13/May/2017 - Rescued by Mama Sue

All alone in an empty house, Grump faced a dilemma: what, exactly, was he going to eat?

Fortunately Mama Sue came to the rescue!

She brought over this delicious mungo bean and rice dish, in addition to a some apples, oranges, and two super-duper yummy mangoes.

Mama Sue's Mungo Bean Dish, (after Grump had stirred and eaten some, including all the shrimp!)

Hooray for Mama Sue!

The other wonderful news is that Pastor Jude has been watering the plants whilst Sweetie and Lola are gone.  Isn't that wonderful!  Now Sweetie and Lola won't return to a yard full of dead plants.


Peace!

12/May/2017 - Back Home to an Empty House

So Grump came home from work today to an empty house.  Whilst Sweetie, Lola, and the boys are enjoying the heat and bugs in the Philippines, Grump was left behind, all alone, to sleep on the soft bed in the air-conditioned house all by himself.  Poor Grump!

He did have an interesting dinner:

Grump's Dinner

What you see here is half of a Publix Italian sub, with a side of Publix sushi.  The drink is a mixture of Sambazon Acai Juice and Greek Gods Honey Vanilla Yogurt.

The sub and the drink were super yummy.  I wish I could say the say about the sushi, but it was definitely of inferior grade.  Better than the swill we got at Mikata, (which was barely edible), but I'll never get Publix sushi again.


Peace!

11/May/2017 - Surviving Thursday

Grump's grumpy boss was out of the office today, (she'll be gone tomorrow too - woo hoo!), so he had a pretty mellow day at work.

This made the old guy about as happy as he gets:

Hooray!

Walking around the apartment complex, he came upon this gardenia bush in full bloom, aka "gardenia scent blast".  Gardenias are interesting bushes.  Sometimes they smell really good, but other times they are so strong they are overpowering.  Many years ago Grump once made the mistake of cutting some gardenia blossoms in full stench and bringing them into the house.  Headaches ensued for all of us.

A pretty gardenia bush

But if you leave gardenia blossoms outside, where they belong, they smell quite nice.  If the odor is too strong, just back up a bit!

What I will never understand, as long as I live, is why folks plants those downright foul smelling Bradford Pear trees.  Ugh!!




Peace!

10/May/2017 - Another Harumph Day

What is a "Harumph Day", you may ask.

The answer is simply this: a hump day, (Wednesday, if you didn't know), which is also a work day.  (Work adds the disdain to the hump!)

Old Sweaty Grump hasn't taken a pic out the window of the office building he works in for a long time, so here is one he just took to correct that deficiency:

Looking out the window where Grump works

Venerable Watson works in the same building, (on the same floor even!), as the Old Grump.  Despite this, Venerable Watson tends to maintain a pleasant disposition.

The One and Only Venerable Watson

That's all for today, folks.  Peace!

09/May/2017 - A Rough Day At Work

Grump works for a grumpy boss.  Now before you say something like, "How appropriate!", consider that this woman has already driven off two of his coworkers in less than a year.  She seems to have a need to use her employees as a verbal punching bag!

So today it was Grump's turn to get fussed at by his boss at work.  I don't suppose I need to tell you that the cause of all this abuse was some bureaucratic paperwork that he didn't fill out to her satisfaction.  (Bureaucrats and fussy bosses LOVE their paperwork!)

This did not make Grump very happy.

An Unhappy Grump at Venerable Watson's Apartment

Oh well ..... life goes on.  Maybe someday we'll stop spending so much money, (ha!), and Grump can retire so he won't have to put up with this abuse anymore!


Peace!

08/May/2017 - In The Philippines!

After a long, long flight, everyone, (except Grump, of course!), finally made it to the Philippines!

Kuya and Dodong at the airport in Cebu City

Sweetie wants to buy Grump one of these special Filipino shirts, which are made out of coconut fronds or something like that, and are unbelievably light and cool to wear in the oppressive heat.  (Philippines has plenty of oppressive heat!)

Grump dragged his old body into work for another fun-filled day at the office.

Grump at the Office

When nighttime rolled around, the kids were still on American time, and not at all sleepy.

The boys wide awake in a hotel in Cebu

Peace!

07/May/2017 - Grump Gets Busy

Since Sweetie, Lola, and the boys are in the Philippines now, Grump is left all by himself.  So what did he do?  He got busy working in the yard.

First he went to Lowe's, where he purchased $50.00 worth of rocks and dirt!  (Yes, we actually BUY dirt!)

Grump's Car with his newly purchased Rocks and Dirt

Then he went into the backyard and filled a hole with some of the rocks.

After a brief interlude visiting Verizon to get his stupid iPhone fixed, (actually, the problem was a stupid Grump didn't know how to reset a button on it!) ........

Verizon Employee patiently working a clueless Old Grump

...... he then built a new garden bed where the filled hole used to be, using, of course, the dirt he had just bought.

A new garden bed

But eventually it was time, once again, for him to drive to Columbus Georgia, so he could get up and go to work tomorrow with a much less stressful drive.

Whilst stopping in Geneva to mail some letters, he noticed a full moon hanging in the not-quite-evening-yet sky.

A full moon seen from the parking lot of the Geneva, GA Post Office

Peace!