The year 2020 is here!

White rabbits!

I can't believe a whole decade is gone!  :o

I can't believe a whole decade is gone!  :o


*in a van with some entity that embodies the 2010s, at the top of a cliff*
Y'know... I've come to realize a whole decade has passed, too. But the difference is... That for more than 40% of my life, I've had to be nothing short of overlooked. And that has required a TREMENDOUS.. amount of patience...
Goodbye, 2010s.

(I'm referencing something here, if you couldn't tell.)

I'm to hungry to think about it.  Think I'll eat this Olive in my Garden.

Hey you guys! I know it’s been forever, but I thought I’d stop by and say hi. I hope the new year and decade brings good things to you all! I miss you guys. I just have had different things going on in life, including a bunch of emotional stuff. But I hope you all are doing well, and if not than I’m sorry and hope things get better for you. I’ll try and stop by here some. But know that I do think of you guys a lot. My penguin family. 🐧

Hey you guys! I know it’s been forever, but I thought I’d stop by and say hi. I hope the new year and decade brings good things to you all! I miss you guys. I just have had different things going on in life, including a bunch of emotional stuff. But I hope you all are doing well, and if not than I’m sorry and hope things get better for you. I’ll try and stop by here some. But know that I do think of you guys a lot. My penguin family. 🐧


Hey Ripley. :)

I'm glad it's a new year! My new years promise or resolution is to be better than I am.... :)

you mean try harder to be better?

Hey Ripley. :)

Hey Howard  8)

Hey Howard  8)

I read your above post; glad to hear you're well. Always nice to see you here! (And on FB.) :)

Hey Howard  8)


How is everything with you?  :)

John is going to have to go to Ripen to get his truck and go back to work.  We got to eat at the Olive Garden and watch these shows with a green bugger and some fuss bucket who wouldn't take off his helmet.

John left this morning

On Wednesday of this week, my office staff is going out for lunch. (We were originally gonna do this on the 23rd of December, but one person got sick so we had to reschedule it for January 8.)

My computer had something blocking my internet connection

John is going to have to go to Ripen to get his truck and go back to work.  We got to eat at the Olive Garden and watch these shows with a green bugger and some fuss bucket who wouldn't take off his helmet.


I don’t understand this AT ALL.

I’m hoping 2021 will be my year!!

I don’t understand this AT ALL.



Her brother needed to go to a nearby town to pick up his truck

They had a meal in Olive Garden

Not sure on the last bit either

Still don’t get it.  What is Oliver Garden?

think you're seeing an extra r. 

Oliver Gaden?

I think it's pronounced as Olive Garden because there's no r in the name.

Olive Garden like karen said.  It is an Italian food restaurant 

Omg oops!! I love it there!!

spaghetti and Pepsi for me

Since I've written about my brother John being here, I have been through my stress cycle.  This time I let mom know about it.  I went back to feeling worthless  when I didn't have an Idea of what I might want to say about something.  So got through that and my mom mentioned plants so I'm back to making garden plans.  The area is all weedy so I'm thinking about pulling the sprouts and getting a bunch of seeds like maybe Johnny Jump ups  ( the skipper butterflys eat inch tall pansy so they should like these too). 

Olive Garden like karen said.  It is an Italian food restaurant 

That's right. I've been to a few such locations myself. :)

In fact, my coworkers and I went out to an Italian eatery for a luncheon today. We all had a good time together!

Belated Happy New Year to you all!

I have been online just to bring things up-to-date.

I will be back when things are less hectic, and will explain more then.

Belated Happy New Year to you all!

I have been online just to bring things up-to-date.

I will be back when things are less hectic, and will explain more then.

Belated Happy New Year

Belated Happy New Year to you all!

I have been online just to bring things up-to-date.

I will be back when things are less hectic, and will explain more then.


Good to see you, hopefully things are getting better.  :)

I remember years ago my dad told me that 2020 would be the year of the iPhone!

I remember I was going to tell you senor, may the force knee with you

I remember I was going to tell you senor, may the force knee with you


I doth protest!  May you not!!

I just want your knee to be better when you tripped on that sign

I just want your knee to be better when you tripped on that sign


Oh thank you!! I’m afraid it was amputated last night but my prayers are with you

that's cool

I got this message that Amazon says I should change my password because someone from another country got in to my account. 

Hey you guys! I know it’s been forever, but I thought I’d stop by and say hi. I hope the new year and decade brings good things to you all! I miss you guys. I just have had different things going on in life, including a bunch of emotional stuff. But I hope you all are doing well, and if not than I’m sorry and hope things get better for you. I’ll try and stop by here some. But know that I do think of you guys a lot. My penguin family. 🐧


I can't believe I missed this. Welcome back Ripley! Hope to see you again soon.

For the previous month and for this month we are having our my home refitted to look modern and better usable. So much of my time is spent elsewhere with relatives.

lets see, yesterday I was changed my Amazon password to imnotchangingmypasswordsoyoucanseewhatitis

lets see, yesterday I was changed my Amazon password to imnotchangingmypasswordsoyoucanseewhatitis


Thanks! I’m about to order a whole bunch of stuff under your account.

At work on Friday I changed my password. We were told to make them more complex.  Mine is so complex I've forgotten what it is, and I wanted to log in to my work e-mail to print some non-work stuff out that I had forwarded to it.

I will be alright on Monday as I have written my password down and hidden it in my desk!

At work on Friday I changed my password. We were told to make them more complex.  Mine is so complex I've forgotten what it is, and I wanted to log in to my work e-mail to print some non-work stuff out that I had forwarded to it.

I will be alright on Monday as I have written my password down and hidden it in my desk!

At work on Friday I changed my password. We were told to make them more complex.  Mine is so complex I've forgotten what it is, and I wanted to log in to my work e-mail to print some non-work stuff out that I had forwarded to it.

I will be alright on Monday as I have written my password down and hidden it in my desk!


Longer passwords are more secure than more 'complex' passwords. I sprinkle in the complex characters into whatever my regular password would have been, if the site asks for it. It is annoying though, the world would be better off if we mandated minimum 16 character limits instead of mandating one number, one complex character, one Greek character, or whatever.

My beautiful Electra has crossed the Rainbow Bridge at the age of 18 & 1/2 years.
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRYY22EbkeO8wNJXcjPoFzvi5tuNM129FT8BzeO1QKghDOOgXWJ&s


Cat

My beautiful Electra has crossed the Rainbow Bridge at the age of 18 & 1/2 years.
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRYY22EbkeO8wNJXcjPoFzvi5tuNM129FT8BzeO1QKghDOOgXWJ&s


Cat
Sorry to hear this, you must have many a fond years spent with Electra.

Sorry to hear this, you must have many a fond years spent with Electra.



Thanks. This is a video I did of her back in 2013-in her MUCH younger days.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_qwZruQTnc


Cat

My beautiful Electra has crossed the Rainbow Bridge at the age of 18 & 1/2 years.
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRYY22EbkeO8wNJXcjPoFzvi5tuNM129FT8BzeO1QKghDOOgXWJ&s


Cat

She lived a long good life, I'm sure. :\'(

My beautiful Electra has crossed the Rainbow Bridge at the age of 18 & 1/2 years.
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRYY22EbkeO8wNJXcjPoFzvi5tuNM129FT8BzeO1QKghDOOgXWJ&s


Cat


I'm sorry to hear that.  :\'(

I feel so stupid.  I posted here what I changed my amazon password to.  I hope I can change it again before any of you use it.

I feel so stupid.  I posted here what I changed my amazon password to.  I hope I can change it again before any of you use it.


I bought so much cool stuff with it!! Thanks!!

you're not welcome.  I needed the money to pay for some dental work

you're not welcome.  I needed the money to pay for some dental work


I can make you a set of wooden dentures if you want

no thanks

no thanks


Why not?? I’m a skilled craftsman! I made the original Pinocchio

Is that why your nose is growing?

So...just the usual is going on with me. Working during the week, still learning new things. Tomorrow will mark 4 years since I started the job that I'm now in. :)

last night I was just thinking, I haven't done anything with Paintshop Pro in a while.  Lets see if I can still use it.

LET'S GO CHIEFS!!!

THE CHIEFS ARE GOING TO THE SUPER BOWL!!!

:) :) :) :) ;)

^ yeah, Why are you yelling at us  >:(

^ yeah, Why are you yelling at us  >:(


Because the Chiefs are going to the Super Bowl!

okay that's cool that you're happy.  I'm not as big of a sports fan.

okay that's cool that you're happy.  I'm not as big of a sports fan.


Thank you.  :)

Because the Chiefs are going to the Super Bowl!

I'm happy for you and your team! :) 8)

I would feel that way, likewise, if one of my local sports team got to the championship round. (For example, the Dodgers reached the World Series in 2017 and '18, for the first times since 1988... but ended up losing it both times.)

Happy penguin awareness day

Today is National Pieburger Day.  Enjoy your pieburgers everyone!

Happy penguin awareness day

O0


i missed this one, for some unknown reason.

Since I had a day off yesterday from work (Monday), I had to go in today to make up for it. See, in my company, part-timers don't get paid holidays anymore (effective this year), which I do think is kinda lousy in a sense, but I deal with it just fine.

Since I had a day off yesterday from work (Monday), I had to go in today to make up for it. See, in my company, part-timers don't get paid holidays anymore (effective this year), which I do think is kinda lousy in a sense, but I deal with it just fine.
It does not make sense, bring it up at the next AGM?

looking at butterfly plants.  I think someone might be telling me that the clouds are going to be done coming through here in a little while so get some plants

January so far has consisted of me playing AC Odyssey and staying in because it's too cold! I've been reading a new book too.

looking at butterfly plants.  I think someone might be telling me that the clouds are going to be done coming through here in a little while so get some plants


Milkweed. They create beautiful flowers and they smell a bit like lilacs. Not only do monarch butterflies love it, so do honey bees. It will help the environment.


Cat

It does not make sense, bring it up at the next AGM?

It doesn't bother me, per se; I mean, I like my job very much; I've been in it 4 years now. (In fact, this past Sunday marked my 4-year anniversary as an employee there.)


While I'm on the subject, I must admit that today I arrived half an hour late, due to circumstances that were (generally) beyond my control. There had been an accident on the freeway, involving a fuel spill, which affected traffic for several miles in the direction that I travel to get there. (I found out the specific details by listening to several traffic reports on the radio which mentioned the accident.) So I pulled off the road, found a place to stop the car, and called my boss, and explained that I'd be arriving late because of the accident. She understood, because she knows I have to drive a long way.

I think one thing that might have helped me is finding out about any problems before I left the house. I have a radio in my bedroom, and one particular local station usually gives a report at approximately 7:30 (the time I normally leave the house in the morning). So I can turn it on and listen for the report, and if it mentions something that might affect me, I can consider taking an alternate route. (I don't, however, have a smartphone, with a traffic app...but if I did, that would have been helpful too.)

Milkweed. They create beautiful flowers and they smell a bit like lilacs. Not only do monarch butterflies love it, so do honey bees. It will help the environment.


Cat


I am so sick of hearing about Monarchs.  They don't migrate where I life.  Milkweed is a toxic plant.  My Dad has some plants he eats and I thought it wouldn't be a bad idea to stay from plants that are or may be toxic to us humans.  The plant I was thinking about trying will defiantly too hot here.  I am now looking at Yerba Santa.  They show it growing in Sacramento and say it's food for tiger swallowtails.  A pretty little blue butterfly likes peas.  Looks like I'm going to try attracting the tiger swallowtail tiger and Acom Blue.  Other then the sun,  I have to wait until the destruction workers do what there going to do here. 

some time soon I'm going to be touring some place to see if they can help train me.  Dont ask me whats going on because I don't know.  I have from a little list of plants I made seen what I can order from Amazon.

Mr Sandman  Give me a dream

I'm getting confused with some postman and scream

Now for something that makes an ounce of sense...

A week ago I celebrated four years in my current job. And I'm still learning things there. It's working out well.

In fact, today at the office my boss was having trouble with something in an Excel file she was doing, so she asked me to help her out... so she sent me an electronic copy of the document, and I eventually ironed out whatever problem there was. (Then I messaged it back to her.)

We are getting to the stage of the new fitted kitchen will be completed by the end of the next weekend, and were looking around furniture stores for new furniture.

Taking some much needed "me" time. Quiet time to think, to reflect and to create. I will do this for the entire week. I am really looking forward to the Summer time. This Winter weather is just horrible. Can't do much outside, have to wear a coat...*sigh*. But at least there's just one more month of it.

Taking some much needed "me" time. Quiet time to think, to reflect and to create. I will do this for the entire week. I am really looking forward to the Summer time. This Winter weather is just horrible. Can't do much outside, have to wear a coat...*sigh*. But at least there's just one more month of it.
...plus hat and gloves too over here!

We are getting to the stage of the new fitted kitchen will be completed by the end of the next weekend, and were looking around furniture stores for new furniture.

Sounds like it might be interesting!

gave myself something to do.  My glasses do fall down and I can use some nose pads so I've been looking at amazon.  It seems nobody gives you the size of their stuff.  Mom says 15mmx6mmx1.5mm would be a good size for my glasses.

Sounds like it might be interesting!
We will not be able to recognise our kitchen once it is finished.

We will not be able to recognise our kitchen once it is finished.

Especially if you've been accustomed to one design for a lotta years.

Especially if you've been accustomed to one design for a lotta years.
Yes many a year, since the the last refit back in the early 1990s.

...plus hat and gloves too over here!


Oh great.  ;D

Yes many a year, since the the last refit back in the early 1990s.

The only "remodeling" we've done at our house (in the almost 19 years we've lived in it) is in the backyard, when we had our swimming pool installed last summer. Now we want to get some landscaping put in so that the pool is not entirely surrounded by dirt. We even have some plans/ideas of what we want to plant (including some grass), but our gardener has not committed to a start date for that yet.

We will not be able to recognise our kitchen once it is finished.


We had our kitchen redone a few months ago.

We had our kitchen redone a few months ago.
I had not realised that, I hope it did not take as long as mine?

Today is James's 18th birthday. We went out for a meal on Saturday and tonight I tried to put sparklers on his dessert but I couldn't light them!

Today is James's 18th birthday. We went out for a meal on Saturday and tonight I tried to put sparklers on his dessert but I couldn't light them!



18 WOW! Wasn't it just a year or two ago when he was about 7? Can he vote now like he would be able to here?


HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JAMES!!!!


Cat

Today is James's 18th birthday. We went out for a meal on Saturday and tonight I tried to put sparklers on his dessert but I couldn't light them!


Happy b'day to James! :)

I had not realised that, I hope it did not take as long as mine?


It took about a month, My Mother And Father were trying to figure out where we could have our breakfast lunch and dinner so they ate in the living room as I ate upstairs in my room until the kitchen was finished.

It took about a month, My Mother And Father were trying to figure out where we could have our breakfast lunch and dinner so they ate in the living room as I ate upstairs in my room until the kitchen was finished.
So far it is around three weeks. Work restarts tomorrow, and hopefully finish by this time next week. During these weeks, when not with my family, it has almost been as living in a bed-sit, with kettle, microwave, television and bed all in one room.

So far it is around three weeks. Work restarts tomorrow, and hopefully finish by this time next week. During these weeks, when not with my family, it has almost been as living in a bed-sit, with kettle, microwave, television and bed all in one room.


Where do you all eat?

Where do you all eat?
I eat where I can, in the bedroom, or at the computer desk.

18 WOW! Wasn't it just a year or two ago when he was about 7? Can he vote now like he would be able to here?


HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JAMES!!!!


Cat


I don't know where the time has gone.

18 is the voting age in the UK as well.  It is also the legal drinking age.

I don't know where the time has gone.

I agree - it seems to have just flown by quickly! :o



18 is the voting age in the UK as well.  It is also the legal drinking age.

That is quite interesting.

I eat where I can, in the bedroom, or at the computer desk.


Whenever we move or have our place redone, I eat on the floor.

Whenever we move or have our place redone, I eat on the floor.
For me I struggle to get down on the floor for any reason.

I eat where I can, in the bedroom, or at the computer desk.


That's a good idea for the time being just as long as you don't make a mess.

Whenever we move or have our place redone, I eat on the floor.


I hope it's clean!

I hope it's clean!


I always make sure the floor is cleaned.  :)

That's a good idea for the time being just as long as you don't make a mess.
I am careful all the time.

Whenever we move or have our place redone, I eat on the floor.
Almost like having a picnic?

I always make sure the floor is cleaned.  :)



If you do eat on the floor always try to put a tray under it for protection.

both my dad and I have some tipe of cold or something.  I get both physically and mentally tired and food doesn't seem to help.  So anyway, I am spending part of the day napping

Almost like having a picnic?


This is off topic, but we there should be an inthe00s picnic! So we can meet each other!



If you do eat on the floor always try to put a tray under it for protection.


Oh yes, definitely!


both my dad and I have some tipe of cold or something.  I get both physically and mentally tired and food doesn't seem to help.  So anyway, I am spending part of the day napping


I've definitely caught something too. A cold maybe?

This is off topic, but we there should be an inthe00s picnic! So we can meet each other!


I would love that, very much! :)




I've definitely caught something too. A cold maybe?

Oh no? :-\\

This is off topic, but we there should be an inthe00s picnic! So we can meet each other!

Oh yes, definitely!

I've definitely caught something too. A cold maybe?


That could be arranged somehow.

Oh no? :-\\


It was only allergies. THANKFULLY.

It was only allergies. THANKFULLY.

That's good to know. :)

still get tired about lunch time and take a morning to lunch rest usually.  Today alot of the stupid wind that has been blowing clouds around was gone so I went outside to get some sun and warm up.  Starting to feel better as far as being cold.