I’m here - tarra, the critters actually did let me sleep in, tho not *this *late. **FCD **and I got up around 7, went to breakfast, then to WalMart for groceries and assorted stuff. $150-ish later, we’re home. He’s futzing in the garage, I just finished fighting J. C. Penney’s stoopit credit website. I only wanted to see what my account balance was - it took freekin’ forever!!!
It’s snowing here - well, flurrying, and it’s supposed to turn to rain later today. All in all, a cold, grey, miserable day out there. But I got the fixin’s for stuffed cabbage, and I’ll get that going in a little bit. I’ll make it with N.O.T. this time and we’ll have it for supper.
I’ve also got to put a coat of semi-gloss paint on the shelf components, but it has to be sanded first, and before that, FCD needs to nip or grind a few nail points that stuck thru. And I bought some red cotton yarn to make my kid a ladybug dishcloth. She’s decided she likes ladybugs.
First things first… {{Spaz}} People do really stupid stuff when they’re head over heels for someone new.
Also, {{taxi}}. Hope the doc manages to figure out what’s causing those hives. But waiting four days before finally dragging your butt to see someone, young lady? Tsk tsk. I know you guys don’t have socialised medical care and all, but hives aren’t something to be fooled around with - that’s usually your body’s way of saying it’s allergic to something in your environment.
Time to get a move on, I suppose… there’s errands to be run, minor tidying up to do and food to be made before the Lumbering Git comes over for dinner later tonight.
I’m dreading going back to work on Monday. Sigh. I think I was meant for a leisurely lifestyle… y’know, eating bon bons for breakfast, puttering around the kitchen making yummy food, meeting with friends for witty banter over cappuccinos and watching lots of foreign films with handsome male leads. Anyone interested in funding my lifestyle?
I’d send it but I didn’t see your email in your profile. Is it not there, or did I just miss it? Anyway, I’ll send it to you. And maybe head to Michael’s myself; they do have some nice cheap yarns. Even though I also adore expensive yarns, the cheap ones are useful as well.
I think I’m feeling better today, but I can’t swear to it. I slept really, really badly last night, took forever to get to sleep and stay asleep, had all kinds of weird dreams, kept waking up either too hot or too cold, etc. So who knows.
Anyway, here’s hoping everybody has a good day. Back to finishing up the last hotpad for SIL, and then her Christmas present can finally be sent off. Only a bit more than a week late; that’s not too bad in the overall scheme of things.
I can’t fund your whole leisurely lifestyle, but I can certainly get behind the puttering about the kitchen bit.
Le sigh. I just got off the phone with Mountain Friend and told him I was thinking about heading back today. He apologized for being so wrapped around his new guy’s appreciation zone and I agreed to stick around for tonight at least so we can go out–hopefully ALONE.
Now I have to fold clothes. Where is my clothes-folding robot? Of all the household chores, that’s the one I hate the most, even more than putting the silverware away.
I had to enable it this morning so that you could see it. So, you aren’t crazy for that anyway. Thanks for the pattern! I’ll check it out when I get home. (That email is, of course, blocked from work.)
My problem with most expensive yarn is that it’s usually wool and it will make me itch like crazy. I was tempted by a hank of silk, but the thought of having to wind it into a ball made me :rolleyes:. And at $15 it was even more :rolleyes::rolleyes:.
Our flurries are done and the sun is out. I’ve got a big pot of stuffed cabbage an N.O.T. in the fridge downstairs - supper will be yummerrific.
I’ve got to empty the dishwasher, then refill it. And the stoopit sanding and painting still awaits me. I just don’t feel like messing with it, but it has to get done.
I’m hongry. Guess I should forage - I have some ground beef, so I’m thinking burgers…
Thanks. We’ve considered all the possible allergens we can think of - no recent shellfish, no change in diet, no change in soap/detergent/lotion, no medications other than the Sudafed and Tylenol I’ve been taking for 3 weeks for the cold. So I’m thinking I’m going to go to the doctor who’s going to look at it and ask about all that stuff I just mentioned and say “Well, I can’t find a cause for it. Go home and try not to scratch.” :rolleyes: So that’s why I’ve waited this long. I did call the 24-hour nurse line yesterday (Since it was a holiday, I couldn’t call my own doctor.), and she went through a list of questions, which didn’t raise any red flags. I really wish we could think of a cause so I’d know what to change to make it better.
Hope your son’s thumb heals up, Rebo! And that he can find a job.
There are expensive yarns besides wool, mousie. Have you tried alpaca? It’s *really *soft and isn’t supposed to make you itch like wool does. (I don’t have any problems with wool so can’t say for sure that it’s better.) I’m making my husband an alpaca scarf, and it’s just soooooooooo nice to work with. (It is still in the ~$10-11 range / skein so certainly not cheap!
Hope you get to spend some time with Mountain Friend, Spaz. One of my friends is going through that with her cousin who comes out to visit and then spends all of her time with her boyfriend, annoying my friend who wants to see her as well.
Boss said he was going to get out of here soon and that we should leave early as well. Except he said that more than an hour ago and hasn’t left. So I don’t feel like I can go either. I do have stuff to do, but the motivation’s a bit lacking.
I think I may try this recipe for filet mignon with blue cheese. I bought some really-on-sale filets - just two little ones - and we have blue cheese and red wine. That looks really yummy!
I got this in an email from a friend - just had to share it…
Yesterday I was at my local Wal-Mart buying a large bag of Purina dog chow for my loyal pet, Sheriff, the Wonder Dog and was in the checkout line when woman behind me asked if I had a dog. What did she think I had, an elephant?
So since I’m retired and have little to do, on impulse I told her that no, I didn’t have a dog, I was starting the Purina Diet again. I added that I probably shouldn’t, because I ended up in the hospital last time, but that I’d lost 50 pounds before I awakened in an intensive care ward with tubes coming out of most of my orifices and IVs in both arms.
I told her that it was essentially a perfect diet and that the way that it works is to load your pants pockets with Purina nuggets and simply eat one or two every time you feel hungry. The food is nutritionally complete so it works well and I was going to try it again. (I have to mention here that practically everyone in line was now enthralled with my story.)
Horrified, she asked if I ended up in intensive care because the dog food poisoned me. I told her no, I stepped off a curb to sniff an Irish Setter’s a$$ and a car hit us both.
I thought the guy behind her was going to have a heart attack he was laughing so hard. Wal-Mart won’t let me shop there anymore.
If you want to get nice alpaca for a LOT cheaper, taxi, go to eBay and check out this seller, Interamerica Group. I’ve bought a whole bunch from them; they sell packages of ten skeins of sport or worsted weight for $25 to $40 in a nice assortment of colors, as well as assorted blends of alpaca with wool, nylon, silk, and even acrylic. I’ve been consistently happy with their yarn, their prices, and their prompt shipping; I’d definitely recommend them.
We went and picked up my new glasses, and it’s so nice to be able to see again! Both new bifocals (now I can read up close again) and new computer glasses (so I don’t have to lean forward and read up close), both delivered faster than expected, both in nice hard cases, and both for great prices. Plus we got reimbursed for them by our MSA before we even got the glasses. Now it’s Papa Tigs’ turn to get glasses, but he’s not in as big a hurry as I was; not only could I not see anything any more, but my computer glasses were being held together with duct tape. Yay, duct tape! Between that and WD-40, you can fix almost anything, y’know?
First I went to the doctor to get my Depo shot. Then she comes in and recommends I take Boniva. Joy. She did give me a free sample, though. Then she sends me upstairs to the lab to get blood drawn for a Vitamin D test. Ten people in front of me, and only one guy working. :rolleyes:
While I was waiting, the dealership calls. My car is ready! Yay! Eventually I got the Lab’s number and decided I will make an appointment and come back later. I’d already waited over an hour and I was starving!
So I grab a couple of burgers, and head over to ReboSon’s apt. He has a friend coming over, so I decide to go pick up my car, then go back and get them and take them to the store to get the script and some bandaging stuff. When ReboSon closed the passenger door, it was loose! The pull handle, not the metal open-the-door handle.
So on to the store, back to the apt, and back to the dealership. They’ve ordered a new part. On to the bank, and I’m finally back home.
Whew!
I was gonna make soup from the prime rib bones, but that will have to wait until tomorrow now. Instead I’m gonna chill for a while, then make Bacon Jack Chicken with Mushrooms! With a side of spinach, and corn I think. {{{Spaz}}} - I hope Mountain Friend takes some time for you tonight! That would seriously hurt my feelings and piss me off.
Glad you cleared it with the nurse hotline at least, taxi. I take back all the nagging.
I just worry because my coz ignored hives for a couple of days, and then woke up in the middle of the night with her airway half-closed. Good thing she’s a light sleeper… someone else might not have woken up until they were in full-blown anaphylactic shock. To this day, they have no idea what set off the allergic reaction because she couldn’t pinpoint anything new in her routine, so she carries an epi-pen just in case she stumbles into it again.
(hmmm… Firefox seems to think that “anaphylactic” is not a word, and that I should use “prophylactic” instead. In my books, “prophylactic shock” is what occurs you discover that the otherwise perfect guy you’re about to sleep with doesn’t believe in using condoms, whereas “anaphylactic shock” is something else entirely)
Also, can I trade you some of the Berbere Braised Lamb I’ve got in the oven for a little filet with blue cheese? Pretty please? I’ll even throw in bonus couscous!
On that note, the Lumbering Git has just called to announce he’s around the corner. Huzzah.
FCM, here’s another cute dishcloth pattern, the Ballband Dishcloth from the crazy gals at Mason-Dixon Knitting. I may whip up a couple of them myself to go with SIL’s Christmas present stuff since it probably won’t get mailed till Monday in any case.
So sorry about Mountain Friend, Spaz. I’ve had that happen with several friends, although not when I was just visiting. New relationships can be so hard to adjust to! (For the people who aren’t in them, anyway.) Hugs.
Very cute pug, Muppet.
taxi and Muppet are both making me hungry. I might have to try the filet recipe, too. Let us know how it turns out. And the lamb recipe? Is it available? I’ve never cooked lamb myself, although I like it when it’s well prepared.
Gotta go get some stuff organized. My goals for the weekend are to: 1) sleep lots, and 2) get a bunch of stuff organized. Oh, also, I need to get a new MMP put together. I have ideas, just need to get them written down.
The prospective pup didn’t quite pass the first audition - she was abundantly hyperactive and had a Flailing Long Tail of Decor-Smashing Doom. Think the final count was eight things knocked off of tables and/or christmas trees, and one smashed ornament. (A very generic cheapie, at least) And there was just no getting her to sit still and look at us for more than half a second.
If nothing else, DH seems to be thinking that our current dog will be happier if we stay as a one-dog home.
Happy Firday, all! I had a nice, quiet morning at work. A co-worker and I went out for lunch and stopped and rode on the carousel on the way back to work.
When we came back from lunch, there was a super-sekrit, urgent, delete after listening, partners only, voice mail pertaining to next week’s layoffs and business realignment. It was sent out to **everyone ** instead. :smack: I imagine vacations ended rather abruptly as they try to contain the damage. Next week is going to be verrrry interesting. (There is always the possibility that the voice mail send to all wasn’t an accident.) I’m LMAO, since I don’t see a possible win for me anywhere in this clusterfuck, so I might as well enjoy the show. It has the potential to be quite spectacular at any rate. One of my co-workers just closed on a house and she’s scared to death. At least I have 6 months of expenses saved up, which isn’t much but is better than nothing.
In the meantime, more yarn has arrived. I bought a pretty dark green laceweight for my Forest Path stole. I also have plenty of trashy books to keep me company if I suddenly have lots of free time. Honestly, I just want this to be over. They’ve dragged the layoffs out for two whole months now, letting people go practically one at a time. The uncertainty is driving everyone insane.
So, you aren’t crazy for that anyway. Thanks for the pattern! I’ll check it out when I get home. (That email is, of course, blocked from work.)
Now it’s Papa Tigs’ turn to get glasses, but he’s not in as big a hurry as I was; not only could I not see anything any more, but my computer glasses were being held together with duct tape. Yay, duct tape! Between that and WD-40, you can fix almost anything, y’know?
