Thanks, all. It’s okay, really – save your hugs for when I truly need 'em! – but yeah, it still sucks, and knowing I’ve gone from making somebody else really happy to making that same person sad/upset/angry/hurt is just awful. I do not like to inflict pain.
Shoe, you’re allowed to put yourself first every now and then. If it wasn’t working, ending it now instead of later is a good thing.
Listen to rosie, she knows what she’s talking about. It takes time to learn how to date again after you lose a partner. If you’re like most of us, you miss being coupled and sometimes ignore the signs that things aren’t what they should be. It gets better. 
Howdy from da cave! I survived irk and have made and ingested dindin. It was Hamburger Helper Stroganoff (don’t judge) and a green sallit. I took the dressin’ and sweet N.O.T. casserole out of da freezer and put it in da fridge for thawin’ purposes. Others are bringin’ muchies, sides and desserts. We shall make an attempt at a pound cake tomorrow night. It’ll either turn out good and be served on Turkey Day or be one of those things we eat ourseves and never mention again. It’s adventure cookin’! 
When life gives you a dead rabbit make Hasenpfeffer.
sunny yay for the week off! Catch your tail yet? 
Happy Moonday!
Well it is now anyway.
Beautiful warm day today. I sat on the back porch for a bit with Sah-dog and gave him a nice brushing. Brushing a dog outdoors is much better than brushing them indoors.
Speaking of ass http://jackass.net/2014/sba14/december.html
I slept late today, and got woke up by a phone call from one of those you have a computer virus scammers. He got cussed out. Then my very next call was from Allstate wanting me to by their motorist protection plan (or whatever it is called). I had already blocked three numbers of theirs and damn if they didn’t use a fourth. I didn’t cuss her out, told her the truth, I get a better deal with my cell phone.
Then I had to call the mortgage company.
Last week I registered with them online. My loan status was denied or suspended. I tried to log in today and my id and or password were invalid.
The website gave me a number to call.
So I called the number only to be put on hold and told repeatedly to use the website.
Then I got through to a payment section, my loan number doesn’t exist but the system found my social. So I scheduled a payment for Firday and after I enter everything and get through the whole process, then it tells me there is a charge for paying by phone.
Sorry I do NOT pay companies to take my money. Screw that bullshit - Not gonna happen but it gives no option to cancel, only to accept.
So I hang up and select the customer service option and am put on hold forever because they are receiving more calls than usual and I should go use the website. The same website that gave me the customer service number to call because the website is experiencing problems.
And people wonder why I cuss.
Finally I get a person only to find out that the website is the wrong one, my loan number is wrong, if i had mailed in my payment to the place on the temporary coupon it would have gone to the wrong place, but not to worry because my loan was sold again and now I have all the correct information.
I also have a 60 day grace period for my first payment.
I took over an hour but finally got it all fixed and my first payment scheduled and everything ready to go.
Why is nothing easy?
What happened to the days when you got a mortgage, a coupon book came in the mail and everything went as it should?
{{{Shoe}}}
Tarragon I still get ME TV but I skipped The Ghost and MR Chicken, I was logged in to irk and no sense in watching a movie then. Now I have Antenna TV which shows such gems as Dennis the Menace, Flipper and The Partridge Family.
How times have changed, can you imagine Bud and Sandy today, not only being left home alone, but able to go out in a boat, go diving, run the beach with no adult supervision?
Then again Tod and Linc drive around in a convertible and leave their luggage strapped to the back when they go inside. Try doing that today.
In English we call it Shishkabugs.
**swampy **- GMTA! We’re having HH Chicken Fettuccine Alfredo! Or we will when **FCD **gets home.
He had a job interview at 2:30. He called at 5 to say he was just leaving. HR was talking money, so we’re pretty sure an offer letter will show up soon. Ever since he’s retired, he checks local job vacancies, just to see what’s there. He’s talked about applying for several, but this is the first time he did. If he hangs in at least a year, he can buy all the shop equipment he wants, plus we can pay for the 2 vacations we want - a cruise to Antarctica and a driving vacation in Iceland. So yay! 
And if he takes the job and hates it, we’ll be right where we are right now. Time will tell.
Now the question is whether we’ll make it to Mom’s for turkey - kinda depends on the allegedly impending snow.
It has to do with Making Money.
Accordin’ to the weather PTB tonight’s low will be 54 Amurrkin and tomorrow’s high will be 55 Amurrkin. Today’s high was 78 Amurrkin. Oh and all of this with rain. ICK!
OYKW is spendin’ the night (matter of fact all this week) and shortly we shall retire to the bedroom to watch teevee and miscellaneous things until sleepy time.
I linked to one Bugs Bunny cartoon and ended up watching several, including the one that’s offensive to Appalachian Americans (and Arkansan Americans). It’s still funny, so I gave it a pass. Unlike Snuffy Smith which is unfunny and offensive and should be eliminated with all due force.
For the record, HH Chicken Fettuccine Alfredo is quite good!
**FCD **thinks he’ll be getting an offer letter. So we shall see. We were talking about it tonight, and the bottom line is: if he hates it, he can quit and we’ll be just where we are now. He said one thing they asked - should things get slow, would he mind going part time as needed? That did appeal to him. So, as I said, we shall see…
According to my favorite weather site, my mom could get 3-5" of snow on Weds. Not sure what that means for Thurs. Worst case - we stay home and eat whatever’s in the freezer. No big deal either way.
So it’s a laid-back week.
I do? :dubious:
what I was going to post starts at the 5:14 mark.
btw - I read that as shiksa-bugs, flytrap’s fave bunny.
I have not caught my tail. Still just happy. 
Snoopy Dance!!!
And, my BIL is cooking Thanksgiving. W00t! I will be contributing something, but not hosting! MWAHAHAHAHHAHAHA! This is an awesome week! I’ll probably cook the entire thing later, 'cause I luv the feast and trimmin’s but this way there’s no pressure, just fun.
Best - Week - Ever!
Now I just have to figure out what’s for dinner tonight…
(Sari - my new mortgage went exactly the same way. They’re blood-sucking monsters, all of them.)
Only if it’s not incorporated; otherwise, it’s called Laverne & Shirley
Flytrap’s IRL name has been outed!
Page two already? Sheeesh! Wadda bunch of overachievers!
In case I didn’t mention I am finally off dial-up at home. I am still this close to actually being Amish ----- but at least I have internet as good as most of their kids.
Happy Turkey Week…hope everyone enjoys the great stuffing of the bellies that is to come.
I think it’s time to recline the night away.
MWAH!!
Lord, what a day. IT apparently doesn’t have a calendar because it thinks that the best time to roll out a major upgrade is Thanksgiving week. Fortunately, I’ve got a day and a half to get caught up so I don’t have to worry about coming back to a disaster on Monday.
In other Rockin’ news, my car got hit. I’m OK, and my car is mostly OK. It now has a dent on the trunk lid and the light might have been damaged; it’s dark so I can’t tell. The guy who hit me admitted fault and gave me his insurance information, so if need be, I can file a claim. Basically, we were backing out of our respective parking spaces in a parking lot; he didn’t see me and didn’t hear me honk at him, and he hit me. The tire on the back of his SUV was what made the impact, so at least it was a softish tire and not a hard car.
The chili was delicious. It’s cooling off so I can bag it and put it in the freezer along with a crapton of pork chops. Nice, tasty pork chops. Beautiful, life-affirming pork chops. I feel strongly about pork chops.
Worked, came home. Chipotle BBQ chicken and tequila lime rice is cooking. Cats are a hissin’.
[Jedi Mind Trick]This is not a dead rabbit[/Jedi Mind Trick]
Red, you’ve never had Tir Na Nog’s bangers and mash.
Put those two together, and you get red roses! Also, some much-needed words; you are both so very right.