What are you doing today?

Alli said:
Laundry day. I’m going to be disgusting and plan on the sheets lasting two full weeks. Then the new bed will be here and life will be perfect.
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Two weeks? When we moved in and the house was being renovated we definitely went longer than that! But as there was no heating it’s not like we took our clothes off to go to bed!
 
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Laundry day with no working dryer (thank you mother in-law!!).

Pretty up & down weekend thus far. Met up with a good friend for the first time since the day after Xmas. She left her bag on the bus while chatting with me on the phone near Penn. We walked to the last stop on the line to see if she could ask one of the drivers to look out for it. She saw a bus going in the opposite direction and realized that it was the bus she got off of ten minutes earlier. Asked the driver if she could check for her bag. Lo and behold! It was still on the back of the bus untouched. She never goes to the back of the bus, which probably helped since there was very few passengers (mostly tourists). And she surprised me with a gift from the retrieved bag.

Went to Shake Shack, her favorite new fast food joint, where I treated her to a belated birthday lunch. Took more than a half hour to get the food after never receiving a text that it was ready for pickup. Two trips to check for food, and finally no cup for her soda. Flagged down an overwhelmed worker that grabbed a cup, but no lid or straw. The fries were cold, and her burger came with bacon. Luckily she isn't adverse to bacon. We shrugged it all off, happy to be seeing each other for the first time in months.

Afterwards we did a bit of window shopping in Hudson Yards. I was reminded why I dislike this shitty complex. So bleh and sterile. Ended the day by walking around Citrovia.

I gave 1-stars throughout a survey for Shake Shack. Got a reply within minutes with a $20 coupon included so I'll try that soon... at another location, Hudson Yards is too hectic.
 
ronntaylor said:
Laundry day with no working dryer (thank you mother in-law!!).

Pretty up & down weekend thus far. Met up with a good friend for the first time since the day after Xmas. She left her bag on the bus while chatting with me on the phone near Penn. We walked to the last stop on the line to see if she could ask one of the drivers to look out for it. She saw a bus going in the opposite direction and realized that it was the bus she got off of ten minutes earlier. Asked the driver if she could check for her bag. Lo and behold! It was still on the back of the bus untouched. She never goes to the back of the bus, which probably helped since there was very few passengers (mostly tourists). And she surprised me with a gift from the retrieved bag.

Went to Shake Shack, her favorite new fast food joint, where I treated her to a belated birthday lunch. Took more than a half hour to get the food after never receiving a text that it was ready for pickup. Two trips to check for food, and finally no cup for her soda. Flagged down an overwhelmed worker that grabbed a cup, but no lid or straw. The fries were cold, and her burger came with bacon. Luckily she isn't adverse to bacon. We shrugged it all off, happy to be seeing each other for the first time in months.

Afterwards we did a bit of window shopping in Hudson Yards. I was reminded why I dislike this shitty complex. So bleh and sterile. Ended the day by walking around Citrovia.

I gave 1-stars throughout a survey for Shake Shack. Got a reply within minutes with a $20 coupon included so I'll try that soon... at another location, Hudson Yards is too hectic.
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Day definitely reads like a rollercoaster! Impressive luck re your friend finding the bag on that bus.
 
ronntaylor said:
Laundry day with no working dryer (thank you mother in-law!!).

Pretty up & down weekend thus far. Met up with a good friend for the first time since the day after Xmas. She left her bag on the bus while chatting with me on the phone near Penn. We walked to the last stop on the line to see if she could ask one of the drivers to look out for it. She saw a bus going in the opposite direction and realized that it was the bus she got off of ten minutes earlier. Asked the driver if she could check for her bag. Lo and behold! It was still on the back of the bus untouched. She never goes to the back of the bus, which probably helped since there was very few passengers (mostly tourists). And she surprised me with a gift from the retrieved bag.

Went to Shake Shack, her favorite new fast food joint, where I treated her to a belated birthday lunch. Took more than a half hour to get the food after never receiving a text that it was ready for pickup. Two trips to check for food, and finally no cup for her soda. Flagged down an overwhelmed worker that grabbed a cup, but no lid or straw. The fries were cold, and her burger came with bacon. Luckily she isn't adverse to bacon. We shrugged it all off, happy to be seeing each other for the first time in months.

Afterwards we did a bit of window shopping in Hudson Yards. I was reminded why I dislike this shitty complex. So bleh and sterile. Ended the day by walking around Citrovia.

I gave 1-stars throughout a survey for Shake Shack. Got a reply within minutes with a $20 coupon included so I'll try that soon... at another location, Hudson Yards is too hectic.
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I like the shake shack in hell’s kitchen. Haven’t been to hudson Yards.
 
dodging the cops. we were going though this parking lot to get to the road on thee other side we usually go through were the yellow is. bu there were two cars stopped and 5 cop cars with lights flashing. the black line with the arrow shows the direction. I ws going to turn and I see the cops so I go by and I see one guy handcuffed another guy getting out with empty hands and the cops with guns out but not pointing at him. but if they were we would been right behind the guy. I had to circle around them to get out and as we left a racing cop car passes us going to the scene.

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Took my camera for a walk. A few bee and flower shots. But I think the best would have been of a very obliging small blue butterfly. Less than 15mm across. He was having a drink from on top of the small wall in the garden (a bit of leakage from the water feature).
Then some wire mesh we ordered arrived, so I fitted it behind the bathroom and kitchen vents as a wasp was quite interested in the gaps yesterday.

Nice to have a day of gardening. Still sunny, but a bit more windy than it has been.
 
After getting back from Eastern Europe and the chaos going on there, it is nice relaxing by the fireplace with a cold beer and the two critters, but as I’m relaxing, I can not help thinking about the some of the other crises in other parts of the world that use to garner the headlines like Ethiopia and Yemen, because they are not in the headlines doesn't stop the hunger or fighting.
 
JamesMike said:
After getting back from Eastern Europe and the chaos going on there, it is nice relaxing by the fireplace with a cold beer and the two critters, but as I’m relaxing, I can not help thinking about the some of the other crises in other parts of the world that use to garner the headlines like Ethiopia and Yemen, because they are not in the headlines doesn't stop the hunger or fighting.
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Glad you made it back safely. Enjoy the Stella and watch the Ronaldo show. Good weekend for you.
As for the issues around the world, it is worrying times for many. But I’m just grateful that this corner of the world I call home is relatively safe.
 
Leaving this amazing place ...

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Now with our new local flight option, we'll be up WAY more often.

Hahahaha, this is inside the terminal, waiting to board (outbound flight on Friday), that's our Jeep :D On the return, we waited outside the plane, they brought our bags to that same location in 5 minutes, we walked 50 yards to our vehicle. :p


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Watching yet another ball game, this one the Braves and Dodgers. This is all @yaxomoxay's fault.

Meanwhile also charging up all my gear in case we lose power later. The snow is really piling up and now they say right here we have 13 more inches coming with four on the ground, looks like a real park and dump event and scheduled to last now until late afternoon tomorrow. ?! This is absurd.

However, it's real, so I'm also cooking a little food ahead that can be enjoyed without reheating or taking a camp stove out to the deck. Spanish rice, lots of green peppers, black beans, cajun seasoning...
 
lizkat said:
Watching yet another ball game, this one the Braves and Dodgers. This is all @yaxomoxay's fault.

Meanwhile also charging up all my gear in case we lose power later. The snow is really piling up and now they say right here we have 13 more inches coming with four on the ground, looks like a real park and dump event and scheduled to last now until late afternoon tomorrow. ?! This is absurd.

However, it's real, so I'm also cooking a little food ahead that can be enjoyed without reheating or taking a camp stove out to the deck. Spanish rice, lots of green peppers, black beans, cajun seasoning...
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Good luck with the power. Sounds strange as most of us are heading into spring.
 
Tomorrow I’m going to watch the circus on tv (AKA MTG’s testimony). Will she plead the 5th more than she incriminates herself, or just wander so much that she neither answers a single question nor says anything of any meaning?
 
Maybe by the time this is through she'll not only be deemed ineligible to run again but also will lose the seat that she never should have had in our federal government in the first place......
 
Alli said:
Tomorrow I’m going to watch the circus on tv (AKA MTG’s testimony). Will she plead the 5th more than she incriminates herself, or just wander so much that she neither answers a single question nor says anything of any meaning?
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Thanks for the heads-up. What time will that be?
 
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