The Daily Bug

Hi, Ylee.

Oh, those folks that spend all their time in meetings! lol

I like being kept in the loop but I've usually got so much work waiting on me that I fidget all the way through our staff meetings and find it hard to concentrate on anything being discussed. My mind is miles away, organizing, prioritizing and trying to figure out how to shovel everything off my desk! Or out of my computer.

Sandi, I managed to catch that this morning on The Weather Channel before getting showered and dressed for work.

I wonder how long it will be before little Kiara outgrows "Mum"? I'll bet Mum will still keep her in line.

Things are going from bad to worse here at work. Management has resorted to approving... Are you sitting down?.....

Overtime.

The good news is that they've filled the two vacant positions in my area. It will be a couple of weeks before they actually start. Then there's the training. But there's light at the end of the tunnel.

YAY!

UGH... lookit the radar.

I shouldn't be too surprised. The forecast today said there was a possibility of severe weather and possible flash flooding.

I need to get my nose out of my library books and get a new entry up!

Ylee, Sandi,we'll likely be working some OT until those new hires get in. I'm not sure if I'll have to work any time this weekend or not. If I do, it will probably just be Sat morning. We'll have to see what is left to be done on Friday afternoon.

I only stayed about 45 minutes late last night. I got to a stopping point and decided to down tools. I was giving a coworker a ride home and she has to pick her daughter up before 6:00 at the after school day care. I also needed to go by the grocer, as I was out of fruit.

I had to work some of my desk's duties this morning, as I was getting a bit behind. I'll be working with the backlogged area this afternoon and will likely stay an hour after my usual time. so, I'm putting in about 3-4 hours a day helping out.

Pros, if we had any rough weather, I missed it. I did see about 3/10 of an inch in my rain gauge, so it did rain at the house. Just not during my commute.

Sounds like you did get the brunt of it. That lady surely was blessed.

It is supposed to get a bit on the cool side here the next couple of days.

I'll need to start digging out my winter wardrobe!

Oh, my, Sandi. A husky caber tosser! That's a nice start to my lunch break, for sure.

It's a good thing he's not a traditionalist.

The temps dropped a bit overnight. I think they've still got the A/C cranked up on max here at work. I am about to FREEZE. You could hang sides of beef in this place. Half the office is swaddled in shawls, throws, fleece. I've got on long pants, socks, shoes and long sleeved shirt and am wearing a shawl. I may have to pull out my fleece blanket.

Yes, I have a blanket stashed under my desk.

They swear up and down they have the thermostats set on 72 but they LIE! There's no way. 62, I'd believe.

I need some cotton gloves. I'd cut off the fingertips and wear them at work to keep my hands warm.

You know? You don't see cotton gloves in the stores, now that women don't wear hats and gloves when they leave the house. You can order them online. Expensive, though. Wish I could find some at Goodwill. You'd think that someone cleaning out Great Aunt Mabel's house would find some.

Happy, happy Friday!

Janet, I've never attending any Highland gathering. I've heard about the one on Grandfather Mt for years and years. The Games here used to be down at Middleton Place and you could always tell; the traffic was horrendous. I'm not sure how long they've been holding it at Boone Hall.

Sandi, those would be just thing but the price makes my thrifty Scots blood cringe!

I'd want at least two pair; one to wear and one to wash.

I'm just going to keep my eyes peeled at the thrifts and dollar stores. One of my coworkers says Walmart has some for moisturizing your hands at night. those are about $6.00 each. You know, slather on the hand cream, pull the gloves on and go to bed.

Hi, ho, happy Saturday and happy fall!

Pros, I'm loving the cooler weather and low humidity.

I ought to be washing clothes this morning but I'm just not in the mood. I slept in a bit but that's no excuse. I could have gotten started on it. I might do a load or two today and finish it up tomorrow.

I don't know what it is about him but Hubby is a fender bender magnet. Yesterday afternoon, his Mustang got creamed. Again. This is the third time it's been hit. The last three cars he has had have been hit at least twice. Half of them have been when his car was parked somewhere. All the police reports show Hubby to always the hittee, not the hitter.

Hubby is fine; he's not even shaken up. It's his car that's all smashed. I think they make them out of aluminum foil and styrofoam now. Forty years ago, he might have gotten some scratched paint. Yeah, vehicles are better on gas mileage now but they're flimsy.

He was in our neighborhood, on a residential street at a stop sign about 2 blocks from the house. Five minutes earlier or later and he would have been home. With an intact car. Some guy turned the corner and plowed right into the driver's side front end. It's all mangled up and the front wheel is a bit wonky.

He had to to take my truck to work this morning. Once he gets home, we'll limp his car over to the dealership, drop it off and see about getting a rental. I suppose we could have it towed but Hubby says it's ok for the short distance we'll have to go; it's only about 5 minutes from the house.

It's always something, ain't it?

Wow... been pottering about hither and yon but just realized I hadn't been by my own blog yet.

Got clothes going in the wash and I'm about done. One more load.

The weather is nice. Sunny, about 78F right now and low humidity.

Made a run to Wally World yesterday. Picked up some fruit, some things to carry to work for lunch, birdseed, etc. Put some more $$$ on my Walmart gift card for gas.

I topped off my gas tank and they are giving 10 cents off on the gallon, instead of 3 cents, so I paid 3.46 for regular. I'm not sure when they started doing that again. It must have been 3-4 weeks ago, since my last fill up was 2 weekends ago and I noticed it then. It was probably right after they closed all those rigs in the GOM for Isaac and the prices started rising again.

I have no idea how long it'll last but it's nice while they're doing it. Most stations around here are now up to 3.62, 3.64. That's what I saw Friday going to work and coming home. They may be higher now; I just haven't been out this weekend except to Walmart yesterday.

Hubby decided not to do anything with his car yesterday. he's going to hop a ride in to work with another driver that lives nearby and then take care of everything tomorrow afternoon.

He's suffered no after effects from the fender bender but does seem to be coming down with a cold. He does not feel good. I picked him up some cold meds yesterday and I have some Mucinex left over from my bout with spring allergies.

Hi, ho, happy Monday!

Sandi, pork, rice and broccoli sound good.

Hubby asked to take my truck again this morning. All the car rental places close on weekends, so he was not able to get a replacement car.

I hopped the bus to work. It's been a while since I've done that; I had to get online and check the routes and their schedules. I thought perhaps I'd be rather later than usual getting to work. The bus picked me up about 7:20 at a stop about 2 blocks from the house and I clocked in at 7:40. Only 10 minutes or so later than usual.

Hubby is going to see about getting everything taken care of after he gets home from work today.

I did get flabbergasted on the ride in to work. There was a young woman sitting across from me with her eyes closed and her chin resting on her left hand. Or so I thought. It finally dawned on me that the woman was sucking her thumb! A grown woman! And IN PUBLIC! I thought my eyeballs were going to fall out of my head and go bouncing down the aisle! She looked to be in her 20's. She also had an employee ID clipped to her shirt. She works for the same place I do. Not my building or office, thank heavens.

That was just creepy.

Happy Tuesday, everyone!

Ylee, the thumbsucker wasn't asleep. She'd open her eyes occasionally and was ready to get off at our stop.

I was back on the bus again today. Hubby wasn't able to do anything about the car yesterday, as the two insurance agents involved had some ongoing something or other with all of the resquisite paperwork.

Thumbsucker sat next to me this morning but acted her age today.

At least I don't have to pay the 1.75 fare each way. My employer pays the bus system an annual flat rate which allows all employees, staff, students to ride free, anytime, anyplace by showing our IDs.

I thought about those cotton work gloves. Many of the guys I know that do construction wear them in winter with the tips cut off. My hands are so small, though, that the smallest size still swallows my hands whole.

Hubby's still battling his cold. He simply disappeared shortly after I got home yesterday. He didn't say a word. Just ~~~POOF~~, he was gone. When I came out of the kitchen and didn't see him, I started looking. He was already dead asleep in bed. I hadn't been home 30 minutes.

He went on to work; he'll drag himself in, no matter how badly he feels.

Guess I'll see how he is when I get home today. IF he hasn't gone to bed before I get there.

Hallo, Janet, Ylee and Sandi.

Hubby hopes to get everything squared away today. It seems the other guy's insurance agent is dragging his heels about the paperwork.

LOL, Ylee. I didn't think about getting her a ring pop!

Am a bit pressed for time today; we had our monthly staff meeting this morning, so I'm running behind.

YAY! When I got home yesterday, there was a little white Chevy Malibu in the drive. Hubby was already in bed, so I wasn't able to find out anything. BUT he now has wheels, which means I have my truck back.

I was going to get my computer cranked up but got to watching "The Truman Show" last night. By the time it was over, I was so sleepy I could barely keep my eyes open. I just gave up and went to bed.

I'm not particularily a Jim Carrey fan. His comedic style tend to grate on my nerves. But I did enjoy "The Majestic." "Bruce Almighty" was OK. I'd heard good things about "The Truman Show." Haven't seen "Liar, Liar", though a friend told me that was pretty good. (She doesn't care for him much, either, for the same reasons I don't.) He needs to do more dramatic roles. He was very good in "The Majestic" and "The Truman Show."

We are almost back to full staff now. I think. We got one girl in yesterday and there was another new face this morning. There is one position still open, I believe. It has been open the longest.

I don't think overtime will be approved after this week. I've been taking advantage, while I could, so my next paycheck will be a tad heftier.

Hallo, Ylee, Sandi and Shore!

I am a bit selective with my slapstick and silliness.

I adore Mr. Bean! Laurel and Hardy, the Marx Bros., Charlie Chaplin and the old Mack Sennett shorts. The Keystone Cops. Harold Lloyd and, of course, Buster Keaton. His movie, The General, is excellent!

BTW, TCM has been running a lot of old silents and some pre-code talkies this past two weeks. I was watching Ben Turpin last night. He's not one of my favorites but it was fun.

Jim Carrey's silliness and slapstick grate on my nerves. I liked Jerry Lewis as a child but once I was grown, I found him irritating.

Oddly enough, I still get a kick out of The Three Stooges.

Good afternoon, everyone. A rather overcast, uninspiring day here. Temps are nice, though.

I was a bit under the weather yesterday, Sandi.

Hubby has shared his cold with me and I dragged around all day. I did manage to get the laundry done, which was a smart move. It hasn't rained yet but I think it will before the day is out.

I did make a run late yesterday afternoon to the grocer for some OJ, fruit and something for dinner today. I probably should have gone to the drug store, as Hubby has just about used up all the Mucinex I had on hand.

So far, both of us have fairly mild symptoms. Knock on wood.

I spotted a Hummingbird moth early yesterday evening. It was sipping nectar from the petunias on my front stoop. Gus went nuts! I had to chase the moth away to keep Gus from hurting it. I wish he hadn't been out there. I would have like to have watched it. This is only the second time I've seen one.

Hi, Janet, Sandi.

This is apparently a fairly mild cold and I'm trying to keep it that way. If I just keep using my nose spray, the Mucinex, a little benedryl, drink plenty of fluids and get to bed earlier so that I get more rest, I will weather this one out. I've been drinking one cup of Airborne a day for the last 3 days, too. I like mine hot, rather than in just a glass of water. I've been drinking some Twinning's Lemon Ginger tea, too.

I remember Ma & Pa Kettle! Francis the Talking Mule, too. I adored the Francis movies when I was little. In my memory, I was always at my Gramma's house when I watched them. I know that couldn't have been true for every time but that's the way I remember it.

Ma and Pa Kettle were characters from the movie, The Egg And I, which was based on a memoir by Betty MacDonald. I read the book years ago.

Hi, ho, White Rabbits X3 to everyone.

I just discovered a coworker this morning that is 'in the know' with the rabbit mantra. She's the only person I've ever met face to face, besides Mama and her family, that has heard of it.

Ylee, I remember Jim Varney. Sad that he died so young. I like his commercials better than I did the movies. A little bit of Ernest went a long way, IMHO.

Sandi, I feel about the same today; no better but no worse. I did make it to bed as soon as "Hell on Wheels" went off, though it took me a while to drop off.

Happy October to you, Pros.

Janet, glad to hear that Sam's little problem seems to be clearing up. I'm always afraid they're going to have an accident before they can get to the litter pan. That's one oopsie I really don't like having to clean up.

Quick post today, as I only have 30 minutes for lunch. I have a Dr's appt this afternoon; routine checkup.

Sandi, I think the pineapple just wasn't quite ripe yet. It was nice and yellow on the outside. It's not really juicy.

Hi, ho, I see Nadine, the storm that refused to die, is still swirling around and we have TD 15. Will we have Oscar soon?

Ylee, once in a while you just get a slightly unripe one.

No shot at the Doc's. Got a scrip but not for a cold.

My cold isn't bad; Hubby's is worse and doesn't seem to be getting better. I left him this morning with instructions to get his butt to the doctor, if he feels that bad. Whether or not he will, is debatable.

Hi, ho, everyone.

It's Thursday!

Janet, hope the meds will dry up that annoying problem for Sam. Sometimes, they just get into a cycle of it for no particular reason and it just takes intervention to stop it.

ylee, no, the Mustang is still in the shop. They probably had to order parts and everyone seems to take their own sweet time about pulling everything together. I don't expect to see it in the drive for at least another week.

Hubby did not go in and get checked. "I feel better today."

He's pulled that before. He'll say he feels better, then two days later, he's stomping around, snapping and barking because he feels bad.

I've thrown the pneumonia bit out at him several times in the past week. Also the fact that he's not as young as he used to be and when you're older, you can't just throw things off the way you did when you were younger. In one ear and out the other. Or it doesn't even get into the ear in the first place.

I sound like a parrot or stuck record. "If you feel that bad, GO TO THE DOCTOR. If you don't, then I don't want to hear another word about it!"

I think I'm going to print it out on a piece of posterboard, keep it by my chair and just hold it up when he gripes and complains. Like those cue cards they used to use to cue the audience to clap or laugh.

I've been having problems with WU here at work for two weeks now. I've started getting an error box about script being run. I thought perhaps it was the link, so re-bookmarked the thing. I thought it worked but the next day, it was the same thing again.

I've had no problems with any other website at work. I have no problems with WU at home.

This morning, I got the bright idea to try Classic Wu.

BINGO! Classic works fine.

Hi, Shore!

this was a Dole pineapple. It looked ripe (nice and yellow) on the outside but wasn't, on the inside. It's been quite some time since I've brought home one that wasn't sweet and juicy. You're gonna get one like that every now and then.

I spoke too soon about Classic WU... It was fast for about 30minutes and now it's moving along like a herd of turtles stampeding in peanut butter.

time to get back to work.

Hi, everyone.

Ylee, sometimes these issues have to do with our network. I shut down every night before clocking out, which is what our tech people tell us to do. It is always possible it's my hard drive.

So far the only webiste I'm having problems with is WU (new and classic) and only at work.

I watched "Fargo" again last night. I love that movie. It's so funny. The first time Hubby watched it with me, he was horrified that I was laughing at everything. "What's the matter with you? They just shot someone!"

Frances McDormand totally cracked me up as the mellow, and very pregnant, police chief, Margie.