It’s been a quiet week. I spent most of Christmas Eve in a gut test. They are still trying to figure out what’s up with my plumbing. I’m guessing the answer will be that I’m old. I’ll be spending the day with the Girl and my pups. Hope you and yours have a happy and … Continue reading Merry Christmas
Category: Living In Texas
Getting Settled
It was a long weekend, and a busy week. I hadn't planned on having to clean the old house, but that's what needed to be done to get my security deposit back Sunday. Slumlord is holding the pet deposit based on final cleaning (meaning all the crap I stuffed in the garage.) Most of it … Continue reading Getting Settled
Refugee Moving
The best-laid schemes of mice and men. I'm readying to move. Got the new house. Packing up the old house. I rented the new place a month in advance so I wouldn't have to refugee move. I said that on a call this week and one of my coworkers asked what a refugee move was. … Continue reading Refugee Moving
Happy Thanksgiving!
Won't be happening for me, except maybe if Granny isn't in the picture. It's going to be a busy day for me. Dog walking, running, I need to hit mass. I have a ribeye roast to prep. No one at dinner is a huge fan of turkey, so why suffer? I also spent way too … Continue reading Happy Thanksgiving!
Allred’s a Punk
Collin Allred is running against Ted Cruz for senate this year. I didn't watch the debate this week because I have no intention of voting for Allred, although I did hear clips on the radio box this morning. Allred is a magic negro along the lines of Barack Obama. In Grampa Joe's own words - … Continue reading Allred’s a Punk
Big Whiskey, TX
Whelp...The big news this week is that you can't be packing at the Great State Fair of Texas this year. Just like in the movie "Unforgiven". Wonder if Gene Hackman will be at the gates checking for iron. Judge Emily Whatzernuts decreed so by dumping an injunction AG Paxton sought. A Dallas judge says the … Continue reading Big Whiskey, TX
Glorious
Fall ushered in early in DFW with rain last week, followed by a cold front, roughly 2-3 weeks before usual. It was spectacular all weekend and well into today. 60s in the morning, maybe 85 to 90 end of day, with zero humidity. The dogs were high energy today on our walk. They are cold … Continue reading Glorious
Packing Heat at the Fair
Big doings around here. The city of Dallas, or rather the people running the Texas State Fair have decreed that no one shall pack heat whilst they eat funnel cakes at the fair. By the way, I tried to find a piece at Dallas Morning News, but it was behind a paywall, of course. The … Continue reading Packing Heat at the Fair
Hurricane Hunkering
Hurricane Beryl wandered around the gulf and went north to the motherland - Texas. Houston and other cities got a beating. We got little, as usual. These things tend to peter out before they hit DFW. So what we get is a welcome rain day in what is usually a dry summer: My Tomato and … Continue reading Hurricane Hunkering
Updates
I've been off this week, so far. I had plans. Big plans. That all got shot, mostly. I had two things at this dump of a house that I wanted to fix - re-grout some of the shower, because it was done poorly and it was nasty and replace a valve under the sink in … Continue reading Updates
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