Back from the gym and TV watching, have snacked a little and will fix me a Chee-burger here in a bit. Still pretty warm for a November, about 59F heading down to 50F.
Wet one, currently a BJ’s Wholesale Club member, but Sam’s and Costco are also nearby and I’ve considered joining them, but I simply don’t buy that much bulk to make it worthwhile, at least IMHO. But glad you (and other Mumpers) get good use out of them.
rocky, glad that they diagnosed the problem, now hope they get it fixed right and soon.
Dicey, hope the calfs even up and the socks help.
swampy, glad you made it to your hotel without incident.
VanGo, when I worked for the Gub-mint, we used to mark 20 and 25 year anniversaries (and later ones) but not the first or second year. Still, if that is the custom they should have included you.
When I drank more than I do now and smoked, I belonged to Sam’s because that’s where I bought my vices for cheap. For just me and an 18 lb dog, we don’t go through enough groceries to bother with a warehouse club or even messing with the Kroger points. The places that I shop, I can buy in smaller quantities and tend to be less expensive than Kroger. That, and I only go through about a tank of gas a month now that I’m RDOS.
I’ve chilled out this afternoon and talked to some neighbors when I walked Nelson. I had to give instructions to one neighbor’s granddaughter on how to pet a small dog who isn’t used to kids.
Feel free to help yourself to my share. I firmly agree with my sister that drinking a martini is like chewing a mouthful of pine needles.
Went to WalMart the other day. I was pushing the empty shopping cart over to the cart corral and a woman with completely snow-white hair insisted on taking it for me. I don’t look that old, dangit!
How would you get down then? Will someone be there to help you? Highrise fires sound like something out of a nightmare.
So they probably won’t have anything left tomorrow. Its probably for the best, I’m already planning on getting cider and Hubs can’t drink IPA’s anymore.
He can drink gin, though. I used to think that I despised gin but then Hubs started making it. Then I learned that I really do like gin, I just can’t handle much.
I hope it helps. I know I complained about mine but it really did help a lot.
I’m glad you got there safely. Day’s Inn has always been good to us as well.
When we are traveling, all we want is clean sheets on the bed and clean towels in the bathroom. And maybe a chair or two, if I let Hubs sit on the bed, he’ll go to sleep and then we will be late for dinner.
I would get my feelings hurt. Not enough to go to management, but enough to grumble in my beer at home. When it comes to government work, your bosses don’t really need to pay attention to anniversaries for you to get your bennies on time. That’s usually an automated process through payroll.
She might have wanted it for herself. I try to snag carts in the parking lot when I can.
So not much happened today. I spent a good deal of time stitching yesterday so I’m resting my arm today. BORING. The fuzzbutts got a good brushing, we are so lucky that George’s hair doesn’t mat up. Maine Coons are known for mat problems and GG doesn’t even get them under his pits.
We tried one of the meal kits today. The food was decent, but there was so much plastic waste. I’m really not a fan, but I can see the appeal.
After putting the house back together from the electrical issue I was digging through a drawer. She asked me what I was looking for and I told her that I needed toenail clippers. My lower nails were pretty raggedy. She closed the drawer and said we need to go to the mall.
When we got there She took me to the nail salon and hooked me up for a pedicure.
I may never clip my toenails again! It was marvelous.
Up from naptime. Having a margarita and watching hockey. Dinner tonight is Smoked Paprika Chicken, rosemary pepper potatoes and sauteed asparagus with Calabrian chilies.
Can’t find anything on that. Maybe it was just some functionary going full Herbert.(locally they considered abandoned after 30 days, so I just have to duck The Man for 29 more. )
So say we all.
It’s fun when the box breaks open in the system, and you get to watch the Random Preload Potato tumble past you on the belt.
Howdy Y’all! I begged off goin’ out to dinner with everyone. Just didn’t want to drive anywhere and I saw stoner food one block from my hotel, so I walked up there and got food. I et and watched some Netflix on my tablet. Been a loooooong day that didn’t include nappage so I am goin’ to turn in. OYKW let me know the orgy is goin’ well. Good to know.
Jtc, when I moved into the condo, I got a cat pram to get them out in an emergency. At the time I had 3; lager 23lb, stretch 17lbs, and koritza 7lbs. The thought of wrestling 3 cats into carriers and getting them down 10 flights…uff da.
They all love the pram. Lager goes right in, koritza takes some pushing if lager is in there. It is a bumpy ride going down. I do what I can to ease the bump.
That is why I’m so very thankful that 2 neighbours helped weds. morning.
They replaced the detector. Hopefully it will be my usual phone alarm Friday morning. The next board meeting will be interesting.
Tackleball game is nearing it’s end (the result was decided some time ago).
red, you’re probably right and I could find cheaper groceries than Kroger, but like you I fill my tank about once a month and earning a couple thousand points a month (taking advantage of several tricks of the trade) saves me $1.50-$2.00 a gallon, plus it’s only a 2.5 mile drive from my house. But yeah, I think I’ll look into dropping my BJ’s membership, haven’t been there in at least 6 months. And yeah, I try to tell kids to let the dog sniff their hand first, not to put their hand over the dog’s head because they find that threatening (or so I’ve heard) and of course get permission from the owner (But I don’t tell them to get off my lawn…yet).
Herald, I usually grab a cart on the way into a store (there are always some around). Guess she wanted to get her good deed in for the day so she could be a miserable so-and-so later (or maybe you do look that old… ).
Hippie, I’ve never had a pedicure, but my nails are rather long and I wonder if there is a place near me…
swampy, probably not a bad idea to take it easy after a long day on the road.
rocky, interesting info on the cat pram, hope the problem stays away.
And it’s 10:15pm, and so to bed where I will work on crosswords for a bit until sleeply-time comes. Catch y’all on Firday.
I’ve got an early weekend, since I’m covering on sunday, plus staying late to do some toxic sealer stuff once the place is closed. Elderly exhibit made with difficult plastic that nothing sticks to unless it’s really poisonous and bad to be around.
Did they do the thing where they rub your tired feet and - if they’re doin’ it right - go up your shins and calves for a blessed moment?
Heaven.
I got a true giggle at the mental image of a lone tater just a-rollin’ down.
Have investigated for self. Not a bad idea.
I can almost friggin’ guarantee, if you live anywhere near a couple of strip malls off semi-major streets, you can find a nail salon.
Had an errand to run before work right next door to the local sushi joint, and since I had to work open → close … well, I mean …
… plus someone made himself a BLT pizza and shared a coupla slices (yum!!) so between that, and my salmon rolls, egg drop soup, and dumplings, plus a chocolate Uncrustable to gild the lily (and sweeten all that salt) … I came home with a happy tummy!
We had a chill, straightforward night … until …
Okay so 11:10 p.m. (that’s 50 min till close) someone calls wanting FORTY LARGE PIZZAS.
Dude, plan ahead?
That’s barely 2 minutes per pizza, and we do have other orders coming in, you ain’t the only soul on earth.
Not their problem, but by then we’d turned off half our ovens already, so we were at diminished capacity.
We didn’t even have enough dough/crusts left to make that order, even if we wanted to. (Which we, uh, did not.)
S.M. even called our sister store to see if they’d be willing to do a half-and-half on the order. (Their manager’s response was essentially a polite, “At this hour? Aw, hellz naw.”)
It sucks turning down a big $$$ order, and since we’re pretty sure this was for a 3rd shift machine shop crew, that also means a lotta sad, hungry tummies out there.
But dude, if you’d called ahead? Like, before the guy in charge of the dough hadn’t taken the roller apart for the night? (It’s an involved operation.)
We could’ve done it. We’d make your crew would hail you and praise you, everyone would’ve gone home happy.
I couldn’t resist an up-close shot. These are getting a glowing (HA!) review.
Hard to see in these pics, but the lights are a soft orange (not like, Halloween orange, more muted, but not plain white) and our whole lobby looks so warm & inviting now!
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up shevelled, but not caffeinated because the #@# that allegedly work here have not opened the door even though it’s supposed to be open at six a.m. GRRR Guess I’ll go elsewhere and find some.
I’m gettin’ better now. Went to the Starbuck’s next door and got a plain coffee with cream. I suppose there’s a name for that. My soul is bein’ caffeinated and that’s what matters most. There will be a continental breakfast and more caffeine at the convention center at 8 a.m. That will help. Less grumpy bear now.
Morning, mumpers! It’s currently 8c/47f with a predicted high of 9c/48f and cloudy. Weather app says “How fucking tyipcal. Another shitty, overcast day.” According to our weather guessers, we are in the middle of an anticyclonic gloom, which is why it’s cloudy and dull. But it’s not raining and that’s good enough for me.
Taters hope you feel better soon, colds are just pure misery.
{{{{{Mollie}}}}} hope you’re feeling brighter today too. I once had a Vesper Martini in an airport lounge, it was quite the most bitter thing I’ve ever tried. The barman kept asking me if I wanted him to make me something else, he said it was their most-ordered and most often returned drink. Since I’m a stubborn old bird, I drank it in the end!
VanGo it is rude of them to miss your first year anniversary if it’s customary to mark such occasions. I would be tempted to sit in the break room with a fancy cake all to myself after that, and refuse to share it
swampy glad you arrived safely and got some good hugging done. Hope everyone else gets there without incident and you find somewhere good for dinner.
Yesterday went well, had a productive meeting with the boss and was able to pass on some good news to non-troublesome minion so he’s a happy bunny today. He has been on a mission to find a solution to a problem we found earlier in the week that would have meant a massive amount of time being spent undoing something we’d already spent a massive amount of time doing. He gets a gold star for sorting that one out!
I got home in good time, fed the cats, did my evening jobs and unloaded the laundry. I’d asked 'im indoors to turn the washing machine on at a specific time so that it would finish the cycle not long after I got home. I could then hang laundry up before retiring to the sofa while he made dinner. He cannot be trusted to hang up laundry as he makes a right pig’s ear of it.
Today’s commute was also good, I was late leaving the house because Cherry had an emergency poo so that needed to be cleaned up before I left. That meant going to the bus stop nearest to home as I didn’t have enough time to get to the stop before that one. Got to irk without issues, and have been busy fixing stuff for people. Still got more fixings to do this afternoon but I’ve ticked a few things off my list.
My turn for dinner tonight, I am thinking about baking some chicken in a spice bag and serving it with mash and veggies. Then it’ll be sofa time and a film for us. Not sure what the weekend holds, I need to go into town tomorrow so might do that in the morning after the gym (if he doesn’t want to come too), then home for lunch, and out to a pub or two in the afternoon.
When I went the other day, almost all 6 of the self-checkout terminals were occupied and the clerk assigned to the lone register wasn’t there. I suspect either they’re not getting enough applicants to run the store or they’re cheaping out by having minimal staff, so the clerk is also stocking shelves. Hence lines. I had 2 items, so self-checkout was quick and easy.
I had one only once and it was a terrible experience. Maybe I just got a bad tech? My daughter loves 'em. Plus, frankly, it’s more convenient for me to clip when I get out of the shower than to get dressed for public and drive 6 or 7 or 10 miles.
Last time I was a member, I think I went twice in a year. I didn’t save enough to cover my membership fee, so I just let it lapse. Plus, frankly, it’s not convenient, being about 15 miles away. Not to mention the whole bulk-purchases-for-2 thing.
For some reason, I find this painful. Weird, I know…
61 rainy Ferrets this morning, with possible t-boomers later. Laundry day for sure and not much else planned at the moment.
Yesterday I worked out the prep and cooking schedule for Turkey Day - starting on Tuesday before. It should make things easier overall, what with clean up spaced out, too. I also made a shopping list, tho I should divide it into what-I-can-get-now and what-I-need-to-get-later. I’ll also need to figure out if it all will fit in the upstairs fridge or if I’ll need to plug in the basement mini-fridge.
SIL wanted a family meal at Salsa’s last night, so we met there. Roxy was practicing her limited Spanish - mostly consisting of saying Gracias to our waiter. I was teaching her a few words, but I’ve forgotten so much. Then again, my last Spanish class was more than 50 years ago.
Daughter is heading to Cumberland MD today where she and Akron friend will be meeting for the weekend. That way, neither of them has to make the long drive, especially since said friend will be coming here for Turkey Day. So SIL will drop the grands off here on Sunday before he goes to work and Daughter will get them on her way home.
And it turns out the T-Mobile store closed some time ago and I didn’t notice. But I did an on-line search and discovered AT&T offers a similar plan, so I’ll be contacting them. We’ll never get fiber-optic here - the neighborhood is just too small and it would require much digging since we don’t have overhead wires. But we’ve got to do something. Stoopit internet went out 5 times within an hour yesterday evening, and even this morning it’s gone out twice. Stoopit Breezeline.
And so the day begins. Happy Firday to one and all!!
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your crew would hail you and praise you, everyone would’ve gone home happy.
Guess I’ll go elsewhere and find some.