Mornin’ Y’all! All sick and stuffy here. Caffiene and brekkies helped a bit. Soon I shall go stand under a hot shower.
Hi Ho! Hi Ho! Sick or not to work we go!
picu yay!!! Glad everything is ok!
Later Y’all!
Up and caffeinating here as well … and off to work too. LOL Last work day of 2008 though at least, right? 
Enjoy and Happy New Year, y’all. 
Wait a sec - I’ve been around the 2 of you at least twice, and I didn’t witness any bickering. Unless you count that suckerpunch to his gut a bicker… 
If you need an extra pair of hands to help make the helmet liners, email me details and instructions. I’ll be glad to knit some. Or was it crochet? Either way, I can do it. I have talented digits sometime.
And I’m up early, thanks to my bladder and my little doggie. But that’s fine - I don’t want to suffer too much come Monday when I go back to the office. I need to break this cycle of staying up late - my body is getting used to 11PM and that’s not good when you need to get up at 5AM. I can’t function long on 6 hours of sleep. Stoopit circadian cycle.
Is anyone partying tonight? Do share the details so I can party vicariously. Honestly, we haven’t stayed up for the dropping of the ball in more years than I can remember. More than a decade ago (maybe as much as 15 years), we went to our last NYE party - an evening of trivia games with friends that was a riot. But since then, we stay home, chill, and fall asleep long before midnight. Woo and hoo! :rolleyes:
Now get off my lawn and enjoy the last day of 2008!
I had most of a reply typed out when the big kids came over. tea was handed to me, and as I was taking her coat off she reached out and pushed the power button on the laptop. So now it’s gonna be a short note, and keep in mind that I am slightly impaired*.
Oh yeah, BBBobio, my favorite aunt and uncle lived in Woodburn for several years not that long ago. They helped run a nursery specializing in rhododendrons and azaleas. On further reading, so that’s where you are at, huh smartie?
I really can’t remember anything more right now, so hey everyone, have a good New Year’s Eve if I don’t get back here before then.
Oh, and I do have a resolution. I’m gonna be like taxi and work on looking for the silver linings.
Thanks for being my friends.
*this is something along the lines of an obligatory drunken post
Whoa, I am crashing late, it’s true, but y’all are getting up and beginning your days? Time zones always astound me. G’night for now from way up and over here.
I am filled with much grrrrrrrrrrr. VunderKind called me from the airport to say the flight from Indy to Motown was cancelled, and I had to fill him in on re-ticketing. I’m now waiting for him to call back with revised flight info. Harumph.
Busy night for Cottonfield County emergency folks. Two different ambulance calls for strokes, and a small fire in a transmission line causing a blackout. I didn’t go to any of them because it was bedtime, I took a fistful of melatonin, and the fire wasn’t in my district.
Brekkied and WTHU #1 down. Must call the Rugrat.
I forgot - MaMaTigs, I got some of the Red Heart soft yarn, that one is a purple variegated called purple mist. But my big batch was some Rainbow soft, Jo-Ann’s own brand, I think, the big skeins because they were 30% off. I have already made a start on that–that’s the blue one, but I don’t recall the name of it, and I’m at work now, so can’t look. 
Hope Vunderkid gets to visit, safe and sound, BBBBobbio. I’m sending my son back to Little Rock tomorrow morning. Sad as this sounds, I’m ready for him to go! LOL I love my son, but he has some aggravating habits. Like using up my deodorant!!
Happy Wednesday all - last work day of the week and year for me…woo hoo!
I’m glad it went so well for you. I’m amazed they let you just walk in, instead of having you on a cart and rolling you in. Do they normally do that or were you a special case?
VunderKind hits ORF at 1530, instead of 1145. So much for blowing off half a day at the office…
My partner is a wonderful man but I’m not very happy with him right now. He waited until 8 o’clock last night to tell me that our new stove is getting delivered today and then yanked the old one out without giving me a chance to clean it before it gets moved into the little cabin that we rent out. Scary things lurk behind and under stoves that haven’t been moved in 5 years and I had to get all of that cleaned up before bed, and now I have to finish cleaning the old oven out in the yard instead of inside where it’s warm and there is hot running water. But, he got us a new oven and it has a flat top so it will be easy to clean so I’ll keep my annoyance to myself. Does anyone know if you can use oven cleaner on the heating elements of electric stoves?
Mornin’.
I sucessfully* drove to Manchester, NH last night to pick up Hawkeyeop’s sister.
Mama Tigs Those scarf patterns look very interesting. Methinks it would make a good afgan pattern also. I am also willing and (probably) able to knit helmet liners. How complicated is the pattern? (I have not much experience following patterns, and even less with difficult ones. But, I’m trying to get better.) What kind of yarn do you use? (Hopefully it’s pretty cheap.) We can have our own little “Knit for Soldiers” club here in the MMP.
Snowstorm today–6-8 inches expeced during working hours. Who the H3ll decided that New England was supposed to get soooo much snow? I would like to have a not particularly pleasant word with them.
*kept the getting lost to the bare minimum. This is always good as my sense of direction is terrible and Hawkeyeop’s is worse. Thanks Google!
**Karyn **- I’d read the oven cleaner label to see if it would damage the elements. I’ve got a self-cleaning oven, so I haven’t bought cleaner in years.
I’d like to ask for a moment of silence in tribute to my dying iced tea maker. It’s actually an old coffee maker that **FCD **got the first time he married (that would be 1975.) Neither of us will drink coffee, but I found it was the easiest way to make iced tea for him - fill the reservoir, 4 teabags in the carafe, plug in, TEA!! Of late, the step between plug in and TEA is taking longer and longer. I expect the elements are about to fizzle out. Guess I need to shop for a cheap coffee maker soon.
I need to get dressed and get motivated. I did make breakfast and empty/fill the dishwasher and clean the sink. I also helped **FCD **rip some OSB to make shelves for his shop. I’ve got to finish my laundry and finish the disaster that is the back corner of my studio. I just don’t feel like it. Plus I need to get a coat of primer on the kids’ microwave shelf so it can be installed before they get home. And I really should get out of the fuzzy robe and slippers and don some real clothing.
I should.
I really should…
OK, fine. I will…
Mmffphhg.
Awake. Would rather be in bed. What possessed me to invite people over for brunch when I knew full well we wouldn’t get home until ridiculously late.
Latest Chapter in Little Sister’s Wedding Fiasco - they’ve decided to get married in a small intimate ceremony in Halifax next May, surrounded by her [del]real family[/del] friends. Invitations will be sent out to all immediate family, and it’ll be up to us to sort out who gets to go based on the status of various ongoing feuds. Joy. Bliss.
Soooooo… pending arrival of this invitation, I now need to decide whether or not I even want to go at this point. I’m not impressed by the fact that we’re expected to drop everything and fly to freakin’ Halifax to wish her well on short notice… especially after her little “you’re not invited” speech last June.
Besides, it’s not like she’s pregnant or he’s going off to war, so I just don’t understand this mad dash to the altar. I worry how this will end.
Yowza! They weren’t kidding when they predicted wind gusts of up to 50 mph! I hope I don’t blow away. This place is rattling like a tin can. Which it technically is. (It’s a single-wide trailer being upgraded to a log cabin. I don’t think I’ll be heading downhill to the Greek coffee place today. I’ll wait until Mountain Friend comes back.
Speaking of, I was appointed an official third wheel on a first date between MF and a Nice Guy he just met. We went bowling, which as I have learned, is a great first date for Members of the Family. I went along again last night to a movie house/pizza place to watch W (the Oliver Stone movie about Dubya). It was a pretty decent film, but I kept having to duck the little hearts floating around. I’m glad. MF deserves to find a Nice Guy after years of crazyasses.
Also, I seem to have adopted a new cat. There’s a white-and-tabby cat that’s been hanging around on the porch (the same one we chased bears off of). I was reading a book out there the other day and she hopped up on my lap and nuzzled me for hours. Her name is now Duchess and I’m going to have to come back up here with a cat carrier after I get Petercat checked out at the vet to make sure his teeth and liver are fine. Then the fighting will begin.
MF’s Naracat just got in front of the screen and is showing far too much interest in my pizza. I must deal with this.
**Muppet **- if you attend the wedding, you’re a better person than I.
Still not dressed, but I’m on my way - I promise! Really! Right… NOW!
If you don’t have symptoms, and their using your arm, they let you walk. If they have to prep your groin, first, you get a ride.
They were worried that I might lose my radial artery, but my pulse is back and strong today. My arm ached yesterday, but, I feel back to normal today.
Those scarves do look pretty, but I hate casting on so the thought of having to cast on that many stitches for anything other than a blanket/throw/afghan just doesn’t float my boat.
The hives have gotten worse today, spreading from my legs to my stomach and arms as well. Yippee.
Work’s really quiet today and a couple of my coworkers were talking about leaving by noon. (Work technically closes at 3 today.) I’m trying to decide if I can justify not coming back after lunch. Which would probably require actually doing some work first and not just doping, huh?
Morning, all. It is WINDY here. So windy that when the Idiots went out for their pre- and post-breakfast trips to the yard, I kicked 'em out and shut the door, instead of leaving it cracked open with the thermal curtain pulled over the gap. Otherwise, the whole house would be freezing about now!
Check your email, Mooooom. I sent you the helmet liner pattern. It’s knit, BTW. And mousie, it’s not a difficult pattern, and I use basic Patons black wool from Michaels; I find that I get exactly one helmet liner out of one 4 oz skein. Any basic black wool will do, however, like Cascade 220 or Elann’s Highland Wool or even a superwash wool such as KnitPicks’ Swish worsted. If your email is in your profile, I can send you a PDF of the pattern and you can see whether it’s something you could do. Heaven knows there’s always a demand for them.
Sorry the young’un’s flight got cancelled, Bobbio. Airlines are a pain in the kiester at best, and downright evil most of the rest of the time. Here’s hoping he’s able to get flights home quickly.
And herbs, the best way to keep your son from using your deodorant is to stick to something extra-girly, with a nice flowery scent. Something tells me he wouldn’t appreciate that. 
Back to trying to wake up, thus far unsuccessfully. I don’t know why I’m so groggy today, but I have simply been unable to wake up. I think I"m going to take a nap this afternoon. Papa Tigs is coming home at noon; he has an ophthalmologist appointment this afternoon just around the corner, so he’ll be available to deal with the Idiots. Works for me. In the meantime, back to this dishcloth, and then <gasp> I might even try going back to making a little $$! I haven’t gotten that energetic yet, however. And at the rate I’m going, I may not any time soon, either.
OK, I’m more or less dressed (sweat pants, t-shirt, sweater, shoes and socks) I’ve got a load of jeans in the washer and I’m seriously thinking about slapping some primer on the microwave shelf components. (It’s in 3 pieces, and after I prime it, the pieces will be assembled into the final unit for final paint.
It’s windy like crazy here. Out in the back yard, there’s a dead pine treelet (no more than 6" in diameter at the base) that’s leaning waaaaaaay over. If the winds continue from the north, I expect it’ll be on the ground before the day is over. We’ve got a lot of dead pines, thanks to borers. There are 2 sorta leaning towards the house, but I don’t think either can do major damage. All the rest are in the back yard away from everything except other trees.
I don’t intend to go out at all today, other than to get the mail. We’ll see how that goes.
Blow them leaves away from the house and into the woods! YAY!
On a regular spiral element? I wouldn’t recommend it as the metal is somewhat porous. The cleaner wil soak in and the stove will STINK for days as the stuff burns out.
What’s on the elements that you can’t get rid of just by cranking them up to max and burning it off?
gotpasswords, they’re a regular spiral elements and they aren’t all that dirty now that I look at them in bright light. A quick scrub on a few spots will clean them.
He’s forgiven because I love my new stove. It’s easy to clean, boils water in less than half the time than my own one did and most miraculously the burners cool right down when I lower the temperature. My days of taking apart burners to clean up the last thing he let boil over are done. It’s not gas but it’s a huge improvement over the old one and the only reason that I used to want a gas one was because of the ability to turn down burners and get an immediate change in temperature.