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Daily things 5️⃣ Five Things Tuesday

1. I drove to work before sun-up in the rain. I hate not being able to see the lines on the road.
2. The rest of the day is sunny.
3. Tomorrow is another birthday celebration at work.
4. Mine is next and I have to figure out how to get out of a celebration.
5. Planit, Payday is my favorite candy bar too.
 
1. I realize that I'm not sure what all the deadly sins are.
2. I know gluttony because I like it the most.
3. I'm tired of having to give my "it's called real estate SPECULATION for a reason" speech
4. The slow economy made me lazy, when only good developers could afford it.
5. Bunch of food talk and two specific mentions of Payday bars are making me hungry and all I've got is a Mounds. Can't even look at it now....
 
1. That pasteurized cider you get at the grocery store is okay, but nothing beats fresh UNpasteurized cider
2. except maybe UNpasteurized cider after a couple of weeks:-b
3. I intentionally never spellcheck anything I post on Cyburbia. How do you feel about that?
4. We bought no candy this year for all the trick-or-treaters that never come to our door each year
5. It seems like the number of people who put up lights and other Halloween decorations outside have increased substantially over the last 15-20 years.

ursus, if you're interested in the seven deadly sins we're experts around here!
 
1. Have tracked down values for things I can remember
2. I keeping thinking of items (sometimes @ 4:00 am)
3. D@mn Sears doesn't put out a tool catalog anymore, it's on the internet
4. IT just showed up to update the computer
5. More stuff to do
 
1. Last of the milestones today
2. A little over 3 weeks to the thanksgiving trip
3. Am really looking forward to it
4. The stories about the Romani were fascinating.
5. Since they figure in to a story I'm writing, it was nice to have the media do the research for me.
 
1. I feel vaguely optimistic.
2. It's probably more a lack of worry. I ran out of the emotional energy required.
3. It seems like a good day to move office furniture.
4. Maybe I'll make some scale cutouts of the file cabinets and try different layouts.
5. Oh, I guess I have some actual work to do today, too...
 
1. Doing other people's work today.
2. I'm irritated about that.
3. Appreciative of neighboring city where we are undertaking a new project sending me sales comps and buyer info, less work for me.
4. Checked my 401K today....29% rate of return YTD, can this happen every year?
5. I'm liking Spotify more than Pandora.
 
1. Lunch at training was pretty uninspired.
2. Soup with pasta shells.
3. Fettuccine Alfredo something.
4. Penne with red sauce.
5. Lasagna.
 
Planit said:
Did you go to Olive Garden?
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[OT]I had a ladies night last night at Olive Garden. I kept looking around for a camera because it felt like I was stuck in an Olive Garden commercial. We were all passing breadsticks and pouring wine and laughing photogenically. Really, the manager should have been there.[/OT]
 
1.Got home late last night from our meeting
2. Overslept this morning because of #1
3. The Girl walked into the bedroom this morning asking why I didn't wake her up
4. She freaked when I told her she only had 10 minutes to catch the school bus
5. She made it (as did I) on time
 
1. Junior has no school today.
2. That means I have to stay home to watch him
3. Okay, that actually means I'm typing this at the library while he plays in the kids reading room downstairs
4. Gotta work all the right angles on these kinda things
5. word:h:
 
1. Election day.
2. That is huge.
3. I am tired.
4. I leave for Florida on Thursday.
5. I have to make it through tomorrow and half of Thursday still.....
 
1. Rainy day - not sure how to feel about that
2. Just got called corrupt at the public open mic.
3. I get to listen to it all in my office
4. I get to meet with the commissioners in a couple hours
5. It should be a fun meeting with all us corrupt people
 
1. Tomorrow is moving day at the office!
2. I get a cubicle!
3. Sadly, that is a step up from the status quo.
4. I had a good morning.
5. One that gave me a glimmer of hope that things could fall into place in an amazing way, career-wise.
 
1. Election day here in my fair city.
2. Absolutely stupid not to tie it in to the congressional election cycle. Costs the city a lot of money to run the election by itself.
3. That's ok, just take some more bucks from employee benefits.
4. Our whole department seems to have a case of the "blahs".
5. The world is a very gray place. I have less and less tolerance for people who see everything in black and white. It ain't that easy folks.
 
1. I went to Sears to get a jacket for the kid.
2. It is almost impossible to actually buy anything at Sears because the clerks at checkout, and the customer(s) ahead of me, are invariably idiots.
3. I just had 2 pieces of leftover bacon.
4. Good thing the dog was in the other room.
5. I am bored.
 
1. I voted.
2. A grantor asked for an updated progress report to be submitted, except that the last one was the final report. He insisted. I copied and pasted.
3. Two hour "marketing" meeting to discuss how to better market our affordable homes. Step 1: realize that I am the project manager not a realtor, Step 2: hire a realtor, Step 3: base pricing on market conditions, Step 4: ignore Steps 1-3
4. I feel like it gets dark at 4pm.
5. Looking forward to tomorrow's meeting with the city. Not sure what it's going to be like since we now have an interim mayor that says "I'm old school. I don't Twit and I don't email. I call people back. I know Mrs. Lopez."
 
1. I hate seeing people clip or file their fingernails. :victory:
2. Sometimes I'm intimidated by people until I work with them.
3. That happened today; I wasn't nearly as impressed as I was intimidated.
4. Opportunist.
5. He wasn't clipping his nails. I'll give him that...
 
1. We could use less summer blockbuster movies and more thinking-type movies
2. I can understand why gambling appeals to many people, but personally am not drawn to it
3. If visitors from another planet landed on every continent one day in full public view, then all of our priorities would immediately change
4. It would be cool to visit the kingdom of Bhutan some time, but did you know they actively discourage/prohibit tourism.
5. hard to believe those Carmen San Diego cartoons ran like 20 years ago.
 
1. If feels like Monday for a Tuesday
2. Bought The Girl an early Christmas present - it is a desk
3. It was from IKEA so I - no we are going to put it together tonight
4. I have plenty of beer for patience
5. There are a lot of things from 20 years ago I can't believe it was 20 years ago - I mean it was only 1993 for goodness sake
 
1. My daughter is in the process of applying for substitute teaching jobs as a way to get her certification.
2. Thank God.
3. My son and I were tossing a tennis ball in the house, and I got hit hard in the face with it.
4. You shouldn't play ball in the house.
5. 3 weeks and I'll be in NC!
 
1. Malcolm Gladwell is one of my favorite authors
2. Dang, it's been busy this week
3. luggage: we don't think about it very often
4. Maybe I should be a scientist.....instead of a spaceman or cowboy when I grow up
5. it's been said by many before but I'm finding out now how true it is - kids grow up really fast
 
1. It's nearly the end of the day and it's been busy
2. It's been meeting central around here
3. It's felt like Wednesday today for some reason
4. It's UDO vs. Deed Restrictions on a project
5. It's not a matter of enforcing deed restrictions, it's a matter of letting someone know
 
1. I have to leave the house well before dawn tomorrow, and I don't get home until well after dark.
2. Knowing I have to get up early may result in a sleepless night. :(
3. I hope we don't run out of home heating oil before the oil is delivered on Friday. :not:
4. I managed to have a pretty productive day, and that makes me happy.
5. So glad hubby is making dinner tonight. :)
 
1. I just finished a cup of hot chocolate with Bailey's.
2. My counterpart in another county is a catcher for a faith healer.
3. I'd like to know more about that.
4. I'll be heading to NC in a couple of weeks.
5. I love playing with my friend's grandchildren.
 
1. This is just a weird week. Plain and simple weird.
2. google drove around some Appalachian communities a few minutes ago. I have to confess there is something interesting/attractive about the region, despite the evident poverty
3. coding......coding......coding.....
4. MacIntoshes are the best tasting apples for casual eating. Delicious, for all their popularity, tend to be a little too firm and not very juicy
5. Thursday take me awayyyyyyy!
 
1. I don't like when I don't post in these threads.
2. Thanksgiving is Thursday. I am making cheesy potatoes. I like my recipe.
3. I find it amazing how negative stories are more popular than positive stories.
4. What is our fascination with negative things?
5. December 31st is coming soon. We shall see what that means for me ;)
 
1. Dec. 31 is coming soon, and we'll see what that means for ME. ;)
2. A song a local radio station was skipping and I listened to see how long it would last. It went on for the final 30 min. of my commute, and sounded like "bark, bark, bark...".
3. Today is one of those days that I'd like to have just candy for dinner.
4. I hear you can do that if you're grown up.
5. My son told me that classes are cancelled tonight. Should I believe him?
 
1) Today was not a good day...
2) I am making of list of possible life changes...
3) I need a vacation...
4) I need a beer...
5) Son #2 is hilarious, he is so animated when he tries to talk to us. Now if we can get him to use english words instead of baby babble.
 
1. Today I continued cleaning out the kid's bathroom.
2. It has tons of storage so I've been moving some of our stuff in there.
3. RJ will probably have a hard time finding stuff for awhile.
4. Beef filets and fries for dinner tonight!
5. Yay! No football tonight!
 
Belated

1. There was a 3 hour (possible) ice delay for schools here Tuesday
2. Had the Mother of my friend funeral yesterday afternoon
3. With those 2 items happening I took the whole day off
4. Well actually I cleaned house for the in-laws coming to Turkey Day
5. It rained all day as well and the dog was pathetic
 
2. Came home this morning @ 1:30 from the public hearing
5. Working on 2.5 hours of sleep right now
3. I have to rethink my SS victim's present now
1. Christmas is coming way too fast, but doesn't that happen every year/
36. Is it lunchtime yet/
 
1. Have to go to a special parent-teacher conference tonight. Junior's got himself into trouble now.
2. I dislike having the family discord prior to the holidays. Talk about killing the spirit of the season
3. Is this a good day to procrastinate....or should I put that off until tomorrow?
4. The events depicted in the show '24' are not realistic.
5. I feel like going out to eat every night this week, starting with a Chicago style pizza tonight
 
I
  1. really miss having a secretary
  2. So sick of money problems
  3. miss my Mom
  4. need to clean my office
  5. I can't change a dressing on a cut on my thumb myself and I feel pathetic about it
 
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  1. This is shaping up to be an unproductive week due to all its meetings.
  2. My job has become more complicated due to our in house GC arrangement imploding last week.
  3. The staff Christmas party has been cancelled due to available funds, it's not been a good year around here.
  4. I will be looking for greener pastures.
  5. Trapped a mouse in my bedroom last night, not happy about that.
 
1. I hate coming back to work after a week off.
2. I forgot to bring my lunch.
3. No soda to kick start my morning.
4. I will recover by lunch time
5. At least I'm not at a Journey concert
 
1. I'm leaving for NC in 2 days.
2. Our new office open house preparation has derailed the whole week.
3. If you're in Pittsburgh and want to come to our open house, I'd be glad to see you.
4. I don't miss those "special" parent teacher conferences.
5. I'm leaving for NC in 2 days!
 
1. I could really go for Chicago style pizza right now. Giordano's is my favorite.
2. I should feel more celebratory about my new job.
3. I mostly feel relieved to have something settled, and overwhelmed by the prospect of wrapping up all my current projects.
4. And apprehensive about the return of associate attorney drudge.
5. Maybe it will not be horrible.
 
1. No snow, just rain
2. Have to go to the big city today, because my trip there on Saturday was a waste of time
3. I'm not very happy with FedEx right now
4. Simple directions guys, easy to follow
5. 14 more shopping days!!!!!!!!
 
1. Junior said he'd rather go sledding with me tonight than attend his cub den meeting. It'll be single digits this evening. Guess the little guy is serious about his sledding
2. Anyone ever read the Harvard Lampoon book "Bored of the Rings"? It was a hoot back in the day.
3. Harvard is such an overrated institution in so many ways
4. Gotta stock up on hot cocoa. Stocks are getting a bit low and the temps are falling
5. I could use a snow day or two after last night's meeting
 
1. A 45 minute drive took 2.5 hours on wet roads today.
2. Pittsburghers ought to be ashamed of themselves for over-reacting, but maybe they saved me from an accident.
3. I don't like eating food that's on a yellow Fiestaware plate.
4. Especially yellow food.
5. My cell phone doesn't always ring when people call or text.
 
  1. It snowed today, I milked it for being 30 minutes late.
  2. I had to drive the office ghetto van today. It needs a brake job.
  3. I have to sit in a car for an hour tomorrow morning with my boss so we can go to a "most of the day" meeting which will be a waste of time.
  4. The renovation project I am overseeing at one of our community centers is progressing nicely. It will make a huge difference to the clients at that center. The staff are complaining about the noise and dust. Ungrateful bastards.
  5. I am 39 for two more days.
 
1. I' m worried. My victim should have gotten their Secret Santa package yesterday.
2. RJ took me to the coolest retro shopping center today.
3. We forgot to eat the pie at his sister's house last night.
4. Off to the N CA coast in the morning.
5. We went to a Sur La Table today. They have so many gadgets we had no idea we needed! Good thing we have no room in our bags for new gadgets.
 
Zoning Goddess said:
1. I' m worried. My victim should have gotten their Secret Santa package yesterday.
2. RJ took me to the coolest retro shopping center today.
3. We forgot to eat the pie at his sister's house last night.
4. Off to the N CA coast in the morning.
5. We went to a Sur La Table today. They have so many gadgets we had no idea we needed! Good thing we have no room in our bags for new gadgets.
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I love the Sur La Table by us. So damn expensive, but so many cool things.
 
Zoning Goddess said:
How do you pronounce it? I apparently made a faux pas when I pronounced it like it's spelled.
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That's okay, I had an ex-gf who used to pronounce faux pas as 'fox pass' instead of 'foe pah'. She got mad at me when I laughed at her (gee, I wonder why she became an EX-gf?).
 
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