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Daily things 5️⃣ Five Things Tuesday

1. I disagree with Whose Yur Planner, family drama really really sucks!
2. I have eaten nothing today except coffee. Oddly, I'm not very hungry
3. New software at work for permits and code enforcement....AAAAAAHHHHH!
4. We have a Christmas tree on our front porch
5. My car is falling apart piece by piece:(
 
1) Wondering if Maister is using BS&A for zoning and permits?
2) Looks like my Impala needs a new wheel bearing.
3) Our kids have way too many F-ing toys.
4) Kind of frustrated with the way things are going in a few areas of life right now.
5) Learned about Thomas Kinkade this morning on my way to work.
 
1. Busy week. That isn't really a bad thing though.
2. I get to have a nice dinner tonight.
3. We start our house construction on March 1.
4. Anyone know of a good place to get an estimated home value?
5. I have cute kids. Seriously.
 
1. Working from home this afternoon. I don't have a space heater here like I do at work, and I'm cold.
2. The office open house is on Thursday. Any of you Yinzers are welcome to come.
3. Today started with a breakfast meeting.
4. My Fiesta Ware collection is looking a little lop-sided. I see a trip to the factory soon.
5. I'm phasing out the yellow dishes. Food doesn't look as appetizing on those.
 
1. its all 6s & 7s here now - the employee luncheon tmrrw should be interesting
2. whose yur planner must really love tosu and wants to converts me
3. my SS victim will be surprised
4. blue hair in a Cadillac yakking on the phone ran a red light & cut me off this morning - she never reacted
5. Parrothead version of "Do you want to Spend Christmas on Christmas Island" keeps running through my head - Boat Drinks for Everyone!
 
1. Finances are t-i-g-h-t this Christmas. Like never before.
2. I've been feeling the urge lately to make a trek to Moser's Austrian Café for their Austrian Gulasch
3. I prefer the spelling of ketchup to catsup
4. Bumpkins are an important component in our society and culture
5. Why are white boards/dry erase markers considered such an improvement over old school chalkboards?
 
1. This Christmas I am really trying to be more in the moment.
2. I wish I could cook for 25 people every weekend.
3. My kitchen needs to be expanded.
4. I really like good food. I wish we had a Michelin Starred restaurant within a short driving distance.
5. I like that my bottled water is no longer called bottled water, they call it purified water. As if that is why I bought it.
 
  1. Had a meeting with ERSI about GIS options. I am fearful about the $$$ on the proposal.
  2. It is frustrating when there is a time and place to discuss things and people get so emotional about topics they forget that, even if I agree with their position on topic.
  3. Wife thinks we should go gluten free after learning that our youngest as a gluten allergy. I think we might progress into a very unique eating situation of no dairy, soy, wheat, but still having meat, fruits and veggies.... except for my beer.
  4. The last tree blocking my view of the river will be coming down this week. It died because it was root bound. I have been accused of killing it.
  5. Had great news and not so good news in the same e-mail from the City Attorney this morning.
 
1. It's Tuesday right?
2. Banks & insurance companies can be such P.I.T.A.s
3. Band recital tonight for The Girl - 6th grade beginning band
4. Someone is on a power trip now & I'm staying out of their way
5. My body has gone into sleep avoidance mode - I'm not pleased with that
 
1) It feels more like May than December out there. Kind of nice even if it is 50 and a fog/rain mixture.
2) My seagulls are driving me bonkers. People in town can't believe they had the audacity to re-install the awning... for the 4th time.
3) Trying to decide if I want to use 1 1/2-inch or 2-inch stock for the rails and stiles for my kitchen cabinet doors.
4) Looking forward a week off for Christmas.
5) Looks like there is a flu outbreak at my son's school... and he was one of the early adopters. :r:
 
1. Oh this Christmas cookie season.
2. I had a glimpse of the sun today.
3. I wish I had a wand that I could wave to resolve citizen complaints.
4. Oh this Christmas lunch season.
5. I could use a road trip.
 
1. I always try to make it to the end of the day to post 5 things.
2. Primarily due to the fact that I have to split thoughts to get five on Tuesday's.
3. I had Q'doba for lunch. That was a mistake.
4. I always seem to forget how bad things are, until I try them again.
5. I wish I could find $40k.
 
1. t-4 hours until holiday (it might be less due to a "site inspection")
2. BBQ for dinner tonight with cousins
3. glad there's college football on the TV tonight
4. a slow architect is my pain-in-the-@$$
5. work things are very weird right now
 
1. Dental work just took a big bite of my cash.
2. I'm headed to Ligonier to find one special gift.
3. Today will include sewing some hand-made gifts.
4. Company starts showing up on Friday.
5. I love my job. Really.
 
1. Chinese Food for lunch...my second favorite cuisine.
2. Forgot it was Tuesday!
3. Wishing I had tomorrow off
4. Not sure what is for dinner?
5. Today has been a wasted day at work...my brain is on holiday mode!
 
1. I would probably not be friends with Rudolph. I don't know, he just doesn't seem like my type.
2. I like almost all Asian food. Thai especially.
3. But a nice steak works too.
4. I nice steak with wine would be heaven.
5. I wish future value didn't matter. But it does..... sigh.
 
1. Last 5TTues for the year
2. Home Builders brought in a bunch of Bojangles biscuits this morning. One inspector asked if they were poisoned.
3. Kinda slow over in the Random area right now. You know that will pick up this afternoon
4. I'm going to cleanup the desk fort today & tomorrow - at least move some piles of paper around
5. Friday is going to be a complete waste of day
 
1. Friday the Boss will be back and naturally that means we'll be back in crisis mode:r:
2. It's fun to devise reindeer names
3. I never understood the appeal of coin collecting. Boring.
4. I'd like to play a board game tonight. Perhaps 'Settlers of Catan' or 'Ticket To Ride'
5. Junior is visiting a recycling facility today with his den
 
1. Cost of living is so confusing. There are so many variables to that number.
2. I have a lot to do today, but will I get it done?
3. My nose itches. I am always worried someone will think I am picking it. But it just itches.
4. Graphene. Look into it. The future is here folks.
5. I am always looking for something better professionally. Not sure if I will ever be satisfied. I guess that is a good thing.
 
1) Saddam Hussein was executed 6 years ago today.
2) In 1922, The USSR was established on this date.
3) The draft of the Emancipation Proclamation is finished and circulated among President Abraham Lincoln's cabinet for comment on this day in 1826.
4) On this date in 1803, the United States takes possession of the Louisiana area from France at New Orleans with a simple ceremony, the simultaneous lowering and raising of the national flags.
5) In 1978, in a small town in the Upper Peninsula, my mother gave birth to me while a crazy snowstorm raged outside the window of the hospital room.
 
1. A little bit of snow caused a long commute this morning.
2. Everyone's late.
3. I like quiet.
4. I left the Christmas tree up until Little Christmas.
5. I'm turning into a winter-hater..
 
1. A lot more traffic on the roads today as opposed to the last 2 weeks
2. Meeting last night was 2 times longer than it should have been due to windbag lawyers
3. Christmas has been packed away in the attic except for the wreath on the house & its coming down tonight
4. The Girl is super sleepy. She is getting up 3 hours earlier than she did during break, but having a hard time going to bed earlier.
5. I finally got through the end of the Random #9 year-end hink-a-thon blitzkrieg. Amazingly random stuff there.
 
5. Walkman is back, well sort of... It's a high-end digital device not cassette and it's going to cost over $1,100 dollars.
4. Yesterday was the first day back to school after Christmas Break; my girls did great, today not so much.
3. I really need to come with a Rube Goldbreg to assist with the wake up will until they get back into the swing of things.
2. I currently hide one of the dogs bones in under the covers of my youngest bed but know the dog doesn't look for the bone, she knows to wait till Littlest Owl gets out of bed and while she is waiting she snuggles up to her.
1. It's taken me an hour to finish this due to the phone calls and walk-in, if it wasn't for a frequent flier i would have ever finished it.
 
1. There must be some kind of way out of here, said the joker to the thief.
2. I need things to look forward to. Not as much as other though, I think.
3. I might have pulled something in my leg playing soccer. That is the best reason ever at least though.
4. The weather today makes me want to move.
5. No night meeting tonight!!
 
1. Consider this a random post about .....elves. Yeah, that's it, elves.
2. I hope my car holds together just a bit longer
3. Junior will want to go sledding now that we've got a at least a good 6" of snow
4. Sledding, however, is going to cut into gym time. Decisions decisions
5. Right now the Birth School Work Death paradigm seems to ring true
 
1. It's snowing!
2. I keep dating all my requisitions as 2014.
3. The facility renovation is nearly complete. I've never been happier to close out a project.
4. Looking for other employment opportunities, apparently so is my direct boss.
5. RT leaves for Asia in 11 days :(
 
1) It is COLD and snowing.
2) My mind has been all over the place today.
3) I did a facebook search on the nanny applicants. One got eliminated real quick.
4) I got crap loads of work done on the house over the past few days.
5) I bought my wife a kindle the other day. Her phone kept going dead because she was using the kindle app on it too much.
 
1. My brothers are coming in a week and a half. Time to de-clutter and clean up the apartment.
2. I'm eating beets grown by my grandma.
3. I need to move some boxes into storage but my car is a block away.
4. I rode my bike in the snow last night.
5. This is the first time this year there has been more than a dusting of snow.
 
1. Its cold & wet here with the potential for ice in the morning - Yippee
2. The next couple weeks are getting busy
3. I seem to have small amounts of free time, but often those come early in the morning or late at night
4. I didn't win the office NCAAF Bowl Poll
5. A crystal ball would be nice right now
 
1. I'm working again!
2. I'm getting paid for my time off!
3. Time to get caught up on things that were missed.
4. Time to CYA the stuff that was missed like mailing deadlines.
5. Time to avoid the press.
 
Planit said:
1. Its cold & wet here with the potential for ice in the morning - Yippee
2. The next couple weeks are getting busy
3. I seem to have small amounts of free time, but often those come early in the morning or late at night
4. I didn't win the office NCAAF Bowl Poll
5. A crystal ball would be nice right now
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Ditto: except for #4

4. I hope I get to sleep in if we get ice! Yay for delayed starts!
 
1. I hope we dodge the freezing rain and ice bullet in the morning.
2. I know there is light at the end of the tunnel but I don't know how long the tunnel is.
3. Last night's meeting makes me feel good about planning in my community.
4. I can't wait for the NC State/Carolina basketball game tomorrow night... State's win over #2 Duke makes me excited to be a State fan.
5. It's a good thing that I am okay with cold coffee as I don't seem to have time to drink it while it's hot.
 
1. The Buckeyes won the National Championship. It is a good day.
2. I have a night meeting. I must remember number 1....
3. Busy, busy, busy.
4. I would like to sleep for 14 hours one night.
5. I am pretty sure that will be three days total for me though....
 
1) It might be cold, but at least the sun is out today!
2) Ordered a FitBit Charge HR. Doctor recommended that I get a heart monitor.
3) While I am happy that a big ten team won the NCAA national football championship, I can't bring my self to cheer for the nuts.
4) I really need to find a wall calendar that I like. Mine runs out at the end of the month
5) We found a new nanny. Our old one got a full time job at a bank near her house. The new one is awesome although I do worry that a nonprofit or other fundraising group will hire her out from under us. Her resume is super impressive and my wife wants to adopt her (she is 19)
 
1. I like the taste of malt, well, except the alcoholic beverages.
2. A sunny day after a bad weather day seems to bring out the worst in drivers.
3. My assistant said that my shoes are geeky. I bought them in Target men's department.
4. I like chukka boots.
5. I'm daydreaming about warmer days.
 
1. I'm mortally tired of being a parent today
2. Feel like I'm on the brink of doing something rash
3. I've probably had flan before but I can't recall when
4. I dunno
5. Wish it was Friday, but then I've got a show to do on Saturday so there's no relief there either.
 
1) I was up until after midnight working on the Kitchen. Made great progress though.
2) Member of City Council is micromanaging again.
3) Way too much on my plate this week.
4) Met a new neighbor yesterday. He locked himself out of his apartment, without his cell phone, a coat, or shoes. He came over used my phone and I gave him a cup of coffee.
5) One of the seagulls e-mailed me at 8pm on a Saturday to "inform" me of something and wanted me to call him. AH, no buddy, we have court on Wednesday... tell it to the judge.
 
1. Threw my neck out yesterday. ow
2. Took the day off too. Spent much of it on heavy duty muscle relaxants
3. It's nice seeing light in the sky once again on morning commutes
4. No one did anything for me while I was gone. Fortunately, I wasn't burdened with high expectations
5. It's nice not having every freakin' night of the week filled with some duty or obligation.
 
1. Commission meeting today, or as we call it here, "The Big Show"
2. My seagulls seem to come in when they're done with or in between sessions with the commissioners - nothing yet.
3. One seagull is trying to get the state to declare a flood fill permit is needed for the judges house.
4. Writing up a training session on junkyard regulations - fun!
5. The wife and kids are already planning the garden for spring. Maybe I'll find that other thread to post more.
 
1. Today is a loaves and fishes office snack day. :)
2. My pencil once was lost, but now is found.
3. The winter weather advisory is cancelled.
4. Somebody's last day is today, and he's moving to greener pastures.
5. I'm going to ask my assistant to toast the ham sandwich I brought for lunch.
 
1. Groundbreaking on project in an hour
2. Sometimes the lack of communication is deafening
3. The Girl's broken pinky required a cast, partially thanks to the inept urgent care facility we visited Sunday when it happened
4. Lots to do before Sunday
5. There's good beer waiting for me at the house (see winter brew exchange thread)
 
1. I am tired.
2. I am seriously tired.
3. It seems I can't be untired.
4. I just am not sleeping well.
5. Maybe it is my mattress.
 
1. I think I can handle 70+ degrees in January. :)
2. Too bad it won't last long. Supposed to snow on Saturday.
3. That's Denver for ya.
4. Gonna visit some friends with a new baby this evening.
5. Looking forward to some baby-free time with the wifey on Friday.
 
  1. I really like Dickies jeans
  2. one cannot have too many coats
  3. the winter sun angle sends rays to the darkest reaches of my house
  4. someone ran up a huge power bill over the holidays
  5. i traded in my passat for a Tig
 
1. Behind on timesheets. Grrrrr
2. Yesterday was a much needed snow day. I've had two during my working career
3. Amazing how quickly crews got things cleared up once it stopped snowing
4. I'm watching the series 'Chuck' on dvd
5. I'm sorry for everything I said wrong
 
1) It's snowing again.
2) I am not feeling all that great and probably should not have come into work today.
3) Watched an episode of Tiny House Nation... interesting concept for a glorified mobile home.
4) I changed the way I take showers... after I finish washing, I turn the water as cold as I can stand it for 30 seconds, then turn it hot again for 30 seconds, then cold again for 30 seconds, then I get out. It wakes me up.
5) Looking at the calendar, this is going to be a very busy month.
 
1. Had an unexpected 3 day weekend due to snow/ice.
2. Back at work today but wish I were still home.
3. Catching up on paperwork and reporting since the project from hell is 99.9% complete and I am not responding to the whiners in that building anymore.
4. I need another cup of coffee.
5. Debating whether or not to go to the Devils vs. Senators game tonight.
 
1. The winds of change are blowing & I have given a 3-week notice
2. Back stiffen up yesterday and its painful - I feel so old sometimes
3. February is a busy birthday month in our family (4 people + valentines), November is equally busy
4. Seagull at last night's meeting argued we didn't need the CDBG required Language Access Plan because you should speak English
5. Yes kjel you should go to the game
 
Planit said:
1. The winds of change are blowing & I have given a 3-week notice
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Wait! Planit, you don't get to just DROP that in the 5 things thread, dude. What's the deal-ee-o? You're finally coming to work with me in Utah? Yay! ;)

...or, seriously, did I miss the news somewhere else? I haven't been able to keep up with my Cyburbian reading as much as I like.....
 
1. Planit!!
2. I'm going to do my report writing at a table at Dunkin Donuts
3. I don't think I'd ever want to own a red car
4. My daughter's roommate hit and dented her car, didn't tell her, and couldn't understand why my daughter called the police
5. We watched a car slide backwards, fast, down a steep street that was covered in ice. One jogger in Pittsburgh should be thanking a higher power that he wasn't hit by that car.
 
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