Well, it's .. sorry, what year is it? MMP

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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JtC, can you put an all caps edit at the top reminding folks that the pet is found / yard sale over? That happens with some dated stuff on my local HIP page.

Moooooooom, I occasionally get a leg cramp from hell. It tends to be a sign that I’ve not gotten enough fluid, so I step that up and try to eat something high in potassium for good measure. IANAD though.

Up, caffeinating and breakfasting. Today, I’ll do my usual Sunday stuff before retiring early. Such excitement!

Stay safe and healthy y’all!

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I was thinking that - I did have some water before I started pacing around the bedroom. I hadn’t had anything to drink since lunch, so that could well have contributed.

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Morning all. Didn’t sleep that well last night, still not feeling well, but not really sick, so will take it easy today. Doctor appointment tomorrow, need to get a prescription renewed and check on my back (FCM, I have occasional pains in my lower back, want to ask the Doc about them, so going to see them about your cramps isn’t all that odd.

Rainy morning and 52F, so a good day to stay in and watch tackleball. Also have a load of laundry going and may do 1-2 more depending on how I’m feeling. Planned to eat out today, but we’ll see how I’m feeling in about 4-5 hours.

JtC, never been a member of the Next Door groups, and after reading your notes, kinda glad I’m not.

FCM, that is odd for the lightbulb, guess someone ran a survey or something and decided this is something people want…yeah, right.

shoe, now what you mean, I can still remember my first shift as a dishwasher at a local restaurant when I was about 18…I was soooo tired after that, I wondered how I’d make it back there…end up working there for 6 years…

OK, onward into the day. Take care all.

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That was a great tribute to FCD’s father.

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Good morning.

It’s currently 41 degrees, with an expected high of 50. It’s raining right now, and there is a 100% chance of rain all day long.

FCM, the tribute FCD wrote was beautiful. I send continued hugs to you and yours.
I am also not a doctor, but I notice I get severe night leg cramps if I don’t drink enough water. Potassium helps too. I try to eat a banana a day.

I ended up completely cleaning out the den yesterday and then steam-cleaning it. It took longer than I expected, and I didn’t get done with that until 3:30. It took longer because I took the time to shred old paperwork. My back was sore when I was done with everything in here. There were some old stains on the carpet that didn’t want to come up, even with pre-treating, but then again, the carpet is 20 years old and has seen years of abuse. However, it looks and feels much better in the den. It’s probably been six or eight months since I steam-cleaned the carpet in here, so it was seriously overdue.

As soon as I finish my second cup of coffee, I’ll dust and vacuum the great room and front hallway, shower and then head to the grocery store. I will also Wet Jet the kitchen floor.

Onward to my second cup of coffee. I hope you all have a pleasant day, and for those struggling, I hope your day is at least peaceful.

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FCM, that was a moving tribute your husband wrote about his father. Thank you for sharing it. I hope things go a bit less painfully today.

I also have a bulb that goes from middle to brightest to dimmest. It’s weird, and I thought I was forgetting how many times I’d turned the switch at first. I’m thinking it might be a manufacturing error.

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Afternoon, mumpers! It’s 7c/44f and not expected to change, and cloudy as usual. Weather app says “Cloudy as fuck” which is fairly accurate.

Day of relative slothage for me, Went to bed late, got up late, tended to cats and have done pretty much nothing else. Plans for the day involve doing more of the nothing, until it’s time to make chilli for dinner tonight.

Moooom that is a lovely tribute to FCD’s dad, I saw it on the Book of Faces too. They both sound like amazing people, it must be very hard for all of you to deal with the death watch and see how it has all ended. I hope it’s quick and peaceful.

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That was a beautifully written tribute! Your in-laws are a force of nature, doing it their way from start to finish.

To be there tending to his Dad in death, I would say is an absolute privilege but probably the hardest thing he’s ever done.

(((FC Family )))

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Moooom, absolutely beautiful.

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Your in laws are amazing people. A lovely heartfelt tribute.

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FCD’s parents would have made great Seabees. That sort of can-do spirit is what kept me going for all those years. I admire people who see problems as learning opportunities.

Just wanted to remind people that government I-Bonds are still a good investment. The interest rate for this cycle has dropped some, but it’s still a healthy 6.89% and I just made our annual investments today. For the unknowing, you can buy up to $10K in I-Bonds each calendar year at Treasurydirect.gov.

Got all our xmas stuff back in the storage area of the building, so that makes some space for us. Time to tackle the computer room.

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Home. I helped FCD with his dad, dropped off some food for them, and ran a couple of errands while I was in that end of the county.

FCD does write well. He was at the junior college while I was teaching there, and one of his instructors knew this and accused him of having me write his assignments. Um, I was teaching Algebra - how would that qualify me to write his English papers? Not to mention I had a full-time job, 2 part time jobs, and a new baby - exactly when would I be writing his papers? Plus it’s pretty crappy to level such an accusation without any sort of proof. FWIW, I spell-checked his work (it was mid-80s) and offered some critique, but that’s as far as my involvement went. My sweetie took the instructor to see the dean, and that was that. Bad ass!

I’m having a bit of lunch while avoiding some chores. I really need to push the roll-suck around the basement at a minimum. And clean the critter fountain. And dig thru the freezer. But I’d rather plop down in my recliner and read another trashy novel. Dammit.

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Started reading post 165 today and just caught up to post 311.

The most important thing I want to say is to FCM: sending thoughts of comfort to you. You and FCD have been saints in taking care of his parents, brother, your grandchildren. God bless you all.

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Happy Sunday!

Or not

It was 25, feels like 25, degrees at the park this morning.
I took Echo.
Cerby and Ripple had to stay home. Cerby is on strict rest, and we decided Ripple should stay home until after his surgery and recovery. His sore is looking a bit better and I don’t want him bumping it when he’s running around. It still smells, but not as bad as before.

I didn’t go to the park yesterday, so I missed the drama.
Actually, it’s been so long since I’ve gone that the GPG, GrumpyParkGuy, asked about me. It’s nice to be missed I guess, although I think with grumpy people, it’s probably better to fly under the radar.

So Barky/Humpy mom went on the small dog side with the people who go there to avoid her. She actually even said to Rocky mom, I know they won’t be happy about it, but too bad, my girls need somebody to play with.
Everybody left the small side to go back to the big side except one person. Barky/Humpy got her dog cornered and barked in his face, so she grabbed her dog and went on the big side.
Barky/Humpy mom got offended and left.
Later she called me, and I think she was near tears, and now realizes she and her dogs are being ostracized and she needs to do something about her dogs barking.
How much drama and shit could have been avoided if she had listened to me a year ago and done something about it then?

And on a sad note, our Lucy at the park is in bad shape.
The vet gave her a 10% chance of pulling through. Nobody has heard anything yet this morning, and everybody is waiting to see how she did through the night.
Lucy, Lily, and Ripple are the original three that started our morning group.
And, even though there has been no progress, the vet wants to give Lucy another 24 hours to see if she does improve.

I’ve been slothing for more than a few days now. The house is a mess and I don’t even care.
We are getting groceries later today, but that is only because we ran out of cheese. We need that to give the dogs their pills.
Pill pockets stopped irking. I think cheese is losing its power. Peanut butter is always iffy, and I’m afraid to handle it anyway.
Cerby inhales the cheese, but Ripple looks at it, then gives me the eye. Then he sniffs it, and tries to take it from an angle other than I am presenting it.

One can never have too many USB ports.

That is a nice tribute FCD to FIL, FCM

I was on NextDoor for a while but I dropped it because of all the political bullshit.
I want to have fun and relax, not watch people shout at each other.
I get invitations in the mail every now and then, but I really don’t have time for it anyway.

I’m going to have to figure out the logistics of next week, and where I’m going to put everybody.
Adam goes to the vet Moonday, and I need my son to go with me. None of the dogs are used to being left home alone except for the one evening Ripple wanted to stay home. I’d put all of them in daycare, except Cerby is on rest and Ripple has an open wound. Then we have to figure out what to do Firday when Ripple goes in for surgery.
I think there is no choice except to put Cerby in his crate.
Echo can go to daycare, and Ripple can go with us Moonday.
Well, I’ll figure something out.

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Do you do the trick where you have the pill-cheese in one hand, and then another treat in the other hand? Make sure the dog knows you have two on offer, then give the pill-treat first. Most dogs will be so eager for the 2nd treat, they’ll gulp down the pill-treat pronto.

I’ve heard of people using small “coins” of cut-up hot dog, if the pill is small enough to put into a slit in the middle.

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Gathered up the trash & scooped the litter box, then dragged the bin out to the curb so I don’t hafta deal with it in the dark after work.

Very tiny, lightweight little bits of white are just barely drifting down. I thought I might be seeing things at first. Definitely doesn’t even count as “snow;” you can’t even see wet dots on my car.

Monkey got some outside time and is now wandering around meowing about … who TF knows what.

Back to work in ezzactly two hours. Back is sore - doing some stretching. Need to find two clean socks that match.

Thus endeth today’s Shoe Update. See y’all in the next MMP.

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Basement roll-suck is done - the carpet was more in need of it than I’d thought. The brown pattern hides a lot. Anyway, critter fountain is clean, cat box is scooped, dishes are in the dishwasher. I think I’ve done all the chores I wanted to do. I believe I’ve earned chillage.

You need a pug - they eat anything. Correction - they swallow anything. Higgs has no idea anything is hidden in the cheese because it goes right down the gullet unimpeded by chewing. :rofl:

I get Next Door emails on one of my junk accounts, but I rarely read any of the posts. I’ve never seen anything ugly, but then if it’s not on the subject line, I generally don’t see it. Every once in a while, there’s a post by the county that I find useful - road closures and such - but for the most part, it’s all deleted unread. Because I don’t have time for that. I have important, um, retirement stuff to do.

:grin:

I think my recliner needs to be held down - off I go!

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Thanks to recent discussion of aging cats, I got curious enough to weigh Allie. She’s still right around 12 pounds, which is where she’s been most of her adult life. Dunno why she feels more frail than she used to when I pet her, since there’s still the same amount of her. She’s still fine jumping on furniture (including choosing to go through the open part of my desk chair’s arms instead of walking around to the front of the chair) and her appetite is fine.

We’re actually seeing intermittent blue sky and sunshine today, still a bit windier than usual. Not that that’s going to hold, we’re due for another storm arriving tonight.

Still gotta service the royal litterbox. Joy.

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Gravity, and less muscle tone. Young cats have lots of muscle around their spine (where we often pet them, running our hands down their back) but that starts to sag in old age - sound familiar? - and then up top, you start to feel their ribs and spine more easily.

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Rainy day. Not going for a walk. I thought about digging up the old tire planter [similar] someone thought was a cute idea decades ago, but SWMBO said she’d take care of it. Just sitting in an overly-warm house, watching I Remember Mama. (Anyone remember I Dismember Mama? I only remember it was pretty bad.)

Scrambled cackleberries with cheddar, and deadpig strips for breakfast. The Spousal Unit had toast with jam with hers, and I had toast with marge and Vegemite with the eggs and cheese on top. I’ve started the dishwasher.