You. Are. Not. Helping. 
Fell asleep again anyway. Getting ready for work now.
Hugs for Pie and Spaz.
It’s FRIDAY!!!
GT
Hello! Kids are home sick today. We’ve got a nasty bug running around here- I just want to sleeeeep!
Thank Og It’s Firday!
Love the lolcatting, beebs.
So. did everyone see this?
yes, I crave attention, why?
Happy Firday!!!
Love the lolcatz, beebs!
I get to leave somewhat early today - yay! Gonna go home and make some gumbo. Come on 4:00…
You’re fortunate that this didn’t involve traffic tickets in the Suffolk VA court. A Pit-worthy mini-tale.
Recap: VWife totaled the old Family Truckster last May when she rear-ended someone. She was hurt bad enough that Suffolk Rescue wanted to fly her to the trauma center. She refused because of a fear of flying that goes beyond the definition of phobia.
We waited for a ticket or summons because she was clearly at fault, and she admits this readily. Nothing ever happened. However, I went to Suffolk PD in September to get a copy of the accident report, and I find out there’s a bench warrant out on her for reckless driving and failure to appear in court. :eek:
She surrendered, which boiled down to showing up at the police station, where they issued a citation and set a court date. OK.
Court date comes, she appears, and talks the judge into dropping the reckless driving charge in favor of following too closely, which is a garden variety traffic ticket. She’s entenced to an on-line traffic school, and is given a new date to appear before the judge to show that she passed the course.
The date is moved twice at her request because of her double knee replacement, and she has it in writing that she is to appear this coming Tuesday, 12 Feb.
VWife scrambled to get the class done, and pestered the hell out of me to fork over $$$ for class fees and court costs, which I did. All of her ducks were in the proper rows, and she went to the court clerk’s office yesterday to pay $71 court costs, and confirm the Tuesday date.
“No, you owe $191. Your hearing was Tuesday the 5th, you didn’t show up, and were convicted in absentia.”
:eek: :eek: “Wait a minute! I have this card right that says my date is this coming Tuesday!!?!!” :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:
“We moved the docket, and everyone was notified. End of discussion.” :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad::mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad::mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:
Yeah, notified alright, just like the original citation. You bastards. No wonder that idiot in Missouri wasted a couple of city council members trying to get the mayor.
I have nowseen everything. (For the Rachel Ray enthusiast.)
Now I love Rachel Ray- but c’mon, that’s absurd! 
Another odd story for your amusement today.
Last night, I broke out the sweeper and shampooer to clean some spots out of the carpet. After vacuuming for a few minutes, the sweeper started handling funny, like I was running over something, but I never did. Then it started leaving streaks in the carpet kind of like fireplace soot, but it wasn’t, and the streaks would readily come back out. 
:dubious:
I finished the sweeping part, and went to park the sweeper. I noticed something on the floor in the path I took to park the vacuum.
Gross TMI:
A dead, bleeding, and de-gloved mouse. I could only identify it by the intact tail.
Okay, I have no idea what a gabage bowl is (read it “garage bowl” three times before getting it right). But I clicked on your link anyways. Why? Because like the British pop singer Lily Allen, Rachel Ray is a guilty pleasure celebrity crush. I’m sorry, she’s over exposed and I don’t cook, but goddam she’s a cutie. So my eyes wandered to this cookbook . How does that not scream SEX?!
Maybe this is just a sign that I need to get laid, bad. A friggin cookbook is getting my going! If I start masturbating while watching the food network I’ll just off myself. Nuh-uh, I’m all done. I had a good run kids but you need to know when you’re done, and that’s just about as low as it gets.
I’ll shut up now.
Beebs I had on Food Network in the background earlier this week, I wasn’t even watching it actually, because if I had, Rachel Ray would have been turned off (she really annoys me) and my husband came in and said WOW, she’s wearing a really low cut shirt. In other words, if you think that cookbook screams sex, don’t watch her show, as apparently she was giving out eyefuls of her cleavage.
Pie I got my LTD catalog in the mail and seen that. I laughed and said something to the effect of who in the world would buy an ugly bowl like that to use as a garbage bowl. A normal bowl would work perfectly fine! I just don’t get it.
I’m at work. I’m bored. I still want a kitteh. I think the husband would say no to that though…
Oh! My! Gawd! And the sad thing is, folks will buy it, too.
Did he yell at you? KeithT’s Bengal used to YELL at him when she was mad. It was really quite funny.
Loved the lolcat of my kitty and hamster. Thanks beebs.
It’s ridiculous that people would pay $15 specifically for a garbage bowl. Go to the dollar store and just buy a regular old bowl. Sheesh!
Sorry about the court hassle bobbio. That sucks. :mad:
Gotta get working!
Morning, all. Hugs/boos/yays as appropriate. Much work beckons. Pronouns vanished. Back later to talk.
The first time I saw Rachel Ray on Oprah, I loved the idea of using a garbage bowl, but I just went to the dollar store and bought a set of 5 nesting plastic mixing bowls, for all of about $5! And yeah, that “special purpose” garbage bowl is UGGHHHHH-LY!!!
I haven’t looked, is it a bowl to put garbage in, or a bowl made out of garbage that happens to look like Rachel Ray? Does that woman ever shut up? I caught about 10mins of her show once and I had to turn it off before I threw something at the gogglebox.
I don’t get the “year of the rat” “google” thing. What am I missing???
beebs, great lol cats! 
Plus, you’d best not watch any Giada deLaurentis if you think Rachel is sexy.
fcm, my daughter’s big orange boy cat, Tigger, is a master door opener. That would be okay, but he taught her dog how to do it, too.
Hope you feel better soon, pie.
rosie, that video is funny. I like how his eyes go crosseyed. Your voice sounds exactly like I imagined.
This is going to be a long day…staff meeting at noon with no personal break.
Tonite the Princess[sup]TM[/sup] and I will go for food at the eyetalian restaurant with side trips to look at the puppies at the puppy store and Blockbuster for a couple movies. What should I get??? ( I mean at Blockbuster, not the puppy store.)
Tupug
Friday is supposed to be part of the weekend for me.
Yeah right…
This is what it looks like when the parents are in the minority! (Wife’s abroad for a conference):
Get up 7 AM; walk dogs, hustle Terrible Twins[sup]TM[/sup] into dressing, eating, etc…
Drive said **TT **to school. Go from there straight to Jerusalem for Special Teen’s school function. Arrive 9 AM. Wait 45 minutes for function to start.
Sit through hour of student-given presentations (this was actually the fun part :))
10:45 – set back out towards Tel-Aviv, where I have to pick the Terrible Twins *up *from school just before 12. Get there barely on time.
Leave all three at home and rush to supermarket for weekly shopping.
Get home around 1:30. Put everything in place.
Send TT out to walk the dogs at 2 PM. You know you’re supposed to walk them on the weekend mid-day walks!
Crash until after 5 PM!
5:30 – Get on Dope for first time today…
Ooooofffffff!
Cutie – ouch! 
Hope it goes away soon. Nevermind the day of work – you don’t want to lay about, aching, all weekend
Spaz – you too. And, from the pictures you posted – you’re a red-head too! 
**Bobbio **-- they can do that? don’t they have to send stuff like court dates registered and produce the proof that they actually sent out the summons when they said they did? They can soak you $120 like that, just on their say-so? :mad: :mad: Dunno about you, I’d be fighting that.
**Beebs **-- cute lolcats
All of you discussing Rachel Ray – I have lived my life in blissful ignorance of her thus far, and judging by the few examples here, I think I want that trend to continue. Beebs, if you think she’s hot, you really are desperate!
Yay, boo, appropriate and inappropriate hugs to everyone else!
Yay! Inappropriate hugs. Thanks Lunch. 
It sounds like you have been busy, busy running all over! Your wife is very lucky to have you there to do that and even grocery shop!!
I’m supposed to be training someone in today from 8-5. (She started 2 months ago, and is in my previous position, that I left almost 4 months ago now.) So far it’s 10 a.m. and we have done nothing. She “isn’t ready” yet. Great use of time. :rolleyes: It’s not up to me to push her and such, I’m supposed to be here to go over reports and answer questions. She is not being professional on the phone at all and it makes me cringe. :eek: Kinda makes me wonder how long she is going to last based on the reactions of others around here…especially the manager.
Is it morning? Could we postpone it?
For a few weeks?
If they did it for reckless driving, which has the same legal weight and penalty as drunk driving, we’d fight it, but it requires a lawyer. $191 means she has a garden variety ticket and 2 driver’s license points, vs. the 6 points and slammer time for reckless.
There’s also the possibility that with the documentation that she completed the class, she can get 5 good driving points added to her license from North Carolina, and she’d wind up with -3 overall. I told her she needs to do that just to give Virginia the finger.
The first thing I’d do is challenge them to show any proof of process service. Bastards. Nice little scam they have going…