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

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. YAWN ‘Tis 72 Amurrkin out and cloudy with a predicted high of 76 with rain/tstorms/apocalypse later this mornin’ into the afternoon. We shall see. We are also under a tornado watch until noon. The big item on today’s agenda is to procure provisions which we will accomplish late mornin’ as we will get fried chikin and fixin’s for N.O.L. whilst at the sto’. This will also take care of the main need to feed for the day. The usual sloth and general overall uselessness is in order for the balance of the day.

sari glad you got to talk with the vet. I agree with her about stayin’ off google. Good to know Ripple is still up to his duty as bringer of mail. My ‘rents border collie was vocal like Cerby. It did sound like he was bein’ beaten, but they were all happy noises.

JtC I think it’s sweet that GG was worried about his big sister. Hope VBC is better today. I am so glad your friend saw the light about red butter.

Now I need more caffeine and to feed rumbly tummy. Then, alas, alack, and oh so much bother, I suppose I then must needs purtify and don attire appropriate to be amongst the great unwashed. Oh woe!

Happy Hump Day Y’all!

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Good morning everyone. Late to the party as usual.
Starting getting sick on the 30th, tested positive for plague on NY day. This is the first morning I’ve felt like coming downstairs for coffee and doperage. Still dizzy and amazingly tired (but I’m new to covid, this being my first time and all). But I can breathe now and my throat isn’t on fire anymore.

The good news is I’m retired and there’s nothing planned this week (except our anniversary), so I can rest on the couch and watch TV.

The bad news is my daughter’s breakup with Schrodinger’s Douchebag was awful, and I have a sobbing young adult moping around the house. At least mizPullin is taking care of the retail therapy and starbuck’s trips. Her dog is confused, doesn’t know what’s wrong, and keeps scanning the area to try and see what’s upsetting her. He growls, looks around, and then jumps up beside her to try and help. My dog is trying to help too, so she’s mostly buried in concerned furry critters. I think it’s helping some.

Hope everyone has a good week, will try to check in later.

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Preach it, sister!

MIL gave FCD a short shopping list which he passed to me. No biggie, except for lack of information. It’s in my sweetie’s hand, so he took dictation. But you can’t just write “fruit cups” and expect the shopper to know what you want. I had to question him on just about every item on the list, but I’m good to go.

I’ll take Tobias to Food Lion this morning and get her stuff and a few things for me. I was planning to deliver the groceries this afternoon once Daughter claimed her spawn, but with the promise of rain as well as it still getting dark early, there’s no way I want to drive home in that. Dark and dry I can manage in familiar territory, but add the glare and reflections off a wet road and it ain’t gonna happen. So I’ll ask FCD to meet me at Daughter’s house to get the food. It’s only about 6 miles from his mom’s place, so he won’t be leaving her alone for very long.

I need to call the vet for Higgs - she’s overdue for her shots and I think she’s picked up some kennel cough from the groomer… again. It’d be great if I could get her in on Firday… yeah, that’ll happen. I’ll just take the first Moanday or Firday appointment they have. I feel bad letting it go this long - I think she was due in September, but, well, life happens.

FYI - MegaMillions is projected over $900 million for the next drawing, if you’re inclined to gamble a couple of bucks. I probably will because why not?

Happy Wednesday!

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Good morning.

It’s currently 38 degrees, with an expected high of 48 degrees later in the day. The morning will be a mix of clouds and sun, and the afternoon will bring clouds and rain.

So, I called the vet back yesterday but had to leave a message. They didn’t return my call, so I will try again today. They must have been busy.

Polar had a bad night again, damn it. And I partially stepped into it. So, at 3:30 this morning, I cleaned poo from the hallway carpet. Fun times. I’ll run the steam cleaner a little later this morning.

Today is the day the FiL comes home, right FCM? I hope things go smoothly.

I hope VBC starts feeling better soonest, JtC.

I’m glad the news for Ripple was good, sari.

I’m sorry your daughter is suffering so, pullin. In time she’ll realize what d-bag that guy was and be relieved she dodged a bullet.

Today is my daughter’s 33rd birthday. How the hell did that happen? Time is passing so quickly.

Well, I need another cup of coffee and the work day awaits. This coming will be first Friday I’ve had to work since October or November, so it’ll feel weird.

I hope you all have a good day.

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I started this morning trying to find my glasses, because my cat decided to go walkabout during the night and knocked them off the nightstand. Somehow they wound up a few feet away almost under the dresser. I’m lucky I didn’t step on them on the way to the loo this morning.

Up, dressed, fed, and technically at work right now. I enjoy my job, but I’ve really enjoyed the last couple weeks of completely unstructured/unburdened time, so I am still dealing with the donWAHnnas. In other news, I’m still not a multimillionaire, but neither is anyone else so there’s still (faint) hope.

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Morning all. Will dress for contact with other humans after finishing this message and run some errands. I got an e-mail saying my dental appointment is today at 11:30; but the card they gave me at my last appointment said Thursday at 10:00am. So I’ll go there today and see what’s what. At least the rain is gone and I can see clearly now, heading for 64F

Also started the diet drink comparison last night, have Diet Pepsi, Diet Pepsi (no caffeine) and Pepsi Zero. Have labeled three glass and am trying them all at the usual times, last night Diet Pepsi won, we’ll see over the next week or so how it goes. Surprisingly all of them weren’t bad, the aftertaste is what I try to detect.

FCM, $900 million, huh? Might be worth a trip to the Tennessee border…

yanker, canine therapy is a good thing; hope she doesn’t end up running back to him. Take care of yourself.

JtC, glad the meeting went well. And hope VBC gets feeling well enough to swat GG, just so he doesn’t feel neglected… :wink:

OK, off to get ready for the day. All y;all take care.

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Afternoon, mumpers! It’s currently 11c/51f with no predicted change all day, and with rain showers. Weather app says “The next person to call it liquid sunshine is getting fucking throat punched.” I think that’s a bit harsh, don’t you?

Moooom nothing as exciting here, our lottery is a whopping £2m and the weekend’s Euromillions is £35m. One of my friends refuses to buy a Euromillions ticket until it goes over £118m as he has decided anything less just isn’t worth the bother.

metalmouse interesting to see how the Pepsi tastes compare. I can’t really tell the difference between coke and pepsi at the best of times and usually buy store-branded cola instead. All tastes pretty much the same to me.

Taters sorry to hear about Polar, I hope the vet calls back and gets him sorted out too.

sari sounds like good news for Ripple, and definitely keep away from google! That way, madness lies…

Very little excitement in my day so far. I had a couple of things I’d been putting off because one job I needed to talk to my boss about, and the second one I didn’t really want to do. Now they’re both done so I can move onto the next bit of wand-waving and miraculousness. Off to the pub tonight with friends, that will be fun, but I have to finish irk and get my hair washed before I can face the public.

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Morning, everyone. Welp, back to school again…bleh.

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Tuesday was weird weather wise. Pea soup fog. I made it to the barn and the rain started. Then the thunder. I’m in no. Illinois, why is there a thunderstorm in January? Today is the ultimate sloth. Home doing nothing until my massage at 3:15. Then home for more sloth.

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Snowing with a vengeance again today. Very pretty. This morning’s entertainment was watching four guys trying to get a car out of its parking place. Shoveling, pushing, sliding, and (I assume) cursing. The car was parked on an incline, which made it more difficult, but they eventually prevailed. Kudos again for the city plow crews.

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The treadmill motor died, so today’s tasks center on moving books, moving cases, moving the treadmill, vacuuming where the treadmill was and moving the books to that spot, assessing the structural integrity of the bookcases, and perhaps staging some to the garage for donation whenever it stops raining (= no time soon).

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Woke up to rain and some wind, weather’s projected to get steadily worse over the day and into tonight.

OK, so I’m getting a case of anxiety compulsiveness, so I’m kind of thinking this through via keyboard to make sure nothing’s been missed.

I’ve gathered up various emergency food supplies I’ve bought, plus did a fair amount of grocery shopping last night, stocking heavily on things like nuts and beef jerky. Most of the emergency food bars or dehydrated stuff tend to be a bit higher-carb than DH’s pancreas would like. The various “doesn’t need cooking” stuff is gathered up in a plastic tote currently taking up living room space. Once the storm series is over, the nuts, jerky, pepperoni sticks, etc., can just slide into the general snacking supplies, and the “specifically emergency” items have plenty of shelf life.

We do also now own a portable camping stove and I have two fuel canisters (I was looking the thing over after getting it home and was surprised to find that there was no fuel included, so back to the sporting goods store I went after hitting the manufacturer’s website to determine what type I needed).

Bottled water, we have over 160 half-liter bottles, plus a gallon jug. Something like 22 gallons. Should suffice for any reasonable crisis duration, for two adult humans, two cats, and one bird. We also have plenty of bleach on hand, so if we found ourselves needing to decontaminate water, we could do so (I also have reference books that list details like how to do this safely).

The cats have a year’s worth of both canned and dry foods on hand, Misty has months’ worth of seed mix (she could probably eat for a week just from the bottom of the cage, given her fondness for spilling her food out of the dish). The cats should be OK warmth-wise, since Allie knows about “under the covers” and I’m sure Buddy would figure it out. We have lots of blankets, and the humans have gloves, hats, etc. We do have a supply of chemical hand-warmers and DH owns a couple of USB ones, so thanks to suggestions here, we should be able to figure out keeping Misty warm if we lose power.

Prescriptions have been recently refilled. Big concern med-wise is DH’s insulin. I do have the shipping ice packs (several are already frozen) and we own a cute tiny styrofoam box that could become a cooler for his supply.

DH’s work boots are probably at least water-resistant if not water-proof, and I now own a pair of rainboots. We both have things like heavy coats, and we own multiple umbrellas.

I filled the car last night (didn’t like it being below half a tank, all things considered). We’ve accounted for three hand-crank radios (two of which also take AAA batteries, have rechargeables built in, and have solar charging options). We have an abundance of batteries for things like flashlights and radios. Every rechargeable device/item (including radios and power banks) is currently on a charger.

Last load of laundry (some towels) is about to go into the dryer. All clothing and underwear that is not currently on someone’s body is clean. Dishes are about to be run as well, just in case we lose power.

Am I missing anything? I don’t think disposable flatware/dishes (which we do have some of on hand) are totally necessary, since we’re likely to be sheltering at home if the situation gets that bad and can use our actual dishes. We have loads of books, so I can stay entertained if we lose power/Internet (DH isn’t that much of a reader, but if he gets bored enough…)

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@Sunny_Daze doesn’t live all that far from me (but I do not have her RL contact info), hasn’t posted since 1 December. Can anyone contact her by other methods and make sure she’s OK?

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Happy Woden’s Day, everyone! Shots day today, so lots of walking, two ouches, and lots of walking. If I have time, I should get to the gym to do some weights. I was only recently cleared to start, and I’m appalled at how wimpy I was. Not that I do heavy weights or clean-and-jerk or any of that stuff. I just use machines. Anyway, that’s my day.

FCM, fingers crossed for an easy move and transition for FIL. I’ll be thinking of your family.

sari, so will Ripple have more tests to see if the tumor has shrunk before he has surgery? I agree that waiting is the hardest, but at least this is waiting with a hopeful reason, as opposed to their schedule being full. And Ripple is as happy and carefree as ever. I’m sorry Cerby is still being…uh…messy. He’s on anxiety meds, right? Maybe he needs a higher dose or a different med?

susan, does that mean you’re not replacing the treadmill? Also, I’m sorry about your lovely wife’s new inability to eat certain foods. That must be hellish in some ways. Isn’t it great how many wonderful suggestions Mumpers can offer, though?

Morgyn, I think I missed your MMP name. Glad you didn’t step on your glasses!

JtC, healing pats to VBC.

Taters, I hope you’re able to reach the vet’s office.

Why, oh why, are so many Mumpers’ pets suffering health woes? We’re all nice, dammit.

GodBod, hope the school day goes by quickly. The first day back is always an adjustment after a taste of freedom.

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Happy Hump Day!

According to my phone it’s a N.O.S. 59 degrees. According to my window, it’s cloudy and wet outside.

My son texted me at 10pm that he was getting off irk between midnight and 2am.
I didn’t know if I should stay up or go to sleep.
I chose sleep, and fortunately I got to sleep until 2am.

I overslept, again, but we got Echo and Cerby off to daycare.
My son is not feeling good. He should get some good sleep today without Cerby around to wake him.
I have to irk.
I want so badly to be a retired drain on society, but that is not happening anytime soon.
I have the sloth part down pretty well, it’s the needing a roof over my head and food in my belly part that holds me back.

I thought of you FCM, when I said waiting is hard.
I went through it with my mother too. It’s not that you want them to die, you just want it to be over. You know they are going to die, it’s not if, it’s when, and you just want life to be normal again.

Of course, with Ripple, I just want the surgery to be over and the biopsy done, so I know if it’s all good, or we need to prepare for the next step.
I’m not good at the whole ‘Letting Go and Letting God’ thing.
I want to know NOW, DAMNIT!
What gives me hope that it’s benign is that he is in no way sick or suffering. He’s happy and you’d never know there was anything wrong until you see the open wound on his leg.

Just got a call from the vet for Cerby. They are going to do a lyme test to see if that is causing him to limp. I think he hurt himself jumping down the stairs, or from when he slid in the mud running at the park. He limps off and on, and I should probably be forcing him to rest, but trying to get a hyper Aussie to rest is damn near impossible.

And… I just got the estimate to fix the roof.
I was not expecting $1700+, I was expecting $500.
I told him to give me a few minutes to take it all in.
I should call the neighbor to see what all was done on her end.
We had a lot of rain yesterday and my son said he didn’t see any leaking.

Always something.

I remember being out in the snow, shoveling my truck out, and pushing it, and getting stuck.
I’m too old for that shit now.

I suppose I should be a ticket, I’m not sure where to get one now though. The 7-11 at the end of my street closed, so I need to find another place. And make sure I have some cash to buy it.

I hope you get some good news on Polar, Taters.

And VBC feels better soon.

Yankers, tell you daughter, no man is worth crying over because the ones who are worth it won’t make you cry. Breakups suck, but I always say, don’t focus on what you lost, focus on what is to come. You can’t find a decent man if you are clinging to an asshole.

I agree that red butter sounds icky. Although green or blue would be worse, I think.
Good luck with all the cheesie business talks JtC.
I didn’t know that was such a thing as petting zoo zebras.

Happy shooting Nellie
Just the thought makes me cringe.

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I didnt know it’s been that long.
I thought she was busy with moving and stuff.

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When we got hit by Isabelle, one thing we were told to do was fill the bathtub with water.
Even if you don’t need it for drinking, you can use it to flush the toilet.

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nettie where are you that such bad weather is expected?

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In a pinch, pushpins to tack blankets or tarps over windows to cut draft. Don’t forget that rain water can be collected, and inulin in a cooler stored in a garage or car as long as it’s not going to get below freezing.

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I’ll definitely keep that in mind. Thanks! I do appreciate any and all advice.

Sacramento, CA. We’re due for a lot of rain and high winds, only a few days after a similar storm that already knocked down trees and flooded parts of my area. There are people who are STILL without power four days after the last storm, and news coverage says trees are more likely to go down this time due to saturated soil.

We have a good supply of pushpins and even small nails if need be. I do have empty plastic totes that I should probably make sure are clean and set them up to collect rain water. We’re not expected to go below freezing, projected highs low-to-mid 50s. Thanks for the suggestions!