What's Your Favorite Ice Cream Cone? - An Inappropriate Winter MMP

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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Howdy Y’all! Laundry got laundered and put where it stays until it gets dirty again. We each got a postcard in the mail from Great Clips for discount haircuts. This inspired us to go get shorn and since the Pubic Sto’ is in the same shoppin’ center, we procured provisions and got fried chikin dinners for sup. Thus tomorrow we can spend the day bein’ RDOS slugs as is our wont. Tomorrow’s sup will be what was planned for today. We live such fascinatin’ lives!

I thought about sump’n today due to this week’s theme. UGA has a wonderful creamery that makes its own ice cream. I loved to go there back in the day. Auburn University also has a wonderful creamery. Ye Olde Hometowne is about forty miles from Auburn. Sometimes the ‘rents would pile us the car on a Sunday afternoon and we’d go there for ice cream. I think all cow kolledges probably have a creamery. OK, thus ends the trip down memory lane.

Maus happy doperversary!

VanGo Ms. Peach does need a toy box so she can have a place to store her shredded napkins.

Lily and everyone in the flood area, please be safe and careful. Hope the rain stops soonest so the waters can recede.

JtC tiramisu coffee pods are a good reason to keep him around. Yum!

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And a late afternoon check-in, after exercising body and brain this afternoon. Will shortly fix the usual Mac-n-Cheese for dinner and then decide what will be the late-night snackage. Temperature is about 41F but will stay above freezing tonight and get close to 60F tomorrow, so there is that to look forward too.

Taters, hope the rib roast got ordered, the laundry knocked out, and hoovering done.

FCM, enjoy the grands next week.

doggio, interesting info on the loading…micro-economics can add up, we’ll see how busy it gets the rest of the week.

Cookie, hope the running water was something innocuous,

Nut, that does not sound like a smart move by management (so what else is new) and hope your friend can work it out.

Maus 8 minute staff meeting? You may qualify for the Guinness Book of Records.

JtC, can you slip the Card/Money in a plastic sandwich bag or something like it? That should keep things dry.

VanGo, puppeh likes to play.

swampy, sounds like you were fairly active today…now, don’t be overdoing it…

And time to get dinner started.

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No idea. It finally stopped, so that’s good.

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I had covered trash baskets in my last place, but Nelson has never shown an interest, so they went. The kitchen trash is covered, but even when I’ve not had pets, that’s been the case. Besides, the little guy can’t reach.

Considering the demographics in your complex, something that someone is less likely to trip over is a smart move. Hope you don’t get rained on.

And she still won’t be able to find it to put away her toys. :stuck_out_tongue:

A running source of amusement for me since I’ve been in rehab is to read the menu printout (comes with each meal) before lifting the cover. Breakfast is usually pretty spot on, but lunch and supper rarely are. Tonight’s menu lists beef stew, breaded vegetables, sweet potato pie, cornbread and iced tea. What was on the tray was spaghetti with meat sauce, breaded vegetables, peanut butter pie, a roll and iced tea. :stuck_out_tongue:

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True enough, but it’s also an extremely high traffic area leading to the laundry area, housekeeping and the exercise room, so it gets grungy and worn pretty quickly.

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  I think Terri has told us that Buddy’s ear was tipped when she first became aware of him, somewhen around 2015 to 2017.

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I keep wanting to read the thread title as ‘What’s Your Favorite Ice Cream clone?’ Maybe that could be the title of next week’s MMP?

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It’s sports. Nothing broke so he’ll get better.

My family’s genes makes us not have much flexibility so we can get injured a little easier than other people. He has to watch that. He stretches out but he’s not as flexible as some of his teammates.

My kids don’t get it either. Which only means that no one steals mine!

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Up from naptime. Having chicken burritos with a Manhattan for dinner tonight.

We should celebrate with a Fifth!

From multiple experiences, if it stops and you’re not wet, it’s all good.

8 minutes? You must have died and gone to The Good Place.

I never think to buy that. Which is weird, because the only thing better than ice cream is ice cream with chocolate(or coffee)

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Mrs. L.A. was kind of ‘Meh,’ about dinner. She’s got half of a grilled cheese sandwich I made her at zero-dark-thirty (01:30?) after picking her up at the airport this morning, but she hasn’t eaten it. I didn’t know what I wanted/didn’t want to bother, so I had three slices of salami with sweet-hot mustard, four dilly beans, two nice slices of Gouda, five blue cheese-stuffed olives, and some ‘smokehouse’ almonds (from Trader Joe’s). And some cheap plonk.

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And your roof hasn’t caved in, so that is a win…

Well, they did get the veggies and iced tea right…

And that’s all the ambition I have tonight. Take care and I’ll catch up with y’all on Hump Day.

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Ugghh. Poor Lucrezia D. Hellcatt, and poor you! She was a cat who was dedicated to staying warm, obviously.

metal mouse, well done to you on weight maintenance – that’s hard! You’re a true inspiration. :slight_smile:

nettie, Ollie barks at all the dogs on the tee vee. If I put him down to get a closer look, he runs into the other room to get “behind” them. His bewilderment at finding nothing there never fails to amuse, and he never figures out there are no dogs there. :smiley:

sensei, I hope SenBoy heals up quickly.

Van Go, we’ll have to trade information on sturdy chew toys. I buy new Kongs for Ollie about every 2 months. The super strong black ones. Body of a dachshund, mouth of a Doberman.

nellie! So nice to see you! Glad you got out of jury duty and are free for the foreseeable future. Also, wonderful news about the departed neighbor! And third time’s the charm, terrific news about your eyes! I think you’re on a roll, and I’ll hope back issues are met with equally good news.

boo fae, best wishes getting 'im indoors to catch up on his Honey Do list. I’ll bet he will. Hope this was a non-stressful day for you. You do seem to have this work/life balance thing aced, that’s sure. :slight_smile:

sticky, I hope you warmed up today!

swampy, I want your dinner from last night. Mine is just a cup of Minestrone soup, thawed from some I made a few weeks ago. And a few crackers. The ice cream from the cow colleges sounds wonderful. Where I live, we have a local dairy that supplies very superior products to its own little chain of convenience stores (limited to our area). I do like their ice cream. It’s worth making the extra stop. Also for their milk, which is so fresh it lasts for a month without curdling. Local dairies are a disappearing pleasure, I fear.

FCM, Ollie is always, always crated when I leave home. I try not to leave him for more than 4-5 hours, but the potential for destruction when left to his own devices is 100%. Sounds like Otis is cut from the same cloth. My last little boy was so, so good – I would leave him on the sofa and he wouldn’t budge. I always left him a couple of toys, but he was content to just snooze until I got home, usually. So Ollie is a big change from what I’m used to. Otis is obviously not Higgs, either. Glad he’s learning his boundaries with Ziva, at least.

knots, Ollie is under 3 years old. He’s already destroyed at least ten “indestructible” Kong toys. Your dog sounds normal!

red, the mint chocolate chip ice cream where I am is always peppermint flavored. Spearmint just sounds so wrong! Peanut butter pie sounds pretty good, though. :smiley:

coppertone, hope the grocery shopping went well.

Maus, Ollie loves his crate, fortunately. It’s his safe space and at bed time (9:30 p.m. sharp, and he is sure to let me know!), he will crate himself. I hope Chloé acclimates in a similar way. Your advent calendars sound fun. :slight_smile:

taters, please stay extra safe with this nutty weather we’re having here in the PNW! The storm that’s hitting you tonight is headed for my neck of the woods on Thursday. I worry less about the rain and more about the wind. Ready for extended power outages and hope that’s the least of it. And it’s so thoughtful of you to bring holiday goodies to your former office mates.

cookie, glad the running water mystery is resolved. However that happened. :grimacing: Sometimes best to not inquire too closely.

lily, enjoy the pfeffernüsse. Yum! You and your lovely wife stay safe, too, please!

JtC, I hope you get distracted again by a shiny needlepoint project. I love hearing about and seeing your stitching projects!

I wonder, what would be an ice cream clone?

A very mellow day at home today. I slept in, accidentally missed a nail appointment for Ollie and had to reschedule for tomorrow morning. Weather continues too warm and wet – but as mentioned, I’m getting taters’s super stormy weather on Thursday. I’m as ready as I can be and will keep fingers crossed that a tree doesn’t fall over on the house.

Tweaked back is fine today, only a little tender. < whew >

It’s a quiet week with clients as they are preoccupied with the holidays. It will get busier again soon, so I’ll enjoy this respite.

In addition to all of Ollie’s other issues, he suffers from defective anal glands. (Thankfully, he’s not a butt scooter, but it’s obvious when things are amiss.) I’m game to handle lots of Google Veterinarian tasks, but not this one. I worry I could hurt him. Consequently, Ollie gets his butt professionally looked after about once a month.

I asked, and the vet said more fiber in his diet would help. So for a few months I’ve added pumpkin puree and chopped green beans to his regular food. It helped some, but he was still suffering. Over the last week, I’ve added a teaspoon of psyllium husk to each meal. Magical! He’s no longer worrying at his hind end at all. If I can get his professional visits down to even half, I’ll consider it a win for us all. If it solves it completely, I’ll be overjoyed!

This is your TMI portion of MMP reports for this evening. 'Night, all.

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I never thought “don’t monch the carpet” would be a thing I had to say.

The late grate Cinnamon would do the same. He didn’t do that from the start. One snowy stay at home day I watched “Bolt”, yeah that stupid kid’s movie with I think Travolta as the star. Cin hated it, and for the next 15 years barked at dogs, or most any animal, on TV.

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When I was a kid, there was a Dairy Queen just down the street from our house. I just adored their wide, short “cones” (which weren’t really cones at all) filled with their signature soft ice cream. You could also get it chocolate-covered. It always amazed little me that they did it by holding the ice cream cone upside down and dipping it into a container of melted chocolate, and magically there it would be, covered in a thin layer of solidified chocolate! They also made great sundaes, and the greatest of them all was the glorious banana split! Little me just worshipped that Dairy Queen!

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Up, caffeinated, and sheveled. Off to heave. It’s a balmy 42 degrees Ferret Height(5.56 Centipedes)

At least Ms. Peach hasn’t knawed a divot in the drywall. Yet.

She once crawled into a fake fire, so she was merely flame obsessed.

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Morning, mumpers! It’s currently 6c/42f with a predicted high of 11c/52f and a chance of rain. Weather app says “You’ve got to be fucking kidding me. What’s up with the fucking rain?” Well, the rain’s coming down, that’s what’s up with it.

Happy Doperversary! We usually have a small turkey and a smoked gammon joint that will last us several days. Christmas food shopping will probably happen on Monday or Tuesday next week, so it depends what the supermarket’s got in the freezer at that point. No turkey? No problem! We’ll have chicken, or maybe beef, or even lamb.

Nut that does not sound like a good plan at all, nor the right time for your friend to even be thinking about that kind of travel. I hope someone talks sense into everyone. And happy Doperversary!

Lily I hope everyone in the flood zone stays safe and there’s no more bad news :frowning:

That’s good news, no butt issues and less itching…sounds like Ollie’s doing fine!

Nothing of any excitement here today. I’m working at home as it’s the College “festive event” today, I’ve been to the last two and was not impressed either time so I opted out and also decided that since the office would be closed this afternoon anyway, there was no point trekking to campus.

Little Paws HQ is getting a pallet of cat litter delivered today at some point, I’m not sure whether it’s going to our Fearless Leader’s house, or our partner pet store. I did say I was around to help with it so I need to message her and find out what’s happening. I also need to do some campus food for the next two days, and I’m out with my friends tonight so I have to be back home in time for them. I need a strong cup of tea next!

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Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. YAWN ‘Tis 38 Amurrkin out and cloudy with a predicted high of 64 and cloudy. TWPTB say rain will move in overnight. We shall see. We will be our usual RDOS hermit selves today. Inactivities will be accomplished. Does one accomplish inactivities? There should be a study on that. Sup will be what was goin’ to be yestiddy.

Bright Tree I am old enough to remember local coop dairies. The local one in Ye Olde Home Towne had great ice cream and nummy milkshakes. They were even open on Sunday, which was almost unheard of back then. Sometimes on Sattidy after the movies, when I didn’t have my pesky younger sis and bro with me, I would walk down to the coop with friends for a milkshake if I had enough money left. We used to walk or bike all over town. Can’t imagine that happenin’ these days.

Nuts Happy Doperversary!

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

Happy Hump Day Y’all!

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Wednesday onwards!

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Out of context, this sounds positively gruesome!! :open_mouth:

Higgs was like that - she was never a destructor! Tho as an old lady, she lacked the drive and energy to tear anything up in her last years. She was a good girl.

Speaking of old ladies, I notice when I pet Ziva, I feel prominent bones under the fluff. I guess that’s not unusual at 17 - tho I’ve never had a kitteh that old. She seems healthy enough, but every day, I look for her. When we first moved here, I was the one to find our cat curled up and dead under our bed, and he had the decency to be within easy reach…

And speaking of tough dog toys - HAH!! Otis managed to tear the cover off a super-tough rubber bone. I half expect to find neon green bits in his poo, tho I think I retrieved most of the fabric and tossed it. I hope the mega-tough toys I ordered get here soon. He even manages to chew antlers till they’re small enough that I take them away. Heaven help me if he ever decides to turn on me…

Frozen yogurt?

We’re starting at 27 Ferrets and are promised 52 and sun this afternoon, then rain overnight. I may take Otis out for a walk to run off some of his Zoomies.

Today’s paint adventure will be bringing the nav boards upstairs and scraping Cetol out of the letters, then touching them up with white paint. It’s tedious, but I can do it sitting down so there’s that.

Weird night - I fell asleep around 11 or so, woke to a demanding bladder at 4 and was up about an hour, then fell back to sleep till after 7. I was having strange dreams, but couldn’t remember them - just woke with a semi-disturbed feeling. My brain is messing with me.

First chore will be a run to Food Lion - they’ve got cokes and cukes on sale, plus FCD needs 'nanners. I know I don’t need any meat products - the freezer is full of turkey, ham, chicken, fish, poke, beef - I think we’re good for a long time. Anyway, once I finish reading, I’ll hit the shower then head out for grocerying with a stop at the credit union to deposit the check we got from our electric co-op for doing energy savings this past summer.

Oh, and apparently 'tis the season to work on “male enhancement” judging by my spam folder. It seems the goal is 16" - I can’t speak for womanhood, but if I saw 16" coming at me, I would not be impressed or excited. I’m pretty sure I’d be leaving. :scream:

And on that note, I shall finish my morning surfage. Happy Wednesday!!

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There was a spike in temperature yesterday. We went from subzero to 40s. I’m wondering if what we were hearing was thawing ice going down a downspout from the roof.

Going out to dinner later with some other geezers and then enduring a drive to see Christmas lights. I say ‘enduring’ because the seats in that van are really uncomfortable and my back is going to be screaming for two days. Also, there is some sort of shading material over most of the windows, so unless we’re in the front two rows, most of what we see will be blurry. Humbug, I say!

Gotta make my last batch of cookies today, as the wife’s niece is coming over tomorrow to help make the kruschiki cookies.

A woman from McPhail (an odd name for a school) came over yesterday to play some Christmas music. I went because she was billed as a jazz pianist. She did play some Vince Guaraldi, so that was good, but she played all of it pretty straight up without any improvisation. I’m not sure one can call that ‘jazz’, but it was fine.