Swampy, I think my ass just got larger by reading those recipes. They sound delish…
Sprinkle generously with TMI.
Whoo…whadda day. I ran my entire department today since the boss, my peer and another guy were at a customer site all day. The phone wouldn’t shut up, the salespeople were needy and an ongoing project with a looming deadline that I had mostly complete found some new requirements added today.
Tomorrow, I’m cutting out of work at around noon to drive to Dayton, Ohio to stoke the nerd within me. You see, the country’s largest amateur radio festival calls to me and will not be ignored. At the moment, I don’t have anywhere to stay so that’s a bit of a worry. I’m heading to a string of radio message boards next to see if I can’t dig up some kind of accomadations. However, I will stay in my car if no alternative presents itself. 'ardcore, I know.
I’m out of whiskey?! HTF did this happen? Oh, right… thirsty guests.
A stranger correctly guessed the origin of my username last night basically at first sight. I am impressed.
I’m always over-chopping and slicing since I got a good knife. A former chore made pleasant.
We’re back from shopping for tomorrow. And, a fun and exciting time was had by all when TVMan and I managed to drag a 4 drawer filing cabinet up to his 2nd floor office.
swampy, that Cherry Pound Cake recipe sounds awesome! I may try that in the very near future because I’ve got quite a few maraschino cherries just looking for a good home.
I’ll give you the recipe for the dinner I just ate:
Open box of frozed Marie Callendar Chicken Pot Pie.
Place in oven.
Wait.
Remove from oven.
Eat.
So, my knee.
Bad news is it’s a torn ligament indeed.
Good news is it’s a partial tear, and because it’s not one of those nasty criss-crossy ligaments inside the knee (those would be your anterior and posterior cruciates), but one of the ones on the sides (your colaterals, the medial and lateral) - that there’s no need to operate. Just some - ok a lot - of rehab/therapy and slowly build strength and flexibility back as it heals itself.
The other bad news is that it’s the same got-damned knee that’s already been arthroscoped twice now. I told Doc Z that if she had to go in again just to put a zipper in.
The worser bad news is that it’s the medial ligament (the inner part of the knee, as opposed to the outer). That’s crappy because the other two times it’s been sliced and diced, it was for the outer (lateral) one. So I guess it’s ok that now I don’t have two damaged knees, though it is sucky that it’s a brand new damaged piece o’me.
But I got another one of those cool icy braces to wear.
It’s just kind of crappy that I have a ‘regular’ orthopedic surgeon I’ve kept busy for the past 12 years, and that I not only know all the parts of a knee, I could label them one a diagram, tell you what they do, and probably do my own surgery if I had to.
that’s the same ligament torn on my knee - it must be contagious 
Have you two been knocking knees or somethin’? 
jngl, did you respond with “Big ups. Maximum respec’”? 
donkeybear, everyone needs a big ass cast iron pot. And besides, being gay, how could you resist the urge to accessorize for the occasion?
The trek home was hellish today, but at least I’ve got tomorrow off to make up for it. I have plans to meet my coz and her baby girl for coffee, but otherwise it’ll be sweet blissful nothing all day long. Yay.
Yep, the inner parts too.
I have a mental image of cb spotting that dutch oven in the store, squeein’ over it and goin’ on and on and on about how it’s the perfect accessory for his new beef stew recipe.
I’m not sleepy. I should be sleepy. Why am I not sleepy? I’m tahred but not sleepy.
Maybe I should watch some teevee and get sleepy.
Yeah, I’ll do that.
Ick about the knee MBG. On the bright side, do it yourself knee surgery might turn out to be a big money maker.
Ima go watch teevee.
Driving by – haven’t had time to read yet, will read tomorrow I hope – I’m in Idaho, it is GORGEOUS here, and they’re definitely going to have to pry me out of these mountains by my fingernails! We’re staying in a little house behind SIL’s shop, and she so kindly “let” us keep two of her overnight visitors, Rambo and Delilah, a pair of bassets, who are currently lying by the door giving us the stinkeye because we’re on THEIR couch, plus Delilah keeps whining. At least it’s better than baying, since bassets do make an ungodly noise.
Anyway, we have to get up at oh-dark-thirty tomorrow morning to head back to Boise to pick up snowbunny’s stuff to put in her insanely adorable little log cabin. It’s nearly 3 hours each way, plus we’re going to stop and tour the Raptor Center which should be waaaay cool. But it’s a drive we really, really don’t want to have to make after dark; even during daylight, we saw antelope standing literally beside the road! Talk about waaaay cool!
More later. Tired. Hate flying. But love, love, LOVE mountains!
Heehee…pretty much. Whistle posse, airhorn crew inside, fi gunshot rewinds, seen?
Hi all. Back to busy today. I am soooo glad the weekend is only a few hours away.
I love me some cast-iron pots. Seriously, my Christmas list is already being writ, and top of the list are some nice Le Creuset pots! I don’t have enough stove-to-oven pots and pans! Ohh, and a microplane grater - I want a microplane grater!
Okay, I gots to go do some work now. Bye!
Morning!
Off to work soon…
Ugh. Sorry about the knee, MBG.
Okay, my little darling, I like the wake-up at six much less. Let’s go back to bed, okay?
More or less in order:
does QD always take this long to make up her mind about anything? Gratz on finally saying yes
Hi all, one of my coworkers figured out how to set ie so it will let us out for walks, so now I can read you at work when I come up for air from the documents folders. Documentation here is so bad I’m not sure whether we’re working with Fords, KIAs or Boeings… motors miiiiight be involved, but it’s also unclear; some documents say they are, some say they are not. So yeah, I have been avoiding the MMP mostly because there was no way in Hell or elsewhere I could catch up.
I see the recipes keep coming
And the 2.nephew-of-undetermined-but-already-defined-gender has turned out to be the 1.niece. We even got to see ultrasound pics, although I suspect that trying to get hold of them long enough to scan and upload would require more trips to Mango than I can afford. The Niece is due shortly after The Nephew’s birthday, we’ll see. That’s Octoberabouts.
Dad used to make TVs (well, he ordered about those who really made them), so people in my hometown were having their second VCR while the rest of Spain was still waffling about whether to get the first. I can’t wait to get home and look at the pics
And no, I’m so NOT overdoing the smileys!
Morning and happy Thursday. Caffeinated and at work (heh, somehow the SDMB is -not- blocked, nor has it been for the past few days … and I’m taking full advantage).
Hope your knee gets better soon, MBG.
Uh oh … tnc is up rather early today, sorry LiLi.
Off to forage for some tea, since I’ve already had too much coffee. LOL
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffienatin’ here. Remember how I said I was not sleepified last night so I was gonna watch teevee for a while. I ploped down on the bed, turned on teevee and immediately could not keep my eyes opened. I forget sometimes how the boob tube tends to have that effect on me. Thus, sleepification ensued. In a little bit I need to purtify and go rescue twuck. That’s my excitement for the day.
Glad y’all made it there ok BioTigs. Have fun!
db how’d the stew turn out?
Tummy is makin’ rumbly noises so I guess that means brekkie foragin’ must commence.
Later Y’all!
BLURF.
I set my alarm for 0345 so I could go to the Y. Hit the snooze and laid back down for 2 minutes, and it was 0530, my target time for getting out of the shower on the days I don’t go. Is it quit o’clock on Firday yet?
Hugs, yays, boos, and smacks to the haid as appropriate.
Ugh, I’m unwillingly up, but the stupid cell phone made lots of noise at me because I told it to at 6:30. I don’t wanna go back to work today!
MBG, you should teach a class! My knowledge doesn’t extend much past “the shin bone’s connected to the thigh bone”. Sorry about the whole experience, but think how much fun it’d be to pass your legacy on!
swampy, et al, the stew was delicious! I ended up using about half a bottle of wine and 2 cups of beef stock, but then it boiled a bit low in the oven and I put another cup or so of stock in. And the grocery store didn’t have any delicious looking mushrooms so I ended up leaving those out anyways.