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Well speaking of parents, when my mother baked I would sit in the kitchen and watch. What ever was left over in the bowl I got! The batter was good and the frosting !!! Yum!
My husband was the same way. If I didn't leave enough batter on the paddle, he got pouty. 😅😅 I think uncooked batter is disgusting and won't eat it but I always left enough for him.
 
Good. All closed in and the fans are on.

It’s been cold and obviously snowy now, so I’ve been stuck for a few weeks. I need to insulate the doors in the back and make sliding vents.

So pretty much 95% of the way there.

In the spring, I’m gonna wrap it in Tyvek and put siding on it. By then the cherry should be dry.

As soon as hunting season is over, I’m going to think about taking some black walnut trees down and getting them milled into 3” boards for lumber too.

There’s a place in a town near us that opened up a wood shop where you can take lessons or use their equipment. My wife is taking lessons and now suddenly I have a good outlet for selling all this nice lumber!

(as well as some friends who dabble in woodwork and one who is a cabinet maker.)
I finally got my new cabinets installed on Saturday. The guy is not a great businessman but, damn! He's a fine craftsman! My cabinets are gorgeous, solid oak, including the drawers and shelves, and stained to match my existing 30 year old oak cabinets. I am beyond pleased!

All to the left of the granite, upper and lower, are new.
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Meeting scorecard.

8-9 finished in 36 mins. Win
9-930 needed in 22 mins Win
930-10 needed 15 mins Win
10-11 needed all time but was a productive meeting. Moral win?
11-12 went 13 mins over and I was not even needed on the fucking meeting Loss

My 3-345 meeting was moved to January. Win.

This leaves me with a couple of additional and hopefully short meetings.

So 4-1-1 for the day so far.
I call that day a win overall!
 
OK so this just happened…

Writing out the Christmas cards and putting people (mostly family) on the naughty and nice list (who gets a card this year or not) and we get a call from the DiL…wants to know if we’re cooking the Roast Beast for Christmas supper.

It seems his Highness (our oldest) wants his mother to make a Roast with figs and cloves, and pears and very Christamssy dish. SWMBO is waffling and trying to hit the easy button when I pipe up and say, why don’t we spilt the baby and all do different things for this? Both gals are sorta kinda trying to get outta of this when I add…”Momma used to do it ALL…”

Nothing like shaming your spouse by comparing her to your mother…🙂

Well, the roast is going to be cooked. Stay tuned for other marriage tips for the holidays. 😘.

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Let us know if you end up homeless! 🤣🤣
 
Both of my parents were avid manual transmission deciples. My mom drove a stick until she was forced to give up her keys at 83.

I learned on a stick. Everytime I went to buy a new car and requested a manual drive, I was met with, "Do you even know how to drive a stick, little lady (or sugar, honey, darlin. Insert platitude here)?" 😡

I might have scared a salesman or three. I learned to drive in Italy. 🤭🤭

Both of my vehicles are automatic now.
I hope you kicked a few of 'em in the crotch and said "Yep, I just drove your stick up past your belly button!" 🤣
 
Good. All closed in and the fans are on.

It’s been cold and obviously snowy now, so I’ve been stuck for a few weeks. I need to insulate the doors in the back and make sliding vents.

So pretty much 95% of the way there.

In the spring, I’m gonna wrap it in Tyvek and put siding on it. By then the cherry should be dry.

As soon as hunting season is over, I’m going to think about taking some black walnut trees down and getting them milled into 3” boards for lumber too.

There’s a place in a town near us that opened up a wood shop where you can take lessons or use their equipment. My wife is taking lessons and now suddenly I have a good outlet for selling all this nice lumber!

(as well as some friends who dabble in woodwork and one who is a cabinet maker.)
Do they call you Mr Priapism because you always have wood?
 
Meeting scorecard.

8-9 finished in 36 mins. Win
9-930 needed in 22 mins Win
930-10 needed 15 mins Win
10-11 needed all time but was a productive meeting. Moral win?
11-12 went 13 mins over and I was not even needed on the fucking meeting Loss

My 3-345 meeting was moved to January. Win.

This leaves me with a couple of additional and hopefully short meetings.

So 4-1-1 for the day so far.
Too many meetings that should probably have been emails!
 
Sigh… my (soon to be ex) tenant has struck again.

It feels like a bad breakup…

Him:
I'm gonna need the rest of the week to clear out the building. Unfortunately, the dumpster filled up, and I need another 3 - 4 days to run stuff up to the dump. I would tell your new Tennant to start moving in Sunday if you want to be conservative. It won't be possible for me to clear it out while he is moving in, as we would be completely in each other's way.

Me:

I don’t know what you’ve been doing since August but get your fucking shit off of my property tomrrow. Pay me my back rent by 11:59 tomorrow plus half the fee for the dumpster ($275) for a total of $1,475. You’ve had 90 days notice and you’ve STILL gone over by a month because of your poor planning and any lack of concern for me.

I haven’t even factored in your back fee, which is well over $1000.

I’ve given you every break and been nice since day one. No more. It will be a long night for you.

This has to end. Today.
Good! He's counting on you continuing to be nice.😡 Perhaps because of your friendship with his dad. He's at the find out stage! No more Mr. Nice Guy! Wonderer has become the Hulk! 🤣🤣
 
When I was in the hospital with pancreatitis, my husband smuggled my dog in! We were so happy to see each other! She jumped down from his arms onto my bed and snuggled up to me. Good medicine!

Check with the social worker to see if they have therapy dogs who visit with patients. This should be something s/he could arrange.
LOVE That idea! I’m sure he misses his family of dogs.
 
I know it was crazy to go on a Sunday afternoon. It wasn't completely horrible. Traffic was awful. Parking sucked but I lucked out and snagged a good spot.

I wanted to get gifts for my kids but didn't want to take a chance on them being delivered. I decided to go to the Apple store and buy them myself. There were lots of sales associates working. I was in and out in about 10 minutes! We brought my girl; she got lots of attention!
Glad it went well for you!
 
I finally got my new cabinets installed on Saturday. The guy is not a great businessman but, damn! He's a fine craftsman! My cabinets are gorgeous, solid oak, including the drawers and shelves, and stained to match my existing 30 year old oak cabinets. I am beyond pleased!

All to the left of the granite, upper and lower, are new.
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Wow!!! Gorgeous! There’s nothing like real red oak. That color!

So happy for you!!
 
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