Butt Napkins

seriously, this hits the spot ...

 

Black Screen of Death

 

yes, the www has a picture of the black screen of death

my well loved iPad took the fatal dump this morning --- she was well used over the last 6 years -- seriously, I probably dropped the goofy thing at least a zillion times and then it got stuffed in my tote bag, laptop bag, tossed in my purse .. you get the idea -- it went to battle daily ... and then ... psst  ... and well, our friends at Amazon had them on sale, I SAVED $10 on the prime gig.  argh .. 

it was the other $300 of stuff I just had to have that set me over the edge 

I can't believe I bought dishwasher pods on freaking Amazon .. bathroom rugs, sticky gizmos for the gnat snappers, Tylenol, kitchen rugs, white t shirts, celery salt, a Firestick, an echo for the Tiny Diva for Christmas, a swiffer wet jet for the office .. all the important shit in life

Kate texted in sick this morning while I was at a County gig and the day got wonkier by the minute .. lunch was a cheese stick and coffee  ..  phones were out of control and the endless "where's my property tax refund" questions -- I swear it was at least 15 times .. 

the count is down to 11 and 6 of them I haven't seen a spit of info so I'm counting it as 5!!!!!!

then the freaking party will start

sorry I'm in a mood and I won't have any reading device until tomorrow .. I really only used the iPad to read (kindle app) and surf the www.  I did airdrop pix from my phone to it as well.  and I regularly backed up the pix to my home desktop computer .. life skills

weekends

 

this popped up in my wastebook memories from 17 years ago -- my how things change

the $500 snowplow truck .. with a hole in the dash where the radio was, key bent in the ignition -- somewhat permanently (sp?)  it was a runner ..

Friday, I left the office early (2:00) and went home to bond with the lawn mower -- I got almost all of it mowed in 4 1/2 hours .. whimpy grass mows fast ...

 

we then proceeded to go to Mankato for supper -- back to dining out somewhere new -- Mom chose HyVee Deli for Chinese .. well, bad move might be the best description ..

 

then I went to Office Depot and spent $110, on post it notes, white out, legal pads and a small receipt book .. that was fun

we went to the lake shortly before lunch on Saturday -- after a 30 minute wait in the McD drive up for iced tea -- because one of us needs her iced tea -- and the water at the lake makes crappy tea .. 

it was sunny, got cloudy late afternoon -- it was raining at the farm when I got home to feed the cats ... always LOVE driving home to feed the flipping cats .. NOT ... and then after the front went thru the sun arrived -- it was gorgeous .. 

it was a fast 28 hours -- back home to finish mowing, bond with the weed whip, feed the cats and bathe the lawnmower / SxS 

incident

I'm not sure how to begin.  Mom called mid afternoon - Jean called her and said there was an active shooter incident on our driveway .. at the time I was getting my Sam's Club delivery .. and I headed out there -- came in from the north where the road was blocked with lots of law enforcement - including our driveway(s) ..
a call to 911 to get my mom out of the house went no where ... no where ... I finally drove up to the barricade and not so nicely pleaded my case to get to the house.  Finally, the let me thru with strict instructions not to go to JW's .. so me and the Sam's Club got home
 .. and waited .. and waited -- no communication .. and helicopters circling .. chatted with JW by phone .. finally saw the all clear on Wastebook -- because wastebook knows everything.  

Evidently the order for notification went out and no one got notified -- I'm miffed.  It was a neighbor in a mental health crisis .. we are grateful it was a safe ending to a bad situation.  

no notification -- none.  
I'm a little torqued and calming down ...

the dudes in flap jackets carrying rifles was a sight I didn't think I see at my mailbox ...

 

Amy!

somedays there are simply no words ... but Senator Amy's words yesterday ... hit the spot ... and this meme .. well it too - hit's the spot 

"dirtbag"   really -- I'm not sure what kool aid was being served -- but adults do not behave in such a manner

btw :  I cannot spell Klobachar or phonetically say it .. trips my tongue every time ... even when I was introduced at a County gig .. it's been Senator Amy from day one .. 

 

Tuesday!

inappropriate but seriously appropriate !!!

at least no f-bombs in this one ...

 

and the fog ... never left

awoke to more rain this morning -- no wind and fog ... 

it was eerie and cool at the same time

left for home kind of early 

it was a quiet, calm, peaceful weekend ... I worked a little, read a little, cleaned a little and napped a little .. cooked a lot :)  

back to work and normal tomorrow .. although I forgot the box of ice cream sandwiches out there -- sometime this week, we'll fetch them and catch the sunset (which is coming damn early these days)