**Bumba **- almost as exciting as my phantom beep! 
Just talked to our critter sitter - he’s coming over on Sunday to see the setup, since it’s changed from the last time he was here. Hard to believe 2 weeks from today, we’ll be heading down I-95. I’m not looking forward to being in Florida, but I am eager to see some old friends when we go back to Orange Park. Maybe we’ll even eat at Whitey’s, the site of my cheap date with swampy!
Off to knit the night away…
Apparently all the stress of this week is getting even with me today. I have a show tomorrow and since it’s the first of the year I’m not even close to ready. I was tired so I took a nap and now that I’m awake again I feel about 10 times worse. Fortunately there’s some work I can do while I’m sitting on the couch. Hopefully by the time I get that done I’ll feel better. If not I’m not sure what’s going to happen other than I suppose going to bed and getting up in the middle of the night to try again. Ugh.
{{{StickyBuns}}} just cause it looks like you need a hug.
Heh MOOOOOOM a friend is headin’ down to Jacksonville for bidness next week. I googled Whitey’s and gave him directions. I told him he should order the scallops.
Home from the church house and fish ‘n chips. ‘Twas fun. We were told to expect around 35 folks from the sign up sheet. We always plan for more. Good thing cause 50 folks showed up! We had enough food, so no crisis ensued. We had turned on the outdoor cookers and put oil in to start heatin’ up at five o’ clock then had us a beer. YP walked out there and saw us sittin’ on the patio with our beers. I told him we were engaged in that all important first step, the beerin’ of the cooks.
So, Dad has decided that one of us stole his wallet. Never mind that we’ re in the process of getting all of the IDs and documents replaced. He’s announced that when we’re all home, he’s going to call the police.
So, I suppose, he’s going to accuse one of us of stealing the wallet in the library with the chutzpah.
Tell him it was Colonel Mustard in the Solarium with the candlestick. Never could trust that cheesey moustache!
Ok, all kiddin’ aside, sorry you’re havin’ to deal with yet another episode kanga.
Did I killded the MMP! :eek:
Nope. Everyone went to bed.
Dad’s actually doing significantly better this evening. He spoke to me! He allowed me to take him out for a burger! Of course, he smelled like wine, and he was slurring his words, but hey, we can’t have everything.
See you in the morning.
It’s morning! Where are you?? 
Ok, well, I slogged through the evening and finally went to bed at about 12:45. Everything for today’s shows is a well put together as it possibly can be. That is to say, it’s not great, but it will have to do. While I’m hoping this will be a good show, I’m not holding my breath. So, I guess I’ll be off and see you all later.
This made me laugh. I needed that this morning.
I have been a bad mumper this week and barely kept up with anything. It’s been very busy at work and life has generally got in the way of a lot of things. I’m only just starting to catch up with myself now, and it’s the weekend already!
rosie’s sig to all!
How funny - when you don’t work, weekends don’t have a lot of significance, and yet for some reason, today, I slept in! OK, it was just till 7, but after a week of interrupted nights, I pretty much made it all the way thru. I’m guessing that doing manual labor yesterday had a little to do with it. From the looks of weather radar, we’re in a lull between storms - I really should get out there and move a few more plants right now. I really should…
**swampy **- let’s hope their scallops are as good as they were 9 or 10 years ago (yoiks, is that how long it’s been??? :eek: ) You’re way overdue to visit me again, hint hint 
**FCD **talked about taking a drive to the fish store in Glen Burnie today. On the other hand, he’s got a new chain saw to play with… so who knows what the plans are. Nothing urgent HAS to be done, and we can wing it with the best of 'em!
I just finished some leftover pizza for breakfast. I’m ready to face the day!
Happy Saturday!
I’m here! But i can’t do anything about your other 2 wishes.
Off to irk. It’s raining.
swampy, I started watching The Walking Dead. The first thing I noticed was the survivors had stocked up on TP.
It’s over.
ITD sorry.
May you have a quiet day.
{{{{{Soapy}}}}} - hang in there, sweetie.
Good Morning Y’all! Up and caffienatin’. YAWN ‘Tis 64 Amurrkin out with a predicted high of 81 for the day. Its all cloudy so we may be in for a rainy day. Da yahd needs mowin’ but that may not happen.
{{{Soapy}}} Your Dad, you and your whole family are in my thoughts and prayers.
doggio havin’ an abundant supply of tp is important even when zombies are overrunnin’ the world.
MOOOOOOOM I know! Been a loooooooooong time!
Ok, now I shall seek more caffiene and consider brekkie.
Happy Sattidy Y’all!
{{soapy & family}}
I am up at my normal weekday time but I am lounging in bed with a cup of coffee and LibbyCat. It is going to 80 degs today so this mornings plan is to weed the flower bed in the front yard then a trip to Lowes to get mulch and potting mix and a few other bits. Mr ems is going to finishing weed & feeding the grass. Super fun day!
**{{{{{Soapy}}}}} **I am so sorry.
I have a hair appointment in a couple of hours, then after that, it’s off to Lowes for fence boards, cinder blocks, and a long two by four. The cinder blocks are to partially bury along one section of the fence where the dogs got out and into the neighbor’s yard yesterday. While the fence boards along that section aren’t torn up, I’m afraid they’d need to be replaced after we remove the board we’ve got holding the in place on this side of the fence.
The fence is a weird design; it has a “cap board” running along the top, and at the very bottom is supposed be a two by four holding the fence boards in place. That board is supposed to be on the neighbor’s side, but we discovered last year that it rotted out and that’s how the dogs were initially getting over to the neighbor’s yard. We tried telling the neighbor and that we’d buy a replacement two by four, but he didn’t believe us.
A while later, we finally convinced him that board is supposed to exist, but he never replaced it. In the meantime, we did a crappy ass patching job on our side. The dogs would occasionally start digging there, but we’d catch them and fill in the hole again. I’m sick of looking at the crappy job, and while the dogs have been good for a long time, yesterday was the final straw. I’m sure my neighbor is pissed at us again. The funny thing is, his dog and our dogs were having a grand old time playing together until I managed to get Polar to come back through the fence to our side, and Brandi escaped from the neighbor’s yard and made her bid for freedom.
I finally got Brandi back with bribery and put both the dogs in the kennel while I spent three hours picking up dog poop, and sawing up and disposing of big branches that were storm debris. I still have a big pile of branches, but my yard waste bin is full, AND, it’s hard work hand sawing branches to break them down. Yes, they were and are that thick. Stupid fir tree on on the back neighbor’s side, but they don’t do anything to help with the mess.
Anyway, another busy day calls.
Listening to a scanner online at Dulles. US Airways flight coming in w/48 people total hydraulic failure 5min out.
Plane safely on the ground, tow on the way to bring it to the gate.