(Old) It's the heat AND the humidity in the MMP!

Evening all. Decided to make this my “Eat Out” day so went to Whalburgers and then wandered about Trader Joe’s; didn’t buy anything, but just looked at stuff you can’t find in Kroger or Public. Then drove around a bit and now home for the duration. Still showing a 60% chance of rain tomorrow, so we’ll have to see what I do–really need to do some housework, just have to motivate myself to get started.

Olive Garden is on my list of “Sunday Dinner” places so I go there 4-5 times a year, mostly since the only thing I eat is the Fettuchini Alfredo and paying large bucks at a fancier place for noodles and sauce doesn’t thrill me…plus the salad and breadsticks are filling.

Flyboy, good news on the guarantee. And keep an eye on the ants; you may have won the battle, but they have unending reserves.

nellie, I was confused initially, but having been in lots of airports/airplanes in my life, it just made more sense that way.

susie, that’s a yeoman’s job of both cleaning house and doing good. Take a sloth break now.

OK, getting near 8pm so need to check a couple of things and then do the nightly reading and head off to slumberland. Take care all.

So according to what I’ve read, the pasta is par-boiled ahead of time, then plopped back in boiling water to finish cooking. The soups are made fresh daily. Most of the other stuff is frozen but isn’t nuked to reheat it. Some desserts get nuked. From this article.

Slothing commenced.

Happy Thorsday!

Hot and muggy at the park this morning.
My son took the GR on the small side with Lucy Dad, who I guess should be Petey Dad now, while I went on the big dog side with Echo.
The GR were not happy with that arrangement, so they came in the big side too.
Not because of me, but because all the dogs other than Petey were on the big side.

Misiu is so funny. He runs with the big dogs, but I think he has no idea why he is running.
Rayleigh is still a little timid around both people and other dogs.
Echo was being her little bitchy self; she doesn’t want dogs she doesn’t know near the puppies.

I tried out the new walker today and I don’t like it. It’s a bit top heavy and even a crack in the sidewalk will make it almost tip over. It’s bulkier and heavier, and my son has trouble getting it in and out of the truck. I think it will be better for longer distances on a level surface, but for short distances and through grass, the old one is better.

MetalMouse, the MRI isn’t painful but it is uncomfortable. I panic a little because I am not comfortable lying flat on my back, I feel like I can’t breathe. The tube you go through is pretty tight, I feel like I am in a coffin or something. That also makes me feel like I can’t breathe.
Of course, I am breathing, and the logical, sensible part of me knows I can breathe, and I am not being buried alive. The irrational part tells me I am suffocating.
It’s noisy in there, but that doesn’t bother me.
There’s a panic button if you need it and the tech will check in with you a few times.

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Here we go again with not finishing.

So Happy Friday!

Hot morning at the park. Seriously miserable just sitting there.

Last night I was so pissed at irk.
Although not really irk’s fault.
I had a client ask me if I would be on last night. She wanted to be able to call me after she got home from irk. I said okay, if you are going to call, I’ll log in at 8.
So, I did, and she didn’t call. However, somebody else called, and when I got done with them, somebody else was waiting in my queue. Then the original client showed up in my queue, so I stayed on to talk with her, and then somebody else showed up in my queue.
What should have been a quick 10-15 minute called turned into almost 2 hours.
I was tired. The other problem was, I am supposed to have no background noise. However, around 830, the GR got the zoomies, and they were racing around me as I was trying to focus on the calls. I knew that was going to happen, it’s why I normally won’t irk evenings when my son isn’t home. He can handle the GR while I’m on the phone. I knew they were going to have to go out after the zoomies, and there was nobody here to let them out.
What’s that saying about no good deed goes unpunished?

I’m tired today, I got to bed late and woke up at 4.
I fell asleep sitting in the chair this morning, and I don’t know what I was dreaming but I woke in a panic and ripped the boot off my foot.

The boot is helping, the exercises are helping. I’m surprised at how quickly my foot is feeling better.

All the dogs have caught on to ringing the bell for a treat. As soon as my son picks it up, he gets mobbed by all three of them as they fight over who gets to ring it.
The GR have figured out that if they ring the bell hanging on the door, somebody will open the door for them. They caught on to that by themselves

Sorry, I want to respond to a bunch but I am falling asleep

I have no idea. You would first have to tell me who Fox Mulder is and what is War of the Coprophages. I suppose someone who hasn’t lived in Asia for the last 33 year with little or no Amercian TV shows would know the answer.

But it’s nice to wake up to that comment.

::shrug::

This is going to be a strange question for Mumpers, but I have a fly in my apartment, one of the kind just a little bigger than ordinary, that makes a very loud buzz, so how do I kill it? I have tried keeping the flyswatter to hand, but I miss him every time. It’s driving me crazy. and tonight will be the second night I lay in the dark and hear that #$%^&* buzzing around.

Where it came from I don’t know, I’ve kept the place clean and the trash taken out.

Prime rib, pork roast, salmon, mussels, clams, Dungeness crab, Opilio crab, and a Manhattan. The Missus had the prime rib and a bunch of both kinds of crab, a potato, and a Manhattan; with ice cream for dessert.

Yep. Went to the buffet at a casino.

It’s really hot here.

I’ve been busy. Mostly working on crafts.

Dodged storms coming in and going. One of the Twilight sorters must be 6/9 colorblind. They kept sending “2799xx” boxes to the slide(Raleigh is 2769xx"). Someone else with more seniority will be covering the shift next week, so just a regular shift. Maybe.

I could see Ruble saying that.

They’re fixing a leak at my building on Tuesday. So no water between 9 and ?? :grimacing:

: waves back :

Hope the finger heals quick, Moooommmm!!!

Our internet provider has been crapping out so hubs signed us up with a different server. Which went like gangbusters, then crapped out. I am stitching and drinking mead. Hubs is swearing.

baker I have no idea on a quick kill for your fly, but I’m having fly issues, too. I fear that somewhere in my stacked stone crawl space there is a defunct squirrel, who is now producing flies. But they’re really dumb flies. Like I can catch them with my hands dumb. But still annoying. And, no I’m not venturing into the crawl space to try to find what’s left of a squirrel. I’ll just complain about it.

JtC Made me snicker. You’ve got the better option, mead is better than cursing.

Fly strip? They’re sticky things you hang from the ceiling; most have some scent or pheromone that’s supposed to attract 'em.

They’re cheap & easily available; in summer nearly every dollar store or Wal-Mart will have them.

Do NOT hang if you have a young, energetic cat who likes to hunt & play & swat things. Ask me how I know.

I hear (HA!) often about how loud it is inside an MRI tube. Do they let you wear earplugs?


No live flying bugs down my bra tonight, so, yanno, that’s an improvement, I guess?

Man, the bar for “had a good shift” has gotten set pretty low.

Time for some post-work chillage; I believe I’ll kill some zombies. (Man, I’ve been playing this game since my Other Shoe alive & healthy!) Also, must figure out sustenance.
… I got eggs and fresh milk, so perhaps scrambled eggs will ensue.

My MRI strategy: listen to this album several times, loud. When you’re in the machine, channel Mickey Hart and groove to the percussion sounds.

Well, you may not want too do this, but I blast 'em with hairspray. It temporarily renders them unable to fly. They drop like rocks, and then I swat. I don’t do this if the fly is somewhere hairspray could cause issues. I almost never use hairspray but keep a small can around just for flies.

Hi, Emily!

They give you headphones and ask you what music you like. So you say that CCR would be fine. Then the machine starts, and you hear “BUZZZ. WHAM. WHAM. :musical_note:Doo, doo, doo, lookin’ out my back–BUZZZ BUZZZ. TICKTICKTICKTICK. WHAM…” By the time they liberate you, you’re ready to confess to crimes you never committed.

What would happen if you didn’t wear headphones? Cheech and Chong: I saw God, man.

I’ve had a good handful of MRIs and have never been offered headphones. One place offered to turn on music outside the machine somehow, but it was distorted and I had them turn it off almost immediately. I don’t mind MRIs. They’re noisy but also sort of peaceful.

Up, caffeinated, and sheveled. Off to heave. No one was licking me tonight.

Good to know. It’s bad enough I can’t tie my shoes inside the apartment.

The trick to killing flies is to let them land on something, then stand by prepared.

After a period of time, they will start to rub their front legs together, and grooming themselves. This is when they become vulnerable to being swatted. Slowly bring the swatter to about 12 inches above them then suddenly swat with a quick wrist movement. One dead fly.

Sensei, Master dragon slayer, Master lion slayer, Master wolf slayer Master fly slayer

(a trick my son taught me when he was five)

I slept pretty well but again woke early. I’ve emptied and refilled the dishwasher and had some toast. FCD woke with a rash all over his torso and arms, but as usual, he refuses to consider consulting a professional. If I’d known 40 years ago that he’s so pig-headed… :roll_eyes:

And I left the garage door open all night, dammit. We are a safe neighborhood and no one broke in, but I don’t need wandering critters getting into the garbage. It was my fault - I didn’t close it after fetching the mail yesterday evening. Grrrrrrrr.

Miscellaneous stuff on tap today, but no big plans. Unless things change. And things always change.

Happy Saturday!

Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. YAWN ‘Tis 74 Amurrkin out and clear with a predicted high of 94 and mostly N.O.S. for the day. The plan of the day is high sloth and general overall uselessness. We shall have quality cee-mint pond time to include nappage and day drinkin’. Any need to feed today will be via forage as we have plenty of sammich makin’s, chips etc. I had to face the great unwashed three days in a row this week, so this is well-deserved.

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

Happy Sattidy Y’all!

Afternoon, mumpers! It’s 22c/71f with a predicted high of 23c/73f, and scattered showers. Weather app says “Here comes the fucking rain again, falling on my head. And now I have that fucking song in my head”. Well, it was dry and cool when I left for the gym this morning, and three hours later when I left the gym, it was just starting to rain. We have a weather warning for “moderate thunderstorms” until midnight tonight but so far we’ve had nothing except rain.

Today I need to go into town to do some errands, and get lunch from the Good Chinese Place because we haven’t been there for a couple of weeks. It’s our usual Saturday lunch place but the last few weeks we have been out and about elsewhere. Other than that, I have few plans. I need to do some laundry, the bedding needs to be changed, and I have to work out how much currency I need to order for our trip.

'im indoors is planning to go to Scotland next week to visit his mum so I will get a couple of days without him. Yay! Alone time! Well, alone, not counting the three cats…