tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20693583760312421042024-03-14T10:22:07.317-04:00Detroit Automotive Meltdownfmcgmccllchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00184250774341700041noreply@blogger.comBlogger1157125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2069358376031242104.post-78275802808643793202020-06-22T15:54:00.000-04:002020-06-22T15:54:56.495-04:00Ain't it grand<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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First pedi in 4 and 1/2 months.<br />
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At a private salon with no one else in the room but me and Meghan. And she did a great job.<br />
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I am still not ready to go out for much. No restaurants, just not ready. Maybe shopping soon, maybe not.<br />
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I received an email from the Dewbury in Charleston that they are opening back up. I have been debating on trying Charleston or going back to Savannah for our fall trip, if we have one. Can't plan on seeing the girl as really nothing can be planned now and not seeing her hurts too much.<br />
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Big Daddy is in second round of the cleansing and disinfecting contact implants to prepare for the cataract surgery. That surgery starts in mid July.fmcgmccllchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00184250774341700041noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2069358376031242104.post-44409283268705833782020-06-19T16:12:00.000-04:002020-06-19T16:13:59.303-04:00<br />
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Well it has been a while.<br />
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The furnace got fixed and then we lost power. For a few days.<br />
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Teeth got cleaned and no harm was done.<br />
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Big Daddy needs work done from the chemo and we lost power when he was supposed to in for the fix.<br />
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We got the downed tree limbs pulled around front and there they sit at the curb. Our limbs are nothing to the huge trees downed in our little city.<div><br /></div><div>Update: Hate the new format, including that the pic is now at the bottom. Still have broken limbs outside. Still have Comcast going out almost every day.</div><div><br /></div><div>Now the hot water tank died. One good thing about this BLog I can go back and check on when I last put in a water tank. January 2010. Three Grand. Then there was a problem with the city later and they refunded 1500.00 WTF. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9rMfxSB-QPm3z-XTbFaWtI3a0hj6ayWez2Kr-xAjv-nBUN43C7GQD1sByBCV31vJDZ0oDF-9QQS5kavAc63KZdu6W5lIwJL9vttdr8KXMDW4hgwRPpDxCRpOZoGUfcpPSNMx4ZnG10g/s1280/ryan+nola.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9rMfxSB-QPm3z-XTbFaWtI3a0hj6ayWez2Kr-xAjv-nBUN43C7GQD1sByBCV31vJDZ0oDF-9QQS5kavAc63KZdu6W5lIwJL9vttdr8KXMDW4hgwRPpDxCRpOZoGUfcpPSNMx4ZnG10g/s320/ryan+nola.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div>fmcgmccllchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00184250774341700041noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2069358376031242104.post-88363751317442394672020-06-19T16:04:00.000-04:002020-06-19T16:04:30.695-04:00Too damn cute<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Wow more that 30 years ago. Such a cutie.<br />
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Just a little Sancerre<br />
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So in 2012 I had a new furnace put in thinking that would be the end of my heating and cooling problems. Hah. The fan seems to be broken. And right now it won't cool and in a couple days I am gonna be bitching because it will be too cold. Oh fiddlesticks.<br />
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I am going to get my teeth cleaned on Monday. I think it is odd I have been told not to leave my house for quite some time and now I am getting my teeth cleaned. Hmmm. I have only made the one trip out since March 2 and I am not sure about all this. I am also getting a laser treatment for TMJ, we will see but I guarantee I have been grinding my ass off. I meant teeth. Grinding my teeth off.<br />
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My mom announced she is not coming back north. And she is getting new doctors. I wonder how long this will last and how fucked up this will get. Not gonna worry about it now. It is going into the rainy season down there.<br />
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Big Daddy is getting his teeth cleaned the following week and we know he needs some extra work due to the chemo, it was not kind to his teeth. Then he is supposed to go back to work but Gretchen keeps putting that off.<br />
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Oh, just in case you were wondering the last thing she said, on television, was that when her husband asked if being married to the Governor would get his boat on the water faster---he was joking.fmcgmccllchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00184250774341700041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2069358376031242104.post-74057305833447563562020-05-26T17:08:00.000-04:002020-05-26T17:08:55.448-04:00An Immodium Story or diarrhea is no fun<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Our Dinner At Antoines<br />
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There are lots of people with diarrhea. All of those people are pissed off at the makers of Imodium and the secondary sellers of said product. Why do you ask, well let me tell you. Those asshats packaged their tiny little ass pills in a sorry blister pack that no one can open. Don't believe me, google it. The stories will make you sob. People with shit running all over themselves and they cannot open the blister packs to save their ass. IF you get my drift.<br />
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OK, just back had to take a break. Yep, in the bathroom.<br />
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Big Daddy and I both live on Imodium. I have IBS and BD has a sliced and diced anus from cancer. I go between serious and not and BD is a regular user, at least every day. We know our Imodium. The first time BD brought home the blister pack I told him, dude that will never work in your lifetime. You cannot get that damn thing open ever, and especially in the stall at the Sky Club when you really need it. So when life proved me right we sat down and cut all those damn blisters open with scissors and BD swore to never buy them again.<br />
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And then this happened. There are only blister packs available in the stores. And on line. The only thing the clerk could figure is that the manufacturers figured out no one would buy that shit and now with all of us cut off at our knees and Gretchen keeping us locked up at home they are gonna get rid of those fucking blister packs. Yep, that is all that is available.<br />
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So we got the scissors back out and cut up the blisters. Fie on you bastards.<br />
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And Gretchen said her husband was only joking when he asked if he got special privileges cos he was married to the jailer. Yea, right.fmcgmccllchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00184250774341700041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2069358376031242104.post-81552918967416072492020-05-21T12:39:00.000-04:002020-05-21T12:39:41.601-04:00People need to lose weight and celebs could help dammit<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Gross picture of freezing warts. I had these tiny warts, I did not know what they were, and they irritated me. I was always playing and scratching and just could not leave them alone. Finally I went to the dermatologist and she froze them. It hurt like the dickens for a long time. A long time. </div>
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Well yesterday I went out for the first time since March 2. I drove Big Daddy to the eye surgeon to have his cataracts looked at. This was about a 30 minute drive with no traffic and we had the first appointment of the day. It was a beautiful day, 55 degrees and bright sunshine. Parking lot was wide open with only a few cars for staff here and there. I parked kinda back and in the middle so I could see the entry day but away from the few cars. No need to get too close to anyone. </div>
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So with my wide open view I watched everyone who came after me vie and struggle to get in the front row closest to the door. Parking was tight, so tight many had to try a few times to get into their tiny slot. As they shuffled in, and I am not kidding no one walked with purpose or ease-actually some of them seemed to be stiff and not used to walking-I noticed every one of them was overweight. The very thing that is the worst for Covid 19 survival. None of these people were obese, just too much fat.</div>
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I think the needed change is going to take more that just lip service. Everyone had on masks and gloves. But parking close is ingrained. Walking is not. Getting in quick, not enjoying the sunshine and pretty weather. Cramming into the first row instead of spreading out. Maybe the celebs should do some PSAs on this stuff. </div>
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Although I must say as you had to go in, check in and go back out to your car to wait at least they had to walk the little short distance twice. And bang each others car doors twice. And we will talk about those nasty gloves next time. </div>
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New Orleans pics before Katrina. The last one is at Antoine's Restaurant.<br />
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Big Daddy is set to go back to work on June 1. We will see. <br />
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We are having steak on the grill for dinner, I am hopeful I can eat. My reflux is getting really out of hand.<br />
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I need to get back to reading the highly sensitive books. I am no longer in contact with my mom, she really wants my brother and his family to be ---damn I don't know what she wants but she wants it to be them. We are only supposed to take care of her and keep our thoughts to ourselves. We voted out for now.<br />
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I have found a cat harness that I think may work. BD is in charge of checking this out and purchasing this. I will get back to you on this.<br />
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So I saw an article in the Washington Post about how horrible it is the way the Navajo tribe lives without proper water or sewage in this time of Covid-19.<br />
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The tribes of many nations have lived this way since the Trail of Tears. No one has really rallied to help people on the reservations. No one has helped when the Native American Tribes were pillaged by the gambling creepos and signed them into contract that gained no monies for the people who did not have a clue they were being screwed. And no one stepped up to help with any of the problems in the past.<br />
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So it seems we are still gonna let the homeless lay in the streets during Covid-19 but we are now gonna feel bad that the reservations still don't have decent places to wash their hands since 1832.<br />
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As if feeling bad is really going to help with either one of these problems. Seems that is all most Norte Americanos are good at, feeling bad about shit.<br />
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Where did we go so wrong?fmcgmccllchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00184250774341700041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2069358376031242104.post-31449036423912017832020-05-13T16:03:00.000-04:002020-05-13T16:03:26.393-04:00Missing Sam Walton or his kids suck<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My Granddaughter the artist<br />
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I remember when I discovered Walmart. It was down south, Mississippi I think and it had the most interesting stuff. And it was all made in the USA. It was the best store ever. And then his kids took over and it was worse than KMart, dirtier than KMart and the people were all nasty and filthy and scary.<br />
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WTF. It seemed to happen overnight. That is why KMart closed, all the people went to Walmart so they did not have to dress up. It is just nasty.<br />
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And Sam's Club, don't get me started, who the hell goes there? No, no, no. It makes me itchy just to think about that store. My sister-in-law the queen went there and I was just appalled that she brought that nasty shit in her house, you knew people were peeing on that stuff out back. And don't tell me that does not happen because I used to have to go review auto parts that people peed on and those fuckers actually kept the containers of pee for me to review. And you people wonder why I drink.<br />
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Anyhoo, the moral of this story is do all the people who buy from Walmart and Amazon, who get their shit from China, realize that they are the ones causing extreme climate change because China does not worry about that EPA garbage. People, all you did was transfer your responsibilities to people who do not have toilets and running water.<br />
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Yep in a bad mood today. fmcgmccllchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00184250774341700041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2069358376031242104.post-85085808078885224112020-05-07T11:04:00.002-04:002020-05-07T11:04:36.108-04:00Bless her heart<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I make menus so we shop within reason. Big Daddy is known to go overboard so I try and help him, plus he gets tired of thinking up stuff to cook. So my new thing is to cook from a different cookbook each week. This is French week. Two different cookbooks but all Francais.<br />
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Last night was roast chicken. It was delish. You roast it with a piece or so of bread on the bottom of the pan and set the chicken on the bread. The bread itself comes out crispy and chicken flavored, just perfect. The cook gets this special tidbit.<br />
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Also lots of lentils, soups and salads. With slivered red onions. Delish.<br />
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I am also taking care of the old folks in Florida, my mom and her cohorts. Mostly I am trying to keep my mom away from them. She is in quarantine caused she did not follow the rules. One of her buds thought her air conditioner was making a strange noise at 2 AM and she could not get it to shut off. So she called 911. Bless her heart, they told her to pull the breakers.<br />
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<br />fmcgmccllchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00184250774341700041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2069358376031242104.post-77942370006021234742020-05-03T12:15:00.001-04:002020-05-03T12:15:58.716-04:00Jolene, please come get this asshat<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Lily dog is crying for her cookies.<br />
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Fed ex destroyed the box and sent it back to me. It was not that bad, they should have called and I would have sent it on. Now it is repacked and on its second journey to Florida. This is not the way it was shipped and I now have spent a fortune to send some dog cookies BFE, Florida.<br />
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Well the garbage people are not wearing masks, not staying 6 feet apart and are high-fiving each other. WTF is there to high five about garbage.<br />
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Big Daddy finally got some dirt. He is happy. He washed my front window, I am happy.<br />
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So Gretchen, the GOV has shut us down to the end of May and the legislature is gonna sue her. And all the farmer's markets are opening this month but I think it is illegal to shop at them. Gretch keeps saying she is saving lives but that was never the point, the point was not to overwhelm the hospitals. If I have to stay in the house until the virus is gone or there is a vaccine I could be here a damn long time.<br />
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And Dolly Parton is wrong, if BD doesn't quit trying to piss me off I am gonna pay Jolene to come get his ass.fmcgmccllchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00184250774341700041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2069358376031242104.post-24867690958757932612020-04-27T11:44:00.000-04:002020-04-27T11:44:08.927-04:00Michigan Beer<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Lenten Rose from my yard.<br />
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Big Daddy had a Zoom meeting with 3000 participants. Nancy Pelosi cannot get Congress on line.<br />
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My yard got mowed today, good thing our Governor is now drinking beer. Michigan beer not Canadian beer. It is on You Tube.<br />
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Me in front of the clock tower in Graz, Austria. Yes it was cold.<br />
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I will never forget when I got on the plane. There were 13 windows and I was in seat 13. I was not a happy camper to get on this shit little airplane in the dreary weather, I was not yet a good flyer. When the rattletrap took to the skies and broke through the clouds and I could see the tops of the Alps in the sunshine I was thrilled to see such a beautiful sight. I flew from Vienna to Graz in amazement.<br />
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Well now I am gonna bitch, first to all the asshats that take the whole family shopping on the weekends to Trader Joe's. You are so damn lucky I am the one staying at home during the lockdown. If I had to stand in line and wait for you and your spouse and the kids to exit the store I would be calling the damn Governor and telling that witch to get her ass over here and take care of this shit. This is not the time to be "those people". If I can't buy a gallon of paint you don't need to be bringing all your snotty ass kids to the store. Got it?<br />
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I am seeing a huge amount of people on Facebook whining about this virus and lockdown. All seem to be in their twenties. I am gonna say this one time. There is a reason they say only the strong survive. If this nonsense is gonna do you in, well you need to get help. This is nothing, it is irritating, it is boring and yes it is killing people. If you work in hospitals you see people die every day. If you are a mom you see new messes every day. If you are over twenty you know there is way worse shit out there and you will probably see it close up and personal at some point. Quit whining. Life is not fair. As the over used phrase says-put on your big girl/boy panties and get on with it, whatever you have to do.<br />
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If you need to hide, go hide, get help. The rest of us have shit to do.fmcgmccllchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00184250774341700041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2069358376031242104.post-83221012668892299842020-04-19T13:52:00.000-04:002020-04-19T13:52:05.030-04:00Gotta have a plan<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Oh my gosh, a wine cellar in Austria in the winter. Yes it was cold and yes that is my glass. Kidding.<br />
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Trying to get unbored. Trying to get Big Daddy on a schedule. I am just in the rut and can't seem to get out. BD needs a firm schedule or he just wanders about. After I finish this I am forcing myself to do one damn thing that is important. Just one.<br />
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I am planning a trip for when this is over. Don't care how long it takes someday we will again go on a pleasure trip. I have picked Charleston, SC. We have never been, they have a lot of history to explore, great food and a nice sounding hotel, The Dewberry.<br />
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There are great houses to explore in town but one outside of town, a plantation house intriques me. It is called Drayton Hall and it is currently being restored. It was never restored in the past and seems to have hosted both the original owners family and the freed slaves at least until the 1970's. It is a Palladian style home and I know nothing of architecture so I am investigating this. Something to do. And I must find out what a cooper is, or was.fmcgmccllchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00184250774341700041noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2069358376031242104.post-81495243195517382232020-04-18T14:29:00.001-04:002020-04-18T14:29:39.936-04:00Lockdown update<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hyacinths after the snow and freezing temps.<br />
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Yes it has been cold here, snowing and blowing. Today in the mid 40's and then in the 50's more or less for the next week.<br />
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Big Daddy had the big conference call and his company and job are in great shape, for now. Should be re-opening soon as the car companies are talking and working that way. They can't run without car parts. And Big Daddy makes car parts.<br />
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Our landscaping dude is having fits as he can't do shit. And even if he did there is no disposing of the flora crap. I am just glad he and we do not own a boat. And I am wondering what the hell the parks are gonna do about the boat slip fees. No one is gonna pay for putting there boat in a place they can't use. Of course, first you gotta get your boat out of storage. No one around here keeps their boat at home, it is pretty much prohibited to store that kinda stuff on private property unless it is in a structure. And you gotta have a decent size boat on these waters.<br />
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New rules, so we can tell the days apart we have coffee trays in bed on the weekend. And video cocktails with my mom on Friday and Saturday--then Sunday brunch. Gotta get it together as it is getting warm enough to think about going outside. again.fmcgmccllchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00184250774341700041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2069358376031242104.post-13420204842750528952020-04-04T13:53:00.000-04:002020-04-05T18:59:24.898-04:00Anxiety<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The main reason I go to the shrinkage or the Psychologist is very high anxiety. This causes acid reflux in me, which is currently very bad. So no peppers for me. Oh well.<br />
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I have been reading books on High Sensitivity, some say this also causes high anxiety. I think it does.<br />
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I always wonder why I can't be like others, those people that nothing seems to bother them. They shrug off stuff that would make me feel horrible. Things that would haunt me, some people do not even notice. I cannot understand that.<br />
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My IBS is about the same, my hives are about the same and my rosacea is about the same.<br />
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My mother has a dog walker. This guy that I am not sure of from which he came. He is older and his mom drives him around. Update: this is a week or so later, mom had to can the dog walker, he started getting too familiar. Asking for money out of turn, telling her he was making more elsewhere, shorting her on time. Well, we were discussing a nice way to get rid of him and the Florida Gov announced a lockdown and mom canned him on her own. Good woman.<br />
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I was going to volunteer at the Salvation Army food service then I investigated and it is recommended that with my Afib I do not get out and about. So I guess I will wait until this is easing up but I am really concerned about the homeless in this shit. No one is talking about them and they have to be the most vulnerable of us all. They have no where to shelter. They have no where to die. And no one is talking about this. Big Daddy says they are spraying the migrants in India down with bleach, and now just people on the street going for food are being sprayed with bleach. What have we become.fmcgmccllchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00184250774341700041noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2069358376031242104.post-61506339684368736052020-04-04T13:39:00.000-04:002020-04-04T13:39:32.396-04:00Surprise!!! There is nothing new.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Trying to blend in the grey with a toner. Hmmm.<br />
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Not so sure this home hair care method is going to be a big success. Nope, does not make me happy.<br />
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We have a new weekend routine, coffee in bed. I bought us a great tray, Big Daddy makes the coffee and hauls it upstairs on the snazzy tray, we turn on the crap news programs--make no mistake, they are all crap--and the cat joins in. So this morning mom calls me at 8 AM. I am still waking up and no coffee. Yes, in the past I used to get up at 4 to 4:30, today is new times. Her dog is itching and she can't sleep, her sister-in-law of the dead brother is losing her mind and she has not had her coffee. She has been up since 4. WTF, why did she not make coffee. She has one of those Keurig things, it is not hard.<br />
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We all agree that we do not quite believe the news or anyone working for the news, reporting the news or appearing on the news. Something about all this is just sketchy. Contrary to the NYT I do not know anyone who has died from Covid-19. I do not know anyone who is sick. I do not know anyone who knows anyone who is either of the above. What's up with that? And that includes people in 8 states and 5 countries. I don't get it. There is definitely some reason that some die and some do not and they gotta find out what that little factor is. Why are they dropping dead like crazy in NYC and Prince Charles is virtually unscathed, and the Prince is in the bad zone.<br />
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Is this some Chinese cluster or what.<br />
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And why is anyone surprised by 3M being dickwads, they have always been dickwads. Back in the day they were they worst to work with. Extra big egos and asshats to wear them.<br />
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We went to The Hill last night for takeout, they are still having 2 for one. We got a lovely bottle of Girard Chardonney for 25.00, their special burgers and fries with tomato soup for 38 bucks. Included tip. BYW this is a very nice white table cloth restaurant and BD told them to add the tip to the tab as it is 1 easier 2 cleaner 3 stops the non tipping assholes from skating. This week the tip was added. <br />
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I must add we are very blessed. Plus the above mentioned this has not touched us, BD is working from home and receiving full pay and benes, son is the same and mom is good. Brother that lives in mom's house is at least rent free and his kids are all okay. Same for rest of the family. We are blessed.fmcgmccllchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00184250774341700041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2069358376031242104.post-52981673696972214142020-04-01T16:46:00.004-04:002020-04-01T16:46:47.604-04:00Oldies<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I still cannot get the damn phone to sync for new pics, so once an old one. When I was younger, thinner and in New Orleans.fmcgmccllchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00184250774341700041noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2069358376031242104.post-55185257547454376142020-03-29T17:17:00.003-04:002020-03-29T17:17:56.322-04:00This is why this will never work<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Need way more wine for this shit.<br />
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Trying to talk to kids in Vermont. Not working as Internet sucks. Also trying to set all this shit up is a nightmare. This will never work in its current form.<br />
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By the way, have Apple TV The Morning Show for free right now on the Fire Stick and it was fabulous. Who knew Jennifer Aniston could really act.fmcgmccllchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00184250774341700041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2069358376031242104.post-69669140709255282512020-03-28T11:03:00.000-04:002020-03-28T11:03:49.329-04:00Time for a good old fashioned rant<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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An old pic from an assembly plant smoking area.<br />
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This one is for the talking heads on TV saying how they are setting up assembly lines to make ventilators. No, that is not happening. They are gonna build that shit at the pilot plants with the pilot teams. That is because there are union contracts and the pilot plants are already set up for this. There are white collar engineers looking at the prints, logistics specialists getting the parts and then they will hand build these things in the cells at the pilot plants. It will be fine.<br />
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This one is for all the people concerned for the Instacart strike. Those people are Independent Contractors. I was a different type of Independent Contractor on my last job. The reason companies hire ICs is because they do not have to pay any benefits, only an hourly fee. The sticker is companies are not allowed to direct the work of ICs--they can only dictate outcomes. But because everyone in the House and Senate has no balls they get away with treating ICs like direct hires. That is why I quit, the guy I direct reported to wanted me to work for free answering calls and emails like the direct hires did. What a doofus. They also wanted certain forms filled out, databases kept up, meetings attended, things they were directing. Nope that is not what an IC does.<br />
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And these snowflakes all crying cause they have to give birth alone. Trust me you are not gonna be alone. There will be a host of people there, more that you will ever want to see.<br />
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I killed my month old cactus. I watered it once and it rotted.<br />
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Remember the expensive smelly shoes. There is a FB account of someone having one of her shoes stolen at a hotel. She is getting a police report.<br />
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And what about the nurse who is saying there are way more dead people from the Covid-19 than they are reporting. Where are all these unreported dead people. I would think they would have to handle these corpses a certain way due to contamination? fmcgmccllchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00184250774341700041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2069358376031242104.post-21151779702934719402020-03-25T11:55:00.000-04:002020-03-25T11:55:45.001-04:00Shrinking on the phone<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Gee I gotta take some new pics. This is the snow globe Big Daddy brought home from the Paris airport for Curly. She loves all things French and this came with a small doll named Francoise. Curly said Francoise loves hamburgers.<br />
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Well the shrinking on the phone went about as well as I thought it would, mostly shitty. Next we will try video on the phone. Can't wait. The only thing interesting was that people are currently building up anti-bodies and this must continue later. Why is she the only one talking about this. It is not like we can infect people a few at a time.<br />
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And can someone tell me who is really in charge of making a stockpile of stuff for the hospitals. FEMA has been awful since Katrina and I don't know that it improved. Then the put FEMA and TSA under the same group and we all know TSA has never been a prize. And I thought the state governments were supposed to know how much stuff they needed and had. Does no one know how to do an audit?<br />
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Ordered my mom's stuff from Publix for delivery again and they had most everything but the sanitary wipes for the bathroom. I wish I knew what all these people are doing in their bathrooms that requires all this immense stock of cleaning and wiping products. This is not right.<br />
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I found some haircolor online I am thinking about. I am really due for some work, the photo yesterday was not the most current.fmcgmccllchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00184250774341700041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2069358376031242104.post-28058006283434843702020-03-23T13:20:00.000-04:002020-03-24T12:02:01.944-04:00Michigan on Lockdown<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Ah yes, the making of the horseradish.<br />
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Well good ole Gretch, the gov, shut the state down today. Because people are not taking this seriously. She knows this because she saw pics of kids on beaches in Florida. No wait, it gets better. And these kids that don't take this seriously are getting sick more here--maybe Michigan maybe not she wasn't clear--because of the vaping. Yep, vaping and beaches is why Michigan needs to go on lockdown. I think it really may be because she really wants to be Joe's running mate.<br />
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We are gonna try a Walgreens order for mom but I have little hope there. I tried yesterday for a few things and they are just not available. No such stuff in the stores. Does not matter what Gretch, Trump and everybody says it is just not available.<br />
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Mom says to tell Gretch they did shut the beaches and the kids won't go home. That is a tough one. Have the National Guard haul them out, not a good look on the TV.<br />
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It snowed today, just enough to call it snow. Then back up to 57 on Wednesday.<br />
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At 5:30 Trump will be on TV with his report and everyone will be watching Dr. Fauci for his reactions. He is the big news, him and his reactions. Great TV. fmcgmccllchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00184250774341700041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2069358376031242104.post-25563289786400184552020-03-22T13:27:00.001-04:002020-03-23T13:02:26.687-04:00Enough of the depressing stuff, lets talk about my hair<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Okay not a great photo, but look at the hair.<br />
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This is the beginning of going gray/grey. I prefer grey. This is much shorter than it is has been for awhile. When BD got sick with the cancer I grew my hair longer so I could just whip it up and not worry about fooling with it. I wore it that way for a few years. After BD was mom and again not fooling with the hair was great.<br />
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When I decided to bite the bullet and quit coloring I thought to myself "there is nothing more aging than long hanging grey hair. Looks like a hag from an Aesop Fable. Cannot do that. So we cut it and I like it shorter. So far the roots are not making me run for the hills. And this self quaratine keeps people from seeing this if it goes south. In desperation I found a hair color online I can do myself if things get bad. Of course we know that will be a disaster, but again in quarantine.<br />
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A few years ago my hairdresser and I tried a new color. It did not work. I wore a hat for one month. Been there done that on bad hair.<br />
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My mom sent me her important papers. Stockbroker statements and foot therapy.<br />
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I do not feel great today. Considering I have not left the house for 11 days and when out stayed away and clean I should be fine. Big Daddy goes to work every day but he is clean and fine. Who knows. My temp is okay. I do tend to have allergy issues and we have been opening the windows at night. The newly renovated upstairs master suite--that sounds way better than reality--or maybe I am just being a bitch--tends to warm up and not cool down at night. I know the insulation is good and we put in a separate heat pump for the upstairs, it just does not cool down unless we open a window.<br />
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I have a new book, a real book with paper pages. The Day Ends At Dawn by David Fulmer. This is the newest Valentin St. Cyr mystery; the stories take place in New Orleans back in the day. Storyville and the start of the Jazz Era. I have read everyone of these books. Love them. He writes about other towns and characters but this is the one that caught on with me.<br />
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Skyped with my granddaughter today, it is a good thing she can get out and ride her bike or she would be going crazy. Child has huge energy and with no school she needs a lot of interaction. Her parents are great at this but everyone needs a break when all are locked up in the same house.<br />
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Talked to my mom and she is not all that happy but then again who is. BD is out shopping for whatever he can find. Trader Joe's is now limiting entry to a certain number of people. BD got cuts in line as he is using a cane. Don't forget he did not get all his physical therapy. He is keeping up but there is no replacement for the machines to help the muscles hold that knee in place.<br />
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Hopefully more tomorrow, and Oh yea the NTY Sunday puzzle was not a favorite but I finished in normal time. I still do the puzzle every day.fmcgmccllchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00184250774341700041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2069358376031242104.post-79261566537146071302020-03-20T13:44:00.000-04:002020-03-20T13:44:48.184-04:00Living the Covid-19 life <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Yea, you.<br />
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Well let us see what is up.<br />
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Mom went to the tax people and left off her documents. She could not stop herself from stopping at the bakery on the way home. Only 2 other people there. Her docs aren't right but the stockbroker is faxing papers and all should be good.<br />
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Big Daddy paid 1.41 for gas.<br />
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My mother's helper which is walking the dog seems to be wanting money more often and bringing the dog back sooner and sooner. He was supposed to be paid at the end of the week and now wants paid daily. And he is supposed to walk for 30 minutes and just can't make that time. Next week I need to get serious on watching this shit.<br />
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My shrink, I am sorry my Psychologist wants to do phone therapy. Not sure if I think this will be productive but I said I would give it a try.<br />
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Big Daddy is still working, they are still handing out hand sanitizer and life goes on.<br />
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Oh, and I filled out my US Census on line. Hope that worked out.<br />
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