Hey gang. My youngest is getting some serious dental surgery done tomorrow. Everything should be okay, but any thoughts and prayers and healing vibes sent our way would be greatly appreciated. I think that stuff works through the internet. 
Thanks a bunch. See you on the other side of it.
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Thanks for the setup Ape. It is kinda quiet in here lately. It seems to ebb and flow though, in the past. Maybe we’ll see some new blood.
I will do my best to read anything I see posted, but I’m not always the best at doing that.
Woke up too early today. Wah. Cardiologist at noon. I am still a little sore from the DEAD PEOPLE’S BONES IN MY JAW, but I don’t I don’t imagine that will affect my heart. There is a story in there somewhere, but I’ll be damned if I can figure out what it is.
Mets are playing well, now that it’s too late.
Enjoy the day all!
Yikes! No customers! However will we pay rent next month? Turns on lights, gets coffee going first to get me going. Teas next - naughty monkey and little ladybug are out blends. No ladybugs were killed in the marking of this tea! Cookies on a platter.
I am back to normal after a couple long days. Very little tooth pain left.
Did I say my appointment was at 2:30? Tooth hurty? Get it? Hahahahaha! I love that joke.
I'll see myself out.
No one’s been in. I’ll have the caffeine elves set things up, I’m too groggy.
Had a tooth extraction and two bone grafts yesterday, so things are still pretty touchy. Gonna stay chill today. It’s gray and cool out, so a perfect day for it. Podcasts and rest sounds like the ticket.
I hope everyone has an amazing day!
Good morning! Costco is perking, Kitty Zoomies and Monkey Mischief are our teas, steeping. Monkey cookies on a platter.
Dentist later today, Normally my dentist visits are pretty chill, but this one might be a bit touchy. Oh well, I have bourbon, gummies and ibuprofen waiting. And lots of soft foods.
I’ll write a little til then. Another site might have some comp results out today, but I don’t think anyone is holding their breath.
Enjoy your day everyone. I’ll have coffee and a cookie!
Good morning all. Costco is a-perking, Kitty Zoomies is a-steeping, and Sara’s delightful monkey cookies are on a platter (except for the twelve I just chomped down)
I just downloaded Holly, Stephen King’s latest. Looking forward to digging in.
Chill weekend. Good horror at the movies - Talk to Me. The old monkey’s paw tale, scares the f out of me. Hope the movie is good.
Dental surgery on Monday. Wah. Bone graft. Should be an evening of pain, ibuprofen, and medicinal gummies. And bourbon. Lots of bourbon.
Enjoy the weekend!
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I'll find something inane to watch on television
Watch the Drew Carey show!
Sunny and in the low 80s today. Love this time of year. Perfect weather for walks. I may hit 11k steps today. Depends how the writing goes.
The Mets are doing well on my Nintendo at least.
Buzzy Bee and Sleepy Sloth are the teas, the coffee is Costco, the cookies are Sara's.
Good day all!
What, no setup? Two and a half scoops in the percolator, our favorite tea blends, Kitty Zoomies and Schnauzer Snoozies, steeping. Cookies out except for the ones I have eaten
Hey Sara, you mentioned being a sports fan but didn’t even mention your Braves. They’re so good they are breaking records. Mets are too, but the wrong records.
Woke up too early. My daughter got in a fender bender WITH MY CAR, and while she’s covered I have been dealing with the logistics of it all morning. Good thing I rarely use it.
Groggy and in need of coffee. I hope everyone who sees this is well. Is anyone here?
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Hard to believe it’s been an entire year since I admitted and accepted that I’ve been in love with Drew for the last sixteen years.
Plus, we’re three weeks away from new episodes (season 52; can you believe it?).
Did you ever find a new way to watch The Drew Carey Show online? I'm jonesing.
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It's too hot to do anything outside today. It's going to be near ninety for the next few days. I was going to start clearing out the garden beds, but I think it can wait until more reasonable weather arrives. There is nothing exciting going on this week, just the continuing saga of aging parents (both are in their nineties now) and dealing with whatever new dementia-driven things my father wants to discuss. Sigh...
Have a good Tuesday, everyone. Cheers!
Our weather finally cooled down a bit. Sorry about your Dad. Been there, unfortunately.
I have major dental surgery in 6 days. Wah. I have a pretty high pain tolerance, but my annoyance tolerance is much lower, and I think this is going to be annoying.
Today, though: write, walk, watch baseball. The Mets have a .5% chance of making the playoffs! Note the decimal. Half a percent chance.
Time to face the page. Coffee and tea are going strong, Jimmy Buffet cookies on the counter!
Sara, thanks for the Jimmy Buffet cookies. I always liked him.
Not much going on today. I'll play with a memoir-ish story I finished, and try to figure out how to do it right (it's hard but necessary to stay "in the moment" when describing events in the past). Not easy.
We saw Barbie last night. It's really fun, and vey funny. A couple moments of wisdom too.
Other than that, laziness prevails. I'll get off my ass long enough to grill.
Happy Labor Day all!
Only thing that cures writing block is more writing.
Thank for the setup Ape. I can’t pronounce the coffee but I’d love a cup.
So. Here’s what living with me is like: we have two vacations now planned and booked. They are both to total eclipse site (New Mexico and Oklahoma) in 2023 and 2024. Hopefully we will go other places too.
In boring real life, all we have planned is to finally go see Barbie before it leaves the theater. Probably grill some salmon and chicken. Today: write and walk and await Talia’s return home.
Enjoy the three day weekend everyone!
Good morning all. Thanks for the set-up Ape.
Hot and sunny today! I've got a long boring phone call in my future, so I am trying to put it off. Noon. I'll call at noon.
Other than that, nothing new. The active shooter downtown got tazed by security guards and taken away. Glad Kat is safe after the storm passed.
A coffee and a monkey cookie!
Talia is fine, all she got was a five minute scare and a good story.
I hope Kat (and the rest of Florida) is okay. Deeply scary.
Lunch with daughter, then back down this non-fiction rabbit hole. It’s hot and sunny once again, and the Mets are reliably losing. Man, is this team gonna have a fire sale in a few months! Fine with me. Just keep Jeff McNeal.
Coffee and a monkey cookie please.
Mmmmm, McCafe! Can I get some fries with that?
Talia is fine, so don't worry, but there was an active shooter this morning where she works. I don't know a ton of details, but he was actually shooting! No one got shot, I don't think. We had a mass shooting downtown (Club Q) last year, and now this. More guns than people in this country....
Anyway. Woke up too early so my nerves are a little jangly. I hope everyone is well.
Monday, Monday, can't trust that day.
Or maybe you can! Hot and sunny here. Still didn't get out to see Barbie, but we got a TON of housework/yardwork done, so I guess that's a win.
Today: a long day of writing nonfiction, topped off with a walk.
Flowerpot coffee and a cookie please!
I don't know, having people run down the side of an erupting volcano in the dark sounds pretty exciting to me! But yeah, they might need more than moonlight. Maybe the moon is occasionally occluded by clouds to make it even more treacherous?
I dismantled a big ass platform in the back yard this weekend. The bottom part of the thing that had all the black widow spiders in it (they're all gone by now). This thing is my white whale this summer, but I am almost done. Hauling boards and cement out today.
President's Choice coffee! Let's hope he chose well!
Hey, there's SAND in my coffee! Hey, it's still pretty good!
Make that volcano blow Ape! That's the way to end a set of stories!
I've been running errands and such al week, and writing keeps getting away from me. But today, memoir writing all day. No erupting volcanoes there!
I'd love a coffee and a cookie!
Coffee from flowerpot island! Yum! I’ll have a cookie too.
We just booked an Airbnb for the 2024 solar eclipse! In lovely Oklahoma!
I will tell Talia of all your well wishes. It’s cool that she found such a good fit - her previous job was frustrating (although she COULD work from home).
Hot and sunny today, but it looks like it’s finally going to cool down this weekend. Plus rain and thunderstorms! My kind of weekend. We might go see Barbie this weekend, now that the crowds are thinned.
Time to write. Enjoy the rest!
Grotto coffee and beignets sounds wonderful.
The Mets are playing a bunch of rookies and hungry AAAers now that they are out of the race. It's one of the bittersweet joys of a late season losing team. We'll see if we can take 2 out of 3 from Sara's Braves.
Hot and sunny, writing and walking, same ol, same ol. Talia is really happy with her new job! So, I am happy for her, though I miss her during the day. The cats have taken to playing solitaire to pass the time, they're bored with me.
Enjoy the day everyone!
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You need to set up more often Sara! Of course now I have powdered sugar all over me.
Critique group is done for the week, so I can have my life back. Newsletter day, then back to real writing.
I'm still taking my daily walks, even during these 90+ degree days. I like the heat. I keep hydrated, and take it slow, and end up sweaty as f*ck, but it's oddly enjoyable. I'm usually out over an hour at a time. I wish I could say I think about stuff while walking, but I think my mind is mostly blank. I suppose it's like meditation. Sweaty meditation.
I'd love a beignet (hard to spell!) and a TON of coffee.
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We received an invitation from our son for their spring wedding celebration. It's lovely and states it will take place in the Splendid (our last name) gardens. Our yard is far from splendid. My husband and I looked around the yard and shook our heads. We have a lot of work to do. He can make our deck beautiful and build the archway she wants to walk through, and I can do a lot of yard work but making our yard "splendid" might be out of our grasp. We'll do our best.
Good news, we went out on our boat this weekend and encountered no jellyfish. I have no idea why but I am not complaining. It was good to be out on the bay and in the bay. Back to responsibility tomorrow.
Have a great Monday, everyone.
Cheers!
That sounds lovely. I really enjoy small intimate thoughtful weddings.
We are zeroing in on an Airbnb for the 2024 solar eclipse somewhere in Oklahoma. This is AFTER booking one for the 2023 solar eclipse. Poor Talia- willing to put up with astronomy road trips. I am a lucky man.
Critique tonight. 40 page story. Yikes!
It’s hot and cloudless today. I will try a short walk.
Enjoy the day!
