We got not one, not two, but four big promotion annoucements at work late this afternoon. As I type this, I am still trying (key word) to wrap my head around them and sort them all out. There's not much else I can say except I am thankful I am retiring in July.
Stay tuned.
Today was Re-Entry Monday - going back to work after being off for a week. It was busy as all get out, but I made it through. I was thankful that I was busy from the time I clocked in to the time I clocked out - because it kept me from being tempted to get online and buy something on Cyber Monday.
When the morning started, the game plan for decorating the family room and dining room for Christmas was as follows: I had to do laundry, so I decided that each trip I had to make back up from the basement, I would bring up a box of decorations, with the intent of decorating on this coming Friday when I am once again off from work. At the time, that was a good plan. But The Old Man had other ideas. Fast forward to this moment in the afternoon, when we are now about 80% decorated. The Old Man will finish up tomorrow, placing our big angels throughout the family room and dining room.
And add to this, a special secret Christmas decoration that he and I are planning.
Stay tuned.
I spent a good two hours this morning going through our pantry, throwing out old stuff and reorganizing. I even took time to update my pantry inventory spreadsheet, which took some time. But it is all organized and everything is easy to find. And I can consult my spreadsheet to see if I need to replenish anything.
All in all, it was a great Saturday.
Today started out to be a Black Friday. Two days ago, I dropped my LG phone and shattered the glass back cover. It worked fine, but looked like hell. This morning I took it to a phone repair shop in our hood, and within an hour, it was as good as new. And the price was very cheap. I hope I don't have to go there again, but if I need a cell phone repair, that's where I'm going. Thanks, Cell Phone Wizard. You rock.
During this season of thanksgiving, I am thankful for my vacation days that are letting me have an awesome, restful week away from work.
Nuff said.
Our visiting friend KD asked if we could go to the cemetery where my Sweet Mother is buried, and we headed out to Radcliff this morning. It is a veteran's cemetery, and it was cool (for lack of a better term) to see all of the same uniform gravestones all in neat rows.
This was the first time the Old Man and I have been to the cemetery. It's not because we don't care; we know that she's not there - she's up in heaven. And we didn't bring flowers - something that others would bag on us for. But for as long as I can remember, my Sweet Mother would say "bring me the flowers while I live" and that's what we did while she was alive.
I thought that it would hit me and the Old Man hard this morning, but it didn't. My Sweet Mother's spirit was definitely with us while we were at the grave site.
It rained most of the day today, and it was cold, but it was still a great Sunday.
Our old family friend KD was in town visiting us this weekend, and he had pre-Thanksgiving dinner with us today. He brought a couple bottles of great wine from the Biltmore Estate winery, and we all three ate turkey, dressing, dumplings and a plethora of other side dishes until we were about to pop. But the best part was just being together, and me and the Old Man being thankful that a friend would take off from work, and spend $$ for a hotel just to come and visit with us.
We are truly blessed, and thankful.
Friday was a crazy crazy day - at work and at The Compound. But today has been a great day so far. I did a lot of cleaning this morning to get ready for an old friend coming to visit us tomorrow. We will be having our official Thanksgiving Day dinner tomorrow instead of Thursday. Everything is on order, and we are looking forward to getting visit with our old friend.
I did a lot of housework and cleaning this morning to get ready for our dinner tomorrow, and now, I am read to sit on the couch and rest until suppertime.
A friend and faithful reader texted me last night after reading about Something You Are Seeing Every Day. He said that on his way to and from his work place, he, too, has seen a few wigs and weaves out in the middle of the road. And he lives in South Carolina. So this is not a trend just in the 'Ville.
Stay tuned for more reports.
The Old Man and I went out for supper tonight, and on the way to our favorite Mexican restaurant, I saw not one but two wigs out in the road. I just don't know what to think about this.
For the past few weeks, on my drive to work and to home, and on the errands I run on the weekends, I have been seeing wigs and weaves out on the road. I just don't have an answer for this. I don't have a clue how the wigs and weaves ended up from someone's head to out on the road. But I for sure have been seeing them almost every day.
If anyone has any insight on this, please let me know.
As I type this, it's raining lightly,and the rain combined with some wind is making it also rain leaves. Other than finishing up a load of laundry and taking some stuff down to the basement, I don't plan to do very much other than sit on the couch and watch TV and read. It seems like a very good day for things like that.
Once again, I am apologizing for being distracted and not posting. And once again, there is a lot going on at work and at The Compound. At times I think I should just stop posting on TWIT for the sake of posting, and then I think no, I am going to keep on posting. Anyhoo, thanks for the few faithful readers that I still have that read TWIT every day.
We do have a weather update - it's cold today. And a bit windy. And I'm glad that I got my chicken coop chores done early, and glad that I got my grocery shopping done so now as soon as I post this, I am going to get on the couch and enjoy a good cup of coffee.
I am very sorry to report that we lost another chicken yesterday. Now, Large Marge has the coop all to herself.
We looked at the date on the first pictures we took of The Girls on the day I brought them home from the post office, and it was in April 2017. It sure feels like I've been a chicken farmer for longer than four and a half years. But I digress.
The Old Man and I are wondering how long Large Marge will be with us. Stay tuned.
TWIT and I would like to thank some work friends today for the favors they did for us. Bill P and Jammie for using your awesome wood working skills for my craft project. And to Chris K for cleaning the seats in the van and most importantly for cleaning the disgustingly dirty inside windshield. I will definitely use you soon to get the old Ranger truck detailed.
I am so blessed to have such good friends that help us out.
After supper tonight, the Old Man and I started on a Christmas craft project. We had a rocky start, but after a few tries, we achieved the results we wanted in the first phase of our project.
Tomorrow, I will talk to a friend out in the factory who does a lot of woodworking crafts, and ask a big favor from him to cut some "things" for us.
Stay tuned.
TWIT and I would like to thank Daylight Savings Time for giving us all an extra hour of sleep last night. I know I sure enjoyed it. And I don't even mind that it will be getting darker sooner, either. I am just thankful for my extra hour of sleep last night.
At the grocery store today, I would say there was about 50% of the shoppers wearing masks.
Watching the Breeders Cup races today, there was about 99% not wearing masks.
We haven't even recovered from Halloween, and Thanksgiving is weeks away, but it is beginning to look a lot like Christmas here in the 'Ville.
Tuesday morning, I took a different route to work and on that road I saw the first house fully decorated for Christmas - complete with tons of lights and lots of inflatables. All I will say about that is if it makes you happy, go for it. And I will say that I would not want to have to pay the next two months of electric bills for them.
Second sign of Christmas is coming: on November 1, Sirius added at least 87 Christmas music channels, including themed channels for Kwanza and Hanukah. Let me add a note: Sirius has a regular all-the-time channel of Christmas music just in case you wanted to get into the spirit early in March or August.
Third sign of Christmas is coming: also on November 1, a local radio station switched their format and is playing nothing but Christmas music until midnight Christmas day.
TWIT and I would like to welcome winter weather to the Ohio Valley. The temperatures are forecasted to be at around 30 every night for the rest of the week. So tonight after supper, the Old Man and I will be going out to winterize the chicken coop; meaning, we’ll stretch the extension cord from the barn to the coop and plug in the Girls’ heated waterer.
This year, we are trying a new winter water system – a double-walled waterer and a heated base. The actual waterer is two pieces – the outer part that simply twists off, and the inner part that will hold the water. And it sits on the heated base. So there will be no more fussing and cussing like in years past when I had to flip their heated waterer upside down to fill it, which usually ended up getting more water on my feet and legs than in the waterer.
Stay tuned.
