Misc.

Tired

Well there yah go.  One of the outstanding shhhheeee it heads in our wonderful neighborhood decideded that we so did not need our brand new tires anymore!

They tore through the complex armed with a knife and slashed quit a few along their path.

I ask you is that not special?

It took a week to locate a set in stock for this car so hope we can find replacements soon. They were just purchased in Sept. so hopefully …

Here we have the shots for insurance – yeah it is like Fried Green Tomato’s TWANDA – we have insurance. So, although coming up with the bucks to replace the tires is a royal pain with zero deductable we will get it back. Now if the tow truck gets here before the dealer closes, if the tires that match can be located

The left to match the right:

Dang they scratched the car too! What asshats!

the slash mark

Now what in the F is wrong with these scum buckets – too much time on their hands?  Many say they have been abused, raised wrong, discriminated against etc. – me I think they are just evil little punks and I hope they get their just rewards – here or in the ever after.  Seriously,  so far this month they have lit a empty house on fire, broken windows, slashed tires, and shot off a few shots. You will never convince me that I should feel sorry for them.  My bleeding heart days are over.

Ok rant almost over.

So now to file an online Police report, call the insurance, and borrow a vehicle so KRP can go to work and I can go to school.

I Need Retreading

OK I already feel like a retread LOL but . …

Long story short – the washer over flowed (the old one) awhile ago resulting in pushing the stairway carpet over the deep end (pun?). It dried out stretched out and we both kept tripping – not good – it is hard enough for me on normal terms but stretched out – now way. So we pulled it all up. Nothing says YUK louder than an uncarpeted stairway. But we spent the money on a new washer and dryer instead of carpet.  No carpet – you find out who your true friends are.

My folks had a leak and the insurance company replaced the damaged hallway and since the living room carpet would not match they replaced that too. Yeah for us! The carpet was one year old and they buy good grade (better than we could ever afford).  So I mooched the carpet. I still had tack strips and padding left over from the bedroom

Twenty years ago I did the stairs and the upstairs in a day – umm not anymore but, I did make some progress. KRP finally got the hang of using the square to measure straight pieces so she cut the carpet out while I layed the tack strips and pad. Then I carpeted.

The start of a long day:

And here is where I ran out of gas . …

I only poked myself four times with the tack strip before going to the store and buying a new pair of work gloves.

I only stapled my boot soul once – oops – at least I did not hit skin – before taking the gun apart and fixing it.

Catfish hates the noise the electic staple gun I use to tack down the padding.

Annie thinks rolls of carpet need to be unrolled.

KRP now knows how to use a square.

We are all still alive but tired – the stairs are on their way to being retreaded.

Restart

Sometimes my mind clears enough that I figure out some stuff. On the top of my list of annoyances was that the desktop I use most of the time would not do a shutdown (warm) it would lock up and hours later ask if I wanted windows to start fixing or start normal. Start normal the only choice that ended up with the computer starting up but creates many fragmented clusters . Very annoying when getting an update that required a restart. I had to say no I will restart later and then go to the start and select shutdown. Wait for the computer to shut down and then hit the restart button on top and restart it – pain in the arse.

I know this one really I do – why is it doing this. I have ignored it for months. Ok it hits me DUH the shut down wait time is too short for all the stuff I have added to shut down properly. YEAH brain! Go to reregit, find the key, change the time and YES we have lift off – or in this case restart. Amazing what waiting a few more seconds will do.

Now I am on a roll feeling mighty smart LOL. Next on the list create a custom avatar to show for all the blogger peeps without gravatars. Blogger avatars only show on blogger blogs not wordpress. So custom fuction:

add_filter( 'avatar_defaults', 'newgravatar' );

function newgravatar ($avatar_defaults) {
$myavatar = get_bloginfo(‘template_directory’) . ‘/images/bitr.jpg’;
$avatar_defaults[$myavatar] = “BITR”;
return $avatar_defaults;
}

?>

Strange that self hosted wordpress sites do not import blogger avatars. Then again I set up a blogger account so that my avatar shows on blogger sites and kind of wonder why blogger folks do not set up a gravatar? Or maybe my gravatar code is broken?

I am going to go read some geek stuff before my brain slips back into it’s fog.

Top four commenters I have imported your avatars for you Bra hahahha

Scare D Cat

Yesterday I did the tube thing. The first series of bangs, clangs, and other repetitive rhythms lasted about 20mins. The second round with the contrast took about 45.  The method that has worked for me in the past has been keeping my eyes closed the second the little table starts its trip into the tube and never opening them until I am out. I figured why chance freaking out. My first MRI was years ago to capture my wrist. The MRI at that time was a very long and closed tube.  I had major problems with that one – head-first into a small closed-end tube. Such a scare-d-cat I almost cried uncle wanting to get out, out, out. These newer ones are way more open.

Somewhere during the last scan I fell asleep and when I was jarred out of my semi sleep by the technicians voice I opened my freaking eyes.  I few seconds of panic – oh no you biffed it you opened your eyes now your in for it – the little voices in my head – and then I realized oh cool and closed my eyes again – I did not freak- YEAH.

I talked to friends who had already done the contrast and read of few post on forums about what to expect. Honesty, other than the stick of the needle I noticed nothing. No sensations of heat or cold etc. Glad it is over with.

Mr Catfish has been having some problems.  First he managed to partially tear or injure his hind legs ACL. We are hoping it is not torn. Second he has been shaking for no reason.  The knee is getting better with rest. The knee problems and the shaking are not related. His blood tests were normal with his sugar? levels a bit high but not diabetic levels so we shall keep an eye on that.  He just shakes and I have noticed it is when he gets startled. If the TV gets loud all of a sudden, wrappers in a trash can move, a soda bottle pops, just any sudden thing that startles him. I guess the little guy gets scared now?  So we cuddle with his favorite toys and blanket until it passes.  Good to go until the next time.

Well I need to go get ready for PE class and gather up the swim gear for that class. I thin it is the last week of swim class 🙁