Some people juggle geese!

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Natter 77: I miss my friends. I miss my enemies. I miss the people I talked to every day.  

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.


Laura - May 25, 2021 12:20:30 pm PDT #6673 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.

Awesome Jen! Insurance companies need some serious smiting.

Happy to share tips and recipes from my high protein/no carb diet.

Always happy to get these. This time around I want to get better about making X number of servings then actually freezing and labeling the leftovers. I have a habit of freezing leftovers but then have no clue what that frozen thing is until I defrost it.

I don't think we anticipate any cicadas here or in Otter Lake. My sister did report that the black flies were particularly vicious this year so I won't go north until they die off. She also reported that the extreme mouse population explosion of last summer doesn't appear to be happening this year, but there have been reports of moles.


Topic!Cindy - May 25, 2021 12:25:47 pm PDT #6674 of 30000
What is even happening?

Jen, congrats on the job!

I hope the people responsible for rejecting your medically necessary treatment get cicadas in their undies.


Steph L. - May 25, 2021 12:44:24 pm PDT #6675 of 30000
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated

Hooray, Jen!!!

Occasional Yard Guy made a HUGE amount of headway in the backyard. He should be able to finish up tomorrow; then we need to put down some grass seed (or decide we want to put down pavers over part of it) and then a border of mulch along the fence. Then I'm getting that hammock. Which I will not be able to use until the cicadas are gone (they're already so loud, and it's not even Memorial Day—I forgot how loud they get).


DavidS - May 25, 2021 12:45:58 pm PDT #6676 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Holy shit. I am beyond excited.

Congratulations! That's so great.


JenP - May 25, 2021 1:42:02 pm PDT #6677 of 30000

Thanks, all.

cicadas in their undies

...that made me laugh so hard. I want to remember that curse.


Toddson - May 25, 2021 2:02:28 pm PDT #6678 of 30000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

and then there's the reluctant cicada


-t - May 25, 2021 2:58:36 pm PDT #6679 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Congrats, JenP!


JenP - May 25, 2021 3:19:04 pm PDT #6680 of 30000

Thanks, -t! DP suggested we celebrate -- with dinner. Out. What a concept! I think I remember how to eat in public. We'll see...


askye - May 25, 2021 3:43:08 pm PDT #6681 of 30000
Thrive to spite them

YAY JenP.

Cindy I'm sorry your son is still having issues. I hope his doctors will come up with a medication that will work for him.

I am at Mom's! I came up today and I'm spending the night. We had lunch at our fave Mexican place and tomorrow we are going shopping.

So the chian I work for has decided to stop doing wellness checks and have signs that customers who aren't vaccinated don't have to wear masks and employees who are vaccinated don't have to wear them.

I haven't been. Most customers aren't wearing them. I plan on wearing masks when I go to other stores but it has been so hot and I'm a nicer person when my face isn't a sweaty mess behind the mask.

Update on my cousin...he has been swallowing thickened apple juice. And he's been moved to a different floor, where it is for people who are almost ready to go to rehab. Oh!!he took the cup and drank from it himself!

I also have another cousin who lives in Texas and has a son close to Jay's son's age and everyone is trying to coordinate Jay's son going out to Texas for most od the summer. Including a big camping trip.

Evander will be in NC in July. His godmother (not officially but that is the kind of role she plays.. )is going to have him for a week. I will try to work in time when I can see him. I can take off Wed he's here but he is also going to see his other grandmother.

And he passed his black belt test for Tae Kwan Do.

I have zero updates on my life. Except I have Tueadays off for awhile so I'm going pick a cookbook or magazine and try to cook through it on Tuesdays to try and get myself cooking


Sheryl - May 25, 2021 3:56:39 pm PDT #6682 of 30000
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"

Timelies all!

Yay Jen!

Definitely hearing the cicadas around here, though I've only seen a few.