I finished the 12 Monkeys series on Prime. The ending was quite satisfying. Now I need to rewatch the movie!

My body was craving boxed mac-n-cheese for dinner and that’s what my body got. I had to buy store brand because Kraft was a car payment. I added some ham.

The plexiglass panels for the window inserts arrived today. They are perfect! Yes, they still have their paper cover thereon.

It’s been a day! The lost $3M continues to haunt me. Our systems IT people aren’t every helpful. Are they ever? They first said, “Someone must have changed your security settings. The funds are there but you cannot see it.” I said, No, I am the owner of the system and have full admin rights. I next provided them a detailed spreadsheet with half a dozen tabs illustrating the system issue which caused the $3M to magically disappear. I generated lists with tabs of various sorts of activity with a summary tab linking the totals showing the $3M delta. I know exactly what happened. I need someone who is IT smart enough to fix it. Essentially, the system flagged 322 lines of an entry as “posted” even though it has not been posted. So when I try to post it to populate the funds, it won’t post. This is not a me problem. This is a system glitch of some sort. “You must have done something on a specific date or a specific batch to cause this?” No, as you can see in the attached spreadsheet the missing entries have no date, type, of batch pattern and appear random. There is no event on my end which caused this. They ignored the spreadsheet for about two hours until I escalated, and then they finally looked at my detailed analysis of the problem. I now have a meeting tomorrow with someone higher in the food chain. Hopefully it’s not another IT nitwit.

In unrelated news, I ordered a custom iron-on from an art image just for kicks. I got an alert that it was delivered today.

Wednesday Mood

Coffee

Who says I can’t put leftover meatloaf atop leftover pancake?

Things are tough all over! I lost $3M at the Brown Bakery, but it wasn’t my fault. In related news, I have entered panic mode about the summer. I’m scrambling to fill up my calendar with fun before it’s too late, snow is flying again, and I can’t leave my house for six months. I have every weekend booked but two. And no, you cannot elbow your way onto those weekends. Sorry! Bye!

Homeless Lukz

News I can use!

Next puzzle

Mr. K is addicted to puzzles. It’s so sad.

Speaking of mullah. I brought my change to the coinstar machine yesterday. $42! I guessed $48, Mr. K guessed $43. So I win with the fees.

I’ve decided to seek a consultation with a specialist in Rochester who does a new procedure for receding gums. Instead of hacking the skin from the roof of your mouth and sewing that to your gums – eek! They do a procedure where they insert a tool through a pinhole in your gums above the teeth, gently separate the existing skin, and tug it down over your teeth, fusing it in place, and fixing the recession. There are no cuts, stitches, or wounds. And the healing time is one day. I’m sure it’s not pleasant – I’m terrified! – but I’d much prefer to do something less invasive and not-so-surgical. It’s just a consultation. We’ll see how it goes.

I know it’s Ai but I can dream! #Need

Mornting! Someone in a puzzle group unknowingly gave me good advice to de-hoard my puzzles and thrift away the puzzles that won’t spark joy. There’s an underlying feeling of obligation to push through all the puzzles even though I might have changed my mind about a design since I paid 99¢ for it a year ago at a thrift store in Talamazoo. When I do a boring-ass puzzle like this, it takes forever to complete. I don’t enjoy the hunt and ignore it for days-on-end. I went through all my puzzles this morning and culled about a dozen – from about forty. I tossed them into the thrift store pile. I feel free!

I cackled!

Have you ever partied this hard on the lord’s day?

Wanna feel old? Anna Nicole Smith’s daughter is 19 years old. I hope she’s doing well.

More pics below

Also lunch is leftover sloppy joes!

This made me morning cackle my head off!

Ugly shoe update

Miss Amy, Mr. K, and I went to a mystery dinner party last night. It was fun. And we had some fun chatty people at our table. My only complaint was the “bar” situation. Or lack thereof. In order to get drinks, you had to register your credit card with a plastic drink card – like a hotel room key. Then you waved this card at a wall of buttons that filled glasses with drinks. No human involved. You didn’t find out that the drinks cost $12 each until you did this, and the amount popped up on the screen at each button. And the draft beer didn’t even fill the glass up halfway. Argh! I complained – something I never would normally do and got my first drink comped. I was shocked I’d have to pay $12 for a half glass of cheap American beer. I switched to nameless wine which seemed to fill the glass all the way. And how the heck could this setup which “stores” your credit card for later use be PCI compliant? I’m x-ing off the hours before my card is hacked.

Devil Wears Prada 2 was cute. Not as iconic as the first, but that’s expected. They had good energy and good plot twists. And y’all know I think Emily Blunt can do no wrong. I adore her. And the clothes! Wow! I think the stars were changing couture for every dang scene. I even cried a little.