The awful coffee maker died.

The ugliest and hardest to use coffee maker in existence died Saturday. It was so ugly Big Daddy called it the Rube somebody of all coffee makers. It required hours of Windex polishing and it was a nasty ass mess to use. It was a Bunn. It was what, a month old?

Yesterday it decided not to make any more coffee. BD put it into the Trader Joe's shopping bag and took it back to the store. That is about the only receipt I have ever saved and I am so glad I did. We now have a Krups with an insulated pot. It is programmable so BD can have his coffee when he wakes up.

Funny of the day:  I had 2 packages of cone filters that I threw away when I bought the coffee maker from hell. That one took the round filters. New coffee maker takes the cone shaped ones I threw out. I am saving the round ones as I think you can use them to polish glass and mirrors, we will see.

Freedom

We are now Ford people. This is my new ride.

It is almost impossible to drive any non-union car in Detroit. It just makes life difficult. I drove Saabs for years and I did take some guff and damage but it was worth it to drive down Lakeshore with the top down. Now we are Ford people as they did not get caught up in that financial mess, no Government Motors or Tony's Transportation for us. And it has heated seats. I loved my Ford Edge but at 19 MPG and gasoline out of control I can't take that bet again. I would not be surprised if they start rationing gas again.

I went to the hairdresser yesterday and was told I was too blond. I did not think that was possible.

Punkin Head came for dinner, his request was burgers and spinach. I taught Big Daddy how to do a mean sauteed spinach and it cracks me up that Punkin Head loves it. He was the pickiest eater as a child and hated both of those items.

Just a few weeks and Eastern Market has the crazy flower sales, y'all will love pictures of that place, every Saturday it is a madhouse and BD likes to get there a 6 AM to get a parking space. So I better get busy outside. And we have to find the pull cart and radio flyer and clean them up.

Employment package came in the mail

Fed Ex was here at 10 AM on the dot and Big Daddy has his package. He is going to pee at 2 this afternoon. After work he is going to the car dealer to make arrangements for a car.

Punkin Head has snagged a great job interview for a well known college in a few days, he graduates Friday and his cat is recovering from the dental surgery.

After being off reading for a while I am back into devouring entire books at a setting. Just dime store pulp but it is so odd to know that when I get a car I can go buy a book anytime. One the books was a nice read, Patrick Taylor wrote An Irish Country Village. It appears to be the middle of 3 books and I will try to find the others, it is about country doctors back in the day.

I wish it would warm up here, not pleasant to go outside for fun.

I see the dreaded new format is here again

Does anyone know how to find the "Blog of the day" or whatever that thing was called on the new shitty format.

I changed back to the old format once and they gave me the new one anyway, just give it up and learn to use it or change to another company. We will see.

How you know you are okay

I asked Big Daddy yesterday afternoon if he wanted me to go to Target and buy him a new lunch bucket. He ironed his big boy clothes and did his man spa (trimming nose hairs) and we had a lovely dinner. If you can't laugh and joke then you are not okay. I remember when Punkin Head was in Upper School I would leave notes about him having play dates with his friends. Cracked me up.

I received desperate phone calls from some recruiter today which I let go to voice mail, not my job.

Funny of the day: New Company cannot do anything to BD's passport until he is a direct employee. They took him in under a contract company with the promise of direct employment as soon as the CEO signs the req. Bet that gets signed right quick now that he can't travel to the shit holes of the world.

Bring Your Passport with you

Big Daddy starts his new job Monday. He is happy and we are not moving. We need to make some plans for next week though as I will be without a car for the week. And with the stove fixed I can cook dinner or at least help, I have to learn to cook all over again.

I broke it to BD that I am considering retirement, he was surprised but did not have a lot to say.

Now I need to investigate lawnmowers as we do not own one and it seems foolish to pay someone to mow this tiny yard if I am not working.

Oh yea, BD's new company needs to do due diligence on his passport so he can travel to China and India. I just laughed and told him he might need shots for India.

I am done

Until something positive happens I cannot continue. There was a flurry of phone calls today with different directions for perhaps a job on Monday. Maybe. Maybe a new relo package from Podunk.

Big Daddy finally fixed the stove today as I cooked a nice pot of oil soaked shit yesterday afternoon.

This is the biggest nightmare ever, and I think the quitting smoking is just making it a tad worse.

Reworked vacuum is good.

Just an aside, the problem with the resin shortage for the auto industry cracks me up. Everyone has/had tried for years to make sure they had the "corner on the market". And then the auto industry went with the single sourcing to control the pricing. Well, now you are fucked dudes, you put all your eggs in one basket and it is what it is. And really, there is probably another resin that will do the job, but the way you set up the testing and acceptance criteria, well it will take some time, huh? Now you all get to explain why your original thoughts were wrong.