At least it didn’t start waving its arms and saying “Danger, gotpasswords!”
How quaint…
Moooom: “Are you there yet? Are you there yet? Are you there yet?”
Breakfasted (leftover shepherd’s pie from last night) and caffeinated, and am about to go back to my book (1634: The Bavarian Crisis*). Only thing planned for today is getting the bins out to the curb this evening.
Lady SCAdian commented yesterday on how odd it was that she and our daughter were allowed to go inside to be with our cat when she was put to sleep last year, but if it had been a human family member they wouldn’t have been able to go in.
Let the sunshine! Let the sunshine in! Yep, the sun is out, and due to all the rain and wind, everything has that clean, scrubbed look. The wind was pretty strong last night, but since it reached almost 100 mph in my old WY town, I didn’t complain to any of those friends.
Taters, I’d be annoyed, too, after that experience. The now-ex and I once bought cheap furniture, and it didn’t hold up well. Cheap furniture is very expensive! I hope there’s a leather furniture sale somewhere near you and soon.
shoe, your comment on the photos cracked me up. I think Alice’s Restaurant was the first album I ever owned. I must have listened to it a hundred times. I have a letter from his mom, Marjorie Guthrie, that is one of my prized possessions.
gotti, glad you made it through OK. The day after my hysterectomy, the surgeon’s PA brought a photo album into my hospital room. I thought it was nice that she wanted to show me photos of her kids. She opened it and said, “So this is your uterus. As you can see…” Ew! Worst photo album ever! You could delight future guests by putting the 8x10 in a frame that says “Sweet Memories” and hanging it in your living room.
Mooooom, that’s a long trip on little sleep. Hope you get a nap in the car. Wave to Swampy as you go by.
EmilyG! Glad to see you back! (Sorry I can’t recall your new nickname. Brain like a sieve.) Hope Prep Day goes by swiftly.
Yup, real upholstery leather will not peel. It will accumulate character over the years. Stuff like shiny or dull spots from wear, nicks, scratches (keys hanging from a belt are good at this) but no peeling. Cheap and crappy “bonded leather” will peel like a bad sunburn.
I would have flat-out run from the building, probably through a wall, leaving a cartoonish hole. Good that I didn’t as the OR was on the fourth floor.
My husband was raised Quaker and I started going to meetings with him when we became an item. I was not raised Quaker, but our family has been Quaker for generations. It’s nice to meet a Quaker.
EmilyG good luck with the prep and the procedure. It’s not fun, but it’s necessary (says the woman who really needs to get hers over with)
Taters try Costco maybe? They usually have good things.
I was big into folk music in my early teens. I had the Tribute to Woody Guthrie concert albums (Parts 1 and 2), a Woody Guthrie album, had read Bound for Glory, was heavy into Alan Lomax recordings…the whole bit. Marjorie Guthrie was a guest on a local FM radio program, and I wrote her a letter telling her how her late husband’s music had influenced me. She was incredibly kind and not only wrote me back but sent me copies of articles on him and other nice things, and then later she sent me a holiday card (a sketch by WG on it) with a little personal note to me.
She was truly an extraordinary woman, a former dancer with the Martha Graham ballet and a tireless advocate for Huntington’s Disease. She put me on the mailing list of the nonprofit she founded–I’d have to dig up her letter to get the name, as it’s since become the Huntington’s Disease Society–and I got their newsletter for years. I’ll always be grateful to her for her kindness to young me.
Once a year I’m entitled to a free biometric screening that earns me a $100 Amazon gift card from my insurance provider. So a few weeks ago I took the self-assessment. Now I need to have blood drawn and go to my PCP for the assessment before the end of March. So I log into my insurance provider’s site and try to schedule a blood draw and get the form that I have to take into my PCP. I’m taken to a Quest Diagnostics page. I try to log in, but it says my username/password is incorrect. Blahblahblahblahblah, I enter the correct username and attempt to change my password. It won’t let me change my password because I can’t re-use a password. I don’t recall changing my password, so the password I’d been trying to log in with must have been the correct one. Right?
Anyway I wasted about 40 minutes on the phone. I’ll try to log in from home, since I have access to my current passwords on my Mac. And then apparently there’s a place at Quest where I can download the form.
I was big into folk music into my seventies…there’s a joke in there.
And she raised her son well. He also stays in touch with his fans, in a very authentic and genuine way. Arlo also got to learn at the knee of Pete Seeger, which was an incredible boon to not only folk music but also social justice around the world.
My living room smells like my daughter’s stinky feet and my neighbor’s muscle car. I’m trying to figure out which one smells worse and I’m having serious problems determining that. Anyone have some potpourri or air freshener?
And having two pairs of shoes so one pair can dry out completely before being worn again. Alternate days. Spread open the laces so lots of air circulates. I’ve been known to set teenager’s shoes out on the back porch or stoop to air out but that depends on your situation. If a raccoon might come and cart a shoe off that may not work.
Scholls I think, makes an insole that has activated charcoal which might help. Tiptoe ( smirk: ) around Amazon for some? CVS. Target. WallyWorld?
My preferred folk music was by trios, not soloists. The Chad Mitchell Trio was (and still is) number one, followed by the Kingston Trio and Peter, Paul & Mary. I was thirtyish when I discovered the Tannahill Weavers, and in my late 30s when I was introduced to the Corries.
Howdy Y’all! Laundry got laundered, I went over to the church house and got a quote for the HVAC, made a Sam’s run whilst over that way, had N.O.L., achieved nappage, and made sup which is now all et up. Fartfest anon. A bzzzy day for me! 'Tis N.O.S. out and < snerk > 69! < snerk > Amurrkin out.
MG Happy Colonoscopy Prep Day! I celebrated last month. If they give you pics of your innards, offer 8x10 glossies suitable for framin’ to all your friends and family. Once they get you in for the procedure and drug you, you won’t know anything has happened. You’ll wake up, be offered sump’n to drink, and encouraged to fart, which one must do before one can leave. Seriously, people will stand around and wait on you to do so.
Now I must go to youtube and listen to Alice’s Restaurant.
Let the sunshine! Let the sunshine in! Yep, the sun is out, and due to all the rain and wind, everything has that clean, scrubbed look. The wind was pretty strong last night, but since it reached almost 100 mph in my old WY town, I didn’t complain to any of those friends.
smirk: ) around Amazon for some? CVS. Target. WallyWorld?