Welcome to The Moose Pond! The Welcomings posts give the Moose, old and new, a place to visit and share words about the weather, life, the world at large and the small parts of Moosylvania that we each inhabit.
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So … what’s going on in your part of Moosylvania?
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Good morning. Yesterday was exhausting. Just regular work, but it just went on and on. Also preparing a diary for noon tomorrow when there’s a match for the AIDS Ride.
It’s a little over 60 outside – our high for the day was 68 just after midnight – it’s supposed to hold as is until midmorning then start dropping steadily over the day and night until it bottoms out at 30 around dawn. It’s still pretty dark but I think the sun’s trying to come out. Yesterday we generated 6.54 KWHs and the m-t-d at 84.12 lost more ground.
The 2 houses directly west of me, the ones they broke ground on last July, appear to be about finished. Yesterday they had a landscaping crew in to unroll sod over the remaining permeable area after the beeping little frontloader replaced the topsoil they’d scraped off last July. The inch of rain we got over night should give it a decent start. If we don’t get any hard freezes before the roots get established. There’s a long long long way to go on the rest of the houses but these 2 at least should be a lot quieter/less annoying from here on out.
Natalia’s new meds are working. She was able to sleep last night, the itching is eased up enough she can concentrate on work and not on not scratching, and the rash is better. Not smaller yet but no longer weeping or angry looking. And a lovely bit of “mental health” news as well. Someone from one of the admin departments texted her yesterday to ask when she was retiring. And then came downstairs to talk to her – she wants Natalia’s job. She’s a good and competent person Natalia feels just fine leaving the department to. (You can’t take care of a department for almost 2 decades and just walk away from it.) There are changes coming in the department the other woman is currently in and she wants out of there before they take effect but she’s too young to retire and she knows/likes some of the people in “our” department already. She wanted to know who she needed to watch out for (Natalia said she said “Are there any assholes?”) And of course there are a couple. But only a couple. So, tentatively anyway, that part’s good. If this works out they’ll have at least 6 weeks to work together to make the transition smooth.
Meanwhile my cough is better and both hands & feet are relatively warm. It’s warm enough in the house right now I don’t need a sweater (I’ll need a coat this afternoon when I do my grocery store run – LOL) but it’s be plenty cool enough for a fire this evening. Off to start my boosting day. Holding the Good/Healing/Protecting Thought for everybody. {{{Meeses}}}
bfitz, are you sure you don’t have pneumonia? That lingering cough sounds worrisome to me.
{{{Diana}}} No fever, no body aches. Since I think the cough was caused by something the construction crew was spraying (some kind of wood sealant) I also think I’m very lucky that it’s going away at all. I understand that inhaling that supposedly safe crap can cause permanent damage. But my neighbor’s cough started to go away about 2 weeks ago. I’m guessing I got more of it than he did. (Or it’s just that I already have a sinus condition and I’m 40 years old than he is. LOL.) It IS getting better. Truly. Moar {{{HUGS}}}
Good Wednesday morning, Moosekind!
Got a morning coffee at 10, then lunch off-campus with a friend. This afternoon have a mani at 3:00 and then rehearsal at 6:45 p.m. It’s 60 F. in Ashburn under cloudy skies but will get up to around 80 today. Tomorrow we’re back to cold and rain. Yesterday was so perfect—84 F. under flawless blue skies—that it felt like a dream.
I have assembled the spices I’ll need to make my friend’s recipe for gingerbread tomorrow. Oh, Thursday is going to be so busy!
Yesterday I rested a lot. Can’t get used to stupid Daylight Saving. Can’t get used to waking up n the dark. Will be so dam’ happy when the Boyz come over on Sunday because they’re both tall and can change the clocks that I can’t reach.
Wishing a good day to all at the Pond and no harm to immigrants in this country and to our fellow human beings in Iran.
Good afternoon, meeses! Wednesday …
It is 72 and sunny, my walk was very pleasant. I am sitting outside with my doggie, soaking up the sun. This morning the 3rd quarter moon greeted me in the SE sky when I went out on the patio.
I am going to look into senior transportation options for when I can’t afford / find gas. I am seriously not sure how this Iran thing ends.
See all y’all tomorrow!
The USA Women’s Basketball team is on TV playing Senegal in San Juan in an early qualifying round for the FIBA World Cup which will be played in September, after the WNBA season. It is fun to see the stars playing! I hope there is a WNBA season, the current contract stalemate means they will have to start shortening the season. Can’t get it all done – expansion draft, free agent signings, draft, training camp – before the first game scheduled for May 8th. Sad, really. The boys who own the teams would choose to cancel the entire season and lose all profits rather than take a smaller slice of the revenue pie. :(
Missed seeing that – will go look for it on YouTube
TruTV is broadcasting all the games. There are 3 or 4 more games into the weekend and early next week. The finale is against Spain which should be fun.
Thursday Meese. It’s 54 here in Kingston but the weather forecast shows snow today – weird.
Puerto Rico
Hurricane Melissa
Good morning. Got a diary posting at noon central time at the orange place about the AIDS Ride. Did my walk. This Iran war is apocalyptically stupid, and I’m afraid that’s in the literal sense.
It’s 29 heading for 61 but sunny for a nice change. Yesterday we generated 4.2 KWHs and the m-t-d at 88.32 is way off track.
DST still jacking with sleep/waking patterns. Sigh. My cough’s still hanging on but incrementally better. Natalia’s rashes are still there but also better. Not as swollen or angry looking and the itching is easing up, incrementally. So that’s good.
Christian Zionists have to be the stupidest as well as evilest people in the world. (Well, maybe except for the people who worked so hard to put them into power.) Somehow managing to convince themselves that their long instigated and currently enacting Apocalypse would 1) be instantaneous & 2) not impact them. No logic whatsoever. No ability to reason. To see that A + B + C is going to equal D. No ifs, ands, or buts. And the rest of us have to live with it, do what damage control is possible, and hope we can help as many people and species as possible survive it.
Meanwhile I need to be about my boosting day. Holding the Good/Healing/Protecting Thought for everybody. {{{Meeses}}}
Good Thursday morning, Meese! Today I am the MARCH BIRTHDAY QUEEN! Yep, turned 82 years old at 1:40 a.m. and still kicking!
Last night I wore the short brown wig, cut to look like a Skater Boy’s hair, with a “fake” costume (black denim jacket and black denim jeans) to Rehearsal, and half the people there didn’t recognize me! LOL. My acting colleague, who is sharing the role, remarked that I looked like his third wife. Huh?
Got up at 6 a.m. and made the Gingerbread Supreme recipe. It looks really good. I had to set my oven for 365 rather than 350 F. because my oven is so slow. When it’s completely cool I’ll sprinkle the top lightly with confectioner’s sugar. I’ll serve it with Tiptree Lemon Curd—just don’t have time to make the proper recipe.
Right now it’s 39 F. and raining in Ashburn. At 11 the rain will change to snow and keep going. Ugh! And to think two days ago, on Tuesday, it was 84 F. and flawless! The forsythia and plum blossom were so tickled they started blooming. Alas, alas, March is still winter.
I have to get washed and brushed for International Women’s Day, then I have my writers—luckily everything but the gingerbread and thermos of boiling water for tea are already packed in the cart—then Happy Hour singing from 4:30 to 5:30, then Nora’s coming for dinner. So I have an action-packed day!
Wishing a good day to all at the Pond and to the innocent victims of Mango’s war.
{{{Diana}}} HAPPY BIRTHDAY! 🎶🌻🌹🥧🎂🍨🎁🎉💕🎶
Happy Birthday Lady D!!!
Best Birthday Wishes Diana.
Happy Happy Birthday, Queen of March!!
🎂💥
Happy birthday!
Good morning, 44 and cloudy in Bellingham today. I’m slow to adapt to the time change this year, still feeling slow and sleepy and the morning is nearly gone. Sue will be here soon so I need to get the laundry going and the clutter put away. Best wishes to all.
Good afternoon, meeses! Thursday …
It is 79 and sunny, expected to get to 82. I took my walk this morning to beat the heat and it was a lovely day. I was up early to drop off my car to look at a check engine light related to an evap leak. Everything was fine which is a relief. The last time I had that light come on, it cost me about $1,000 and three days on a loaner to get some sensors replaced. Fingers crossed that it was just a glitch.
My radio, in between music, said that the stock market is finally accepting the reality that the rotting pumpkin is destroying the global economy and the mini-rallies that were spurred by his lies are done. Goddess help the most vulnerable who are the sh*t always rolls down onto.
See all y’all later!
Friday Meese. 29 degrees here in Kingston going up to 40. Had a home inspection yesterday. They suggested I insulate our home attic – I’d save on heating bills. Price they quoted 10K.
I told them no.
Puerto Rico/Puerto Ricans
Hurricane Melissa
Good morning. I didn’t get many comments on the diary yesterday, but I did make it over my goal, and that’s the important part. Walked 1.5 mi this morning. Had to get the hoodie out from storage, it’s in the 40s.
{{{anotherdemocrat}}} YAY! for making your goal! Moar {{{HUGS}}}
It’s 48 – been 48 since sundown yesterday – heading for 73 and sunny at the moment. Yesterday we generated 16.22 KWHs and the m-t-d at 104.53 while woefully short of being on track did gain a smidge.
Saw the beautiful sickle moon above the tree in the folks across the street’s backyard this morning when I went out to put out birdseed and catfood. Always a lift to the heart. And we certainly need lifts to the heart right now.
Both Natalia and I are doing better with our respective health issues. So that part’s good. Not much good out and about in the world but there are pockets of OKness and even a bit of joy here and there. Focus on what gives you the energy to keep on keepini’ on. Off to start my boosting day. Holding the Good/Healing/Protecting Thought for everybody. {{{Meeses}}}
Good afternoon, 35 and cloudy outside my windows today. Thanks to Sue my house is clean and I really appreciate her assistance. I have a dermatology appointment later this afternoon and then some desk work so today will be busy enough. Best wishes to all.
Good afternoon, meeses! Friday …
It is 84 degrees and sunny and will probably get a couple of degrees hotter. We are expecting record breaking heat in these parts over the next week. It is too soon.
Pacific Daylight Time is not my favorite time. My Central Time clients are starting work at 6am my time and that does not give me enough time to get my early morning quiet time projects done so I feel a bit rushed.
My softball team plays later today, my NCAA hockey team plays tomorrow and the USA Women’s Basketball team plays tomorrow as well. Right now, lunch then maybe a nap.
See all y’all later!
Saturday Meese. 33 here in Kingston going up to 41.
Puerto Rico
Hurricane Melissa
I guess the “good” news for Puerto Rico is that they suspended the Jones Act due to the oil shipping crisis. I will never understand why people think that putting stupid people in charge of our government is a good idea. It did not work with George W. Bush, who crashed the global economy and got us into permanent wars, and it is certainly not working with the rotting pumpkin and the cabinet he has assembled. I think overwrought right-wing ideology must burn out brain cells.
Good morning, meeses! Saturday …
It is 61 degrees in Tucson 🌵 with an expected daytime high of 84. Mostly sunny skies are in the forecast. The moon will rise over the building to the ESE soon (she has been up for about an hour but needs to clear the mountains and the building) and is at 22% illumination on her way to new on March 18th.
Happy Pi Day! 3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197…
My softball team, the Arizona Wildcats, run-ruled (and shut out) the number 2 team in the country, Texas Tech, a team that paid a million dollars to the best pitcher in the country to get her to play there. Nothing against NiJaree Canady, she is a great pitcher and deserves good things, but I want her team to lose because that is not how college sports should work. The Wildcats play again today. Also today my Badger Women’s Hockey Team, who has no million dollar players but who has four women with Olympic gold medals, will play Quinnipiac with the chance to advance to the Frozen Four Championship semi-finals with a win. PLUS USA Basketball will play Italy in the FIBA qualifying tournament this afternoon. It is a good day to be a sports fan.
See all y’all later!
Good morning. Getting ready for kickboxing, if I don’t get my exercise in early, I always find a way to not do it. Have a good day, everyone!
It’s 45 heading for 78 and sunny at the moment. Yesterday we generated 15.19 KWHs and the m-t-d at 119.72 gained another smidge.
I cannot do a single thing about my country committing war crimes all over the world. I cannot do a single thing about gestapo under the guise of various immigration and other supposed law enforcement in every major city & a whole lot of smaller cities putting citizens & immigrants in concentration camps, trafficking them to other countries, assaulting, or killing them. But I can boost folks’ requests for help with food, medications, hygiene supplies, and shelter. So that’s what I do. Holding the Good/Healing/Protecting Thought for everybody. {{{Meeses}}}