Rantingjay

[TBoneTX 46,297]

1 hour ago, NikLR said:

Had a happy day.

Happy Niki-B. ma'am!  Happy, HAPPY Niki-B. ma'am!

[TBoneTX 46,297]

Mini-B. awoke, as expected, at o'dark-Many and raced downstairs, pre-back-exercises owwww we man.

Among the chief gifts, he got a BBMany (BB[2x2x2] or whatever it's called), which he enjoyed greatly, enjoy greatly wee man.

He got a Star Wars Nerf Gun, shoot it wee man.

He got a Batcycle/monster transformer, transform it wee man.

He wasn't thrilled about his calzoncillos or his Batman pullover hoodie, probably to be expected man.

 

In the afternoon, Mama T-B. & Uncle T-B. came to visit, bearing more spoils, spoil wee man.

 

At bedtime, Mini-B. said that this was a really good day, success man.

[TBoneTX 46,297]

Last night, cat dropped all Many (2+1) of her fuzzy balls on the bedroom floor, wanted to play miu man.

Cat is currently waiting (im)patiently at our feet with another fuzzy ball, wants to play miu man.

We should show our older child as much attention as we did to Mini-B., only fair man.

[TBoneTX 46,297]

De-dish cat prep zzz man.

Mornin', MIL-free and other babes with refulgent, eminently allocatable +1 inventories!

[trudi 1,317]

Everyone had a good day yesterday, all loved their presents and no drama so I am happy 😁

 

Today we have the funeral of a family friend who died unexpectedly Friday, it's hard at anytime to lose your spouse/Dad but at this time of year it seems so much worse

 

Despite our pleas to give the family some privacy to grieve over Christmas MIL went up there yesterday

[SAT 9,609]

It was crazy here....My wife invited 3 families over, and 2 other families invited themselves (who does that)....

She was up cleaning till about 2   

[SAT 9,609]

12 hours ago, N-o-l-a said:

 

 I was sad to find out that my rotary phone won't work at my new house because we use a VOIP service

 

They can't use rotary phones in Poland either. (They can't find the # "10" on the rotor)

[SAT 9,609]

9 hours ago, N-o-l-a said:

So, the Dane's truck wouldn't start today despite being plugged in.  It was below -20°F not including the windchill.  Why would it not start?  Because the Dane thought he knew better than everyone and should wait to get a new battery.  This battery is over 8 years old and has 110k+ miles on it.  My car started.

 

Man Dutch got his money's worth outta that battery....

On the boat, I have a 4 bank battery system, 2 deep cycles, and 2 high amp. They're similar to truck batteries. I replace 1 battery every year, whether it be good or not. 

For the cars, I replace them every 3-4 years. 

 

[N-o-l-a 7,168]

1 hour ago, trudi said:

Everyone had a good day yesterday, all loved their presents and no drama so I am happy 😁

 

Today we have the funeral of a family friend who died unexpectedly Friday, it's hard at anytime to lose your spouse/Dad but at this time of year it seems so much worse

 

Despite our pleas to give the family some privacy to grieve over Christmas MIL went up there yesterday

 

Holiday deaths are difficult for sure.

 

And of course MIL didn't respect their privacy because she's rude and tacky.

[SAT 9,609]

I can't find any bargains on a new Christmas tree...

[Russ&Caro 1,549]

15 hours ago, N-o-l-a said:

 

Does it work?  I was sad to find out that my rotary phone won't work at my new house because we use a VOIP service, i.e. not enough power in the line.

 

Just noticed that is one of the old need to tell the operator the number type phones.  

I don't know when that phone was last functional. Probably the early 60's. It wasn't an operator connected network. Instead it was a series of phones stretched across one county in N Dakota. To contact someone you used the hand crank on the right side of the phone and x number of cranks meant you wanted someone in the Schultz house, y # of cranks meant someone in the Muller house should pick up, z # of cranks was meant for the Schneiders, etc. It was one huge party line so anyone could theoretically listen in quietly for some gossip if they were bored from playing video games or Housewives of Bismark wasn't playing on the telly.

[SAT 9,609]

Oh happy Boxing day to you moose huggers and blood pudding eaters...

[C-ma'am 684]

On 12/21/2017 at 7:43 PM, Dianalorena said:

Guys I want to share that today, after 10 and a half months my husband and I got finally approved. <3 <3 <3 

We cried, we laughed, cried again, I'm an emotional mess and we don't really know how to feel or react. It's been such a long and stressful beginning of this journey, but you guys have helped, this forum has been great and I couldn't be happier I've got all of you. (Told you I'm still emotional) I know we still have a long way to go with NVC and the interview (like 6 months) but for now I'm incredibly happy we're over that part and starting the new year actually being able to advance in this process. YEY! 

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH so happy for you, querida!

 

 

Hello everyone! No traffic in DC.. virtually no one a the office.  I love it!

[N-o-l-a 7,168]

3 hours ago, SAT said:

 

Man Dutch got his money's worth outta that battery....

On the boat, I have a 4 bank battery system, 2 deep cycles, and 2 high amp. They're similar to truck batteries. I replace 1 battery every year, whether it be good or not. 

For the cars, I replace them every 3-4 years. 

 

 

Yeah he did.   There is being frugal and being too frugal.  I'd almost bet it still works when the weather warms up too.  He had to to take my car to work today so he could pick up a new battery.  

 

In other irritating Dane news - he put up the trim around my door on Christmas, but where does he saw it next to?  The recently cleaned infant car seat and new car seat cover I made for it.  The saw was on the other side of the basement, why move it there?  Of course, he gets saw dust all over the basement floor and doesn't clean it up.    I'm not going to even say anything, because why bother?

[SAT 9,609]

This is the story of how I spent almost 3 grand on Boxing day morning...

 

So I was going to home depot, to get 1 bottle of tilex, and a wood crate for little Turtle's Christmas loot.

The marina is on the way to HD, I was like oh #### I never paid my winter dockage...

So I stop in there, wished everyone a Merry Christmas, and they were like, "Merry Christmas, 2200 bucks!" So, ok, I paid it. On to HD...

I grab the tilex, I get a tub cleaner, granite cleaner, 2 little wood creates, I head for the self check out. 

 

I pass by seasonal and everything was like on fire sale! The 200 light LED strings were like 1.98! Everything was like dirt cheap man...(speaking of cheap, where's Tark...) Now the kid had wanted to decorate the outside of the house like the rest of the houses in the hood...So I started to look....

 

I fought olds ladies, big brawly guys, I elbowed and shoved, I stomped on toes...I pushed my cart next to the shelves and did one of those sweeping motions with one arm and dozed everything into the cart...

390 bucks at HD. 

 

Happy Boxing Day...