Let Sleeping Dogs Rant

[TBoneTX 45,571]

Thrilling Wednesday report, see man:

 

Lunch was onebag of nuked mixed vegetables, ingest we man.

 

Took Mama T-B. to doctor, we chauffeur senior she man man.

All but one elevator is out at Mama T-B.'s complex,  man.

Mama T-B. had to Rollator all the way to the back of the complex and then to the front, exhausted senior she man.

We got her a wheelchair at the medical building, big help and only prayer man.

At the complex, we used the front-office wheelchair for the circuitous route, good God man.

We were highly perspirational after all this, of course didn't wear a sweatband we man.  

 

Mama T-B. made up for Tuesday with a donation*, si man.

     *a confirmed lead for the sale of $Many,000 in Pre-Owned Toilet Seats**, $i man

     **buy yours today, si man!

 

After off-cooling at the casa, we siesta'd for a wonderful hour-plus, zzz we man.

 

Din-din was Tuna Glop, ingest we man.

 

Miu has not yet been quite as needy as recently, subject to change man.

 

Thursday, we take Uncle T-B. for his post-cataract follow-up, we chauffeur senior he man man.

After that, we have more administrative junk to do, Successful Business Typhoon we man.

And that was/is our thrilling Wednesday, report we man.

 

[Ontarkie 14,291]

I managed to get the front yard lawn cut. So far half the backyard is done. I need a break!!! 

 

Tell me again why the person with the most allergies and asthma is the one cutting the grass!!!

 

The Hillbilly is lucky I like him  

 

If it wasn't for the major hill we live on the front yard would be doable for the Jedi, but I have managed to slide right into the road. So no way will I have the Jedi cut it. 

[DaveAndAnastasia 2,093]

2 hours ago, Ontarkie said:

Tell me again why the person with the most allergies and asthma is the one cutting the grass!!!

Dunno; PRG cuts the grass here (acquired new electric mow-lawner a few months ago now that we have an actual house). I'm the one with the allergies, but it's really that PRG has more free time in the morning on weekdays.

 

2 hours ago, Ontarkie said:

If it wasn't for the major hill we live on the front yard would be doable for the Jedi, but I have managed to slide right into the road. So no way will I have the Jedi cut it. 

Mini-Dave will get stuck with the job eventually, but he's still got another year until kindergarten (one day too old to apply to get in early; sure he'd be academically up to it, socially, probably not) so it'll be a while.

 

Checking county school district web site every week or so to see when we should start filing paperwork.

 

Want to get him in year-round school (a 3-week-ish break in late spring or early fall should in theory be more convenient for visiting PRG's family than a long summer break in peak tourist season and also when it's very hot nearly everywhere in the Northern Hemisphere), but supposedly year-round and magnet applications here have only about a 50% success rate, though with better odds for first year at the school (so K is the best time).

 

Have pretty much decided to do everything in our power to make a meetup with PRG's mom and sister happen next year, as that will be six years without seeing her family in person. Idea is to go from Raleigh to London*, spend a night or two, spend a week in Turkey, spend a night in London again on the way back, and then come home (hopefully at a time that I can avoid returning to work for a few days).

 

 * also nonstops from RDU to Paris and Frankfurt, but London is cheaper and British isn't too different of a language from American

[Ontarkie 14,291]

2 minutes ago, DaveAndAnastasia said:

Dunno; PRG cuts the grass here (acquired new electric mow-lawner a few months ago now that we have an actual house). I'm the one with the allergies, but it's really that PRG has more free time in the morning on weekdays.

 

Mini-Dave will get stuck with the job eventually, but he's still got another year until kindergarten (one day too old to apply to get in early; sure he'd be academically up to it, socially, probably not) so it'll be a while.

 

Checking county school district web site every week or so to see when we should start filing paperwork.

 

Want to get him in year-round school (a 3-week-ish break in late spring or early fall should in theory be more convenient for visiting PRG's family than a long summer break in peak tourist season and also when it's very hot nearly everywhere in the Northern Hemisphere), but supposedly year-round and magnet applications here have only about a 50% success rate, though with better odds for first year at the school (so K is the best time).

 

Have pretty much decided to do everything in our power to make a meetup with PRG's mom and sister happen next year, as that will be six years without seeing her family in person. Idea is to go from Raleigh to London*, spend a night or two, spend a week in Turkey, spend a night in London again on the way back, and then come home (hopefully at a time that I can avoid returning to work for a few days).

 

 * also nonstops from RDU to Paris and Frankfurt, but London is cheaper and British isn't too different of a language from American

That is part of the reason I end up doing it. I'm already home all day long, but I have other things to do too

Don't rush school. 

Another reason why I homeschool. So much more freedom. 

 

We don't live as far from my parents as PRG, but it was about that long between visits. It sucks too, the older boys haven't seen my parents in 12 yrs, my mom passed away last year and they weren't able to get up there.  Four of us are going up there in a few weeks, then when we get back two of the older kids will head on up there too. 

[TBoneTX 45,571]

Many -- si man, Many -- P-Math errors in recent posts above, see and si and  man!

Careless DA man!  Careless, CARELESS DA man!

Recalcitrant Ontarklar!  Recalcitrant, RECALCITRANT Ontarklar!

[TBoneTX 45,571]

Thrilling Thursday-on-Friday report, see man:

 

Took Uncle T-B. to eye doc, cataract follow-up and all is proceeding well man.

Got Many (2+2+1) -- si man, Many (2+2+1) -- mosquito-bites while getting him out of his door, ouch man.

 

Lunch was onebag of nuked mixed vegetables, ingest and diet we man.

A nice siesta was then taken, zzz we man.

 

Din-din was Tuna Glop, ingest and diet we man.

We got the wrong (higher-calorie) nukeable rice from Aldi, must swap it out man.

 

Watched Repub convention, Hulk Hogan hilarious man.

We have itineraried Many (2+2) ESs for Friday, road trip man.

No party with the rubias tonight, no cavort we man.

And that was/is our thrilling Thursday, report we man.

[DaveAndAnastasia 2,093]

23 hours ago, Ontarkie said:

We don't live as far from my parents as PRG, but it was about that long between visits. It sucks too, the older boys haven't seen my parents in 12 yrs, my mom passed away last year and they weren't able to get up there.  Four of us are going up there in a few weeks, then when we get back two of the older kids will head on up there too. 

 

PRG's grandfather passed a couple years ago without ever seeing mini-Dave in person. She still has one grandmother alive (if grandma-PRG were ten years younger, she'd be far more likely to visit us on this side of the Atlantic than mama-PRG, but not really up for a long trek to Moscow and another long flight for a third-country meetup at her age). And apparently Russia changed the law, so now in order to go back to Russia PRG needs to get her name changed on her Russian passport (still has PRG's maiden name, not my last name, because changing it would have been a pain) which requires doing some stuff in-person at the Russian embassy. At least from here getting to DC is a half-day drive or very short flight instead of an adventure, but probably won't do it without definite plans to go (which until the war ends and you can at least fly to major European hubs nonstop from Moscow again, if not to the US, is a nope).

[TBoneTX 45,571]

Friday ES report, see man:

 

We attended all Many (2+2) ESs, responsible we man.

 

The 2nd ES yielded the take, see man:

  -- toucans Progreso soup, toucans Cream of Potato soup, onecan Cream of 'Shroom soup, 

          onecan corn = $Many-&-a-half ($[2+2] + half a buck), deal man

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

[TBoneTX 45,571]

Thrilling Friday report, see man:

 

Breakfast (!!?) was a banana, ingest and diet we man.

 

We should have ingested a caffeine pill instead of 2 coffees, regret we man.

 

The Many'rd ES had stairs, and we damaged ourself, HSM tonight man.

 

After ES-ing, serviced indignant miu and then siesta'd, service miu and zzz we man.

After zzz-ing, got yelled at for half an hour by Mama T-B., incensed senior she man.

Lunch/din-din (at Many [2+2+2] p.m.) was 2 ham sandwiches, indict them and ingest we man.

After din-din and consumption of much aspirin, mowed entire lawn, fizzicly regret we man.

Many (2+1) thick sweatbands were consumed, 2 job 1 recovery man.

 

We have itineraried Many (2+2+2+1) ESs for Saturday, itinerary we man.

No party with the rubias tonight, fizzicly unable to cavort we man.

And that was/is our thrilling Friday, report we man.

[TBoneTX 45,571]

Saturday ES report, see man:

21 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

We have itineraried Many (2+2+2+1) ESs for Saturday, itinerary we man.

We actually attended Many (2x2x2 +1) -- si man, Many (2x2x2 +1) -- ESs, smorgasbord man.

We stumbled upon one and added another to our list at the end, see man.

 

The first and Many'th (2x2x2 +1th) ESs yielded the take, see man:

  -- half-bottle Tea Tree Lemon Sage shampoo, >half-bottle VOmany (VO[2+2+1]) conditioner, 

          tube heavy-duty all-purpose adhesive, hairbrush = $1, steal man

  -- 2 designer shirts for Mini-B., bottle catnip bubbles = $Many ($2+2+1), steal man

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

[TBoneTX 45,571]

Thrilling Saturday non-ES report, see man:

 

Breakfast (!!?) was a banana, ingest and diet we man.

 

On the ES trail, we got delayed by a huge funeral procession on the freeway, delayed we man.

We were also delayed by a long, slow train, shut off T-B.-mobile engine we man.

We also seemed to hit every possible red light,  we man.

 

Lunch/din-din (at Many [2+2] p.m.) was Modified Tuna Glop*, ingest and diet we man.

     *onecan Cream of 'Shroom soup instead of onecan peas, very filling man

A wonderful siesta was taken thereafter, zzz we man.

 

Party with the rubias tonight, cavort we man.

 

We might return tomorrow to a Friday ES, extended into Sunday as "make a deal" man.

We saw a possible new desk for Mini-B., North Carolina wood construction man.

We have e-mailed the ES-company ownerette (who is also rather cute) to inquire, inquire we man.

We hope that it's still available, si man.

 

And that was/is our thrilling Saturday, report we man.

[TBoneTX 45,571]

Special Sunday re-ES report, see man:

22 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

We might return tomorrow to a Friday ES, extended into Sunday as "make a deal" man.

We saw a possible new desk for Mini-B., North Carolina wood construction man.

We indeed returned, very long drive man.

The skool desk was still available, e-mail ES chica we man man.

The original price was (an outrageous) $Many00, ridiculous man.

She calculated $Many ($2x2x2x2 + 2x2x2 +1) as the "make a deal" price, still too much man.

We truthfully observed that we weren't sure that Mini-B. would like it, waffle we man.

She offered $Many ($2x2x2x2 -1), better man.

We still waffled and said, "Well, for $Many ($2x2x2 +2+2), we'll take it, si man," si man.

She agreed to that, si and whee and glee man.   

She found a hulking brute to stuff it into the T-B.-mobile for us, just fit on back seat man.

We now need to find someone to help extract it and carry it inside, si man.

Total = $Many ($2x2x2 +2+2)

[TBoneTX 45,571]

Thrilling Sunday report, see man:

 

What an eventful, unusual Sunday, si man!

 

We awoke to check e-mail from the ES chica, si and see man.

We opted not to shower initially, good decision man.

Breakfast (!!?) was a banana, wisely ingest we man.

Uncle T-B. called with his grocery list, very similar to that of late May man.

 

On way back from the ES, we passed Aldi, opportune man.

We groceried a bit more than half of Uncle T-B.'s stuff there, big $aving$ for senior he man man.

We delivered it straight to him, appreciative senior he man man.

We told him that we'd get the rest in a couple of hours, si man.

We were moderately sweaty by now, perspirational we man.

 

On way back to casa, we spent $Many at CVS for special Uncle T-B. needs, spend we man.

 

At the casa, we serviced needy miu, miu-treats and miu-lunch man.

Lunch (at 2 p.m.) was onebag of mixed vegetables, voraciously ingest we man.

Thus fortified, we went to legacy supermarket for the rest of the junk, re-grocery we man.

We delivered this and the CVS stuff to Uncle T-B., appreciative senior he man.

We were nearly Many00% sweaty by now, perspirational we man.

 

It was nearly Many (2+2+1) p.m., finally shower we man.

At the casa, we sat under a fan to off-cool and watched local/national TV news, watch we man.

 

Din-din was Modified Tuna Glop, ingest we man.

On way from microwave to counter, we spilled the rice on the floor, uh-oh man.

We scooped most of it up, removed visible miu-hairs, and served it to ourself, financially savvy we man.

 

We have still not laundried yet, one load can wait man.

We have not dished the warsher, usually done late anyway man.

We are pleased with the accomplishments of this Sunday, still must extract desk from T-B.-mobile man.

And that was/is our thrilling Sunday, si man.

[TBoneTX 45,571]

Thrilling Monday report, see man:

 

Did not leave the casa, no man.

Lunch (at Many p.m.) was Tuna Glop, ingest and diet we man.

A siesta was taken, zzz we man.

Finally warshered/baked/folded laundry, domestic we man.

Din-din was 2 ham-&-cheese sandwiches, indict all but the cheese and ingest we man.

 

We will have to pay nearly $Many,000 for our portion of the hurricane-wrecked fence,  man.

 

No party with the rubias tonight, rubias getting on our nerves man.

And that was/is our thrilling Monday, report we man.

[mam521 2,107]

It's been a minute...between that hurricane and work...

 

128 hours we went before we got power back.  When I expressed my delight, passively aggressive jealous neighbor from across the street made a comment about me having a whole home generator.  Yes, I do have one because I chose to invest the many dollars to purchase one.  It still doesn't mean I'm delighted to pay the many dollars to run it day after day. And he's the one too cheap to even purchase a portable - he ran an extension cord across the freaking street from the senior citizen neighbor's house to his place to plug in his fridge.  He didn't even offer anything in return, either.  Hubs and I cleaned up their yard from the hurricane and checked in periodically to make sure they're good.  

 

Anyway, last week and this week, we have an employee across from China for training.  Unfortunately, Hubs got the 'vid so I'm solo teaching at the moment.  I'm worried though - I have a cough and a bit of a scratchy throat...I can't afford the 'vid because I have to take Kid1 to Toronto on Sunday!