It’s Festivus! Whip out your pole, warm up the meatloaf, and let’s Air some Grievances!
And the title was chosen because it combines Festivus, Christmas, and Valentine’s Day(we got a lot of VDay cards going to the stores on Tuesday), and because it is slightly naughty. 
Up, caffeinated, and sheveled. Off to heave. It’s 24 degrees Ferret Height(-4-4 Centipedes)
Hijack away!
The first grievance is mine: Where’s all the feats of strength we were promised?
Wait. Who I gotta pin down…now?
Ah, you are in the Eastern time zone. I came in to start this for once, and I’m not even first.
IKR … way to be a NON-slacker, dude!
It’s barely an hour into Monday here, I thought for sure I’d be all “first!” and juvenile, and here I am already late to the party.
I bought a buncha groceries earlier so I’m trying to decide what I want tonight.
Pierogi? Bust into the little spiral quarter-ham? (… both?)
Or one of the easy-peasy frozen things I reeeeeeally should save for when I’m back at work?
Oh, man, I found the beef bulgogi empanadas I had a while back … I haz so many debates within me rt now.
But at least Monkey got a can of gooshy-fud (a Feast of the Fancy variety) earlier, and I’m about to treat the ratties to some crunchy mini dog treats.
Meanwhile, I’m snacking on some fresh brie & marmalade, and trying not to eat the entire friggin’ wedge in one sitting, cuz I have some puff pastry that desperately needs usin’ up fast, and instead of the usual Lil Smokies pigs-in-blankets I wanna try making little baked brie bites.
I’ve done an entire little round baked in a whole-ass pastry sheet, but I really want to try making something bite-sized, like this … if I can restrain myself meanwhile cuz this brie is disappearing damn fast:
slightly naughty?
I shall ignore that comment usually heard by a 13 yr old dude.
Better title than I could’ve come up with.
Still feel sick.
Hoping it leaves soon, is it covid? Maybe I’ll try and see if library has a free tester
Nice temperate weather this week for NE Ohio.
Morning, mumpers! It’s currently 3c/38f with a predicted high of 6c/42f and mostly cloudy. Weather app says “Are those fucking clouds bumping uglies? Perverts!” Obviously saw the title of doggio’s MMP and jumped straight to conclusions 
JtC just a follow-on from the last discussion about gym showers, my gym has four separate changing rooms with a shower inside. The rest of the area contains two terlit cubicles, a bank of lockers and at the end, there’s a mirrored area with hairdryers and straighteners so it’s quite possible to dry and style your hair there if you want to, I think most people just prefer to do that at home if they’re not going somewhere directly from the gym. The location is a small retail park area just out of town so it’s just as easy to drive back home and get cleaned up
For those who care, this is a kettle and this is a tea pot - you can use them both to make a cup of tea, but they don’t fulfil the same function
Time to get moving, I have to get Shadow into his carrier and off to the vet shortly so he can get his thyroid levels checked and have his arthritis shot, and then get a bonus mani-pedi.
By golly it does look short and stout!
Annie and I are sitting in our chair this morning waiting for my pill to dissolve under my tongue before we can go look for breakfast.
I’ve got a variety of teapots - one of them is the 2-cup short and stout kind, and then there’s the Big Blue Behemoth (mine’s actually a much darker blue than that) along with the traditional Brown Betty.
I hope Annie helps you find a good breakfast today
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. YAWN ‘Tis 31 Amurrkin out and N.O.S. with a predicted high of 56 and N.O.S. I have to go do stuff this mornin’. I shall pick up the roast from the burly butcher sto’ and get spare guts from the Pubic sto’. I also need to go over to the church house and fulfill candle duty in advance of the two big services tomorrow. Maybe I can do sad puppy dawg eyes at OYKW and get him to do the grocery stuff. After all I did make cookies. Sup shall be chili/cheese/onion/slaw dawgs and oven fries. Fartfest to follow.
Now I need more caffeine and to feed rumbly tummy. Then, alas and bother, I suppose I must purtify myself and don attire acceptable for bein’ amongst the great unwashed. Woe and despair!
Happy Moanday Y’all! Happy Festivus for the rest of us!
Today and particularly this early, I have no grievances. Starting out the day with a smile.
I checked the USPS website and all 3 packages that I mailed are supposed to be delivered today. Yay!
Had ordered some toys for grandog, Bella, from the local pet supply shop and when I went to pick them up, the young lady at the cash register and a young man who asked if he could help me find something, were both very pleasant and helpful. The young man gave good suggestions about the type of dog treat that I was looking for and the young lady had my order ready when I returned to check out and helped me get a discount on the dog treats. Both looked like they were late teens. They’d obviously been raised right and given good training by management. I went away in a great mood.
Filled a small Christmas tin with cookies for Division Manager that I will take in this morning. Have made 4 kinds so far: PB Kisses, M&Ms, Raspberry Molasses Crinkles and Thumbprints. The thing about the thumbprints is that I forgot to put an indentation in the last sheet of cookies that I put into the oven and when I took them out, they had puffed up into little round balls. When I attempted to make the thumbprint in one, it just started to shatter so those will be walnut covered cookies without raspberry preserves. Luckily, the first 2 sheets of cookies made 4 dozen thumbprint cookies that WERE filled with raspberry preserves. 
Today I’ll need to make 2 more kinds of cookies: Neisenpfeffers for Hubs and some sort of gluten free cookies for my BF. Need to wrap presents, go to office for about half an hour give or take. May be a tad longer because Division Manager just returned from 3 week vacation to the land of the sun and warmth so I’ll need to update him. Need to pay storage unit fee and of course, the normal dish washing and laundry. So, I have my work cut out for me. I’d better get going.
Hope you all have an enjoyable day 
Aw, maaaaaan, I had an idea for this week’s MMP but I was late to the party. Maybe next week?
Today started at 15° - that’s not many ferrets. We might see mid-30s before the day is done. Or not. Who knows??
Daughter texted me that Roxy won’t be coming over after all. I texted Jessica, and she may swing by, depending on where her patients are today. I have a bag of blankets to give her. And I’m thinking I might (brace yourselves) dust today… I also noticed both bathrooms could use some serious Comet. So this may be a June Cleaver day - where are my pearls and apron??
And so it begins. Happy Moanday!
I always appreciate my ability to misread a word in the most humorous way possible. I read the above word as “nasalpuffer”.
BooFae, I’m more of a purple/mixed colors teapot gal myself. I’m certain you’ll find that shocking.
Ok, I’m attempting to file a new disability claim and my psychiatrist and I are… negotiating (?) how it will be done. He tells me that I need to find someone else to evaluate me, but that he will send a letter on my behalf. However, his predecessor that passed away filled out the paperwork for me. I’m thinking that because it isn’t the standard disability claim due to the industry that I work in that he is confused. At least I hope.
The information below is quite a bit dark for a Monday morning… So I deleted it. Moving right along…
Okay, well, it’s MM, and I’m posting. Coffee’s almost ready, so I’ll wake up soon. Oh, good! Here’s the coffee! I always add a teaspoon full of cacao powder to the first 2 cups. It’s supposed to be good for my brain.
I haven’t fallen asleep yet. I’ll try some more.
Good morning, one and all.
I swear @What_Exit, I DID look for the MMP tag. I don’t know how I missed this; not enough coffee, I guess.
It’s 46F outside. Partly cloudy skies in the morning shall give way to overcast afternoon skies, but at least it won’t be as soggy.
I finished the last of the Christmas gift shopping yesterday, but I still need to pick something up for the doggos. I’ll probably swing by MudBay or PetSmart today while I’m out on my errands, picking up the roast from the butcher and spareguts. @swampbear, are you also having mashed taters? We are, and hopefully, I still have a pack of chanterelles for the gravy in the freezer, if not, I guess there won’t be any mushrooms in the gravy for the first time, well since I’ve been making Christmas dinner and that’s many, many, many years.
Lily, I hope you get some shut-eye.
Metal Mouse, I hope your travels were/are safe and uneventful.
I commented to my husband yesterday about how it’s weird not to have charcuterie, cookies, veggie trays, etc., ready for Christmas. That seems excessive with only three of us here, so we’ll forego all that. It’s better for the waistline, anyway…
There is not much else going on here; it is another restless night, followed by a 3:30 a.m. rise, so I’m going to finish my coffee and put around the house sometime before I clean up and head out into traffic.
Went to a good production of A Christmas Carol yesterday, then out to a really good dinner with the wife’s niece and husband. Today is a day of mostly rest, then it’s off to the daughter’s place for xmas eve tomorrow. It’s warmed up a bit and no real snow in the near forecast.
Morning all. My last gift which was shown out for delivery all day Sunday now shows out for delivery today, which does not help since I’m leaving in about 30 minutes for a 400 mile drive. Everything else is set and packed, now just need to remember all the incidentals (like the hearing aid charger and all the other bits and pieces). I will forget something, that is certain, hopefully nothing important.
All y’all have a good holiday week and I’ll stay in touch as often as I can.
Still achy and cough. No fever though.
Its about to get up to 32 ferret hurts in a few.
I assume you have a neighbor who will hold it for you?
Second deck guy has come and gone - he’ll get the estimate to us either tomorrow or after Christmas. Whatever - I just want my deck done by May. Two of the companies I contacted haven’t responded, so guess I’ll see if there’s anyone else nearby who might be interested in giving an estimate. But not today. I think I’ll go into the Happy Homemaker Mode.