ll work in the yard. I’m not at all interested in a Troll movie. Oh, and it’s clean-the-critter-fountain day, plus I still haven’t cleaned the smoker - I’ve got plenty to do.

Definite cold snap settling in - it’s at freezing this morning, heading towards low-20s overnight Moanday and Tuesday. Rah. Huzzah for electric blankets!

Ziva is happy that MIL is gone - she was out and about this morning, and now she’s yelling to be let back into the bedroom, whereas the last few days, she hardly left the bedroom. I’ll never figure her out - she’s been here since 2009, never been abused, but she still shies away from everyone except me. Cats is weird…

Meanwhile, caffeination continues. Happy Saturday!

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Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. YAWN ‘Tis 38 Amurrkin out and partly cloudy with a predicted high of 68 and N.O.S. for the day. No real plans for the day. I might or might not accomplish mowage. The usual sloth, general overall uselessness, nappage, and day drinkin’ will, of course, occur. My DAWGS don’t plan until seven-thirty this evenin’. They will play the NATS* in Etlanner. Should be an easy game, however, bein’ the big in state rivals, one must take that into account.

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

Happy Sattidy Y’all!

*NATS = North Avenue Trade School, aka Jawja Tech. Tech is situated in Etlanner along North Avenue, hence the name.

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Mornin’ everyone.

It’s 28F and mostly clear outside. The expected high is 45F with sunny skies.

Today is puppy pick-up. I have the pen set up along with their crates. Yesterday, I purchased some training treats, chew toys, and a couple of soft stuffies for them. I’m irritated both with Amazon and myself. Amazon was supposed to send two crate pads on Wednesday. Although ordered together, they were shipped separately, and only one arrived. The missing pad was bouncing around my town and is now delayed with no tracking. So, yesterday, I went to Home Depot to get utility mats to put under the crates and then to PetSmart and PetCo. I wanted to buy a 42-inch crate pad in case the second pad doesn’t come. I also needed two 36-inch crate pads. Somehow, I came home with THREE 42-inch pads. I are dumb, or more than likely, just kind of tired because of work, cleaning, holiday prep, and puppy prep. So, I need to return to PetSmart to return two crate pads today. I just wanted to drive to Olympia, pick up my pups, and come home with them today. Other than walking and playing with them, I wanted this to be a low-key day. Oh well.

I need to clean up the kitchen in a bit, but first, I will enjoy a second cup of coffee. I’ve already showered and prepped myself for being out in public, taken the garbage and yard waste bin to the curb, and tidied the great room. Well, tidying consisted of folding up the blanket I used while watching TV last night. It wasn’t strenuous or anything.

I am debating putting up my tree and village. Partly because I am just not feeling it, and secondly, puppies and shiny baubles are probably not a good mix. I think I’d be more up for it if my husband helped (without being asked). He’ll help me drag the tree out if I need it, but I’m on my own as far as hanging decorations or putting any other Christmas stuff out. It’s been like this my whole marriage, but more and more, I’m just kind of over the work involved. The grandkids won’t be here; it’ll probably just be me, my husband, my son, and my mother. I need to snap out of it and quit being so damn grinchy.

sari, I’m sorry there seem to be so many issues, but yay for having a new dining room table set up! A table is better than NO table.

Yesterday, I had half a turkey sammich for lunch, turkey, taters, gravy, and dressing for dinner. I’m already over it, but we still have a lot in the fridge.

Okay, time for that second cup of coffee.

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Please make sure that “post puppy pictures” is on the to-do list. :slight_smile:

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FWIW, I doubt that I’ll put up a tree, and ours is just a little table-top size. We’ll go to Daughter’s house to do gifts, then Christmas day is always at my brother’s - I just don’t want to bother. If that makes me grinchy, so be it! Ho ho freekin’ ho! :stuck_out_tongue:

I’m showered and dressed. The few dirty dishes are in the dishwasher, and the sink is full of hot, soapy water and smoker parts. I saw that WalMart has a deal on Diet Cokes and I’m almost out, so I placed an order to be picked up later today.

FCD is off to get gas and brake fluid - gas for the mower, brake fluid for my car. When I finally take it in for tires, I’ll have Paul check for any leaks in the brake system. With 211K miles, it could well be a failing hose or some corrosion at a connection or something similar. But I’ll let them figure it out - I’m way past the age of having fun doing automotive troubleshooting and repair. I’ll replace my wiper blades and washer fluid, but that’s about the size of it.

It’s kinda miserable out there. Accuweather says mostly sunny and highs in the low 40s. Well, no sun so far. But there’s a chance of rain tomorrow, so I really need to get rid of the leaves today - at least as much as I can. I plan to drive in a circle starting at the center and working my way out so the leaves get blown into the woods or into flowerbeds. I’ll deal with the beds come spring.

Do I know how to whoop it up or what?!?!

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Morning all. Sitting in the St. Louis airport waiting for my flight home (via a stop in Charlotte). So far I seem to have lost my car keys after successfully holding onto them for the previous 19 days and managed to get a Cherry Coke from the vendor which I didn’t discover until I had taken a big swallow of it. Have messaged the car rental place to see if I dropped them in the rental car, but have another set at home if needed.

So not a great start to the morning but at least I will be sleeping in my own bed again.

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taters, I’m excited for you and the puppies. Will need pics.

Up, caffeinating, breakfasted and fixing to do KP before a day of messing around in the studio, taking Nelson to the dog park and general sloth.

Stay safe and healthy y’all!

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Smoker bits are clean. Soaking in hot, soapy water made it fairly easy, tho it’s still a nasty chore.

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The Bob’s Red Mill corn meal that I thought had been lost in shipment turned up a day late. Huzzah!

On the other hand, I had a hankering for some Denison’s chili, the only canned chili that I can stand to eat. It’s a holdover from kiddom. Can’t find it locally, so went to Amazon and had it in the cart ready to purchase when I noticed the price for six of them worked out to $5/can. For chili. Are you shitting me? Free shipping, my ass.

I had planned to make turkey stock this morning and then stuffing tomorrow morning in anticipation of going to my son’s house for a delayed T-day. Unfortunately, our fridge is stuffed full of leftovers from Thursday’s meal at the niece’s place, so now I’ll have to spend all morning tomorrow putting this together and tripping over my wife while she makes cranberry sauce. Not happy.

Yeah, I’m Mr. Crankypants today.

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Seems like lotsa people are crankypants today.

Almost 1pm here on a warm & gray-ish day. There’s been rain around, but none right here. Had a lazy day since wake-up. Might have a nap in a bit.

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Made it to CLT, will be boarding my flight to home in about 20 minutes. Crowds are insane as expected, will wait untill I’m home before eating a proper meal, can go a long way on Pepsi Zero and potato chips.