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EastTexFrank

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Thank God those days are over for me. 12 years of private school and 4 years at UMass Amherst for my son almost broke me. :whistling:

This is for my grand daughter in Scotland who just got accepted to SMU to do her Masters in Law for foreign qualified lawyers. She graduates in July and heads to Dallas in August.

I probably won't get off scot free but it's her parents who will carry the load. They're not hurting too bad. Her dad makes a very good living in the oilfield and her mother is a college lecturer in international accounting. So they may have to sell one of their BMWs. Nobody needs three of them anyway. :yum:
 

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This is for my grand daughter in Scotland who just got accepted to SMU to do her Masters in Law for foreign qualified lawyers. She graduates in July and heads to Dallas in August.

I probably won't get off scot free but it's her parents who will carry the load. They're not hurting too bad. Her dad makes a very good living in the oilfield and her mother is a college lecturer in international accounting. So they may have to sell one of their BMWs. Nobody needs three of them anyway. :yum:

Good luck.

I found an apartment, will find out tomorrow if we can arrange the lease over the phone as we are back home.

Got home from Church a little while ago. They had a PEROGI sale in the vestibule :clap: Bought 4 dozen :smile:

Heading to the airport with Melen in less than an hour. The lovely Mrs_Bob is sick, she will not be coming to the airport. Ate something in Bloomington that did not agree with her :ermm:
 

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Went to second Mass today.
Not much else planned except for being chief cook at dinner time.
Cottage pie!
 

NorthernRedneck

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Went to the 5pm service yesterday where I play. At the 10am service now where my wife sings.

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waybomb

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Fastened 4 of 5 mounting brackets for a new awning, using 7" lag bolts into 4 layers of wooden beam.
Went to the fifth, the end one, and found the the beam ends and block begins. I need to find a local place selling Red Head 5/8" LDT fasteners. Home Depot and the Ace does not carry them. Only need 2.

Then pulled the counters out of the master bath. Should get the new marble next weekend. But I told my granite guy no rush. We'll see.
 

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Finally slept a full night in over a week. Did I mention how much I hate this damp weather? Now both feet are flaring up. Turning red and swollen and can't walk on them. Yesterday my step tracker only registered 478 steps for a 24 hr period.

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EastTexFrank

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Yesterday my step tracker only registered 478 steps for a 24 hr period.

I probably did less than that yesterday. Thunder storms started rolling through here in the early hours and didn't quit until late afternoon.

Not much going to happen this morning. Got a Rotary lunch meeting and then a bunch of running around town to do. I've got to remember to pick up the Simazine pre-emergent weedkiller from the feed store. Then, it's off to Northern Tool in Tyler to pick up my new gas caddy and filter system. Northern Tool wanted almost $200 to deliver it to the house but would deliver it free to their store. Guess which option I chose? Right!!! Their store is just over 30 miles away. If I get back early enough we may even put it together this evening and start transferring gas in to it tomorrow.
 

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Working. building a pressure tank for a feedyard. They pump water to it, boost the pressure, and pump it on. 5' diameter, 10' tall, 1/4" plate. Lots of welding.
 

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Working. building a pressure tank for a feedyard. They pump water to it, boost the pressure, and pump it on. 5' diameter, 10' tall, 1/4" plate. Lots of welding.

Now I understand your screen name :biggrin:
 

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Had a good sleep in-then went to Van Wert to shop at Marsh grocery.
Then to Wendy's for a late lunch.

It's drab and warm outside.
Might take a walk later before the rain moves in.
I am close to my church now.. just down the street and the cemetery (a nice place to walk).

Hope your aching gourd feels better soon, Bob.
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I used to get migraines all the time. Run in the family. But now I only get a couple doozies each year.

Guess today is my lucky day.

Maybe I should go buy a lottery ticket :doh:
 

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Yeah, I did take a walk but it rained a little while doing so.

Radar shows some thundershowers coming this way from Muncie, Indiana.

Snow?! this coming Thursday.
 

Danang Sailor

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Spent the early afternoon at the ENT, trying to find out whether or not he could help me stop being a mouth-breather. He feels a surgery to correct my devious septum (yes, Lollie, I know) has a better than 90% chance of success. As long as he's in there he's going to fix a couple of other things. He has me scheduled for the knife on May 3rd.

After that Dragonfly Lady and I went to Lawrence for a few grocery items we can't get here and tried El Potro, a new Mexican place. Outstanding and authentic northern Mexican fare! It goes on our list of places to revisit. Once sated we went shopping for some new clothes for the Lady; she is losing weight, slowly and steadily, and seems to feel that her pants falling down around her ankles isn't attractive, especially in public - go figure. :whistling:

 
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EastTexFrank

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I used to get migraines all the time. Run in the family. But now I only get a couple doozies each year.

You have my sympathies. In my 70 years I've had exactly 5 of them and haven't had one for over 20 years. Why people who have them regularly don't put a gun to their head to make them stop, I don't know. Darn, those things hurt.
 

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I suffered with migraines most of my life. Finally in my late 40's they came out with Imetrex which really helped. Since I retired, my Migraines went away and I have not had one in 7 years.

I always took my work very seriously. Maybe too much so, I guess.

Rainy and cold and borderline snow out so sitting by the fire, watch some TV with the dog. She likes Animal Planet. :yum:
 

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I just pooped. I lit 19 candles … I’d light more but we ran out. Sprayed Fabreeze. The dog was at the door begging to go outside; I think she might have passed out from the fumes, she is motionless. A fly fell off the wall, dead before he hit the ground.

On the bright side my head feels a lot better :clap:

From the time I was 5 until I was about 30 I had serious migraines. Typically more than 1 a week. Went to a specialist and took Beta Blockers as well as started a diet calendar tracking everything I ate and every time I developed a headache.

Looked for patterns over time.

Some foods triggered a headache within hours. Others the next day.

Triggers included chocolate, peanuts, citrus, tomato, anything with yeast (bread to beer), fermented anything, processed meats (pretty much any lunchmeat, salami, sausages, etc), cheeses, onions, etc. Basically pizza was a death sentence.
 

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Physio this morning then a quick trip to home depot for door moldings. Hopefully we'll finish up the wall downstairs. I insulated it for sound this morning.
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For dinner tonight I made a mess.

Honestly followed the recipe from DELISH. It didn't work out. Don't know why. But its just a nasty mess of noodles, milk, clumpy cheese, mushrooms and chicken in a big pot.
 

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For dinner tonight I made a mess.

Honestly followed the recipe from DELISH. It didn't work out. Don't know why. But its just a nasty mess of noodles, milk, clumpy cheese, mushrooms and chicken in a big pot.

But what does it taste like?

If it tastes good, turn out the lights, light a few candles and serve. :yum:
 

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Watched the weather tonight and it is supposed to rain all week until Sunday. Dayum, I need to get some outside work done and time in the salvage yard looking to parts. Can't do either one in the rain, or at least won't. :yum:
 

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But what does it taste like?

If it tastes good, turn out the lights, light a few candles and serve. :yum:

I've eaten worse but it was not great. The sauce never thickened. The cheese seemed to curdle. Walter enjoyed the chicken pieces I gave her. But I tossed it in the trash.

The lovely Mrs_Bob is at the YMCA with her sister swimming tonight. I texted her to let her know she should stop at McDonald's on the way home.
 

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For dinner tonight I made a mess.

Honestly followed the recipe from DELISH. It didn't work out. Don't know why. But its just a nasty mess of noodles, milk, clumpy cheese, mushrooms and chicken in a big pot.

Sounds almost like an alfredo pasta dish.

I worked today and am freaking beat.
Won't go into the new admission who has joined us for respite care other than saying the guy is an out of control ass- all 6ft1 260 lbs of him.:glare:

Won't have to deal with him much longer.
I was warned at shift change during report;
" Girl, you're gonna love this dude"

Anyway, it's time for bed in Lollie land-- as they say, tomorrow is another day.
 

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NOT COOKING TONIGHT

Tonight I'm picking up 75 pieces of fried chicken at the local grocery store and taking it to the high school.

We have our annual Fencing Team Banquet tonight.

Not a fan of banquets, not even for my own team. Starts at 5. Hope it ends by 7.

I only have 1 senior leaving, and she is a girl I will miss. She's our first Saber captain ever, named her captain when she was a sophomore. Also my best fencer. I've become an extended member of her family, especially since her mom was killed 2 years ago in a car crash. Saying goodbye to her fencing career will be tough. But I'll still see her & her family a few times a year. Plus, her little sister is in 8th grade and already fences on my team. And its likely that she and Melen will be attending the same college. She is going to IU for college and it looks like Melen will be attending IU Law. So I'll probably take her out to dinner a couple times a year when the lovely Mrs_Bob and I go down to IU to visit Mel.





Sounds almost like an alfredo pasta dish.
Sort of. Used evaporated milk and cheese. Milk was mixed with chicken broth to cook the pasta, ended up with some extra liquid that never thickened. When I added the parmesan cheese to 'melt it into the sauce' it never really melted so never integrated so there were just tiny clumps of cheese.

Looked really nasty.

Taste was NOT terrible. It was edible but foul looking.

Picked out some of the chicken and ate that. Walter had some too. Tossed out the rest. I figured it was not too expensive of a waste. Noodles are cheap. The mushrooms might have been the most expensive ingredient after the chicken, but Walter & I salvaged much of the chicken.


Now that is the ultimate admission of defeat. It couldn't possibly have been that bad. :w00t2::w00t2::w00t2::w00t2::w00t2:

And then again, maybe it was. Happy Big Mac Mrs Bob.

Yup.
 

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I dragged my crippled butt down to my other physio place this morning for my weekly appointment working on the crps. Then rushed back to pick up our daughter for an orthodontist appointment. Next was a trip to the pharmacy to pick up more bandages for the gaping wound on my stomach. Then picked up some finishing nails for the trim on the wall downstairs. Now home to wait for our daughter to bring her across the city for an appointment.

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Well it did storm here mighty, but nothing all that bad.
It's windy and will be the same tomorrow with yes.. snow coming.

Had a busy, but not real bad day at work.
Mr. Tough was The Quiet Man for me.:smile:
Perhaps it's because he knew I preferred talking to him instead of trying to tell him how it's going to be during his stay.
Heck, he spent the duration of my HS med pass telling me about his days in the Army- followed me all the way down the hall too.

We ordered pizzas for dinner to share.
 
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