Western Mitten State is soggy today. What did someone here call it, a toad-drowner? … frog soaker? … something like that.
It’s coming down by the bucketful out there. I opened the door to watch/smell the rain, Monkey came a-runnin’ (clearly thinking “Go outside! I get to go outside!”) and then … well, I’ve never seen a cat do an actual double-take.
I can cross “Water plants” off Ye Olde To-Do List for sure.
Thanks @Johnny_L.A that’s what my fuzzy brain was grasping for!
Called my mother. The “visit” subject didn’t even come up. She probably knows better and just wanted to yank my chain a bit.
Couldn’t get thru to her for a bit b.c. she was on the phone, then she had to cut our convo short b.c. someone else was calling.
Ah, the life of an Anna on the feast of St. Anne.
… hey, it just occurred to me. She could’ve called the other person back. I’m her damn daughter, ferchrissakes.
Hmmph.
Mrs. L.A. bought some glass fishing floats similar to these, for decorations on the side of the house. I’ve noticed the netting is not in the greatest condition. I came in from outside, and I heard a crash. One of the balls had fallen out, and broke on the concrete. I swept the remains into a dustpan, then took out the vacuum to make sure there were no glass bits that might puncture my feet when I go outside barefoot.
I finished my month six blocks right away and had more than four weeks to go before the next installment. I found myself with nothing to sew. I bought this kit last winter and pretty much forgot about it until now. I got it out last week and started it over the weekend:
It is made up of three inch triangles sewn together to make strips:
I cut enough triangles to finish the first strip and sewed it together. Now I am cutting out all 1200 of the triangles needed. This will make a nice project to do when I have free time between monthly blocks.
{{Taters}}
{{shoe}}
Poor Fluff. She had seven kittens under our rabbit hutch back in April(?), then moved them to inside our shed when they started getting too big to stay under the hutch. Two of them went to friends of Fluff’s owner a month or so ago, and over the last three weeks or so we’ve been collecting the others because a) the neighbourhood doesn’t need any more stray cats, b), they need to get to a vet for shots and neutering, and c) we don’t want them to get eaten by the coyotes who live in the area (and the bobcat that was spotted just a few blocks from our house last week). My daughter caught the last one around six hours ago, and Fluff has been out in the yard since then calling for them. 
Lady SCAdian brought Fluff into the house, but she immediately demanded to be let back out. We got her inside again and took her up to the spare bedroom, where the kittens are, so that should keep her happy for a little while.
Speaking of rabbits, we lost Jackson a couple days ago. Not entirely unexpected, since we’ve had him eight years and he’s been looking pretty frazzled the last few months, but still a sad occasion.
Herald, good on ya and the others for taking care of the Fluff and the kittens. And a sad for Jackson the Rabbit.
hippy, interested in seeing how the MC Escher-looking thing turns out.
shoe, stay dry (93F now and not a drop of rain in sight).
Sari, can sympathize with Misiu, I didn’t want to do those things either (but I did, finally). Hope he wakes up re-energized.
Why am I not surprised? But seriously, I don’t think it’s a bad idea, especially if you get no satisfaction directly on the strange fractions.
God Bod, I’ve got an ASUS laptop too, mostly for travel and probably not as advanced as yours (not a gamer) and it’s been pretty dependable and quick for me.
Cookie, hope the Doc gets you feeling better soon.
So it shall be written; so it shall be done.
VanGo, would have been nice if they had a t least told you (and other neighbors) that this was starting early. Hopefully it’ll be fairly quick.
Been shopping (6 stops) and am now catching my breath before heading over to the gym. Take care all.
So much activity from everyone; hard to keep up. Happy to see the mostly good news. I hope Shoe can talk herself down about Mom moving nearby. It’s a mixed bag for sure. Or else Mom’s idea of a sick joke.
As to me:
Got home at 8pm, ate a snack, had a Gimlet and some cuddles, and went to bed. Shift start Wed was 7am. At 7:02 the phone rang. Mighty generous of them to let me sleep in 2 whole minutes. “How fast can you get to work?” “From a sound sleep and it’s now rush hour on a rainy morning? Not too fast, but I’ll do what I can.”
After overcoming numerous obstacles to get out of the house, to irk, off the gate, and into the air … Zoom! I’m now in San Jose Costa Rica, and just back from the grocery store across the street from the hotel. Much local coffee & chocolate has been procured. This stuff’ll be harder to get once I retire. Plans call for a quick hike around the nearby park then an early pig-out w my coworker at an Argentinian-style steak place: Tierra Gaucha. Post-dinner will be stupid-early bedtime for a stupid-early rise tomorrow and zoom back home. With luck irk will stay simple.
What, in the a.m.?!?
In nicer places, there are civic ordinances prohibiting that sort of nonsense.
In not-so-nice places, a very angry yelling-at by a stern older woman will usually do the trick.
In really not-so-nice places, bring a gun.
(Ah, 'Murrica. Where roadside right-of-way is determined by a simple question: “Who has the bigger truck?” And decent courtesy is determined by, “Whatcha got, pal?”)
Didn’t take me very long to figure out why my manager would throw out “stuck” orders (e.g. never showed up (1a.)) rather than sell 'em off half-price at the end of the night.
It sucks, because there are legit ppl who could do with the help.
But we’re not a charity. And we’re certainly not suckers for grifters.
Unfortunately, I’m running into way more cons than sincere mercy cases these days. Or maybe the roses have fallen off my glasses.
Hell, I’m specifically not allowed anymore to set old pizzas on top of the dumpster; they have to be thrown into the center of the trash.
Not even per my manager; it’s her boss’s say-so. Officially, it’s b.c of the seagulls.
(1a.) In some cases, they PREPAID for the food already. Still never showed. WTF people?
Not too productive of a day.
Who knew it would be so hard to find a lawyer?
It seems they are all very busy and one is going to Europe for several months.
The daycare called because Rayleigh ripped his nail off and needs to see the vet.
Misiu is not just sleepy, he is sick.
We got another half of an aspirin in him and a little water.
We are debating taking him to the vet, which means my son has to call in a vacation day. That gets him a point, or a half point. You get three points and you’re fired. It’s 6 months until he gets more sick leave. He does have a few vacation days.
Misiu isn’t in any kind of distress, he’s sleeping, but he has no interest in food or drink. He went outside to potty, and wanted to stay out, but we made him come in because it’s in the 90s.
Shoe, when I moved, part of the decision was based on, far enough away from my mother that she couldn’t just drop in, close enough that she didn’t have to stay overnight.
Many places won’t give out what is left over because of food poisoning. Or more accurately, accusations of food poisoning.
More so, in the case of one place they started handing out leftovers to the homeless. What started as a small group of homeless, soon became a large group of homeless. Then when there wasn’t enough food for everybody, things got ugly, with broken windows and smashed furniture.
Gratitude soon turned into entitlement.
What’s that saying about no good deed goes unpunished?
I’m sorry you lost your bunny Herald.
I’ve had them in the past and they are nice.
However, I also learned having a zoo (dogs, cats, rabbits, fish, and birds) can get crazy at times.
Did you know rabbits can scream?
Loud enough to wake the neighbors?
Somebody gave me a rabbit and neglected to tell me she was pregnant.
She had 7 babies.
One day I opened the door to let the dogs out, Yasmine ran out, looked back at the other dogs and yelled, BREAKFAST!
All the babies had escaped their hutch and were running around the yard.
I got all the dogs in, and still in my very short nightgown, ran out to capture the babies.
The babies ran every which way, screaming their fool heads off, and woke up half the neighborhood.
Who, instead of being annoyed at the early wakeup, thought it was great fun to watch a barely dressed woman chase rabbits around the yard.
At least the night the cats knocked over the birdcages and set the birds free, only my bf of the time, Wayne the Pain, was a witness to me running around half naked throwing dogs into one room, cats into another, and then trying to catch 7 parakeets flying around the house.
At 330 am.
He was laughing too hard to help.
He didn’t find it so funny when the three goldfish named, hisfirstname, hismiddlename, hislastname, got eaten by the cat.
That was my life lesson in the pitfalls of have multiple species as pets.
Howdy Y’all! My phone, well, the calendar, reminded me this mornin’ to get my car tag renewed before Sattidy (my bday), so we threw in a trip to da ‘Burg on our way to procure provisions. This meant, of course, we just HAD to stop at Hardee’s for a bizkit cause when we left the tag and tax office we had to go right by Hardee’s on the way to the Pubic Sto’. We were fated to do that! Then we procured provisions and got back to da cave to store said provisions, achieve nappage and be slothful. A little while ago we went to Sonny’s and et sup. Now we are home, and in the a/c, as 'tis hawt out!
GodBod glad you found a 'puter you can use for skool irk and for fun.
Home, exhausted!! Roxy had fun at the park with her classmate. Daughter had a long day, so I didn’t turn the kids over to her till almost 4:30. Came home, made burgers for supper, and maybe I’ll clean the dishes tomorrow. I’s beat!
Late day with the kids tomorrow - it’s uniform ordering day at school and the last appointment is at 4. I’m going to feed the kids and daughter - I’ll make a pasta bake. But it’ll be a long day with the kids.
I hear my recliner calling!!!
Forgot to mention the broken walnuts I also use.
Any Mumpers into genealogy? I have an item I hate to throw out, but nobody will likely want.
Today my sister showed me some of the work she has been doing on family history, both sides. Albums, old documents, the work she has done in incredible. I truly believe that future generations in our family will bless her for this.
I have one item though I don’t know what to do with. It’s a very old copy of Luther’s Small Catechism and it belonged to an uncle, my father’s oldest brother. It has notes in it in his own handwriting. The thing is and my aunt had no children, so there are no cousins from him to give it to. Tossing it in the trash goes against my nature. What would you do? Family history matters to me, it helps me learn history in general. Like the German POWs who worked for my grandfather’s brothers here in Kansas.
Guess I sound pathetic, but that’s how I am.
Hello! I’m happy to report that today has NO APPOINTMENTS! Yippee!
A nurse from the clinic called to give me pre-op instructions. This is in addition to the pre-op appointment I’ll have. She asked how often I drank. I said I have a martini every Sunday, but my sister’s coming, which means a cocktail every day. She said no alcohol 48 hours before surgery but quickly added I could have a martini the day before, “as long as you don’t get hammered.”
shoe, that pizza story made me misty-eyed. Thanks for sharing. As for your mom, all I can think of is sending a Change of Address. Put down the address of a house of ill repute. When they try to move in, hilarity will ensue. Or not.
I read this as Pomeranian Vince. Does he by any chance have shaggy hair and an annoying tendency to yap, yap, yap?
GodBod, nice to see you again, and yay on the computer! I hope your sister can keep up the walking when her period arrives. Walking can lessen PMS symptoms, improve mood, and even help with cramps, but of course, your sister knows her body, and I’m sure you’ll be fine going alone.
Taters, I know you must miss your daughter like crazy. I hope you get to Skype or FaceTime with them soon!
Baker, that’s a nice pizza place! Their generosity would have made me a loyal customer, too.
The trick is that they have to have too low a population base to warrant an Olive Garden/Lowe’s/big box store. Then you get towns with character. There’s a pig statue in Wilbur, WA, and the Jolly Green Giant in Dayton, WA, among others. The WY high school where I taught had an arch rival 25 miles away. When the teams played against each other, our kids would chant, “WE have WalMart!” That always squelched the rival team. 
Cookie, I hope you get the OK to switch to LD aspirin.
Gee, we had to resort to holding up placards with our school’s average SAT scores.
That sounds like one tasty pizza!
Read most, retained a little. Long day and Ih’s hahred.
Stay safe and healthy y’all!
Evening all. Got my swimming and sauna time in, the scale says I put on about 5lbs the past week, so I guess back to the diet Pepsi and watching my calories. Garbage is out at the curb so I don’t have to worry about the truck coming early tomorrow before I can get it outside (since I put it out this evening, they won’t show until 2pm, probably).
Pilot, enjoy dinner. Looked at the menu, looks like the prices are reasonable, hopefully the food is good and plentiful.
shoe, sad but true, how much food gets wasted every day that could help. Such is life.
Sari, loved the bunny rabbit story, sound like something from a comedy movie (I doubt you were laughing during it). Hope Misiu gets to feeling better.
Cupcakes, I understand your unwillingness to toss out something like that. If you have no place for it, is there a local Historical Society or maybe a Lutheran Church that might take it? (this is off the top of my head).
OK, have a good evening all. It’s good to get back into the flow of the MMP.
MetalMouse, my sisters and I have an ironclad rule: never weigh yourself sooner than 48 hours after a plane trip. Flying makes you retain water. Actually, I think it’s sitting still for so long that does it. Anyway, gaining 5 pounds from water retention isn’t unusual. Try again in a day or two.
Does Kansas have a historical museum or historical society? They may be interested in such a family bible.
