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[TBoneTX 43,621]

Finally-communicative Asia!  Finally-communicative, FINALLY-COMMUNICATIVE Asia!

[TBoneTX 43,621]

Thrilling Friday report, see man:

 

Spent $Many at Costco, hard not to man.

 

Popped in at bank with weekly POTS deposit*, no advance notice man.

        *$Many,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000, yawn man

Employees' jaws dropped, and one murmured, "It's the Emperor of POTSs, si man!", si man.

The red carpet was hastily rolled out, drop everything to do it they man.

No one asked for an autograph, everyone too awed as usual man.

We charge extra for those anyway, most regular people can't afford it man.

 

Lunch was onecan (large) of white chunk chicken, ingest we man.

Din-din was an entire bag of General Tso's chicken, ingest Two Guys man.

 

Friday = movie night, Two Guys man.

Watched video of how toilet paper is made, never knew all that man.

Watched various miu-videos, see mius man.

Watched 2 previously seen movies of the Many (2+1) Stooges, unparalled stuff man.

Consumed Many (2+2) bowls of Costco popcorn, ingest Two Guys man.

 

Looks like we'll finish Mini-B.'s bedtime book on Saturday night, perfect timing man.

Miu has just dropped a tattered feather-roller at our feet, Play With Daddy NOW man.

[laylalex 7,268]

I feel violated watching this video  

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Mac and cheese, the beloved cheesy pasta dish, has some pretty standard ingredients: spiral pasta, milk, cheddar, and...raisins?

That last one is an unlikely addition, which is probably why the internet is currently losing it over a viral TikTok recipe. TikTokker @TexyKitchen1 has reached over 7.7 million views on a 34-second video of a mac and cheese dish she made for her husband. Atop the cheese, she sprinkled on some raisins, which has resulted in some pretty strong reactions across Twitter and TikTok.

 

https://mashable.com/article/tiktok-raisins-mac-and-cheese

 

The video itself -- oh god no no no no no

https://www.tiktok.com/@texykitchen1/video/7025794562408959237

[TBoneTX 43,621]

7 hours ago, laylalex said:

I feel violated watching this video  

Like a car accident that we can't take our horrified eyes off of, huh LL ma'am?

[TBoneTX 43,621]

Saturday GS/ES report, see man:

 

Quite a pleasanter experience than in recent weeks, see the take man:

 -- 2 new-in-package handkerchiefs = half + half-of-half a buck, deal man

 -- Frisbee = half-of-half a buck, deal man

 -- Vans deck-shoes = free*, heavenly man

 -- red sofa pillow = $Many-&-a-half ($[2x2x2] + half a buck), OK man

 -- toucans Amway furniture-polish; onecan Amway glass-cleaner; full bottle rubbing-alcohol; 

       full box of Manyzen LitterMaid miu-poop bins = $Many-&-a-half ($2+2+2 + half a buck), 

       steal man

 -- windbreaker jacket (new with tags) for Uncle T-B. = $Many-&-a-half ($2+2+2 + half a buck)**, 

       steal man

 

  *from the Chinese family 2 casas from ours, always smile but can't communicate man

**talked down from $Many ($2x2x2), financially savvy we man

 

Total = $Many-&-a-half ($[2x2x2x2] + [2+2+2] + half a buck)

[TBoneTX 43,621]

Thrilling Saturday non-GS/ES report, see man:

 

Absolutely glorious outside, Texas weather Many man.

Lunch was, for second straight week, at FST* restaurant, ingest we man.

   *Favorite Small Town, expansion man

 

Did not mow lawn, not covered with OPLs** or overgrown man.

   **Other People's Leaves, expansion man

 

Got wonderful, highly necessary hourlong nap, zzz we man.

Din-din was chicken sandwiches + fries from Burger King***, ingest Two Guys man.

   ***with use of coupon, financially savvy we man

 

Turned back all clocks, hate Standard Time grrrrrrr we man.

Lost Many out of Many games of Uno to Mini-B., wee beat we man.

Finished Mini-B.'s bedtime book**** on last night of Our Week, great timing man.

   ****one more chapter and he'd have zonked out before finishing, just in time man

 

Will visit Mama T-B. on Sun., dote on wee yell at we senior she man.

Will drop new jacket with Uncle T-B., housebound senior he man.

Edited November 7, 2021 by TBoneTX

[TBoneTX 43,621]

Wondering if post posted just before time-change will still appear before this one just after the time-change, experiment we man.

 

Edited to add, see man:  somehow yes, si man.

Edited November 7, 2021 by TBoneTX

[TBoneTX 43,621]

Thought for the Day, see man:

 

Halloween would have been our Many'th anniversary with then-Mrs.-T-B., note we man.

[janet3 1,170]

On 11/4/2021 at 12:29 AM, TBoneTX said:

Bad absent everyone!  Bad, BAD absent ABSENT everyone!

I'm not absent!!! Just lurking about a bit.....nothing really going on here besides studying for the Civics test.

Other than the studying bit....the only exciting thing that has happened in the last month is....my Aussie was sprayed by a skunk....for the THIRD time. Seriously....THE THIRD TIME...has he lost his senses? He's a sweetheart and I always thought he was fairly smart. But three times? He still stinks.

 

Different note....the Algerian has his interview tomorrow....hopefully it goes well....

[laylalex 7,268]

1 hour ago, janet3 said:

I'm not absent!!! Just lurking about a bit.....nothing really going on here besides studying for the Civics test.

Other than the studying bit....the only exciting thing that has happened in the last month is....my Aussie was sprayed by a skunk....for the THIRD time. Seriously....THE THIRD TIME...has he lost his senses? He's a sweetheart and I always thought he was fairly smart. But three times? He still stinks.

 

Different note....the Algerian has his interview tomorrow....hopefully it goes well....

Good luck for the interview! 

[TBoneTX 43,621]

4 hours ago, janet3 said:

the MANY'RD time. Seriously....THE MANY'RD TIME

Flagrant P-math violation again corrected, si and  JMany ma'am!

Good luck to Mr. 2x+y, si JMany ma'am.

Edited November 8, 2021 by TBoneTX

[TBoneTX 43,621]

Belated yet still-thrilling Sunday report, see belatedly man:

 

Awoke groggy, why not just stay on Daylight Saving Time man.

Dropped Mini-B. with Mama T-B., doting senior she man.

Brought new jacket to Uncle T-B., appreciative senior he man.

Flurried as usual conquer-laundrying, make-bedding, etc., frazzled we man.

 

Lunch was BOGO half-of-half-pounders-with-cheese from McDonalds, beastly expensive man.

 

Retrieved Mini-B., spoiled wee man.

He introduced Mama T-B. to "virtual reality," via his headset, bewildering to senior she man.

 

Napped like an illegitimate male child for a blessed hour, holy zzz we man.

Walked around block with Mini-B., glorious Texas weather Many man.

 

Din-din was spaghetti + meatballs, traditional last of the week, ingest wee man.

Din-din was the leftover bagged salad + brisket scraps, ingest we man.

Dessert was the last of the FST chocolate cream pie, ingest Two Guys man.

 

Dished the warsher, get it done before AFV man.

Ex-Mrs.-T-B. showed up an hour early, didn't set clocks back man.   

Ex-Mrs.-T-B. inspected messages on our phone from the rubias et al., nosy ex-she man.

 

Watched AFV, pretty good man.

Helped Mini-B. collect his junk, massive amounts man.

Mutually recited "We're Two Guys" mantra, we and wee man.

Waved goodbye to Mini-B., never wants to go wee man.

Explained to miu that Big Brudduh had to go, bored miu man.

Casa is very quiet now, si and sigh man.

Edited November 8, 2021 by TBoneTX

[DaveAndAnastasia 2,079]

Sister-Dave had to go to a conference in Vegas last week. Since she hasn't seen mini-Dave yet, Vegas is in driving distance from San Diego, and mama-Dave's birthday was over the weekend, we kind of hastily put together a meet-up (parents flew to Denver to visit my sister and her husband and kids for a few days, then flew with her to Vegas).

 

Mini-Dave did not appreciate driving to Vegas, got sick in the car in the middle of huge traffic jam mostly of semis in the fringes of LA exurbs at 10 in the morning on a Wednesday. Fortunately that was the only stretch of bad traffic until Vegas proper (note: driving in Vegas makes LA look sane, and I hate driving in LA).

 

Random restaurant in the middle of nowhere had a good cheesesteak for me and salad with salmon for PRG but wasn't much on the menu for mini-Dave, fed him some fruit and tried to give him a cheese quesadilla but he didn't like the idea. PRG and I ate the quesadilla instead.

However, he did like running around after a few hours in the car.

 

Arrived at Airbnb, nice enough townhouse, but promised high chair and crib nowhere to be found (would arrive a few days later, though crib was an off-brand pack-and-play and so too small for the quite tall for a year and a half old mini-Dave, not a full sized crib; fortunately we had a king-sized bed). Parents and sister delighted to see mini-Dave, insisted he was most adorable baby in the world (obviously true).

 

Fountain at Bellagio is quite cool, walking through smokey casino to get there not so much (walked around outside to get back to car).

Hoover Dam and Lake Mead impressive.

Mini-Dave was as happy chasing ducks and geese at parks in Vegas as he is in San Diego.

Found Italian place in the suburbs not far from Airbnb for mom's 70th birthday dinner, was quite nice.

 

Since sister and parents flew home on Saturday, we left early Sunday morning. Driving in Vegas significantly less crazy at 8 am on Sunday.

Also, when tired, hungry, and needing to find a bathroom, my ability to navigate the streets of a small town to find a restaurant are apparently significantly impaired. Kept making wrong turns trying to listen to my phone, finally PRG pointed to a Panda Express and said that's fine. Mini-Dave ate Chinese food; did not like Greek from previous night.

 

Finally returned home safely. Was great to visit family, Vegas not our thing.

[TBoneTX 43,621]

Happy Many'th birthday to Mama DA, si senior she ma'am.

[TBoneTX 43,621]

Thrilling (?) Monday report, see man:

 

We remember that miu broke a white baking-dish the other day, remember we man.

We swept up all that we could find, white glass on white tile man.

 

On Monday morn, we stepped toward the thermostat to adjust it, environmental we man.

We felt a sharp pain, ouch man.

We looked at the TOP of our foot and saw massive bleeding, how'd that happen man.

A stray glass shard was the culprit, didn't see it before man.

We bled like an illegitimate male child all over the floor, red-blooded we man.

Of course, this was morning and we couldn't bend down to get to our foot, need back-transplant we man.

No rubia around at that moment to assist, must keep one or more here in future man.

 

We managed to get a cocktail napkin to stick to the blood, good drop we man.

Of COURSE, no first-aid supplies anywhere downstairs,  man.

We managed to limp upstairs (from back even more than foot), limp we man.

Miu followed Daddy, exciting adventure for miu man.

 

Cut was not even half an inch long and not deep at all, no man.

However, it throbbed and bled like an illegitimate male child, highly vascular area man.

We managed to bandage it, somehow man.

 

We limped downstairs and continued our morning routine, mandatory caffeine man.

We wondered how we'd clear up the bloody floor, still unclear man.

 

We rebandaged wound and tried to dress for work, oh great man.

We cannot pull on our socks properly in mornings, stiff back we man.

We must somehow position sock on toes and pull up from elastic, high friction man.

 

For most of day, we could barely walk, throbbing foot man.

At the casa, we took off shoe and beheld bloody sock, sock it to us man.

Pulling up sock had dislodged the bandage,  man.

However, there was no other option, no man.

Maybe tomorrow will be better, hope we man.

 

Din-din was the remaining Many (2+2) hot dogs, ingest before buns got stale we man.

Napped for a glorious hour, zzz we man.

 

Miu now self-tossing favorite feather-roller, must accommodate energetic miu we man.

Mornin', lurking Commie- and other babes with zealously withheld upvote inventories!