Monday Chatter

Cita

Deb, since vodka on the job is inappropriate

 

Says who ????

 

Deb W.

 Went to bed at 5...got up at 7 so I could get Simba to the dog park early. Not too many dogs when I went there, only one was causing trouble and knocked Simba down a few times. So glad when that dog left. I hate idiot owners who are like "oh he's just playing". Yeah with his hackles up the entire time and getting worked up? Yeah okay. Other than that, haven't really done anything else today.

Happy Monday everyone. I'm just popping in to make sure I'm not missing anything really good or really bad. Thankfully, things seem relatively calm.

My friend arrived Sat. night and I don't think we've stopped talking since. DH worked yesterday and today, so it's been kind of nice to have the house to ourselves. We went to the Fall Home Show yesterday and that was fun. We're getting ready to head out for breakfast and then shopping now. Tomorrow we leave for 3 days in the mountains and my friend is super excited to revisit the camp she went to for so many years. I wish the weather were cooler but better sunny and hot than foggy and cold.

I am after a good deal of time of not going back at the gym right now. Be amazed everyone, the gym is not something I like. Hopefully I continue at this for a while like the rest of my life. Unfortunately, after saying to myself I needed a towel several times before I left, I have no towel. I was going to come tonigt during Dancing with the Stars but decided to get it over with now.

My boss sat in on our meeting.  Actually, she directed it.  I am now Mr. "I'm too busy's" direct report.  Apparently, he's a real jackass to work with, & nobody else wants to deal with him.  My boss's words to him were "You are a jerk to work with, but you're brilliant.  She's a bitch to work with, but she's brilliant.  If you can't work together, then she's going to fire you.  You're her's now."

He looked pissed.  I, otoh, find it hilarious.

BEVOLASVEGAS

My boss sat in on our meeting.  Actually, she directed it.  I am now Mr. "I'm too busy's" direct report.  Apparently, he's a real jackass to work with, & nobody else wants to deal with him.  My boss's words to him were "You are a jerk to work with, but you're brilliant.  She's a bitch to work with, but she's brilliant.  If you can't work together, then she's going to fire you.  You're her's now."

He looked pissed.  I, otoh, find it hilarious.

I'm laying down 5 to 1 odds that he'll be gone by the end of the week.

 

Deb W.

Nah, he'll just be making runs to the "naughty but nice" store for her!

Just went out and harvested more garlic.  Now the question is, how does one store a LOT of garlic??

http://anrcatalog.ucdavis.edu/pdf/7231.pdf

Everything you ever wanted to know about garlic.

 

Deb W.

iluvjamison

BEVOLASVEGAS

My boss sat in on our meeting.  Actually, she directed it.  I am now Mr. "I'm too busy's" direct report.  Apparently, he's a real jackass to work with, & nobody else wants to deal with him.  My boss's words to him were "You are a jerk to work with, but you're brilliant.  She's a bitch to work with, but she's brilliant.  If you can't work together, then she's going to fire you.  You're her's now."

He looked pissed.  I, otoh, find it hilarious.

I'm laying down 5 to 1 odds that he'll be gone by the end of the week.

I'll go with 3 to 1.

I just blew my entire lunch hour to make a spreadsheet for my boss to prove to corporate that certains markets where our stores are located did not receive the latest coupon drop.  Of course, the corporate person doing the nationwide tracking had a spreadsheet tool that she could have used to zoom our markets and see what was dropped and what was collected, but do you think that happened?  Of course not.  At least not until her boss figured it out for her, by which time, my spreadsheet was done and sent off to corporate.  So I missed my walk today.

I hate it when I have to repeatedly do things that were caused by someone else's screw-ups when I have 100 other things I need to get done.  There are days I'm not paid nearly enough...

I want vodka, no rum, yes rum, the 2x4 and a pint of ben & jerry's (chocolate fudge brownie mmmmm) please. I don't care what order.

Amanda, I too would find that hilarious. I wish I could have been a fly on the wall in that meeting!

Oh nooooo idog is now surf controlled at work! My life has come to an end.

Had a lot to catch up on today (from late Thursday to now) and way too much to remember ... so congratulations to everyone who needs to be congratulated and good vibes to everyone who needs them.  I was in San Diego for my niece's wedding. She got married in Del Mar at Sea Grove Park - right on the shore. Gorgeous!  And my sisters were complaining about the heat. Geez - we're in SoCA where there is no humididy, even on the beach and the temp was 84.  But everbuddy is grumpy if it gets over 72. OK - it was a bit warm to be on the beach at 4:00 p.m in pantyhose, but it really wasn't all that bad.

From the weekend chat:  Guys, the west coast is not the only place where earthquakes can happen.  They can happen anywhere.  There's a huge earthquake fault (I think it's the San Madrid fault) that runs right through the midwest.  It hasn't rumbled since the 1800s but if it ever does, it will be a biggie since most likely nothing in that neck of the woods is built to earthquake safety standards.

Joyce

Glenda, BF's mom grows a few thousand bulbs of garlic every year. PM me if you have any questions, I'll pass them on and she would be more than happy to answer them! Basically, once you pull them up, BRUSH the dirt off as best you can and then hang to dry for 1-2 weeks. Have them someplace in the shade, as cool and dry as possible. It's a little late in the year for harvest, so you might have some bulb splitting, which would make the garlic more fragile - if any of the bulbs open such that you can see the individual cloves, eat those ones first. The biggest concern with garlic storage is mold (and, more generally, moisture). After the bulbs/stalks have hung to dry for a few weeks, you can cut the stalks off (if you want, don't have to) and store the bulbs individually. She likes those mesh bags that onions come in - she sets up a storage area and hangs them from hooks in the wall and/or from clotheslines and clothespins. The biggest things to remember are to keep them dark, keep them dry, and keep them cool. You probably know that already, though :) But seriously, any questions, let me know! BF's mom relies heavily on this book, calling it her "garlic bible": http://www.amazon.com/Growing-Great-Garlic-Definitive-Gardeners/dp/0963085018

Jewlieee

Oh nooooo idog is now surf controlled at work! My life has come to an end.

 

Oh nooooooo,is right.  That sucks.  Stoopid bosses don't realize that it's a healthy way to de-stress and the time spent is well wasted, er, spent. lol  Sorry that you're still in so much pain from your ears. :(

The weather is just too beautiful to be stuck inside today. This is the time of year to visit our area instead of summer when the poor tourists are all melting on the sidewalks.

Tina, I agree you're vastly underpaid and it stinks that you had to give up your lunch hour for someone who should have done that task.  Take off an hour early.

Courtney, it's got to be so hard to be so far from each other.  Especially, since your BF isn't a great communicator.  I hope he will read that book you mentioned.  I might get it for myself. 

I've got to get back to work but I need to check out the other threads and make sure I'm not missing any little thing happening on the forum.  lol

 

 Woo I have an interview tomorrow for the humane society position. Dang that was quick, just sent my resume off slightly before 7am today.