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Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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That makes much more sense than what I had pictured in my mind!

Yes it does, but AZ doesn’t. Unless you are on the Navajo reservation, then it does. Unless you are on the Apache White Mountains (which is in the middle of the Navajo reservation) then it doesn’t. The Hualapai tribe at the bottom of the Grand Canyon do.

Keeping track of who and where observes DSL was such a PITA, its nice to not worry about it now. I’d rather our clocks don’t change at all, but at least I’m a RDOS so it doesn’t bother me that much.

Hurray for the problem being fixed.

Thanks. Seeing as how I’m slightly more annoying to TPTB than the average person, I’ve gotten in the habit of checking it every few days.

I printed a copy of our water bill (I had to have it put into my name only when I was getting my Real ID), grabbed the copy of our house title (I am too smart to trust them with the original) and my brand new passport and headed to city hall. I should be showing as Active again tomorrow, but now I’ll be checking daily just to be sure. I’m a very untrusting person at heart.

The smaller elections are how we end up with folks running for the big ones, thanks for remembering about them.

Thanks for the back-up! We gotta be on top of things now because some people are going to cheat.

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Indiana has observed SDT for the last 10+ years. My dad was a little torked that they went with Eastern rather than Central.

Got my MRI done. On the way, I must have run over a nail or something, because I had a really low tire when I got there (the dash light was on for it about halfway to the imaging center). I called Sis and BIL came over took a look, put in some fix-a-flat and got out the air compressor and I was good to come home. Tomorrow, I’ll take it into the shop for a pair of back tires (my dad always taught us to replace tires, headlights and brake lights in even numbers).

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Working on Kroger grocery list.

Nut excellent; now you can drink the celebratory drink!

We had half a chicken breast leftover so I make spaghetti with chunky tomato, onion & garlic sauce with bite-size chicken that I reheated with olive oil and some chicken broth, also some sauteed onions. Side was mediterranean blend veggies drizzled with olive oil.

Going to watch the WNBA playoff game between the Indiana Fever and the Las Vegas Aces.

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Up from naptime. Although I didn’t get out of bed right away since Spot wanted snuggles and earwax. Dinner tonight is Smoked Paprika Chicken with rosemary garlic potato rounds, and sauteed asparagus. And a Royal Hawaiian.

Bummer.

Yay!
Hit that prosecco!

The last time I had the windows open, Mr. Former Feral ignored the open window, and watched the vermin in front of the non sliding patio window with the baby gate in front of it.

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Evening all. Did my exercising at the gym, then changed to my referee clothes and did a 5:15pm U12 Girls game on my own, so plenty of exercise performed. Have Chee-burgered and had a all-apple dessert tray (mini-apple pie, 2 cups applesauce and an apple) so belly is full again. Gas tank is full (33.56mpg for this tank) and Credit Union savings has a few extra dollars in it, so all-in-all not a bad day. Temperature is down to 80F and will drop to 68F later tonight so open window time.

JtC, get those documents and shove them where they’ll do the most good.

shoe, well, at least you’ll know where you’ll be–at work..take care now.

doggio, Nine Inch Nails is what NIN brought up on Google, but that doesn’t sound like swampy’s thing.

Indeed so.

Nut, sorry your dream meal got messed up, at least the restaurant found it’s mistake and did the right thing. Enjoy your meal tomorrow.

Dicey, we were going to get rain all weekend; now it looks like late Saturday and maybe Sunday. We’ll see.

CatGlove, yeah, drivers need to be cautious, but not so timid as to let legitimate openings pass. Sometimes our new traffic circle, which mostly works great, gets clogged because someone doesn’t understand when/how to go so they sit..and sit…and sit… I take one High Blood pressure medication once a day, so guess I’m doing ok on that score. And thanks for the reminder, need to do my Firday shopping list before I go to bed tonight.

FCM, clean windows and BIL problems solved; pretty good daily double.

52, no, the blinds stay close, that’s the habit around here, plus in the summer months I…dress minimally, let’s say, so no showing off the physique to the neighborhood…

Knots, I’ve been doing good on the ice cream in my freezer, have yet to eat a whole pint at one sitting and manage it pretty good…hmmmm, haven’t had any yet today…

And that’s all for the late-night final. The Browns are beating the Steelers 21-10 and threatening to go to 3-1, which is as pleasing as it is surprising. Take care all.

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Mexican food for dinner tonight. I couldn’t finish my shredded beef taco salad, and only ¾ of the grilled/fried jalapeños. The salad will wind up ijn a couple of tortillas. The ½ jalapeño might end up in a SPAM ®-and-cheese breakfast burrito.

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Oh, god l. Oh, god. Oh, god. I jiust told one of.my friends.

Sure, he was supportive, but what about the rest of everyone?

What the hell was I thinking?

Fuck.

Fuck.

Fuck.

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Your friendly neighborhood vampire-pizza maker, back from yet another night out on the town. (HA!)

Preheating the oven for some frozen-boxed (no judging!) N.O.T. skins. I have some extra cheese & sour cream to fancy 'em up … ooooh, and fresh green onions!!! I just remembered!!

Oh, my night just improved. :green_heart:

Those are delishush!

That stinks.

That’s great!

That you are you, and all those other folks can be happy for you, or just deal with it themselves. Or they can fuck right off - also an option.

Deeeeeeep breaths are in order now, sugarplum, and remember that you have done absolutely nothing wrong, and everything as breathtakingly right as anyone could possibly ask.

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Up, caffeinated, and sheveled. Off to heave. It’s currently 63 degrees Ferret Height(17.222 Centipedes). It’s supposed to be 90 Ferrets today, but Hotumn is supposed to end tomorrow. Allegedly.

{{{{Mollie}}}}
If they are truly friends, they’ll support you. If not:

Even Iron Chefs use cheats.

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Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. YAWN ‘Tis 73 Amurrkin out and partly cloudy with a predicted high of 86, becomin’ cloudy and with possible rain mid-afternoon. We shall see. I shall betake myself to the church house to deal with candle and other duties this mornin’. Whilst out and about I shall take care of a couple of errands and pick up some stoner food for today’s main need to feed. The rest of the day will be the usual RDOS sloth. TWPTB say it will be a rainy next few days.

JtC I checked my voter registration and it’s up to date. Thanks for the reminder.

{{{Molly}}} true friends will be supportive of you. Everyone else can take the second option offered by shoe.

shoe ain’t no shame in sto’ bought and frozen. Those frozen N.O.T. skins are actually pretty good.

Now I need more caffeine and to feed rumbly tummy. Then I shall purtify and don attire acceptable for bein’ amongst the great unwashed as I shall actually be takin’ myself into places where the public assembles.

Happy Firday Y’all!

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Morning.

I’m facing the novel experience of not feeling guilty for not writing today. Feels odd. There’s still a tiny bit of my brain that hasn’t got the memo, but that’s it.

I have no plans for the day. Maybe some pottering in the garden, might go into town, dunno. The heating is finally going on though, as the forecast is getting chilly after the weekend. And let’s see if the promised magical food finally appears this evening[1]. The prosecco is still in the fridge waiting.

For the studint terlet situation, with the exception of the nasty brat at my former uni, who was a drunk British farm kid, it’s often people who have only used squat terlets before who can get some weird ideas about how they should be used and what goes where. I’ve seen a few signs explaining that one does not stand on the seats in airports…

  1. I have some doubts, as I’m not sure they actually took my address. I will acquire some of my favourite filled pasta, as a quick but nice alternative which will keep a few days, just in case ↩︎

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I remember Indiana not changing time when I was in college and it is odd they decided on Eastern. So it’ll probably still be light when we get to Aunt B’s on Moanday, but dark for a while when we leave on Firday. Not a biggie, except I don’t like to drive in the dark, so that portion will fall on FCD.

Today starts with 60 Ferrets, threatening to hit 86 - we’ll see if that happens. But tomorrow’s high will be mid-60s and we’re promised rain all weekend. Of course it’s going to rain - after all, I will have spent a chunk of 3 days washing windows. Sheesh. :roll_eyes:

Talk of skins has given me an idea. I’ve got a bag of russets that I should use before we leave. So instead of peeling them for soup, I’ll cut hunks of skins off, then chunk the rest for soup. It’s genius, I tells ya!! I may even take a batch of soup to Aunt B’s.

Apart from the usual laundry day, I’ll finish the windows in our bedroom/bath. I might even take the curtains down and wash them since I’ll be laundering anyway. I want to call the kennel to confirm our drop-off and pick-up times, plus check about payment. I need to pack baggies of kibbles for Otis and label them for his daily meals. And make that travel list. It should be a busy day.

This weekend, we’ll take Otis to the DIY dog wash in Leonardtown so he’ll be relatively clean for the kennel. I could do him in the basement tub, but either I’d be bending over (hard on the back) or kneeling on the tile (hard on the knees.) It’s worth $15 to spare myself the misery. Plus they supply the soap and towels.

For now, tho, I’ll finish my morning 'net surf. Happy Firday!!

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A chilly 41F upon arising this morning. I feel for the homeless folk.

The wife turns 80 today, which is a sobering thought for both of us. She is young at heart and birthdays have never been a big deal, but I can tell that this one is bothering her. Bought her a bouquet of flowers yesterday (hmmm. . .does anything else come in a bouquet? Seems like “of flowers” is unnecessary. But I digress) and the niece is coming over for lunch and bringing a cake, so that should perk her up. At least it will be a sunny day, unlike the rather dismal runup of the past week. My turn is coming next year and I admit that it is giving me the yips.

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Good morning.

It’s dark, 52F, and a little foggy. Morning clouds should clear, letting in the afternoon sun, and our daytime high will be around 70F.

Nuts, congrats on submitting your thesis! I’m sorry your celebration treat turned into such a disappointment, but it’s nice the restaurant is making it up to you.

I’m sorry for any confusion I caused yesterday. Of course, my husband knows I’m retired; we discussed it many times before I signed the paperwork. When I was still undecided, he told me he supported me either way. He knows how much I loved working at my former agency (putting aside the sometimes aggravating BS I had to deal with).

Happy Birthday to your wife, Chef! I hope she enjoys her day!

Mollie, if that person is your friend, they’ll be supportive; if they’re not, well, that’s on them.

Dicey, I’m a fan of candied orange with dark chocolate, too.

My county won’t even mail the ballots until a few days before October 13th, and that’s when drop boxes will open. I always put my ballot in drop boxes and do not rely on the post office. My registration is good, too.

So, the door people will be arriving to install the new slider sometime between 10:00 a.m. and noon today. I am really looking forward to having a slider that opens easily and a full-width door opening. That stupid spring-loaded pet door really narrowed the opening, making it difficult to take things to the backyard sometimes.

I need to hop in the shower in about 20 minutes or so, run the vacuum, and I’ll probably move the dining table since it sits in front of the slider. Mr. Taters will need to keep the pups upstairs during the installation since he nixed me from kenneling them at the vet for a few hours.

That’s about all for now.

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Afternoon, mumpers! It’s currently 17c/62f with no predicted change, and mostly cloudy. Weather app says “This weather is sort of like a fucking green Datsun from 1981 with a fucking rusted hole in the floor. I know this because I fucking had one.”

Yes, they stand on the closed lid of the terlit and do their business in the cistern. Of course, when they try to flush it, everything goes where it shouldn’t and blocks the entire system. Estates put signs up in all the bathrooms with pictographs of how to use a Western-style terlit but that wasn’t good enough. Now they revamped all the bathrooms so the cisterns are behind a panel, and the terlit doesn’t have a closing lid.

Taters I can imagine it is a strange anniversary to keep, especially as you didn’t quite get to leave on your own terms. I think I would always be cautious about overspending but that’s just the way I am.

Nut Hurrah! Now you can go out and play! Sorry to hear you had trauma with the takeaway but glad they resolved it and will feed you free instead. That’s an even better treat.

Mollie what a lovely pic! Now I can be unreasonably happy too.

doggio she doesn’t drink, she just drives me to it! If she did, I suspect amontillado would be high on her list.

JtC good job you checked your voter registration, that would make me immensely angry if I found I’d lost my vote. There are some politicians over here who want to do that, but we’re not letting them win.

You were thinking that as it is a friend, you would normally expect him to be supportive. It’s a big thing to tell him, he might have needed a bit of time to absorb it before saying the right thing and being happy for you. Or he can do what shoe suggested instead.

Happy birthday to Mrs Cookie, I hope she has a lovely day and enjoys being centre of attention for a bit.

Nothing exciting here today, I have been really busy all morning but I have a achieved quite a bit so that’s a good thing. It’s my last night without 'im indoors as he comes back from Scotland tomorrow so I shall have to make the most of my alone time. I haven’t got anything planned, I need to cook something for dinner and will probably find myself a film to watch while I’m relaxing on the sofa.

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We did a Door Dash/Mc Allister’s Deli supper last night. It was a very nice sandwich with a skimpy serving of baked beans. That was followed by a serving of ice cream from the freezer in the back room.

It’s 56F out there, surging to a blazing 66F at about 3 pm. It probably won’t rain, but it’s cloudy and gray.

I have to go charge my phone and get breakfast.

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Oh, I’ve always been careful about overspending. Like many people, I grew up poor and spent most of my young and mid-adult years kind of struggling. So, it’s sort of inbred in me. I probably worry more than I should, but there you have it.

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I’m the same way. I find it hard to break from the “Make sure we’ve got a cushion for emergencies” when we do, in fact, have a cushion. Plus, thanks to our money guy, we have a good income from our annuities to supplement our SS and my pension. And when I run the numbers (as I do frequently) I can see there’s nothing to worry about. But old habits die hard. We’re not rich, but we’re finally able to enjoy all the budgeting and saving we did while working.

I took down the bedroom curtains and bathroom valence. I did the shady side bedroom window and pulled the screen on the sunny window. OMG - it was grossly dirty!! Easily the dirtiest of all the screens I’ve cleaned, and I’m not sure why. I had to stop to swap out laundry loads and decided I needed to check on the MMP, so here I am! :grin: My excuse is, um, I need the sun to move on a bit more. Yeah, that’s it.

The curtains are now in the washer and the first load is in the dryer. I’m going to get a refill of Diet Coke then get back to window cleaning. Really, the sun shouldn’t be much of an issue since the windows fold in for cleaning. But it sounded like a good excuse.

Now I understand why maid services often say “No windows” - what a chore!

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Happy birthday MrsCookie!

Baby steps, mollie. I’m with shoe for anyone who doesn’t accept you as you are.

Up, caffeinating, breakfasted and fixing to do KP. I also need to call tire shops to see when I can get in to replace the back tires. I hope to fit at least one load of laundry in there somewhere, as I’m running low on a few things.

Y’all have a great day!

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And a grand late morning to you all. Stayed in bed until nearly 8am and then did my Kroger shopping for Firday (alas, they were out of individual sticky buns, so made do with pancakes and bacon when I got home). Then did some browsing and web-comic reading and now it’s closing in on 10am already. Coaching soccer this afternoon about 5pm, so will find ways to spend my time between then. Another hot day, 81F now heading to 88F and not much of a chance of rain.

And now to do the condiment thing and ketchup…

Mollie, it was going to get out sooner or later, just hang in there and see how the chips fall. (shoe said it better than me).

Nut, takes the mind a little time to adjust to a change in routine, you’ll do fine.

FCM, yeah, summer is getting one last dig in, I have my AC back on. Happy trip-prep time.

cookie, Happy Birthday to wife, 80 is a milestone still 6+ years in my future, but I know that’s it’s coming. And I think sometimes people speak of wine or other smells having a ‘bouquet’, but maybe that is my poor memory.

Taters, happy new door day! And while we were not poor, it was definitely a working-class budget my family lived on and I still am very careful on what I spend and not to get into (or to far into) debt.

boo fae, that might be just a bit TMI on the toilets, but fascinating how people understand things; I remember my first encounter with a ‘squatter’ and trying to figure out how to use it (and as usual, FCM explains it better than I do).

And that’s all for now, need to get caught up on the day’s reading and internettin’, so take care all.