tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11185120241992805842024-02-06T23:26:11.518-05:00Wednesday whiningWhatever WorksUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger968125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-70617496713710504032018-06-15T19:30:00.002-04:002018-06-29T00:51:56.630-04:00It's been great!
Dear Wednesday Whining Community --
WW has been a treasured community to me! I am very grateful, and I'd like that friendship and camaraderie to continue. We have been at this site for almost 11 years, can you believe it? And some years before that, at Phantom's place.
After discussion among moderators, we have reached consensus that it's time to start a Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-56531088516653206762018-06-11T15:06:00.005-04:002018-06-15T19:30:59.171-04:00Frazzled EditionGreetings, Pixies. I hope everyone else's Monday is going more smoothly than mine.
Mine has been rocky and emotional.
First, I woke up to an email from a beloved friend, in response to the news that we'll be visiting her city in August, to tell us that her husband (another beloved friend of ours, who has been dealing with a rare form of cancer for several years now) is heading for one risky Queen of West Procrastinationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17216968234999269409noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-64832651764852509272018-06-04T12:37:00.001-04:002018-06-11T15:06:59.352-04:00Distracted editionI may not be around so much this week, as there is a thing that needs doing for work.
Events of national importance are horrifying me presently, especially this morning's unthinkable twit explosion.
On a brighter note, our son's birthday is tomorrow, and the first anniversary is fast approaching -- so, we'll be seeing the kids sometime soon!
Had a good weekend, especially visitingUnknownnoreply@blogger.com37tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-48659526779182984072018-05-28T10:53:00.001-04:002018-06-04T12:38:12.019-04:00Miserable Whining EditionWell, we made it through the night. E and I are having a recurrence of the stomach virus that hit us a few days ago, triggered by my getting too lax with the gentle food diet, and by going out a bunch on a hot day. Mr. Q is camping, several hours away, with spotty cell coverage, with a group of grade 11 science students, and isn't going to be back until tomorrow night.
E last threw up at Queen of West Procrastinationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17216968234999269409noreply@blogger.com60tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-36859450468501309222018-05-21T12:58:00.000-04:002018-05-28T10:53:35.777-04:00The long household ordeal...This is the last week of the big out of town thing for my husband, and not a moment too soon. The thing started over 6 weeks ago, broken by a two week break in which he worked like heck and was out of town a lot. Prep for the thing has been pretty intense for months, actually.
What with all the Dog and Dog Man mutual affection and mutual deep sorrow at absences, the short times The Unknownnoreply@blogger.com46tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-74110765595349068922018-05-14T13:22:00.002-04:002018-05-21T12:58:24.076-04:00Hear ye, hear ye: Let the whining commence!I meant to post earlier, but forgot I signed up!
There's been a disruption in the force at my house, since Mr. Dog Man was home for two weeks, and now (alas) he is gone again. Our dog Clyde figured out The Man was leaving yesterday due to the packing of bags, hauling of things to the car, garage door opening without loading the dog in the car, etc., and commenced an impressive whine and Unknownnoreply@blogger.com70tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-43542303788336354472018-05-07T08:29:00.001-04:002018-05-14T13:22:58.677-04:00{Insert Creative Title Here} WhiningYeah, that's right. I've got nothing creative, but I'm willing to host this week, so here we are.
The final month of the school year is my least favorite: so much frantic activity and "fun" at school can get to be overwhelming and too much. So much frantic activity on my part at home, as I rush to get things done which do not need Baboo "help."
Add in the regular tasks which need to be esperanzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12508921986071164221noreply@blogger.com68tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-36778611062830347522018-04-30T11:26:00.003-04:002018-05-07T08:29:28.465-04:00(End of) April Showers EditionIt is cold and rainy outside today, and I am absolutely thrilled. You see, we had an incredibly long winter, with piles of snow, and a really slow melt, and that left my city covered in snow mold. For the past week, the city has been dusty and windy, and every time I went outside, I came inside with no voice. I had a cold that I just couldn't shake. E was miserable as well (I suspect that a lot Queen of West Procrastinationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17216968234999269409noreply@blogger.com72tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-84080579271527800472018-04-23T13:37:00.001-04:002018-04-30T11:27:13.292-04:00Love love love love, crazy loveWhile my beloved was home for a couple nights, sharing his Man Cold with me [cough], he kept doing all this stuff. Like, he washed my car, and then turned it into a Dogmobile! So, I'm just calling this placement of magnets a love note, and full recognition that I am an alpha dog instead of just a cat lady. :)
Clyde the Wonder Dog is adjusting to the absence of the DogUnknownnoreply@blogger.com31tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-20048933259867133492018-04-16T16:01:00.002-04:002018-04-23T13:37:53.585-04:00Endless Winter WhiningIt's officially mid-April, and it's still. fireplacing. winter here. At least we're getting some more melting happening today, but it's supposed to snow again tonight! I'm trying to keep perspective, and be thankful that the awful drought is over at last, but dear goodness!
I've lost all perspective. I'm so tired of this snow. And it's not even nice snow? It's like the grimy, brownish stuff, as Queen of West Procrastinationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17216968234999269409noreply@blogger.com61tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-75147250008077947192018-04-09T20:35:00.002-04:002018-04-16T16:01:58.328-04:00Monday MondayHello there Pixies!
How's everyone doing on this Monday evening?
It was a loooong day at Chez Sue yesterday. Hubby has an infection which was not resolving, so off to the ER yesterday afternoon. We didn't have to wait terribly long to get in, but the docs were all very busy, so getting lab results etc took some time. We both had our e-readers with us, thank goodness.
Today was spent napping Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03407981987874669303noreply@blogger.com59tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-3816656063457457602018-04-02T12:30:00.001-04:002018-04-09T21:05:11.119-04:00Everybody can relax now...
It is no longer the busiest season in the pastoral profession, and I assume we all got through April Fool's day unscathed. (Do kids even do that any more?)
Plus -- we of the Northern Hemisphere are all noticing, lots more sunlight! More every day! It's like a miracle!
Although many schools had last week as a Spring Break, the local schools are off this week. So, a Unknownnoreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-42370339512082088122018-03-26T10:22:00.001-04:002018-04-02T12:30:47.903-04:00Hectic WhiningGreetings from Germies Central (the germies seem to have flown away from Kathy A's house, and landed at mine). I'm about to load up on cold medicine, and haul Li'l E to her piano lesson (she's taking a thousand years in the bathroom, and so I have a moment before the lesson to post this), where everyone will be thrilled that I brought the germies.
Hugs to all the clergical pixies, for whom this Queen of West Procrastinationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17216968234999269409noreply@blogger.com50tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-78134708442046301452018-03-19T14:31:00.000-04:002018-03-26T10:22:43.294-04:00Run away, little germies...Got the runny nose, everything aches, exhausted, somewhat queasy thing going on. Bleah. Hoping my tax guy can fit me in, once I'm less infested; this was not a good morning for our appointment, after all.
Didn't have enough energy to drive Clyde to day care. That's probably just as well, since today is sunny, and there will be rain much of the rest of the week -- he's just not Unknownnoreply@blogger.com66tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-55252945169862171022018-03-12T12:40:00.002-04:002018-03-19T14:31:58.768-04:00Is it Spring yet?I hope it's coming soon! So very nice to have the days growing longer, and some fruit trees have burst into blossom.
Some more rain is due tonight -- which is good, since we need the moisture, but I've had about enough gloom to last a little while.
Sadly, I have put off organizing my tax stuff, and need to get that together this week.
What's the news with you?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com37tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-91615186654561577542018-03-05T09:09:00.002-05:002018-03-12T12:40:58.544-04:00Whining from under a pile of snow
Spring might be coming to other parts of the world, but a significant percentage of my country woke up to a giant pile of snow this morning! So far, I'm a little relieved by it (this ends the driest 15 months in our city's records, and that includes the Dustbowl Dirty Thirties). But parents around the city are scrambling to drive their kids to school, because the school buses aren't running. Queen of West Procrastinationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17216968234999269409noreply@blogger.com43tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-74517041413511816432018-02-26T09:05:00.001-05:002018-03-05T09:09:22.901-05:00Puppy WhiningThe puppy would like to whine (literally, piercingly) that the Baboos went to school in that big, loud, yellow thing; and now she can't find them, and she's stuck with boring Mama.
Mama would like to whine that there has been interrupted sleep and a lot of wiping and picking up of unmentionables off the floor. Puppy is about 50% house trained, so I guess that's better than it could be.
Baboos esperanzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12508921986071164221noreply@blogger.com49tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-73269935225083432602018-02-19T19:12:00.000-05:002018-02-26T09:05:39.151-05:00What the what, weather?We're in a cooling trend, with frost maybe tonight. But this morning was sunny!
Then, bam. It sprinkled a little, which is kind of exciting since we have not had enough moisture. But then BAM, it hailed! At my house! Even though it's 50F outside! That freaked the heck out of all the pets, because we don't have an attic, do have skylights, and so one can hear Unknownnoreply@blogger.com48tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-62714404784436040292018-02-12T11:32:00.001-05:002018-02-19T19:12:26.786-05:00Will you be my Valentine?My sweetie and I don't do anything big on Valentine's Day -- maybe a toast, maybe some flowers. But I loved this day when the kids were little, and everybody in everybody's class exchanged cards. It was such a lovely reminder to be kind, to look for the good in others, to work past differences.
Oops, I forgot to get cards to send my kids! Well, on the list for today...
My son Unknownnoreply@blogger.com69tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-87298946150149946812018-02-05T10:07:00.000-05:002018-02-12T11:32:53.013-05:00Dreaming of springtimeWe are under a giant pile of snow, with temperatures that keep dipping into the Extreme Cold Warning regions, but I am surrounded by packets of seeds and seed catalogues. I spent part of the afternoon coordinating a combined seed order with a friend, and planning out how to save efforts this year (we'll start our seeds together, and then let Mr. Q water them all under the grow lights at school, Queen of West Procrastinationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17216968234999269409noreply@blogger.com93tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-4368298437013301692018-01-29T11:50:00.002-05:002018-02-05T10:07:14.203-05:00Coming up on FebruaryHow'd that happen? So far, this year seems to be flying by. Which is good, because Spring will start showing up before long! But it's probably time to take down my Christmas cards. I like seeing them; they remind me of people I love. (OK, not the one from my husband's dentist...)
I'm going to try packing and freezing some of the food I cook. For some reason, IUnknownnoreply@blogger.com48tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-50322057248255637442018-01-22T10:06:00.000-05:002018-01-29T11:50:53.749-05:00A Bit of Whine & a Bit of Anti-whineAround here, it's a big AW week - our son is coming for a visit at the end of the week. Yay!
On the other hand, today is (allegedly) my day off, and I must attend two chunky meetings. One via phone, one in person. I designate that as whine-worthy.
Somewhere in between said meetings, I need to do some cleaning around here.
What's new in your world, pixies?Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03407981987874669303noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-58544440762415587662018-01-15T15:26:00.002-05:002018-01-15T15:26:30.127-05:00Slip-sliding alongGreetings from Frozen Ice World! It's terribly cold today, and then it's supposed to melt and refreeze midway through this week, and so watch this space for further whining about slippery conditions. (Or maybe it'll melt the thick layer of ice that's currently covering the city, and make it all better? I'm going to hope that it'll melt it and make it go away.)
I'm also fighting a constant Queen of West Procrastinationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17216968234999269409noreply@blogger.com55tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-66412257860121192682018-01-08T15:28:00.002-05:002018-01-15T15:26:42.868-05:00Oh, oh, it's raining again!This is a good news kind of thing, because we are now having some decent steady rainfall after this horrible late fire season, one of the worst snowpack reports on record for this time of year, and yadda. (No, we don't get snow here; but our water comes from the mountains, and not much has happened up there so far.)
I hope the extreme cold and snow and everything is calming down in Unknownnoreply@blogger.com59tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-38214613548977429782017-12-31T18:18:00.001-05:002018-01-08T15:28:48.546-05:00So long, 2017!Posting a little early, because I am so done with this past year. Be Gone! Get Outta Here!
So, let's welcome the brand new 2018! May things go smoothly enough. May we all love and be loved. May peace grow, and sanity prevail. xoxo
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