Save The Last Rants For Me

[TBoneTX 44,792]

We have itineraried a highly ambitious road-trip ES/GS/MS schedule for Saturday, devise we man.

 

The route comprises a GS, an MS, and Many (2x2x2) ESs, favorable balance man.

 

The Many (2+1) keys to success/completion will be an early start (yeah, si man), little rain (uncertain, si or no man), and favorable traffic (yeah, si man).

 

Everyone here is certainly rooting for our success, pre-assured we man.

[TBoneTX 44,792]

Scintillating non-We Friday repartee, yawn man.

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Thrilling Friday report, see man:

 

Another record-setting week of POTS $ale$, $i man.

Miu climbed onto our groggily awakening chest to ensure a timely miu-breakfast, determined miu man.

 

Lunch was the final (2+2th) set of casa-made gut-bombs, ingest we man.

Din-din was Many (2+2+2) McDonald's cheeseburgers, ingest we man.

 

Afghan refugee family apparently given a local apartment, zero inside it man.

We shall collect some unused cookware to donate, never use it ourself man.

Of course, where are the infernal lids to everything, disorganized then-she man.  

 

Miu has just chewed up a piece of thin cardboard, all over floor man.

 

We are already overdue for bed and an early ES start, sigh and  man.

Miu prep zzz man.

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

[TBoneTX 44,792]

Saturday GS/MS/ES report, see man:

 

We de-itineraried 2 ESs and Many miles, rain and gridlock man.

The GS was phantom, grrrr man.

 

The take, see man:

 -- old book for Mini-B. = $Many ($2+2+1), absolute steal man

 -- mostly full Neutrogena astringent = $1, deal man

 -- 2 towels, Many (2+1) sweatbands = $1, steal man

Total = $Many ($2+2+2+1)

[TBoneTX 44,792]

Scintillating Saturday repartee, yawn man.

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Thrilling (?) Saturday report, see man:

 

Enroaded self in fairly decent time, conclude we man.

Should have stopped after first ES, retrospect we man.

 

Predicted intermittent monsooning came to pass, idiots concomitantly on road man.

Worked way down to gulfside town, logical itinerary we man.

 

Lunch was at gulfside fish restaurant, revisit after 2 or Many years we man.

Menu prices Many% & $Many -- yes, Many% & $Many -- higher than previous, shocked we man.

Ordered blackened redfish/rice pilaf/veggie medley for $Many, ingest we man.

 

After first of two ESs, lens out-popped from our glasses, make spectacle-of-self we man.

Our screw was not only loose, but missing, self-repair impossible man.

Had to drive with one eye, half-see man.

No opticians apparently within range or open, search we man.

Tried flagging two police cruisers, ignore we they man.

Tried finding police station, not where supposed to be man.

Stumbled on fire station, stop we man.

Only bombero on duty exceptionally helpful, rescue we man.

Temporary repairs adequately made, resourceful he man.

Long story short, stellar experience with commendation letter to Chief, write we man.

 

Headed for casa with stop at Aldi, through intermittent monsoon with concomitant idiots man.

Made casa just before dark, had left casa completely de-lighted man.

Indignant miu immediately demanded treats, service miu we man.

 

Din-din was rediscovered partial box of rather ancient fish sticks, good thing ingest we man.

Napped like a dead thing for an hour, crucial zzz we man.

Miu demanded second round of treats, must deprogram deluded miu we man.

Finished vittles list at legacy supermarket, ready for Mini-B. week we man.

Don't know why it's 1 a.m. already, no man.

[TBoneTX 44,792]

Scintillating Sunday repartee, yawn man.

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Thrilling Sunday report, see man:

 

Did not leave casa all day, exhausted we man.

Cloudy all day but didn't rain, weather dudes wrong again man.

Decided to mow front lawn, opportunistic we man.

A one-sweatband job, accurately foreseen by we man.

 

Lunch was tuna glop*, ingest we man.

  *bag nukable Rice-a-Roni, toucans tuna, onecan peas, glop man

 

Single laundry load + bimonthly ironing conquered, Thread Laundress report we man.

Dished/must de-dish the warsher, domestic we man.

 

Successfully off-fended outraged miu who demanded second serving of treats, intrepid we man.

 

Watched AFV with Mini-B., ex-Mrs.-T-B., & Cousin Mini-B., full spectator contingent man.

Din-din was S+M (Mini-B.) & onecan Aldi chili (we), ingest respectively Two Guys man.

Began new Jack & Jill magazine and new book with Mini-B., read Two Guys man.

Reputation as party-animal confirmed by day's wild activities, self-confirm we man.

[TBoneTX 44,792]

Scintillating Monday repartee, yawn man.

(Bad absent Asia and other non-Commie-babes!  Bad, BAD absent ABSENT Asia and other non-Commie-babes!)

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Thrilling Monday report, see man:

 

Dropped Mini-B. at skool after a traditional first-Two-Guys breakfast of corn dogs, ingest wee man.

 

Mama T-B. had earlier requested that we grocery-shop for her, arthritic senior she man.

We confirmed list, man.  (Uncle T-B. is polar opposite in particularity, easy senior he man.)

1.  Went to Dollar* Tree to look for 2 items to be bought only there, found one man.

        *now "Dollar-Plus-Half-of-Half-a-Buck Tree

2.  Went to Walmart, rest of list man.  Walmart of course out of their own stuff, grrrr man.

Many.  We were too tired to go to a Many'rd store to save less than a buck, fed-up we man.

Many.  We got all stuff on list, some name-brand man.

Many.  Delivered stuff to Mama T-B., very heavy bag man.

Many.  Mama T-B. yelled at us for getting name-brand stuff, cheap she man.

Many.  Mama T-B. yelled at us for getting a different size, only one available man.

Many.  Mama T-B. demonstrated how to squeeze a nickel till the buffalo bellows, cheap she man.

Many.  As we left, Mama T-B. made us bend down to pick up a piece of leaf débris, easier for her than for us man.

 

Lunch was a Black Forest sub bought separately at Walmart, overpriced man.

Napped for an hour, decompress we man.

 

Din-din, see man:

Din-din was nuked-in-the-bag peas & air-fried Aldi "cheese lasagna rolls," ingest we and wee man.

Mini-B. acted as consultant, imperious wee man.

Mini-B. wanted the peas & entree served simultaneously, complex disruptive operation man.

We consulted ex-Mrs.-T-B. for time/temp of air-frying, helpful ex-she man.

We air-fried Many (2+2+2) lasagna rolls for Many minutes at Many degrees F., precise we man.

Messed up 2 compartment paper plates, slop multiple items on man.

Mini-B. approved heartily of the repast, ingest enthusiastically wee man.

He ate all his peas, let there be whirled peas man.

He mooched half a lasagna roll from us, 2 + half for wee man man.

Mini-B. high-Many'd (high-[2+2+1]'d) us after din-din, satisfied wee man.

The juvenile contingent was eminently satiated, texted we to ex-Mrs.-T-B. man.

The reply was "w t f," reply ex-she man.

We wrote, "Mini-B. liked din-din," clarify we man.

 

Cleaned miu's box, intestinally prolific miu man.

Now to read to & embed Mini-B., bedtime for wee man man.

Edited January 11, 2022 by TBoneTX

[TBoneTX 44,792]

Scintillating Tuesday repartee, yawn and  man.

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Thrilling Tuesday report, see man:

 

Went to favorite local resale store for stuff for Mini-B., discount day man.

On our way there, ex-Mrs.-T-B. asked us to find a coat for Cousin M.-B., karma man.

We found one, eagle-eyed we man.

With discount, we saved $Many, financially savvy we man.

 

Lunch was a Subway sub*, ingest we man.

    *WUOC, financially savvy we man

 

A long nap was taken, zzz we man.

 

After skool, took Mini-B. to skool park to associate with little amigo, social wee men man.

 

Din-din was Hungry Man boneless chicken patties, ingest Two Guys man.

Our dessert was a banana, additionally ingest we man.

 

Our reputation as a party-animal is hereby confirmed,  we man.

[TBoneTX 44,792]

5 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

With discount, we saved $Many, financially savvy we man.

Upon scrutiny of our receipt, it appears that we were not charged for one item, perhaps man.

We* would never permit such an outrage in the POTS business, Business Typhoon we man.

    *nor would our CPAs (one per month of the year), no man and no man and no man and no man and no man and no man and no man and no man and no man and no man and no man and no man

[DaveAndAnastasia 2,085]

Apparently if mama-Dave is stuck semi-quarantined with her husband, son (yo), daughter-in-law (PRG), and grandson (mini-Dave), she cooks a lot. 🤣

 

We'd originally planned to go up to Sequoia with them but canceled that due to snow (apparently several feet of snow fell in the mountains and they were requiring chains on tires). Couldn't cancel rental car (while we can all fit in my sedan, us + luggage for all of us + mini-Dave's stroller for 5+ hours is another matter so we'd rented a big SUV) so dad wanted to go somewhere and we ended up visiting my uncle in Phoenix (hadn't seen them since they were coincidentally in SoCal around when PRG came to 'Murrica so we met up with them the day after we got married). Had a lot of fun, but everyone got sick around when we got back; everyone tested for 'ronas,  only PRG came back positive but figured it was best for parents to stick around a little longer anyway (mini-Dave was over things the quickest, me and PRG in the middle, parents seemed fine on Friday so got on the plane home on Saturday, weren't great again on Sunday, but seem fine now).

 

But while they were stuck at our place we got baked Alaska, apple betty, Amaretto silk pudding, and an (early for me) birthday German Chocolate Cake ... in addition to the four kinds of Christmas cookies and fudge PRG had made before they got here and the cheesecake she'd made for Christmas day desert.

 

Also I finally used the sous vide machine we got for a wedding present to cook a tri-tip roast (delivery shopper thought this was a reasonable substitute for tri-tip steaks). Getting things perfectly medium rare all the way through is amazing; will do again. Though next time will steal pan from the Instant Pot; the deepest other pan we had wasn't quite deep enough and needed to lean the thing on an angle.

[TBoneTX 44,792]

Participatory DA man!  Participatory, PARTICIPATORY DA man!

And only two P-math errors -- impressive, oj tak!

[TBoneTX 44,792]

Thrilling Wednesday report, see man:

 

Overslept until Mini-B. hollered, "Dad, si man!  Wake up, si man!"

Managed to get Mini-B. fed, dressed, and to skool not much later than usual, intrepid we man.

Had to feed miu first, otherwise no peace man.

 

Miu alternately aysheep and asleep all morning, split-personality miu man.

 

Lunch was onecan (large) of Bush's baked beans from a previous ES, ingest we man.

 

Miu chose our office chair for her all-afternoon miu-nap, displaced we man by miu man.

 

Din-din was* the other Many (2+2+2) Aldi cheese lasagna rolls plus nuked crinkled carrots, ingest Two Guys man.

     *at Mini-B.'s insistence and our objection, persuasive wee man

 

Mini-B. found a detached curtain rod and tapped around pretending to be blind, blindly scratch walls and furniture wee man.

 

The above is our thrilling report, party-animal we man.

[TBoneTX 44,792]

Scintillating Thursday repartee, yawn man.

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Thrilling Thursday report, see man:

 

Lunch was onecan of Chunky chicken+dumplings soup*, ingest we man.

     *supermarket closeout purchase, financially savvy we man

 

Din-din was salad & hot dogs, ingest Two Guys man.

 

Mini-B. got upset during his piano lesson, can't doubt self wee man.

 

Had movie night, other likely plans for Friday man.

Saw "The Peanuts Movie," not bad man.

Many (2+2+1) bowls of Costco popcorn ingested, tie frequent record Two Guys man.

 

Bedtime book had two sad parts, choked-up wee (and we) man.

Had to cuddle Mini-B. till he fell asleep, emotional wee man.

[TBoneTX 44,792]

Special Friday ES report, see man:

 

 -- Many (2+2) medium-sized Corelle bowls; long metal (shoe?) rack = $Many

       ($2x2x2x2+2), steal man

Total = $Many ($2x2x2x2+2)

[TBoneTX 44,792]

Scintillating Friday repartee, yawn man.

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Thrilling Friday report, see man:

 

With yet another record-setting week of POTS sales assured, we visited the above ES and ran errands, Business Typhoon we man.

 

Lunch was a turkey sub sandwich, bought at supermarket on half-price closeout, financially savvy we man.

 

Din-din was nuked corn and air-fried chicken strips in BBQ sauce, ingest Two Guys man.

 

Ex-Mrs.-T-B. picked us up before Many (2+2+1) p.m., retrieve we ex-she man.

Cousin Mini-B. was to play in his first hyskool soccer game, natural support for senior wee man man.

 

This was the first live soccer game for us, Mini-B., and even ex-Mrs.-T-B., Many neophytes man.

Cousin Mini-B. didn't start the game, absent because of late return from Ecu man.

He entered toward end of first half and was promptly called for a foul (?), unfair man.

Coach promptly pulled him, probably less than a minute on the field man.

Got back in when game wasn't in doubt, final score of Many (2+2+1) to 1, victorious man.

 

Cousin Mini-B. seething over bad call, justified seethe by senior wee man man.

We noted that this was the first game for his Many (2+1) spectators, speak truth we man.

We concluded that, accordingly, we deemed his performance excellent, impeccable logic man.

We even mentioned that we had shouted "GOOOOOOOOOOOAL!" like a real Ecu, truth man.

This up-cheered CM-B., chortle senior wee man man.

 

Fed Mini-B. bedtime snack of blueberries, ingest wee man.

Barely kept him awake during penultimate chapters of book, will finish neatly tomorrow night man.

Told him the following joke, see man:

   Q, man:  What's orange and sounds like a parrot, huh man?

   A, man:  A carrot, si and ha ha man.

Mini-B. liked it but asked which came first, the fruit or the color, what the deuce man.

We said that we paint the POTS and then smear it with the fruit, there's the answer man.

 

[TBoneTX 44,792]

Scintillating Saturday repartee, yawn man.

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Rant, grrrr man:  If you post your GS ad late on a Friday for a Saturday GS, and your GS is phantom because you changed your mind about holding it and are a worthless piece of slime, why did you advertise it in the first place, huh man?

 

Thrilling Saturday report, see man:

 

Major, major cold/wind today, bad hair day man.

 

Mini-B. had a double breakfast, ingest waffles/syrup/blueberries twice wee man.

 

Dropped Mini-B. at ex-Mrs.-T-B.'s for the morning, prearranged man.

Attended phantom GS, see rant above and grrrrr man.

 

Hit Walmart for Mini-B.'s birthday presents, forgot till now we man.

Nabbed the last Many00-pack of regular Nerf-gun darts, fortunate we man.

Found a Many-pack ([2x2x2x2+2+2]-pack) of super-blaster Nerf darts, fortunate we man.

Returned to casa to wrap all, just made it man.

Remembered to pick up cake at supermarket, outrageous $Many ($2x2x2x2+2+2) man.

Had argument with ex-Mrs.-T-B. re lying about price and not paying half, ex-she wins again man.

Took all to Mini-B.'s party at ex-Mrs.-T-B.'s casa, just made it at 2 p.m. man.

 

Ex-Mrs.-T-B. again arranged a tasteful party, party-animal ex-she man.

Attendees were we, wee man, senior wee man, and ex-Mrs.-T-B., All In The Family man.

Many (2+2+2) half-sandwiches were consumed, all by us, ingest ravenous we man.

 

Birthday candle was one of those that expands into lit branches like a flower, high-tech man.

Ex-Mrs.-T-B. said that if it set the casa on fire, we should all run, suggest ex-she man.

We suggested that we all hide in the closets, hee hee hee man.

 

Mini-B. liked his presents, good ones from all man.

Party lasted till half-past Many, decent time man.

Took Mini-B. + presents back to casa, Two Guys man.

 

Napped for 2 hours, exhausted we man.

Birthday din-din was Costco hamburgers, one loaded one ketchupped respectively man.

Then movie night, all Many (2+1) Stooges man.

Only Many (2+1) bowls of Costco popcorn consumed, ingest stuffed Two Guys man.

About to start bedtime wind-down, obviously tired wee man.

A good pre-birthday party, actual day on Monday the Many'th (2x2x2x2+1th) man.