Let Sleeping Dogs Rant

[TBoneTX 45,288]

45 minutes ago, Ontarkie said:

the white one

To repeat, see man:  All white mius are crazy, si man.

[TBoneTX 45,288]

Thrilling Monday report, see man:

 

Mini-B. actually requested corn dogs for breakfast, return to normalcy by wee man man.

 

Lunch for Mini-B. was 2 PB&J sandwiches, ingest wee man.

Lunch for us was onecan Aldi chili, ingest we man.

 

Still none of Mini-B.'s amigos available to come over, summer-long situation man.

 

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

Could have had something more exotic, but we thought that basketball was earlier than it was man.

 

Took Mini-B. to basketball camp, first time outside for Two Guys man.

Mini-B. scored Many (2+1) baskets, proficient wee man.

 

After that, supermarketed for pints of ice cream, indulge Two Guys man.

Mini-B. got "Cosmic Brownie," ingest wee man.

We got banana nut, perfect for loco chimpanzee and ingest we man.

 

Trying to get Mini-B. ready for bed, up too late man.

Party with the rubias starts thereafter, cavort we man.

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1 hour ago, Ontarkie said:

They are gorgeous, I love the white one.

Thanks! That was taken a couple of days before Mini-M+K was born. They decided to kindly test the portable crib and made sure it's fit for purpose.

 

Then when mini-MK came home and was wailing these two decided he's a cat too and meowed back, that was a funny conversation. Never repeated since, they reverted to only miaowing when they beg (youngster) or demand (big brother) their food.

 

Though the youngster would chirp at birds too.

[DaveAndAnastasia 2,092]

11 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

After that, supermarketed for pints of ice cream, indulge Two Guys man.

Mini-B. got "Cosmic Brownie," ingest wee man.

We got banana nut, perfect for loco chimpanzee and ingest we man.

Mini-Dave sometimes insists on choosing not only the flavor of ice cream he eats, but what mommy and/or daddy eat too.

Generally partial to Tillamook's Monster Cookie (good, but prefer to mix things up occasionally). Sometimes gets upset if there's none left, so unless he's insisting (as per above), mommy and daddy get something else and leave that one for him. 🤣

[TBoneTX 45,288]

7 minutes ago, DaveAndAnastasia said:

Mini-Dave sometimes insists on choosing not only the flavor of ice cream he eats, but what mommy and/or daddy eat too.

Welcome to young-child fatherhood, si DA man.

Ice cream tends to be an important topic of focus, si man.

Any luck hunt-jobbing, huh DA man?

[DaveAndAnastasia 2,092]

7 minutes ago, TBoneTX said:

Any luck hunt-jobbing, huh DA man?

Yes, but new job requires security clearance so waiting on that to start.

 

Also, mini-Dave's daycare is closing; teacher expecting a baby. Found a new one that looks good, but they have a summer break in a few weeks so probably also waiting until after that to start my new job even if my security clearance is ready by then.

 

Acquired Legoland passes (only the most expensive one really makes sense unless you're a stay out home parent or otherwise not working, man*; too many weekends blacked out on the lower levels) despite unemployment shortly after returning from mama-Dave and papa-Dave's 50th anniversary celebration because we were running out of things to do with him. Spent most of next two months going there on Saturday and Sunday, though have managed to dial things back some this month and go somewhere else one day a weekend.

 

Also made a little trip up to LA-ish the weekend before the 4th. Went to the Aquarium of the Pacific (huge, and was fun) and a children's museum (was hot, so mini-Dave didn't play as much with the outdoor stuff as I'd expected but he still had fun), chose restaurant for lunch on first day by virtue of being next door and was actually a quite good seafood place (I had shrimp enchiladas, PRG had lobster mac and cheese); chose restaurant for dinner mostly by picking first open place that was listed as $$ instead of $$$ on Yelp by our hotel and was jam-packed little Italian place that was good too. Mini-Dave also approved of the hotel 🤣; asks when we can go again, man.

 

* SeaWorld fun cards make basically no sense not to get unless you're visiting from out of town and won't be back; they're the same price as a list price ticket (though one person needs to get higher-level pass for the free parking or that adds up quickly) and the only blackout dates on Fun Cards are Saturdays in July and one day over Memorial Day weekend. San Diego Zoo + Safari park passes at the level we got (basically the lowest one that includes parking and doesn't have blackout dates) pay off after two visits even if grandma and grandpa don't come by to use the guest passes (which they did, though we've got some half-off tickets that almost certainly will go unused) and a kid's season pass is basically the same price as one ticket. But Legoland passes cost more than 3 tickets, kids over 1 are full price, and don't come with any free/discounted guest tickets even at the top level, though at least the 25% off food means eating at the park isn't silly🤣 so they need three visits to pay off. 

[TBoneTX 45,288]

1 hour ago, DaveAndAnastasia said:

the weekend before the Many'th

Date precised, si and  DA man.

1 hour ago, DaveAndAnastasia said:

first open place that was listed as $$ instead of $$$

Hoorah for your eminent sensibility, si DA man!   

1 hour ago, DaveAndAnastasia said:

SeaWorld

After being wild to visit, Mrs. T-B. observed that SeaWorld "is like an overpriced bad zoo," sea DA man.

1 hour ago, DaveAndAnastasia said:

Legoland passes cost more than Many tickets

This either is or isn't a bargain or a rip-off, si or no DA man.

1 hour ago, DaveAndAnastasia said:

the Many% off food means eating at the park isn't silly🤣 so they need Many visits

This either makes or doesn't make sense, si or no DA man.

1 hour ago, DaveAndAnastasia said:

Yes, but new job requires security clearance so waiting on that to start.

     , whee DA man!

[DaveAndAnastasia 2,092]

15 minutes ago, TBoneTX said:

After being wild to visit, Mrs. T-B. observed that SeaWorld "is like an overpriced bad zoo," sea DA man.

PRG loves watching the dolphins, though. And there are plenty of places for mini-Dave to crawl around and have fun. I think Sea World San Diego has more rides than the other locations, though I was only to the Texas one on a high school band trip (so many years ago), don't remember ever being to the Orlando one, I can't even imagine why I'd ever be in Abu Dhabi (even getting to familia-PRG in Russia these days it'd be easier through Istanbul or Dubai), and the one in Cleveland closed a long time ago.

 

Also, Sea World San Diego is cheaper than the San Diego Zoo. Granted, the San Diego Zoo and Safari Park (two parks, but run by the same people and one membership works for both, but the important thing for us is that the Safari Park is a short drive from casa-DA, not downtown) are the best zoos in the world.

[TBoneTX 45,288]

1 hour ago, DaveAndAnastasia said:

PRG loves watching the dolphins

Then your visit was for a worthwhile porpoise, si DA man.

[DaveAndAnastasia 2,092]

40 minutes ago, TBoneTX said:

Then your visit was for a worthwhile porpoise, si DA man.

We really need a groan emoji sometimes, si man.

[TBoneTX 45,288]

29 minutes ago, DaveAndAnastasia said:

We really need a groan emoji sometimes, si man.

A regular upvote will suffice very nicely, si DA man.   

[TBoneTX 45,288]

Thrilling Tuesday report, see man:

 

Lunch for Mini-B. was modified tuna glop, tuna + nuked rice without peas, ingest wee man.

Lunch for us was 2 frozen-then-nuked chicken patties, ingest we man.

 

Mini-B. placed a TikTok video and got 2 Manyzen likes in 2 hours, influential wee man.

We ran Many (2+1) errands, all Many successful man.

 

We involved Mini-B. in a first-ever Two Guys din-din, Two Guys involvement man:

     1.  We opened a thawed bag of Italian-style meatballs from Aldi, open we man.

     2.  Mini-B. nuked, in order, 2 bags of Barilla nukeable pasta, nuke wee man.

    Many.  We opened a store-brand jar of meat-flavored spaghetti sauce, open we man.

    Many.  We dumped Many (2x2x2 +2) meatballs into each of 2 bowls, dump we man.

    Many.  Mini-B. dumped the respective pasta bags into the respective bowls, respectful wee man.

    Many.  We spooned a total of half the sauce into each bowl and mixed, spoonmix we man.

    Many.  Two Guys consumed this Two Guys din-din, ingest Two Guys man.

Mini-B. was quite satisfied with his din-din and pleased to have been involved, satisvolved wee man.

 

No movie night tonight,  man.

Mini-B. preferred to do his virtual reality with his amigos on his Oculus, oh well man.

 

Watched late TV news with Mini-B., Two Guys spectators man.

 

Party with the rubias in fully uninhibited swing, cavort we man.

[TBoneTX 45,288]

Thrilling Wednesday report, see man:

 

Mini-B. accepted corn dogs for breakfast, return to normalcy man.

 

Lunch, after intense debate vs. Arby's, was Subway*, ingest Two Guys man.

     *WUOC, financially savvy we man

 

Ex-Mrs.-T-B. requested this eve with Mini-B., incipient beach trip with the Rojo coming up man.

We relied on the earlier Subway for din-din, non-ingest we man.

 

Mini-B. returned a half-hour late, basketballing at ex-Mrs.-T-B.'s casa wee man.

He promptly wanted to continue basketballing here, b'ball Two Guys man.

Hogged the ball as usual, hog-balling wee man.

In much better mood than of late, rough summer cooped up inside wee man.

Skool starts on August Many'th (2x2x2 +1th), strategic event man.

 

Party with the rubias imminent, cavort we man.

[TBoneTX 45,288]

Scintillating Thursday repartee, yawn man.

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Thrilling Thursday report, see man:

 

Mini-B. accepted our invitation to breakfast out, accepting wee man.

However, he insisted on McDonald's, no coupons man.

We paid over double what we'd have paid at BK WUOC,  man.

We have some financial edjm'caytin' to do with our offspring,  man.

We consumed "McGriddle" meals, inge$t Two Guy$ man.

 

Lunch for Mini-B. was 2 PB&J sandwiches, ingest wee man.

We were still full from breakfast and certainly still in financial shock, ingest nothing we man.

 

Din-din was a first-time concoction, clever we man.

Mini-B. minimally helped, distracted wee man.

It was weenies & beans, Two Guys din-din man.

We nuked all Many (2x2x2) -- si man, all Many (2x2x2) -- wieners in a wiener pack, nuke we man.

We & Mini-B. sliced them, mostly we man.

We opened one large can of baked beans, maple/bacon-flavored man.

We opened one small can of regular baked beans, no particular flavor man.

We dumped the equivalent of Many (2x2) sliced wieners into each of 2 bowls, take a dump we man.

We dumped half the aggregated beans into each bowl, take another dump we man.

We nuked each for warmth, warm concoction man.

The initially dubious Mini-B. up-gobbled his, ingest wee man.

We up-gobbled ours, ingest we man.

We high-Many'd (high-[2+2+1]'d) afterward, superb Two Guys din-din man.

 

Movie night was Smokey & the Bandit, outstanding man.

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

 

It was a great Two Guys day, satisfied Two Guys man.

After Mini-B. zzz's, party with the rubias, cavort we man.

 

We have itineraried 2 ESs, an MS, and a large church GS for Friday, itinerary we man.

We can probably do this without offending Mini-B., predict we man.

Edited July 28, 2023 by TBoneTX

[TBoneTX 45,288]

Thrilling Friday GS/ES/MS report, see man:

 

The MS was a joke, drive right by we man.

The ESs and the church GS yielded the take, see man:

  -- full bottle Acure conditioner, thick warshcloth, pocket comb = $1, steal man

  -- 2 bath-towels, 1 hand-towel (matching), pants for Mini-B., small picture frame

          = $Many ($2+1), steal man

  -- onecan tuna, onecan pork & beans, onecan pinto beans, onecan carrots 

          = $2, steal man

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

 

We also espied a Manygonal ([2+2+2]gonal) coffee table that we hope will still be at the last ES when things go to Many% ([2x2x2x2 + 2x2x2 +1]%) off on Saturday, hope we man.