I’m making chicken kara-age sandwiches for lunch, and will supplement them with a daikon/cucumber pickle. The chicken is marinating in soy sauce, sake, garlic, and ginger, and the vegies are salted and wilted and are awaiting a rice vinegar and sugar dressing.
My laundry (the delicates) has been laundered and the garments laid out on drying racks, and the potted plants have received their last watering before the rainy season begins in earnest. That will be this Saturday, which will theoretically kick El Nino off with four days of rain. Since predicted rain usually poops out before it reaches us, I’ll believe it when I see it.
A little sad, it does simplify my life, but miss being around the kids and being out and doing something that helps move life along. But don’t worry, as I mentioned, indoor soccer starts in December, so it’s a short break.
Salad day is usually Friday, I pick up a 12oz bag of Salad fixings at Kroger, dress them with diced tomatoes, croutons and fat free ranch dressing and eat the whole thing. Filling and low calories (which is good, I usually have my weekly pecan sticky bun Friday morning and that starts me off on a caloric high).
Mollie, you’re predictable when you walk into a place and they start preparing your order before you mention it. Been there a couple times.
lucky, according to the Weather Underground site, we’re dry all week except for a couple hours Wednesday night when the chances go to 70%. That’s also when things start to cool down in earnest, so may do the last mowage of 2026 Tuesday or Wednesday afternoon.
Got a Drs. appointment for next Tuesday the 17th, so that bit of adulting is done. So now I need to pack up my gym bag and go treadmilling and pedaling for a couple hours, might even change and hit the whirlpool for variety’s sake. See y’all later.
I didn’t ask. I’m sure someone else would have, but I don’t know the answer. Maybe this time off will be some special Force Majeure dispensation, and the whole event and its consequences will be covered by the company’s insurance.
One of my high school’s assistant basketball coach went by that nick (same last name as you). When his son played on the team, he, too, went by it.
My Mumper name twin!
Trash is out and the car is gassed up. I went to CVS to pick up a prescription and the drive up window was closed (it wasn’t even close to their usual lunch time closure). When I stopped yesterday, I was behind two cars. They both got their prescriptions, but when I pulled up, no one came to the window. I pressed the call button and got the recorded verbiage, then waited ten minutes, but still no response. The car behind me gave up after five minutes. I’m thinking of changing CVS locations, as this isn’t the first time I’ve had this issue. It’s too bad, because it’s the closest location and easy to get to.
Woke up at 6:30. Scrolled News ap, Threads, Instagram until 8am. Dressed in almost all Spartan gear; camisole, socks, yoga pants, (I did put a pair of regular black pants over the yoga pants), shorts over the black pants, turtleneck shirt, 2000 National Championship long-sleeve shirt, short sleeve polo shirt. For the walk to work I put on a Spartan cap, fleece jacket with the rose bowl pin on it and an outer Spartan jacket. Everything mentioned had Spartan logo on them except for the black pants, oh, and a pair of black gloves. Reason: on Saturday the result was MSU Spartans 15; other school 6. And there are a lot of fans of the other school at work; none of them went there, some didn’t attend any college, and they have given me crap throughout the fall. Walked to work. Had the desired effect.
One of the guys gave me a ride part of the way home. I had walked about a quarter mile then he happened upon me as he was driving to his Mom’s house to check on her so he gave me a ride the rest of the way.
Had cream of tomato soup and a grilled ham & cheese for lunch.
What great ideas! The cards will be a catalyst to play with others and perhaps develop a liking for playing card games. And I’m sure he can use new socks; the hot wheels socks are guaranteed to be a favorite.
Raking leaves - our City picks up leaves in the street so most people rake their leaves into the street. Hubs came up with a new idea for the backyard leaves. On Thursday he raked them onto a huge tarp, then pulled the tarp to the street and dumped them on the street adjacent to the curb. I’ve told him to leave the leaves in the garden beds for the same reason that Taters does.
About 15-17ish years ago the electrical grid for the northern/eastern part of the US went down about mid afternoon one August. Worst possible time; we were hard at work on getting ready for the audit. Department Director said if we wanted to leave, it would go against our PTO. Whenever I get my colleagues from that department together, he is never invited. First of all he treated me horribly and many of my colleagues wouldn’t come if he was invited.
If I was going to pit someone, it would be Hubs. I told him not to get candy, or if he did, only one bag. Instead he got three, all Snickers, which I absolutely love. Had about half a bag before Halloween. Only had about 6 kids which he kind of had to beg to come to our door (the neighbors on either side were at the end of their driveways); kids are too entitled in our area. So, I’ve eaten way way way too much of the leftover candy. That along with other treats I’ve been eating and too much bread has led to a weight gain of 10#. Well, that is going to be reversed tootsweet! So, I’m going to start exercising daily and eating better.
DG is coming over Wednesday to mow the lawn for the final time this year.
Another rainy day, though there are thunderstorms in the forecast. Hate 'em. Thunder means lightning, and living in a forest, this makes me nervous. Happily, no lightning I’ve seen so far. We’re at 57Ferrets, down from a high of 58F and on our way to an overnight low of 54F. At least it wasn’t raining rancid whale carcass bits today! It’s a fine thing for my state to be known for, I think.
One of your best/worst puns ever. Awesome!
Hope you enjoyed the lattes and the oatmeal, dicey! Sounds like you had a pleasant day planned.
Yikes, Bat Boy, I hope your PCs get back to working soon. Not how anyone wants to get time off.
swampy, lookit you, planning dinner ahead so well. I hope it paid off with some good RDOS time. And yes, Happy Doperversary! We’re so glad to have you!
Taters, I use my leaves for compost and weed control, too. I think raking will happen on Wednesday, which looks like a great day for it weatherwise. I know what you mean about hidden poo piles.
metal mouse, things are indeed getting chilly where you are! Glad comforter switch has been accomplished. Enjoy your little break from refereeing, though I know you’ll be glad to get back to it in December. Glad you got the doc appointment with so little difficulty.
Mollie/Thea, hopefully you can get the dad’s group together and finish the Call of Cthulhu scenario as you wish. You’re a good friend to help the recently divorced dad get out of the house. And strombolis are equally good on Fridays or Mondays, I believe.
I should say so! Glad you dodged it!
Hope you had a great day your own self, red. How annoying about the closed drive-up window, though.
lucky, your chicken sammiches sound very tasty! I hope you enjoyed them.
Cat Glove, at least there’s room in your closet, now. If I put on so many clothes, I wouldn’t be able to move! Glad it had the desired effect, though. Sorry about the Snickers. They are hard to resist, for sure.
I do learn the most interesting things here! Thanks, shoe. I don’t mind it if it’s a little crackly and browned. Scorched goes too far, though. You’re a good daughter, btw. Good luck with the doodling!
She wants to keep them.
All is fine here today at Chez Tree. Ollie and I had a nice walk and managed to do it in between rain events.
I thought about making bagels this morning, but then the thought evaporated and I never got round to it. Maybe tomorrow.
Not feeling hungry tonight. Looks like a cereal supper. Ollie, however, is reminding me that it is his supper time.
Howdy Y’all! I survived the meetin’ and when I got back to da cave celebrated with a beerverage, snack, and some stoopid teevee. Now I am here, but soon I think I shall call it a day.
Thanks for the Doperversary wishes! Sump’n like twenty-four years now, I think.
Could be worse. The town that happened near, Florence, is where I graduated from high school (I was only one year old at the time of the whale blast, though).
Alcohol markers / inks can be lots of fun. I like to do backgrounds with them using photo paper, high test alcohol and ink spatters. If you have some glossy photo paper, it will do for practice until you get your sketchbook.
I messed around in the studio this afternoon and evening and made a weddingcard and one for my dad. Now for more internettin’ and watching TV. Hopefully, the drizzle will stop before I take Nelson out.
Evening all. Gym was gymed, Wendy’s provided the evening repast, and talked to Brother on the phone and will be heading up there for T-day. They looked into eating out rather than fixing stuff (brother and SIL are younger than me, but both are on my side of 70) and brother told me he was going back to see the Doc about his other hip (he had one replaced about a 6-7 years ago) which concerns me, but we’ll discuss it up there. Made hotel reservations (Holiday Inn Express) so that is done.
Got a e-mail that my Dr. Appointment I made on-line was turned down by the medical place, it was for next Tuesday (17th) so shouldn’t be the holiday interfering, so I copied out the info and will stop by their office tomorrow to find out what’s what. Never had a problem booking appointments on-line before, so I am a bit puzzled.
And see what you folks have been up to…
red, yeah, I have one group of friends from a couple decades back (the ones I usually cruise with) that still call me that, but around the soccer crowd these days I’m usually Dave. And never had a prescription at CVS (mine are with a local Wal-Greens) but sounds like poor customer service.
Cat Glove, sounds like it layering-up time at your locale. And good on you showing the school spirit!! (But getting a ride home is even better). And sounds like that Director was the definition of a PITA; guess he still is (albeit you obviously try not to interact with him). And I managed to have only the tiny Snickers bars (and some tiny Crunch bars) left and made them last a week before eating the last one. Good wishes on the weight drop…Moanday scale reading was 204.6lbs, just a bit more than last Moanday.
And coming up on 9:30pm so this late-night final will be followed by reading and watching some of the tackleball game before bedtime. Catch y’all on 2sDay.
shoe, Doodle away! We await your initial offerings.
Bright Tree, I sympathize, but getting this bunch to stop talking is a forlorn hope…
See above. Nothing is ever simple… I’ll be having Cereal tomorrow morning (either Corn Flakes or Rice Crispies).
doggio I’m growing to hate your rivals with the hidden arrow logo more and more. Shipment I’m waiting on, “out for delivery 6:22AM. Delivery exemption, business not open 6:29AM.” Uhmm, how did you determine we’re not open in 7 minutes? Delivery hub is over an hour away. Fuckers. I’ve been waiting on this stuff since last wednesday. I need it to fix one of the most popular exhibits in the museum.
shoe Looking forward to seeing some doodles. I should get back to doing some home art, not just stuff for work. Oh, did you get that bit out of the drill?
I’ve got a very wooffly dog behind me on the couch. Every car that goes by gets at least a little “mrumph” the ones that stop at the corner get a full on “rarph.”
Up, caffeinated, and sheveled. Off ot heave. It’s currently 41 degrees Ferret Height(5.0 Centipedes), and we have the first FROST ADVISORY of the season.
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. YAWN 'Tis 43 Amurrkin out and mostly clear with a predicted high of 76 and cloudy. I have a doc/vampire appointment at eight-thirty a.m. It’s also laundry day. I know how to live it up, I do! There will, of course, be the usual RDOS sloth. Sup will be leftovers from last night cause we eat up leftovers.
Now I need more caffeine, but can’t feed rumbly tummy. Then I suppose I must purtify and don attire acceptable for bein’ amongst the great unwashed. Rah.
Awesome!
