sick bastard :biglaugh: |
Very funny :) Today was one of those days. Sometimes I just feel like a giant loser who will never get another job. Anyway in today's baking project, I baked a sponge cake for my family filled with fresh fruit and whipped cream. It went down a treat! That was a fantastic recipe and I would definitely make it again. |
Hey Tetra have you forgotten the great reference you got already. Of course you're not a loser. You're a caring and competent women. I am sure you will get some knock backs when job hunting, unfortunately with economies the way they are every one does but you will find something, probably when you are least expecting it |
hey... I haven't been reading but I saw that Ruby is in pain or something... hope you feel better soon... who needs tools? Hopefully I can unload most of the stuff I acquired this weekend along with some of my own. That drill press I needed fifteen years ago and used once is on the blocks! :) Been researching craigslist and ebay to make sure I sell low - but not too low... If I pull in 600 on Saturday it will be a win - a dream shot at 1000 +. Yes, I have a lot of stuff to unload! I came across a small collection of turtles I meant to give to Trach when I was down south. Oh well, 50 cents in a yard sale - except the brass one. Weather has been glorious the past couple days after much needed rain - the dead grass seemed to grow three inches in a couple days. I picked up azaleas at HD for 5 bucks each - small ones. So when they die off by next summer I won't be too disappointed. They're still in the pots. In between organizing tools and trying to make a walking path in the garage I'll cut the grass and plant them. Been taking full advantage of the sunny days and making sun tea and drinking it down. Buy your teabags at costco and a lot of tea needs to be made. Hope everyone is doing good on the weeklongers thread. |
In order to take my mind off everything, I'm reading a book by Linwood Barclay. He's usually worth a read. In this book the main character is looking for a job and got a job offer but his mom doesn't want him to take it and it goes: "it pays a thousand dollars a week" dad said. "I wouldn't care if it paid a hundred thousand dollars a week", she said. I had to admit, for that kind of money right now I'd have done PR for the Taliban". :) Yup, I admit I laughed out loud...sometimes I feel the same way . |
Originally Posted by saoutchik
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Sorry, i'm terrible I thought english humor was dry. |
I wish our weather was letitgo Tetra that Taliban PR vacancy - you'll be needing that "can do" attitude ( and a scarf) |
Seasoned with sea salt edamame pods.... They come in a microwaveable steamer bag. And whoa!!!! I devoured them. Fun finger food! Have a good night! |
Had a great evening with mrs sw & my neice I've been seriously active today sweating hard all day long all this hard work is going to pay off Have a happy hump day in advance :c014: |
Good for you SW!!! I need to step it up but waiting until the fall sets in. Stays warm in Maine until mid October. Well... Warm for me. :D |
Ding dong indeed Sao! Lol :) Hey all, I hope you are all doing well. I had a busy weekend and busy first day back at work today. Trying to catch up with you all now! Congratulations to K on the big promotion in work - well done!!!! I hope your back problem is not serious Ruby. Best wishes everyone else!! B |
Originally Posted by saoutchik
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Maybe it makes your dad a bit sad too Melina, hence all the travelling My mom died of cancer related to heavy smoking and drinking. I helped her pass by taking care of her at their house on home hospice. It was very difficult, it took a long time and it frayed all our nerves to almost the breaking point. I don't want to go back to their house, to be honest. Maybe that is selfish but I just really really don't want to go. I haven't grieved yet for my mother, not the way I know is cleansing. I have been kind of avoiding it. I love my dad so much, I know this has been extremely difficult for him. My mom asked me to quit drinking before she died. That definitely has been a factor in my efforts to get sober. I'm sorry if this is a depressing post. This issue is just 'there' floating around in my head and I'm not quite sure where to put it to rest just yet. I do know that I would never be able to grieve her death if I continued drinking. I am at peace with her passing, but I haven't grieved. One of the things to work on, or just let happen. |
You not wanting to go back to the house isn't selfish Melina, it's because you cared then - if you didn't then going back wouldn't be so tough |
Melina, it will happen when it happens. Peace be with you. |
Nutshell day: Zoo - I saw the penguins. Pretty much every animal was asleep. Most of them are warm weather critters and it's fall in the PNW. Goodwill - I bought an immersion blender for my upcoming mass quantities of soups. My neighbor who I've been helping has a walking cast now - after nearly three months. Yay! Now she can do way more stuff. She's pretty happy about it. Microwave edamame? I guess I could buy a microwave. Those steam in bags kind of irritate me, because almost all frozen vegetables are that way now. I don't have room for a microwave. Tetra, you'll find a job. Faith. Speaking of faith, I answered my door without looking through the peephole and it was the Mormons. I was nice to them. :) Who is this person? I even said, "Thanks for stopping by," and I introduced myself. I like sober me better. I once called the police to try to get them to stop the missionaries from knocking on doors at our complex. I'm a little embarrassed about that. Three boats of crew rowers and their coach (in his motor skiff with a huge bullhorn) just went by. Cool. It's a pretty big deal up here. Dinner and a movie - uh, spaghetti carbonara, Caesar salad with avocado, and I think Oceans Eleven - which always leads to Twelve and Thirteen. Sober is as sober does. |
Jebus, that was a big nutshell. Oops. |
Tap tap, is this thing on? Where is everyone? G'nite. Fed and happy. See you tomorrow. |
. Sunrise this Morning below... Rain rinsed the Sky, so it takes on this Ansel Adams clarity. OK, well, for a Cellphone Pic. Fall Clouds and a few Rain Showers cycled through today. 49 F this Morning, and the Aspen are changing up high. Welp, the Credit Cubicle People from The Land Of Arranged Marriages have exited our lives as of yesterday. Da Wife went in and paid off her lil SUV. No more Credit Corp. Calls. I went in later, intending to switch over to Auto Deduction for my Truck Payment. In a moment of epiphany, I realized I don't want to deal with them either when things go South. Turns out they still didn't spell our Town correctly; even though she was yelling it to them repeatedly by the end of one Phone Call. The Credit Cubicle Dude just kept yelling it back incorrectly. So, who knows where the first 2 SUV Loan Invoices went to. She was really hacked. We keep Vehicles for ~15 years, so this is not some Scenario common in our Lives. I called later - on a hunch - to check our Address on file so that we'd actually receive our Vehicle Titles. Someone had pulled a lil Dyslexic move, and reversed the 2 numbers of our P.O. Box. Corrected that. Fusterus Cluckus Interruptus... So, as I'm waiting for our Personal Banker to get off her Call, I realized I should cut my losses. I paid off my Truck. I set up Auto Deduction to make the Payment back to our common Slush Fund. As I learned long ago, when you bag Interest Payments, it's indistinguishable from Interest accrued. So, I'm now making ~6% on my Money by not paying Ford that 6%. Pulling Credit got us $500- off the Vehicles Purchase Prices. Given that 5 Year CD Notes are paying all of ~1.5% Interest right now, this is a helluva deal Financially. I promptly got an e.mail asking me to rate my Ford Credit 'experience'. Hee hee, I hope someone there wears Asbestos Underwear, because we plan to write them a very Business-like scorcher reflecting their dreadful Credit Operation. Beats Drinking over it. They lost upwards of $1,500 Interest just on my Truck Loan. Too bad, so sad. The Gal at Grocery Self-Checkout complimented me today on checking myself out so fast. I told her it was because everything was familiar. She was surprised she didn't have to come over to override and OK my Ginger Beer purchase. I was flummoxed. She said that Folks swap in real Beer, and scan the Ginger Beer Carton Bar Code to fraudulently save Money. Add Ginger Beer in dark brown Bottles to Cold Pills - used in Meth Recipes - as an item that Store Checkout Software now requires approval of to purchase. What D. Hail... No Wine consumption 'round here the last few nights. Apparently, me throwing it down re: Sober Camping established a new Boundary, and conveyed my dislike for always having Wine or 'Moscow Mules' about. Progress. Meanwhile, the new Gen Google Earth Pix around Moab Utah are <2 Months old, and incredibly detailed. So, I'm having Geek fun looking at which Mesas I'll Boondock on next month w/Da Pooch while Trailering Solo. I've not yet discovered any Moab Women Sunbathing 'Commando' in their Backyards while Imaging Satellites orbited overhead, but hope springs eternal...-) http://i57.tinypic.com/15rm9m8.jpg . |
out of all that I got "naked women" |
Cool pic, Mesa. So clear and detailed, it's always a luxury to be able to see what's going on so many miles away with that vantage point. Looks fantastic there. Not so much here these days, it's the rainy season and we get lots of it this time of year. I mentioned at the end of the weekend that I'd purchased some solar lights for the little rooftop terrace, kinda neat: http://i61.tinypic.com/bfrz9v.jpg |
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