We’ve had a houseguest (of sorts) for the last few days. They’ve spent more time with Maribou than with me so my job has mostly been of the “keep pants on” and “don’t use the guest bathroom” sort. The houseguest left today and, as such, I’m going to devote this weekend to going around pantsless and using the guest bathroom.
Oh, I suppose I should also start studying for my CISSP one of these days.
PLUS there’s the whole “Costco, Petsmart, Wild Oats, King Soopers” thing that probably has to happen as well. With, of course, Laundry.
So… what’s on your docket?
I’m taking a three day weekend. Friday I’m going white water rafting in central Oregon. Saturday Junior and I are going to a parade and a volunteer fair. Sunday will be cooking, cleaning, and more CHORES!
I almost forgot Father’s Day is Sunday! I’ll have to do something special.
I’m doing open-heart surgery on some computers. The first transplant was successful. Working on the second over the weekend. May take the spare parts and put together another computer.
I am going to spend a minute or two hoping that Jaybird’s feathers don’t get singed. Good luck with those fires.
I have to put up the electric fence around the garden because the deer have discovered that some of the veggies are ripe. Louisiana deer really love cucumbers and bell peppers.
Then I am going to start prepping the house so I can refinish the logs. I have to build scaffolding because none of my ladders are tall enough to reach the peak. Since the temps are in the high 90’s, as is the humidity, it should make for a hot weekend.
I live somewhere around “the middle of town”. Me and mine are fine. I’ve several friends (you’re likely to have seen them in comments!) who have had loved ones evacuate and, I think, one who is currently evacuated.
Work is a ghost town. Half my office lives in Black Forest.
My son was away at camp all week, and I get him back today. Tomorrow he heads to the beach with my parents. Sunday I head up there with my sister, who is going to her friend’s baby shower tomorrow. We will be staying for a week. Most of that week will probably be spent fishing on the pier, assuming the weather is cooperative.
Saturday will involve packing for the beach and making sure all of the aquariums are full of water so they do not get too low while we are gone.
I will have both my son, 15, and his 4 year old little brother, plus the girlfriend is homebound and action-restricted, so we’ve scrapped plans to go camping and now I’ll probably grill something Saturday, and we’ll spend much of the weekend watching movies and playing games. Oh, and trying to keep the 4-year old from breaking stuff.
We three boys may go downtown to the ROT rally parade because 4-year olds love motorcycles. We just have to get out of downtown before the nudity starts.
Costco, Petsmart, Wild Oats, King Soopers
I hope you have pants on for these.
You would not believe how square the people at Wild Oats actually are.
Back in the early/mid 90s, a friend of mine went to Walmart at 2 in the morning, as we were then in the habit of doing. As we were goofing off and playing with those big giant bouncy balls they keep in pins, a man and a woman walked in buck naked, and no one working there even flinched. The stockers just kept stocking, the one cashier just kept doing whatever she was doing, and the naked couple did whatever shopping they were there to do while my friend and I stood in stunned silence. I’m not sure if the employees had seen them before and figured it was no big deal, because hey, it’s 2 am, or if they were to embarrassed to say anything, or what, but no one said a word, even as they brought their items to the cashier, checked out, and then left. It was surreal.
Oh, I’d never shop at Wal-Mart.
HE LIES.
Circumstances sometimes lead him there. Especially at 2 am.
Did she carry a purse? I am trying to figure out the logistics for carrying money, cards, or whatever was used to pay.
You know, I honestly don’t remember. If she had a purse, that’s not what I was looking at.
Either one of them could have been carrying rolled coins.
I’ll see myself out…
In Frankfurt am Main, in Sachsenhausen, you might be sitting at a cafe in the afternoon with your book and a coffee (or beer) and look at the table next to you and see Naked Jorg (Naked George) doing the same. He’s a local eccentric who the police long ago stopped arresting for indecent exposure; he claims it is political speech (he stands for “the naked truth”).
Definitely a bit of Costco. And some yard work. Perhaps some strawberry picking and preserving if I can locate a u-pick nearby and if picking season hasn’t already passed us by.
The Russian’s birthday is on Monday, but we’ll be celebrating on Sunday. I guess I’d better get him a present and a card, huh?
Not to make over-arching gender statements but I’d give better than 50-50 that the card isn’t necessary to the point where its absence would not be noticed.
I have a pj shirt that says “read sleep eat” and I will not only be wearing it but also taking it very literally this weekend.
Also going to watch UFC on Saturday night. Abovementioned errands on Sunday, I guess. Also we need to go to Mountain Mama’s.
BATCHIN’ IT ON SATURDAY WOOOOOOOOOOOO
Working! Basically because I am a freelance and I need two weekdays off at the end of June so I need this weekend to make up the time.
We’re going to the zoo and then out for moules et frites at a Belgian restaurant in NYC that I like tomorrow (they actually serve Kwak in the Kwak glass!). Sunday will involve board games and tv watching, maybe some grilling.
On Saturday I will be taking a pistol permit training class, much to the consternation of my wife and daughter (and probably most of my friends, if I had told them). The boss offered to pay for anyone who wanted to go, so I figured Why Not. I’m eager to see how the experience compares to playing Duck Hunt on the NES.
Saturday afternoon into evening is board gaming (Puerto Rico or Agricola, I imagine).
Dad’s day, lunch at the place of my choice (TBD) and possibly go into New Haven to catch whatever’s going on for the Arts & Ideas festival.
Duck Hunt!!!! I saw a ton of ducks and other birds while rafting today. I didn’t not once have the urge to shoot one, even though my siblings and I played a ton of duck hunt as kids.
Matt Cain continued his tradition of winning 10-0 on my birthday. Though less impressively than last year, when he did it by pitching a perfect game.
Also, looking forward to all the kids being home for Father’s Day.
My RPG group start a new campaign on Sunday: Rappan Athuk
Will be transplanting wild purslane from a patch I found near the house. The horse purslane is recovering from its transplant and is picking up production reasonably well. Re-seeded and the fresh dill is climbing to 3 inches. Basil is taking forever to grow.
Bout to flounder on cherry tomato and squash.
The landlords just showed off our house to potential tenants. They might want our dilapidated love seat! Woohoo!
This evening the two chillun’s are having a sleepover at Auntie Bacon’s house. The wife and I will be going out to dinner. Tomorrow is the nephew’s birthday party.
Sunday is Father’s Day and I’m totally going to abuse the hell out of it.
Also, needing to figure out what to do about the jeans situation. Over the last three weeks, I’ve had four pairs of jeans fall apart (three of them in the last two weeks). Since I bought them all (plus a couple more yet-to-fall-apart pairs) at the same time, it’s no surprise they would fall apart in rough proximity. That it seems to happen every time I put a pair of jeans on lately.
Anyhoo, ordering Walmart is inexpensive, and I can get the color I want, but it’ll take ten days to get here.
Ordering Amazon will get here in two (or three or four) days, but I have limited color availability.
Going to Walmart next week is a potential crapshoot, but would be pants my size and immediately, if they have them in stock. Probably not in the color I want, even if they have my hard-to-find size.
I can’t imagine buying jeans online. I have to see them on first. There are just too many variables.
I’m a guy, the only things I care about are fit and color, and the latter makes me suspect in the eyes of some. (Actually, I am ridiculously particular about a lot for a guy. Such as belt-boots-watch needing to match. Jeans are kinda the exception.)
Lets set aside the fact that you are trying to pick a color on a computer that will be different in person and focus on fit. How can you feel and see how they fit if you are buying them online? If you are buying the same pair you’ve had before (gosh I hope they are still in style) you may still need a larger or smaller pair. How can you compare different styles to find the most flattering pair? I know it’s a very small thing, but I just don’t understand your shopping habits. Now shoes… You might be able to buy those online, but apparel will always thrive in brick and mortar, I think.
Huh. I wrote an insanely long explanation that apparently disappeared into the ether. Check back tomorrow. I’ll type it again. It involves my large legs, clothes that don’t fit, shoes that don’t fit, and a vague mention of a woman I met at four in the morning who may have propositioned me but settled for selling me a pair of boots. That don’t fit.
My (new!) sister in law and her husband and their two daughters (ages 4 years and 9 months) are staying with us this weekend. It’s noisy but nice to have them here.
I’m finishing up a design for an August publication date.
And celebrating an upcoming design, my first in a book. The editor posted some sneak-peaks on her blog, my design is the second image down; and yes, I built that. (Knit, actually.)