Two more days left this year, and then we start anew.
So many people tell me that 2019 has been the worst year of their life. It wasn’t so bad for me.
I got a huge raise at irk, my income increased by 66% this year, not too shabby.
I lost a mess of weight, and made a bunch of new friends at the dog park. A new truck, and best of all, my new Baby Echo, made for a pretty happy year for me.
So, was 2019 a good year for you? Or one of the worst?
Are you hoping for a better year in 2020?
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. YAWN 'Tis 68 Amurrkin out and rainy with a predicted high of 67 :dubious: and cloudy for the day. We shall spiff da cave today and have bbq sammiches, fries, and slaw for sup. That will be the extent of activity here at da cave for the day. Neither one of us wants or desires to leave da cave today.
As far as 2019 goes, been a pretty good year, I guess. No major health issues and life is goin’ along pretty good. I am hopeful 2020 remains the same.
Now I need more caffeine and to feed rumbly tummy. Then, onward into the day. Rah.
**sari **- you and I are on the same wavelength - I was going to start the MMP with a similar title! Good job!!
Overall, this has been an OK year - nothing particularly spectacular, tho I suppose my retirement counts as a good thing. We’ve also had a crop of new Mumpers join us, adding some liveliness to this sandbox - that’s always good!
Nov 2020 will determine whether it’s a good year of not, and that’s all I’ll say about politics.
I’m looking forward to my time with Roxy, hoping that before the year is out, she’s speaking English. She already knows the letters A, B and R, so we may start some rudiimentary reading by this time next year. I’m also looking forward to our cruise to Bermuda in May - I need to drag **FCD **away from his office. The man does nothing but work, and it makes me crazy!
Finally, I hope the new year starts better than this one is ending. I’ve got a cold, a sore throat, a drippy nose, and gastrointestinal distress… :eek: Needless to say, I won’t be driving to Baltimore today for the lunch with my mom at Tio Pepe’s - dammit. Tho looking at the menu, I don’t see the scallops, so maybe it’s for the best. <sigh>
It’s 46 degrees outside, supposed to get up to 61 today.
It’s a bit wet out there, but isn’t raining now.
I changed my irk hours to start an hour later so I can stay longer at the park if I want to.
I have to remember to take water, the city finally did turn off the water.
I have a shit ton of laundry piled up, so that will take up most of today. I also need to order groceries to pick up tomorrow. I was thinking about getting them today, but tomorrow is senior discount day.
The brats know we are getting ready to leave, so they are attacking each other.
I suppose Echo will calm down one day.
2019 has been OK for me personally, though I’ve been pretty horrified at a lot of things happening in the country generally. I have a nasty feeling that in a few years I’ll be looking back at this last few years as when it all really started to go downhill. We’re getting more and more divided, people are publicly airing views that would have been largely dismissed as bigoted lying nonsense five years back, and getting support. Everything feels so very uncertain and I can’t see how it’s going to get better without getting a lot worse first.
Anyway, I need to go clear out the car while it’s daylight and maybe go buy some vegetables. I think my body needs more vegetables soon; man cannot survive on cheese alone.
Bah humbug. Awake with a very sore throat. I am calling in sick today.
The maid is coming today instead of Wed so I have been doing things to get ready for her. Place is a mess since she skipped last week. She won’t be able to do the master bedroom because I will be in here moaning and groaning. I did find a bottle of antibiotics from last time sick so I will start taking those. My Dr. is probably not in anyway due to the holiday.
2019 was not a real good year but could have been worse I guess.
Happy New Week everyone!
Nut everything you said also applies to the States.
Yes, it was an incredible year. I lost 40 kilograms. Not planned, just a result of a near fatal disease. But, I survived! Eighty percent of people in this country die from it. And fifty percent of the folks in the USA die from it.
Although not a believer in miracles, this event comes real close.
It is great to be able to welcome in the new year.
Morning all. Have someone coming out to estimate new carpet and flooring for me (I’m thinking about being ambitious so I expect the cost to be more than planned…we’ll see. I’ll get the last painting estimate on Firday and then decide on it, so January will be a busy month.
2019 was a pretty good year, no health issues, a good, long vacation (to Boston, Nova Scotia, Colorado and South Dakota) and no major home expenses. 2020 is still mostly a blank slate, we’ll see what develops.
Feel better soon, FCM
Nut, politics tends to happen like a sine wave, with peaks and valleys, but I think the majority of folks are reasonably level-headed and will draw us back to the middle…but I have also been known to be hopelessly optimistic…
Rain is gone but so are the high temperatures; 41F now going to 51F later today and highs will be in the 50’s or lower all week.
Home from the park early, the rain came hard and fast, and cold.
Echo did NOT pull a Lily today, she was right at the gate waiting for her leash, and she pulled harder to get to the truck than she ever pulls to get to the park.
Back in the days when I had a horse, I kept him on a 450 acre farm. Lots of big fields to go through searching for my horse. One day I couldn’t find him, I was looking and looking, and getting close to tears. However, I had noticed a new horse in the field, a light brown appalossa with a few black spots.
It was my horse, he had rolled in the mud and was pretty much covered, with only a few black patches showing through on his ass.
That was Echo leaving the park today, covered in mud, more brown than black.
Mackie could go out in the mud and come in with four pristine white feet. Ripple can run through the mud, even dig in the mud, and will maybe have a speck of mud on his nose. Shar Pei are supposed to be clean dogs, they don’t like dirt.
Not Echo, I should have named her Pig Pen.
Got the first load of clothes washing, they should be just about done. I’ll hang them up for a bit before putting them in the dryer. It’ll take longer that way, but saves on the electric bill.
**Czarcasm **- welcome to the world of retirement! My first one only lasted a year, but I think this one will stick!
I had a nice sorta-nap for about 3 hours. I drifted in and out of sleep. And now, instead of a nice meal in a fancy restaurant, I’m having a bowl of chicken noodle soup with crackers. It’s quite soothing. I find I like Progresso’s soups much better than Campbell’s - certainly less salty.
Generic nyquil last night, generic dayquil this morning - they both seem to suppress the coughing and dry up the drippy nose - huzzah for that.
I do it the opposite way. Certain things go in the dryer for 10-15 mins to get the dripys (& wrinkles) out of them but then they hang dry.
Coulda been a better year; been injured for much of it meant no running. I can still walk w/o issue but haven’t been able to run in a while. Went to the gym with my scuzin today because it’s a rainy day here. Stepped on the scale there; assuming it’s accurate, the lack of running is noticeable in other ways, too. :eek: I don’t bother to own one & I don’t go to the gym all that often & this was a different gym so no clue how accurate either this one or the last one I was on is/was.
Hope to get a good, new job but other than that, an okay year. Though the coming one could be better.
Second load in the washer, first load on the drying rack.
Something is wrong with my washer, I think the lid has to be jiggled, the clothes don’t always go through the spin cycle. Very annoying, and as much as I don’t like my washer, I’m not going to use the wonky lid as an excuse to buy a new one.
The sun is brightly shining, looks nice outside.
I still need to order groceries, and I have one bill that needs to be paid. Well, more than one, but one that is due on the first and so I want to pay it today.
Good morning mumpers, I decided to do more than stick my nose in.
I hope you’re feeling better soonest FCM, chasing the Roxxstar is going to require energy!
2019 has been very very bad for me. I won’t bore you all with the details, but I am hoping 2020 will be different.
The one saving grace was when I recently did some math, and after bringing it up to my daughter later that day she walked into my room, handed me a plastic thing and walked away. It sort of looked like a digital thermometer and I was confused until I turned it over. I read the word “pregnant” three times before it sunk in! I am going to be a gramma again in August, and since she and her husband live here, I will have a baby to play with every day!
In addition to that, I will be getting another Pom soon, she is the daughter of my current Pom, and with luck, she will be flying in from Alaska as a package deal! Yes, I am looking forward to tiny Pommie puppies, I have missed puppy breath for a long time.
My oldest daughter and her husband and kids will be coming up tomorrow to spend New Year’s Eve, so I need to get in some party supplies today. The grandkids will spend the night, their parents will grab a hotel room as I do not have a guest bedroom at the moment, but I will keep my grandkids overnight. I have really missed them this year.
And . . . I am going to try as hard as I can to not let the sadness take over this year. I miss my days in the MMP, and I would really like to come back, but only if I can find my muchness. I cannot fly without my happy thoughts, and I am so tired of being sad. So here’s to the next trip around the sun, may if find us all happy and healthy and rarin’ to take on the challenges tossed our way!
Congratulations! (Do we have a mumper name for the Czar?)
Mooommm feel better.
We moved into our new house, which was the result of a 2 year epic. I really like the house, but we’re having trouble clearing those last few boxes out. The mess is driving me crazy.
My daughter’s medical treatments seem to be working. I think she’ll be able to start going back to school (incrementally, not full days at once).
Other than that, I’m glad to see the back of 2019. For me personally, it sucked.
I finally got a preliminary reading on my MRI. I have large unexplained lesions in my brain. They could be a number of things, including MS. I may be having strokes. I may be throwing clots due to a heart problem. It’s been a bit discouraging.
In the next year, I hope to finally get the house in order. We are also getting a new puppy, which I am looking forward to. I could do without the potty training, but other than that puppies are fun.
Happy New Year Mumpers! May the new year be better than the last.
How did I miss that the traditional o.k. symbol of thumb and forefinger touching, other 3 fingers extended, is now a symbol of “white power?” When did this happen? The SJWs can pound sand.
2019 was better than 2018, when I had cancer, which cleaned out my savings and left my body damaged, and when my DD and her husband had something awful happen to them (through no fault of their own) that left them penniless and without prospects. In 2019, they got back on their feet financially and are happy. I spear-headed getting my sister’s husband into a nursing home, releasing her from the debilitating stress. It’s been a huge relief . I finished a project I’ve been working on for years. And I found the MMP!
I’m hoping for another year of upward trajectory. I can’t do much about the vision issues or the lupus, but I’d like to find a way to feel like I’m contributing to the world.
harmonicamoon, so glad you made it! If you don’t mind sharing specifics, I’d like to know more.
FCM, hope you feel better soon. You’re wise to rest.
We’ve also had a crop of new Mumpers join us, adding some liveliness to this sandbox - that’s always good! 
I don’t bother to own one & I don’t go to the gym all that often & this was a different gym so no clue how accurate either this one or the last one I was on is/was.