That’s a great attitude! Childbirth is unpredictable, which is great practice for parenting.
My money’s on “or something.”
Had I only known that was the name of FCM’s granddaughter, I’d have vetoed it in favor of something more pet-sounding! We did get her 9 years ago, so I don’t know who was named first.
My Roxy is a cat, and she’s…unusual. We started taking her out on a leash in the desperate hope that it would cut down on her efforts to dash out the door every time we opened it, and she loves it - as long as it’s not rainy, snowy, or too windy. She knows about snow, but like all cats, she believes her owner put it there on purpose to ruin her fun. One of these days, I’ll figure out how to get into my long-dormant Flickr account (or was it Photobucket?) and post some pictures.
We managed to find a mobile vet some years ago, and it’s been a godsend. Our younger cat has only been taken to the vet in a car twice (the mobile vet takes them to a partner clinic for surgery or tooth-cleaning).
I once lost a throw for two months because I put it in a good place waiting to have enough blankets for a full washer load. That and behind the couch are my favorite places to misplace them.
I hope you have a great time - and take lots of pictures again!
This is great advice! I’m part of the Spatulate Feet Club as well (10.5 EE American), but I’ve been ordering shoes online for so long, I think it’s time for me to go in and get my feet measured again, since the foot with the bunion changes periodically.
There’s nothing like blood thinners! Mr. L is on them and has neuropathy in his feet, so he’s tracked blood spots through the house more than once without realizing he’s even injured.
It’s so nice that your trash day is a day before mine - I know it’s time to get mine ready so that it won’t take me by surprise tomorrow night!
We’re watching the owls tonight. It used to be the only game we watched all year, but Mr. L has taken to watching games all season. I keep telling him he doesn’t need to be ashamed; I watch crappy British murder shows all the time!
I’ve been making notes to know who’s who, but I’m a bit shy about using nicknames. I don’t know you all like that yet!
Good on you for pre-exercising to get a calorie deficit! We ate most of our game snacks throughout the week, but noises have been made about having guacamole. We’ll see if anyone’s motivated enough to see if we have any avocados that are still good.
We’re sticking to the Puppy Bowl for pregame. Luckily, Max is streaming it this year, since we don’t subscribe to Discovery or Animal Planet. I keep having to remind myself that we don’t have little kids anymore and we aren’t active enough for a big dog (historically, I gravitate towards big, fluffy, active dogs). We don’t need a little dog, either, because the cats wouldn’t let them share laps.
Are you staying home today? I have a friend who lived close to a Superbowl in Phx and she said she couldn’t have left her house if she had wanted to due to the traffic.
I hope you enjoy your concert!
Thanks. I might mock him for his gaming addiction, but it really is his only entertainment anymore and I would hate for him to be without it. My comp isn’t as high powered than his is, but at least it doesn’t overheat and shut down in the middle of a boss battle. The laptop will be just fine for me and if I really need something stored on my desktop, it will be simple enough to get it.
Except I just know that as soon as I can’t game I’m going to WANT to, LOL!!!
Owie on foot injuries.
I just love cleaning up half dried blood trails because hubs doesn’t notice that he’s bleeding. NOT!
I had a cat that loved his leash walkies. He was part Maine Coon and thought snow was pretty neat. None of our others really took to the leash though.
The thumping recommenced this morning at around 9 and has been intermittent ever since.
Oh, my gosh, this gave me a chuckle as I imagined the dryer “walking” around their apartment, and the two guys running ahead of it with like Homer on the opening credits of The Simpsons. I hope you survive Pizza Madness!
MetalMouse, I laughed so hard over the "dog with a peg leg that I had to share it with my kids.
Red, youch, that sounds painful! Did you yelp things that’d have too be spelled out in punctuation marks?
So mine isn’t the only one breaking out the beach towel and whistling “Hot Fun in the Summertime.” Good to knowIt’s grown six inches in the two weeks since I discovered it in the outdoor closet. Thanks to VanGo, I call the original one “George.” Whoa, I just now went to check on it, and it has buds! There were zero buds last night!
Both kids called, so that’s the best part of Sunday. JtC: my daughter says she taught her nebelung (GG’s doppelganger) to sit for treats. Coincidentally, my son’s border collie has learned to play the retrieving part of Fetch. They’ve only been working on it for two years. My cousin is at the Super Bowl because of his job. Since neither da Bears or the Seahawks are in it, I don’t much care who wins it. I used to grade papers with the sound muted, then unmute for the commercials because the next day, my students would say, “Ms. Bly, did you see the Doritos [Gatorade, Budweiser, Dunkin’ Donuts] commercial?”
And, pilot - nicknames will not go away. It’s how we do things in this corner of the sandbox. It all started with creator of the MMP, RueDeDay who quit playing here eons ago. No one is forced to use them or have one, but since we never could agree on a t-shirt design, we do nicks.
Ok, we never discussed t-shirts, but maybe we will now.
The Game is our current background noise, but both of us are on our tablets. Some of the commercials are cute, but mostly meh so far. Tablet is more interesting.
Ariel from Brooks. I’ve bought their Adrenaline shoe, too, but they don’t make it in EE width any more.
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FYI, the men’s version of Ariel is Beast. I’m a woman but I found that the Beast fit me better. If you can find a store that carries Brooks shoes, you might want to try on both, along with some of their numerous other styles. As I suggested before, once you know what works for you, keep an eye on eBay for them. Also Brooks.com used to offer sales/clearances but I don’t know if they still do.
It’s 9pm on the boat, the night is yet young, and lots of new friends are had. It appears their shipboard internet is blocking access to Google drive, so there won’t be pix for awhile.
The experience is definitely adult, youthful, and heavy on fun. We have 20+ solo travelers, most of whom are at least claiming to be single. Hardly a meat/meet market, but good times will be had. An excellent first meal was had, tuna tartare app, a lamb shank w mixed roast veg, and a special Valentines very pink chocolate mousse dessert, plus a taste of their rum cake.
Off to music for a bit, then at 11pm the “pajama party” starts.
And now Hubs has finally admitted that the laptop just isn’t cutting it for him.
We hesitate to interrupt the current download but the swap will happen in probably an hour. I’ll connect my monitor and keyboard to the laptop and nothing will really change for me. Except that I won’t be able to game or access my patterns.
At least I won’t be listening to Hubs yelling at the laptop because his avatar isn’t moving fast enough.
FCM, your Roxy is undoubtedly cuter than mine - and probably a bit less cranky! I just realized that I do have an Instagram account, so here’s a few cat pictures.
Roxy is the dilute tortoiseshell and Khoshekh (who is unlikely to share a name with any human) is the black cat.
Can you file as “married, filing separately” & then HL can do her own whenever it suits her? A very quick Google tells me this, so maybe it’s not appropriate for your situation.
“While the tax code encourages married couples to file their tax returns jointly, there are a few scenarios where married filing separately could be beneficial. These include when both spouses have about the same amount of income and when combining income pushes a couple into a higher tax bracket.”
One of the requirements for MFS is that you live apart. Which we did not do in 2023. But good idea, and thank you for the suggestion.
This is actually a good test case of whether she can do as she said she would and keep this split-up businesslike. I’ve opened the email conversation and so far so good with her initial response.
Enjoy Uranus! I stopped there in 2018 on my drive back from Silver Dollar City to the STL airport. I’ve also mail-ordered assorted fudge (including “The Mayor’s #2”) to share with special friends. Ruble had an assortment of their shirts & loved them all but his favorite was the one for The Uranus Mortuary (“We bury 'em deep in Uranus”).
I also stopped at the new location in Indiana last year on my way to an Electric Amish concert, and a third location will be opening this year on the OH/IN border.
If anyone doesn’t understand this nonsense, just check out their website:
Yeah, we never even left the house today. I don’t go over to Vegas very often anyway, but certainly wasn’t going anywhere near there today.
The Chiefs and 49ers have been staying at hotels about one and two miles from here, respectively, though, so it’s been interesting seeing all the media and security presence around.