Happy Thursday! Work day will be blissfully short, as I have to be at the kid’s school this afternoon.
Spousal unit and daughter have gone to work. I’ve baked a loaf of 'nanner bread and boiled a dozen eggs for egg salad. I’ve had a wholesome breakfast of diet coke and cheetos. :o I think it’s time to shower and don some work clothing. Then I can do the dishes and start making order in the mess of the closet in the blue room. I need to water my house plants, too.
I thought I had a couple of bug bites on my arm, but now I’m thinking it might be poison ivy. So I’m making an effort not to touch it, but I was itching on it all day yesterday, so who knows where I might have spread it. ick.
Anyway, the rest of my morning will be spent futzing about and waiting for future-ex to call so I can get him to the lawyer’s to sign the papers. Conversation will be interesting - it’s a few miles’ drive… I suppose I can ask about his family and his plans. Dunno.
Well, I do need a shower. Off to cleansify, so I can get all grubby doing chores.
You forgot the chitlins. 
BBBobbio I figured there’s been enough goin’ on without flingin’ any chitlins and trouts around so I left 'em out deliberately. Or I forgot. You decide. 
OYKW is headin’ out this afternoon to see his mom this Sunday bein’ Mother’s Day and all. I’m headin’ out tomorrow to see mine and spend the weekend. We’re doin’ a cookout on Sattidy and I’ll go to church with mom on Sunday cause she likes that. I got her a very nice orchid corsage to wear on Sunday and a gift card from Wally*World cause she likes to go there and get plants for her yahd.
That’s the excitatement from swampland.
Staying home today. The power went out last night and I can’t sleep without my CPAP machine. I’s tahred. And tomorrow is my regular Friday off. 
As a matter of fact, I’m gonna go take a nap, 'cuz all of a sudden I’m sleepy.
Then I’ll do some house cleaning when I get up.
FCM, do I remember you not being really incredibly impressed with SiL from way back? Like, pre-engagement? Good luck to The Perfect Child on all the divorce messiness.
Gnat’s at Mum’s for the morning, I’m doing laundry and we’re going to bake bread. I have 234324239 loads of laundry to put away. I’m doing amazing amounts of laundry, between the baby (who ruins my clothes and his) and Gnat (who ruins his clothes and mine).
I had cake and french onion soup for breakfast after Gnat left. Yum. 
Which go together like beer and donuts.
I resisted the urge to dunk the cake in the soup. Somehow.
I should go bring in the laundry. And put more bread dough in loaf pans.
Attacks Husband’s grandmother is getting a new car, and asked us if we want her onld one. She’d only get $300 trade-in, and figures this household might use it. We’re not sure- insurance and emissions testing and paying for street parking and gas, plus what happens when we break up housekeeping, whenever that is? It’s not a young car, but it’s in driveable shape.
Also, the living-together thing has not yet resulted in Attacks Husband going nuts. I think the man’s a saint. An agnostic saint.
Did anyone else see the NYTimes article about vertical gardens? WANT! I have a big wall in my living room, right next to a biiiiiiig east-facing window. I’ve never been able to figure out what to do with that wall. Now I know! An entire wall covered in plants. If I just had $3-10k to put in to it, that is. And no desire to ever go away 'cause no one else is going to water that thing three times a day. But still, how awesome does that look??
FCM, I too am VERY glad that none of my coworkers know that I post here, although I do post from work. And even if they have seen the SD’s name, they don’t know who I am.
cab, do NOT, I repeat, do NOT, google images “cordoba patios”, “sevilla patios”, “granada patios” or “patio andaluz”. You’ve been warned.
Yeah, I did not consider him to be husband material from the start. He’s a nice guy - just very immature. When I was taking him around to tend to things today, we chatted - he’s going to live with a friend, not his mom - color me surprised! And he’s talking about getting a car and maybe going to school down there. I’ll believe it when I see it… But a week from today, he’ll pack up his truck and go. Between the truck rental and gas, it’s going to cost him $1K - ouch! Guess it’s a good thing his friends are dumping cash in his pay pal account. He’s gonna need it.
After Daughter signs the separation papers and gives the lawyer a check, it’s just a matter of waiting a year, then it’s legal and done and she gets her name back. The only way to get a faster divorce in MD is in case of abuse or adultery. Seems odd that a simple, clean, mutually agreed-upon break drags out so long. I guess that’s to keep idiots from changing their minds and remarrying? I don’t know. I don’t understand.
But I’m home. I’ve got the soaker hose snaked around the forsythia and peonies. I got 2 nozzles and one of those hose winder-uppers. Tomorrow, I’ll go out front and rake out the area where our hoses are sorta snaked down. Then I’ll wind 'em up on the winder. And I’ll mow the few blades of grass that have poked thru the moss out front.
I also got some grass seed patch - I’ll give it a try - our yard is really sad looking.
Now I need to think about supper - what to defrost? I don’t feel like cooking, but in 3 hours or so, we’ll be starving. PB&J, maybe?? 
And couples with Teh Ghey want to get married. Yeah. Be as miserable as the rest of us…
MOOOOOOM why would you need to defrost peanut butter and jelly?
Ok, my family is confusin’ me. Well, that’s not exactly a news flash but let’s just say more so than usual. Apparently it has been decided we shall have rotisserie chicken when we get together on Sattidy. I have been asked to bring bread and pickles. Bread I understand, but pickles? 
I’ll figure it all out and go to the sto’ when I get there tomorrow, I guess. I swear, if it weren’t for me there’d be no normal in my family at all!
Ahh. Three loads of laundry done. Caught up on everything but towels and sheets, which will be done on Sunday. Also lots of dogs given lots of attention, which is fun for all.
Where did the week go? I only have one day off left! Waaaaaah!
:dubious:
You live in Georgia, where pickles are supposed to be deep-fried. Duh…
I luuuuuuurves fried pickles.
Very cool, taxi. I think I linked to a different kind of vertical garden recently - one that you put in windows - but can’t find the link right now. It was really original as well.
Home - day was annoying (there was a vast conspiracy to get on my nerves) - I’m going out to play in dirt.
Back later with more…
GT
I lurves fried pickles too BBBobbio. However, I ain’t fryin’ 'em. They are a pain to fry. The good fish place in town has great fried dill pickles. MMMMMMM…
Fried pickles?! Blech! Of course, about the only pickles I like are bread and butter and sweet pickles. I don’t like dill pickles…at all.
I’m home and my weekend has begun. Soon, I shall commence with my workout. After that, dinner. After that, I dunno. We’ll see what I feel like.
I adore dill pickles (the only acceptable sort – sweet are of Satan) but fried? I’d try it. But in my experience pickles are better served cold, like revenge. Or milk. I can only drink milk if it’s very very cold.
Mmm. Pickles. I have a jar in the fridge. Perhaps I will go have a pickle or two.
I’m not a huge pickle fan, but the deep fried ones are actually tasty.
swampy, sweetie, do you seriously expect us to believe that you’re even remotely normal??
Supper was yum - steak, smashed N.O.T. with gravy, carrots, onions-n-shrooms. And I just had a slice of nanner bread - I thought it was yum. **FCD **was not impressed. I’m right. He’s not.
Tomorrow, I need to slow-cook a pork roast so I can make some pork BBQ for our mother’s day thing at Mom’s house. Don’t let me forget!