What are you doing today?

Clix Pix said:
Well, don't know exactly what I WILL be doing today, but I can tell you what I will not -- and that is, going to the mall or near any stores today as the annual Black Friday madness gets underway! People, all sated from yesterday's Thanksgiving feasting are going to be out there today snapping up "bargains" as the stores entice them with merchandise offered at various Black Friday sale prices. I'm staying far, far away from all that....
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Totally with you on this. If it can comfortably be brought to my place, I much prefer that over any boring retail stores.
 
Huntn said:
I absolutely love rhubarb but can’t grow it here, heat kills it. :( I used to have my own plants in Z Minnesota and would cook up a big pot of it to eat like east applesauce,
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Rhubarb, sí, I love it, and of course it flourishes in this colder zone.

Hah, the first springtime after I'd got this place renovated enough to come up every weekend, I'd started to spend some of Saturday afternoons with my sister's in-laws next door, and had already grown quite fond of them. So on a nice spring afternoon I thought to head over there for a chat, and was maybe ten feet from their driveway when a pickup truck suddenly came whipping in there.

I paused, thinking that if they were going to have company, I'd stop in some other time... but as the truck came to a halt, this elderly woman I'd never seen before, dressed in the kind of clothes you wear when you're doing spring cleaning, stepped out of the vehicle with a big knife in her hand.

WTF, I thought, unsure what to do. Then I just laughed because I saw my sister's MIL coming out of her mudroom with another big knife in hand and a couple plastic buckets. They were just off around back to cut some rhubarb, where there was enough growing to supply an army of pie bakers. And that's how I eventually ended up with some rhubarb plants of my own!
 
This being the day after Thanksgiving, I'm reminded of a fun story from high school.

It was the night before Thanksgiving and we had a wrestling match. So I made my weight (157?) that night and did my thing.

The next day was Thanksgiving. Being a boy in high school, and in a sport where eating is restricted, it's fair to say I enjoyed the hell out of the holidays.

Even though there was no school on Friday, our coach made us come in for practice anyway. Since it was the day after Thanksgiving, the guys were all getting on the scale. Everyone wanted to know how much they were going to need to work off by the following week. So I hopped on. In between Wednesday evening and Friday morning, I'd put on 14 pounds! I'm pretty sure I was the big winner that day. :LOL:

Obviously, a fair chunk of that was water weight. And I had no problems getting the weight back off in time for the next match the following week. I don't even recall it being a struggle. So it all ended just fine. But I was certainly the big joke on the team for a few days.
 
So for the last few weeks we have been moving our warehouse to a bigger place. The 8th of November was my last day off. Since then I have been working 8-5 in the warehouse (sometimes in earlier) seven days a week. Then the usual 2-3 hours most evenings. I'm shattered. So I now have a three day weekend to enjoy.
 
Apple fanboy said:
So for the last few weeks we have been moving our warehouse to a bigger place. The 8th of November was my last day off. Since then I have been working 8-5 in the warehouse (sometimes in earlier) seven days a week. Then the usual 2-3 hours most evenings. I'm shattered. So I now have a three day weekend to enjoy.
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I hope you manage to enjoy your - doubtless, well-deserved - week-end.
 
Apple fanboy said:
So for the last few weeks we have been moving our warehouse to a bigger place. The 8th of November was my last day off. Since then I have been working 8-5 in the warehouse (sometimes in earlier) seven days a week. Then the usual 2-3 hours most evenings. I'm shattered. So I now have a three day weekend to enjoy.
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Hope you get some good rest!
 
ericwn said:
Message of the day?
Motto of the day?

What does MOTD mean? [emoji846]
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Match Of The Day: A flagship - it has been broadcast for over half a century on Saturday night during the football season - programme (courtesy of the BBC's Sports Department) offering highlights and analysis of the day's football (i.e. soccer) matches.
 
Apple fanboy said:
Sorry missed this. Like @Scepticalscribe says. Part of my Saturday night routine fir more years than I care to remember. Fortunately the last few years have been more enjoyable watching for my team!
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My mother (in the days when she had her mind and marbles) used to watch Match Of The Day, often in the company of Decent Brother and/or myself.

As did my father (a Manchester United supporter) but in another room, the study, from which he would eject me (very politely) whenever MOTD came on. Actually, he refused to watch MOTD with anyone present - I think it allowed him to vent his emotions and frustrations without callous observations from the rest of us.
 
Just back from town; collected my bread (baguette and rye bread) in the French bakery (which had been put aside in the French bakery for me, I had phoned them yesterday), and bought some aubergines (eggplant), peppers, parsley and oranges in the farmers' market.

Plus, had the battery on my watch replaced.
 
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We got a few centimetres of snow over the night and my son and I had a little drive through the snowy landscape to grab some breakfast for the family. My little guy is picky but loves the chicken buddy burgers from the AW folks and thankfully they have great tasting organic coffee in their Canadian branches. Life is good!
 
Sitting in lab next to my wife who is working on recording results. My iPad Pro 11 has become indispensable as I’m using it right now with a mouse and keyboard - catching up on news, threads, etc. College wifi is pretty bad so I’m hotspotting with my iPhone.

Amazed at the lack of traffic into LA today (what normally takes 1+ hour for me on the weekends (3+ for my wife during the week) only took 45 mins this morning) - we live about 53 miles from downtown Los Angeles.

Had my first cup of McDonalds coffee in awhile - not bad.

My wife and I are debating putting up the Christmas tree and watching Home Alone with a cheese pizza tonight. :D
 
Scepticalscribe said:
Just back from town; collected my bread (baguette and rye bread) in the French bakery (which had been put aside in the French bakery for me, I had phoned them yesterday), and bought some aubergines (eggplant), peppers, parsley and oranges in the farmers' market.

Plus, had the battery on my watch replaced.
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That sounds nice! There’s a bakery within walking distance of my house and I keep meaning to go but I haven’t. I will make it a point to try.

How long did it take them to replace the battery?
 
ericwn said:
We got a few centimetres of snow over the night and my son and I had a little drive through the snowy landscape to grab some breakfast for the family. My little guy is picky but loves the chicken buddy burgers from the AW folks and thankfully they have great tasting organic coffee in their Canadian branches. Life is good!
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Just watched the first snowplow of the season pass by. I'm like a little kid about first snowfall that really sticks... love waking up to seeing snow sparkling on rooftops, trees and the ground in the early morning light for the first time in the season. Bad luck for the deer though, they're too easy to track in a couple inches of snow that reveals their chosen paths to and from the creeks and forests at start of hunting season.
 
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