Man, I thought I’d be able to go back to my normal posting schedule, but things here at Technical Thingies Inc just keep getting more convoluted.
Roundboy is no more. That’s one of the reasons I haven’t been posting. After he left, I had to do both of our work for a couple of months, and then we started being the lead contractor on some jobs, so that added a lot more stuff to my daily plate. Got two new people in (one to replace Roundboy, the other to handle the material ordering and such for these new repair jobs we’re running) but they came at different times, and I had to train them both.
Then the one person in our San Diego office that knew what was going on either left on her own or was fired (can’t get the straight dope on what happened out there), so now I’m running their Sales crap from the other side of the country. It’s been busy here. But they did give me a 10% raise because of all the stuff I’ve had to do since around April. And total enlightenment on my death bed. So I’ve got that going for me, which is nice.
And we bought a Mini Cooper. Fun little car to drive. Took it up through the mountains in West Virginia at the beginning of the month. Wheeee!
Okay, I probably won’t be able to catch up this week, but I’ll be trying very hard to jump back into things on Monday.
Have a good weekend, y’all. Hugs, kisses and slaps on the backs to you guys.
I like beets and leeks and dill. Never met a veggie I didn’t like, for that matter.
I am very glad it is Firday. It has been a busy week. Billing hell is over early and Department head is off to vacation in Paris next week. I will be gone the two weeks after that. I can hardly wait.
Done the vacuuming and mopping, I think Nat might be going to sleep again, and I think I want a bath and then lunch and dishwashing. Well, I don’t want dishwashing.
Lots of dill is an essential part of proper Jewish penicillin. You can put as many parsnips and garlic as you like in there, but somehow, without the dill it’s just not as effective.
Sorry, Soapy, but it just ain’t chicken soup without the garlic! How do you expect to kill the viruses without substantially more allium than that in there? Hmmm? You should also have shallots and leeks in your soup, along with fresh oregano and some rosemary and sage. Fresh aromatic herbs also murdalize cold bugs. One little onion, forsooth!
Oh yes–ARRRR, avast ye scurvy dogs! The Purple Pie Rat says it be the most favaaarrrrrrite day of the yarrrrr! Now where’s me blasted parrot, eh?
Heh, pirates are cool… So I’ve already been up and run Widget dog a few miles beside my bike–he was getting antsy due to me being lazy so I figured we both needed to get our rumps in gear. He’s such a fast runner and he can keep it up all day if need be. Herding dogs are fun that way.
Now I gotta vacuum because there’s more fur on the floor than on the animals!
Garlic- of course I add garlic! :smack: A few cloves, lightly crushed. As for the other stuff- 5000 years of Jewish chicken soup is not to be argued with!
(well maybe on a couple of hundred, but still!).
Actually I have a gazillion other chicken soup recipes, but for “Jewish Penicillin”… that’s the one!
Howdy, all. I’d say morning, but apparently morning vanished when I wasn’t looking. Nevertheless, TGIFirday, it’s a gorgeous day, and I did all the laundry yesterday so I have lots of lovely clean clothes to wear, and the work I’m doing is nice and easy and not at all gross and disgusting like I was afraid it would be, and the pups are fat, dumb, and happy, so things are pretty good with the world today.
Actually, I recently stumbled across another way to do knitting that looks like entrelac but doesn’t have all those nasty seams, so this winter you may be in luck!
Swampy, please give JoeDawg my sympathy for the cruel treatment he’s about to undergo. Seriously, it’s a wonder that dog is willing to go home after spending time with you!
Not much else to report, and a big pile of work to do, so I shall be off. Oh yeah, and an obligatory Arrrrrr! to you all.
Well, the plumbers have been here to deal with the lovely drains and grease trap. Fortunately they’re going to bill us. For the ALMOST $600 JOB. :eek: It sounds like, though, that I may not be obligated to pay the whole bill. Perhaps my landlord may contribute.
At any rate, it stinks in here, fairly bad. It has toned down a bit, but there’s nothing like the smell of raw sewage to ruin an appetite.:dubious:
My Great-Grandfather taught that if it’s cooked in the bird, it’s stuffing, and if it’s cooked seperately, it’s dressing. This always made sense to me.
Moby’s problem yesterday appears to have been crap in the gas tank, or else the gas gauge is going wonky and he had much less fuel than it said. When I put some more fuel in, he ran fine.
Sombody back upthread mentioned cooking potatoes and turnips, that’s Clapshot. We made that one year for the Bobbie Burns Birthday Bash. It’s quite good.
I may not remember a lot, but this caught my attention. To the best of my recollection, shrimps don’t have boobies, so now I need to know how that works. :dubious:
Anthing else stuck in my brain? Ah, yes; Taters, as long as I’ve known you, and that’s been a while, you’ve been complaining about data mining problems. I think it’s about time your boses bought a real database system. One that works. Tell 'em I said so.
Well, I have to get cleaned up and dressed and go look at a house.
In my case, staying on task is difficult, given the fact the tools I need are not functioning. Bah!
I think one of my friends is pissed at me. We had a neighborhood clean up (cleaning up the retention ponds) last weekend. Hubby and I had already made plans, so did not participate in the clean up. Frankly, I think there are some legal issues in regards what they could actually remove from the ponds anyway, and I foresee a nasty-gram from the county.
Before we took off, Saturday, one of our neighbors, the secretary or treasurer of our HOA, came by with a statement for our HOA dues. He made a comment about people being waaaaaaay behind. Well, yes, we are. We haven’t been able to pay the January or July dues BECAUSE THERE WAS NO ONE TO PAY THEM TO!!! Duh! I made sure to point that out.
This neighbor then commented on the fact that they are looking into installing speed bumps. Hubby and I are vehemently opposed. We’re opposed for the following reasons:
The previous HOA officers have spent money on stuff without talking to ALL of us and we’re opposed to any more being spent without approval of all homeowners. This guy claims we only need a 51% yes vote. The problem is, NO ONE has been asked to vote on expenditures in the past. Lights, etc. are a given. I’m talking about plants, trees, stupid big rocks, things like that. I think it’s actually 60/40, but I’m going to check my HOA agreement.
Our neighborhood consists of about 19 or 20 homes. These homes are on ONE street with two cul de sacs, one in front of my home and the other cul de sac at the opposite end of the street.
They want to install the speed bumps because there is ONE stupid kid who lives at the opposite end who tends to go too fast. They claim to have talked to the kid and the dad. I think ol’ Dad needs to take the car away. The rest of the neighbors are worried that one of the little ones might get hurt. I can understand that, BUT, why the fuck aren’t they watching their little ones, hmmmm? I’m sick of these kids tearing my shit up and frankly, I think the kids need to be taught to stay OFF the street and out of other’s yards unless invited. Yes, I’m right ol’ cranky bitch.
Again, I think the county might have issues with the whole speed bump thing. Yes, our street is considered private and it’s our responsibility to keep it up. There have been a couple of neighborhoods that were supposedly on private streets that tried to install speed bumps. The county came in and said this was a no-no. These neighborhoods basically ate the cost of the bumps only to have them removed. This is why I don’t want money going for speed bumps. Soon, we’ll have think about repaving the street, county maintenance on the retention ponds, etc.
I think this is why my friend is pissed at me. She feels the bumps should be installed. I think it’s a load of crap and I told her so, but nicely. Oh well, if she doesn’t get over it, tough shit.
The problem with this particular system is that they upgraded to a new version of Oracle. The whole hospital is having issues with it. Additionally, our local DBAs for the system have been extremely limited as to the support they are allowed to provide now. Everything has to be done through San Antonio now.
Because all this stuff was arbritarily done, and we weren’t included in the loop as to what should stay and what should go, things are fubarred.
Avast ye scurvy mumpers! YARRRRRRRRRR!!! or whatever that expression be!
Ok, I’m all pirate talked out now.
The workpile is finished and I made the tollhouse cookies of enlightenment. MMMMMM… I managed to limit myself to only six of 'em fresh out of the oven. My willpower is astounding!
JoeDawg has arrived and has had mandatory treats. Now he is having mandatory sofa time, i.e. snoozed out. Oh and of course he’s had the first of his compulsory skritch times. He seems to be acclimating to this strict regimen. Oh, he’s on an antibiotic, so twice a day he gets half an eyedropper thingy of what I am told is bacon flavored liquid medicine. Bacon flavored medicine. Why can’t they have that for us humans, too?
I think I’ll have me a beerverage just cause I can.
One of my nice coworkers brought in brownies with peanut butter stuff on them. They’re reeeeeeeeally good. But on the way back to my desk with brownie in hand, another coworker tells me about her baby’s diarrhea. And now I’ve got a brownie with PB stuff that looks disturbingly like baby poo. :smack: :mad:
Y’all have fun, and get pics of your digs!
Seriously, it’s a wonder that dog is willing to go home after spending time with you!