Up, caffeinated and sheveled. The cat is hungover today.
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[Southern Person]Bless your hearts.[/Southern Person]
Good luck on the raiding, nona. I hope you remembered your shield and axe.
Jewish butchers use salt to remove blood from meat. There is a commandment forbidding Jews to eat blood.
Just finished some yard work - I spent about 2 anna half hours raking 5 flower beds and a section of the lawn, plus I fed the 6 azaleas out there and replaced a section of border that got moved last year when **FCD **put in the internet line from the house to the shop. Pretty sure I’m going to feel it later, but for now, I’m pleased with what I accomplished.
SIL just told me that his job is considered essential, so he’ll keep working. That’s good.
And now, lunch.
Swampy, pardon my stupididitty, but what is EYP?
~VOW
Irked this morning, basically a waste of time.
Have the dishwasher running, the clothes washer running, at the same time so I don’t know how well that is going to go.
Getting ready to put the load I washed last night in the dryer. I was waiting for my son to get up to take his clothes out.
Must be nice to sleep until 2pm everyday.
Doggie daycare called, the doors are locked and nobody is allowed in. Somebody will bring my dogs out to me.
I started to panic when I saw they had called and I missed the call. Of course I miss all calls because I don’t answer my phone because 98% of my calls are bullshit.
Now I’m getting text messages telling me somebody wants me to send them $10 on some kind of cash app (that I don’t have) and I need to approve or decline.
And another text message telling me my NetSpend card has been suspended. I don’t have a NetSpend card, and I can’t imagine why I would want one. NetSpend is right up there with rent-a-center and payday loans.
I need to call the daycare so I can pay for the baths and bordetella over the phone, except of course, they are short handed and nobody answers the phone.
It’s cloudy and looks like it will rain any minute now.
Back to irk, I have three and a half hours left before I have to get the pups.
So how much I can get done.
Afternoon all. Managed to type a message and then delete it, so try again. Lunch has been lunched and the Air Conditioner has been serviced ($215, mostly for 3lbs. of freon). Haven’t accomplished much else except reading the archives of a webcomic (The Whiteboard, which is a furry comic about paintball, which considering I don’t care for ‘furry’ or paintball, still manages to entertain me). Outside of that, not much else.
76F outside. Tomorrow is supposed to be close to 80F. Hope they finish my lawnmower soon.
Vow, I think the YP is for Youth Pastor, but swampy will have to fill in the E.
Everybody take care.
I’m pretty sure the E is for Episcopalian. Shouldn’t that be WYP, swampy? 
Please allow me to apologize for my pathetic post last night. I figured out what happened. Yesterday I kept reminding myself to just take one day at a time to get through this virus situation. Sensible, right? But I have PTSD from my nightmare marriage, and that phrase triggered it. My ex had mental health issues and became more and more controlling and critical of me. He also stopped touching me even casually. I stayed for the kids’ sake, because I had no money to leave with, and because I was scared. I was isolated and couldn’t tell anyone about the situation. I got through those last, dark 9 years by telling myself every day, “Just get through today.” So fear + isolation + “one day at at time” put me in a bad place last night.
I’m doing better now that I recognize that. Thanks so much for the caring responses. Moooom, I especially appreciate the offer to talk.
Oh, my gosh, I LOVE having a dishwasher! I did dishes by hand many, many years, and while I do find hand-washing therapeutic at times, having “Hilda” (Yes, I named my dishwasher.) do them for me is such a luxury.
nightshadea, I think that apocryphal story has been around a long time. The tip-off it’s not true is that last line. Actually, Jews from eastern Europe contributed corned beef to the US culture. It reminded the Irish of a bacon-and-cabbage dish they loved from back in the old country, and the rest, as they say, is history. Now I’m craving corned beef!
YP is young priest, and since he’s the second YP, the E is a descriptor (which I can’t recall.)
Supper will be pulled poke with some veggies. That’s all I got. Chillage continues.
Good evening, folks.
I did ok at the store. You have to get there when they open, to even have a chance of getting the TP, and paper towels. I scored a 12 pack of the double rolls, and a mega pack of 24 double rolls. My husband found a 9 pack of double rolls somewhere on the east coast, so, he grabbed it. I also got two of the 6 roll packs of paper towels.
I’ll do the grocery shopping, tomorrow morning. I don’t see being able to get much of anything, since the shelves in all of the stores have meager offerings.
Anyway, the laundry is washing, and I’ve had a naked cheeseburger, and a salad. I’m done for the day.
Wishing you all a peaceful evening.
You know that crispy beef stir-fry I made last week? I finished that off for lunch (without the rice). Then I had a small piece of leftover filtration units & allium. Then I made four laps around the block, for a 2.7 mile walk. Now I’m back to irk.
Supper is just about done - pulled poke, green beans/mushrooms/onions, and steamed rice. I’s hongree!!!
Our back yard was full of robins! Daughter said there were a bunch in the front also. Spring, right?
Robins don’t migrate from Arkansas or Maryland.
I finally had a new water heater installed. I’ve configured a laptop with a remote control or an employee to use her work pc from home, but the b with an itch won’t come pick it up.
I didn’t say they migrated, just congregated.
FCM, just got curious and asked Google what you call a group of robins. Turns out there is no one agreed upon name, but here are 10 that are used:
"Blush of Robins"
"Bobbin of Robins"
"Breast of Robins"
"Carol of Robins"
"Gift of Robins"
"Reliant of Robins"
"Riot of Robins"
"Rouge of Robins"
"Round of Robins"
"Ruby of Robins"
Nona, congrats on the successful {del]hoarding[/del] shopping trip. Good luck with the groceries tomorrow.
{{nellie}}. Life gets to us all sometimes. Just remember, you did get out and you’re stronger and better for it. And we’re here (albeit that might not count a lot, but hey, we’re still here). Take care.
Sari, yeah, with people being cooped up and the uncertainty around us, the scammers will be out in force. Don’t expect them to trouble we practical folks, but too many will fall for it, I’m afraid.
Need to fix a bit of Dinner, then back to internettin’. All y’all take care.
Well, I’m way bummed again. Got an email from the university saying the job I applied for has been filled. Seems it wasn’t with me though.
I think they should at least have given me a live phone call, or, if this was in different times, in person.
I guess employers just don’t give a shit anymore.
I’m beginning to doubt I’ll be able to go back to work at the end of the two week library closing. The jackasses that run the catering company will find some way to lay me off. But at least with that I can get unemployment for a little while.
Maybe it’s just time to quit working at all.
cupcake things are just weird and stressful right now. Try not to be too hard on yourself.
flyboy what is left over filtration units and alium?
I have no idea what will be for dinner. I’m still on bed rest, so I can’t cook. Maybe I can talk someone through it.
{{{Nellie}}} I’m glad you’re feeling a little better about things.
dot, the next play date (could be a while) that Nelson has at my friend’s house, I’ll give Dorothy some skritches and hugs. My friend has a very sweet tempered beagle and does volunteer work with the shelter and brings the occasional foster home for some love and socialization.
nona, you might just want to order some extra pee pads from Chewy just in case you run low on TP again. 
metal mouse, I’m OK with Guinness but prefer whisk(e)y. 
Shit’s beginning to get real. Beginning next week, I’ll be down to twenty hours of going into irk. The company is paying us full pay and for the 20 we’re actually there, we’ll get 25% [del]combat[/del] hazard pay. There has been one confirmed case at our plant in the upstairs offices. Evening shift has been shut down tonight for industrial cleaning and fumigation. :eek:
I plan to take Nelson on walks along the greenway (two leash lengths from other humans) and work the greeting card business (I’m actually picking up more orders lately. I think folks want something more personal than social media during isolation. The wedding business, where I make the most money will be pretty much written off this year, I think), so I’ll be making some new designs while I have extra time.
Y’all stay safe!
Good idea! 
Apparently, some nice person at the grocery sto’/staging ground for Armageddon came through Girl 2.0’s line last night. Paid by debit, withdrew $20, and handed it to daughter. Said thanks, you’ve earned this, and went on his way. Daughter is kinda stony broke right now, so she nearly cried.
A few minutes later, one of the distant crazy(er)* cousins came through another cashier’s line, singing End of the World as We Know It. Poor Girl 2.0 had to reassure her co-workers that he’s pretty harmless. We think.
Trying to convince The Boy to check into unemployment compensation. All student workers in his department have been laid off for the rest of the semester, and the full-time gig he accepted after graduation is on hiatus for the foreseeable future (show tech at a theme park.) He thinks that he won’t qualify for UI because he was a part-time worker, and I say it only costs a little time to find out for certain.
Nothing exciting for dinner. I had a migraine yesterday - first one in ages - and today was the hangover from that. Littlest Miss asked for chicken nuggets, so we ate chicken nuggets.
*Honestly, there’s not a bright line between crazy and crazier in my family. But he’s definitely on the -er side, and that’s saying something. If his job shuts down, he’ll probably be out in the shop building more coffins. Seriously. Talented as hell, but he won’t do well under quarantine.
Must be kidney (liver?) and onions.