(Old) Hunt for Bed October in the MMP

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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The usual 300 Slide stuff today. except the ASX printers were having problems, and cutting off the tops of the labels, so I had hundreds of packages to re-scan. Not sure if it was a machine issue, or an ID-10-T error in Primary Sort. I did a small Aldi run, mainly to learn the new layout.
My closet is not just ruly, it’s organized and color coded.

To fight The Vicious Chicken?

Maybe he hangs the gold lamé thong on the hanger meant for the seersucker cassock?

Boy and how. And a defensive two point conversion.

Brown is re- rolling out RFID labels next week. That should be interesting in a “burning oil tanker crashing into an ammunition ship that’s also carrying starving orphans and rabid starving murder hornets” way

Better hurry, Yom Kippur is approaching fast.

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My bedtime and wake-up time is mostly governed by my meds. The alarm wakes me in time for my first set, and the last set makes me sleepy. Sometimes my legs or my bladder wakes me earlier, close enough to the alarm to stay up.
FCMooom, I suppose the right word is “lumberjill.”
Doggio, due to my threadbare knowledge about Yom Kippur, I imagine the connection to secular New Year’s Day goes like, “Stop blowing that dang shofar, I have a hangover!” Yeah, regret, assessment, atonement, and then doing it all again.

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Update: IT needed to do something when the files were moved. They called, and got it sorted. That should also have resolved the issue with everyone else. I did test the new path in one Easytrieve. I only tested reading a file, since I was on the phone with someone who had other issues to address. It worked. But instead of ‘G\[folder name]\Filename.txt’, my path is now ‘C:\Users\[Johnny L.A.]\[Company name]\[Company] Main - Documents\Company\[my dept folders]\[subfolder]\Filename.txt’. And Easytrieve has a 72-character (I think) limit per record, so I need to break the address up into like three records.

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Resting at the gym before getting to the weights. Did some extra shopping today, ate lunch at Jersey Mike’s instead of bringing it home and then visited the new Aldi to see why other Mumpers like it. Didn’t buy much but it is… eclectic…in it’s variety of products. Then stopped at BJ’S warehouse and picked up a couple of Size L polo shirts, I am slowly replacing my XL shirts with Large, albeit I plan to keep some of the larger shirts around just in case.

And time to hit the weight machines.

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LOL, one reason the recipe got my attention was the use of tahini. I have a jar of it that I don’t use often and was glad to find a recipe that used a good amount of it!

I found that I liked the cookie better after it cooled, despite the recipe’s suggestion to serve it hot. It’s still so rich!

Here it is. I tweaked it a little to add more chocolate chips as is my preference, but you are substituting with dried fruit, so you won’t care. :wink:

From the NY Times:

Chocolate Chip Tahini Skillet Cookie
Yield: 4 generous servings

Ingredients

6 tablespoons/85 grams unsalted butter
½ cup/134 grams tahini
¾ packed cup/165 grams light brown sugar
⅓ cup/67 grams granulated sugar
2 tablespoons vanilla extract
1 teaspoon flaky salt, plus more for topping
1 large egg
1 cup/135 grams all-purpose flour
½ teaspoon baking soda
½ cup/44 grams semisweet chocolate chips
Vanilla ice cream, for serving

Preparation

Heat the oven to 375 degrees.

In a 9-inch ovenproof (cast-iron or stainless steel) skillet over high heat, add the butter and stir until melted.

Remove the skillet from the heat and immediately transfer to a cool surface, like a trivet or heat-resistant countertop. Add the tahini, brown sugar, granulated sugar, vanilla extract and salt. Stir, using a silicone spatula, until combined. When the batter has cooled to lukewarm, add the egg and vigorously stir to incorporate it.

Add the flour, sprinkle the baking soda on top, then mix everything together until there are no dry flour spots. Stir in the chocolate chips, saving a few to sprinkle on top, and spread out the cookie dough until it reaches the sides of the skillet. Scatter the reserved chocolate chips on top and top with a sprinkle of flaky salt.

Bake for 17 to 20 minutes, until a golden cookie crust forms on top. Allow the cookie to rest for 5 minutes, then scoop among serving bowls and pair with a scoop of ice cream on the side.

flyboy, glad you were able to get all the file-sharing issues put right. How frustrating!

red, happy nesting. :slight_smile:

Good luck with the rollout, doggio. You’ve left me with a very graphic idea of how it’s actually going to go… yikes!

metal mouse, I am continually in awe of your dedication to obtaining and keeping better health and a smaller size. You’re one in a million to have accomplished it as you have. Inspirational, too. :slight_smile:

My bedtime doesn’t change. I’m usually in bed between 10-11 p.m. and up between 6:30-8:00 a.m. As previously noted in the last MMP, I am not an early riser if I can help it. I do have a bad tendency to wake up at the bing of 3:00 a.m. and after a bio break, can usually get back to sleep for a few more hours. I hate the nights when my tricks don’t work and there is no more sleep to be had. Six hours a night is a good night!

It’s an overcast rainy day here, perfect to get some paying work done. I am getting my COVID shot tomorrow and have set aside Suffering Time for the rest of the week till Friday. I hope I don’t need it.

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And I figured out where I screwed up on one of the addresses in an Easytrieve. I’ve created a 2026 folder where I’ll put the programs as I update them (as the data comes in).

Oh, it’s still Monday, by the way. Over the past few days I’ve received two recordings from CVS saying that a prescription needs to be renewed. I didn’t know what they’re talking about. It turns out that I didn’t know the generic name, but I do have that prescription. I just know it by its trade name. So I called the pharmacy this morning. (NB: Our Rite Aid just switched to CVS.) I got an ‘automated assistant’. First, it only takes voice; not keypad. CVS didn’t recognise my cell phone number, and asked for the phone number they have. Let’s just say it took three phone calls, before I finally got the landline accepted. They texted a code to it. :roll_eyes: I called the front of the store, and they transferred me to a person in the pharmacy. So the prescription is renewed, and I gave them my mobile as the primary contact number. What a pain.

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Interview went good, he made a copy of my state i.d. hoping I can do both, as the first place is only giving me 12 hours a week..and. I have an interview tomorrow to cover all bases. What if I have to choose?
Moving to a lower floor Weds. I only have a couch, matress, box spring and 3 end tables.
I will get sun in my apt finally.
Weds morn is my yearly physical and we can discuss my slightly high cholesterol and slightly low sodium.

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Why would you have to choose? Lotsa people work two - and even three - jobs. Schedule just has to be worked out ahead of time. A bit of communication goes a long way.

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It’s still Monday…

On 08/28/2025, BMCRA changed their FTP interface for loading commercial accounts receivable. I had a suspicion that the files were not being loaded. Since it’s virtually impossible to connect with a person there (even one I used to irk with and have lunch with), I created a ‘case’ using their Client Care system, expressing my concerns and asking for verification that a long list of files had been loaded. It takes freakin’ forever for them to do anything. I finally got a resolution notice today, 17 days after I created the case (and that’s actually speedy for them) that said the case was now closed. A document had been uploaded showing what loaded… and what didn’t. More than half of the files I sent were not loaded. Since I created the case, I’ve sent 25 more files. We get paid for trade lines in those files, so this is a revenue issue.

Why can’t I just win a jackpot in a big lottery?

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Be glad you’re not next to me - I’d be forced to smack you upside the head for that! :stuck_out_tongue:

Got a text from my youngest sister - my mom fell off a stool and hurt her hip and elbow and was lightheaded. She also had trouble walking, so she was ambulanced to the hospital. Last I heard they were waiting on xray, and she couldn’t life her arm or her leg. So any healing thoughts towards Merrylande would be appreciated. Mom is 91 and tho she’s slowed down somewhat, last time I saw her (last month) she was still doing OK, just not as fast on her feet.

For now, I await an update.

Last week, it was my old Navy friend and her stroke. Last night, I heard from a high school friend who’s caring for her younger sister (who has developed cognitive issues and panic disorder.) And now this - it comes in threes, right? I can’t handle any more depressing news.

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I just got one bit of good news. I (finally) received the Q2 2025 revenue report from BMCRA. It never looks like I’m earning my keep; but our accountant pointed out that there are three tabs on the spreadsheet. So I’m pulling in about twice what they’re paying me.

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True, except bus’s don’t run at night and some of the hours may overlap.

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Healing thoughts on their way from the windswept great plains and prairies of the Midwest. Put in some extra anti-worrying thoughts for you. Please make yourself a cup of decaf tea or hot chocolate to go with them and distract yourself with some reading in your recliner with your feet up while they wend their way to you and your mom.

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Copious healing, calming, reassuring thoughts wending their way from the windswept Great Plains and prairies of the Midwest. I tucked in some extra for you so make yourself a cup of decaf tea and put your feet up in your recliner and distract yourself with some reading until they reach you. FCD can make himself a sandwich for dinner.

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Broken hip, but non-operable. They’re going to see how she does with a walker.

As for dinner, we were eating (early) when she texted, but I appreciate the thought. I may take a ride up there later this week.

Wish there was some medicinal chocolate in the house. Dammit.

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Unfortunately dark chocolate doesn’t wend itself nearly as well from the Midwest.

Hersheys Special Dark works well enough in a pinch and most grocery stores, drugstores and even gas station/convenience shops often have it with the other Hersheys stuff. Just a stop gap of course until you can get your hands on the good stuff.

I’m going keep the healing, reassuring, calming good thoughts coming for all of you.

Can your sister walker and fall proof your mom’s house? Get rid of any and all area rugs, extension cords, etc? Needless to say no more stools and step stools either.

A couple of sessions with a PT to teach good walker use, to fit it well and to teach some exercises and more fall prevention might be worth pursuing if your sister can either get a couple of PT home visits arranged or take your mom to a PT. 90% of people using walkers use them wrong. Keep your mom ambulatory and up and about safely is the ticket. She’ll no doubt fuss about the fall-proofing and walker-proofing of her place but the alternative is worse, sez the home health nurse of 44 years.

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You live in northern Ali-bammy. Keep the XLs for winter layering.

flyboy , when I came down here, I had to get used to CVS phone tree being strictly digital to it being a combo. Who the heck thought that was a good idea?

Good vibes to your mother, Mooooooom.

I got everything hung up on the walls, although I may put a couple of more hooks up in the bedroom for purses.

I also made some tamarind paste. Never again unless I have a kitchen big enough to keep a potato ricer (the conical kind) around. I’m doing a curry tomorrow, but couldn’t find any already prepared at the grocery, so I bought some pods (more expensive than a jar of paste) and made my own. While not difficult, it’s messy and without the ricer, there’s too much fruit left on the seeds. Oh, well, what I don’t use for this recipe, I’ll freeze in 1 tablespoon measures for the next time.

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Eye doctor appointment tomorrow. Since the dog cronched my bifocals, and I now have medical insurance, Imma get a new subscription fer my specs. Then we’ll see how much the real docs want for glasses vs Zenni. I’m guessing a several hunderd $ delta.

FCM Sorry to hear about the mom’s fall. Sincerely hope she can manage with a walker. Surgery in one’s 90s is…non-optimal.

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Up from naptime, wathcing preseason hockey and Monday Night Handegg. What is it with all the weird sports start times the last week anna half. But it’s bacon cheeseburger and Old Fashioned night.

Thoughts sent.

Indeed.

Good to know.

Ouch.

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My sister tends to the dramatic side - she asked me to call our other sister, then went dark on social. yeah. I don’t know how much help she’ll be, but another sister lives nearby and she’s more reliable. I’m pretty sure Mom got rid of all throw rugs a few years back when she tripped, fell, and dislocated her shoulder. Is there a pattern here???

As of right now, she can’t put weight on her right leg - I don’t know if they’ve gotten her on a walker yet. Waiting for an update… One thing I will say, she’s usually pretty good about following doctor’s orders.

According to my sister, they won’t do surgery. I’ll call my mom in a day or two and get her side of the story. Probably less dramatic than my sister painted.

I let Daughter know what’s going on. At first, she thought it was my sister who fell - the messages I tried to forward got borked in the transmission. But she’s got the story now.

Back to crocheting, hoping to hear more soon.