Hey, Nilly!
I have conducted my yearly ritual of the baking of the fruitcakes. When they're cool, I'll douse them with (more) brandy and wrap them well to age for the next couple of months.
Lydia: But you are a vampire. Spike: If I'm not, I'm gonna be pissed about drinking all that blood.
'Potential'
Natter 74: Ready or Not
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Consuela - Oct 10, 2016 4:19:11 pm PDT #29106 of 30003
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Steph L. - Oct 10, 2016 4:21:50 pm PDT #29107 of 30003
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Am trapped in a conference call for the board of the ADD group. I want to stab someone. The upside is that no one knows that I'm not paying attention and reading the internet.
I gotta officially resign from the board, because this is painful and annoying.
Save me, or at least entertain me!
amych - Oct 10, 2016 4:25:04 pm PDT #29108 of 30003
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
The upside is that no one knows that I'm not paying attention and reading the internet.
They are too.
(edit: I say this from years of experience as an ADD'er on conference calls!)
lisah - Oct 10, 2016 4:31:03 pm PDT #29109 of 30003
Punishingly Intricate
I have to say I made a pretty delicious dinner tonight for Canadian Thanksgiving--ginormous roast turkey breast, yummy buttery creamy mashed potatoes, sweet potato rolls, kale salad, and both brownies & apple crisp for dessert. OH! And surprisingly good gravy that I just kind of winged (but had delicious defrosted turkey stock to put in). Fortunately, my friend and his 10 year old twins came to help me and my Canadian eat it. I need to figure out what to do with all the leftover turkey, though. Turkey pot pie?
sarameg - Oct 10, 2016 4:40:31 pm PDT #29110 of 30003
Love to you as always, Nilly.
Why are all the IKEA things I want at the damned College Park location, not the one nearby? I want this rug and this duvet: [link] [link] Not urgent, just annoying.
meara - Oct 10, 2016 5:17:40 pm PDT #29111 of 30003
Lisah, that sounds delicious!
Happy thanksgiving, Canadians!
I got zero accomplished today because I hit a huge clusterfuck at work--30% is just straight cluster and 70% is shit that someone I delegated to just fucked up all over for no reason. Which looks bad because I should've been QCing it--but I looked at the first couple she did and they were fine! And then apparently she went way off the rails.
lisah - Oct 10, 2016 5:21:24 pm PDT #29112 of 30003
Punishingly Intricate
I want this rug and this duvet: [link] [link] Not urgent, just annoying.
ooh pretty! Can't you just get it online?
sarameg - Oct 10, 2016 5:41:16 pm PDT #29113 of 30003
Delivery fees would be like 80 bucks. Cheaper to drive at some point.
sarameg - Oct 10, 2016 6:02:29 pm PDT #29114 of 30003
I am on a major nesting binge, I realize. I guess that means I'm recovering from the spring's plumbing and construction adventure hangover.
Zenkitty - Oct 10, 2016 6:14:23 pm PDT #29115 of 30003
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
70% is shit that someone I delegated to just fucked up all over for no reason. Which looks bad because I should've been QCing it--but I looked at the first couple she did and they were fine! And then apparently she went way off the rails.
omg this happens to me every damn time I delegate stuff. The whole point of delegating is that the person you give it to is capable of handling it for you without close supervision!