And this is what happens, I post in Monday and then everything goes crazy and I don’t make it back until at least Wednesday if at all. Well, anyways, here I am. The painters have finally finished painting our house. (Did I ever mention on here that the house was being painted?) They’ve been here painting for at least 1 1/2 months and they’ve done a brilliant job. Someone has posted pictures of our house in progress twice. The first time, it was filled with lots of “OMG your house is purple, what the hell?” kinds of comments. The second time was much more polite and actually we were listed as home of the week in our county. It was an unofficial Facebookey kind of thing, but it was nice. So, I’ll go do a comparison and post it here in a few…
Ok, I’m back with a before and after. I realize the angle of the pictures is not quite the same, but I’m too lazy to run out there and take another picture right now. And, honestly, when I saw the comparison, I was flabbergasted. I didn’t realize how much the house had started to go downhill. Wow.
There’s a house that was converted into a realtors office near me that’s a similar shade of purple. Eye-catching for certain, but not as unnerving as one might think when hearing “purple house.” Yours looks really nice.
Good newses!
ETA: And that house looks great!
That looks FABULOUS!!! They did a wonderful job with your gingerbread, it looks great.
Howdy Y’all! We procured and stowed provisions. Then we were RDOS sloths for a little while. Well, me for a little while cause sup took a little time to make and it was soooooo good! Plus, again, leftovers for tomorrow. WIN-WIN! Now it’s time to see whatup on teh intartoobz.
nuts seems like you friend just can’t catch a break! So sorry he won’t make it to his grandfather’s funeral. Hope he gets at least a partial deposit back.
Taters looks like the lunar eclipse will be visible here, but I won’t be awake. Just can’t do that anymore.
MOOOOOOM glad the grandkidlets got to their respective skools. Have fun with the new 'puter stuff. I hope I never have to do it again, but probably I will. I despise it! I see now that you have survived. Well, mostly survived.
Mollie I don’t know what to say, so {{{ }}} and as always I am here for ya as are all the mumpers.
doggio floor water is like forbidden water, so of course it’s better! I too have a sad aout Tim Curry.
Cookie at some point you have to say, “well, I’m goin’ to get to bed so you can get home.”
red appropriate/inappropriate appendages remained crossed.
shoe hope all goes well at irk!
BrightTree HUZZAH about the pond and your vehicle. Not a bad idea to get the truck fixed up. Who knows, maybe you’ll decide to keep it to haul stuff. Or not. Glad you had a good time with your friends.
JtC sounds like a fun day out! Hope the aches ease up soonest. I should hunt down my Rocky Horror CD as well. I should also hunt down my Best Little Whorehouse In Texas CD as well. Seein’ both would be very appropriate right now.
Sticky_Buns the house looks gorgeous! I like the purple. I do recall you mentionin’ it was bein’ painted. The painters did a fantastic job!
That house looks great!
I took a closer look (heh) at my eyeball prescription and compared it to last year. The left eye, that doesn’t really contribute, is basically the same, the right eye is very different. So new Zenni specs are on the way, and I’m gonna fight my way through the insurance BS and get some money for them. I’m 55 and this will be my first attempt at getting insurance to pay for a supposed benefit.
My big giant nose is looking pretty good. I got some paint on it, after many tedious discussions of what color it should be. Not too caucasian, not too black, not too asian. I ended up somewhere around the color of craft paper. Started adding some highlights and shadows. I kinda like it.
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JtC, I live in Elkhart, so there are elk statues all over town. I haven’t seen any actual elk, but I’ve seen a few white-tailed deer in my yard.
Well, I hope it turns out better than the president’s Strait of Warm Ooze in D.C..
I napped. Spot napped in his nap nook. Dinner tonight is 3 cheese tortellini(homemade sauce) with meatballs and cheese. and a martini.
< crosses appropriate and inappropriate appendages >
< crosses fingers >
Yay!
I did it in the theater for the first time when I was 40. And yes, much drinking was done beforehand. 
House cleans up nice.
Don’t pick it.
Evening all and time for the late-night final. It finally stopped raining and I made it home nice and dry, but since then have been actively doing nothing, so will be heading off to bed shortly. Temperature is back down under 70F again, think I’ll try turning off the AC and opening the bedroom windows and see how that works out.
red, I have my photos on both thumb drive and hard drive, so if I lose one I have them backed up. Hope you get out soon–and I see that you have, so Yay!!
FCM, my home desktop is about 6 years old and I have been thinking about replacing it, but moving all my data over is not something I’m really thrilled about. We’ll see how it goes.
Shoe, hope the ‘owners night’ was interesting, but in a good way.
Bright Tree, happy that the pond repair is done and you have a good relationship still with the repairer. And good news for Mr. Car, new tires are always something to be aware of, I have the ‘new car’ tires, so if they last me 25,000 miles I’ll be happy. And nice that you are making connections with friends.
JtC, used to have a ton of old maps, but I think I got rid of them all a few years ago. Keep on working but no over-stressing now. And an interesting story on Elk and W. Virginia, I had a close encounter at an animal drive-through park in Ohio on my vacation, the big cow elk grabbed the feed cup right out of my hands and upended all over my car for a Cervine buffet, so they are not my favorites in the deer world…
Sticky Buns, glad the house painting is done, quite a nice job looking at the pictures.
VanGo, hope the insurance is fast and easy (HA!) and pays you what your owed without any hassle (and again HA!). Looking forward to pics of the completed nose.
And closing in on 10pm, so think I will have my night apple and head towards Slumberland. Catch up with y’all tomorrow.
My lovely wife made bison meatloaf with GF panko breadcrumbs, very tasty. Potatoes and asparagus as sides, chocolate cake for dessert.
I just finished watching the character creation for a live play through for the Impossible Landscapes campaign for the Delta Green system. One of the players was describing his character, a person very much broken by his experience in Desert Storm (plus wierd Cthulhu shit). As he’s describing his character, I get reminded of a dude I’d met in a bar in my mid-twenties who had decided that he should inform me (in a… mostly non-threatening way) of the various ways he could kill someone while unarmed.
I thought to myself, “Oh, he’s playing as that wierd assed guy everyone meets at a bar… Oh wait, I bet this yet another experience that doesn’t happen to everyone.”
Please tell me I’m not the only one who’s had the misfortune to sit next to Crazy Person. Also, in retrospect, I think he was trying to pick me up.
Ew.
I very rarely remember my dreams, but I did this morning.
I was at a wild dress-up party with a bunch of friends and strangers, everyone having a great time. Then for some reason, someone slowly reversed a huge steam train through the crowd, went a little too far and careened out of control - now off the rails - down a short slope next to the (open-air) party.
No-one at the party considered this a disaster, because the general consensus was, “Well, he did this last year too, and he worked out how to rescue the train then. Another vodka?”
I should phone it in to some late-night talk show/low-budget charlatan dream interpreter for shits’n’giggles.
Hello to the toad I nearly stepped on, bringing the trash bin back up after work tonight. Mr(s?) Toad hopped peacefully along their merry way, seemingly oblivious to the fate that nearly befell them.
“Goulash” seems to be a simple word for “shit we threw together & hoped it would taste good cooked up.”
Not that there’s anything wrong with that. Every culture has some version of “kitchen sink/pantry cleanout” dish.
He’s awesome! Very friendly and calm, but absolutely put in the work. He likes handling the ovens (my biggest weak spot) so it was a really smooth day.
Also, ya gotta give props to a guy who has his business’s logo proudly tattooed on his calf.
I got a bit of a bug up my butt before work b.c. I haven’t worn any makeup in a while - it’s just been 
too. darn. HOT. 
Anyway, I decided if I gotta work a longer shift AND try to impress Mr. Former Big Kahuna why not purple eyeliner and sparkly green mascara?
What a combo!
Maybe I looked ridiculous; maybe I looked gorgeous. But it made me feel good to put some effort into my appearance again - the cool breeze and quick popup rain helped.
Oooh, I learned a fancy new word!
I’m so used to “GF” as standing for “girlfriend” that I had to blink & re-read.
Up, caffeinated, and sheveled. Off to heave. It’s currently 71 degrees Ferret Heigh(21.667 Centipedes)
I rend to attract paramedics and psychos, because they can tell me the weird stories and I don’t blink. It’s a gift?
We don’t kink shame in the MMP. 
Morning, mumpers! It’s currently 17c/62f with a predicted high of 20c/68f and a chance of rain. Weather app says “Mother Nature is fucking making it rain. Just not in the fucking fun way.” I don’t know, I like it today.
{{{{{Mollie}}}}} It’s getting very real, but we’re right behind you all the way, cheering you on!
Moooom I think if you want to lose 40lbs in a fortnight, you just need to eat some of that manky lettuce…
Bright Tree excellent news about the pond! Sounds like you’ve had the best kind of week.
Sticky Buns I saw the pics of your house on FB, it looks fabulous and so very “you”.
That was a very weird dream, but the important question is “did you have more vodka?”
shoe I saw your pic on FB, the makeup looked fab!
I had a busy afternoon in the end, then went home to do my evening chores before making myself something for dinner and going to the pub with my friends. 'im indoors does not join us on account of him falling out with one of the friends over political nonsense. We had a fun evening and saw a tremendous lightning storm while we were sitting in the pub’s conservatory. I was home by about 11pm and in bed soon afterwards.
Back in the office today and there’s only 3 of us in so it’ll be fairly quiet. I have some rumbling skip fires to deal with so those will keep me busy today. I’m glad there’s a plentiful supply of tea although I may follow doggio’s suggestion and go upstairs to shout at the roof.
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. YAWN 'Tis 75 Amurrkin out and mostly cloudy with a predicted high of 87 with partly cloudy skies and rain predicted for mid-late afternoon. No real plans for the day. We might have some quality cee-mint pond time along with the usual RDOS sloth, as is our wont. Sup will be leftovers, so that’ll be easy.
red HUZZAH for gettin’ sprung! I know Nelson and you will be so glad to get back in your own digs!
shoe I am sure you were lovely in your makeup. The most important thing is it made you happy.
Mollie I’m pretty sure I was the weirdo, so whoever hit on me in a bar was attracted to weirdos.
Now I need more caffeine and to feed rumbly tummy. Then, onward into the day! Rah.
Happy Thursday Y’all!
Or have a limb or two removed. The proliferation of those idiotic weight loss gimmicks was perplexing, till I saw something (was it here??) suggesting it was just a way to increase clicks and, I suppose, generate $$?? I don’t know how that works.
I had another weird one pop up - apparently diabetes is caused by a bacteria in the pancreas and if you ingest whatever magical mixture being peddled, you would be cured within hour. But, of course, “Big Pharma” doesn’t want you to know about it… 
Looks like there’s a possibility of rain today and tomorrow, plus rising temps, so I guess I’ll be closing the house and upping the a/c. Dammit. My only plan today is putting Cetol on the new stuff FCD just finished building. And the dishwasher needs to be emptied. I also need to hook up the computer I just unhooked because the Outlook calendar didn’t copy - all my entries just became “Busy” which doesn’t tell me anything. I’ll just print out the pages I need and transcribe them myself. So I have that to look forward to. Dammit.
Meanwhile, FCD is on The List. He’s been waking at Stupid O’Clock due to foot and leg pain (We’ll not discuss his refusal to consult the pain doc his doc recommended…) The problem with him waking is that he’ll get himself a drink which requires getting ice out of the freezer bin which is a very NOISY operation, especially when I’m asleep. So his ice quest woke me just before 4 and I’d had just enough sleep that I couldn’t drop off again. Dammit. He was apologetic, but I’m tahred…
And so the day begins. I’m dragging… Happy Thursday!
I have another appt. with the audiologist today, and I hope it goes well. It seems like a really long time since I had two working hearing aids.
Tropical Storm Dolly is building somewhere, as we speak. Or type. Whatever.