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Post by sherrydorlando2 on Sept 5, 2024 8:15:34 GMT -5
Good Morning Ladies: Yesterday was a ton o fun. Dinner was a good example of why we love Magical Dining. All was excellent (I had an app of grilled lamb chops w/roasted potatoes & tezeki (sp) sauce; then 8 oz filet mignon, roasted multi color carrots and asparagus and the best mashed potatoes I have ever eaten; dessert was a massive pc of Cannoli Cake (all for $76 on the reg menu--but Magical Dining price is $40--which is how we all afford the pricier prissy places). The lamb chops were the perfect size for my entire meal. Then we got to tour the park for couple hours. (massive underground tunnel thru the middle of all of the fish was awesome.) Today is errands in the house...the list just keeps getting longer.
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Post by newmoose on Sept 5, 2024 9:01:52 GMT -5
Good morning!
I cannot get motivated to do the paperwork required for my job. I just need to hunker down and get it done. I will work on it all morning tomorrow.
DH and I have worked on his calendar for the days he needs to take off. He coaches golf for a local community college, so he has tournaments that he goes to. We also have two festivals that we will take days off for. His paycheck for October is going to be sparse for teaching, but good for coaching.
GN is going to be at the place that has that wonderful curried mushroom soup. I will get that and a salad for my dinner, as I always do at that restaurant. I flove that soup!
Trivia was hilarious last night. There were only two teams and we both were comically bad. There are a possible 80 points for the main part of the game, and we, the leaders, had 35 points to wager with for the final. We bet 10 and won 25-8! I hope we do better next week!
I hope you all have a great day!
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Post by Cyn on Sept 5, 2024 12:58:57 GMT -5
Hello, Lots of chores getting done today, after too much procrasting this week. RosesWalk tomorrow. Back into the 80s today. I may need the AC to do the heavy furniture moving vaccuuming a bit later. Here's Inspector Nosey. She was at my heels all morning keeping a close watch. She's having a wee break, and getting brushed. I just adore her, and it seems she feels the same way! 😻
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Post by V on Sept 5, 2024 13:00:02 GMT -5
Morning ish
Today is DD1's birthday. I have spent the better part of the morning angsting over our communication or lack thereof. CSO & YF told me to get therapy and I signed up online. Say a prayer for me.
Yesterday MG had left the note about the Apple Pencil, remember? Last night he handed me a brand new iPad as my other one that also had battery issues was not compatible with the pencil. Rotten I tell you. Spoiled Rotten.
Saturday is a 5k for CSO & YF & me. And G is running the half that day.
I hope the rest of my day gets better.
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Post by pepper on Sept 6, 2024 5:18:38 GMT -5
Howdy!
This week has been absolutely insanely busy. I’m ready for a No Real Plans weekend.
I moved my October Amish woodworking class to January. I need a couple of days off between now and then.
It’s only supposed to be in the upper 80s here this weekend. Everyone is wearing fall clothes. Maybe I’ll find a little hike.
I had baby asparagus growing in my community garden plot last weekend. It should be ready to pick now. Asparagus is supposed to take two years to get started, but I just planted it in April. Crazy.
Have a great day!
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Post by gadgetgirlil on Sept 6, 2024 5:37:40 GMT -5
Greetings!
I haven't even had time to look at the weather forecast to see what I will do outside this weekend. I know I will be doing class prep in the afternoons.
My co-worker/friend and I are getting carryout Mexican food for lunch so that will be the highlight of the week.
Maybe I will stop at Trader Joe's on the way home so that I can knock that errand off my list. I think the next 11 weeks or so until Thanksgiving break are going to feel like the Ground Hog's day movie. Meh.
Have a great day!
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Post by sherrydorlando2 on Sept 6, 2024 8:11:53 GMT -5
good Morning Ladies: Today is famous cheesesteak sandwich place with 2 friends for lunch.(I will eat 1/4 of one). Plans already made but not a great choice as 6 of us are going out to Flemings Steakhouse for Magical Dining tonight in prissy Winter Park. (usually it is once a week). I did get a lot of stuff done on my list yesterday.....I worked between every episode of Jason (on season 7 already).
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Post by newmoose on Sept 6, 2024 9:12:07 GMT -5
Good morning!
"The hurrier I go, the behinder I get." Boy, do I feel that! I am going to have to put in some extra hours to get in all this paperwork.
GN was wonderful again. I so enjoy my group of friends.
Tonight DH and will head to BWW to watch the Packers play. We may come on home at halftime, since we have to be up and out of the house by 9:30 to head to Chapel Hill. We are going to watch our first live football game at UNC.
Back to the paperwork!
Have a great day!
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Post by gadgetgirlil on Sept 7, 2024 6:33:19 GMT -5
Hello weekend!
It is currently 48 degrees! I'm going out for a long walk this morning. Then I'll go to campus and work on class prep.
In 4 weeks, I will be up in Wisconsin volunteering for a hiking event at Devil's Lake so that will help change things up. In the meantime, I'll just keep chugging along.
Honestly, this fall is so much better thus far than last fall. I'm much more ahead on my class prep and I have a better overall attitude. I guess being a short-timer helps with the attitude! Makes it easier to let some of the crap just slide off my back.
Have a great day!
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Post by pepper on Sept 7, 2024 7:40:34 GMT -5
Howdy!
I need to do some work this morning to get on top of a few projects, but then I’m going to spend the entire weekend (or as much as possible) outside. I love this time of year!
Enjoy your day!
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Post by sherrydorlando2 on Sept 7, 2024 8:17:44 GMT -5
Good Morning Ladies: Yesterdays Magical Dining was at a more famous place, cost more and was not as good (except the lobster bisque).(more leftovers) Today is a tea at a place called Pretty In Pink and we are all wearing pink (l2 I think). I am top shelfing it. Then home for grocery store and change and wash sheets ( I just wash and change so I don't have to fold the damn fitted one). Few other errands I'd like to get done.....
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Post by newmoose on Sept 7, 2024 9:10:43 GMT -5
Waiting on the coffee to finish and then off to Chapel Hill for the football game!
I'll catch up with you all tomorrow evening.
Have a great weekend!!!
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Post by gadgetgirlil on Sept 8, 2024 5:47:52 GMT -5
Greetings! It was lovely walking outside yesterday with the cool temperatures and full sun! The heat returns this week. Not getting any rain so that is stressing all the trees and plants I did the whole loop, 9.7 miles. It wasn't as crowded as the previous week as I'm sure the cooler weather deterred the casual runners. The cross country teams were out in force as were the marathon training groups. Made good progress on campus with class prep. Round 2 will be this afternoon. Some of my medical terminology students haven't bothered to either get the course materials ($) or actually do the assignments. I sent out reminders again. First set of due dates is tonight. I'm sure when I post 0's for their grades tomorrow that I will get their attention. Usually I don't have this many students procrastinating but this semester I sure do. Meh. Have a great day!
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Post by V on Sept 8, 2024 6:38:55 GMT -5
Morning. I made it through the texts from hell. When I told her I needed to finish work and mute her, she sent a note to YMV to get him into the muck. MG said "She's broken and looking for drama." And to a certain extent he is right. The first therapy session won't be until Tuesday. She sent another series of texts yesterday, but I was busy and it was easier to avoid answering at that point. I just don't have the bandwidth to deal yet. And it is truly messing with my focus and digestion. Friday morning YF & I got out for a walk and then breakfast. She doesn't have kids, but she still provides good counsel. That evening CSO & YF &I got out on the trail for a light run that ended up mostly walking. Yesterday was our local half and 5k. The other three of us ran the 5k. No PRs were set, but I felt decent at the end. G ran the half and rocked it along with a couple of ladies in our sphere. We went back when G was expected to be arriving and ran her in. That added another mile to my total. I got a couple hour nap later in the afternoon. I could not get to sleep last night and at 1am I was up to do some yoga stretches that apparently knocked me out until the alarm went off this morning. Today is a 12 hour day to cover the afternoon gal's vacation. Midnight girl was wargaming how she would cover the potential overtime for the next couple of weeks. New girl is not committing to anything in a martyr-like state. BAER. But they both agreed they would not be able to get here at 2 today, so here I sit. :/ I can do it. I just didn't wanna from the time I went to bed last night. pepper, I love asparagus! The reason you don't harvest it for 3 years is that the roots need the stalks to ensure they are strong and vibrant. Never harvest more than 1/3 of the stalks at a time. Once they are producing 5+ stalks, you can look at snapping them off, leaving a decent stub sticking out of the ground. Next spring when they are up, plan to let the stalks go to seed near the end of the first growing season. It will hurt to watch them fern out, but just know that you are preparing the way for more the following season.
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Post by sherrydorlando2 on Sept 8, 2024 8:04:23 GMT -5
Good Morning Ladies: Lovely tea yesterday. We had 17 ladies and all but one dressed in pink (as requested). Lots of leftovers to bring to my neighbor. Today is house jobs. boo..
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Post by pepper on Sept 9, 2024 5:13:06 GMT -5
Howdy!
Monday? Again? I worked all day Saturday and got some big projects out of the way. That should make this week better in that I’m not chasing my tail all week and working long, long days; however, I’m not happy about it being Monday.
I was dead tired all day yesterday. I puttered around the community garden and in my garage and at the grocery store. I think another day of that would be nice.
Have a great day!
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Post by gadgetgirlil on Sept 9, 2024 5:36:14 GMT -5
Greetings!
I'm cranky. I really need 3-day weekends, not 2-day weekends with all this class prep. I really hate the M/W/F schedule for teaching. I never feel like I get a break. I'm also grumpy with my medical terminology students that 20% of them, as of yesterday afternoon, still don't have the necessary materials. Even those that do are lagging at getting stuff done. They will be reminded, again, that their first exam is in 2 weeks. This is not a hard class, but if you don't do the outside work, I guarantee that you won't get an A, maybe not even a B. *bangs cane*
Have a great day!
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Post by V on Sept 9, 2024 7:52:06 GMT -5
Morning.
Mercury must be in retrograde.
Happy butterfat to MamaV! 84 today. Dinner tonight at the Mexican place with her & Dad and Bro's families.
I'm so angry this morning at work I'm still vibrating. )))NewGirl and her inability to handle shit right before I come in(((
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Post by sherrydorlando2 on Sept 9, 2024 9:02:30 GMT -5
goof morning ladies: Already got a few jobs that I didn't want to do done before I could sit and play. Probably need to make that a rule. Boring.
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Post by newmoose on Sept 9, 2024 11:32:42 GMT -5
Happy Monday?!
We had no internet at school when I first got here, so not posting. Since then, I have been terribly busy.
We had such a wonderful time in Chapel Hill. We went to brunch at a French restaurant. I had chilled pea soup and a wonderful salad. The manager came by to check on us and I was raving about how much I loved that salad that he gave me his card and told me to email him and he will send me the recipe!!!!! Score!
I woke up around 4:30 this morning and couldn't stop thinking about all the stuff I needed to do today. Of course, I couldn't do any of it when I got here, because of the no internet thing, so I lost sleep for nothing.
I hope your Monday quits being so Monday-ish and we all have a better day!
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Post by gadgetgirlil on Sept 10, 2024 4:51:36 GMT -5
Greetings!
All but 2 of my students for medical terminology now have their materials. The other 2 are working with the business office to get financial support to buy the materials. They understand the urgency as I reiterated that the first exam is less than 2 weeks away. I still have 1 student that I've never met as he registered after the first class and didn't show up yesterday. But he is doing the outside work. I sent him a reminder that the exams are in person!
My other class went well. I gave them a case study to work on in class in groups. Now it is going to take me a lot of time to go through their responses. What was I thinking?
The not good news is that our office coordinator, the woman I rely on heavily for many things including all the committee stuff, got her biopsy results yesterday. It is metastic tissue of gynecological origin. Higher stage of cancer. They had already identified a 10cm mass but wanted to check out the other spots that showed up on the scan. She will be having surgery to remove the tumor followed by chemo. She will be out at least 2 months. Not sure when it will all be scheduled but I don't think they will wait long to proceed. She is 72 and divorced for a long time. Her family (even the ex-husband) has really stepped up to help out with all the housework and yardwork since the initial diagnosis. I hope the treatments are successful. In the meantime, all her work needs to be picked up by the rest of us who are already stretched thin. I have been awake since 3am as I feel very overwhelmed by everything that is on my plate for September. It is always the hardest month and now has gotten harder.
Ugh.
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Post by pepper on Sept 10, 2024 5:18:24 GMT -5
Howdy!
Today is deadline day on a couple of things. It might be a very long day.
When I left home for my run yesterday morning, I wished I had long sleeves. It was in the 50s! Brrrrr! I love this time of year.
Have a great day!
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Post by Cyn on Sept 10, 2024 5:23:14 GMT -5
Hi, 2 days in a row of staying completely on plan. Well, except for eating what was left of the peanut butter jar with a spoon. That goes back into time out. Very lo-mo lately, but I have been enjoying my lovely companion.
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Post by V on Sept 10, 2024 6:32:23 GMT -5
Morning.
Dinner with Mom, Dad, & bro's family went well. I gave Mom a tshirt with RBG that was too small for me but would fit her and she loved it. She's at the point that she doesn't want gifts and buys what she wants anyway. SIL got her a kitchen towel and a sunflower flag for her outside post.
Work yesterday just ground me down. A boss who tends to be a micromanager got back from vacation. He called about how I handled a logistics issue, and I did not cuss at him, so that was a win. That was the "still vibrating" part from yesterday's post. I talked to the guy that fired me after the fact and he said not to worry about the call. He saw how things played out and realized that I did the best I could with what I had at the moment. I was still wiped out from just that little bit of OT on Sunday plus 2 margaritas with dinner, so not much else happened in my world. I had thought earlier in the day to get out for a program run, but the day happened.
When I got home, my apple pencil was waiting for me <3. And MG personalized it (<3Virginia<3). And then he paid for dinner for the whole table and fielded "warranty work" questions on a grill that had belonged to MamaMG before it was passed on to MamaV. The flame on her grill isn't putting out much more than lighting, so MG will go over and replace the regulator and hose and then see if any other parts need to be fixed. Keep in mind that MamaMG has been gone more than 5 years, so "warranty work" is a loosely held term in these parts. lol
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Post by sherrydorlando2 on Sept 10, 2024 8:07:42 GMT -5
good Morning Ladies: Yesterday was housework, groc shopping, paperwork, tv and puter playing. Today our RH queen and I are going out to lunch with a new lady that wants to join. Then tonight is Magical Dining (Italian this time) so lunch will be appetizer size.
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