We are safely home. It was soooo cold but at least the wind wasn’t blowing. Hubs wasn’t alone and I saw young men that impressed me as being undercover, but everything stayed calm enough. There was a large turn-out despite the weather, so that was good.
It is really dry and poor George is staticat. You can’t touch him without both of you getting zapped and he broke our cat-sitter’s heart by running away from her.
My plans for the rest of the night involve needle and pipe.
I’m glad you’re back home.
Yay! IME, laparoscopic is the way to go. Sis, a good friend and I all had them within a couple of months of one another. Sis had traditional, friend had transvaginal and I had laparoscopic and I had a much easier recovery.
And a good afternoon/early evening (depending when I finish this message). Was fairly busy today, did some shopping then spent time at the gym, I have gotten into the habit of buying protein bars there, they are probably more expensive than if I got them at the grocery but giving the gym a little more money for all the time I spend there seems reasonable. Home in time to take a call from my Edward Jones office and I have an appointment to see him on Thorsday, where he will try to talk me into more investing and I’ll try to talk him into letting me spending more money before I die (I’m shooting for at least another 17 years until I’m 90). 34F now and will be in the 20’s tonight again.
And thanks for all the apple suggestions, I’ll work my way through them in the coming weeks and let you know. Have Gala, Fuji, Sue-Bee, and Honeycrisp to try in February.
Taters, you sound like my shopping; go for a couple items, leave with a full cart. My phone (my first) is about 3 years old now and still working ok so I think I’ll hold off replacing it, glad yours lasted 7 years, that gives me some confidence.
Coppertone, stay warm, they are expecting freezing rain/snow this weekend in N. Ali-bama.
Cookie, I actually took my parka off the coat rack to take some stuff out to the recycle bin (they were supposed to be here last Thursday, finally made pickup today) early this morning, first time I’ve used it this winter, but it may get a few more missions before we’re done.
FCM, glad Loew’s gave you the pellets without any fuss and good for Otis…sounds like he’s getting better socialized.
Cookie, that sounds like a pretty good price for eggs (I guess) and bacon. At least breakfast looks good.
Lily, I echo your Hooray! Hope the tube removal goes smoothly.
BBoo, your hysterectomy sounds like my gall bladder removal, just four little incisions that I’d be hard-pressed to find today.
Domo Arigato…
JtC, very glad you’re home safe and (I hope mostly) sound.
And time to get the Mac-n-Cheese going, so catch y’all later.
Annie has been just fine the rest of the day. She’s a bit mad at me now, though, because I’m currently in Columbus and she’s still at home. Poor thing, after I left she spent quite a bit of time in the dining room just waiting for me to come back.
Tomorrow is my appointment with the neuropsychologist and it’s early in the morning so I decided that it was easier on the nerves to be here tonight instead of driving 2 hours in the morning in who knows what kind of weather. The place that I picked is 2 miles away from the medical center.
JtC, I’m you made it there and back safely.
Those receiving hysterectomies, I hope that things go smoothly for you.
Doggio, I hope that you remain ornery for all times.
Howdy Y’all! Laundry got laundered and put where it stays until we dirty it up again. Sometimes I feel like sayin’, “don’t wear those clean clothes, I just washed them!” Then nappage and day drinkin’ were achieved. Sup got fixed and et and a couple more episodes of All Creatures Great and Small were watched. We do so thoroughly enjoy it!
Lily great news.
BooFae hopefully trouble minion will be less troublesome.
JtC glad you’re home safe and sound.
Sticky_Buns glad Annie is better. I think you made the wise decision to stay in Columbus overnight.
Poor George. My guys and I are getting zapped left and right. At one point today the dew point was in negative numbers.
Best of luck, Susan. Your description gave me a chuckle.
One of the books I got for Christmas is “the word nerd dictionary of obscure & enchanting words”. It is amusing and interesting.
CatMom bought an automatic kibble dispenser for two cats a while ago. It works well (aside from a clunk-clunk-clunk before it dispenses), but the cats only eat out of one side of it. I think it’s because of where it’s positioned, and we don’t really have a choice where we put it. So she bought a single dispenser of the same brand.
The bloody thing wants an account, access to WiFi, a password, etc. It’s a bleedin’ kibble dispenser! We want to turn it on, and set the timer. There is zero reason why it should need any sort of security at all.
After spending half an hour trying to set the thing up to no avail, CatMom has decided to just return it.
I had a long talk with my daughter. I told her my plan, and she promised to keep it in her back pocket, but she’s hoping her faithless husband will buy her out of their house. Well-to-do relatives might “lend” him $$. I won’t go into what he suggested; it’s so WTF, your eyebrows might get lost in your hairline and never come out.
JtC, I’m actually not looking to move soon unless my daughter needs me, as the rent increase for next year is supposed to be more manageable. As close as we are, living in the same house might be too much. Her ideal is a house with an MIL cottage in back. Sounds ideal to me, though hard to find. I’d also rather live on this side of the state, as politics on that side can be pretty obnoxious, which is one reason I’d rather she moved here. (I don’t think that’s likely, though.)
swampy, I know you and OYKW attend men’s night at the church religiously (yuk, yuk), but is there a lady’s night?
I do that with regular leashes. If a dog sees a squirrel and jerks hard, I don’t want to accidentally drop the leash.
Well, you learn to think really fast. Also, students don’t get personal, detailed feedback on the essays, which would suck up time. I can’t find who asked about AI, but I’m sure within a year or two, all state test essays will be scored by AI. AI can only grade writing errors, not anything deeper, like ideas, but it’s cheaper than paying workers. Ya know, mechanization contributed to the Great Depression, so I’m not too fond of AI taking over. If AI does everything, none of us peons would be able to buy any goods.
flyboy, I think people appreciate the human connection almost as much as the food. So many people avoid even looking at homeless people. It must be awful to feel invisible. People felt seen because of you. That’s no small gift.
shoe, I’m SOOOO glad to see you again. I’ve been worried. The other day I had a question to ask you, and I realized you wouldn’t see it. 
The question was about those rocker-pizza-slicer thingies. They seem so much more efficient than the rotary pizza cutters. Do they have to be sharpened often? After all, they cut a lot of pizzas. And if so, is there a rocker-cutter sharpener?
I suspect there are psychics who work with goldfish or yeast or toasters. “Your sourdough starter is very depressed. It does not feel appreciated. Have you been reading it daily aspirations like I told you to?”
Hurrah!
25 posts to go, and I’m once again out of time. Humph.
FCD just clued me in on the gawd-awful weather forecast for the weekend. How am I just now hearing about it? While I’m erranding tomorrow, I’ll get cash to pay the plow guy. I think I still have his contact info. In fact, I’ll touch base tomorrow to be sure he still plows. Nasty couple of weeks ahead.
Many yawns suggest I should hit the sack, and so I shall.
Been snowing all evening. Supposed to continue to 3 am at least. I’m working from home tomorrow.
Up from naptime, having a Manhattan and chicken burritos(chicken, lime cilantro rice, black beans with epizote, peppers, onions, Hatch Chilies, Penzey’s Chili 9000).
I zapped Spot this morning. He was not pleased.
Dunno about rocker cutters.
We use the rotary ones, and they are no joke. (They’re the ones S.M. promises she’ll defend us if necessary.)
Three-four to start shift, and then about halfway through things, they get swapped out for a clean handful.
Plus a separate absolutely clean one for the gluten-free orders, and if someone (we have a regular who needs CHEESE ONLY) has an allergen, that gets a separate brand-new cutter.
We love the lady who washes our dishes.
This current mess was caused by box-cutters. I’d guess your pizza cutters could change things as well.
(ICE was formed in response to 911, when some legal foreign visitors used box cutters to hi-jack planes.)
Morning, mumpers! It’s currently 4c/40f with a predicted high of 9c/49f and mostly cloudy. Weather app says “Boring as fuck”.
That sounds like a very nice plan. I am home alone this weekend so my plans include the artisan rustic bakery and the Polish deli for yummy treats.
With things the way they are, that is a very good thing to do. I am planning on a detached weekend with books and films instead.
Eeeek! Wrap up well, and don’t stay out any longer than you have to!
Hurrah! That is very good news, and I love the description of your innards!
I am relieved that you are safe, and very proud of you (and Hubs) for what you’re doing.
Poor little sausage….but she’ll be so happy when you’re back home. I hope today’s appointment goes well 
I think you’re right, I’ve lived with cats for many years and the concept of a psychic (them or me) is absolutely ridiculous!
Yesterday was a busy one. The meeting with Troublesome Minion went well enough, she told me afterwards that she’s still upset about it but hopefully it will draw a line under everything and she understands that it’s for the best. Then there was a departmental meeting that went better than the last one but I still need the Chair to rein them in a bit sometimes. Went home and had Chinese chicken curry and egg-fried rice, made by ‘im indoors.
Today’s commute wasn’t so bad although I was frighteningly early. I have a departmental meeting at 9am which should last a couple of hours, then a union meeting online, and then another meeting after lunch so it will be one more day when very little gets achieved.
Up, caffeinated, and sheveled. Off to heave. It’s currently 21 degrees Ferret Height(-6.11 Centipedes) outside. Brrrr
Cat psychic? No. Cat psychotic? frequently.
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. YAWN ‘Tis 30 Amurrkin out and cloudy with a predicted high of 60 and partly sunny. We shall procure provisions this mornin’. OYKW has expressed a gnawin’ and a cravin’ for shrimpies ‘n grits, so that along with roasted spare guts and some crusty bread will be sup. The afternoon is reserved for RDOS Inactivities as is our wont.
Nellie the ladies do a ladies night out on the same night. They meet up at a local restaurant to hang. A good local Mexican place seems to be the favorite, no doubt due to the wonderful margaritas they serve.
shoe I have noticed that most of the local pizza places use the rotary slicers. Perhaps the need to have separate ones for certain orders makes it easier to just use them as they are smaller than the rocker ones. Live and learn!
FlyBoy I agree. I see no reason for a possibly sentient kibble dispenser.
Now I need more caffeine and to feed rumbly tummy. Then, alas and bother, I must purtify and don attire acceptable for bein’ amongst the great unwashed. How I do suffer!
Happy Hump Day Y’all!
There are several psychic/tarot readers/fortune tellers around here. There are often signs at busy intersections advertising “$10 readings” - there are times when I’d love to see what one of them would tell me, but I’d hate to encourage them, even with $10. Plus there’s some family history - my uncle’s wife left him because her psychic told her that he was “stifling her”. So she walked out on him and their 3 daughters. The oldest kinda understood, the youngest was a toddler, so she was clueless, but the middle girl took it very badly. That may or may not have led to her eventual opioid addiction and death. Needless to say, I have no use for them.
Same here. Our cats have always had free-fed and it’s never been an issue… well, except for keeping the feeders away from the dogs. They never over-indulged and I never had to worry about putting their food out for them. As long as I keep an eye on the kibble level, it’s all good.
After scanning the weather sites about this weekend’s impending snowpocolypse, I’m just hoping and praying we don’t lose power. Absolutely everything here is electric. I can fill the tubs so we can flush, but heat will be an issue. We have wood, so we can make the basement fireplace work even without the fan, but the pellet stove will be worthless without the feeder. Are there any portable heaters that don’t require ventilation? Must investigate.
I hope I’m overreacting a bit, but with a foot or more of snow predicted, we can’t even escape. I hope the predictions are wildly off-target. Meanwhile, I’ve contacted the guy who dug us out last time to get on his to-do list. I’ll get $$ to pay him while I’m out and about today. Then later, I’ll move a bunch of firewood under the porch, just in case. Better to overreact than get caught unprepared.
FCD thinks Otis needs boots. 
Anyway, Happy Wednesday!!
Northern Illinois already has a cold advisory starting Thursday night into Friday. A high of minus 4. The weather for the next 2 weeks sucks.
Lily I’m glad to hear no cancer.
Snowed heavily overnight. It’s mainly stopped, but now the wind is up and will likely be blowing all that fresh snow for today and maybe tomorrow. Temp is -14 C, taken to -25 with windchill. Overall, good day to stay off the highways. One section of highways is already under advisory. Some of my colleagues are on the road today. Hope they get through safely.
I decided to work from home today because I’m expecting a parcel and don’t want porch pirates. 
Good choice for the day’s weather !