(Old) Firin' up the grill in the MMP

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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And a good late afternoon to all. Managed to get shopping-sammich-swimming-sauna all in today and also got the lawn mowed, so been pretty successful, outside of the scale at the gym saying I added 1.8lbs the past week (from 255.8 to 257.6). Going to pretend the scale was broken and go get a Whataburger here in a bit. Cloudy all afternoon but no rain and the temps were in the 70’sF, so not a bad Memorial Day.

Wet one, if you ever pass through N. Ali-bama going to visit sister and BIL, I have a free bed (once I get all the stuff off of it).

FCM, enjoy the tea cart.

Oopsie, do what you feel comfortable doing at the sessions; and smart of you to start organizing now for Saturday; for me, Friday at 9pm is about right…

Know what you mean, there is nothing quiet like the sound of a steam engine (and Virtual Railfan has a camera at Strasburg, PA, where they run excursions with old steam locos; I guess most railfans love steam too).

Real Fish, take care and going to the ER was the exact right move. Gall bladder pain tends not to be in the chest, it’s usually down below the rib cage and along the side (I had my episode 30 years ago and I still remember how much it hurt). And like JtC says, you are not being a bother by taking care of yourself like a responsible adult. Be well.

nellie, glad to see you back and thanks for sharing the story. Don’t be too hard on yourself now, there is no manual on how to deal with life as it occurs, you did what you felt was best at the time, and if it didn’t work out exactly as you hoped, well, life isn’t fair and we do the best we can…as I know you did.

OK, need to put on some ‘outside in public’ clothes on and get my Double Meat Whataburger with cheese (but no onion) for evening consumption. Take care all.

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This sounds like an excellent and low-calorie response to the problem. But perfectly appropriate for a holiday. Most Americans know that the word “Holiday” is actually “diet cheat day” spelled sideways. :grin:

I’ve told this story several times but I used to frequent an old timey Mom 'n Pop bakery that made fresh pastries, cakes, pies, etc. right there on premises. Behind the cash register was a small framed sign:

My doctor told me I should lose weight.
So I went to the bakery for a second opinion.


Another vote that truefish did the right thing. Bodies don’t suddenly produce major pain for the hell of it.

And another vote that dear nellie try to accept peace into her heart. You’ve done excellently, no matter how much it doesn’t feel like that. The past is done. It’s entirely optional to let it infect any more of your future. My gentle suggestion is that you’ll be happier not doing that. That might take some pro help. Us amateurs here work cheap and there are a lot of us. {{hugs}}.

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“I had a cupcake without sprinkles
***diets are hard”

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BooFae, when one of the managers at irk retired, he had kept all of the company logo tee shirts hanging on the wall of his office. One of the women in his department volunteered to make a quilt and it came out looking like a time capsule of Rick’s 18 years there.

JtC, one of the things that I found in my Mom’s recipe file was that some name brand items were no longer made. When I put together the family cookbook, I gave suggestions for substitutes.

wet one, on your visits to Gulf Shores, let some of us know and we’ll set up a Nashville meetup on one leg of your trip (IIRC, Nashville should be about halfway to GS from your home).

Feel better soonest fishy!

nellie, you made the best calls that you could with the tools in your toolbox at the time. Yes, your kids were exposed to their father’s mental issues, but they also received a lot of love and support from you. Hugs all around.

Well, I’m doggio, Nashville version. It’s been so long since I’ve lived in a stand-alone dwelling that I’ve gotten out of the habit of grilling. I am, however, a fair campfire cook and learned some of the finer points of cooking on a wood range from my late sweetie’s granny.

Today was another irk day at CasaRoja. My (former) grandboss has left the company to pursue other opportunities since Wednesday. I knew that he was under the gun and not a really good fit for us, given that sh!t rolls downhill. I hope that he finds something that he’s better suited for. However, I won’t miss those stoopid 1455 meetings (we leave @ 1500).

Stay safe and healthy y’all!

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I had to come back in and comment about the already hijacked topic of the week. I heard an official sound of the start of Summer a little while ago. An ice cream truck was cruisin’ da ‘hood playin’ “Pop Goes The Weasel” earlier this evenin’. AIR maybe in last week’s MMP “Pop Goes The Weasel” was a part of the chatter. Weird.

Quietly I see a piece of cake by your name, so happy Doperversary!

JtC I admire your willpower. Without the sprinkles that cupcake was near calorie free!

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Then one day you find that TWENTY YEARS have got behind you…

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Yaay for cake! Congrats.

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Got to sleep at 2 something in the morning and got up at 11am. New pillows on the bed and clean sheets and comforter, bed time shower, and didn’t want to leave the bed. All told spent over 12 hours (between reading and sleeping) in my happy clean bed.

No grilling here, I do like a good hamburger. I mostly get them from restaurants.

Mostly did small things around the flat as my hair turns turquoise reef. Nearly time to rinse out.

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Oops.

I used a lot less rub on the poke because The Missus can’t handle too much heat anymore. Unfortunately, I didn’t look at the label of the open bottle of BBQ sauce that was in the fridge. It was ‘smoke and chipotle’. She said everything was good (and she’s stuffed), but she couldn’t eat the whole rib.

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I went for a drive, but no dog sightings. I napped with Spot for a bit.

  1. He seems more cuddly when I wear black pants.
  2. that boy sure does twitch when he’s asleep.

The exact words were “MeOOOOW MeOWWWW mewmewmewmew MROROOOOWR!*”, but pretty much.

Stop thinking that. Too many people end up six feet under, because they “didn’t want to be a bother”. Anything that hurts that much gets checked out. I have spoken.

:partying_face: :champagne: :birthday:*HAPPY BIRTHDAY, quietly!!! :birthday::champagne: :partying_face:
I’m having an Old Fashioned in your honor.

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Oh yes, you will feel better for getting checked out. And nobody is going to think you a “right fool” for doing so.

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Thanks, everyone, for butt-kicking me into accepting that I did the right thing. They’re getting ready to discharge me. Their best guess is gastric ulcer. I’ll have to follow up with my doctor and possibly have an endoscopy. But the pain is gone for now and I’m just beat. As soon as they can get me my paperwork and take out my IV, I’m hoping to be out of here. I’ll reply to everything else later.

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Happy Moonday!

Happy Memorial Day!

I have a lot of catching up to do.
My life as i knew it is over and
OMG while two dogs are easier than one,
two puppies are a lot harder than one.

We are working on establishing a routine so the pups know what to expect.
They are catching on pretty quickly though.

Last night they went upstairs on their own.

Echo is being a bitch.
Ripple was such a good big brother.
From the moment I set Echo down in front of him, he got a big smile on his face, and his little tail wagged, and looked at me like, For Real! I have my own PUPPY! She could climb on him, he had little scabs all over his ears from her biting him, he showed her the ropes, how to go outside, how to climb stairs, how to fight. He let her sleep on top of him, always gentle and patient with her, shared his toys with her.
Echo is a bitch.

I need to catch up but it’s been a bit hectic around here

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It’s still Memorial Day, so here’s the only person in my family whom I know of that died in service.

http://gonebutnotforgotten.homestead.com/kirkpatrick.html

On 1 July 1941, my great-(great-?)uncle was promoted to Captain. Five months and six days later, on USS Arizona, Captain Chaplain Kirkpatrick became one of two chaplains killed during the attack on Pearl Harbor. (The other, not a relative of mine, was Father Aloysius Schmitt on the USS Oklahoma.)

My father’s youngest brother, born 3 December 1941, got his middle name, Leroy, from Captain Chaplain Kirkpatrick.

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Had a mint chocolate chip Dove bar instead of making a fire and so unable to make s’mores. Then planted some calla lily bulbs. Lastly washed dishes and silverware.

sari good to hear from you. I’m sure those cute lil pups are keeping you plenty busy.

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Holey moley, y’all are a talkative bunch. I’ve got nothing to add except my knee with the screws in it is unhappy. This weather thing of 80s daytime and 30s nighttime is crap.

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Thanks for the sweet perspectives, Dopers! My Catholic upbringing made me excel at blaming myself. Old School nuns were good at guilt, not at the “God loves you” part. If we Mumpers ever get together, I’ll tell you the story of How Shy Little Me Kicked a Nun and Vincie and the Spanking Machine. First round’s on me!

I’m delighted to report that two of my windowbox fuchsias have big buds! The third one was traumatized by the transplanting, so lags behind, but I have faith! I keep whispering, “You’re fine the way you are, but you’ll love having flowers!”

My daughter and her husband have their flights booked to join the fambly in Illinois and Michigan this summer. It’s the first time in 13 years they’ll be there. My son and his wife have NEVER been, mostly because they refuse to kennel their dogs, which I understand. I’d really like them to go, though.

True Fish, I join the Reassurance Chorus in saying you did the right thing. Ulcers rate a zero on the Fun Scale, so I hope you’re cured pronto.

Sari, I’d happily puppy sit if I lived closer. Hey, I taught freshmen, so I can handle puppy shenanigans. Teens are basically overgrown puppies. :slight_smile:

flyboy, that’s a touching story.
Happy Doperversary, Quietly! I’m glad you’re here!

Few things feel better than that!

swampy, my brother and his wife didn’t want their boys to pester them when the ice cream truck came around, so they said it was “the music truck.” For years, my nephews thought there was a happy little truck driving around playing songs. :slight_smile:

Are any of you familiar with Sarah Millican, the British comedian? She sounds like a sweet north-of-England nanny, but she’s definitely NSFW. Here’s my favorite: She said she saw panties that said on the front, “I would do anything for love,” and the back said, “But I won’t do that.” Cracks me up, it does.

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I’ve never thought about that, but yeah, it is a thing.

I had problems finding lard in stores when I wanted to learn how to make refried beans. (Pro tip: don’t bother, the only way to get them right is to make a huge batch and they only last a couple of months in the freezer.)

Once I had the lard, I followed the recipe exactly and we thought they were bland, so then I started playing with different spices and fats. I should probably dig that box of lard out of the pantry and check the expiry date because I only used it a couple of times.

That sounds pretty close.

he’s hunting wild bananas.

I am really not laughing at you. Really.

According to google, Shar Pei’s are fully grown at 16 months which doesn’t mean much when it comes to young animals. How long until they grow up and calm down? /rubs hands thinking of future stories of mayhem and hijinks/

That sucks. I hope you get a good treatment plan soon.

Oh yeah, I know all about that.

I want to hear the story of you against the world! It sounds most intriguing.

I was happily stitching along when GG came in and yammered at me then started trying to lead me into the kitchen. I followed thinking that he could see the bottom of his kibble bowl, but that wasn’t the problem at all. He wanted someone to rub his belly while he laid on the floor and reached into the bowl to pull kibbles out one by one like he was a Roman emperor. Of course I rubbed his tummy for him, I’m a very well trained slave.

I’m not really as happy as normal with this year’s instructions…I think she’s been spending too much time gazing into her true love’s eyes and not enough time proofreading the final product.

Mom hasn’t started her lesson because she wants paper patterns and they won’t be there until tomorrow. This worked out because I was able to call her today and tell her to call me when she has the patterns in her hands so I can tell her where to make corrections or even ply counts in one part.

The designer is much better than this, I am hoping she gets over the mushy stuff by next year.

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Up, caffeinated, and sheveled. Off to heave. Spot just lightly smacked me in the face for failing to share a sufficiently large piece of Gouda with him.

10, 11 years? :rofl:

sari, maybe Echo will go into the role. If nothing else, now she has 2 fall guys for the shenanigans.

Ouch. Hopefully they can treat it.

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Morning, mumpers! It’s 11c/51f with a predicted high of 18c/65f and partly cloudy. Weather app says “An optimist would say it’s partly sunny outside. That optimist is a fucking idiot.” In fairness, there’s no visible sun out there, it’s cool and breezy. This I know, 'cos I have hauled the biiiiiiig recycling bin out for today’s collection. For some reason, the neighbour’s bin didn’t get emptied…the binman put ours on the back of the dumpster, lifted the lid of theirs and peered inside, closed it and left it where it was.

fishy hope you feel better soon!

sari I hope Echo comes around soon and makes friends with the little guys. Perhaps she just needs a bit of time to adjust to having them around?

doggio still keeping fingers and paws crossed for Darci sightings.

missred that sounds like a lovely idea :slight_smile: There’s always a vague possibility I might diet my way back into some of those t-shirts, it’s a very vague possibility but there’s always hope!

I’ve had breakfast and am on my second cup of tea. It’s payday so I’ve been online and paid what bills don’t get automatically paid, shifted some money into my savings account, and transferred a payment from Paypal to my bank. I suppose I should consider logging into work now, I’ve got meetings at 10am and 11am, would be a good idea if I was remotely prepared for them!