Whaddya mean, it's December in the MMP?!?

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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You’re probably unconscious now but I’m up and caffeinating. In 2 hours, I need to leave and with luck, I’ll be back by supper time. I hope there are lots of customers so the day moves, but I’m not hopeful - it’s wet out and forecast to stay wet. ick. At least the temps are mild, so no ice.

I’m also hopeful, but not optimistic, that FCD will be undisturbed today. He needs a total veg day.

I was wracking my brain yesterday trying to remember why Dec 3 stood out in my memory. It was the date in 1985 that I started my career as an engineer for the Navy. Is it weird that I remember what I wore to work that first day?? Skirt and hose and everything professional!! It didn’t take long to learn that jeans and easily washed tops were the best choice - it could be a grubby job. It was also a great job most of the years, which is the best most anyone can hope for. It made me what I am today - retired!

:rofl:

OK, a little more surfing, then a shower, some semi-presentable clothing, and I’ll load the car with all my yarn-y wares. You probably won’t hear from me till late, unless it’s really dull at the sale and I can get on their WiFi.

Happy Saturday!!

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Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. YAWN ‘Tis 48 Amurrkin out and cloudy with a predicted high of 76 and partly N.O.S. for the day. It may also rain this evenin’. We shall see. Not much doin’ today which is fine by me. We shall hone our sloth skills, achieve nappage, day drink and watch kolledge tackleball. It’s conference championship day and my Dawgs are playin’ the Kitties from Loosiana State. We shall have majik intartoobz pizza and sallit or it will be a need to feed via forage sup. This is TBD,

MOOOOOOM appropriate/inappropriate appendages crossed for daughter’s skool makin’ lots of money today. Also hope FCD can have a veg day. He deserves one.

shoe back in the days of my mispent youth there would have been that group huddled off to one side, so it’s all good. Glad Monkey decided to forgive you. Sleep well!

Now I need more caffeine and to feed rumbly tummy. Then, onward into the day! Rah.

Happy Sattidy Y’all!

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Good morning everyone!

Good news! He got up this morning and even went outside (slowly). Still not eating his food, but drank some water and downed one dog treat. He’s still looking sick, but is up and moving some. Vet visit scheduled for later, hopefully they can figure it out. Thanks everyone for the virtual scritches.

Yes, there were two state police cars, an ambulance, and two tow trucks. I assume the multiple 911 calls from those who stopped convinced local businesses there was more than one tow needed. I don’t know what tickets or citations were issued, as I wasn’t within earshot of the troopers’ discussions with iPhone lady. A summary and accident report is supposed to be available in several days, and I can get more details from that (I think).

There were lots of people stopping to help, and even some annoying ones who wanted to “take charge” and issue instructions to everyone. After arriving home, I wrote down all my thoughts and everything I could remember – below are my words about two overbearing busybodies. Hopefully you find it comical, as I do reading a few days later. I was fed up with these two yokels and it shows. :smile:

It should be noted that a pair of uninvolved busy-bodies (a couple, apparently) decided to insert themselves into the event, directing everyone, flagging traffic, attempting to convince a tractor-trailer driver to block traffic, moving debris around, and spent considerable time announcing their opinions regarding fault, skid patterns and the relative conditions (totaled or not) of our vehicles. They weren’t even there when it happened, just the type that wants to take over and feel important. She admitted to me they didn’t actually see the event, just stopped shortly after. He (male busybody) spent considerable time leaning in the state troopers’ car running his mouth, but I don’t know what was said. They were planning on driving into the neighborhood nearby to “hunt” for the left-turning driver, asserting that he’d “left the scene of an accident and was at fault for the whole thing”. Bullshit. I assumed these two were just harmless examples of the Dunning-Kruger effect, but still declined to answer their questions about the left-turner’s vehicle and direction. Good god, where do these people come from? I tried to ignore them as much as possible and stay out of the way of the pros (police, ambulance, tow). I don’t know who they were, as I never heard their names. No doubt my accident is featured prominently on their FB page as they regale friends with their heroics.

Thanks again for all the well wishes – on to MRIs and other medical stuff now. My doc thinks things are serious enough to take a closer look at all my ancient parts. I didn’t get over it as quick as I thought.

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May the MRI be useful.

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That is, indeed, good news! Every glimmer of hope is a positive sign - I hope the vet visit is productive and helpful.

Got a couple hours’ sleep, woke up coughing - barking like a seal, more accurately. I hope it’s a smoker’s cough and not something more sick-y, but I have a feeling a trip to Walgreens for some cough syrup is in my very near future.

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Morning all. Up at 6:30am, will see if that leads to nappage or not. Not much sun and some rain in the area, but it’s nearly 60F which ain’t bad for December. Will see if I have enough ambition to get to the gym today, also need to do the December grocery shopping.

Pulley, hope puppers keeps getting better. And yeah, those folks who want to take charge (and have no idea what they are doing) irritate me too (now, competent people are another thing, but they usually aren’t quite so loud).

FCM, happy engineering anniversary. Hoping for a profitable day for you and a quiet one for FCD.

Shoe, I remember being a short-order cook while going to college, we were at 12:40am (closed at 1:00am) and got a whole busload of people in and didn’t get out until well after 2am…at least they tipped well.

BBBoo, congrats on finally mastering the tree decorations.

OK< nearly time for the USA-Netherlands match, so all y’all take care.

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May the craft fair be successful Mooooom.

Up, caffeinating, breakfasted and have another day of sloth planned. :slight_smile:

Stay safe and healthy y’all!

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So far, the craft fair is dead. Between rain and no advertising…

Oh, and SIL has plague. He’s going to isolate in our basement. Not sure how I’ll deal with babysitting next week. But we’ll deal. Daughter and the kids are all neg, so yay.

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They didn’t advertise? Well, how the hell are people supposed to know about it?!?

I’m sorry, FCM. Maybe it’ll pick up as us lazybones drag ourselves out of bed.

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I don’t know who *organized" this but I’m unimpressed. And kinda bored. I’m making a purple jellyfish.

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Good morning everyone.

It’s currently 34 degrees and melty outside. It snowed overnight again, but there wasn’t a whole of accumulation, and when I opened the back door, I could hear everything drip, drip, dripping. We may see a wintry mix Monday morning.

pullin, I hope the doggo keeps improving and that the vet visit can pinpoint the problem. I’m also sorry about the dumb***** at the accident. People like that are no help to anyone, including the experts.

FCM, doesn’t the school have a FB presence where they could have advertised? Probably too late now. I’m sorry it’s turning out to be such a bust. I hope FCD gets some rest today.

I don’t have to drive over the mountains, but I ended up working more than not yesterday to deal with the contract issues because the MPA would not leave me alone. Additionally, I had to shut down the new Deputy and the Director and remind them I was off. I told them we’d talk on Monday about them trying to give away office space to another agency on Monday. BLUF: They can’t; there’s a whole lot to that goes into allowing someone to use one of our spaces permanently. The agency that the person belongs to has to pay rent, and there are also network and physical security issues. The new Deputy has officially been here two weeks and is on my last nerve.

I also found out that the new furniture installation is probably not happening on 13 December. It’s now being shipped to the installers on the 14th and takes four to six business days to get there. Guess who is supposed to be off the week of the 19-20th because she has to burn use or lose? I have to be there for the stupid installation. I am pretty freakin’ annoyed and wish they’d just hold off until after the new year. I am also annoyed because spent too many hours this week trying to get all the players moving on this stupid contract to remove furniture this coming Monday because that was the only day the company could squeeze us in.

Sorry to bitch and moan so much about my job. There is also a major reorg going on that negatively impacts me. Both my job title and job series will change, I fall back under state leadership (which is NOT good), they’ve been completely shady about the whole thing, and those who worked with the national leadership to make this happen were rewarded with the new deputy slots, while those of us who spoke against it were not. That last statement is not anecdotal. Everyone has noted it. This is also happening this month. I am very unhappy about this, and although I continue to do the best job I can, I feel myself slipping into something I don’t like. I am looking hard at other jobs. I’m looking at a detail in risk management, which could potentially turn into something permanent. The problem with the detail is that my new supervisor would have to approve it, and I don’t think she will because she talks about how much she needs me in my job. If that’s the case, she must get the deputy’s nose out of my business. He’s hired to do program stuff, not operations and admin but keeps sticking his nose into my stuff. The office space thing is one example. He’s causing me a bunch of extra work at a time when I just don’t have the bandwidth to take this on too.

I was so irritated yesterday that I gave up on putting up any Christmas decor. It’s bad when my negative feelings about something consume me, and right now, I am having difficulty shaking them. I am hopeful that today is the day I get those decorations up.

Well, onward with the day. I hope you all have a great one!

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Good morning all. It’s mumble-mumble degrees with cloudy but not overcast skies. My kitty cat is contented, my relative gets birthday gifts later today, and I’ve graded everything in hand (except for late revision work, I now have only 36 quizzes to grade, a warm letter to the classes about their projects, and grade entry from the advising office for 14 students left). After that, I enter the course grades and I’m probably officially retired for reals.

I’ve been on Ozempic for 3 weeks+ with low side effects, about 10 pounds lost, and fantastic blood glucose.

I’m glad for pets doing better, BILs and others getting medical attention, not-to-disastrous days of heaving, and delicious-sounding meals.

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It’s raining here, so I of course now feel bad about making some poor Instacart driver go out in this. DH points out they do have a choice as to whether they’re filling orders today, but still…

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Speaking with the voice of recent experience, hang in there and be gentle with yourself. It will be worth it to your spirit when you persevere and get those decorations up, even if it takes several tries. Take breaks, make yourself a cheery cup of tea. One thing helped me get over the worst hump, when I was ready to chuck the whole mess out the back door in the general direction of the trash bin? I went to YouTube and played Christmas music by my favorite a cappella group Home Free. Three classic carols were enough to carry me past the frustration.

It was worth it once it got dark and I had a sparkly lit tree to look at. Considering what it took to get it there, I’ll probably leave it up most of January-at least through my birthday. Any excuse, right?

Go get those decorations, girl! I’m cheering you on from afar! :christmas_tree:

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It’s the weekend! Yippee!! :smiley:

Today started off rainy, but the sun is making an appearance now. It’s pretty windy, but I’ll be happy as long as the rain stays away: I’m taking Bailey to the local PetSmart for grooming this afternoon. Normally she goes to daycare once a month (or so) and I have them handle her grooming, but because she has trouble jumping into/riding in the car these days I haven’t taken her since she boarded in early October. I don’t have any grooming supplies at home (plus I’m way too much of a coward to trim her nails myself), so I’m way behind on caring for my sweet doggy in that regard. :frowning: I looked into mobile dog groomers and identified a couple of possibilities, but I worry that (a) she’ll need to jump up into the van and (b) the noise from the engine will scare her. Yesterday I decided that it’s time for the dog to stop suffering for my indecision, and I made today’s appointment. The PetSmart is less than 2 miles away, so it should be a relatively easy car ride for her. It’ll be our first time there for grooming – and her first time in any store in several years – so we’ll see how it goes. She’s signed up for a bath, brushout, nail trim, and cleanup of the fur between her toes. They’re supposed to have options for drying her other than a big noisy dryer, which I know will stress the hell outta her, so I’ll ask about that when we get there. She has atypical Addison’s Disease and her body needs help dealing with stress, so she got an extra dose of prednisone this morning. Due to her age and mobility issues I’m likely to continue keeping daycare to a minimum, so if the PetSmart experience isn’t too traumatic they could become our grooming go-to.

(I think she’ll go to daycare on the 14th, though, because they’ll be taking pictures of the dogs with Santa…she’s never had one of those before! :santa: )

This month is shaping up to be on the busy side socially: tomorrow I’m meeting two friends for brunch, Tuesday I’m meeting someone from my support group for dinner before our in-person meeting, Saturday afternoon my NAACP branch is having a holiday celebration, Saturday night I’m going out to a kinda fancy place for dinner and live jazz, the following Monday evening is dinner and a Christmas jazz show, and two weeks from tomorrow is lunch and a production of The Nutcracker. Each event involves different friends, and I’m looking forward to all of them!

Yay for scareyfaerie’s and pullin’s pets!!

LOL! I can’t be bothered with two curtains. I like ones that let some light in, and the one I just bought is the same design as the previous curtain (the “clear grid” style of this).

Yanno, I’ve never been a bath person. I don’t remember the last time I took one…and I don’t think I’ve ever done the bubble bath thing!

Heh!

(Sorry about the extra annoyance on top of the accident drama, though…)

Don’t be!! That’s (part of) what we’re here for! :people_hugging:

Woot! :tada: And 10 pounds in 3 weeks is impressive!

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It’s my sister’s and my daughter’s birthday. :slight_smile: I had my son on my brother’s birthday and my daughter on my sister’s birthday because I’m all family-oriented like that. My other sister still says I should have had another baby on her birthday, but I didn’t think birthing a human just so someone else didn’t feel left out was a smart idea.

As I think I said, I ordered each of the birthday girls a necklace with her name in Mom’s handwriting. Either they only delivered one, or they delivered both to my sister, as my daughter didn’t get hers. :angry: The seller seemed a little strung out or something. I kept reminding them there were TWO orders, each going to a different address. I hope they at least got the names and handwriting right. If one of them says “Fred” in an illegible scrawl, I’m going to have to knock a few heads together, all on the same person, apparently.

FCM, bummer about the craft fair. I’m astonished nobody advertised it. Your finger puppets are so cute! If you don 't sell them all, can you get them to some underprivileged kids somehow?

yank (Is it yank or yanks or yanker? I can never remember.), a pair of know-it-all busybodies is just what every serious accident doesn’t need. I hope the MRI shows what’s wrong and that it’s not too serious.

Lily, that’s great about the Ozempic! Also, yay on being almost done with grading! :musical_note: School’s out for teacher!

Taters, I’d be furious. Will you still be able to use your leave before you lose it?

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Going to one of the local Jesus centers for some Christmas music today (Bach, et al). Picked up a couple of very large ribeyes for tomorrow’s dinner. I think one of them will be enough for the two of us. $67 for two steaks: ouch.

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It’s Myers’s Rum, “single barrel, hand selected Jamaican rum, finished in Sazerac Rye oak casks”.

Sent a picture of it to your book of faces. If you’re able to post pictures here, you’re doing better than me.

This is the old fashioned gentlemanly liquor and wine store in town. They even have sommeliers. When I was there for the rum (and cocktail nips), they were doing a free wine tasting. I was driving so I only tasted one, an artisan Oregon Pinot noir. Damn, it was good, liquid poetry. Gave velvet s whole new definition. Was going to get a bottle for a gift for my daughter and SIL it was so good. Asked the price. $53. Nope. It was worth it, mind you and I enjoyed every molecule of it but I don’t live in a $53 dollar wine world. The rum is my whole Christmas gift to myself and there’s a lot of rum toddies in it, should last me all winter. I’ll hoist my hot toddies in salute to my Mumper friends with each and every one. Cheers!

The funny thing is, I am in the thick of the Bible Belt but somehow the liquor laws allow it. Maybe because they are free tastings, no charge so all the booze selling laws don’t apply. Must be the rules for giving away hootch are looser than selling it. They were offering two wines and two whiskies/scotches to taste and would have gladly given me a slug of each.

When I asked one of the very knowledgeable clerks for suggestions for a very full bodied dark rum for hot drinks he suggested the Myers’s one and scuttled off saying “let me get you a sample to try. I think we have one open in back”. I’m sure he would have given me a taste of a different dark rum if I’d wanted to compare. There was a black, high proof rum that looked interesting. Maybe next time I’m near there I’ll pop in and see if I can score a taste of that. That wouldn’t be very mature of me cause the last thing my elderly bonked brain needs is high proof booze, but I bet it’s tasty. Maybe for my 2023 holiday hot rums……

It was an old world experience-no pressure to buy what I sampled either time. Then they insist on carrying the bag out to my car and putting it in the trunk for me. It was one bottle and three nips, but I let him. Had to conserve my energy for Round 3 of the Battle Of The Christmas Tree Lights :christmas_tree:after all.

Well, I should hope so.

Pretty sure you and turned out our bedroom light about the same time. I was snuggling under 4 blankies watching episode after episode of Call The Midwife. After about the second or third time of waking up to the middle or end of an episode I don’t remember watching the beginning of, I put away the iPad and put on my CPAP and go back to sleep for reals. Then the next day I rewind back a couple of episodes and watch all of the episodes when I’m fully awake and upright. I have almost 3 seasons left of Midwife in this go round. Next I’ll probably do Outlander for the third time. Thank OG for Netflix (and for my dear son for sharing his family account).

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I try to limit my intake of carbohydrates, and The Missus doesn’t really get into leftovers. Consequently, mashed potatoes sit in the fridge until they get watery and then get tossed. Today, instead of the traditional Saturday hashbrowns, I made mashed potato patties out of Thursday night’s leftovers and fried them golden brown. We also had cackleberries and deadpig strips.

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Hour anna half to go. Sold one set of cat butts and several finger puppets. They plan to do this again in April so I’ll save the unsold till then.

I did find something for Secret Santa so there’s that.