Calamity Kris

They won't say: I was pretty I was lazy I never tried hard I was selfish

Don't do it for anyone else. If it makes you happy, do it for you!! You matter. Maybe your wife will come around when she sees how happy and festive the place looks, If not, you brightened your own spirits. That in itself is worth it.

We are normally fully decorated by now. Unfortunately, I'm still working 12+ hour days so I don't have the energy when I get home. Uno has been sick so he spends most of his time in bed. We'll see how things go in the upcoming week. Maybe...........

What they did for those effected by the hurricane was immeasurable. We lost a truly great family here.

That is a Maine Coon for you. Frighteningly smart.

Speaking of dry soup mixes, my mom used to mix an envelope of Lipton onion soup mix with ground beef for hamburgers. Instead of buns, she served them on English Muffins. I can still taste them thinking about it......

Poor Man's Stroganoff 1 can Cream Of Chicken Soup 1 Lb, ground Turkey or beef if you prefer 8 oz Cremini mushrooms sliced 3 stalks of green onions chopped 2 Cups Rice or noodles Sour Cream to taste Brown your mushrooms and onions. Set aside. Brown your meat. Season as desired {Salt, pepper etc. Realize CoC soup has a LOT of salt.} Drain off any fat. Add your mushrooms to your meat and stir in your CoC soup. Simmer for 5 minutes. Turn off heat and stir in your sour cream. Serve over your rice or noodles.

Prayers up. This is a horrible and senseless act.

Am I being nasty or do others suffer from "tip fatigue" as well. I went to a big box store last evening to buy some things. One of then was a case of bottled water, which another customer helped load into my cart. As I was leaving I asked for assistance with loading the water into my car. A gentleman approached and we walked to my car. I opened it up and he loaded the case of water into the back. I thanked him for his help. He then walked to my drivers door and stood silently with his back to me. I proceeded to load the rest of the items into my car, which took another 5 or so minutes. When I finished up and closed the lift gate, he was still standing next to the drivers door, still with his back turned. Since he was blocking the path between me and the drivers door, I locked the doors and went around the back of the car next to me to return the cart to the coral. He saw this and silently walked away. I can only assume he was waiting for a tip and when he realized he wasn't going to get one, he left. I would have been more than happy to give him a tip if he had even offered to help me with the rest of the groceries or to take the cart away, but he didn't. Some of the groceries were heavier items like cases of canned goods. Another tipping case happened when Uno and I were returning from a trip out of town. It was raining and we didn't want to go through the bother of stopping at a sit down restaurant for breakfast so we went through a drive through. When I told them I was going to pay by card, they held up the credit card terminal which asked for a tip amount before allowing me to tap my card for payment. I hit no tip and proceeded to the payment. You didn't do anything that isn't part of your job. Why should I give you a tip for that? That being said, if she had been really friendly, extra helpful or really kind, I would have no problem with a tip. However, being grumpy and nasty, especially after she found out the tip amount was zero, doesn't warrant a tip in my view. I know that these are minimum wage jobs. I completely understand and I'm sympathetic to that. However, insisting on a tip for simply doing the job you are paid to do doesn't work for me. Going above and beyond, I'm all over it. Am I just being a Grinch or are others tired of this trend as well?

Very cool. Thanks for sharing!!

Merry Christmas and a joy our New Year to you as well, UB. We appreciate your visits and are glad to see you are well. Thank you for checking in. Thank you for the beautiful pictures.

Happy Birthday, Mr. Van Dyke. Thank you for all the wonderful memories!!!

Back when CGI was in it's infancy............ Imagine the room full of Sun Solaris and Sparks needed to create this................

A number of the "V-Jays" do shows on SiriusXM. Channels like "80's on 8", "Classic Rewind"and "Classic Vinyl".

It came with 5 hoops. The largest hoop is 11 x 17. That allows me to do things like this: My suggestion is contact a dealer and see if you can find a demo model or a good factory refurbished one. The prices have come down a little since I purchased mine, but not appreciably. I will certainly take her up on the offer of the SVG files. Please thank her for me. My favorite sites are Embroidery Library and Urban Threads.

Thank you all for the kind words. I really appreciate it. My dream once I retire is to do crafting, quilting and embroidery work and donate the items to veterans and folks in need, like quilts for people in nursing homes. I may even sell some on the side. I just bought this for my birthday, Cricut Maker 4. My thought is to combine printed t-shirts, bags etc. with embroidery to make multidimensional objects. (I can't find it now but I saw a beautiful reindeer printed on a t-shirt with an embroidered bow around it's neck.) Thank you again!!! 🥰

My current machine is a Janome Continental M-17. It's about 3 years old and I have a few hundred hours on it, mostly embroidery work. With my crazy job, this is the only thing that keeps me sane.

WWWwwwweeeeeeelllllllllllllllll, if you're interested, I have just the machine to put whatever design your heart desires on the outside of it. Embroidered or printed. Let me know if you're interested and I'll see what I can do.

Prayers up for you.

More high energy fun.

A fun little ditty.

Very sorry for your loss. You will meet again.

We're discussing it. Haven't arrived at a decision as of yet. A lot of that depends on how much time I have. That being said, we only send to close family and a few friends. Maybe about a dozen or so.

When I worked on the International Space Station Program, we used the Super Guppy to ferry the larger trusses from the plant in Huntington Beach to Houston for assembly. The plane made a circle around the high rise building I was working in prior to heading off to Houston. Quite a sight to see.

Hanes. A good, solid and well respected brand. It shouldn't have done that so I still stand on something external happened to it like mold.