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Warm December again.

Dec 4

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    Indian summer in December?  I can live with it.  It hit 64 here yesterday and I was out in a t-shirt with no jacket.  Our back porch was colder than the outdoors.  LOL!

     Today the forecast is for similar temperatures.  How lovely!  Especially since the long-range forecast is calling for snow at by the twenty-fifth.

    If I remember correctly, we were fairly warm here last December too.  Some people have the audacity to say there’s no global warming.  Yea, right.

     You all have a good one!  I intend to.

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Good food makes for a happy Curmudgeon

Nov 29

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     It’s always a treat when my neighbor and best friend G does some baking because we get samples.  We enjoyed some apple crisp for our dessert last night.  Yum!  It’s been a  long time since I’ve made it.  Therefore, this was an especially lovely treat since I didn’t have to work at it.  😉

     Dinner was easy and quick too.  We had open-faced hot roast beef sandwiches made with the leftover roast beef and gravy from Sunday. 

   There’s nothing like an all comfort food dinner.  The Curmudgeon sure did enjoy it.

     You all have a good one!

 

 

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Another day another loopy tangent

Nov 28

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     I had one of those days.  A day where nothing went right.  I got side-tracked at every turn of the path and all plans were immediately shot to hell upon waking.

     Did I manage to call the vet to make an appointment for Gavin, no.  Why was this?

     The Curmudgeon was having a bad day.  This means that as soon as I got downstairs, even before my coffee, I was listening to a litany of complaints.  Uppermost in my mind, next to having a cup of coffee, was were the dogs taken care of?

     Turns out they were ‘mostly’ taken care of and I only needed to take them out immediately.  That done, I headed for my coffee.  I actually had a cup poured when another hoop landed in front of me.   Oh!  Need to follow that tangent.

     Ten minutes later, I sipped my coffee  ick, icy cold,  I had to reheat it.  Seems I reheated that cup of coffee about ten times before I finally got to drink it.

     You all have a good one.

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Sad day, the first of many from now until February

Nov 27

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He left us back in 1995 on this day.  It still feels as if it was only yesterday.  I love you, Pop.

 

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Yeah, I’m a Bah Humbug…so what?

Nov 26

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     I’m already sick of the Christmas commercials and programs and it’s not even December yet!  Jeez!  It seems to me that they run more and more of both every year and begin running them earlier.

     Christmas carols began playing in stores and on the radio in October right along with the jarring appearance of Christmas decorations.

     Most of my family is gone now and many of them left us at this time of year.  I find no joy in this season.  I wish those of you who celebrate it would leave me out of it.

     You all have a good one anyway.

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He says he’ll program all the numbers in…

Nov 24

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     Just when you think your bank account can have a bit of break, things start to fall apart.  I knew we needed to replace our house phones, but yesterday was the kicker when the downstairs one died during a five-minute conversation.

     I ordered a new phone.  A cordless with three handsets, two charging units, and one base unit.  This time, with the third handset, The Curmudgeon will have one in his man cave.

     You all have a good one!

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My helpers

Nov 23

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If we let you near the stove do we get some of that food?

 

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Are you shopping on black Friday?

Nov 21

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     Some poor fool actually asked me that question.  When I finally stopped laughing, picked myself up from the floor, and was able to choke out the answer, which went something along the line of, are you effing kidding?  I hated it when I had to work it in retail and I hate it even more now.  They had the nerve to look surprised. 

     Oh, yeah, they LIKE IT.  :O  They actually PLAN for it EVERY year.  Oh My effing Goddess!!! 

     I won’t go anywhere near a store from Thanksgiving to after New Years if I can help it.  I even cringe at the thought of having to go to a grocery store during that time. 

     I swear Black Friday is when they release all the mental patients, give them credit cards, cars, and maps to all the malls. 

     I DO NOT GO SHOPPING on Black Friday.  I stay home where I only have to put up with one crazy man and two crazy dogs.

     You all have a good one.  Happy Thanksgiving.

 

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Our non traditional traditional dinner

Nov 21

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Our Thanksgiving dinner is a simple fare with only the two of us here.  I’ll take turkey breast cutlets, pound them flat, lightly bread  and quickly sear them.  I have some frozen chicken gravy that I’ll heat to serve over the cranberry Stove Top Stuffing.  We’ll have sautéed kale and whole berry cranberry sauce will top things off.  Then I’ll thaw some slices of cheesecake for dessert.

I’m not sure if I’ll post on Thursday or not.  We’ll see what happens.

You all have a good one!

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Happy Birthday Gavin!!!

Nov 19

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Eleven years ago he looked like this.

This is my sweet baby boy today.

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New shower.

Nov 18

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     Our new shower head.  The Curmudgeon actually was able to install the contraption the other day.  I did buy a longer hose for his ease of use. 
     It is a nice product made by Moen, but I do have one complaint.
    
     The darned thing is not made for someone who has limited eyesight.  Without my glasses I am as blind as a bat.  I don’t shower with my glasses on so I have trouble seeing the controls, and, of course, The Curmudgeon has them set weird so I have to change them for my shower.
     You all have a good one.

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A squirrelly sort of day.

Nov 15

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     They are taking over!  The tree rats are invading the yard again.  Everywhere you look there’s another one.  Gavin and Patty are beside themselves over the numbers they are seeing outside.

     These are brazen squirrels who stand their ground and only run from the dogs when they are almost upon them.  Cheeky boogers.

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