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Evening all. Rain held off so I was able to get soccer practiced, only had 5 of the 10 girls there, I had told the parents to use their own judgement regarding the weather. Now waiting to see if we escape rain tonight and tomorrow so we can play on Saturday.

FCM, you’ll have to give us an ‘after’ picture sometime this summer once it’s done and planted/blossoming.

Sticky Buns, ouch on the fall, hope you are feeling better (and Mom too).

She either laughed or hit you with the waffle iron after that…

JtC, the new keyboard is nice, but the only problem is when I put it on my lap the wireless connection becomes touch-and-go. Guess I’ll adjust to it.

As for glasses, I made it to trifocals before they switched me to progressive lenses. Got my first pair at 7 years of age and have worn them ever since.

red, browsed Google images for 'dachshund-whippet mix" and it looks like and interesting combination.

Still have my evening You Tubing to do, so take care all and catch up with you on Firday.

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Spot was cuddly and napped with me. Until filled his bowl when I got up to pee. After that i ceased to exist. Cats. but I had a margarita and Smoked Paprika chicken with cheesy **N.O.T.**s for dinner

I would, but I don’t think tacos grow wild around here.

{{{{sticky}}}}

:rofl:
But good choice. I have the first one, thanks to Netflix folding it’s DVD service.

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She laughed.

We’re watching the first one on TCM right now. About over.

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Today was the 18th of April, and in my mother’s honor I reread Longfellow’s “Paul Revere’s Ride” She loved the poetry of Longfellow, partly because her father did.

And Mom was the only person I ever knew who could recite the whole poem from memory. So until she died I would see her on this day and she would recite, while I kept track in a book. I can get about a third of the way throught. Every so often though I try to add a few verses to memory.

And speaking of Longfellow he helped save my butt in eighth grade English class. I arrived at class, having totally forgotten the this day was when we were supposed to do a public recitation in front of the class. I had one book with me, our textbook. Trying to flip through it and pick something to read, while pretending to listen to who was up front, I chose the final portion of “Evangeline” That’s the part where she’s old, a nun in the poor hospital, and finds her long lost love dying there. My voice had something of a tremor, mostly from fear, but I guessed the teacher interpreted it as honest emotion because I got an A-, with the comment “Obviously well prepared” I wish I could find the teacher and tell her the truth.

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Up, caffeinated, and sheveled. Off to heave.

Close enough. :slightly_smiling_face:

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I LOVE Guys and Dolls! It’s one of our go-to movies. I guess I’ve just gotten used to his singing over the years.

:ideas are forming; more later:

Were there any hos (or hoes) involved?

My mom did not end up going to the ER last night. It’s still early, so I haven’t seen her yet this morning. I am up and slowly poking around. My left leg/hip is very unhappy with me. I’m going to try to go to physical therapy today. We’ll see how that goes.

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Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. YAWN ‘Tis 67 Amurrkin out and clear with a predicted high of 88 and mostly N.O.S. for the day. Today will be a day of high sloth, general overall uselessness, nappage, and day drinkin’. I have had to people for two days in a row and vow not to do that again today. Sup shall be chili/cheese/onion/slaw dawgs and fries. Fartfest to follow.

Now I need more caffeine and to feed rumbly tummy. Then, onward into the day! Rah.

Happy Firday Y’all!

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FlyBoy. TCM runs a Thin Man marathon every NYE or NYD. But I get the need to own the boxed set.

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After several lovely days in the 70s, today we’re promised low 60s and clouds. Not sure what, if anything, will get done outside. It’s laundry day and at some point, I need to go pick up my specs. Anything else will be figured out as the day goes along.

My right shoulder has been aching for-freekin’-ever. At first I thought it was a repetitive motion thing, but even with gentle stretches and such, it’s not getting better. In fact, it seems almost worse. I have a Dr appt at the end of May - I’ll talk to her then and maybe get a referral to a shoulder person. Unfortunately, the biggest orthopedic practice in the county bills itself as Sports Medicine and our experience with them is that they’d rather deal with jocks. The woman I saw there was rather a bitch - both appointments, I was left sitting in the room for 45 minutes before she deigned to show up. That’s BS!! Anyway, we’ll see how it goes.

I’ve been dealing with a rash of lid breakage!! Two Tupperware lids and one Rubbermaid lid all split spectacularly! I contacted T-ware about replacements (aren’t they guaranteed forever?) and they wanted to know when and who hosted the party. Um, these were pieces from FCD’s ex - how the heck should I know??? Slowly but surely, my collection of containers is shrinking. I tossed all the old take-out food containers - there were just too many and most were too big. Maybe I should consider a serious purge and replacement. Must think.

Happy Firday!

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Up at dark 5 am to get ready for the dentist. Crown is back in place and am home eating breakfast. Going to the chiro, the gym, lunch. Slothing this afternoon.

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Happy Friday (I almost said Thursday. I am not entirely with it).

Occupancy inspection this morning. This is one of my four specific points of anxiety. I expect there will be things we need to fix, but probably nothing overwhelming. I don’t know why we do this three weeks before closing instead of before listing.

Then on to a relatively normal day of work. At least what passes for normal. Tonight is house things. Plan is to be done with the basement by the end of the weekend so we can call the junk people to get rid of the things we’re not taking.

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Afternoon, mumpers! It’s currently 12c/54f with no predicted change, and partly cloudy. Weather app is not enjoying that, and tell me “My fucking joints are aching, it must mean the fucking weather is changing for the 365th fucking day this year.” Oh dear, definitely not a happy app!

The morning commute was fairly easy today - I was up early (deliberately) to get out of the house in time for the early bus. I needed to walk to the stop before my usual one because the roadworks at the end of my street (and the temporary traffic lights) means it takes longer for the bus to get through that small section. I was out of the house and at the bus stop by 6.40am. The timetable says the bus arrives at 6.45am and the next one is 7.01am. Eventually I got on a bus at 6.54am so now I’m not sure if it was late or early! Still made it to the station in time for the nice train which had all 11 carriages instead of the 9 they thrust upon us on Wednesday.

The train from Big City Station to campus was 3 carriages instead of 6 (woe is me, having to travel with hordes of screeching schoolies) but it would appear a lot of people work from home on Friday so it wasn’t too crowded.

There are only two of us in the office today so it’s been fairly quiet. I’ve been making up packs for presentations next week which I wasn’t expecting to do because nobody told me they were required. Anyway, that has involved playing with the laminator to make some signage.

It amuses me far too much that the literal translation of the French text on the pack of laminating pouches is “Pockets for Hot Plastification”. I spent my morning plastificating!

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Coming out of my lurker’s corner with some news: I do not have much real information at this time, but I had a biopsy Tuesday and just got a call from my Urologist that I have tested positive for Prostate Cancer. I am waiting for the clinic to call me to set up a PSMA scan and once that is done I will sit down with the Urologist to formulate what our plan is going forward.

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Sorry. Hugs sent.

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Mornin’ all.

It’s 40 degrees Fahrenheit and clear out this morning. We are supposed to have plentiful sunshine and a high temperature of 69 degrees Fahrenheit.

FCM, I’ve gone to these storage containers and never looked back. Brilliance

I didn’t get to dig in the dirt yesterday. I made it to Lowes and Home Depot. I went to Home Depot specifically for a large box cedar planter, but they didn’t have any. I came home with some bags of lawn, container, and raised bed dirt. Also, a landscaper’s rake to help with raking the freakin’ rocks that are having babies all over my yard and just a few plants. The plant selection at both stores was somewhat limited. It’s early in the season.

After both stores, I had to stop and get lunch and bring it home. This will sound petty, but I need to get it off my chest. Whenever I run errands or leave the house, my husband wants me to bring lunch home. I then feel rushed AND don’t get to all the places I want to go because of the distances between restaurants and where I am going. I could spend hours in one plant nursery, but I rarely get that luxury. I prefer to run errands as early in the morning as possible, but now, with the pups, I can’t leave until the husband gets out of bed. He KNOWS this, but nope, even though I told him I wanted to be out and about early, he didn’t roll out of bed until after 10:00 a.m.

So, I didn’t get back home until close to two in the afternoon yesterday. After eating and then unloading everything and hauling it to the backyard, all my get-up-and-go was gone. I set out my plants and watered them, and then had to wrestle the hose away from the pups because my husband thought it would be nice to let them stay outside while I worked. It wasn’t. I couldn’t get anything done in the part of the yard to which they have access.

Of course, work-related issues cropped up, and I was getting calls on my personal phone. Still, this stuff needed to be dealt with right then and there.

So, what was supposed to be a nice, somewhat relaxing day for me wasn’t.

hippy, your post cropped up while I typed mine. I am sorry about your news and am sending you hugs and support.

Last night, we watched a few episodes of Fallout on Prime. It’s based on a computer game. It’s alright, I’ll finish it. It’s something new to watch and isn’t downright awful for the genre.

Well, I should finish my coffee and get on with the day.

Hugs to everyone.

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Morning all. Been a fairly constructive morning, the traps caught another mouse (I suspected there was at least one more) and he has been released into the wilds a couple hundred feet from my place. But I’m leaving the traps out there and baited and so help me, the next rodent will get a ride 2-3 miles away before being released! Also considering getting some professional help in how they are getting in.

Also paid my Visa bills, will probably make another payment later this month as some of my vacation billings are still pending and I rather get them accounted for in April than carry them over to May. Need to do the Firday shopping, finally loaded the $4.99 12-pack for Pepsi on my store card so that will be the main reason to go. Then some swimming in the afternoon should make this a fairly well-rounded day. 72F but only getting to 74F for the day, with a 1-in-4 chance of rain.

Cupcakes, a very nice and heartwarming rememberance. Outside of the first two lines which most everyone knows (“Listen my children and you shall hear; of the midnight ride of Paul Revere”) I doubt one in a thousand knows the rest of the poem. And great save in the classroom!!

Sticky Buns, hope the PT helps.

FCM, hope the shoulder issue goes away on it’s own, I have a couple things to discuss with my Doc the first of May, just have to remember to mention them.

verwirrt, fingers crossed on a positive inspection. And I think whenever I decide to move I’ll pay for an inspection early so I can fix all the little stuff that can foul things up. If I end up with two inspection bills, so be it, but then hopefully no surprises.

Boo fae, just curious, are these preteen/teenage students or college-level on the train? And do they get a discount/subsidy to use it?

hippie, aw rats, that’s bad news; hopefully it is early and treatable. I probably need a test here and will ask my Doc about it in May, had one of those Cologuard tests 2-3 years ago but it’s been a long time since they peeked inside and my brother had a polyp removed late last year, so probably overdue. Take care and best wishes.

Taters, I guess that’s one of the issues with married life; no two people are so alike that they won’t get on each other’s nerves now and then. At least you got to pick your lunch and somebody else got to fix it.

OK, since I’m already dress after the great mouse removal, guess I’ll do my Krogering now and get it out of the way. Have a good Firday all.

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So when The Technomage, the Technomage’s apprentice, Technical Terri, and the main Maintenance Guy are all just staring at a SSLAW, you know it will be bad. And of course payroll is tight too. I guess this is what Corporate means by “Better, not Bigger” :roll_eyes: But laundry is going, Spot and I have had our respective dry, flavorless bits, now I just need to run out for fish and gin before naptime.

Having seen used condoms in the employee lot, most probably. :smiley:
Good luck with the PT.

I prefer having hard copies of my favorites. Because I’m pretty sure Paramount isn’t sending ninjas to confiscate my Lower Decks collection.

Sounds like a Techno Ska band.

After being on an undersized train full of schoolies, I would have prefered to spend the morning plastered. :cocktail:

{{{{hippie}}}}

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MetalMouse - are you sure it’s not the same mouse coming back again and again?

Third load in the washer, second in the dryer, first rounded and stowed. Two more on deck. It’s still dreary and chilly out. Ugh.

hippie - FWIW, I understand that most prostate cancer is very slow-growing and one is more likely to succumb to something else long before. I also understand that there are very effective treatments that weren’t available when FIL had his. Good thoughts headed your way!

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That’s quite the recitation! I can rattle off the first stanza (thanks, Sister Aloysius!), but have to resort to reading the rest.

Hugs to you hippy.

For the fridge, I’ve replaced most of my storage containers with Pyrex that has lids. For the freezer, Ziploc and Hefty both make containers that are inexpensively replaced when they finally give up (I have some that are a decade old, so they are sturdier than they look and the screw top Ziploc ones are great for freezing soup) should they be worn out, sent home with someone or left at irk (I do carry my salad for lunch in them), Moooom. GFS also sells new takeout containers relatively cheap too.

Up, caffeinating, breakfasted, bed stripped, towels / sheets in the dryer, jeans in the wash and everything else on deck. Shortly, I’ll so KP and begin houseirk. Such excitement!

Stay safe and healthy y’all!

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50 and cloudy. Wtf weather app says be glad its not hot and humid!
I like hot, give me 80. Humid? No, don’t like sweating.
In the past month, my bp has been great. Last week it was 122/70. Now I worry; why is my bp lower?
I can find things to worry about.
Oh, btw, am not employed now. Don’t ask.