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She is most definitely Daddy's girl.

Jane Pawsten so far remains hesitant about the rest of our family, but when it's just me around she follows me from room to room. I slept on the couch to keep her company last night, and she curled up against my side under my arm. @amycolleen.bsky.social has called me "cat whisperer of the family."

Today we saw a Ferrari - an actual, honest to God Ferrari - parked at the local *Burger King*. @amycolleen.bsky.social remarked "Proof that money can't buy class." If that isn't emblematic of our town, then I'm not sure what is. 😜

If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general. If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.

To the tune of the song "Barbie Girl" "I'm a handy guy, doing handy thii-iinngs!" 😜 In other news, we're getting ready for the (hoped-for) arrival of Jane Pawsten.

Dear McMansion owners. I know you go in & out by garage and never use your front door, but put ice melt on your walkways anyhow. Because this slip and fall REALLY hurt. There is a chunk of my palm missing. Have some consideration for your delivery people and maintain a safe walking path for us.

One of my coworkers sent me this. 🀣

Me, seeing the disastrous way my delivery truck is loaded: "Why can't you just put stuff on the correct shelves?" The dude who loads my truck in the morning:

Coworker, walking in bright and chipper: "Happy Monday!" Me, desperately wishing for more coffee: "Is it Friday yet?"

To my Pittsburgh friends, check this out! www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/n...

There was a shipping delay, but @amycolleen.bsky.social got me an Estes-brand flying model rocket for Christmas, and Andy and I got it assembled together! I used to launch these when I was in elementary school, and can't wait to take him out for his first launch.

Day 3 of delivering packages on Hoth.

So the *high* temp today is going to be a mere 16 degrees (I mean Fahrenheit, for those of you not in the US) plus several inches of snow on the ground. I tell you, I'm not looking forward to working outside all day in weather *almost* as cold as Trump's heart. πŸ₯Ά

This is accurate. 🀣

Fascinating.

4yo Andy picked up his toy drill and, to my great amusement, REVED IT TWICE to check it before using it to fix his dinosaurs. 🀣🀣🀣

Wanted to take a moment to say what a wonderful holiday dinner @amycolleen.bsky.social made yesterday! It was so good that I even took seconds of the *brussel sprouts*, both last night and tonight with the leftovers! πŸ–πŸŒ½πŸ½

Even our 4yo can recognize that they look awful. 🀣

Sick, chilling on the couch, and randomly discovered that Disney+ has all 9 seasons of "Walker, Texas Ranger." Well, I know what I'm going to be binging for a while.

Children's board book: "Here are all the sounds which animals say!" Last page: "It's quiet now, what do YOU say?" My 19mo: "NO!" If that's not an honest answer, then I don't know what is. πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ

I brought my grandfather's old hunting thermos to work today. Tea and hot chocolate on a 25-degree (Fahrenheit) day sure is nice! Boiled the water at 7:15am, and at 6:40pm it's still scalding hot. Papa knew how to buy the good stuff. ;)

We talked about watching this while @amycolleen.bsky.social live-tweets (live-skys?) about it, and behold, she found a copy at the library! Brace yourselves, because this may be a fun train wreck in a few days!

If you ask me, this would have been a much better choice for Time’s Person of the Year.

PSA: Know those solid lines in the middle of the road? You're supposed to stay on your own side. I don't care if it's a country road, how expensive your car is, nor how late you are. I'm sick of having to stand on my brake pedal because of people "straightening the curves" instead of slowing down.