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Thank you, but I’m not feeling bad. That is the problem, I feel just fine and I’m wearing a half of a straight jacket and cannot do anything. My big achievement for the day was to spoon ingredients (that Hubs prepared) onto a tortilla and roll a burrito. Go me.

I am feeling better every day now and know that this is a half year deal. Which sucks because there’s not really any way to rush it, muscle was detached from bone and needs time to grow back together without stress.

Does your museum have a webpage that you might share? I’d love to see your creations, they sound so creative. (So, how are you getting the flying germs to stick to the inside of the nose? Big gobs of rubber cement?)

Be sure that it cannot be moved. We once experimented with fish and one of the cats shoved the tank off the table while they were trying to get in through the lid.

Fingers crossed for you.

Thanks so much. You get it, its only a day and it doesn’t hurt or anything but so disappointed to learn that I have to wait.

Unless our BBBoo gives me permission. Problem is that I don’t think she’s the sort to fall for my puppy dawg eyes and probably couldn’t be bribed with promises of future cookies.

So it was lovely today for us RDOS sorts. It poured and then sunshined and poured and repeated. We’ve had an inch and a half of magical sky water fall and are on flood watch until Monday. That’s when the rain is supposed to stop.

I decided I don’t like vaping (won’t toss the carts, I’ll just save them for when I want to be a little discrete - flower reeks) so Hubs took me to the dispensary. I was able to get myself out of the car, but I cannot put my seatbelt on by myself yet.

Now that I know how “easy” this has been, I’m re-thinking having my hip replaced. It would be so nice to be able to walk without pain again.

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Evening all. Guess it is true that you can’t go home again. Got lost, couldn’t find the building I worked in or the place I lived. The soccer park is 3 times larger than it was in my day. After all, it has been over 35 years since I left here. No rush tomorrow, will fill up gas tank and ease on up the road, if I make good time may see if I can find my house in the Ft. Wayne area. Probably won’t recognize it either.

And can’t get my laptop to operate, it says I tried my password too often and it’s locked out, and I could not get the Internet to work to try and solve it so it’ll sit hidden in my car for the duration. Hardly ever use it anyway.

Still reading all and hang in there.

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Up from naptime. Having a Mai Tai, Smoked Paprika Chicken(kicked up with cayenne pepper), cheesy **N.O.T.**s, and lime cilantro corn.

I just dreamed I had a pet grizzly. Not sure he’s getting along with the dream pet dwarf Allosaurus.

Denise? :wink:
Congrats, though.

Yeah. I’ve seen gardens around her with electrified fences worthy of a Federal Supermax prison.

Chainsaw.

{{{{Koritza and rocker}}}}

Silly and educational is good.

Are you gonna make a Big Giant Head eventually?

{{{{JtC}}}}

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They claim they fixed it. Still drips. Stress.
The cat man is visiting fam for the weekend and I am to feed them. The cats, not his fam.
Maintenance doesnt work again til Monday.

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cookie good on you & Mrs. Chefguy for getting your covid shots but sorry that you had a neophyte administer them. Hopefully Mrs. Chefguy does not have an adverse reaction.

Thanks! I did have a great one. Slept for 3 hrs and woke feeling so much better.
While I was sleeping Hubs changed out our microwave; the power level had started getting lower and lower. Our daughter had brought the microwave she had bought at her last apartment in Chicago to Michigan but the house she is renting already had one so she gave it to us. So Hubs installed that one and together we took the old one out to the curb. Hubs thinks one of the scrappers will pick it up. Hubs had previously dragged the 2 yard waste cans and then rolled the recycling bin to the curb.
Hubs went to the Thai restaurant and picked up a carryout with pork and a lot of veggies. I think he picked out that particular option since it had the little teeny corns. Pretty good but Hubs forgot to say MILD. Good thing I had a big glass of cold water on hand.
So sorry about the demise of the chickens. :slightly_frowning_face:

red yay for a quick and painless blood draw

Metal Mouse thanks for checking in. hope you enjoyed the old haunts. oops, now I’ve read further and see that you either couldn’t find or didn’t recognize them. Indianapolis is one of my favorite towns; had some great times there at the Big Ten Tourney and particularly in April 2000 when we beat first Wisconsin in the Final Four then Florida for the National Championship.

JtC it’s wonderful to see you being so verbose; I’m taking it as a sign that your pain has significantly lessened. As far as bribing BBBooo, I happen to know that she is a toffee devotee

well, it’s good the baby wasn’t a boy otherwise you’d be suggesting Denephew. :grin:

Sleep well friends, when you wake up it’ll be TGIF.

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Yebbut, my purse is cute.

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Bay Breeze tonight. :slight_smile: I had two negronis, and the rockfish.

I have to go to irk an hour early tomorrow. So I’ll skip my walk. Thinking of cooking a cube steak/provolone/pizza sauce burrito for lunch tomorrow.

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Just jumping in to say that I thought I was going to the dentist for imaging or impressions, but apparently they used the x-rays from my recent new patient visit, so I was surprised to learn I was getting my Invisaligns this morning. This involved affixing bumps, a.k.a. attachments, to two teeth (this directs specific pressure at key points) and having the enamel on several bottom teeth shaved down to create space. I then practiced putting in the trays and taking them out, the latter requiring a tiny plastic crowbar, and reviewed the protocols. I received a bag with 3 months of trays, Sensodyne, and a new vibratory tool (don’t bother clutching your pearls; it’s to vibrate your teeth) that I will read more about before using. So JtC, I’ll be right there with you for the 6-month treatment.

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Speaking of furniture, The Spousal Unit ordered a new couch and chair today.

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Up, caffeinated, and sheveled. Off to heave. It’s currently 78 degrees Ferret Height(28.556 Centipedes).

Well, it is a weird kink. :wink:

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OK, baby now has name, and it’s not any of the above suggestions… Not even Denephew.

Another sunny day; forecast says it should be topping out at 23 centipedes, but it feels warmer’n that already. The warm spell is due to break tomorrow, my day off, when of course there’s rain predicted all day. I think I’ll likely be going to the next town over to find a small toy for bebe (and something even smaller for the other two, to help reduce the impression that this annoying tiny squeaky thing is stealing all the attention). Things are a bit busy up here to take a minimum of 2 days to visit (it’s 8 hours each way), so I guess I’ll be posting something and will have to wait to be formally introduced.

Swampy I have enough people lecturing me about the thesis- did I mention that, due to a complicated set of reasons, I have wound up with 5 PhD supervisors (plus one supervisor emeritus)? I’m not short of people to give boots up the arse. Anyone lecturing me about getting it done has volunteered to review the thing, in British English.

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Morning, mumpers! it’s currently 23c/74f with a predicted high of 33c/91f and mostly sunny. Weather app says “Today the fucking sun will be invading your personal space. Get back, you fucking weird yellow ball!”

metalmouse have a safe and enjoyable trip - hope there will be some pics on FB at some point!

Congratulations on the new niece, Nut, I am sure her mother is glad she finally popped out!

Hurrah! That would have been a very worrying time for you, it’s so difficult when they won’t eat but can’t tell you what’s wrong.

Almost every year group has a difficult student. I’ve got on in final year now who has a habit of phoning the office and shrieking at someone. Fortunately we are hoping to be rid of her by the end of the year.

Yesterday was a very hot and airless day in the campus office. I had a meeting with my new manager so we took ourselves outside and sat on the grass under a tree which was very pleasant. I was very overheated when I got home so I had a nice cool shower and felt better for about 10 minutes.

'im indoors provided leftover mac n cheese for dinner and we watched some tellybox stuff while I waited for the aircon to do its thing in the bedroom. It takes about an hour to properly cool the room, I had another cool shower before bed and had a fairly decent sleep as the room was much cooler than the last couple of nights.

Today I have a bonus working from home day as there’s industrial action on the trains as well as the already reduced timetable due to heat. That means fewer trains, unexpected delays and cancellations, and trains with fewer carriages than usual. It did not make any sense for me to try getting to campus so I am at home, windows open, and already boiling.

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Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. YAWN ‘Tis 76 Amurrkin out and clear with a predicted high of 94 and partly cloudy for the day. I have a doc/vampire appointment at eight-thirty a.m. After that I will grab a McBreakfast then head over to the church house to handle candle and other duties, go by the sto’ to get the bread I need, and then back to da cave wherein I shall make the chikin sallit. I live such an excitatin’ life! Sup will be chili/cheese/onion/slaw (which I will also make this mornin’) dawgs and oven fries. Fartfest to follow.

Nuts good that you have folk to lecture and help you along with the thesis. It will be over at some point. Keep rememberin’ that.

Now I need more caffeine. Then at some point I suppose I must purtify and don attire appropriate for bein’ amongst the great unwashed. I suppose I must look a bit more presentable for the doc and vampire.

Happy Firday Y’all!

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We start at 71 Ferrets, but with a similar high forecast. Ugh - so no outdoor work today, probably.

First plan is a trip to the marina. The two things I sewed yesterday will be installed today. Plus FCD is going to talk to the dockmaster about the possibility of moving to a slip a bit farther from where we are. While it’s convenient, it’s also a bit tight to exit, plus being right next to the shore, we get lots of tree crap on deck when it storms, or in autumn. So we’ll see if they can do anything for us.

When I went to get the mail yesterday, a couple of boys, about middle school age, asked if there was anything they could do for me. So I got out the cart and some rakes and had them rake out the ditches. And despite their protests, I paid them. I’ve been trying to think of other chores I can have them do. I may talk to them (and their parents) about having them tend to Ziva when we go on our cruise.

Lest I forget - it is Laundry Day!! Plus I need to box up the failing ice maker and get it into UPS hands. The refund is a tad less than I paid, but then the price has come down. We’ve still got a countertop icemaker, tho it makes cubes rather than good ice. Still, it’s something. And I’m still thinking about the fridge I found at Home Depot. Despite being stainless rather than white, it’s on a really good sale and it’s a tad bigger than our current one, which I can either put in the basement as backup or offer it to Daughter. Decisions, decisions…

Anyway, thus begins the day. Happy Firday!!

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My fish tank sits on my credenza and is full of succulents

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Hey, we don’t use that kind of language on this board!

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Woke up at a much more reasonable time of shortly after 6am. Have showered and gotten dressed; wearing a skirt today as I will be going to a 40 day prayer service at the cemetery for the mother of a good friend. Yes, they’re orthodox.

Looked out the window and as expected the microwave is gone from the curb.

Need to comb hair and brush teeth then off to Kroger to acquire comestibles.

Have a GREAT day everyone. Stay cool, hydrated and drive safe (meaning watch out for the other drivers).

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what flavour of orthodox?

koritza is more herself today. she woke me at 3 am sounding and acting normal. it will take a bit to get her strength back. she as most older beings has lost weight.

the new fish tank is doing well. they seem happy in their new environment.

in other news the katmai bear cam is back and the salmon are jumping.

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Good morning.

It’s 56F and sunny. The sun is forecasted to give way to partial cloudiness by afternoon, with a daytime high of 78F.

JtC, I’m sorry you have to wait an extra day, but I’m glad you are feeling so much better.

Nuts, congrats on your new niece!

Metal Mouse, thanks for checking in. I hope the trip is going well. And yes, it’s sometimes kind of disheartening to see changes to past abodes or workplaces. I once did a Google Street View/Walk View of my grandmother’s house in Springfield, Oregon. I was so disheartened to see how run-down the neighborhood looked. When I was a smol girl in elementary school, the house was surrounded by beautiful hydrangeas and other flowers, and all the homes around it were lovely, too.

Rocker, I’m glad Koritza is feeling better and has eaten something.

I used to love little sports cars. We had a 1972 Fiat Spider convertible, and my, did she go. She hugged the curves like nobody’s business, too. However, as I moved on to taller vehicles, I’ve discovered that I hate sitting down low because I can’t see around the vehicles in front of me. This probably has a lot to do with the volume of traffic around here. At any rate, I would rather drive my Jeep than my husband’s BMW.

I was rather busy yesterday. I cleaned up and ready to go by 8:00 a.m, but had to wait for my husband. By nine, we were at UHaul, picking up a trailer. We came home, loaded the garage freezer and the lawn mower, and then drove over to the metal recyclers. We had to pay a fee to get rid of the freezer, but it was still less expensive than the fee at the dump.

We stopped to pick up an early lunch, came home, ate, loaded the trailer with stuff from the garage, the dogs’ broken pool, nursery pots, and a few of my neighbor’s items, and then headed to the dump. The dump was very busy, and we had to wait in line. I mean, what the hell, it was Thursday. Why weren’t these people at work? :wink:

We returned home and loaded the trailer with a kitchen desk from a neighbor, along with other items that had been shoved into an upstairs closet, and probably more stuff from the garage. We headed back to the dump, and the line was longer this time.

We got back around dinner time, ate, and then I relaxed for 30 minutes. After that, I cleaned out the pantry and loaded up some stuff that had been sitting in the laundry room (old pillows and old, worn blankets. I staged all that stuff in the garage, and this morning, we’ll load the trailer up one more time, head to the dump, and then return it.

We also put two bicycles out on the corner of our development with free signs. They were gone within a few hours. They are nice bikes, and we tried giving them to various people we knew, but no one wanted them. So, we stuck them on the corner leading to our development. We saw a young kid looking at them, and then an older boy, somewhere between 15 and 20, came along, looked at them, and took them. I just didn’t want to take them to the dump. If no one had taken them by the corner by evening, I was going to give them to the Goodwill near my house.

I was going to take them to a shelter, but their hours are so weird, it’s nearly impossible to donate there.

I woke up this morning to the sound of Buster puking. He had puked all over the pad in Maisie’s kennel and on the floor of his kennel. Poor guy. I don’t know why his tummy was so upset. His stool was a little loose, too. He did eat his breakfast, but I’ll keep an eye on him. I always worry when he pukes because it brings back vivid memories of Captain when he became ill with cancer. Fortunately, Buster’s puke isn’t green, but I still worry.

Alright, I need another cup of coffee, and then I need to get ready to go.

Please take care of yourselves.

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poor buster. i hope he gets over his stomach upset.