I’ve been sitting here for the last 20 minutes trying to come up with a clever topic, as if that matters. So I gave up and just started. Surely someone here has a better idea?
Happy Moanday!
ETA: Happy taters Day!!!
Okay. You said taters so whats your favorite way to eat potatos?
I prefer hash browns.
They’re the crack cocaine version of hash browns.
Good Morning’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. YAWN ‘Tis 70 Amurrkin out and cloudy with a predicted high of 91 and partly N.O.S. this afternoon. The big item on today’s agenda is men’s night over to the church house. We will go over early to setup as is our wont. The buyer of foodstuffs texted me and told me he bought sump’n called Texas toast vice bizkits. I texted back that anything that involves Texas toast, vice and bizkits intrigues me.
It smells like BBQ outside. The burly butcher sto’ smokes and sells a lot of ribs, brisket, chikin, poke < snerk > BUTTS! < snerk > etc. When the wind is just right, we can smell it all. Not complainin’, however, cause YUM! It does remind me that next Moanday is Memorial Day, so I need to get some ribs and smoke’em this weekend cause that’s what it supposed to be done on Memorial Day weekend.
And now this…
< AHEM > CLEARIN’ THROAT < AHEM >
HAAAPPPYYY BIIIRRRTTTHHHDDDAAAY TOOOOOO YOUUUUUU!!!
HAAAPPPYYY BIIIRRRTTTHHHDDDAAAY TOOOOOO YOUUUUUU!!!
HAAAPPPYYY BIIIRRRTTTHHHDDDAAAY DEEEAAARRR TTTAAATTTEEERRRSSS!!!
HAAAPPPYYY BIIIRRRTTTHHHDDDAAAY TOOOOOO YOUUUUUU!!!
Now I need more caffeine and to feed rumbly tummy. Then, onward into the day! Rah.
Happy Moanday Y’all!
Buncha Mumper slackers this morning!! 
Good morning. I love a smashed potato recipe that I saw on ATK.
Boil some red potatoes in their skins, then lightly crush them somewhat flat with a potato masher. Coat them in oil and a little salt and bake them at 375 until they become crusty and brown. You can sprinkle them with raw minced garlic and parmesan when they’re a couple of minutes shy of being done, or serve them plain. Great with steaks or chops!
Good morning, everyone.
It’s 49°F, cloudy, and damp. The rain is projected to continue through the morning, but the clouds will remain in the afternoon, with rain returning by evening. Our expected high temperature is 60°F.
Thank you for the birthday wishes.
We’ll probably grab lunch with my son later today, and tomorrow, we’ll head to the zoo, just for something to do.
My Jeep sorely needs a good wash, but…rain. So, it’ll wait.
Welp, I need another cup of coffee.
My purple Jeep is turning green. 
And damn proud of it!! Stayed in bed until nearly 8am. In my defense we had thunderbolts and lightning around 3am to wake me up and two trips to the W.C., so it was an interrupted evening.
As for potatoes, I prefer French Fries, especially large crinkle cut ones lightly salted and not too crisp, or as an alternative 5 Guys fries.
Taters, if I didn’t already say it, and most happy completion of another orbit of the sun, enjoy your time with son.
swampy, "Texas toast vice bizkits’ intrigued me so I went to Google and you apparently can make a thing like that, I will expect a full report tomorrow… 
And onward into the week. Take care all.
Happy birthday taters!
We are going to be enjoying new potatoes next month. I threw some sprouted potatoes in a grow bag (OK, an Aldi’s bag that I’d put holes in) and now they are about a foot taller than the top of the soil (with a foot of growth under the soil), so next month the little potatoes should be ready to pick.
I’m going to plant garlic this fall, in fact I am already planning my winter garden.
I don’t have a lot of plans for today. I am going to dig around in the big planter and add more peat moss to the soil to stop it from packing down.
I guess I should finish my coffee and fold the laundry then get started on my day.
Day off, because it’s Queen Victoria’s birthday. (Yeah, we know she’s dead and won’t notice.)
Also, day in Canada for the formal recognition of His Majesty’s birthday, so Happy Birthday, Chuck!!
Happy birthday taters!
As for my favorite way to eat potatoes, it would be a tie between homemade scalloped potatoes and an order of scattered, smothered, covered, chunked, extra crispy at WH.
Up, caffeinating, breakfasted and fixing to do KP. After that, there will be a little housekeeping re the :snerk: STD claim, then a call to the ortho to find out when they’ve scheduled my MRI.
I do need to pick up some prescriptions today, so I’ll mail my monthly greeting cards out whilst I’m wearing pants and a bra (yeah, yeah, TMI and all).
Stay safe and healthy y’all!
I missed that.
Happy birthday, taters and Chuck!
Afternoon, mumpers! It’s currently 18c/64f 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 a horse, it’s also a fucking good day to ride a horse.” I’d be happy to indulge in either of those activities but I have to work instead.
Happy birthday, Taters! I hope you have a fabulous time with your son too.
I was busy in meetings all morning, otherwise I could have got you lot started off hours ago!
I would be very intrigued by that too, please provide the explanation when you get it, although I doubt it’s anywhere near as entertaining as what the mumpers will be conjuring up!
It’s been a busy day today - I logged into irk early then nipped out to take 'im indoors to the station, came home and irked until lunchtime. I had one meeting this morning, then went out to do the grocery shopping in my lunch break, came home and scoffed said lunch, and had a meeting this afternoon for an hour. Now I have a job I want to get finished before I log off for the day, and I need to decide what I’m making for dinner tonight. Decisions, decisions!
Happy Birthday, taters!!
I’ve been some kind of busy this morning. I have a Cheshire Cat cookie jar that has seen better days and my mom is bound and determined to take all the paint off of it and repaint it for me so we were working on that. Then I decided to completely disassemble the pillow that I’m working on because there are things that I should have sewn onto it before I put it together.
Now I’m just sitting here looking at a cute little poodle and trying to decide what shall be the next major task of the day. Oh, and thank goodness, I called the dentist first thing this morning and they can get me in on Thursday! I’m so glad because I’m having some kind of issue and it’s hurting randomly but always when it detects cold on the right side of my mouth. My teeth have been an ongoing disaster since I had my gallbladder out and I see no signs of that changing.
I picked up my meds and talked to the pharmacist about getting a few extra pills in our next refills to get us thru the end of our trip. She said to talk to them a few days before we leave. So that’s settled.
I also stopped at the Dollar General and got a pocket folder and some granola bars for FCD to snack on between meals. He’s not eating enough and he’s complaining about not losing weight. Well duh! His metabolism is slowing because his body thinks he’s starving. He won’t believe me - I told him to ask Dr. Google.
Hmmmm, now what? I probably should try something productive…
A slightly less chaotic Monday, at least while the belts were running. Then all sorts of stuff came out of the woodwork for me to deal with. And to wrap up, damaging out a 7 foot by 4 foot glass whiteboard that the Ireg pewople managed to twist into a Mobius Strip. I stopped at Aldi for a few things.
Also, why does Spot not like catnip, but loves corn? Is he fromIowa? Is he a Shetland Holstien with a speech impediment?
Vodka!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TATERS!!!
Maybe she’s just pinnin’ for the fjords?
with steak and eggs, and a side of fistfight.
Happy noontime in N. Ali-bama…happy because Moanday shopping is done, a Jersey Mike’s #3 is in my belly, and I will shortly head off to the gym to work off Sunday’s sloth. My weight trainer called me, he’s been on a cruise the past week with his family and they got back late and things need to be done, so I’ll see him starting Wednesday instead.
Piper, happy Royalty Worship Day…
Sticky Buns, hope the dentist can take care of the tooth, but I don’t see the relationship with the gallbladder here…
FCM, I count my calories pretty close, but still make sure I’m at the average or better level…keep an eye on him now…
I do like your style…
And about time to climb into some swimming trunks and go beat the water into submission. Have a good afternoon all.
A latke by any other name. . .
I made the really bad mistake of assuming that Costco would be fairly tame this morning. Holy shit, was I wrong! After parking out in the south forty, I had to hike through a cold wind to the store, which was packed with people wandering aimlessly and talking on their cells. JFC, people! All I needed was bacon, butter and a jug of maple syrup, so I nearly turned around and left, but the siren call of cheap Irish butter and $4/lb bacon lured me in. Imagine my shock when there was no Irish butter to be found. Please don’t tell me this is because of Orange Turd’s tariffs, or I’m gonna have to take measures. I had to settle for New Zealand grass-fed, which had better be every bit as good or. . .cue dramatic music. Luckily, the self-checkout line was non-existent so I was able to exit quickly to trudge back to the car.
I didn’t want to get jammed up by people waiting for parking spaces, so headed the opposite direction, which got me all up-da-fucked in the adjoining parking lots (it’s a big mall). I finally was able to get back on the exit road after pissing off a couple of drivers and get out of Dodge. You know it’s bad when the best part of the trip is the freeway to and from the store.
The wife told me that whenever I leave the apartment for any length of time, Sadie walks around looking for me and meowing pitifully. I’d like to think it’s because of feline devotion, but it’s probably because I feed her.