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Daily things 5️⃣ Five Things Tuesday

  1. I am learned that I am going to be a step closer to maxing out my billable hours and turning a potential client away. Maybe it is time to hire someone.
  2. I am loving the nice warm weather
  3. Oldest did awesome at the dentist... no cavities!
  4. I think I might be able to get the last of the plaster repairs done tonight.
  5. I need a 27 hour day to get everything done that I want to get done.
 
michaelskis said:
  1. I am learned that I am going to be a step closer to maxing out my billable hours and turning a potential client away. Maybe it is time to hire someone.
  2. I am loving the nice warm weather
  3. Oldest did awesome at the dentist... no cavities!
  4. I think I might be able to get the last of the plaster repairs done tonight.
  5. I need a 27 hour day to get everything done that I want to get done.
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[ot]It's Thursday? ;)[/ot]
 
1. It's Tuesday. For real this time.
2. Lunch today with some poohbahs from the arts foundation that provides our radio theater group with most of its funding. I'll have to remember to chew with my mouth closed and not tuck the napkin in my collar
3. I think it's time to add the Golden Bough to my next books to read list
4. Headed for Cleveland next week
5. some obscure band names I just came up with: The Assessor's Wife, Chaldean Chili, Whackwhackwhack, and The Turnips
 
1. Reimbursements file seems to missing several items & the responsible person doesn't know why
2. I glad I keep copies
3. Little League Baseball team is selling raffle tickets - the prize is a Glock 9mm Model G17 or G19 (winners choice)
4. Yes I bought one $5 ticket to help the team
5. 'Muricah!!!
 
1. Plumbing problem in the house. They have to dig up the floor and find a check valve that has failed.
2. Boss is out of pocket most of the week. This does not bode well for me due to some serious deadlines looming overhead.
3. Today is election day in Newark. Unfortunately, many of the council seats will end up in a run off election due to the sheer number of candidates.
4. Is it 5:30 yet?
5. Can't wait to go to Louisville next week.
 
1. kjel, you're going to Louisville?? Lucky!
2. I'm using more tick repellant than sunscreen these days.
3. I love fresh raspberries.
4. I'm putting in a flower bed, which I haven't done since I moved into my current home.
5. I enjoy quirky people.
 
1. Moving in less than a month to a townhouse.
2. The townhouse my fiance and I will be renting is twice the square footage of the current apartment, which will be really nice.
3. We need to win more work. There are not enough projects out there, and it does not help that we're not competitive for small and cheap projects.
4. I've been trying to get a potential Plan B lined up "just in case," but it is not panning out like I had hoped either.
5. I totally forgot that next week is Memorial Day. 3 Day weekend, then 3 day week, then another 3 day weekend. :h:
 
1. It's only Tuesday, and I'm tired of my regulated community.
2. I might take a day trip to Wheeling this weekend.
3. WV's capital floated between Wheeling and Charleston for a while.
4. Wheeling is more like Pittsburgh than it's like the WV stereotype.
5. I'm working a little late so that I can go to a game that's closer to work than to home, and get to freeload a meal from a meeting that's happening here. Score!
 
1. Feels like Monday, doesn't it?
2. I'm frustrated about my youngest son, and the frustration is my fault, not his.
3. Whew. I walked at lunch, and returned before a heavy rain.
4. I'm still tired of my regulated community.
5. I think I'll travel to WV to listen to local music at a little place.
 
1. It is Tuesday isn't it
2. After a great Saturday, I spent the next 2 days on the sofa thanks to some out-of-temp blue cheese
3. I love wings, but I might steer clear for a few weeks
4. Summer is fast approaching - I mean "look out it's here" fast
5. I drink, therefore I am
 
1. My shoelace broke this morning.
2. There's been too much cake at this office.
3. I live on the first coast-to-coast road in the country.
4. I'd like to take some kayak lessons this year.
5. Some people are natural-born nurses. I'm not one of them.
 
1. Day before eye surgery.
2. Pre op eye drops - one started sunday - once a day, second - 4 times today.
3. coffee time
4. planning on taking 2 sick days for surgery.
5. My sick bank has 700 hrs in it.
 
1. I did something I hadn't done in 32 years last weekend - and I liked it!
2. today + 4.7 years = 30 yos
3. is it lunchtime yet?
4. anyone wanna buy a house
5. (aib kms) I want to learn how to paddleboard this summer
 
  1. I am feeling a renewed sense of optimism this morning.
  2. Pondering on selling two doors that are original to the house, or keeping them with the house in the garage for when we sell.
  3. Should I install the original screen doors on the front doors (we have 8-foot tall double doors at the entrance) or keep them off?
  4. I was able to put screens in all my windows on the first floor except two (one kitchen and one in my office)... the breeze flowing through is amazing.
  5. I really like the apple line of projects and programs, and from what I hear, I will like them more this fall.
 
1. New sport in the South-cockroach hockey.
2. A cockroach that got into our building got to rejoin the food chain.:6:
3. Probably trying to find a dry place after all our rain.
4. I voted today.
5. Slowly getting back into the swing of things.
 
1. The most recent GOT episode and then the new 24 made for intense tv.
2. One week closer to moving to a larger space. I am very excited.
3. I just wish there was a cheap way to sound insulate a room for my drums.
4. We need more backlog at work. Planning projects within all of our local offices just seem stagnant.
5. Is it lunch yet?
 
1. Hey this isn't Tuesday!
2. I like getting plants from retail greenhouses.
3. I like buying plants from wholesale greenhouses even more :money:
4. An odd tension pervades the office this morning
5. I admire men who intentionally choose to prioritize other parts of their lives over their careers in general. It's refreshing.
 
1. Spent all day yesterday on the trail with consultants
2. Today I get to spend all day in the office
3. I wish the old house would sell!!!!!! NOW!!!!
4. Last day of Elementary School for The Girl is Friday
5. She is excited
 
1. fireworks/firecrackers are already going off most evenings
2. I am mortal tired today. Woke up at 3 and never got back to sleep
3. Junior is staying at his grandparents house the next couple days
4. The ability to evaluate the relative merit or validity of one person's opinion over another is an important part of critical thinking
5. There is very little chance of me ever travelling to Chile at any point in my life.
 
1. Same 5 things from last tuesday.
2. looking forward to vacation in july
3. coffee time
4. instead of driving I bought plane tickets for my vacation
5. it is a bit of a vision challenge to spend much time looking at a computer screen.
 
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1. I am going to the dentist today.
2. I found out recently that a college classmate lives only a few blocks from my dentist's office.
3. Surprised that we haven't run into each other after all these years.
4. I can't believe my husband is going away for two whole weeks. :(
5. I wonder when our local farmers market starts.
 
1. Placing plaques on bridge abutments doesn't seem like the best idea if you want someone to read them and drive safely.
2. What a busy 2 days of criss-crossing this county.
3. My garage is a mess.
4. I love people watching.
5. I saw a guy who was wearing a unicorn mask.
 
1. I Believe That We Will Win (and we did!!!)
2. USA! USA! USA!
3. I have now confirmed that I haven't received at least 3 bills with the move last year
4. Change of Address forms were submitted
5. Car needs tires, oil change, taxes paid and tag renewal = $$$
 
1) My wife is interviewing new nanny's today. I get to meet the top 3.
2) With all the gun talk in the other thread makes me want to buy more guns before the anti-gun people try to take them away
3) I ordered a few Tiles and a couple of Trackrs in an attempt to find the things that my family loses all the time. Let's see which one works better.
4) My neighbor put out an "I'm With Hillary" sign in his front yard. He could not answer what good things that Hillary has done when I asked him. This is going to be a fun few years.
5) I have a property owner who is trying to bait me in sending a violation notice for his 'art'.
 
1. Virtual Friday here!
2. I'm headed to NC later this week.
3. The 31st St. Bridge in Pittsburgh is my favorite because it has a bend in the roadway.
4. The 16th St. Bridge is named for David McCullough.
5. I'm beginning to notice how things are not designed for short(er) people.
 
1. I like when I have my hair cut.
2. I don't like getting my hair cut.
3. I like trail mix.
4. I never make trail mix well though.
5. I have found the perfect soft pretzel recipe and can make those...
 
1. Got home from a meeting at 12:30 AM this morning.
2. The pets actually let me sleep in for a change... probably because I fed them their dinner at 12:30 AM.
3. I watched fireflies in the yard when I let the dog out. :)
4. I should eat lunch before I get into the next task on my list.
5. It's awfully quiet without hubby around.
 
1. It's my 20th wedding anniversary. Time flies.
2. It's also 20 years since Orenthal James Simpson starred in the first reality TV show.:not:
3. I have a Plan Commission meeting tonight.
4. The fire marshal is planning to be there because an overflow crowd is anticipated.
5. The crowd isn't there because of number 1 above, I assure you.:h:
 
Gedunker said:
1. It's my 20th wedding anniversary. Time flies.
2. It's also 20 years since Orenthal James Simpson starred in the first reality TV show.:not:
3. I have a Plan Commission meeting tonight.
4. The fire marshal is planning to be there because an overflow crowd is anticipated.
5. The crowd isn't there because of number 1 above, I assure you.:h:
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Happy anniversary, Gedunker! My 20th wedding anniversary is in a few weeks.
 
1. Vacation was okay, but merely okay (and better in any event than days spent at work)
2. I have never tasted dandelion wine
3. Which is it better to have: gumption or moxey?
4. I feel like my life is a Talking Heads song sometimes
5. I foresee a trip to the Wright-Patterson Air Force museum in the not too distant future
 
1) Today is our Nanny's Last Day. New one starts next week and backup is coming on Friday.
2) I go through a lot of ChapStick
3) My mother-in-law has been actually quite active with my wife and kids lately. Maybe a turn for the better?
4) I need more sleep
5) My to-do list is quite long this week.
 
1. Work keeps robbing me of precious World Cup viewing time
2. Maybe I should take a sabbatical every 4 years
3. I'm surprised ESPN isn't replaying matches on tv later at night (like 9 or 10 pm)
4. Looking forward to Thursday's match
5. Going to see my brother's new house this weekend
 
Planit said:
1. Work keeps robbing me of precious World Cup viewing time
2. Maybe I should take a sabbatical every 4 years
3. I'm surprised ESPN isn't replaying matches on tv later at night (like 9 or 10 pm)
4. Looking forward to Thursday's match
5. Going to see my brother's new house this weekend
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They do... kind of. I watched the USA game on ESPN's app on my Apple TV, last night. They are also broadcasting them LIVE too, even if you don't have ESPN as part of your cable provider.
 
Maister said:
I feel like my life is a Talking Heads song sometimes
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:8:Don't touch me, because I'm a real live wire. Psycho Killer, Qu'est-ce Que C'est? Fa fa fa faa fafa fa faaaaaaaaafa far better run run run, run run awayyyyyyyyyy...:8:

1. I did a cover of that song in a high school band. It has really simple parts for the drums, but it really is a cool song.
2. Almost done unpacking everything. Not too shabby
3. No internet yet at home. We're roughing it.
4. I need a change of pace at work. So far though, no luck.
5. I have to resist the urge to play air-drums in my cube. It would be embarrassing if someone were to notice, but some songs just make me want to rock out anyways.
 
1. It's generally not acceptable to wear shorts to work, but today I'm wearing the next best thing, a skort, which is shorts hiding under a skirt.
2. I found 2 ticks crawling on me yesterday. I wasn't working in woods or fields; I was investigating a citizen complaint and was on someone's well-manicured lawn.
3. I love the heat and humidity. I do, really.
4. My first vehicle was a 1977 International Scout 2. I wish I still had it.
5. Every town should have an old-style hardware store that sells lots of useful items.
 
1. Todays fun includes a 'meeting' @ 3:30
2. In other words leaving @ 3:30 to go watch USA v Belgium
3. Getting to work about 45 minutes earlier this week since I don't have to get The Girl up & ready in the mornings
4. That's some nice quiet time
5. D@mn I wish the old house would sell :-{
 
1. Its CANADA DAY!
2. The weather is AMAZING!
3. I am HAPPY!
4. I am GETTING PAID FOR NADDA too.
5. Best Tuesday EVER!
 
1. I want to root for the U.S. team this afternoon while drinking Belgian beer. ;)
2. Or should I drink Canadian beer in honor of CANADA DAY?
3. The 4th of July is one of my least favorite national holidays.
4. I am so glad my husband is back from his two weeks of company training.
5. I should stop at the farmstand later and pick up some fresh strawberries.
 
1. Okay, someone needs to get Vancity some, um, medication today. She's way too chipper
2. A cat that eats lasagna? That's really not very funny.
3. In Minecraft I just died in a pool of lava
4. This is turning out to be one of the longest short weeks ever
5. I had a sub sandwich for lunch
 
1. Day started off with me and the boss discussion how hot the streetscaping construction foreman was :D
2. Looks like we will be getting some summer hours, boss and I were thinking about letting people rotate through Mondays or Fridays off for the rest of summer.
3. Getting the ED to put together a scope of work is like letting a kid loose in the candy store.
4. I don't want any more meetings for the rest of the week.
5. Newark's new mayor is being sworn in today. My mole at the city let me know who was appointed Director of Housing & Economic Development. It's going to be a shit show.
 
1. Picked some squash from my MILs garden in the afternoon - grilled it in the evening - FANTASTIC
2. Sure is quiet at the house without The Girl running around
3. We are in the process of giving her bedroom a complete cleaning & rearranging
4. Weekend temps were very nice. Now its back to Hot & oppressive
5. Clean up on aisle 3 - why do I get to clean up their mess? Oh that's right they're incompetent!
 
1) Some Seagulls received a notice for too many opinion sings on his property last week. So he put more opinion signs up. Correction deadline is midnight tonight.
2) New ordinance permitting seating in the PROW resulted in some issues over the weekend. Looks like I get to have a conversation with some restaurant owners who decided to move beyond the approved areas.
3) New Nanny started today.
4) I get to go shooting with one of the local cops at lunch. He wants to try out my gun because he is thinking about getting the same one.
5) My new wireless router/modem keeps dropping the wireless network. I am not pleased.
 
1. Lots and lots of anxiety abounds in the office today.
2. Junior had a nice birthday celebration which included receiving Skylander Giants as a gift.
3. tomatoes galore coming online. Should have a decent harvest this weekend.
4. Shreveport, Louisiana. I know nothing about the place. Couldn't tell you a single thing about it.
5. Paying for a family membership to the Y today
 
1. My illegal, unpermitted parking lot project should be finished today since they were moving in the parking stops and striping it today.
2. Got some tile work going on in my basement today. The goal is to have the basement bedroom habitable by the end of summer.
3. Over the weekend I picked up a 5 pc outdoor table and chair set at Ikea for $119.
4. The landscaper is supposed to start on the backyard this week. We are skipping doing a lawn since there is nowhere to store a mower. We are going with smooth small stones with 18' square pavers interspersed while maintaining a mulch border around the perimeter so we can put in some native species of plants.
5. I may have a solid lead on a buyer for my last available house that's been sitting on the market for a long while. Fingers crossed.
 
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kjel said:
1. Day started off with
me
and the boss discussion how
hot
the
streets
caping construction fore
man
was
:D
2. Looks like
we
will be getting some
summer hours
], boss
and
I were thinking about
letting people
rotate through Mondays or Fridays off for the
rest
of summer.
3. Getting
the ED to put
together
a scope of work
is like
letting a kid loose in the
candy
store.
4. I
don't
want
any
more
meetings for the rest of the week.
5. Newark's new mayor is being sworn in today. My
mole
at the city let me know who was appointed Director of Housing & Economic Development. It's going to be a
shit
show.
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I wanted to prove that I read every one of the five things list. You can all be grateful that I refrain from doing strong-bad style editing to all of them. kjel, this one just cried out to be defiled, so I had to.
 
ursus said:
I wanted to prove that I read every one of the five things list. You can all be grateful that I refrain from doing strong-bad style editing to all of them. kjel, this one just cried out to be defiled, so I had to.
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LP, we need to get an official adjudication on this, but I'm fairly confident this meets all the necessary criteria for a 'post of the day'.



Say, this can be quite entertaining. Ursus you're on to something!
kjel said:
1. My illegal,
unpermitted parking lot
project
should be finished today since they were
moving
in the parking stops and striping
it today.
2. Got some
tile work going on
in my basement today. The goal is
to have
the
basement
bedroom
habitable by the end of summer.
3. Over the weekend I picked up
a 5 pc outdoor table and chair set at Ikea for
$119.
4.
The landscaper is supposed to
start on the back
yard this week
.
We are skipping
doing a
lawn since there is nowhere to
store
a mower. We are going with
smooth
small stones with 18' square pavers interspersed while maintaining a mulch border around the perimeter so we can put in some native species of plants.
5. I
may
have a solid
lead on a buyer for my last available house that's been
sitting on
the market for a long while.
Fingers
crossed
.
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1. Another day, another proposal. :r:
2. I still find it hilarious that LinkedIn connections recommend me for 'proposal writing.'
3. Excitement is in the air as hubby awaits the delivery of our new mowing tractor.
4. I was asked to provide a cost estimate for something I've never done before, but am willing to try.
5. I'm hungry for lunch already.
 
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