QOTD- Pre-surgery we used to go for the seafood buffet. But it's a waste now, since neither one of us can eat very much. Plus I hate the smoke, since it is an Native American casino you can smoke pretty much any where. And the non-smoking section doesn't have the good slots.

I got the job done that was due yesterday, so I'm on a roll. I over think everything, and worry too much about this stuff. I have another job I need to get done today.

I'm looking for a new series to binge, I finished Only Murders in the Building, and Ghosts UK. Waiting for the new season of The Cleaner on Britbox. Any suggestions?

Have a great day everyone!

QOTD- At one time I wanted to be Alexandra or my middle name Anne. Neither one stuck, and when I was a kid they called me Julie and I absolutely despise that, so now I'm Julia and will correct people if they call me anything else.

I got rid of one horrible project and hopefully I can get the date moved on the next one. It's hard to design something when the job to feed it is not done. The count does not magically get there, it has to follow the cable...OK enough I'm sure no one wants to know about telecom design.

I just paid off my Costco Visa card, it feels so good. Now I can start paying down the Chase card. As long as Elon does not f**k with my social security I'm good. When I'm done paying off my credit card I will think about saving for an actual vacation. I'm not sure I remember what that is. Last time I tried to go was the start of the pandemic and they closed down Disneyland so we basically flew down found out it was closing and flew back. I did get a refund on the 3 day ticket and we were afraid that they would shut down all the flights so we got the next one home. That and it was raining so hard we were soaked to the skin and there really isn't any place to get out of the rain. Worst non-vacation ever.

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QOTD- Absolutely speak to animals.

I got to dry my sheets outside on Saturday. I love the smell of clothes dried outside. I went to the store for plants I got 3 types of tomatoes, lemon cucumbers, red pepper, an artichoke and some annuals. Now I just need to get them in the ground. It was rainy yesterday so at least they are watered. It supposed to clear on Wednesday & Thursday so I'll get them planted then.

Still trying to get the last door on the pantry I bought. Then I will need an extension cord so I can move the espresso machine and coffee grinder. I may have one that will work but I need to figure it out. Beware of furniture that requires assembly.

I didn't make it to a movie but I may go today or tomorrow. I have a counseling appointment today, I'm hoping my other meeting doesn't run late.

I rescheduled my little girl kitties appointment to Thursday, hopefully this time I will be able to get her in the carrier without any mortal wounds to either of us.

Work is calling. Have a great day everyone!

QOTD- I'm not sure how old I was but my Mom thought I needed a pixie cut. I hated it and will never go back.

I've been really busy at work and finally got this hairy job done. It was a pain to figure out and ended up being more than I thought it would be. But it's done. So move on to the next one and the one after that...and so on... We've hired a couple more engineers but they won't start until the 21st. So maybe the work load will even out. I don't multitask anymore. I do one at a time and move on when it's done.

Just when I thought the chances of frost were pretty much nil there was a frost advisory for last night. I was talking with my roommate about buying veggie plants and he asked about frost, and I told when they start selling the plants the risk is pretty low, so I was wrong.

I got a mani pedi last night so my nails and toes are happy. Not much else going on.

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QOTD- Baking bread.

I got one job done yesterday and I have to get another one out today. Then the big one is due Friday. I hate feeling pressured to get them done. But that is what happens now. Production, production production.

I take my kitties in for their shots today. Wish me luck, I brought out the carriers yesterday and one of them actually crawled in. So I'm hoping it won't be much or a struggle.

Nothing exciting going on here.

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QOTD- Chocolate and pb cups, or rocky road. I bought a small one of the choc pb and ate too much. It was bad. Lesson learned hopefully.

There is this pretty grey tabby that has been hanging around, he's an intact male and sprays. He sits on the other side of the sliding glass door and looks in the house. I feel bad for him, he doesn't let me get close to him, so he's probably been abandoned. I was going to check with my vet to see if anyone is missing him. I got pictures of him. He knows what a cat door is since he went in my neighbors house, he was looking for food. I'm not going to feed him, or he won't go away. Any ideas? I was going to see if I could borrow a live trap, but I don't know where I would take him if I caught him. There is also a black and white male that is coming around too. I think someone dumped them.

It's supposed to get up to 77 today, it's that time between heating and A/C. Heat in the morning and A/C in the afternoon.

I've gotta get back to work.

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QOTD- I qui****ching the news after 9/11, I could not stand to watch those buildings collapse another time. The only time I tune in is when the weather is bad. I watch KPTV 12, it's a Fox affiliate but I like the people on there and when the weather is bad they pretty much do weather and traffic all day.

Currently 42 degrees, not terrible for the first day of Spring. It's supposed to rain for the next 4 days but it looks like we might hit 73 on Tuesday.

Jim sorry about the rabbits, the scourge that I have is squirrels. The first year I was here they ate all of my strawberries. I bought some mesh and the bendy poles that go with it and so far so good. I actually had strawberries last year. I've given up on corn they dig them up and eat the seed. They haven't bothered any of the bulbs.

Someone puked on the duvet cover last night, so it's in the dryer and the down comforter is in the washer. I still love my kitties though.

I bought this cat bed that goes in the Kallax shelf unit. It's really cute, but so far they haven't used it. I can't get the photo to upload.

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QOTD- My garden last year wasn't successful. Mostly due to the hot temps and not having a good irrigation system. I live in town but have some raised beds and will plant this year, and put in a drip mist system. In my last house I had a wonderful garden in was in a small area but I managed to grow enough tomatoes to can and other veggies.

I had a Zoom counseling meeting on Tuesday I found out that a lot of us are struggling. I try not to watch the news or doom scroll but sometimes I can't help it. I also went to the eye doctor on Tuesday. I had a corneal tear and my eye was still feeling like I had something in it. The tear is gone but I have dry eyes, so drops are my friends.

I had chickens for a few years, I loved my chickens. They were more like pets than anything. I couldn't keep them safe so after losing 2 of them to raccoons I gave the last one to my neighbor. And having a persistent hawk try to carry them off. My smart chicken hid in the tomato plants. I kept wondering why the hawk was still hanging around. I even sprayed him with a hose to try and get him to leave. I don't eat eggs so I used to give them to my roommate or other people. I just wanted the chickens because I liked them. I would not have them again because there are too many predators. I was watching TV the other night and a big raccoon wandered through the yard. It's not the first time I've seen it either. Raccoons, possums, squirrels and a neighbor caught a cougar on her camera. That's mostly what I see on my cameras are animals.

Beautiful sunny day today, it makes you believe in spring!

Have a great day everyone!

QOTD- Languages would be good, I've tried Spanish and I suck at it.

Wind storm last night, I was lucky and the power didn't go out at my house but there are currently 1110 outages affecting almost 30,000 homes. I hate the wind, as a child I lived through the Columbus Day Storm here in Portland. The power was out for a week and the devastation was incredible. So I really don't like wind.

I am trying not to lose my temper but I've spent yesterday redoing a job for about the 20th time. I'm totally sick of it and about ready to pull my hair out. Hopefully I will survive this with most of my hair.

Nothing else going on, just work. I need a vacation, but no PTO so no vacation.

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QOTD- I don't think there should be micro-managing of people on SNAP. People are going to buy what they want. You can't force someone to eat healthy we all know that or we wouldn't be here. The sad thing is that the manufacturers put things in foods to make them more addictive.

I got my hair done yesterday and I get my nails done this afternoon.

My Mom has been having issues with her Credit Union. She's been unable to login for extended periods of time and with the MFA she can't get the code on her landline phone-it no longer calls her, and she isn't fast enough to get in from her email and put it in the login screen. They want me to be there with her, I'm not sure what I can do. I can remote into her computer and help her that way, but this is crazy. I told her to dump this credit union and go with mine, I've been a member since 1978 and have never had issues like this. She will be 90 in May and I realize she isn't very tech savvy any more, but it's so frustrating for her.

My friend from work just got a new puppy, a golden doodle. He's so adorable. Unfortunately he has pneumonia and may not make it. She's had him for less than 7 days and the seller should be responsible for the vet bills. Send her some good thoughts she really needs him to be OK.

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QOTD- There is a place here that raises reindeer. I remember going there as a kid. All of the usual but the elk look like big herds of cows standing out in the pastures. They are big, and it seems weird to see them out there in a herd. I was doing some work in Arizona looking at Google maps and the Google truck caught a road runner in mid stride it was cool. There are lots of weird things on Google maps street view.

I'm still not enjoying work, but I gotta make money so there you go. Still waiting for my Oregon tax refund. Initially they said they wouldn't be sending them out until 2/15 and the last time I checked they said 2/18 so I'm still waiting... It's just going to pay my credit cards so it's not like I'm in dire need or anything. It's just frustrating, as I really don't have any patience.

I'm going to attempt to make Alfredo sauce today. It will be shrimp and scallop fettucine. Wish me luck!

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QOTD- I have a hybrid and I'm not sure I would want an all electric car. Not enough charging stations and they are expensive.

We have more snow today, it's supposed to turn to freezing rain later today. We've only got about 2" here but other areas have more. It's supposed to warm up so hopefully this will be gone by tomorrow.

Work is still a pain, everything keeps changing and nothing seems to be good enough. Just so frustrating... If I can survive for the next 18 months I should be able to pay off my bills and then maybe retire or just work part time. I used my federal tax refund to pay down one of my credit cards, and I'm doing the same with my Social Security checks.

I made a lovely minestrone soup yesterday but ended up not feeling well enough to eat it. So I'm heating it up for lunch today.

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QOTD- No, I downsized a lot when I moved to Maui but not enough.

Waiting for the snow to show or not. It's cold but no white stuff 28 right now it's supposed to get up to 42 today. The forecast is for snow Wednesday and Thursday but if it comes it won't last long.

It was a horrible night for sleep, I woke at 1 and the cats wouldn't settle down again. So very little sleep was had. I hate that.

Lots of pressure to be productive at work, but I can't seem to get enthused about it. I really just want to retire.

I never heard if the ground hog saw their shadow, but I'm assuming it did. My daffodils think it is spring, they are looking like they want to bloom, and the tulips are coming up too. I also have some violets blooming.

Coffee is calling my name.

Have a great day everyone!