Inflection Point

Our outside temp was above freezing this morning.  That's nice.  For the past 2 days people in Central PA were waking up to more than a little lite frost on the windshields of their cars.  Even though today will be warmer, don't look for it to be sunny.  Clouds are going to be hanging over our heads for the next 2 days with s potty showers.  Spring officially starts tomorrow, so we can begin gauging our weather on the new season.

Yesterday was... not quite meh.  I got things done.  A loaf of cinnamon raisin bread was baked.  This is one of my favorite desert breads.  Special icing was made for the top.  In fact, extra icing was made to be used rather than butter.  Who care about the killer carbs? Not me.

A decent workout was finished.  I have a rower which I was using as a warm-up, however, it's grown out of favor.  My trainer added some dynamic exercises as a substitute, one of which is called  "inch worm," (honestly, I'm not making this name up."  Anyway, the inch worm is basically a burpee, which is an exercise I've hated since high school. 58 years ago we didn't have people hired specifically to be gym teachers.  Nope.  We had math teachers, and biology teachers, and history teachers who also managed gym classes.  They were also the coaches for sports.  One of the math teachers was also the basketball coach, and the home economics teacher was in charge of girl's field hockey.  Well, my faux gym teacher specialized in 2 activities:  rope climbing and burpees.  I hate burpees.  So, the inch worm is being replaced.  Dante said there are so many other good exercises.  Now, isn't that nice.

And, for those who've been living under a rock, gas prices are going up.

Natural gas prices are going up to, and that means food prices will go through the roof.  Prices are going to go up all over the world.  So many are going to be blaming America..., no let me correct that, Americans are going to suffer, but the real hatred is being directed at the Orange Anus.  America has become the villain of the world because 77 million people either couldn't vote for the Harris, or they were stupid enough to be the lies spit out by the pedophile in the White House.  Here's some news for the MAGA cultists, America was great, you were not and you never will be.  However, these people do hate change.  The entire world is going to suffer because of their inability to adapt.  

What's truly terrible about this world chaos is that the pedo and in the White House, and the Republican party keeping him there, are more concerned about losing power than they are trying to make things right.  I find it rather pathetic that conservatives are so out of touch they thought that the American people would just sit back and let them take over.  The Republican party is dying.  Like most cowards, those in charge are going to take what they've stockpiled away and run.  I'm thinking Orangie will be gone by mid-terms, or shortly thereafter.  Those who don't run will be arrested.  Some may turn State's Witness to escape truly terrible jail terms.  And some, may well be executed for treason. We are going through an inflection point.

Mud

 And the rain continues.  The temps hovered in the low 60s (F) yesterday, and today is going to be a repeat.  The forecast called for showers this morning.  What we're really getting is periods of steady rain, with the occasional moments of light, misty rain.  Looking out the picture window in my writing room, I feels as though Central PA has been relocated to the Northern Pacific, somewhere just east of the Olympic peninsula.  Weather forecasters are calling for an end to the rain tomorrow, and Friday is supposed to be nice.

One thing all of this rain does bring is mud, I can vouch for the veracity of that statement because I have a 9 month old Labrador, a water dog, a breed that enjoys digging in the dirt, or, when we have steady rain for 2 days, the mud.  Howie was a real mess this morning; cleanup was both interesting and messy.  One of the smart things I did was buy a large, washable area rug with a brown pattern for my kitchen.  My neighbor, on the other hand, choosing to try and be stylish rather than practical, put a white area rug in her kitchen.  Her family has a Golden Doodle, another breed that given the chance will dig, so I'm suspecting that by now that area rug is fifty shades of mud.

I made a pizza for dinner last evening, or maybe I should say that I made the pizza dough from scratch.  I used to make pizza rather frequently, and as I was putting on the toppings I reminded myself how versatile a meal pizza can be.  You don't always need tomato sauce and pepperoni for toppings.  Anyway, I dumped on too much cheese, but then I like cheese.  My toppings were:  black olives, mushrooms, and pepperoni, and, as I said, a lot of cheese.  Here's what it looked like when it came out of the oven.

So, the Orange Anus is going to keep the plane he's getting from the Qataris.  It's going to cost the tax payers of America a billion dollars to refit it, and he doesn't care because in his mind he deserves everything he wants.  Ben Shapiro is freaking out; this shows how easily the Orange Anus can be bought.  A voice so many cultists listen to is Laura Loomer, she's freaking out.  In a way, this is amusing.  The Qataris knew exactly how upset many Americans would be by their gift.  They want chaos in the United States.  While Americans are focusing on the havoc the Orange Anus is creating, they're running around do what best suits them.

Orangie also signed some sort of weapons deal with the Saudis.  This is the same country that sent most of the attackers on 9/11, of course, it was also announced he was building a Trump Tower there. He's weak, he caves, and he is easily bought off.

Elonia was in Saudi Arabia, too.  He signed some sort of deal with the Saudis to cover their land in Starllink.  Elonia's ketamine junked brain rattles thoughts of him being shrewd.  The Saudis know exactly how his douche brain works.  They know what kind of information he's going to try and steal from their people and they're going to let him do it.  When he's done, they'll shut him down the way he's been shut down in so many other countries.

And, finally, the Republican House is planning or raising the debt ceiling by $4 trillion dollars to pay for a billionaire tax break.  They don't understand that they, themselves, are going to be broken for this.

 

Cutting Carpet

 The rain has returned.  For today and tomorrow, my days off, of course, steady soaking rains are in the forecast.  Temps will hover in the mid 60s (F), so that means another return to sweatpants and sweatshirts.  Our future forecast doesn't look much sunnier.  Showers and thunderstorms are scattered throughout the long range forecast.  All of this rain we're getting is coming up from the south, so while we here in Central PA are dealing with the persistent showers, those down south are dealing with heavy rains.

Work was interesting.  When I got there, the full time associate had already left for the day; he'd mentioned taking his granddaughter to see Thunderbolts on Sunday.  Our aisle associate called to say he was coming in late; it was a beautiful sunny day and he doesn't like to work.  So it was me... any my supervisor.  Ten minutes after I sat down at the flooring desk a customer showed up wanting 16 linear feet of carpet.  Cutting that much carpet is a 2 person job and I was by myself.  As I stepped out into the middle aisle to see who was available, my supervisor returned.  When I asked her to help cut the carpet she said, "I can't.  I have to go to lunch.  I have a meeting," and walked away.  Hell's Bells!  She's in charge of the department and she's prioritizing her lunch over customer service.  So I reported her to the Specialty Manager.  I do believe she has time management issues.

Here's an updated pic of the Greek Oregano I'm growing on the windowsill. It's coming along nicely.

So, during my boring moments at work I look at social media on my phone.  Yesterday there was a lot of chatter about the $400 million jet that the Qataris are giving the Orange Anus.  From some of the clips I saw I'd have to say he is not happy with all of the questions he's getting ask.  I truly enjoyed the clip where he snapped at the reporter from ABC news.  Wow! the anger in his voice.  He was furious at the sniveling audacity of a news reporter to ask him about the legitimacy of accepting gifts from foreign countries worth millions.  And, as everyone should have expected, he lied.  He said that the plane was a gift to the US military when in reality it is a gift to him; when he leaves office that plane becomes the property of the Orange Anus presidential library, which means it is his.  He owns it.  And he's not going to let it go.

Oh, and he signed an Executive Order reducing the prices of drugs.  Don't believe it.  Big Pharma is going to take that order to court and years from now, when they've won, they will take that piece of paper and use it to wipe their asses.