Kind of like Basic Training for your future minions.
Arkansans, you big fat dummy. :rolleyes:
Swampy! Release the kraken!
I always wonder how types like that can bear to take the risks of taking Precious Baby Four-Wheel Masculinity Statement/Substitute out on the road with (shudder) ROCKS and (gasp) DIRT and (wails of horror) OTHER VEHICLES that could endanger PBFWMSS’s pristinity.
(snickering) Would have loved to be a spectator when Twit discovered the carnage. 
In other news, I’ve managed a little productivity today. Sent resumes to a couple of staffing services, which will hopefully result in at least a nibble or two, and got a little housework done. Ran a couple of loads of laundry (well, load 1 is drying again after I discovered some items still damp), ran the dishwasher and put away both the load that had been washed on Saturday and the load I washed today (we usually only need to run it every two or three days, there only being two of us), shredded carrots and cheese destined for various meals over the week.
Hello all!
Cheerful things from today: 1) crabapple blossoms are at their peak in my neighborhood and smell wonderful, 2) while out for a walk, we came across a family on rollerblades: 2 elementary-aged kids, mom and dad all rollerblading together and obviously having a ball; 2 littlest kids were in one of those strollers that joggers use, merrily being pushed by one of the parents. LiLi, if you’re reading along…it made me think of you; family size and general age range were about the same as yours.
Loved the duckling story!
Moving causes all of us to freak out, rosie. Hang in there. (and good luck on your move, too, mmmmmmmmm).
Thanks for getting us started, Cookie. Hope you don’t actually have to find the ex to get his name off the deed. And hope it goes very quickly if you do.
Congrats on the promotion, SO.
Hugs all.
GT
I Howdy All. Off tomorrow 
swampy I can’t see any sigs but I am on iPad and I figured out that I can’t share my pet pics from the iPad so I need to get out the laptop to be able to use photobucket. How’s that for run on sentence.
DH is out of town till Thurs and I am drinking a bottle of wine that I did not realize was SCREW TOP 
o:dubious::dubious::smack:
:eek::rolleyes::D;):mad:
I killded the MMP?
No, it’s just pining for the fjords. You’re imagining things because of the ill-effects of the Screw Top Wine. 
Mostly I think the East Coast Mumpers have probably gone to sleep… Well, except maybe for the East Coast of the Mediterranean!
**Rosie **-- deep breaths; this too shall pass. **Gotti **-- thoughts of reduced pain until your procedure.
Sahri, I would have parked next to her anyway. But I drive an already beaten up leaser…
Of course, unless she can’t get in through the passenger’s seat the whole thing is an exercise in futility anyway :mad: 
**Nuts **-- people are sometimes, well, nuts… And creepy to boot. Not to come over the wrong way, I hope, but while I’m sure this doesn’t make it worth while for you, it does mean you’ve got that something that attracts men to try and flirt with you!
Good morning everyone! It’s a wonderful day to be alive, isn’t it? No? Well it’s a day to be alive, for 7 billion of us or so, at the very least.
Looks like southern Merrylande is in for another soggy, dreary day. I’m thinking it’s a sign I should spend some time in my studio, and so I shall. I do have to run to WalMart today, tho - the bed wedge I ordered is in. Sleeping on 3 pillows has apparently stopped me from not breathing during the night, but I’m thinking a wedge will be more comfy, especially with my lumpy pillows. One I’m dressed, I’m heading to California.
It still cracks me up that I live just north of California and Hollywood. And quite a bit north of Scotland.
I’m breakfasting and caffeinating. Once my usual morning funnies are read, I shall shower, dress, and head out. That’s as far ahead as I’m going to plan.
Happy Tuesday!!
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffienatin’. YAWN 'Tis 58 Amurrkin out with a predicted high of 85 for the day. We are also under a dense fog advisory until nine a.m. This means it’s foggy out.
flytrap I know some people whose last name is Kraken (actually I think they spell it Krakin) is that close enough?
Ok that’s all I got. Need more caffiene and to feed rumbly tummy. Then, alas, irk purtification must commence.
Happy Tuesday Y’all!
Blurf
Fuck shitty shit shit shit. Life is a fucking bitch!
Are we allowed to swear in the MMP? I never see any swear words.
Sorry if I broke a rule.
HAPPY TUESDAY EVERYONE!
You can swear in the MMP - just don’t swear at the MMP. {{{$2.99}}} Sorry life has driving you to swear…
I would never swear at the MMP! It’s the one shining ray of light at the end of a very dark tunnel.
Thanks FairyChatMom!
Morning, all -
On the ‘just to tick everyone off’ side - we’re supposed to have almost a week of really nice, sunny weather up here. Highs in the mid-seventies, no rain at all forecast pretty much as far as the forecast goes (so far, anyway), and unseasonably high, for this area. No complaints. Gardening prep doth calleth me forth.
On the flip side -
Gah! Thigh cramps last night! Felt like someone heated up a fillet knife red-hot, jammed it into my left hamstring, then did the hara-kari thing with it. Been up ever since about 4 EST.
I drank plenty last night - that’s supposed to help, right?
On a side note, I have long wondered precisely *what *swampy’s ‘irk purtification’ ritual entails. Is this a question that should be asked…?
Ima goin’ for a doggie walk shortly.
Happy Toosday, everyone!
I dreamed last night that I got a $5,000 honorarium for putting a PowerPoint presentation together for someone. Would that it were so.
I’m going to have to go dig my biking shorts out this morning. It’s supposed to be in the high-70s this afternoon – too warm for tights.
:grumble:
**coldblood **- first off, I envy your loverly weather. Ours will come later this week.
Second - in all things swampy, it’s best not to ask too may questions. He’s a nice enough person and all, and the only Mumper I’ve ever gone on a date with but he does love his TMI. I think it’s just safer to accept him at face value, unless you have a large supply of brain bleach.
I should note that I feel safe saying that since he’s 700-some miles away from me.
And I’m trying to figure how my dinner with **swampy **counts as a date, whereas other Mumper encounters weren’t. Like when I had lunch with tugig, or when **BBBobbio **came to my place for dinner (OK, my daughter was there - that would be too creepy as a date). I think all of my other Mumper encounters were groups… I think…
Still sitting here like a bum - I need to shower and dress. Dreary days just sap the motivation out of me.
PS - I just figured it out - **swampy **was the only one who picked me up at home. All other encounters were meetings in the wild. So there ya go!
That definitely falls under the category of NOT SUITABLE FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION :D:D
In other news, I forgot to set my alarm last night, so when the wife called me this morning I promptly freaked out and to run around getting ready for work. All the muscles in my lower back are clenched up from the shock and probably won’t get unclenched until the weekend. :rolleyes:
Good Morning,
JynsterMom & (possibly) Jynxster Dad will arrive sometime on Friday for a quick weekend visit. I haven’t cleaned yet and have to work all week and have a big boss presentation also on Friday, of which my boss sort of jokingly offered to invite said parents to. Someone save me!
Hugs and good vibes to all who needs it.
Slightly panicked in VA.