Good morning everyone. I’m preparing to go to work and Annie is trying to dig a hole in the pillow on her purple hand chair. I don’t know why…
For some reason I feel like someone has punched me in the left arm but otherwise I’m ok. I was just thinking about the job I applied for and I may rescind my application due to reasons. We’ll see.
With FCD giving his mom painkillers every 4 hours, there’s no such thing as a full night’s sleep for now. I dropped off just after the midnight alarm, but was startled awake at 4AM. I know this can’t go on much longer, but I find myself asking “How much longer???” I’ve read where a person can only live for about 3 days without water - today is either day 3 or day 4 - it’s pretty much been a blur for most of the last week.[end whine]
It’s still dark out, but I noticed it’s foggy (neighbor’s lights, yanno.) Small chance of rain this afternoon, but tonight and tomorrow, we should get a fair bit. They’re even predicting t-boomers tomorrow. Temps will be mild till tomorrow night, when they plummet again. And that’s the weather. Back to you, Skip! 
(No, I have no idea who Skip is…)
Daughter et al put up their tree last night. Hers is pre-lighted and for some reason, half of the lights on each half of the tree were out. But they had extra lights and they got it done.
The problem is Trevor’s tail. I told them they need to put the tree in a playpen. FCD said they need to crop Trevor’s tail. 
Comedian… I’m sure they’ll figure something out.
SIL is coming over today to get the last of the decorations from MIL and me. I have a small tree and Daughter wants to set it up in the kids’ room. Being the grinch I am, I have no intention of decorating, so they can enjoy it all. Then Daughter is supposed to come over and pick thru her grandma’s stuff before I take it all to the thrift store. With luck, it’ll all be out of my basement before Christmas.
Did I mention I get the grands on the 26th? Daughter and SIL went over their work schedules and that’s the only day they need someone to corral the kids. I was expecting them to need me more, so YAY!! I may take them to the Marine Museum… or not… time enough to decide.
So maybe some chores today. I’ve started another lap blanket, and I’ve been trying to finish the dead tree book I started weeks ago - maybe today’s the day? I find I really prefer e-books, but I’ve got 4 more dead tree books to finish this series - none of them are available electronically. Oh, how I must suffer!!!
Enough drama. Happy Tuesday!!
Good morning.
It’s 31F, frosty, and cloudy, but fog is moving in now. Today will be mostly cloudy, with a high temperature of 41F.
I’m a good-quality dark chocolate kind of gal. I don’t care for nuts in my chocolate, either. I don’t mind a little caramel or grated orange rind, though. I sometimes go a little crazy and get a little box of red vines, and I also like Heath Bars, Werther’s original candies, and toffee. Other than that, I can take or leave candy. Lindor Truffles are okay, but they have lost their allure. I don’t mind marshmallow stuff, but I don’t go to buy or eat it.
Nellie, do what works for you, but we all care about you. I hope you check in. I view this group as a touchstone. We get to vent and ramble, and there is no judgment. We have all experienced sadness, long-term bad experiences, or troubles that consume us for periods, but here, we can “talk” about it and find support or commiseration. We’re here for you, and I hope you find a solution.
I love the picture, FCM. Last year, I surrounded my tree with sections of the dog pen and it worked.
I hope Sadie’s recovery is smooth and fast, Cookie.
Congrats on the grandbaby, Legend!
Alrighty, time for more coffee.
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. YAWN ‘Tis 62 Amurrkin out and cloudy with a predicted high of 74 and rainy. We have nowhere we need or want to be so a good day to stay inside and dry. RDOS inactivities will rule the day. Sup shall be leftovers from last night’s sup.
Legend conga rats on the new baby. Hope you’re over the plague soonest and can get cuddles.
Cookie may Sadie forgive you soonest.
Now I need more caffeine and to feed rumbly tummy. Then onward into the day! Rah.
Happy Tuesday Y’all!
All righty - I’m showered and dressed and I stripped and remade the bed. Where’s my award? And I don’t want one of those stoopit participation ribbons, either! 
Morning all. Got my 8 hours of sleepage and having pilled myself I am waiting the recommended 45 minutes before breaking my fast. Need to get to Wally’s Mart for a couple of things and my usual gym exercise, but otherwise a quiet day is contemplated at Casa Rat. 63F this morning and getting to 68F later, which is doing pretty good for December.
VanGo, pretty good visit I’d say, even with the cold. Take care.
boo fae, pics of the curtains are needed now that you have told us how beautiful they will be… Hope the meeting went better than expected.
FCM, very colorful tree but with two active kids and a dog, how long it stays like that is arguable. And I’m still working my way though the exercising with my collection of old dead tree sci-fi, working on some Bradbury now.
And it’s been 45 minutes so my thyroid medicine should be happy on my empty stomach, so a Big Bowl O’Cereal and an apple is next on he agenda. Have a good one all.
The kids do OK with the tree, but the dog, and possibly the cats, could be an issue. However, not my circus, etc.
Waiting for ortho urgent care to open. I slipped in cat barf and did a death drop on the laminate floor. Probably just a sprain but I’m taking no chances. I am really unhappy….
Of course! And the meeting was less onerous than expected so that was all good. Exam papers have been declared finished, I just need someone to look at the .pdf versions and tell me everything’s sitting where it should.
For those who care about such things, the curtains are double pinch-pleat headers so lots of material involved, with a plum chenille fabric and blackout linings. Plus a shiny new curtain track. The bay windows are quite big, and the finished curtains extend wall-to-wall to there’s another 6-8 inches of curtain beyond the edges of the window bay.
41 and it feels oddly warm.
Its to rain later.
Thursday will be wind chills of 0 so off to get some groceries, try a lottery ticket to pray for cash to be able to take bus’s and sortof survive.
nicely done! very jealous of your bay window. i love sitting in them and reading. extra points for a foul weather day.
i am enjoying a cran-merry beverage from starbucks. it is very tartly yummy. you do make a face at the first sip.
fcm do you want a ribbon or statue?
The usual patern, slow then a mad dash at the end. Of course I had to go to the Mez to help the out, and they sent a bunch of Mez work to the 100 Slide at the end. I stopped at Tetter to pick up some Sudafed, since my sinues are sheding their summer snot.
Ouch! Hope it’s nothing major.
How about a Trophy?
But {{{{FCM and FCD}}}}
So it’s all Greek to him?
This is a nice bit of recognition. 
Jessica just left - she’s been doing end-of-life care for 25 years! I can’t even imagine. Of course, that explains her somewhat dark, slightly warped sense of humor. One does what one must to cope.
I was watching a documentary about stuff found in various deserts around the world - there was one place in Egypt where they found mummified crocodiles! As in they deliberately mummified them, not that they got all dessicated naturally. And a bunch of whale bones - like whole whales - in a desert in Chile that they found when excavating for a road. There are some interesting documentaries to be found out there.
OK, lunch, then back to crochet in front of TV.
Happy Toosday!
It’s a foggy 44 degrees, with a high of 55 predicted.
I got up early to take the dogs to daycare, but now I’m killing some time. We’re going to leave a little later so I can pick up a prescription on the way back. I was going to get the script when we got groceries, but the drug store and grocery store are in opposite directions. This way is more efficient.
I’m not sure how the day will go, even though my son is on vacation, I am not. I’m going to have to rearrange my hours though. I could take the week off as well, but I already have clients complaining because I’m not working as many hours as I used to.
Every week I say, next week I’ll put in more hours. But I always have something else to do, but not really. I’m really just burnt out.
I’m back.
I decided to take the day off. There’s too much to do and trying to make out a schedule was irritating.
The dogs are at daycare, Echo cried the whole way there. You’d think she was dying the way she carries on.
Groceries have been ordered, and it looks like they are ready to go, already been paid for. The pickup time is 330. I forgot to get eggs, but they can wait.
Forms have been filled out and are in addressed envelopes. My son has to sign one of them, and we can drop them off at the post office. I’ve been on his ass to get this shit done before the deadline, and here we are at the end of the year.
I think I need to get gas too.
I feel like I’ve done a lot, but in actuality, I haven’t done shit. It’s not like it’s hard irk, but still PITA shit that needs to be done.
I have done most of my Christmas shopping. The gifts are coming here this year since my nieces want to come out to visit. They should be delivered soon, and I can put them in gift bags and cross that off the list. There are a few gifts I am sending directly; I’ll wait a little closer to Christmas to order them. I usually send a Piecaken to the nieces. I’m debating whether to send it there or here. Maybe both, what the hell. It’s just money. I never got a chance to try it, and never bought it for us since it serves 12.
Then all of that can be crossed off the ToDoList.
I like your curtains BooFae, and am jealous of your windows.
Sometimes I think about getting painted screens, it’s a Baltimore thing, but I would love to have stained glass windows.
A friend I haven’t talked to in years called yesterday. I didn’t answer. I suppose I should call her back. I’m trying to keep up with the guy who used to live next door whose roommate died. Now his brother is dying. He prefers to text and I’d rather talk. Texting is nice for something short, but any kind of conversation gets annoying through text.
I’ve fooled around long enough. There are other piddly assed things I can do today.
The back room, hopefully tomorrow.
When I got up at 0300 to relieve some pressure, she was up and eating food that I had left her. Then this morning she was doing her usual “follow me to the kitchen and feed me” walk. We were able to get one of the liquid shots into her mouth and I ground up one of the pills into her food. She seemed fine with all of it.
Mid-20s today, windy and some minor snow furlies. Temps will plummet overnight into single digits. Made a Costco run this morning.
Well, I know it’s time for an eye exam - I read that as snow turtles. Unfortunately, my insurance won’t pay for an exam till late Feb. Dammit.
I am home from work. I’ve had some delicious pizza, or rather, a delicious calzone. Now Annie is sitting here relaxing with me and we’re waiting for MusicMan to get home as well.
Speaking of waiting… Remember the religious school where I worked for a very short time? I’m still waiting to get paid from them. They have a stipulation in their contract that you have to give a certain amount of notice or they can keep your money. I did give the appropriate notice, but the actual people who pay me didn’t realize it, so they kept my money. Now that I am working for the same outside company again, I am supposed to be getting my money 5 days ago. Also my current pay should have arrived at the same time.
Yep, still waiting… I left my 2,597th message about this today. We’ll see what happens.
That’s an adorable Christmas picture
what a good girl!
way to go chefguy!
Saw the ortho PA. X rays show no fractures. Diagnosis is a badly sprained ankle. I am wearing a lace up ankle brace and doing the rest ice compression elevation thing. She said it will hurt more for the next 2 to 3 days then it will start settling down. Oh boy.
