End of year bizzzzzzzzzy, but I wanted to drop in and say hi. I have been remiss. I do try to read to keep up with all of your fascinating lives! 
And hi to the noobs! Welcome!
I think people should talk about penguins wearing Santa hats more often.
But it’s so much easier to spout trivialities than it is to straighten up your life, yanno?
Welcome! You’ll definitely need a Mumper nickname - something spicy, no doubt. 
**flytrap **- I’m amazed at the threads where people wish to discuss bodily functions - I pretty much associate such silliness with junior high school boys’ locker rooms, but apparently even so-called adults feel compelled to comment on their poops and farts. :rolleyes:
Hey, Rebo!!! How’s life with the puppehs??
OK, break over - back to work with me. Stop distracting me, dagnabbit!!!
I want a Nativity Scene with a little penguin standing on tiptoe, peering into the manger.
Mrs. Plant thinks the neighbors will light crosses in our yard. 
How about
Personally I have the Chicken Nativity - starter set shown here
Happy Thursday I think.
I am so tired of coughing, I could go to the doc but I’m allergic to codeine so what’s the point. Last year I spent $100+ just to have the doctor tell me drink lots of fluids and get lots of rest.
Y’all talk about food that sounds so good but I still can’t taste a thing.
I don’t think you can get more mundane or pointless than this. :::sigh::: the story of my life. 
I shouldn’t say that, there have been times in my life when mundane and pointless sounded pretty damn good.
What’s the point of having neighbors if you aren’t going to tick them off once in a while?
My neighbor stopped me a few weeks back to tell me that some homes were being broken into in the neighborhood, including her’s. She said she thinks it’s the house a few doors up because the man has some strange people hanging around his house. Well the man up there has to be close to 90 and I noticed he did have some people hanging around. I think one of them is his daughter who is a few years older than I am and she looks like hell. From her looks I would suspect years of drug abuse, but I don’t know if it’s even her or what her story is.
We have 4 dogs here so I’m not too worried about someone breaking in.
So a few days ago the neighbor stops me again and tells me her house is being broken into on a regular basis. I’m like WHAT!!! She says it’s the kids and I asked her what kids. Then she tells me… it’s the ghost kids :smack: They are breaking into her house and moving things around and hiding things so she can’t find them. Her husband told her not to tell anyone because people might think she is crazy but she knew it would be safe to tell me.
So I told her the kids just want her attention and she should ask them nicely to leave her things alone and everything will be okay. I haven’t heard if it worked or not.
Good morning.
I dragged myself into work today, but only because I just can’t stand the thought of my work stacking up anymore than it already has.
I plan to ask for tomorrow off as I have some things I need to do for my Dad’s funeral service on Saturday.
He passed away a week ago today.
Still don’t have a single Christmas decoration up; I’m just not feeling it. I know I need to decorate, but really, it’s all I can do to put on foot in front of the other and just keep breathing.
Sorry to be such a Debbie Downer. I hope my next post is more positive.
Wow.
Feel better Sari! Make you some chikin soup just cause you’re supposed to eat chikin soup when you’re sick. Grilled cheese sammiches too. I don’t know why but I think it’s one of the rules.
Hi Cinnamon! I agree. The single most messed up person I know posts stuff like that on fb all the time. Some folks just don’t get it. Like we say down south, “I can explain it to you but I can’t understand it for you.” Most likely though they are just dumber than a box of rocks and it won’t do any good.
ruble the penguin Nativity is keeeeyoooote and makes me want one. On the other hand, I am right fond of chikins, so I really like the chikin Nativity too.
I agree StickyBuns there should be a thread about penguins wearin’ Santa hats in each forum. 
In other news, I am a gen-yoo-ine gen-i-yous accordin’ to folks in our payroll orifice! See, I got an email about missin’ timesheets which contained an excel spreadsheet with the names of everybody nationwide with a missin’ timesheet. I do not need all that information. Thus, I explained how one can just send only the pertinent info to who needs it usin’ excel without sendin’ everything. A few minutes ago I got an email back with just the info I need and a note thankin’ me for pointin’ out how they could do this. Imagine! I figured out how to manipulate excel to do what I want it to do. Nobody ever in the history of spreadsheets has done this before!
Mawnin all, happy thursday to all,
Just a news tidbit to share
Houston PD is asking for info on a hate crime, someone killed a pig and left it at a Mosque
Ok first off you are a schmuck, secondly why waste a perfectly good pig I would have had a roast.
The stupit
Jim
But you eat chickens. With great relish, apparently.
Do you truly want a Nativity Scene with someone in it who died for your…
No, no, this is so very wrong…
At the risk of being labeled the resident Grinch, I haven’t decorated for the last 8 years, and I’m not decorating this year. And honestly, I don’t miss it - it’s one less thing to fret over.
But you don’t have to go nuts, either. A wreath on the door and a centerpiece on the dining room table can be easy and festive without being overwhelming. And you don’t have to do it all yourself - really! {{{Taters}}}
**Sari **- poor baby… I hope your sick leaves you soon.
I’m taking my sweetie to lunch today. I need to get away from my desk, and I think he does, too. Much stressfullness for both of us this week.
{{{Taters}}} decorating for Christmas is the last thing you should worry about now. I’m like MOOOOOOM in that I don’t go all out. I have a wreath on the door, a small fiber optic tree and couple centerpiece thingys, one on the coffee table and one on the dinin’ room table. It looks tasteful and nice and no hassles to set out or take down. Of course I also won’t do any of it until the weekend before Christmas because it’s too early before then. Just do what you feel like doin’ or don’t do anything.
flytrap if penguin meat were readily available in the sto’ I might eat that too. Just sayin’. ETA: I also don’t eat relish on chikin. 
Plus one on the penguin meat, I would surely try it
Jim
I think the plan is to decorate tonight, to the crappy extent that we’re decorating at all- though the best bit of tinsel actually never made it down last year 'cos it matched the curtains so well, and we still have some funky bat tinsel up that I bought cheap at halloween. We manage both tasteless and sparse.
Just got almost all the ‘secondary’ presents today- I get good stuff for the people I see on Christmas day itself, and token presents for the extended family I see on Boxing Day (the 26th for those what don’t know what that is). Just need to get something cheap but nice for my cousin’s kids- one teeny baby girl and a nearly three year old boy- I wouldn’t normally bother with presents for a 3 month old, but I think big bro might complain if I don’t.
Anyways, I need to go get dindins, so I’m all fed and ready for pottery class. Nearly the end of term, and I’m not sure if I can afford next term. Oh well. Have to make the most of the last few sessions.
Nuts sounds like you could use a penguin or chikin Nativity set.
Jim all this talk of penguin meat probably has flytrap all curled up in a ball mutterin’ to himself.
I get to go to large and in charge Sylvester, Jawja. Envy me. I am gettin’ a new participant set up for trainin’ and meetin’ one current participant to get some paperirk stuff done. He’s supposed to do it himself but as is oft the case, it becomes necessary to hold someone’s hand and get it done. Le sigh. Anywho, I has decided once that is all done I am headin’ to da cave since da cave is closer to Sylvester than irk is. So mote it be.
Laterz!
Well, if you’re just interested in penguins in hats. Mebbe one will show up with a Santa hat in the next week or two.
Nah, I’m vegetarian- I’ll do one with carrots.
It needs to be said again: Wow. :eek:
As for the cough, there is some research indicating honey is useful for suppression, and dark chocolate may be as effective as codeine. I think it was like 1-2 ounces of 60% cocoa solids type chocolate. I’ve tried it and it does seem to help.