Monday Monday

Tina, sorry about your foster mom's dad.  I'm hoping he had a peaceful passing.  Sounds like you were a baking fool this weekend along with Glenda. 

Twister is feeling fine but I'm taking him in for a fecal check and to check his teeth/gums.  He still has loose stools this morning. 

Deb, I read that using vodka instead of water to make pie crusts works great.   Let's just see about that. lol  

Busy, short week ahead, better get to it.

Oh, I didn't bake anything yet.  This was the prep.  I have Thurs/Fri off, so will spread the work over the 4 day weekend.

Funny story, I took Agnes to the pet supply store after work Friday to pick out Secret Santa gifts.  She kept trying to steal pig's ears while I was browsing, so I got her one to take home.  She went outside with it and had a good ole' time.  When I turned on the backyard light to check on her, she picked up her ear and moved to a dark spot.

Several people asked me about Agnes when we were in the store and thought she was quite cute.  She was very tolerant of strangers petting her, even 2 little kids (who asked first).

Tina, I'm sorry to hear about Grandpa Green. 

Jackie, fingers crossed that Twister checks out normal.

Rest in peace Grandpa Green.  I too hope that his passing was peaceful.

Twister you get better soon.

Agnes does not like to be in the spotlight....she says Ma....privacy please!

Hope Brutus is getting better daily.

On on vacation this week....I always take this week off to prepare for the feast, doing it in daily batches.  I didn't feel well over the weekend; I sure hope I'm not trying to come down with anything.  VC and ecchinecea morning, noon and night for me.

Have a great Monday, everyone!

Tina, I too am sorry to hear about Grandpa Green.  (((hugs))) to you and foster mom.

Actually, the key ingredient to pie crust is white vinegar.

These short weeks mean extra work at work, before and after......and if I don't take the turkey out of the freezer, we'll be eating something ELSE for Thanksgiving!  I wanted a fresh one this year.....but, they were all partially frozen.  Huh?????

Whatda ya mean baking fool??????  Geeze.  No respect at all!  If anyone has a good recipe for pumpkin bread, please share.......

Sorry to hear about ur foster mom's dad.

  the cable company decided to upgrade the box last night and now my tv looks like crap, the one in the bedroom, my tv was clear it looks like I'm not using a HDMI cable cable man came and gone and said everything is fine, but he seen what I was talking about and said I had to mess with the Tv's setting because it's not from the cable company lmao I told him it was fine until you's messed with the box.

It's all fuzzy and not clear except if I go to the HD channels but then again not every channel is HD, should of stuck with my big old box tv lmao

Gotta clean house don't wanna who wants to get clean for me??

My older Sister is mad at me and so is her husband so I'm sure Thanksgiving is going to be so much fun. NOT!

Well I hope everyone has a great day. 

Tina - I'm sorry about your foster grandpa and also hope his passing was peaceful.

Apparently a lot of people have taken this whole week off because my commute in was a breeze compared to normal. I kind of wish I'd take Mon-Wed off too. It would've given me a 9 day break with only using 3 vacation days. I must remember that next year.

After reading about all the breads that Glenda baked and thinking about all the goodies Tina's going to make, I'm really hungry. I think I need to bake some cookies this week.

We're going to SIL's house for Thanksgiving and all I have to make is the mashed potatoes. That should be easy enough :)

Twister's has gone from loose stools to the squirts. :(  We have a 5pm app't and they said expect a wait as they are booked solid.  I sure don't want to go into the long holiday weekend with a sick doggie. 

Glenda, a "baking fool" is a compliment although I guess it doesn't sound like one. lol 

Tina, have fun making cookies.  I'm going to make some chocolate/peanut butter squares from a recipe in BHG.  They have a shortbread base and look really easy and good. 

We've decided to go to the coast for Thanksgiving.  Leaving all the drama here and just going to relax and have fun. 

Cathy, I don't have much of a commute but I noticed the traffic was very light this morning.  woohoo!

Amanda, how's our boy doing?

Barb, I hope you aren't getting sick.  That would make for a miserable holiday.  Sending you stay well vibes. 

Soooo glad it's a short week this week!

Tina, I'm so sorry to hear about Grandpa Green.  (((hugs)))

Saw a stray dog just a little bit ago at my office complex.  He was standing right outside our suite, staring at me in the window.  A red chow mix.  I saw a tag (woot!) on his collar, but when I opened the office door to see if he would let me approach him, he trotted off.  I watched where he went, he went up to a suite about 10 doors down from us.  Haven't seen him since.  I'm hoping someone in one of those suites was able to get him to come to them so they could look at the tag and locate the owners.  Of course, I'm glancing out my window every 10 seconds to see if he reappears, lol.  He looked to be in pretty good shape, so I really think (hope!) someone is missing him right now.

 I am going to scream or cry.  Just got back from 'rehab' with B and to get him in and out I have to drive across the yard to the side of the house.  Well here in the swamp they call Raleigh where it has been raining all night and it continues to, our yard which doesn't usually hold water is soft.  Soft enough that my car is now stuck in it.  Very stuck.  I did all that I have heard to do and all that I physically can do and it is stuck.  No neighbors around at work like DH so it will sit there, hopefully the rain will end at some point and I can get it out of there.

Karen, I think I would be screaming and crying.  What a total drag.  I've been stuck in the mud and sand so many times it's not funny.  When I did hunt tests we were always on remote ranches and it invariably rained.  The good thing was that there were always plenty of people with 4WD trucks to pull you out.  I have gotten unstuck using a piece of old carpet for traction under the tires but if you are now dug in deep ruts that won't work.   Hope you get freed soon and I hope you don't have anywhere you HAVE to be until then.

Karen - I'm with Jackie. I'd be screaming and crying. I can't imagine how frustrating that would be. DH has 4 wheel drive, but I've found it to be only moderately useful when it comes to snow or mud. Hopefully someone will be able to get you unstruck soon.

Jackie - I'm sorry to hear that Twister's problem has gotten worse. I hope you don't have to wait too long at the vet's office this evening and they can figure out what's going on. I don't have much luck on getting answers for stuff like this, but hopefully you will.

Jackie, I hope Twister is OK.

Karen - ugh what a drag! I would have been screaming too.

I'm still annoyed at something that happened last week at work...well not to do with work, just while I was here. I work right downtown, and although it's a small town, downtown is packed with traffic always from 8-6. My co-workers were outside smoking and came in and said they saw this little white dog running around a neighbouring parking lot with no person there. I decided not to question why they didn't see if they could catch the dog, instead just asked where it went and then I went outside looking for it with my other co-worker - we have an office dog here, so we grabbed her leash and some treats and went to find this little dog. Who the heck lets a dog out off leash in such a busy area??? We found it without too much trouble a couple of parking lots over, a man was following it, trying to catch it, but instead was just scaring her. I said I'd try to get her and he left. She started coming over towards me as I crouched down calling to her, and the last 10 feet she turned and went to the back of this building just as two ladies came out. We asked if this was their dog, they said yes, and laughing said "oh we forgot about her out here, hahaha" I said " it's a pretty busy area, she should be on a leash" they replied with "she's out here all the time though, she knows the area" - we have NEVER seen her outside. I petted her a bit and asked her name so I'd know to call her if I saw her again - but didn't say much else. I wish I wasn't so terrible at confrontations. That dog could have been easily run over, and they weren't the least bit concerned. She seemed like a sweet little girl, she looked to be a tiny poodle?

On a happier note, Timmy's visit to the vet went well - he got his triannual rabies shot and the vet said his rash was probably food related as well and to keep doing what we were doing, it should go away in a few weeks. He was quite the charmer at the vet too, he kept trying to sneak in kisses, and succeeded a few times. heheh. He doesn't go to the vet often, so I'm always wary of how he will be having them handle him, etc. He was great! He let her look at all his teeth no problem, check his ears, etc.....but when it came to taking his temperature - he drew the line there. He firmly covered his bum with his "nub" then sat down and tried to kiss her again, but there was no way he was moving his butt. She couldn't help but laugh at him, which was good, because neither could we. She ended up not trying to take it, it wasn't that important and proceeded to give him a few liver treats.

I don't know why but I am having a very hard time waking up in the morning these days. I must not be sleeping well. Its so bad that I nearly fall over when I try to get up. I would sleep till 10 if I could