Up from naptime, watching hockey and having a Sazarac. I’m making Bojangles seasoned baked fried chicken, with cheesy N.O.T. rounds.
The late Lucrezia D. Hellcatt would attempt to rub up agasint any open flame. She would also nap on electric stove eyes as soon as the went from red to black. 
{{{{shoe}}}}
And glad you got a lemon blossom.
I’m glad for it.
Nice! 
I had dinner, I guess. Triple cream brie, Beecher’s sharp smoked cheddar, apricot Stilton, Tillamook sharp cheddar, Summer sausage, smoked trout, a tin of lightly-smoked mussels, and red wine. I’m not quite full, but we’ll see how I am in 20 minutes. The cheeses and sausage and trout are still out.
I’m glad that you got a lemon blossom shoe. I have a Williamsburg Christmas sweatshirt that my late sweetie bought for me during a weekend trip there close to the holidays before he passed. When I pulled it out in December, like you, I thought of him. Hugs to you.
That sucks about your cards butters.
VanGo, I have an oil lamp that I keep for patio usage and will agree that the ambiance is nice. I’m far too much of a klutz though, to use it indoors. 
Thank you all for the birthday wishes! Today’s celebration was just a quick trip to the dog park, but tomorrow evening, I’ll be going out with friends to hear one of my favorite Celto-eclectic (their words, not mine) band.
I also need to go to renew my DL tomorrow. Here in Tennessee, once you’ve hit the magical age of 21, your license is renewed when you have a birthday ending in 5 or zero.
I thought that I had made a Chewy order a couple of weeks ago. It didn’t come and didn’t come, so I checked the status a couple of days ago. It was still in the cart! :headsmack: Said order has been made, but meanwhile, we’re out of dental sticks. Nelson is accustomed to getting one in two bites when I take bedtime meds. Last night, I pulled out a couple of micro Milkbones to substitute. After giving me four (kind of like two humans giving five, except, well, he has four toes) for the first one (he has to work for treats), he dropped it on the floor and gave me a disgusted look. Now, these are the treats that he will do a big jump for and delicately take them from my fingers when we come in from outside and he likes in the morning. I told him to pick it up, which he did, then asked for four times four for the second and he complied. Little stinker!
Stay safe and healthy y’all!
Evening all. Got the check cancelled (and the lady that was helping me waived the fee, which was nice). The pedaled for an hour and came home to find my new shoes for vacation (wanted something waterproof and with some grip on pitching decks) have arrived, so I’ll pick them up tomorrow. In the Cola sweepstakes, Diet Pepsi came in third tonight, Diet Pepsi-No Caffeine won again, so maybe that is the way to go. Still have a liter or so each to go, so testing will continue.
FCM, glad daughter-unit held her ground and hopefully things will work out.
JtC, writing Government documentation is a skill you never really lose, just start and it’ll all come back to you…Meals on Wheels is a worthy organization (IMHO) and are worth the effort.
flyboy, you do have some of the most interesting meals. Me, I’m looking forward to Meatloaf, fries and salad on Sunday at Logan’s Roadhouse…
OK, gotta go, the Southwest Chief is due in LaPlata, MO anytime now (can you tell I’m a railroad geek?). Take care all.
No treats? Oh NOES!!! How did that poor lil dawg ever survive? I laughed at the “give four” thing
Flyboy, you are making me hungry and we just finished dinner! That sounds like a lovely cheese board, I need to put one together for us some day soon.
Thank you for the encouragement. I started making a list of questions and things are already coming back. MoW was very good to our friend and there are so many shut-ins out here. I’ve found a couple of prospective grantors just because I know which government departments might have the money we want, but I am still looking for some way to pay the volunteers gas and mileage. This is a very rural community and gas is expensive, volunteers need some sort of cash remuneration for the ware and tear on their vehicles. IMHO.
I was able to successfully write 10 and 20 grand grants for critter rescue back in the day. If I can’t get at least 50 grand for MoW I’ll be so pissed off at myself that I’ll figure out a way to self pay the opening costs.
PS. When are you going to come out here and ride the train to the Grand Canyon with me? There are so many old trains in Williams that you won’t want to leave, but I’ll get you to the train on time!
Leftovers for breakfast and lunch, and just grazing for dinner.
Wait… You’re supposed to put these things together?
A railway runs through the N.C. State campus, and there’s a couple of places where you can watch the train from 4 feet away. It’s pretty cool.
I’m on the way!
Not taking Cerby to the park for two weeks isn’t going to irk.
Ripple was being a little butthead as well.
Echo needs to get out and run. She’s pretty good, but the tension is there.
My son was late for irk tonight. The road we needed to take was closed. Supposed to have been an accident, only one car, but the driver had to be cut out of the car and airlifted to the hospital.
I called my friend, my son’s boss, and she said lots of people had called. She gave me an alternate route to take that was shorter than the only other way I know.
He was only a few minutes late; the way I know to go he would have been at least 20 minutes late.
I took the long way home because I didn’t want to get back on the highway since it was raining and traffic was heavy.
Nellie, I forgot to tell you that yes dogs can get Lyme disease. Lameness is one of the first symptoms.
I think he hurt himself from jumping down from the middle of the stairs. or the day he slid hard in the mud. Or it could be from slamming himself into the front door to attack the mailman.
I’m tired.
Friend came and stayed FIVE HOURS! 
By then it was dark, so no gym today. 
I’ll try again tomorrow. I served her tea but had nothing for light refreshments. She didn’t seem to mind. Honestly she talked so steadily, she probably couldn’t have eaten anything.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, RED! I’m so glad you got yourself borned!
GodBod, I hate Valentine’s Day. I’m as romantic as the next person, maybe more, but an obligatory gift on a pre-set day means very little. It certainly doesn’t mean the recipient is more worthy of romantic love than anyone else. Think of all the people driving home from work thinking, “Oh, crap, it’s Valentine’s Day!” and running into a supermarket to get a tired rose and a card with a bad poem inside. Not exactly heartwarming, is it? Think of all the people who love you for being you. THAT’S WHAT’S IMPORTANT. When February rolls around, I hope you’ll be the Mumper Valentine. We don’t spend much , but we’re sincere.
ETA: sari, I hope Cerby is Lyme-free. It does seem like Lyme disease would be less likely this time of year. I sure wish you could have a nice, long vacation on an uncrowded beach where waiters bring fresh pina coladas every 30 minutes.
Yum. Have you had the Beecher’s lasagna with cheese curds? It makes me want to eat in SEATAC.
I’m going to have my Nextdoor lead stripes ripped off my sleeve.
Them: my post of hope and Help has been taken DOWN FOR GOING AGAINST RULES.REALLY!!! POST FOR HOPE,HELP AND JESUS:raised_hands:
This is Unexceptable
Me: I think UNACCEPTABLE might be the word you were looking for. When you start paying for Nextdoor, you can make the rules. Your original post is still there for anyone who cares to look at it. If your post has dropped out of your feed, that is due to lack of interest by the community.
For anyone who is worried…I won’t be demoted, they don’t have anyone else willing to take my place.
Oy.
…
Yeah, rural redneck country at it’s best.
I’m not losing my stripes, but the head lead scolded me because she likes to know if she should put her drink down. It’s all good…I think. Being a Nextdoor lead is a PITA.
You don’t have to fill 'em all the way to the brim yanno.
HIGH FIVE to your daughter! Good for her.
If a postcard from a random stranger/internet friend would help, please P.M. me your address! 
{ elbows Doggio outta the way }
Okay, so … I had some thinks while at irk and have gotten over some of the shock of the past coupla days, so, here goes:
I wasn’t on the Dope the last couple of days, because I was in jail.
Turns out, there’s been a warrant out for my arrest for over a year which I found out about after I was cuffed in the back of the squad car. It was for a 3-year-old speeding ticket, which I’d quite frankly forgotten about. (Didn’t get anything about it for over a year, and eventually, it got mentally & physically buried.)
Plus, now of course there are tickets due to the whole “not having a D.L. thing” and I KNOW I KNOWWW!! please don’t lecture me, I hear enough about this crap from my parents, not to mention being unhappy about it all myself. (As I finally pointed out to the 'rents, look, I’d like to visit a dispensary myself again. They … were unimpressed with that response but, hey, they dropped the subject.)
Spending the night on a plastic mat of dubious cleanliness in a room with half a dozen other women, not all of whom were altogether with it, was not pleasant. Most of the others were holding it together as best as possible and were friendly and helpful, but one was completely off her rocker - she eventually got moved to Psych - and another was plainly ill, showered for (no lie) seven or eight hours straight, and later wound up having a seizure. Fun stuff.
By the time I got out of there the next day - hours after being seen by the judge; they make you just sit there doing absolutely nothing besides staring at cinderblock walls, not even a dinky TV or a checkerboard - I was way late for work. Called my manager in tears. I’m stoic during a crisis, but once it’s all over, that’s when I emotionally react. Anyway, that’s all smoothed out, and I’m sorry to y’all for being all weird about it. I was just … I don’t even know what word to use.
But anyways, that’s the Big Crappy Thing from the other day, and thank you all for the good wishes. I’ll get this crap sorted, too, just like all the other crap I gotta deal with.
One damn thing at a time.
Furry little brat.
Allie has been very fond of my desk chair for a few days now. Not long ago, she was snoozing in the chair, Buddy was snuggled in my lap. As soon as Allie left the chair, Buddy relocated. Three guesses where.
Pet sibling bickering is SUCH fun.
@purplehorseshoe, what can be done to help you?
Up, caffeinated, and sheveled. Off to heave.
Reminds me of the time Gordie and Teddy(180lbs GSD mix) were barking at me while I was on the porch(obviously I was just 3 Invisible Mole People in a dogbutler suit- they had a GG level of brain activity between them), and Teddy got irked by the barking and tried to swallow Gordie’s skull.
{{{{shoe}}}}
I was headed to bed when Old Flame called, so I’m still up. He needed to talk about his daughter, who recently had cancer surgery. (Prognosis is excellent.) So now I’m wide awake.
{{{{shoe}}}} You have nothing to be embarrassed about. An unpaid speeding ticket is the most innocuous reason for arrest ever. Hell, there’s probably a Girl Scout badge for that. I’m sorry you had to go through all that misery. Next time let us know. Doggio and I could send you an anvil in a fruitcake. On a serious note, how much will this set you back financially? I’d be glad to contribute to the legal defense fund. Oo, we could wear tee shirts: FREE THE SHOE! or FREE THE MICHIGAN ONE!
I wish Sunny would come back. Also, Boooooo, where are yoooouuuu?
Only January 6 and I already sent out a cover letter for a job application headlined “January 6, 2022.” Sigh
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. YAWN ‘Tis 41 Amurrkin out and clear with a predicted high of 63 and N.O.S. The big item on today’s agenda is goin’ to take care of candle duty over to the church house. OYKW will accompany me and then we shall go to the hog trough Golden Corral for N.O.L., which will take care of the main need to feed for the day. Other than that high sloth and general overall uselessness shall prevail.
{{{shoe}}} sorry you had to go through all that. Hope it all gets figured out soonest.
speedy don’t worry about the year thing. I bet it will give someone in HR a giggle.
Nellie glad old flame’s prognosis is excellent. May it continue to be so.
JtC good on you for helpin’ out with the MOW grant. I haven’t used my mad grant writin’ skilz in a while, so I wonder if I’d be able to jump back in now.
MOOOOOOM glad FCDaughter was able to stand up for herself and come to some positive conclusions. Maybe ol’ grumpypants will leave at the end of the year.
Now I need more caffeine and to feed rumbly tummy. Then, alas, alack, and bother, I suppose I must needs purtify and don attire appropriate for bein’ amongst the great unwashed. Woe is me!
Happy Firday Y’all!