Though a mixture of stupidity and inattention, I find myself off this week on PTO. My company insists you allocate all vacation time, if not by March, then certainly by the start of a new fiscal year in July. Bosses all over the company get pelted with reminders to have their reports make this so. … Continue reading What to Do?
Category: Living In Texas
Getting Fit
I found a piece on PJMedia about the 'Lizzofication of America'. It's behind a paywall, dontcha know. However, its starts out with some words about how the largest among us suffer when traveling. Did you know that the seats and toilets on a plane aren't fat friendly? Who knew. No mention about how others suffer … Continue reading Getting Fit
A good day, tater
Good day today. Got a lot done. It was nice in that it was only 85 or so, and mostly cloudy. Best part was stepping on the scale. My empty weight [nekkid] clocked in at 229. I busted the barrier and lost 9 pounds since stopping alcohol. That's 46 pounds since last November. It also … Continue reading A good day, tater
Yummy
Behold: This is my brand new spa filter, after one day of filtering a new refill on a clean spa. Only thing in the water was Chlorine shock. Get a filter for your drinking water. At least here in Texas.
Today’s the Day
Welcome to North Dallas. It happens every year. The heater outside kicks on and it gets seriously hot. Like knocking on 10 degrees door. That's when you realize as you are puttering around the yard outside that jeans, socks, shoes, polo shirt were a bad fashion choice. I ended up a dishrag and had to … Continue reading Today’s the Day
The Old Women on the Corner
There were two older women neighbors when I moved in here. The first one, across the street from me, has her house facing the cross street. She had a cool Shepherd, a recycled military dog that she adopted. She told me how to go about it, but the list was too long. I've only had … Continue reading The Old Women on the Corner
And So it Begins…
Welcome to Texas! They've been predicting shitstorms all day. It was supposed to start in the morning, so I was planning on working all day, no dog walking. But it didn't. So, I walked the dogs, then went back to work. After lunch, the sun came out. So I hit a dilemma. Today is a … Continue reading And So it Begins…
Friday Wrap
I've had a busy week, which was capped off by career week at the rainbow corp I work for. I'm getting alerts that I'm behind in planning out my career goals. Career goals. FFS, I'm 60 years old. I have a deep and wide skillset that eclipses many in my industry. Hand it to me, … Continue reading Friday Wrap
Odds & Ends
Dude was wiped out last night. That'll be me tonight. It's been a long week. After what seemed like an eternity, my plants are sprouting and growing. It really was like 10 days, just as the seed packs said. You can't hardly see them, but tiny pepper plants are popping up to the left. To … Continue reading Odds & Ends
Spring is Springing, and a Lazy Dawg
It’s the middle of February, and is still pretty damn cold. But I got my seeds into pots. This time I didn’t order any actual plants, because the plants I ordered from Burpee last year arrived kind of peeked and weren’t really any better than the ones I planted myself. Yesterday I came came into … Continue reading Spring is Springing, and a Lazy Dawg
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