Friday Hug

marks 9 weeks this has been going.

Who says there's just not enough love in the world?

Oh that's right...Don Henley. :^0

((((((((((((((((((((((((((((( kooky Friday type I need to be drunk hugs )))))))))))))))))))))))))))))

(((((((leaning the other way hugs)))))))

Now, at least, neither of us will fall over. We might fall forward or backward, but we won't fall over! :D

But I live in a dearth of music.

This -- this -- is my near-only source.

Thank you, Nick.

Have I the power, and I might, I bless you.

((( hugs ))).
All round. :)

She's been able to keep me in my place the past 7 years!

And because I'm very slack at being on this post...

{{{{{hugs for all}}}}}

And it wasn't Soni that introduced her to the unsavory TR poeople....I think that was all my own doing.

Watching Planet Earth on Discovery Channel. Love that show so much I bought the complete DVD set. Now if I could only figure out where I put it...

edit: Oh, and cheers! (lifts [_]3 of scotch)

just an other 5 working day's and then ... off for 3 weeks ... holiday ... woohoo

Monday morning (((((hugs))))) for all

is expected this week ... with hail- and thunderstorms ... I guess winter (((hugs))) time is coming soon.

Oh yeah. Over the weekend, I found a drink or...um...how many was it? :^0

Margaritas...mmmmmm

I always cook the whole shebang..

Turkey, ham, mashed potatoes, gravy, peas/carrots, mashed turnip, cranberry sauce, home made buns, pumpkin pie..
Usually do an apple pie as well, but this year one of the friends bringing a desert as well, so I won't bother with apple pie.

So gotta clean the place up good an proper, get all the shopping done and then start the baking friday..

I always say I won't do it "next year"..but then the friends start asking in summer "when is thanksgiving dinner??" So, my ego always kicks in and says..ok..i'll cook for them again.

Dang ego :D

but, I have no one to cook for but me.

And, I'm not worth all the effort.

I'll go cook for me and the parents.

Maybe when I live somewhere I have friends or when I have a family, I'll do the big shindig thing and all.

Til then, me and a turkey pot pie when I'm alone is good enough.

If you were over here, you'd be more than welcome at my table!

You will be going to your parents this year yes?

I am going over Wednesday night straight from work, and I'm going to tell mom:

"Sit your a$$ down. I'm cooking this year."

Then I'll take the bread, crumble it up, season and slow bake it into crouton-type stuff for the dressing, get the turkey out of the fridge, then start boiling eggs to make deviled eggs, then put the turkey in some seasonings to sit overnight before cooking.

Then the next morning, get up, put the stuffing in the turkey, tie it up, and put it in the oven and do bastings every 30 mins. Get the potatoes out and make mashed potatoes. Make some green beans, salad, etc. then get the serving dish out and get all sorts of veggies chopped into bite-size pieces and make dips for them.

Oh yeah. Did I mention I can cook? lol

Okay, well. I gotta re-learn to make some of the Christmas candies again. It's been...um...in some cases, 30 years since I made them.

But, I make a mean batch of fudge :)

I hope you do.

I didn't choose to not take them. The government said I have to stay "available" in November in case I'm needed.

The trip in December got put on hold. The person I was going to spend time with is going to need to spend more of her Christmas vacation with her grandmother, because she's not been doing well.

But, we are planning 2-3 weeks in May on the coast at her family's place.

And who knows what will happen on a starry beach in the late spring :)

I'll probably get pinched by a lobster :^0

Ah the day in the office is done..
now to go shopping for some supplies for saturday..my only regret about not having a car is that if you are having people over and need to get beer and stuff..it can take 2 trips to the shop to get everything..

oh..finally sourced a turkey..whew..for a minute thought we'd be serving a really big chicken :O

Yes, they're a little lopsided, but that's the hand holding the beer.

Whoa...I've think I've done this before! It's deja vu all over again.

Ahh, who cares. I'll put the beer down so I can give better (((((hugs))))).

what the...

how in the heck do you deep fry a turkey??
do they have fryers that big..and how friggin long??
or do you chop it up into small peices???

nope..don't think deep fried turkey does it for me...

As long as it's the right temp when you put the bird in and you keep it at that temp, the bird doesn't pick up that much extra fat.

Been tested. Dietitians say it's no worse than cooking the bird with the stuffing inside.

sorry I missed the goodnight. I usually don't get on from home. :(

Ugh, my morning has been not-so-casual. I'm about ready to do a snagglepuss and exit stage right.

But anyways...

(((((((((( good morning hugs )))))))))))

i know..I don't mean to complain just frustrated..so much to do and they've got me messing about with an image for the past couple hours..(again..me dba..me no graphic artist..)

In a bit of a mood, but yes, I'll stop that and and put on a smile..there has been one very nice thing today, I'll think about that..will put a smile on my face.

Hope yours gets better as well...

(((((((less grumbly hugs)))))))

Let it out. It's better not to hold in angst.

I just don't mention details for legal reasons, and I don't need to put a label on those who aggravate me at the job.

Oh yeah, DBA reminds me:

I'm having to manually re-do most of the processes on the DB side in our test environment. It's too much to run a nightly job that would just copy the schema over.

oh well. If it makes my work late, so what. I'm about tired of being thrust into a "do this" job where I haven't worked with the technology in 6-7 years.

Thank God for the internet.

ah sure well, life goes on...
its only work at the end of the day..i've got other things on my mind, probably why I'm a bit less tolerant today..

i never did tell nayone about the support call we got last week did i? this should cheer ya up!!
Guy rang up the HelpDesk, the cord on his phone was twisted so much that he could hardly lift the reciever to use it. Could someone go down and sort it out? :D :D :D
After we all stopped lauging/crying...there was the suggestion that everyone go, and we'd all stand around and himm and haww about it..mkae it seem like a real big deal...I volenteered to go untwist it for him..I would have likely beat him with it after though :)

ah..you just couldn't make this stuff up!

Now THAT is funny :^0

My latest find was:

While working on the application for which I'm responsible, I look into a form to find a button that saves the data on the form and a tab control.

Little do I find a tab for detailed description that the HR department should be using.

The save function does NOTHING to save that data.

So if HR ever comes to me and says "why hasn't all this stuff saved?" I'm going to say "Someone else wrote that code for you. Not me."

I told them here the other day I won't vouch for anyone else's code but mine.

I did that once, and it burned me.

tis Friday yet again :)

Have a good weekend everyone!
I'm not in the office next week, but will be around TR later in the week..

((((((friday hugs))))))

As I'm the recognized expert on certain systems, I get phone calls when the other techs need help with those systems.

Apparently, there was a rash of outages today...

Also took some time and went through the two IBM POS printers I have in stock to try and get them back up. (They are my "quick swap" spares, but there was a period last summer when parts were not available, so I had to part them out.) Got the one up and the other is going back to the shop as a bench queen: print head assembly, receipt cutter, paper sensor, ribbon drive, impact print head (that endorses the checks), and main board all bad. :0

Late supper tonight: beer, scotch, and burgers, not necessarily in that order.

Speaking of meals, I hope your dinner went well, Shell.

dinner (((hugs)))

((((((Hugs))))))
I won't be around for a couple days..so in my absensce, keep the hugs going :)
Those of you who know where I am..please send me cheery thoughts ok...

Oh, and Rob was trying to leave hugs for everyone, but he couldn't get into TR.. he's off on holidays for a few weeks.. so here's some hugs on his behalf.
((((((((((sunny holiday hugs))))))))))

We had frost in the hills this morning, must be gettin' on to winter.

Bundle up everybody.

ROAD TRIP! Savannah tomorrow, MB Wednesday (or Thursday...depends on how Savannah goes tomorrow).

Packing for three days, just in case.

No, not "old guy with long hair". :|

"On the road again" :^0

B-)

for Shell, Hang in there girl it gets better from here.

(((((((HUGS)))))))

Been up since 4am.

Still, that's an hour better than yesterday.... :(

(((((((((( HUGS )))))))))) for them wot needs 'em.

- and a dose of ((((( HUGS ))))))) for Shell by Doggy Donation Services... :D

GG