What's up?

[geonuc]

We just arrived back from over the pond! Thanks for thinking of me.

The trip was actually about the best thing that could have helped my leg's healing. I was forced to stay active, and it got noticeably stronger throughout the week. I look forward to walking in to work again next week.

I'll post updates after a good night's sleep. (I couldn't figure out why spellcheck was telling me the word "udpates" was wrong. It looked fine to me.)

Looking forward to your trip report.

And you're on Instagram now!

Yes, and I have to admit I don't really know how that works. I don't have facebook on my phone so I didn't check it or post at all during vacation. But I do have instagram, which I use to follow my niece's art and Celeste Barber. (Check her out, seriously.) I also follow my college roommate and my sister, so I figured I'd post some for their sake. But I guess instagram and fb are somehow linked, so people I'm fb friends with can find my instagram?

I don't have fb on my phone for security reasons, so I guess I shouldn't have instagram either.

Anywhoo, pics to come....

Facebook owns Instagram but I don't think FB friends automatically get IG access.

Then I'm not sure how various people that I've never reached out to on IG, but are my fb friends, are following me. But whatever. I signed up to be fb's product so they can do with me what they choose!

Facebook informs people when their FB friends are on IG, but they still have to poke the 'follow' button to get your IG posts in their feed.

[geonuc]

And sorry for the delay in pictures. I haven't found an easy way to get them posted here. What I've done in the past is opened each in Paint (yes, I still use that) and resized them to meet the 600 pixel maximum. I have to be on the right hardware that has Paint. Is there another, simpler way to post pictures? That's not a big deal for one, but I have multiple that I want to share.

You could just post them to Instagram.

[pumpkinpi]

Oh, I'd better get around to posting the pics, shouldn't I.

Well, here's a different one. Is it crazy of me that my color labeling of gmail folders in my to do list section had gotten so out of hand that I had to rename the labels in rainbow order? For example, I had made Apollo blue, and to keep it blue I had to assign it to 4.

[pumpkinpi]

I wonder what makes a cat think, "Ok, I've been sleeping on my perch alone long enough. Now it's time for me to snuggle in your lap, even though you have a computer there"?

[Thumper]

That's their "helpful office assistant mode" kicking in.

[pumpkinpi]

Othewise known as, it's 10pm and time for you to stop working.

[Thumper]

[geonuc]

Kitty is right. As kitty always is.

[Thumper]

Got home late after TKD class and started mowing. I mowed my @ss off. I was only hoping to get half done. Then I got stuck. That just motivated me. It's due to rain from late last night until Saturday mid day. So I just mowed everything. It was good and dark when I finished. Thankfully the mower beast has lights. I'd push mowed a couple times but this was the first time with the Grasshopper. There were places where it was surely a foot tall.

[geonuc]

When ya gotta mow, ya gotta mow.

[Thumper]

Grass don't wait for nobody.

[SciFiFisher]

Othewise known as, it's 10pm and time for you to stop working.

I agree with the cat.

[Thumper]

I was done mowing by 10:00pm...

[SciFiFisher]

I was done mowing by 10:00pm...

You probably missed a section.

[Thumper]

The light of day will surely let us know...

[SciFiFisher]

The light of day will surely let us know...

[geonuc]

So I picked up some eggs from a local foodie who has a large herd of chickens. Farm fresh eggs, as it were. She's really friendly and likes to inform folks about her eggs. I did not know, for example, that eggs are laid with a 'bloom' on the shell that helps to keep bacteria out. If you wash eggs, you remove that protective layer.

[Thumper]

Yep, I've heard that. The vigorous washing that most commercial eggs goes through does nothing and could actually make your eggs less safe and more susceptible to bacteria.

[SciFiFisher]

Yep, I've heard that. The vigorous washing that most commercial eggs goes through does nothing and could actually make your eggs less safe and more susceptible to bacteria.

Yes, but then they have justification for telling you the eggs expire in 30 days and you should replace them.

[Loresinger]

well, then you single serve freeze them in ice cube trays. Pop them into a zippy after and use as needed LOL

[Thumper]

Nothing makes an area a grass look more awful and unkempt than a patch of freshly mowed grass right next to it.

[SciFiFisher]

Nothing makes an area a grass look more awful and unkempt than a patch of freshly mowed grass right next to it.

With practice you can learn to ignore it.

[Thumper]

Gonna have to. Don't think I'll get the chance to get on the mower before we head to the Grand Canyon. It'll look really great by Mother's Day!

[Thumper]

Holy crap, I got the mowing done. It only poured on me for about 30 minutes. I did not get stuck but I did lay some spectacular muddy tracks. It was so wet and thick that I was shooting out basketball sized wads of grass and mud. But it's all done, until next week...

[geonuc]

You make us all proud.