Morning, mumpers! It’s currently 5c/40f with a predicted high of 7c/44f and cloudy. Weather app says “Oh good, it’s super fucking cloudy outside.”
For us, skips and dumpsters are two different things - skips are smaller and open, dumpsters are larger and have a lid. As long as my skip fires don’t become dumpster fires, all will be well. Love the idea of a dumpster fire ornament though!
Mollie you’re a good person for checking in on the recently divorced dad, he could probably do with some company and something to take his mind of his woes.
shoe two lots of adulting in the same day? Be careful, you’ll get a reputation!
Yesterday was a busy day for me, I had irk stuff to sort out and then popped to get a nightlight for Muffin, then went to the gym to pedal furiously and get nowhere. Went home to gather up the recycling and the kitchen scraps bags so I could haul the biiiiiig bin and carry the little bin to the kerb for today’s collection.
I was up before the alarm went off as I was woken up by the noise of the dustcart coming by, so got up and tended to the needs to cats before venturing outside to haul the biiiig bin back to where it lives, and bring the kitchen caddy in for a quick clean up before that got returned to its weekday home.
I’ve done some irk, had an emergency call with Troublesome Minion which means I now need to have a chat with New Manager. I’ve also been out of the house again, this time I went to the local pharmacy for my flu shot. 'im indoors is going to the clinic for a blood draw this morning too, then he’ll be off into town to procure yummy Indian food for lunch. I have to prepare campus food later, and then also go to the gym. Busy, busy, busy!
My day will mimic swampys somewhat. I’ve put some articles of clothing to soak for a bit then shall commence laundry. This afternoon I have the Dermatologist appt to remove the rest of the basel cell C from my arm.
Daughter emailed her Christmas wish list to me last night complete with links. However, I wasn’t sure how to order some of the items, color wasn’t provided and I’ve never done Etsy. So, I texted DG this morning shortly after 6am and asked if she had time for a short phone call. She called immediately. She & I are early bird risers while Daughter and Hubs would sleep or at least stay in bed until noon if they could. DG is coming over tomorrow to cut the lawn for the last time so she will help me with Daughter’s wish list then.
Seems there was something else I wanted to share but not remembering just now. So, enjoy your Twoesday!
Only 38 Ferrets this morning!! I guess I need to start thinking about bringing plants in for the season. As in where am I going to put 6 pots?? The croton will go on the tea cart next to me and I think I can put one of the smaller spider plants on the bottom shelf of the same cart, but that leaves 4 more spiders to distribute. At least I have more options since I no longer have to worry about Taz eating the leaves and horking them up all over the place. The main issue is finding enough places that will get light but that won’t block daily living. 'Tis a challenge.
Food Lion just posted their weekly ad that goes into effect next week. Turkey for 39¢/lb with $30 purchase - that’ll be easy to meet. And ribs for $1.99/lb - it’s like they did a mind meld with me! So I’ll head over there tomorrow in the hopes of snagging a couple of smaller birds.
They’ve started their Food Lion Feeds campaign - you can buy and donate a $6 box of food - canned goods, boxed mac-n-cheese, and (I think) some pasta. I got 2 boxes last week, and I may do a couple more. The store in Leonardtown was nearly out of them last time I was there. That was nice to see.
I ran the dishwasher last night, so one of today’s chores will be emptying it. FCD said he’ll need my help in the shop for a bit today. Plus when I was there yesterday, I noticed a desperate need for sweeping - I’ll tend to that also. Not sure what else is on tap, so it’s an adventure into the unknown!
And it will begin after I finish my morning reading and get showered and dressed… eventually.
I never played Uno as a kid, but I agree with this hope. Playing cards is a great activity when getting together with different ages. I grew up playing Pinochle and Euchre and then married a non-card player, much to my mother’s disappointment. Hubby’s card playing ended with Go Fish. Maybe I can convince him to play Uno.
After breakfast I started lunch, which was chicken chimichangas[1] in the oven. Softened the onions, added the tomatoes, poached the chicken, shredded the chicken, and then started assembly. After the third tortilla, I found a moldy spot. I looked through the rest of the package, and saw that the small moldy spot was on the next 4 tortillas and got bigger. So I stopped what I was doing, walked to the grocery store and grabbed another package of the corn/wheat tortillas and a package of plain flour tortillas. Opened the corn/wheat tortillas, and didn’t find any mold, so I rewrapped the first three chimichangas, and threw out those tortillas, and then assembled the remainder.
Tasted good, and I put ¾ of the recipe in the freezer. I should send a complaint to the store, but I think it’s actually the manufacturer - it’s not the first time that I’ve found mold in a newly opened package.
Supposed to be with flour tortillas, but hubby wanted corn/wheat tortillas, which I also prefer. ↩︎
Good morning! The other day, I chipped a tooth somehow. I have a 10 am appt with the dentist, so the doc can have a look at it. It’s hard to tell, because the tongue makes any detail seem larger than it is.
So, I have a time squeeze. I’ll talk to you later.
It’s dark, very soggy, and 50F outside. We’re in the middle of another atmospheric river and it’ll reach 57F for the daytime high. It’s supposed to rain all day, so both the pups will be doing their Princess Pretty Paws act and not wanting to go outside.
Nellie, I do not have any large trees in my yard, either front or back. My lot is only around 7500 square feet. However, the neighbor behind me has very large hazelnut, cherry, apple, bigleaf maple, and fir trees along the fence line. The neighbor to my right also has some larger trees. As a result, I get all the leaves, fir needles, and branches. I love the privacy those trees provide in the summer, but I’m not a fan of the winter mess, and I have a serious love/hate relationship with that big fir. It creates the biggest mess, and I worry it will fall on my house in every windstorm. Its root flare has messed up my fence, too. I already had to move my fence once because of it, but this time I’m not giving up yard; I’ll have the fence guys cut space between the boards to allow for the root flare. I pay taxes on that land, and I’m not ceding any more. Unfortunately, the people behind me never really take care of the yard or trees. I hear them whizzing around on their riding mower every now and then. That blade must be torn to hell because they run over everything, and you hear huge thunks and crunches when they mow.
Metal Mouse, I know you enjoy your soccer activities, but the break must be nice.
My parents specifically chose my name because it couldn’t be shortened to a nickname. It’s a rather old-fashioned name nowadays, too. Remember the little license-plate things in gift shops with names on them? I never ONCE found my name. I didn’t run into anyone with my name until adulthood, and that person was 20 years older than me and spelled it differently.
Well, one of us will have to leave the house today to get something for dinner. I may just cave and order delivery from Costco. I haven’t fully decided yet. We’re out of snacks, yogurt, bread, and fruit, and I only have one package of meat in the freezer. The dogs are set, of course.
I suppose I’d better wrap this up and finish loading the dishwasher so I can run it.
He already loves card games - I play a few with him. And Daughter says he knows how to play UNO. His biggest problem is learning how to lose graciously. He wants to WIN all the time. Sorry, kid, life ain’t like that. But he’s learning.
Ice maker is making ice because someone used it all up and didn’t make more. And someone is still abed at 9:15 so I’m still in robe and slippers - oh, the tragedy!!
I had some time so I went back to last week to read a little more of what I missed:
But that would mean Mark would no longer be dancing!!! While I liked/voted for Julia, I’d much rather watch Mark dance than Julia. My wish is that Mark and Derek do another dance together.
Con-ga-rats!!! and to Swampy as well!
hippie I was glad that Sunflower was there to help you out of the recliner and that she quickly diagnosed what outlet was causing the problem. Good thing you are a retired electrician and were able to acquire the appropriate replacement and get it installed in 15 minutes.
My sister offered a recliner like yours back about 2-1/2 years ago shortly after Hubs came home from the hospital after his stem cell transplant. We didn’t have a way to get it to our house but your post reminded me of it and I’m very pleased to say that Hubs is pretty much back to his old self before he got the MDS diagnosis, except for his energy level not quite back.
Hubs brought in the remaining green tomatoes and put them in a paper bag down in the basement 2 days ago as the nighttime temps were going down to 34F. I think he also dug up the calla lily bulbs.
Now I should go down to the basement and start the laundry. Back atcha later
Good morning. Last night was the parent meeting for the new Band Trip, the county having cancelled the one to London. We’ll be playing a couple of concerts at Universal in Orlando this June. I would like to go[1], but I do not think I’ll be chaperoning this time. Come June, the way things are progressing, it’ll be pretty obvious something is up with me. Mrs Magill and I both agree that the last thing the Band Directors need is some little, petty busybody to make a complaint to the county about how they allowed a trans chaperone, and now their precious snowflake thinks it’s okay. Am I a little disappointed? Yes, but the logic is sound. Ms G did tell me that she’s heard about The Hat and wanted to see it in action. I had to make non-committal noises.
Dinner last night was Instant Pot risotto, which is always yummy.
Oh yeah - I remembered to take a picture of Chloé in her pajamas.
Pup is keeping you safe.
My sister and I used to play gin all the time, and in college, I played A LOT of spades. I didn’t win very much, because my usual partner had a very bad habit of sandbagging.
Mrs Magill and I went to Universal together while we were dating. ↩︎
Good morning all. Slept in until nearly 7:30am today so well-rested and will shortly prepare myself to head over to the Drs. office and try making an appointment in-person since my on-line appointment was rejected. Then see about getting a room at the Park and Rec Building for my soccer team, didn’t have a chance to say goodbye properly or give them the chance to paint my beard, so want to do that and room rental is pretty cheap. Another nice day, 62F heading to 72 later and no rain, so might spend some time outside. Otherwise just the usual RDOS activities.
VanGo, hope the stuff arrives today from the female warrior place.
boo fae, enjoy the busy day.
Cat Glove, happy basal cell removal! And DG is a friend indeed!
FCM, so Otis doesn’t fool with the plants? Guess he has some good points… And best wishes on the shopping, hope it’s not too picked over.
Dicey, I remember being taught Euchre fairly young, but haven’t played it in 50 years so doubt I remember anything. Did learn poker as a child and that stuck with me, however…
Knots, hope the dentist can help with the chipped tooth.
Taters, Yeah, the break is nice, but do have to plan things to do in the extra time I have to myself.
Mollie, have to reluctantly agree that not going on the Band trip is probably your best option, wish it wasn’t but the world hasn’t moved that far. And lovely Chloé pic!
And time to get a little active and do the things I said above, along with maybe a trip to the Mal-Wart. Have a good 2sDay all.
Regarding card playing - I don’t like it. I don’t have a strategic brain, so unless it’s something easy like War or maybe Go Fish, I pretty much suck at it, so it’s not fun. I used to play Hearts and Spades when I was in the Navy during lunch breaks, but I wasn’t very good at it. FCD’s family loves Euchre and I played with them a few times, but just didn’t enjoy it.
Scrabble is more to my liking, but it’s no fun when your opponent can’t get past 3 and 4 letter words. I like Trivia also, provided that’s not a heavy emphasis on sports or current celebs. Forget Chess or Poker or any board game that requires planning 37 moves ahead.
Anyway, I swept the shop and changed the trash bag. The ice maker is still running. I still need to empty the dishwasher, and when FCD gets back from the boat, I need to go to Aldi. Or maybe we can survive till I do my big shop tomorrow?? Must think on it.
So I don’t know what happened to yesterday. I had all kinds of plans and the only thing I got done was stitching. Now my shoulder hurts and I’m grumpy about it. I had two main reasons for having the surgery: so I could stitch all day and sleep on my right side all night. Neither of those things have happened yet and tomorrow will be week 20 of the 26 expected for full recovery.
Today dawned foggy and hovering around freezing, and my Dahlias haven’t fallen over yet. It is going to get up around 70 today which will further confuse the poor thing. My feed is full of people sharing pics of their tubers while explaining how they were fed. I’m glad I didn’t pay a lot of money for mine, the poor thing is probably doomed.
The very disappointing firefly petunias gave up the ghost last week. I’m really happy I didn’t pay money for them, they were a big disappointment. I could see a white “glow” when I looked at them after dark but wasn’t ever convinced it wasn’t just the moonlight shining on the snow white petals.
I’ve done everything I needed to do today except deal with dinner. And iron, but ironing will hurt my shoulder and I want to save myself for stitching. I have a new kit on the way and I need to finish at least one of my UnFinished Objects.
Poor Mom was great at Scrabble and I was such an unworthy opponent. She would drop so many hints at me that went right over my head because I had five vowels on my stick and no clue what to do with them.
I used to be able to put one of those huge packages in the freezer and then pry a couple off when needed, but the tortillas we get here are different and they go to mush when they are thawing. I’m probably going to have to start making my own again. They were good even if they were always football shaped.
I’ve been talking to TC friend a lot lately. Her home wasn’t damaged, but she works on a ranch and says they lost a lot of outbuildings and fences so are working overtime to be able to shelter their livestock again.
Bright Tree, I hope your folks came out unscathed, the pictures I’ve been seeing of northern AZ are not promising. They got nailed down south as well but not as bad as long as you ignore all of the roofless homes in Phx.
My shoulders starting to ache again, so I’m going to go do my exercises and then see if I can stitch for a while. Hubs is on his bike and the cats are snoozing, so there’s no better time.
Afternoon here and have done all my errands. Have a room at the Park and Rec for next Tuesday to meet with the soccer team, spent some money at the Mal-Wart for window insulation and, on a whim, bought a foot bath and some Epsom salts, so will have to try them out. Drs. Office didn’t explain why the system didn’t give me the appointment I wanted but they booked me for the same day but 35 minutes later. So probably will be off to the gym here in a bit for the daily sweatage and then will empty all the soccer stuff out of the back of my car until next season.
The day went weirdly well. I’m sure the FUBAR Fairy will be back at it tomorrow. I’m having a pork tenderloin, egg, and Stilton sandwich on an Asiago bagel for lunch.
Are there non-emergency calls?
If it’s in in-date, unopened pacakges, then either the manufacturer has a cleaning issue, or they are making the tortillas with huitlacoche
Bart Simpson feels your pain
On the other hand, I have 8 Chrises at work.
Poo. Hope it speeds up.
The solution would be to stuff busybody in Walt Disney’s cryo chamber, and let the precious snowflake be unbothered, but I guess committing a felony might not be up your alley. But it sucks it’s ruining the trip for you. {{{{Mollie}}}}
A nice quiet morning! I see sun poking through the clouds, it stopped raining last night, we currently have 60Ferrets up from 58F and will top out at 68F. Very warm weather for this time of year.
Twenty-five, my friend.
The day can only get worse from here, eh? I hope you get a chance to play with your markers soon!
That’s the nearest town to the west of me. It’s a quick drive over to the coast. You lived in a gorgeous place!
More beautiful cards, red! And I hope you stayed dry while taking Nelson for his evening constitutional.
metal mouse, I know it’s a mixed bag visiting your brother and his family, but it’s nice you’ll be able to spend the holiday with them. Staying at the Holiday Inn Express is a good coping tactic. Hope getting the doctor’s appointment today goes better than the online option! And I see from your later post that all has worked out fine. Yaayy!!
VanGo, may the items you require to fix the exhibit arrive today without further drama. How frustrating.
BooFae, you are very busy! I don’t know how you keep up with it all! Nicely done, though.
Cat Glove, I hope all goes well with the basal cell carcinoma removal from your arm. I’m glad DG will be able to help with mowing and the gift wish list from your daughter.
FCM, sounds like the T-Day menu is coming right along. It’s nice to be able to help with the donated food boxes, isn’t it? I buy at least one every time I go to my local Safeway during the season. It’s a little thing for me, but maybe very huge to the recipients.
Safe driving, Lily!
dicey, very annoying about the moldy tortillas. I’ve been lucky, I guess. My tortillas have all been fresh. I think. Maybe I’m just not very observant! Like JtC, I freeze them unless I intend to use them right away, and that seems to work. Your chicken chimichangas sound wonderful!
Arrgghhh about the chipped tooth, Knot. Fortunately, the repairs are usually without drama and quick. Hope that’s the case for you.
With your weather today, taters, it sounds like a good day to stay inside and be cozy with an order delivery from Costco.
Mollie/Thea, yeah, good decision to give chaperoning a miss this year. You and your family don’t need the nastiness that might come. I’m sorry you will have to miss an event that gives you pleasure. Chloé is, as ever, adorable. If I tried to kit Ollie out in anything like that, it would be torn into shreds in milliseconds – even if he was more comfortable in it!
At least you’re honest about it! I have the same problem with one of my drills, so I’ll try the channel locks hack and report back. Someday.
I imagine the rest of your recovery will be frustratingly gradual. I do hope it will happen as you want. At least you had a full day of stitching yesterday, and that’s miles ahead of where you started out right after surgery!
Reminds me of a terrific Canadian comic, Ron James, who did a bit about this dilemma. He said he would try to convince his opponent that E-O-I-A-Y was a type of Hawaiian fish.
I have no idea, I’m afraid. I’ve dropped my stepmom a couple of texts that have had no response, but that’s not unusual. She just had cataract surgery, so she may not be keeping up with those sorts of communications. I haven’t heard anything bad and I am their emergency contact, so I guess all is ok. I plan to call her today since she hasn’t responded to the texts. And I was gobsmacked at what happened to Sedona! I have friends there I need to check on, though they are situated quite high up, so I expect they managed all right.
Glad you had a reasonably untroubled day at work, doggio! Savor it, because as you point out, SNAFU will likely reign tomorrow. And you just reminded me I was planning to make bagels today. I guess I’ll plan to make them toward the end of the week instead.
Back in the years when I lived in miserable-cold Montana, playing cards was a good way to pass the time during the long winters. I learned to play partners Pinochle and loved it. It’s hard to get a foursome together these days, but I still occasionally try. I love that there is skill involved, but also a lot of uncertainty due to chance. Poker is fun, too, but only if it’s penny ante.
I have not been productive today. Yet. Other than giving the kitchen a scrub, airing out Ollie and feeding him, I’ve had a quiet morning. For this afternoon, I will clean my car and give Ollie a bath. I need to wash the throws in the family room where we spend most of our time, too. Maybe even some roll-sucking. But let’s not push it (except the roll sucker!).
Time for breakfast. A banana with some yogurt, I think.
It’s been decades since I’ve last committed a felony, maybe it’s time…
Mrs Magill has just been RIF’d. She’s a little ticked right now. She has a generous severance and we’ve got benefits through the new year. She’s going to take a couple of days off and decompress. Nearly everyone she’s spoken with has been floored and her former manager (who refused to do the meeting to force the decision maker to do the deed) is now scrambling to find people who can take her myriad projects and roles. As she’s just said, “They just fucked around, and now they’ll find out.”
Like JtC, I freeze them unless I intend to use them right away, and that seems to work. Your chicken chimichangas sound wonderful!
If I tried to kit Ollie out in anything like that, it would be torn into shreds in milliseconds – even if he was more comfortable in it!
And you just reminded me I was planning to make bagels today. I guess I’ll plan to make them toward the end of the week instead.