Let Sleeping Dogs Rant

[TBoneTX 47,923]

13 hours ago, Ontarkie said:

Mini- B is old enough to make sure miu is taken care of properly. He can get good advice from you. 

Unfortunately, neither he nor ex-Mrs.-T-B. will listen to us about this, confirmed today sigh we man.

Mama T-B. fully agrees with our conclusion of "poor miu," si and sigh man.

[TBoneTX 47,923]

12 hours ago, Ontarkie said:

My son, daughter in law and new granddaughter are moving to Arkansas on Friday.

They need to surrender their teeth at the state line, si D ma'am.

[TBoneTX 47,923]

Thrilling Sunday-on-Monday report, see man:

 

New HSM worked wonderfully well overnight, hopeful we man.

We were looking forward to a relaxing, normal Sunday, foresee we man.

That got blown to pieces by Many (2x2x2 +2) a.m.,   man.

 

Ex-Mrs.-T-B. called to lobby us to awaken Mini-B. so she could take him to her new gym,  we man.

Then she awakened Mini-B. to lobby him directly, infuriating typical dual overkill by ex-she man man.

Mini-B. wanted to sleep, up late and agree we man.

 

We had just begun warshering our bed-blanket, overdue man.

Uncle T-B. left phone message #1 about his mobility scooter not working, upset senior he man man.

 

Then, Mama T-B. called, aysheep senior she man man.

She reported that hormigas del fuego had bitten her in Many (2+1) places, fire ants man!

They had somehow gotten into her room and climbed the sheets, latter dragging on floor man.

Mama T-B. was further aysheep about her computer, dormant at our casa man.

She insisted on knowing today how much money she had in ALL of her accounts,  man.

We asked ex-Mrs.-T-B. to come immediately to fire up Mama T-B.'s computer, know-nothing we man.

She said, "I'll be over after I change, si man!", si man.

 

Over half an hour later, ex-Mrs.-T-B. shows up, finally man.

Mama T-B. was calling us for the Many'rd time about the same topic, bulldoggish senior she man.

We told her for the Many,000th time that ex-Mrs.-T-B. was on her way,  man.

Uncle T-B. left second message about scooter not working, upset senior he man man.

 

Ex-Mrs.-T-B. & Mini-B. activated the computer, thank the Great Sky-Chimp man.

They coordinated printing with our printer, even better man.

Mama T-B. finally mollified, mollified senior she man man.

Mama T-B. gave us a shopping list and wanted to see us, si man.

 

We finally warshered the bed sheets and got Mini-B. to help us remake the beds, finally man.

 

Lunch for Mini-B. was PB&J sandwiches, ingest wee man.

Lunch for us was 2 corn dogs, no longer a Major or any Food Group for Mini-B. man.   

Ex-Mrs.-T-B. was urging Mini-B. to hurry so they could go to the "jeem," shut UP ex-she man man.

 

By now, HSM had lost effect, ow ow ow OW OW man.

 

Ex-Mrs.-T-B. & Mini-B. left, bye man.

We swung into action, swing we man.

 

We finally took our morning shower, already 2 p.m. man.

We warshered Mini-B.'s LL, warsher we man.

We went to retrieve 2 Rx's, mollify we man senior she man man.

We went to Dollar-Plus-Half-of-Half-a-Dollar Tree for Mama T-B., go we man.

We returned Rollator to casa of chatterbox Cousinette, long-term loan man.

We intentionally did NOT off-tip Cousinette beforehand, NO man.

We called her afterward to tell her, only way to be able to cut off her yakking man.

 

We returned to the casa with a splitting headache, split-headed we man.

Mini-B. was already back and was gaming with an amigo, game wee men man.

Uncle T-B. left Many'rd message about malfunctioning scooter, upset senior he man man.

We lay down for a siesta, foolish to even try man.

We were too jacked up and our hip was screaming, Are You Hip we man.

Siesta was a complete failure, no zzz for we man man.

We baked/folded Mini-B.'s LL, bake fold we man.

 

Ex-Mrs.-T-B. showed back up at din-din time, impatient ex-she man man.

Din-din for Mini-B. was onecan of Aldi chili, ingest wee man.

Din-din for us was toucans of Progresso soup*, ingest we man.

     *bought separately at recent ESs, financially savvy we man

 

We insisted that Mini-B. closet & dresser his clothes, minimal casa responsibility for wee man man.

Mini-B. did this while ex-Mrs.-T-B. mildly fumed and then waited in the ex-Mrs.-T-B.-mobile, wait she man.

 

Mini-B. took some time with his clothes and collecting his stuff, lots of both man.

Ex-Mrs.-T-B. was quite displeased, can't understand we man ex-she man's hurry man.

Uncle T-B. left Many'th phone message about nonworking scooter, upset senior he man man.

We said goodbye to Mini-B., end of Two Guys week man.

Mini-B. looked harassed by ex-Mrs.-T-B., harassed wee man man.

 

We called Mama T-B. to ask if she still wanted a visit, by now Many (2+2+2+1) p.m. man.

Mama T-B. said to wait till Monday and then went into a long litany of stuff, abide it we man.

Finally warshered/baked/folded our Many'th (2+2th) and final LL, finally and  man.

Researched scooters for Uncle T-B., too many choices man.

 

No party with the rubias, no cavort and are you kidding man.

Must find scooter for Uncle T-B. on Monday, find we man.

Must visit Mama T-B., much to collect and not forget to bring man.

And that was/is our thrilling Sunday, report we man.

[TBoneTX 47,923]

Scintillating Monday repartee, yawn man.

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Thrilling Monday-on-Tuesday report, see man:

 

Bedtime HSM worked pretty well again, praise the Great Sky-Chimp man.

 

We spent the a.m. trying to find a mobility scooter for Uncle T-B., spend we man.

Mama T-B. was aysheep about several things, aysheep senior she man.

She went even more aysheep when she learned what we were doing, Where Are Your Priorities man.

Our priority is to get Uncle T-B. off our back, aysheep senior he man.

 

Breakfast/lunch was 2 hard-boiled eggs, ingest we man.

 

After much caucusing with scooter lady, determined that Uncle T-B. needs a Many-wheeler, not a Many-wheeler, si and sigh and  and lady can't help us within price-range man.   

 

Visited Mama T-B., visit we man senior she man man.

She refused 2 items that she had requested and we'd done our inexact best on, particular senior she man.

Mama T-B. was doing personal-financial calculations in her head, financially savvy senior she man man.

She knows -- and wants to know -- where every dime of hers has gone, is going, and will go, $i man.

We, conversely, use $Many00 bills to light cigars as a parlor trick, $ucce$$ful bu$ine$$ typhoon* we man.

     *in the POTS** business, $i man

     **order yours today, si man!

 

Left after 2 hours, exhausted senior she man and we man man.

Went to Costco, just before evening peak traffic man.

Got Many (2+2+1) items, Many (2+2) of which were on sale, financially savvy we man.

Returned to casa to minister to demanding miu, serve miu we man man.

 

Din-din was Many pieces of the rotisserie chicken that Mini-B. had spurned, might as well eat it all we man man.

A siesta was moderately successful until the thunderstorm monsoon, split-earing thunder man.

Searched further for scooters, drudgery man.

 

No party with the rubias tonight, no cavort we man.

Must take Uncle T-B. to doctor on Tuesday, routine visit man.

Nothing formal planned otherwise, schedule will end up being shot no matter what man.

And that was/is our thrilling Monday, report we man.

[TBoneTX 47,923]

Scintillating Tuesday repartee, yawn man.

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Thrilling Tuesday report, see man:

 

Bedtime HSM worked quite well, relieved we man.

 

Took Uncle T-B. to doctor, si man.

Went to lunch at new Chinese place under soft opening, sit-down man.

Plates were quite filling, ingest we and Uncle T-B. man.

 

Siesta quite satisfying, zzz we man.

Thoroughly brushed miu, satisfied miu man.

 

Continued mobility-scooter research, research we man.

Think we've found one, used and less than half regular price and better than Uncle T-B.'s current one man.

Plan to see & probably buy it on Wednesday, plan we man.

 

Din-din was onecan of Chunky soup*, ingest we man.

     *bought at down-closing supermarket, financially savvy we man

 

No party with the rubias tonight, need to recruit new cavortees we man.

See scooter on Wednesday, see we man.

Two Guys eve with Mini-B., Two Guys man.

Mama T-B.'s CD matures on Wed., sure to go aysheep about reinvestment options senior she man man.

And that was/is our thrilling Tuesday, report we man.

Edited August 20 by TBoneTX

[TBoneTX 47,923]

Scintillating Wednesday repartee, yawn man.

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Thrilling Wednesday report, see man:

 

Mama T-B. and ex-Mrs.-T-B. awoke us at o'dark-Many with texts,  man.

Nevertheless, bedtime HSM seemed to work again, minimal ow we man.

 

Breakfast was 2 hard-boiled eggs, ingest we man.

 

Went to scooter place, long drive with tolls man.

Very helpful folks, glee man.

Used scooter in excellent shape, perfect and bought it for Uncle T-B. man.

New batteries installed at a discount, financially savvy we man.

Same-day delivery and free haul-off of old scooter, couldn't be better man.

Except for arm/handle angle, Uncle T-B. very well pleased, thank the Great Sky-Chimp we man.

 

Researched short-term CDs for Mama T-B., all top rates about the same man.

Attempted siesta failed,  man.

 

Mini-B. appeared for Two Guys eve, Two Guys man.

For din-din, a Many-inch 'roni 'za was ordered (and picked up during skool-release hours), si and  man.

Most of aforementioned 'za consumed, ingest Two Guys man.

Mini-B. played V.R. on his Oculus while we siesta'd, finally zzz* we man.

     *but still with PTSD-type dreams about vacating Mama T-B.'s casa, this needs to end man

Movie night was a Breaking Bad episode, only a few of these left man.

No popcorn was consumed, stuffed-from-'roni-'za Two Guys man.

Mini-B. returned in timely fashion, end of Two Guys eve man.   

 

Took tearful call from Mama T-B., still at end of rope senior she man man.   

Resisted Living head nooser is a first-class illegitimate female child, not just Mama T-B.'s opinion man.

Going to have landline service established in Mama T-B.'s room on Thursday, aysheep senior she man.

She can't grasp that the phone co. will call the day of with service window, no earlier advance notice man.

 

No party with the rubias, no cavort we man.

Must have phone/modem supplies and financial findings ready to go on short notice, prepare we man.

And that was/is our thrilling Wednesday, report we man.

[TBoneTX 47,923]

Scintillating Thursday repartee, yawn man.

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Thrilling Thursday report, see man:

 

Mini-B. stayed home from skool because of gastric distress, too much 'za wee man man.

Ex-Mrs.-T-B. reported that he had also consumed it during skool lunch on Wed., explains much man.

 

We were partially caffeinated and not otherwise ready when the phone rang, ring we man.

Phone guy was ready to activate Mama T-B.'s landline at new casa, short notice man.

We beat it over there, bleary unshowered we man.

Guy established service without too much trouble, capable he man.

 

We spent a total of Many-&-a-half hours doing the following with Mama T-B., see man:

 -- supervising phone guy, see man

 -- discussing Many-month CDs, discuss we man

 -- discussing high-yield savings accounts, discuss we man

 -- hearing Mama T-B. justifiably beef about Head Nooser, illegitimate female child latter she man man

 -- chatting with hospice social-worker, engaged/engaging she man

 -- rehashing everything beforehand, interminable man

 

Breakfast was Mama T-B.'s cold leftovers, ingest we man.

Lunch was Mama T-B.'s unwanted portions, ingest we man.

 

Returned to casa at half-past 1, day shot man.

Lunched insistent miu, lunch miu we man.

Went straight to siesta, zzz we man.

Awoke prematurely because of hip pain,  man.

 

Din-din was the remaining Many (2+2) slices of 'roni 'za, ingest we man.

 

Researched more high-yield savings rates, research we man.

Asked ChatGPT several tax-related questions, banking issues man.

Phoned Mama T-B. about H-YS rates, phone we man senior she man man.

Need to create "NO VISITORS" sign for Mama T-B.'s door, exhausted senior she man man.

 

Thoroughly brushed miu, brush miu thoroughly we man.

Abided monsoon with deafening thunder, How Dry We Aren't man.

 

No party with the rubias tonight, no cavort we man.

We have itineraried 2 ESs for Friday, itinerary we man.

More occur on Saturday, itinerary later we man.

And that was/is our thrilling Thursday, report we man.

[TBoneTX 47,923]

Friday ES report, see man:

16 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

We have itineraried 2 ESs for Friday, itinerary we man.

We attended both, honorable we man.

Both were worth visiting, si man.

However, we found nothing, no man.

Total = $0

[TBoneTX 47,923]

Thrilling Friday non-ES report, see man:

 

Hip was OK when we awoke but got far worse later, ow ow OW OW OW man.

Miu was surprisingly energetic in the a.m., energetic miu man.

Had to brush her and play vigorously with her, interactive miu man.

 

Breakfast/lunch (at half-past 2 p.m.) was 2 turkey sandwiches, ingest we man.

After ES-ing, groceried for Two Guys week, grocery we man.

 

Mama T-B. needed us, needy senior she man.

Spent Many hours there, multiple tasks man.

She has less-than-zero quality of life,  man.

 

Din-din was more than half of Mama T-B.'s din-din, ingest we man.

 

Siesta'd late, zzz we man.

 

No party with the rubias tonight, no cavort we man.

We have itineraried 2 ESs with 2 more's addresses not to be revealed till Saturday morn,  man.

Might attend a Many'th in Favorite Medium-Sized Town, depends when we get going man.

This would enable stopping in FST on way back, optimal man.

And that was/is our thrilling Friday, report we man.

[TBoneTX 47,923]

Saturday ES report, see man:

 

19 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

We have itineraried 2 ESs with 2 more's addresses not to be revealed till Saturday morn,  man.

Might attend a Many'th in Favorite Medium-Sized Town, depends when we get going man.

We attended 2 ESs only, OK man.

We originally had favorite medium-sized town ES itineraried last, closing at 2 p.m. man.

We got late start and decided to reverse the itinerary, FM-ST ES first man.

We then attended the next-to-last ES, logical reverse route man.

 

Each ES yielded the take, see man:

 -- short pants in our new size = $1, steal man

 -- pack construction paper = $1, deal man

Total = $2

[TBoneTX 47,923]

Thrilling Saturday-on-Sunday non-ES report, see man:

 

Got late start consequent to various phone calls, popular we man.

 

Per above, headed on ES itinerary, head we man.

Breakfast/lunch/din-din was at noon at only Chinese buffet in favorite medium-sized town, si man.

We consumed Many (2+1) plates heaped with beef & chicken, ingest we man.

The price has risen by $Many ($2+2) -- si man, $Many ($2+2) -- outrageous man!  

 

Went to Tractor Supply next door, contiguous man.

Got 2 jugs of "Paws & Claws" miu-litter, only one of two brands worth a poop* man.

     *unintended pun now intended, hee hee hee man

Went to ES, q.v. above man.

 

Headed for FST, on route back man.

Scored deals at FST supermarket, financially savvy we man.   

Also got jug of "Paws" miu-litter, the other only one of two brands worth a poop* man.

     *unintended pun now intended, hee hee hee man

 

Hit last ES, hit we man.

Got tired and headed for casa, tired we man.

Retrieved and delivered Rx for Uncle T-B., service-oriented we man.

 

Returned to casa and serviced expectant miu, service we man.

Showered and wanted to siesta, tired we man.

However, our yard TexMex dude was doing his thing, deafening racket man.

Went to do favor for someone else, altruistic we man.

 

Finally tried to siesta, failed because of hip pain man.  

 

Snack during late TV news was onecan of green beans, ingest we man.

 

No party with the rubias tonight, no cavort we man.

No major Sunday plans except perhaps an ES, unmotivated we man.

And that was/is our thrilling Saturday, report we man.

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9 minutes ago, Ban Hammer said:

So behave yourself, inferior primate!

[TBoneTX 47,923]

Thrilling Sunday report, see man:

 

Hip was better than usual most of the time, be thankful for little crumbs of happiness we man.

Miu was aysheep all day and even escaped outside briefly, catch escaped miu we man.

 

Ran errands, errand we man.

Breakfast/lunch/din-din (at nearly Many p.m.) was Subway*, ingest we man.

     *bought WUOC + gift card, financially savvy we man

A mostly successful siesta was taken, zzz we man.

 

Single LL was conquered and the warsher dished/de-dished, domestic we man.

 

Went to pick up Mini-B. for Two Guys week, Two Guys man.

Met the new miu, came home Saturday and worried about its care we man.

He's a little orange tabby, Many (2+2) months old and weaned, adorable little orange boy man.

Mini-B. had been spending much time with him, good thing man.

Ex-Mrs.-T-B. purchased all supplies except for a brush and a dangly-toy, inexperienced ex-she man man.

Mini-miu seems to be adjusting, active but still hiding man.

He's so cute and little, cute mini-miu man.

Mini-B. wants to bus home from skool to that casa in order to check on mini-miu, parental wee man man.

We are smitten by our new Grandmiu, smitten we man.

 

Movie night was 2 Breaking Bad episodes, only a few more left man.

Many (2+2) bowls of Costco popcorn were consumed, ingest Two Guys man.

This goes a long way toward weekly quota, confident we man.

 

Afterward, Mini-B. asked for a sheet of paper to do a skool assignment, curious time to begin it man.

We heard banging and thumping from his room, obviously upset wee man man.

He then came downstairs with a bunch of his pencils snapped in half, destructive wee man man.

He's more than an hour overdue to be embedded, trashed-tomorrow wee man man.

And ex-Mrs.-T-B. had asked him about hoamwurk, grill ex-she man wee man man.

Mini-B. cannot continue these casual last-minute antics in hyskool, no man.

We aren't sure of the best way to get this across, ideas solicited man.

 

No party with the rubias tonight, no cavort we man.

And that was/is our thrilling Sunday, report we man.

[TBoneTX 47,923]

Scintillating Monday repartee, yawn man.

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Thrilling Monday report, see man:

 

Mini-B. got to bed fully 2 hours late,  man.

He paid for it today, groggy wee man man.

 

We took our BP meds as usual, ingest we man.

They hosed us, too-low BP man.

We were lifeless all day, real struggle man.

Wanted only to zzz but couldn't, see below man.

 

Lunch was Modified Tuna Glop*, ingest we man.

     *total cost of components = less than $Many, financially savvy we man

 

Wanted desperately to zzz but got call from Mama T-B., desperate senior she man.

We brought supplies and did requested reorganization of her meager possessions, reorg we man.

Stayed for about an hour, stay we man.

 

Mini-B. de-skoolbussed at ex-Mrs.-T-B.'s casa, check on new miu man.

We were able to zzz for an hour, blessed zzz we man.

Mini-B. cranky upon arrival, cranky wee man man.

Ex-Mrs.-T-B. had yelled at him for staying up too late AND failing a Biology test,  ex-she man man.

We lacked energy to yell but made the same points, unified parental front man.

 

Din-din was bagged salad + hot dogs, ingest Two Guys man.

Mini-B. then hastily adjourned to his room to avoid more lectures, absented wee man man.

 

We found a way to check Mini-B.'s skool test/assignment scores, mostly pretty awful man.

When we checked on Mini-B., he was sprawled across his bed zzz-ing, BIG surprise man.

We asked him nonaccusingly about the status of/reasons behind what we'd seen, ask we man.

He pretty much admitted what sounded like the truth, trust we man wee man man.

Maybe he will turn over a new leaf, turn-leafing wee man man.

 

Movie night was another Breaking Bad episode, watch Two Guys man.

Many (2+1) bowls of Costco popcorn were consumed, ingest Two Guys man.

This tallies to Many (2+2+2+1) for the week already, well on way to quota man.

 

No party with the rubias tonight, no cavort we man.

Parent Night at Mini-B.'s skool on Tuesday eve, plan attendance we and ex-she man man.

And that was/is our thrilling Monday, report we man.