I’m logging off for the evening. Everyone be on your best behavior and make sure you use your coasters. My recliner beckons! 
MWAH!!
MOOOOOOM’s gone! Quick! doggio, flytrap bring in the keg. I’ll set up the table. Nuts and Apes y’all grab the foldin’ chairs. sari and ** Rosie** y’all get the cards and the poker chips. Tao order the pizza. Everybody else, move the livin’ room furniture out of the way in case the strippers decide to dance on the furniture like last time.
Blurf.
Just went grocery shopping with my little man. He did great. I started getting woozy. I think I need to eat something.
Y’all just throw your empties into the bed of the truck.
Screw the coasters.
No anchovies on the pizza!
Mixed emotions on SCOTUS reviewing the Prop 8 case as it means the 9th circuit’s ruling has been stayed until next June or so, and while really unlikely, they could reverse the 9th and put a permanent end to same sex marriages in California. From what I’m seeing, it may be more as and exploration of the concept of ‘standing.’
However, it is good that they’re tackling DOMA after a alf dozen or so federal courts ruled its unconstitutional.
Today’s spine injection was the most unpleasant I’ve ever had. Spiney Doc says there’s so much arthritis that he had to bend the needle :eek: to get it into the right spot. Now, I’m just all sorts of owwww…
Damn.
Didn’t hurt me at all on September 11, an ominous date.
I hope to hell I can get them again. Serious vicodin use here, a whole one every night for three days; I don’t think they help, but don’t dare not take one to test the theory.
My condition is ankylosing spondylitis, what is yours?
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We’re still trying to nail down the specific pain generator, but in general, DDD with a previous L5-S1 diskectomy. My neurosurgeon said the L5-S1 disk is “gone” to use his specific word, and the tea leaves are saying that an L4-L5-S1 fusion is in my future.
I think they will probably uphold it. If they couldn’t bring themselves to overturn Obamacare (which is a lot more shaky Constitutionally) I can’t imagine they will touch SSM.
Very sorry to hear of this. I have ongoing leg issues but a lot of my coworkers have bad backs. Back pain is hell on Earth.
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffienatin’. YAWN 'Tis a pleasent 56 Amurrkin out with a predicted high of 79 for the day. Go figure. Today’s big plans include an all you can eat pancake breakfast with sausage, oj, coffee and best of all bacon! All I can eat BACON! BACON! BACON! BACON!
Yeah, life here is just a whirlwind of excitatement.
Happy Sattidy Y’all!
Up, caffeinated, off to irk. I wish I had all you can eat bacon. 
gotti, hope the injection helps.
flytrap, throwing the empties in the back of my truck goes on your PERMANENT RECORD!
rosie, I always liked O come, all ye Grateful Deadheads
Dang, we’re not very chatty today, are we? I’m guessing everyone is out shopping for Christmas presents for ME!!! How very thoughtful!!!
We had a Cracker Barrel breakfast, then ran to WalMart for some critter stuff and in the hopes of finding $10 gifts for our goofy family exchange - no luck. We did get an adorable rubber pig that snorts when you squeeze it, but Higgs doesn’t much seem to like it. It may go to Cozmo.
Once we came home, **FCD **built a stand for the cat box to get it up high enough so idiot dog doesn’t go after kitteh tootsie rolls any more. :eek: I’m pretty sure it’s high enough now. I vacuumed the stairs and the landing - cat litter seems to get everywhere! I will say, tho, that the little mat does seem to catch most of it.
Plans for today include mixing up several batches of cookies, including these:
Holiday Rounds
1 cup butter
½ cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups flour
colored non-pareils or colored sugar
Beat butter, sugar and vanilla in a large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed. Stir in flour.
Divide dough in half. Shape each half into roll about 2 inches in diameter and about a6 inches long. Roll in nonpareils. Wrap and refrigerate at least 2 hours or until firm.
Heat oven to 350 degrees. Cut rolls into 1/8 inch slices. Place about 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 10 – 12 minutes or until light brown. Immediately remove from cookie sheet to wire rack.
Makes about 5 dozen cookies
We’re going to Paula Poundstone’s show in Annapolis this evening - we’ve got tickets for the 6:00 show so we’re having an early dinner before - at 4:30. I’m looking forward to it - Paula cracks me up!
Tomorrow will be laundry day. rah.
Happy Saturday!
Today is my Dad’s memorial service. I could not sleep for love nor money last night. I was up until two am trying to find pictures, as well as polishing and printing up what I’m going to say at the service today. After that, I still couldn’t sleep. So, I turned on the TV in hopes of drifting off. The last time I looked at the clock it 3:30 in the morning. I think I finally drifted off for a bit then.
I am now dead tired, but have to clean up soon because I need to head to the mall to buy my husband slacks for today. It turns out none of his fit anymore. So, I’ve got to dash to the mall, dash back here, gather everything up, and be at the cemetery chapel by noon.
For the moment, I am ingesting some strong coffee and trying to wake the hell up.
Taters, maybe this is a silly question, but can’t your husband buy his own pants?
The problem is that he hates clothes shopping. He’d be content wearing his jeans and tennis shoes, and well, call me old-fashioned, but I think one must dress up just a bit for a funeral service.
{{{Taters}}} You and the whole family are in my thoughts and prayers today.
Back from all you can eat pancake, sausage and BACON! BACON! BACON! pigout. Get it? Pig out? I crack me up!
(((((Taters))))), there’s not much to say except that I’m sure you will find the strength to see you through the day.
I have been a bad mumper this week, what with work and stuff at home, I’ve been too busy or too tired to catch up with everyone either on here or on farcebook. My new temp job is crazily busy, it seems that just when I’m starting to get on top of things, a whole load of new stuff lands on the desk, and this is even before I have had a chance to look at the email account for the job. Day to day survival is as good as it gets!
It’s been a busy weekend too. One of my friends is away for a few days so I am feeding her three cats as well as looking after my two. Today has been hectic too - up early to feed my mogs then over to hers to feed, fuss and poop-scoop for hers, back home to make a batch of vanilla buttermilk cakes (sweet treats for work), then off to town for a lunchtime treat (Indian buffet place), an indecent amount of hexmas shopping, and now I’m back home again. Final gift ordered online and I’m having a breather before heading back to Gill’s for the evening cat-feeding duty. Then back to half an hour on the Wii, a soak in the bath and then after making dinner, I’ll finally be able to collapse on the sofa.
Tomorrow promises to be as busy with two trips to feed her cats, and my plan to begin the hexmas baking. I’m going to make a batch of Nigella’s “Rocky Road” chocolate bars as extra gifts for the folks at work, and if it turns out ok I’ll make some more next weekend for friends along with a batch of peanut brittle.
Then there’s the bread, pastry and other stuff to be made which will go in the freezer, gifts to wrap, cards and letters to write, and at some point I really must think about looking for a proper full-time job instead of just a temp one. As usual, too much to do and not enough time to do it in.
Have fun, mumpers!
I have spend the last hour or so looking for something, *anything *in the $10-$15 range for the goofy gift exchange with the inlaws. Unfortunately, they’re all really conservative types and they don’t drink, so that eliminates a lot of possibilities. I’m starting to think an umbrella might be a good choice. Or a few cans of baked beans…
Now I remember why I’ve come to hate Christmas in my old age. When we had little kids around, it was fun. Now it’s more of a burden. Oh well…
Poor Higgs seems to be favoring her left front leg. She lets us touch it, so I’m wondering if she somehow maybe strained or sprained it. She still jumps up and down from the couch, so it can’t be all that painful. But she’s definitely limping. I’m taking her to the vet on Weds, unless this appears to get worse. Stoopit dog. Right now, she’s trying to bury a rawhide bone under the throw pillows on the love seat. :rolleyes:
{{{Taters}}} Hang in there
Gotti ouch it hurts to read about it
Chinese cookies
(ok they aren’t really cookies but they sure are easy and tasty)
In a bowl melt together 12oz semi sweet chocolate chips, 6 oz peanut butter chips, one stick of butter.
Stir in 1 teas of vanilla.
Stir in 1 small can of chow mein noodles crushed. Not crushed to a powder, but if you don’t crush them some the cookies aren’t too pretty.
Line a cookie sheet with waxed paper.
Drop spoonfuls (you decide the size) on the waxed paper.
Stick cookie sheet in fridge until set and hardened.
All done. They don’t have to be kept in the fridge.
I made them once with mint chips in place of the peanut butter chips, people liked them, but they were a little soft and greasy. If you try it you may want to use less butter.
Last night is the first night I slept all the way through without waking up coughing.
I have no clean clothes and running low on food, so I have to do something today.
I have to get organized as well. I’m far from being a neat freak and cleaning house is not my forte but I am anal about certain things, my money, my lists, my calendar and my keys and my phone.
I bought a bunch of stuff on Amazon and didn’t make my usual list so I have no idea how much I spent, who I spent it on, who I still need to buy for and how much I have yet to spend. Normally I have a check list of date ordered, date shipped, who it’s for, when it arrives, etc. Like I said - anal.
I work out my budget in 6 month increments, I haven’t even started Jan thru June 2013 yet.
My calendar runs out of pages this week, I designed and print my own because I can’t find one that meets my needs.
I can’t live without my lists. I forgot driver’s ed still needs to see my son’s birth certificate. If I don’t write it down it won’t get done.
I lost my lock box key so I’m using the spare, I will go crazy until I find the one I lost. I can’t believe I can’t find it because I am very anal about where I put my keys.
Yep I’m anal.
Even more shocking,
I must confess,
:::hanging my head in shame:::
I don’t like …
bacon.
I was in and out of Macy’s in fifteen minutes and I hope to all that is out there these damn pants fit. They weren’t cheap. I just wanted to get in and get out and didn’t really care about the damn price. I showed him the pants and he approved.