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Doc pronounced me healthy and fit, and I even lost 8 lbs since my last year appointment.
I expect that came about from recent events, but I do feel as good as always.

Never did get around to shampooing the carpets, but I did a super fast room clean throughout.
Jane's hubby thinks I am OCD, but I am not.
She's not as picky as I am when it comes to dust and stuff, especially a sparkling clean bathroom. lol

I made some of joec's sloppy joes, with tater tots and corn for dinner.

Their one cat, Snowy was sitting in the dish drainer at one point today.
I was like :doh: omg.. cat ass where the clean dishes go?
I nudged her off and sprayed it with Clorox.
:yum:
 
FWIW, the lovely Mrs_Bob loved her new car.

It was a real surprise, she was shocked. Had no clue. We took it for a (chilly) top down drive before dinner.

Cooked Vietnamese Pork Chops with roasted Brussels Sprouts & Daikon and Fish Sauce. (we have been experimenting with those dinners that get shipped in fresh and you prepare them, we get organic, pre-portioned ingredients for 2 to 3 different meals per week ... so dinners have been a bit more exotic than in the past and we are liking it)




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Their one cat, Snowy was sitting in the dish drainer at one point today.
I was like :doh: omg.. cat ass where the clean dishes go?
I nudged her off and sprayed it with Clorox.
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I never understood how some people think it is cute to give their baby a bath in the kitchen sink. Oh, I understand it is convenient. But damn, there is dirty baby butt in your kitchen sink ... and babies pee when they take baths :doh:

So yup, cat ass, that deserves a good spray of Clorox :hammer:
 
Got up this morning, put on my working clothes, stepped outside, and it's too damned cold to be out there unless you really HAVE to be out there. It was in the the low 40s. I did have to get the trash down to the front gate however and I did.

I waited until after 2 o'clock when it got to 50°F and went and got the big tractor out and did some stuff. Went to get the little tractor and ran it out of the barn and the rear tire was flat and off the rim. Got it jacked up, put the axle stand in place and took the rear wheel off. I really hate doing that, not so much taking it off but knowing that putting it back on is going to be an absolute bitch. Gonna have to take it to the tire place on Friday. Tomorrow I'm supposed to go to Tyler shopping. How did I let myself get talked in to that?????
 
Fab day at work.
Weather is supposed to be gorgeous in the coming days (60s Saturday, Sunday and Monday).
Made some sliced kielbasa with Sweet Baby Ray's vidalia onion bbq sauce this morning with white rice on the side.
That was my work dinner and the dinner for Jane and her family.

They are watching Forensic Files out in the living room.
I got a cat sitting on the 'puter desk keeping me company.. :glare: lol
 
Took a long walk across town to the park, washed the car, made myself useful doing errands.
Tonight will be pizza and beer watching something Janie recorded on HLN about the death of Prince (no beer for me, I'll have hard cider tyvm) lol
 
I think my computer problems are solved. I haven't been able to log on to the WIFI here at the apartment complex, their WIFI router was screwing up, and it took a week for the management to do something about it. Many of those like me complained but it went in one ear and out the other. But finally this afternoon it seems we finally can connect again. :clap::clap::clap:

I also was sick for a couple of days. I had some bad intestinal cramps and other flu like symptoms, but they cleared up after a couple of days. Don't know what it was and don't care, I'm better now. :biggrin::biggrin::biggrin:

Been playing lots of cards lately, double deck pinochle, last night we played for 6 hours, and killed of two bottles of wine. Not really a wine drinker, but it was rather good.

Playing euchre tonight, and we'll order pizza for dinner. It's becoming a Friday night ritual, euchre and pizza. All is good. :w00t2::w00t2::w00t2:
 
NorthernRedneck said:
Sitting at emergency. It's been 9 days since the surgery and the thing won't heal up or stop draining.
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Hope they were able to get you all drained or whatever will help you Brian. Does not sound like fun. Surgery never is ....
 
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Hope they were able to get you all drained or whatever will help you Brian. Does not sound like fun. Surgery never is ....
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Oh. They got it drained. Lol. They took off the steristrips and uncovered another opening. One small squeeze and liquid started shooting out for a couple minutes. I watched the size of my belly reduce by almost half. It was enough to soak a towel.
 
Well, the crowd is here still enjoying the drink :whistling:
This could go on all night at the rate they are going :yum:

Pizza was good... I had 4 Hornsby hard ciders and am done..sitting like the calm, amiable house guest just glancing at them from the computer corner.

The show about Prince that Jane recorded was very interesting.

After they leave tomorrow, I'll clean again- then find things to do around the house to occupy my time.
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Went to church this morn, got a surprise! visit from number 1 son and 1 granddaughter.
Took a nap, then a walk.
The weather is a gorgeous 62 sunny degrees.
 
Went to church as well with my two youngest, my wife and my long lost stepson from my first marriage. When things turned bad for him out west I was basically the first person he turned to. It's hard to remain neutral. I mean, I changed his diapers as a baby. We had a good long chat today about old times and he knows that I was always there for him looking out for him. Even now after basically no contact for four years. Its nice to see he remembers his strong roots.
 
Just spent another wasted bit o' time on the political forum I am frequenting less and less these days.
Why bother?
It's full of freaks (present members from here lingering there not included) lol

Anyway, made a good dinner for us a while ago.

Roast beef , carrots and potatoes with rosemary and thyme.
Salads with tomato, cucumber, bell pepper and vidalia onion dressing.

The dishes are soaking as Jane told me to go sit DOWN!--- I'll do them.
Yes Ma'am!

Cats freaked out and went flying through the house when Mom and Dad walked in the door, except for Daisy who was like where the hell have you all been?
 
Spent the day sitting around, being waited on hand and foot. Speaking about foot, I think that I have gout. I can't walk without a cane and I'm in extreme pain.

I woke up yesterday morning and the big toe on my right foot was giving me hell. I had things to do so I just sucked it up and went about my business ... slowly and hurting with every step. It eased up a little bit yesterday evening and I thought that, "I'm over the worst and it's starting to get better". WRONG!!! I rolled over in bed about 5 o'clock this morning and woke up screaming in pain. I haven't hurt like that in a long, long time. I couldn't put my foot on the floor. I couldn't put any pressure at all on the ball of my right foot or the big toe in general.

I sat around, thinking about it and figured out what it probably was. I called #1 son in Scotland, who's had gout since he was 20 years old, poor bugger, and described what I was experiencing. He confirmed my suspicions and told me what to do and what not to do. Why does this kind of stuff happen on the week-end. I'll call the doctor tomorrow morning and set up an appointment for a definitive opinion and treatment options.

I've never had a gout flare up before and I hope to hell that I never have one again. Physically, I've hacked chunks out of myself, broken all kinds of bones, torn this and ripped that during my almost 70 years on this planet but apart from one migraine headache 20 years ago, I've never had anything that hurt like this. I'm shuffling around here as if I was 120 years old. Tomorrow has to be a better day.
 
Good luck with that Frank. Damn, sounds horrible.

I've had what I thought was a virus, and then I guessed was flu for the past week. Fever some nights. Hacking flemy cough. Ache through the shoulders. Started last Sunday night. Was feeling better and thought about over it Friday but nope. Saturday more symptoms. Worse cough. Little better Sunday ...still coughing. And even worse my wife has been one day behind me. She got it from me and started symptoms last Monday and it's been like follow the leader. DayQuil and NightQuil have helped, along with Mucenx. This is horrible. It's been a week now and I still have symptoms. Called doc today to ask how long this flu normally lasts. Next year I will strongly consider getting a flu shot.... maybe. By then I'll probably forget all this misery.

I went to a Blue Jackets Hockey game Feb 9th. Guessing that is where I picked up the germs.

And last week I scheduled some 'hoe' work for today on my roads, thinking I'd be all better by today. Cleaning out runoff ditch and fixing a washout at bottom of steep hill. Adding some breaks to dispurse water so it can't get up speed to do the destruction it's been doing. The weather has been so nice and things dried up a lot. Told the hoe operator that I was down and out of action for now and up to him if he wanted to go for it or not. With the forecast apt to change for the worse he is giving it a shot. I want to be out there but will have to wait a while. Still hacking up a lung and headache that will not go away. Arrrgggg
 
Must be some sort of cold virus going around. I've had a sore throat lingering for the past month. This week it manifested into a cough phlegm in my chest. That combined with the leaking gaping hole in my abdomen from the surgery makes it interesting. Have to keep a gauze waterproof bandage on to cover it.
 
Good grief, I sure hope you guys all get to feeling better soon.

I have today off, the last of the four.

Got a mandatory inservice at 1:30.

Hope it's not boring. :whistling:
 
Went to work today at 8:00 AM. Nobody was there yet, so I let myself in and went to work.

I'm building a rack for refrigerant jugs for the service guys truck. I've never welded 1" tube steel before (very thin metal), so I was practicing on some cut off pieces, and waiting for the boss to bring a welding jig.

A half hour later I called the boss, but no answer. Another half hour and not even the secretary was there yet. I called a few others, but no one was answering. I checked my phone to make sure it was actually Monday. I thought maybe it was Sunday or something.

So another half hour goes by and I try the boss again. This time he answers. Hey, what's up bud? I was like where is everybody?

He said what do you mean, today's a Holiday. WTF?! Construction workers never take Presidents Day off, lol. I worked for his dad for over a decade and we were lucky to get Christmas off.

He said why didn't you look at our Google calendar? I said why would I do that when working today was mentioned four times last Friday by you, and the field foreman?

I've only been working for this guy for a few months, with him as the boss/owner of his new company. We'd worked together for his dad for many years. He's a good man.

A few weeks ago his dad showed up and was barking his ideas as we were setting up the shop. He was shut down by his son real quick, lol.

Anyway, I learned how to mig weld thin wall tube steel this morning, well enough that you shouldn't have to worry about a refrigerant jug breaking loose on the highway and bouncing into your windshield. So something good came out of it anyway.

:thumb:
 
Every day is a holiday. :biggrin:

Went to the auto parts store today to pick up a new front bearing assembly for my pickup. Started grinding yesterday coming home from church. Also "rented" a 1/2" drive torque wrench as mine only goes to 150 ft lbs and the axle nut needs to be torqued to a spec of 184 ft lbs. I say rent, as I needed to put a $100 deposit on it and I get my Benjamin back when I return it. Great deal. Why buy one when you can rent for free. LOL. :clap:
 
After dealing with a metal clad wood sliding patio door that fell apart, we got a new one installed today. Ordered it 3 months ago. The factory was closed 2 weeks at Christmas/New Years. Took them close to 3 hours to install it, while we had the dogs penned up. But finally it's in and we couldn't be more happy with it.
The old door rotted out at the bottom on the stationary panel. The old deck on the back of the house was at floor level so snow piled up in the winter up against the panel. It swelled up so bad that the sliding panel got almost impossible to open. If you tried to use the screen, it would fall off the track because the door swelled up so bad. But that nightmare is finally over.
 
Inservice meeting was about Infection Control and OSHA.
They did have little cards taped under some of our seats to look for.
If we had a card, we had to stand up and answer a question, then watch the video that showed everything you ever needed to know about the importance of hand washing, blah, blah, blah, pathogens, spills, PPE and the proper use of.
It's required of course, annually.

Dinner was nothing exciting.
One of those deals where you go in the kitchen and just do it.
I did it, fried baloney sandwich and Pringles.
 
Quick meeting with my lawyer this morning. Then home to have someone come do a repair to our front steps since I'm not in any shape to do it.
Still having drainage issues with my stomach area. My wife wanted to see so we removed the bandage and gave a little push where it appeared to be building up. All kinds of grossness and fluids shot out covering the bathroom counter. Feels better now that it drained.
 
NorthernRedneck said:
...My wife wanted to see so we removed the bandage and gave a little push where it appeared to be building up. All kinds of grossness and fluids shot out covering the bathroom counter.
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Thanks for the visual.

I was wondering what to eat for lunch.

Now, not so hungry :hammer:
 
Lmao. That's pretty much what my wife said.

Mind you, the first time it exploded my wife was looking at the scar and it nailed her in the forehead.:yum::yum::yum:
 
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Well I had a semi-productive day.

Went to get a license plate for my wife's new car ... wasted my time. The dealer and/or state have not processed the title papers. The fact that the dealer is across the state line in Illinois so that may also be part of the delay. But in any case I can't get the license plate until its processed.

I did pick up a final payment check from the sale of my cigar lounge, so my bank account is fat ... until my wife gets her hands on that money.

Picked up a reimbursement check from the high school.

Both of those will get deposited tomorrow when I drive up to the nearest town with a bank branch.

Ordered a new Escort Radar Detector ... the wife's new car gets one of the older units, my car gets the new one because its the high mileage car that we use for trips, outings, etc.

Practiced the Uke for about 15 minutes, that was all the time I had since I was getting phone calls from Melen. She was in the university infirmary with a bout of stomach flu. So I'd get a call, deal with her, try to start something or another, then get another call . . . blah blah blah. She will be fine, but she is miserable today.

Measured the living room windows for new blinds.

Cooked an early dinner with the lovely Mrs_Bob. Spanish style shrimp with spinach over garlic toast.

Went for a joy ride with the lovely Mrs_Bob. She has not been driving her new car because we got it and then went out of town. I took it today in my failed attempt at securing a license plate. So today was her first "real" drive in the car. She seems to like it.
 

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